Month: March 2025

The pair are set to star alongside one another in the upcoming A24 film Marty Supreme, which is scheduled to be released in January next year, as unlikely lovers.

The flick centres around the journey of Chalamet’s character, who is a ping pong champ, while Paltrow is something of a table tennis WAG who falls into bed with him.

Speaking about her role in Josh Safdie’s sports drama, the actress explained that she is ‘married to someone who is in the ping pong mafia’, but finds she cannot resist Chalamet’s charms.

Paltrow, 52, told Vanity Fair of the relationship between her and the Wonka star’s characters: “They meet and she’s had a pretty tough life, and I think he breathes life back into her, but it’s kind of transactional for them both.”

As well as there being plenty of table tennis in Marty Supreme, there’s apparently a lot of tonsil tennis – and the rest of it – in the movie too.

Gwyneth Paltrow and Timothée Chalamet seen locking lips while filming in New York (Jose Perez/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images)

A snap of Paltrow and her 29-year-old co-star locking lips on set went viral earlier this week, and now, she’s teased fans about the steamy scenes they have been filming.

“I mean, we have a lot of sex in this movie,” the Shallow Hal star said. “There’s a lot – a lot.”

And when she was asked whether she and Chalamet ended up in a lot of ‘vulnerable positions’, Paltrow replied: “Beyond.”

Although a lot of actors would be appreciative of an intimacy coordinator being present for these moments, Paltrow didn’t want one cramping her style.

These professionals help ensure a safe and respectful environment on set for stars who have to feign passion for the sake of the plot line, and they’ve become a staple on set in wake of the #MeToo movement.

But Paltrow admitted she didn’t even know that intimacy coordinators ‘existed’ before returning to the film set, given this is her first leading movie role since 2010.

And although she now understands their significance, the mother-of-two reckons that they are more of a hinderance than a help to her.

The Marty Supreme stars opted against using an intimacy coordinator to film steamy scenes (Jose Perez/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images)

“There’s now something called an intimacy coordinator, which I did not know existed,” Paltrow continued.

Discussing how she was asked whether she was comfortable performing a certain move with Chalamet, she said: “I was like, ‘Girl, I’m from the era where you get naked, you get in bed, the camera’s on.'”

Both her and Chalamet decided to march to the beat of their own drums while filming Marty Supreme, as Paltrow explained she would feel ‘very stifled’ as an actress if she took the intimacy coordinator’s lead.

“We said, ‘I think we’re good. You can step a little bit back,'” she went on.

“I don’t know how it is for kids who are starting out, but…if someone is like, ‘Okay, and then he’s going to put his hand here’…I would feel, as an artist, very stifled by that.”

Paltrow was still conscious of the age gap, while shooting risqué scenes with Chalamet, though.

She said of the Oscar-nominated actor: “I was like, ‘Okay, great. I’m 109-years-old. You’re 14′.

“He’s such a thinking man’s sex symbol. He’s just a very polite, properly raised…I was going to say kid. He’s a man who takes his work really seriously and is a fun partner.”

The ex-team owner and renowned TV pundit who was famed for his charisma has died after a battle with prostate cancer.

His family said that he passed away in the early hours of this morning (20 March).

In a statement announcing Jordan’s death, they said (via Sky Sports): “It is with profound sadness that we announce the passing of Eddie Jordan OBE, the ex-Formula 1 team owner, TV pundit and entrepreneur.

“He passed away peacefully with family by his side in Cape Town in the early hours of 20 March 2025.”

The Formula 1 legend has passed away aged 76 (Clive Rose/Getty Images)

The motorsport star asserted himself as a Formula 1 legend thanks to his success as an independent team owner, winning four Grand Prix’s in the team’s nearly 15-year tenure.

He eventually sold Jordan Grand Prix in 2005, which saw Jordan turn to the world of TV and begin working as a pundit on the likes of BBC Sport and Channel 4.

