Jade Bahr

Exes Leo DiCaprio, Nina Agdal run into each other at Miami Art Week Hate seeing your ex at a party? Leonardo DiCaprio and Nina Agdal had a run-in during a Miami Art Week party that should set the template for us all. We’re told the pair — who dated for nearly a year before breaking up in 2017 — “were sitting across from each other” at a Galore and ARTchive launch party at Socialista and “said a friendly hello and chatted for a moment.” But the bash wasn’t the only one that newly single Agdal, 29, and DiCaprio, 47, both attended last week. They were also spotted at a Wayne and Cynthia Boich-hosted event for watch brand Richard Mille. “Leo kept such a low profile, with his hat down and mask on throughout the night, that guests, and even Nina, didn’t notice he was there,” said a spy at the “After Dark” party. Source

Leo the naked hero Leonardo DiCaprio Jumped Into A Frozen Lake To Save His Dogs And Then Promptly Stripped Naked (Yes, Naked) In A Car To Warm Up Afterward Don't worry, the doggies (and Leo) are fine! What the hell was going on during the production of Don't Look Up? While Adam McKay's political satire has already hit theaters, its press cycle doesn't seem to be slowing down any time soon in preparation for its Christmas Eve premiere on Netflix. I mean, in just the past few weeks we've heard some pretty wild set stories. And the four stories I linked above — Meryl Streep forgetting to act, and Jennifer Lawrence getting high for a scene, swallowing her nose ring, and losing a tooth, respectively — don't even include the other quirks that unfolded during filming. There was Leo rewriting a scene 15 times. And then the GOAT debacle. As well as the nude scene revelation. Which brings me to the latest on-set calamity — Leo's rescued huskies decided to take a dip in a frozen lake, prompting the Oscar winner to jump in after them! During Entertainment Weekly's Around the Table panel — which featured the director, Leo, J.Law, Meryl, Jonah Hill, and Tyler Perry — the actor was encouraged by his castmates to recount the story. "The funniest thing was, Leo has these two rescue huskies that are just absolute tornadoes," McKay said. "Jonah [who roomed with Leo during the shoot] would send me pictures of your ripped-apart couch." Jennifer chimed in, adding, "Tell the frozen lake story." Essentially, one of the huskies fell into the lake, so Leo dove after them. "[Living in California] I didn't understand what you do at a frozen lake," the actor continued. I am trying very hard to spare you from a Titanic joke right now. You're welcome. "One of the dogs fell in, and he jumped in the frozen lake to save the dog and as soon as he pushed the one dog out of the pond the other one jumped in," Jennifer shared. "The other one started licking the one that was drowning and then we all were in the frozen lake together," Leo added. Obviously, Leo and his dogs ended up OK, but what happened next? Well, according to Jennifer: "I'm sure you guys are all wondering, I was too, he immediately got naked in the car." Jennifer, is there, like, photo evidence of this to corroborate? Strictly for journalistic purposes, of course. Sigh, it seems as though Leo's battle with all bodies of water wages on. Source