The statement continued: “He was working until the last, having communicated on St Patrick’s Day about his ambitions for London Irish Rugby Football Club, of which he had recently become patron.

“Eddie and Jordan Grand Prix were known for their rock and roll image, bringing a fun and exciting element to F1, as well as consistently performing above their weight.

“Many successful F1 drivers owe their career breaks to Eddie, and world champions including Michael Schumacher and Damon Hill drove for him.

“EJ brought an abundance of charisma, energy and Irish charm everywhere he went. We all have a huge hole missing without his presence. He will be missed by so many people, but he leaves us with tonnes of great memories to keep us smiling through our sorrow.”

In December last year, Jordan announced that he had been undergoing treatment for an ‘aggressive’ form of bladder and prostate cancer.

Jordan’s loved ones said they will now have a ‘huge hole missing’ in their lives (MARCUS BRANDT/AFP via Getty Images)

He explained at the time: “I was diagnosed with bladder and prostate cancer, and then it spread into the spine and the pelvis, so it was quite aggressive.

“We’ve all heard about our wonderful friend, Sir Chris Hoy… and he is coming out and talking about illnesses like what I’ve got, but he’s a far younger man.

“Go and get tested, because in life, you’ve got chances.”

Telling fans he had ‘pulled out of it, thankfully’, the Irishman urged other blokes to get their prostates checked.

Jordan, a co-owner of London Irish rugby club, had been living in South Africa for the last few months and his cancer tragically returned.

In February, the founder and former owner of Jordan Grand Prix explained he had completed another course of chemotherapy and admitted that he was ‘not 100 per cent together’.

Speaking on talkSPORT about taking over the London Irish team and saving them from administration, he told listeners: “I’m just not myself at this moment in time. I’m a little all over the place, so please forgive me.”

The show is a technical marvel, with the camera following the actors through walls, in vans, and sometimes even switching from a normal tracking shot to a drone shot without a single cut.

The series follows a young boy who is arrested in the opening minutes of episode one, suspected of murder.

The young boy, named Jamie, is played by first time actor Owen Cooper, and is accused of stabbing a young girl to death.

Cooper stars alongside Stephen Graham, who plays his father, Ashley Walters, Erin Doherty, and Faye Marsay.

Due to the fact that every episode is shot in a single take, each of them could be ended a minute in or 50 minutes in if an actor flubbed their lines, missed their cues, or the camera operators missed their incredibly finely timed choreography.

While it’s a lot more work to film, Graham has said he believes it was all worthwhile (Netflix)

As such, many viewers will be wondering how many tries each episode took.

The show’s director Phillip Barantini has spoken about this with Deadline, reporting that one episode was even shot on the second try.

Barantini, who also directed Boiling Point, has stated that they aimed originally to go for ten tries per episode, but that several were curtailed very early into shooting so this ended up being closer to 15 or so tries per episode.

Certain scenes, including those in episode 3, were even improvised (Netflix)

The first episode is arguably the most complicated, with the camera following a police raid, going into a van, and then traversing a busy police station.

Despite five days being set aside just for this episode, the actors and crew managed to get the take used in the show on just the second take on day one.

Other than the first instalment, every take used for the show was taken from the final day of filming set aside for each of the three episodes.

The second episode, involving 370 extras at a busy and bustling school, took 13 takes despite including a drone shot in a scene which was called ‘impossible’.

Episode three, which has seen the most critical acclaim of all four episodes, stars a far more limited number of actors.

It is in its own wat incredibly complicated however, with two actors carrying out the dialogue for nearly the entire episode.

In addition to this, the camerawork manages to make an episode which is in reality just Jamie talking with a child psychologist, played by Erin Doherty, absolutely thrilling.

They managed this on the eleventh try.

The final episode took the most tries of any, though that is hardly surprising considering half of it was done with Stephen Graham seemingly driving a van and acting simultaneously.