Astronomer Amy Mainzer Spent Hours Chatting With Leonardo DiCaprio for Netflix's 'Don't Look Up' The film's science adviser shares what it was like working with the star-studded cast, and what we can learn from the disaster flick about science denialism. Astronomer Amy Mainzer is no stranger to asteroid-hunting. Mainzer is a professor at the Lunar and Planetary Laboratory at the University of Arizona and serves as the principal investigator for NEOWISE, a NASA mission that uses an infrared space telescope to scour the skies for space debris. She'll soon lead the project's successor, the Near-Earth Object Surveyor Mission, a planetary defense project that aims to find and catalogue comets and asteroids that could pose a threat to our planet. If Mainzer's work sounds strikingly similar to the premise for Don't Look Up, Netflix's new disaster-comedy flick about a pair of astronomers who struggle to warn mankind about a comet on a crash course with Earth, that's because it is. Director Adam McKay — known for screwball comedies like Anchorman and, more recently, sociopolitical satires like The Big Short and Vice — tapped Mainzer as the movie's science adviser a few years back. In that capacity, she played a major role in helping sculpt the film's dialogue and characters, including astronomer Randall Mindy, who is played with believably neurotic energy by Leonardo DiCaprio. Mainzer recently caught up with Discover about hunting for space rocks, chatting with Meryl Streep via iPad and the invaluable role that scientists can play in an increasingly science-phobic society. Q: Your research focuses on understanding small bodies in our solar system, like asteroids, and the potential impact hazard they pose to Earth. What got you interested in that? A: It’s funny, it’s not where I started out. But one of the great things about working on different kinds of telescopes is that you survey all kinds of different things. From an observer’s standpoint, asteroids and comets are a lot of fun because they’re constantly moving. That means there’s a lot of activity and action associated with chasing these objects around the sky. Then from a scientific standpoint, they have a lot to teach us about the formation of the solar system and how we got to be here. And, of course, we like to be able to answer questions about the impacts themselves. Q: In your work, have there been any near-misses, or asteroids that have come close to hitting us? A: No, and one of the important things here is to consider the risk of impacts from these objects in the context of lots of other risks. In the spacecraft world, we quantify risk as the likelihood of something occurring vs. the consequence that it could have. For asteroids and comets, the likelihood [of impact] is very, very small. But the consequences can potentially be severe. So, because of that, we would consider this a medium risk. Which means you don’t have to run around with your hair on fire. But we don’t want to completely ignore it, either. From my standpoint, the proper response to this kind of threat is to go, ‘Well, okay, let’s go look for the asteroids and see if there are any specific objects out there that, in the next 100 years, have any sort of chance of having a close approach to the Earth.’ Q: Don’t Look Up follows a long lineage of movies about asteroids colliding with Earth, like Armageddon and Deep Impact. Did movies like that have any sort of impact on you as an astronomer? A: It’s funny, I’m probably one of the only asteroid scientists who can say I’ve seen neither Deep Impact nor Armageddon; I haven’t watched either one. But it is true that science fiction has a really powerful role to play in helping us to envision the future and think about possible future outcomes. And we can use that to say, ‘We don’t want that future; we want a different future.’ The movie has a very important message, which is that we don’t have to choose this particular future; we can choose a different outcome for ourselves. And it’s not just about the comet impact that’s shown in the movie. This is pertinent to a whole host of issues that we face as a society, whether it’s climate change or the pandemic or extreme weather events. Q: How did you first get involved as the science adviser for Don’t Look Up? Did the filmmakers approach you? A: So [director] Adam [McKay] actually got in touch with me about more than two years ago. It’s been quite a while. He reached out and told me he’d been looking for someone to talk to about this movie so he looked me up. He reached out to me through a contact at NASA that I had, who put us in touch. I’m a huge fan of his other work, because he’s such a careful thinker and he’s of course really funny. But we just had a great conversation about making a movie that tackled all of these subjects — about science denialism and the importance of understanding and agreeing what is true and what is fact. As soon as we had that conversation, I was like, ‘That’s it. I’m sold. I want to do whatever I can to help out here.’ Q: What was it like working with the cast and crew? Were you on set during filming at all or was it virtual because of the pandemic? A: Things were so different because of the pandemic. Netflix was super careful about the whole process. And I wasn’t able to travel, because this all took place when vaccination was really rare and hadn’t been widely deployed in the U.S. So I was there on set on an iPad. They just sort of wheeled me around, which was really funny. [Laughs] But it worked really well. Meryl Streep stood for a very long time in front of my iPad. I think they had to ask her to move at one point. But it was a great experience. These are really legendary actors for a reason; they’re really smart and capable at portraying the humanity in the characters they play. I had a lot of really great conversations over the couple of years with all of them. In particular, I spent a lot of time talking with Leo [DiCaprio] and Rob Morgan about their characters. As the scientists, they had a really important role to represent science, and to represent how scientists think. I thought they did a great job. Q: Yeah, I've read that you spent a lot of time talking with DiCaprio in particular. What was the focus of those conversations? A: One of the things we talked about a lot is that scientists will knock themselves silly trying to get the word out. Because that’s what we do. A really big part of science is replicability and peer-review; you’ll hear that mentioned over and over again in the movie. Scientists really want people to look at their work and confirm it; that’s a big part of science. We talked about ways that you can see the characters struggling to be clear and get the word out and talk to other scientists. And it doesn’t always go well. Sometimes things can happen that can subvert that process. We talked a lot about how scientists can get marginalized by special interests; by conspiracy theories; and how frustrating that is — when you have news that’s important that you have to share because you know you can solve problems if you can just get the word out about it and get other people to take action. We had dozens and dozens of conversations about this; about how scientists feel when they are ignored. Q: Can you see the remnants of any of those conversations in the actors’ dialogue or performances? A: All of those pieces of dialogue that you see, we went over and over and over. You see Leo or Jennifer [Lawrence] or Rob trying to … there’s a couple of really big moments in the movie for them as scientists where they have their big speech where they really get to say what’s on their minds. There’s a lot of me in there. Q: From a scientific or technical perspective, was there anything you wanted to make sure the cast or crew understood correctly? Say, when it came to the proper way of searching for comets, or the terminology, or anything you wanted to make sure was represented accurately on screen? A: Leo, in particular, did a fabulous job with some very complex technical material. They had to learn quite a bit about how asteroid discovery works and how to characterize orbits and all of that. But, fundamentally, I think the thing that they did very well, and that I was really interested in making sure that they knew, is that science tries to tell the truth. We really try. We try to tell the truth about the way that we see the world working around us, based on empirical evidence. In any given situation, scientists are going to try to get the truth out there. They’re going to try to tell what we know. They’re going to try to make sure that other scientists can replicate the work. That’s a strength of science. And that’s a unique way that science operates — it self-corrects. And it may be messy. We may not always get the right answer the first time, but we’re going to get more data and that’s going to allow us to refine our answers. To me, it was really important that they all understood that. And they all got that immediately and really infused it into their characters. Q: Is there anything that director Adam McKay or the actors asked you about? What questions did they have for you as science adviser? A: One of the things we talked about a lot is science denialism — what do you do? If you’re a scientist, and you have information that needs to be shared, and people ignore you, what’s the right thing to do? So you’ll see that debate played out in the movie, and there are a few key scenes where this happens. You’ll see the scientists debating [things like], ‘Do we go out and protest in the streets? Or do we try to engage with people who are in power?’ Because very often, scientists are not empowered to make change based on the knowledge that we gain. We can learn about what’s happening, and we can make recommendations, based on the science, that we know are likely to work. But we, personally, are not the people who are empowered to be able to do this. Q: Are you pleased with what ended up on screen in terms of the movie’s adherence to scientific accuracy and the overall messaging? Where does it diverge from real-life? A: We very quickly veer into the realm of science fiction. We don’t know of any giant comet hurtling toward Earth, and that’s a really good thing. Right off the bat, we’re in sci-fi territory. That said, there are a few places where you’ll see that the movie is obviously science fiction, and it postulates technology that we don’t have yet and that isn’t quite there. But it’s also not the main point; the main point is that I hope people see scientists portrayed as human beings, in all of our flaws and all of our glories. And I hope they come away from it knowing science a little bit better. That knowledge, hopefully, will help in building trust in science as a process. Yes, it’s obvious science fiction, but I think it has some important points to make about the value of science in our lives. Q: The filmmakers and actors haven’t been shy about the fact that the movie was conceived as a parable for climate change. There are also some striking similarities to the past few years during the pandemic. With that in mind, what else do you hope audiences take away with them after the credits roll? A: I hope people take away from this movie that the situation is not hopeless. And what happens next, with regard to climate change, or the pandemic, or a host of issues, is up to us. If we make good, science-based decisions, both in our lives and as a society, we can have better outcomes. We can directly impact the future in a positive way; we don’t have to choose the negative path. We can choose a better way. That’s up to us. Source