Adolescence’s final episode was filmed on the 16^th take, capping of a show which many have called a ‘masterpiece’.

Further details have been released regarding the death of Aubrey Plaza’s husband Jeff Baena.

The filmmaker had separated from his wife in the months before his passing on 3 January this year, according to a report from the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner.

Baena, 47, died by suicide at his California home hours after he sent Plaza a final text message on that morning, the document obtained by Us Weekly explains.

It stated that the couple – who got together in 2011 before getting married in 2020 – had separated in September 2024 after ‘marital difficulties’.

The medical examiner said in the synopsis of an investigative summary report: “According to the reported information, the decedent Jeffrey Baena is a 47-year-old Caucasian male.

“He was experiencing recent marital difficulties and was separated from his wife since September 2024.”

Plaza, 40, had checked in on her husband in October last year, as he ‘made concerning remarks which prompted her to call a friend to perform a welfare check on her husband’.

Plaza and Baena seperated four months before his death, according to the report (George Pimentel/Getty Images for Sundance Film Festival)

The report continued: “Baena had been attending therapy since that event. According to (an unnamed person) Baena did not have any previous suicide attempts. He had a history of difficulty sleeping.”

Plaza’s last text message from Baena came on the day of his death at around 10.36am.

A dog walker who had arrived at his LA home to take his pet out discovered Baena’s body.

The report said: “[The dog walker] heard loud music from within the house, which was unusual. She yelled at [Baena] and received no response. [The dog walker] ran to retrieve the decedent’s dog and left the building to call 911.”

Miami-born Baena – best known for his work on movies including The Little Hours, Life After Beth and Joshy – was pronounced dead at the scene.

No drugs were found in his system and he did not leave a note, according to the medical examiner’s report.

A mobile phone was discovered close to where the director’s body was found.

The couple had been together since 2011 (David Crotty/Patrick McMullan via Getty Images)

In a joint statement released earlier this year, Plaza and the Baena/Stern family said of the screenwriter’s passing: “This is an unimaginable tragedy. We are deeply grateful to everyone who has offered support.

“Please respect our privacy during this time.”

During her first public appearance in February at Saturday Night Live‘s 50th anniversary event in New York City, Plaza paid tribute to her late husband.

In Baena’s honour, she sported a tie-dye shirt – as she previously revealed that the filmmaker loved to tie-dye clothes and that they both even sported the designs for their 2020 wedding.

While on The Drew Barrymore Show in December 2021, Plaza revealed that the pair weren’t in traditional dress for the nuptials at their home and instead wore tie-die pyjamas made by Baena himself.

She told Barrymore: “We got married on a whim. Literally decided at around 5pm and got married at 8:30. Jeff got really into tie-dyeing during the quarantine.

“So, I decided that Jeff and I were going to wear tie-dye pajamas that he had made for us. I made a love altar in the backyard of all of our love objects. It was very witchcore, but it happened.”

That’s because the place has a reputation for being pretty darn expensive and for giving you even more fries than you bargained for.

One of their receipts where someone’s meal cost £18.58 ended up going viral as people wanted to know just what the hell was going on.

The folks who run Five Guys have said that they ‘raise our prices to reflect whatever our food costs are’, so if their suppliers put their prices up then the price of your burger, hot dog, milkshake or whatever corresponding item you wanted will rise too.

Still, something’s going right because they keep getting customers willing to pay and they make a point of selling ‘boardwalk’ style fries which are blanched in cold water and then cooked twice.

I have to say, dear reader, that I was once invited into a Five Guys kitchen to learn how they did things and had marvellous fun working the potato slicer.

When I asked why they served out so many fries they gave the expected answer that it’s because they were ‘proud’ of them, but it seems there’s also a psychology behind it.

According to Food Republic, Chad Murrell, son of Five Guys founder Jerry Murrell (the chain is named for Jerry and his four sons) admitted that the extra scoop of fries made them look ‘pretty bad’ if someone tried to calorie count their portions, but thought other places didn’t shovel on enough scoops of fries.