BOL is finally getting some love on netflix while DLU is killing it at the same time at the box office despite the limited release A middling Leonardo DiCaprio thriller is killing it on Netflix The Oscar-winning star is no stranger to success, as can be seen by his multi-decade career, and therefore it’s no surprise to see one of Leonardo DiCaprio’s films also finding success as it rises up the Netflix charts. The action thriller Body of Lies has been taking out the competition to make its way to number eight on the most-watched movies on Netflix as per FlixPatrol. The film follows Roger Ferris (DiCaprio) as he hunts down a powerful terrorist leader, but things get complicated when politics and lies begin to take their toll. A film is almost guaranteed success when you have a star such as DiCaprio leading the way, but when you add other A-listers such as Russel Crowe, Oscar Isaac, who will star in Marvel’s upcoming Moon Knight, and Mark Strong, you get a film that is sure to blow audiences away. Add four-time Oscar nominee Ridley Scott as director, and it will be no surprise when the film brings in millions, which is exactly what Body of Lies did, $115 million in fact. This isn’t always a recipe for success though, as can be seen by Scott’s recent film The Last Duel which bombed at the box office. Why did it do so bad? Well, Scott infamously blamed millennials for ruining the movie’s chance at success. Since the film’s release in 2008, DiCaprio has gone on to make many more hits such as the comedy Don’t Look Up which recently hit cinemas and is set to come out on Netflix on the 24th of this month. Despite DiCaprio having a problem with a Meryl Streep nude scene, the film has had no other issues and has gone on to find success, pulling in $500,000 worldwide in just under a week since its release. With DiCaprio leading the way, Body of Lies is sure to continue rising up the charts as it entertains viewers from the comfort of their own homes. With plenty of mystery and action, it’s sure to blow you away. Source