He said: “I won’t name names, but other restaurants just don’t give a satisfying amount of fries.

“We always give an extra scoop. I say load ’em up and make sure they get their money’s worth.”

Chad Murrell (right) said he thought people not complaining about the fries meant the portions weren’t large enough (Katherine Frey/The The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Murrell also said that Five Guys got plenty of complaints about being given too many fries, but claimed that he was actually fine with the complaints and wanted more of them.

“People complain that they get too many fries,” Murrell said, before explaining that he thought it was a good thing.

“I just tell them to make hash browns with the leftovers. I teach my managers that if people aren’t complaining, then you’re not giving them enough.”

So there you have what one of the five guys from Five Guys says is the actual reason they give you so many fries.

Even if he said that he thinks complaints are a sign that customers are actually getting enough to eat, you probably shouldn’t take this as a sign to complain to the staff at your local branch, they’re pretty busy.

Among them are a devastating mid-air collision involving an American Airlines passenger plane and US army helicopter in January, resulting in a total loss of life.

There was also the February plane crash over Philadelphia where an air ambulance plummeted to the ground and exploded in a fireball on a city street just seconds after taking off.

A plane flying over the Alaskan coast went down with no survivors after contact was lost following take-off.

Incredibly, a disaster involving a Delta Air Lines plane which flipped over while landing in Toronto did not result in loss of life, as while there were some injuries, everyone on board survived the crash.

Earlier this month, at least 12 people were killed when their plane crashed into the sea shortly after taking off from Honduras, including famous musician Aurelio Martinez Suazo, though a number of people had been recovered alive.

There have already been several vividly tragic disasters this year (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Speaking to the Daily Mail, aviation experts had different responses as to the high number of plane crashes.

We’re not yet a quarter of the way through 2025, yet the death toll from aviation disasters is already around a third what it was last year.

Aviation safety professional John Cox told the Mail that despite ‘a spike in the number of high profile accidents’ the spate of plane crashes were ‘not related’ and there was ‘not a degradation in aviation safety’.

MIT statistics professor Arnold Barnett said it was unlikely that something ‘suddenly disappeared in late December 2024’, and said that the various crashes were all under very different conditions and thus ‘offer no evidence of a systematic problem’.

These are accidents, that they happen close together does not necessarily indicate a pattern or signal that something has changed.

It is not as though plane crashes are a uniquely 2025 phenomenon either, the tragic disasters can strike at any time without warning and when they do the death toll is often catastrophic.

There have been some disasters which people have thankfully managed to survive (GEOFF ROBINS/AFP via Getty Images)

The experts stressed that air travel was still the safest way to get around, statistically speaking, even if there seem to be many aviation disasters that could mean little more than terrible misfortune.

Not every expert agrees entirely, however.

Earlier this month former pilot and crash investigator Shawn Pruchnicki agreed that air travel was still the safest way to get around, but claimed people working in the aviation industry saw the problems coming.

He claimed that he’d seen ‘the safety buffer that took decades to build steadily eroded in recent years’, suggesting that ‘experts have been raising the alarm for years’.

The former pilot said he hadn’t been surprised by the horrific crash involving an American Airlines plane and US army helicopter, claiming he ‘long feared that it wasn’t a matter of if such a catastrophe would happen but where and when’.

He suggested there was a ‘chronic shortage of air traffic controllers’ which meant those doing the crucial job were ‘overworked and overstressed’.

Back in December 2024, Brazilian woman Jeniffer Castro went viral after refusing to give up her pre-booked seat for a crying child on a 50-minute flight from Rio de Janeiro to Belo Horizonte.

Castro was then filmed by another passenger and posted online in an attempt to shame her behaviour, with the person recording the video heard saying (in Portuguese): “I’m recording your face, this is disgusting.”

The clip subsequently went viral online as people debated the finer details of plane etiquette and whether or not it was appropriate to film strangers in public.

The moment has also had a significant impact on Castro’s life, with the 29-year-old since revealing that she’d been forced to give up her entire career over the incident.

An argument onboard a GOL airlines flight about seating would go viral at the end of last year (GB Photo Library/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

“Since that incident, my life has taken a turn I could never have imagined,” she said in an interview with MailOnline.

“Professionally, my life has changed a lot, so much so that today I am no longer in the field I worked in before. I was a banker.

“In my personal life, at the height of the repercussions, I practically didn’t leave the house.”

Castro has since leveraged her two million Instagram followers to pursue a career as an online influencer, however she added that this wasn’t something which she particularly wanted.

“What should have been just an ordinary flight turned into an extremely embarrassing situation, exposing me unfairly and causing consequences that affected both my personal and professional life,” Castro explained.

“I was the target of judgments, attacks and speculation from people who don’t even know the full story.”

Castro recently revealed that she was also in the process of suing airline company GOL due to the backlash she’d experienced in the weeks and months following the incident.

“I decided to sue the airline because what happened to me was a huge embarrassment, and this situation should never have reached this point,” she said.

Casto has now used her fame to become an influencer (Instagram/@jeniffercastro)

“This lawsuit is not just about reparations, but also about setting a limit on this type of behaviour.”

Castro had previously suggested that she was pursuing legal action, previously telling Portuguese language podcast Cola Mais that ‘measures are now being taken’.

She also confirmed that it was not the child’s mother who was filming her, as initially believed, but another passenger, adding that she was only focused on taking action against those who had ‘violated my privacy’.

The child star, 44, became pals with the music legend when he was just ten – and considering there’s a 22-year age gap between them, this raised more than a few eyebrows.

But Jackson was simply trying to offer some advice and mentorship to the youngster on how to navigate the showbiz world, according to Culkin.

However, as the ‘Thriller’ singer later revealed he routinely ‘slept in bed’ with the Home Alone star and his brother Kieran, this sparked some concerns about his conduct.

Jackson faced a lot of scrutiny throughout his life in regards to his close relationships with children, while sexual abuse allegations were levied against him by a number of youngsters.

Culkin clarified the nature of his relationship with the King of Pop after years of speculation (Kevin Kane/WireImage)

He was first accused in 1993 and settled out of court, before he was then tried and acquitted of child molestation in 2005 in a separate case.

Jackson maintained his innocence until his death in 2009 at the age of 50 and was never convicted.

In more recent years, Wade Robson and James Safechuck have accused The King of Pop of sexually abusing them during their childhoods.

The details of the allegations were aired to the world Leaving Neverland in 2019 and are now being revisited in the sequel to the documentary, which was released yesterday (18 March).

A lot of people expected Culkin to make an appearance in the show, as the actor has always been a staunch defender of Jackson and their friendship.

The 44-year-old, from New York, explained that he bonded with the late performer over their shared experiences of childhood fame.

During an appearance on Michael Rosenbaum’s Inside Of You podcast in 2019, Culkin said, as per Entertainment Weekly: “He reached out to me because a lot of things were happening big and fast with me, and I think he identified with that. It’s almost easy to say it was weird or whatever, but it wasn’t because it made sense.

“Here’s the thing at the end of the day: We were friends. It’s one of my friendships that people question only because of the fact that he was the most famous person in the world.

“I know it’s a big deal to everyone else, but to me it was a normal friendship.”

Culkin, who was a regular visitor at Jackson’s notorious Neverland Ranch and starred in the singer’s ‘Black or White’ music video, clarified the nature of their relationship in 2020.

Speaking to Esquire, the Richie Rich star explained that he and Jackson would have a laugh when they spent time together and enjoyed prank calling people.

The actor met Jackson after starring in Home Alone at the age of 10 (20th Century Studios)

But Culkin insists his friend never made him feel uncomfortable and that the singer ‘never did anything’ inappropriate.

The actor said: “Look, I’m gonna begin with the line – it’s not a line, it’s the truth: He never did anything to me. I never saw him do anything.

“And especially at this flash point in time, I’d have no reason to hold anything back. The guy has passed on. If anything – I’m not gonna say it would be stylish or anything like that, but right now is a good time to speak up.

“And if I had something to speak up about, I would totally do it. But no, I never saw anything; he never did anything.”

He then went on to offer up a ‘good Michael Jackson story that doesn’t involve Michael Jackson at all’ – which began with Culkin running into James Franco on a plane.

After greeting each other while stuffing their bags into the overhead lockers, he recalled how the Pineapple Express star brought up the Leaving Neverland documentary during their brief chat.

Culkin continued: “He goes, ‘So, that documentary!’ And that was all he said. I was like, ‘Uh-huh.’ Silence. So then he goes, ‘So what do you think?’ And I turned to him and I go, ‘Do you wanna talk about your dead friend?’

“And he sheepishly went, ‘No, I don’t.’ So I said, ‘Cool, man, it was nice to see you’.”

I guess that’s one way to shutdown an awkward conversation, eh?

President Donald Trump promised to release about 80,000 pages worth of classified documents, but the actual figure didn’t end up being quite as many as that and it’s left a lot of people wondering why this wasn’t published sooner.

It’s all turned out to be a bit of an anti-climax, and the folks hoping that some scrap of paper would confirm the CIA assassinated JFK in conjunction with the KGB and then sold his body to aliens or something along this lines seem to have been let down.

A lot of the documents were safe to be declassified years ago and contain information that has already been known for years.

Theories that there was a second shooter on a grassy knoll, the CIA really did it or that it was actually the mafia who pulled off the hit have not received much new fuel.

The supposed ‘single bullet’, which has been argued to be in too good a condition to have passed through two bodies (Public Domain)

Among those who have discussed theories around the JFK assassination in the past is podcaster Joe Rogan, a man not short of opinions on all manner of matters.

He previously voiced his scepticism on the ‘single bullet theory’ – the idea that one bullet shot into JFK’s back exited through his throat and then hit Texas governor John Connally who was sitting in front of Kennedy in the car.

The Warren Commission, which was set up a week after Kennedy’s assassination to investigate his death, ruled that a total of three shots were fired, all of which came from the building Lee Harvey Oswald had taken a position in with his rifle.

One shot hit Kennedy in the back and exited through his throat, which would make it the shot from the ‘single bullet theory’, while the Warren Commission found that another shot hit JFK in the back of the head which would prove fatal.

A third bullet then hit Connally in the back.

Did one bullet do all that or not? Does it matter? (YouTube/JRE Clips)

They judged that there was ‘persuasive evidence’ that one bullet hit Kennedy’s throat and caused all of Connally’s wounds, but ultimately whether it was one bullet or multiple was unimportant as they were sure all shots were fired from the building Oswald was in.

Of course, those who think there’s more to the Kennedy assassination than the official record shows aren’t minded to take the commission’s findings at face value.

Those who disagree with the ‘single bullet theory’ have claimed that because the bullet removed from Connally was in fairly good condition it couldn’t have bounced through two bodies.

One of these people is Rogan, who said in a video that there were ‘more metallic particles from the bullet, more fragments from the bullet in Connally’s body than were missing from the bullet’.

Rogan and his guest Mick West also discussed the ‘additional shooter theory’, which posits that there was more than one gunman, which the podcaster said was ‘not proven’ and said the ‘chaos’ of a situation could affect people’s perception of events.

He said: “People claim to see things and hear things, they even believe themselves.

“If you tell someone you heard something in the bushes then you run away, that person will say ‘I heard something in the bushes’ and then other people repeat it, it becomes the narrative.”