^I watched DLU last night again and I think I liked it even better than the first time That's the movie magic of Leo for me to watch his movies again and again and never ever getting bored Just for the lmao literally 👇 Leonardo DiCaprio, Guardian of Butts Please clap, ladies: Chivalry isn’t dead. It’s alive and well and living inside of Leonardo DiCaprio, at least if you are “film royalty” like Meryl Streep. The Guardian reports that DiCaprio vigorously defended Streep’s butt’s honor on the set of Don’t Look Up, arguing with the director on its behalf when it came time for — sorry to spoil — Streep’s butt’s nude scene. Some context for the movie: Streep plays fictional U.S. president Janie Orlean, one of the many public figures actively ignoring and even concealing an oncoming comet disaster in what the filmmakers intended as a climate-change allegory. For our purposes, you only need know that our first woman president is a former nude model with a (trendy) lower-back tattoo — by my count, that’s three glass ceilings shattered — who at some point showcases her naked behind for the camera. According to director Adam McKay, Streep seemed unfazed by her cheeky cameo. “She is fearless,” McKay told the Guardian. “She didn’t even blink. She didn’t even bring it up.” “But you know who had a problem with it?” McKay continued. “Leo.” And why might that be? “Leo just views Meryl as film royalty … although maybe royalty is not a compliment … but as such a special figure in the history of film,” McKay explained. “He didn’t like seeing her with the lower back tattoo, walking for a second naked. He said something to me like: ‘Do you really need to show that?’ And I was like: ‘It’s President Orlean; it’s not Meryl Streep.’” They wound up going with a body double, allegedly because DiCaprio (like his co-stars) views Streep as the G.O.A.T., even if she doesn’t know or really care to know what that means. Anyway, what’s interesting to me is that DiCaprio clutched his pearls at the thought of audiences seeing Streep’s bare ass when Streep herself gave no hoots. Not to suggest that DiCaprio, who dated a series of very young models before settling down with his current girlfriend — 24-year-old model Camila Morrone — ca. 2017, might have a hang-up about women aging or anything like that. I’m sure this is just a respect thing, totally, 100 percent. Source

Just for the holy crap

^

Btw, am I the only one who was buffled by the cast of Leos adult sons in DLU? They truly looked like a mix of Leo and Melanie Lynskey especially the one with the glasses, holy crap Leonardo DiCaprio is Finally a Dad! In Satire “Don’t Look Up” He Plays the Father of Two Adult Sons We’re still a ways off from getting into the nitty gritty of Adam McKay’s “Don’t Look Up.” But while we wait, ponder this: Leonardo DiCaprio is now old enough to play the father of adult children. Believe it or not, and I can’t, Leo is now 47 years old. Okay, I’m sitting down. It was 30 years ago — like Adele’s 30 — when Leo was a teenager on “Growing Pains.” It was 1993 when he broke through with the combination of “What’s Eating Gilbert Grape?” and “This Boy’s Life.” I have a clear memory of interviewing Leo over lunch in 1993. I was 12, which means he was a baby. Over the years, DiCaprio has played a lot of roles, but never an onscreen Dad, not even to small children. He won an Oscar for tousling with a bear. Maybe he had kids in “Wolf of Wall Street,” but his character was too high on Quaaludes to know who they were. In “Catch Me If You Can,” he was a son of Christopher Walken. In Scorsese films, he’s had a lot of things to do, but nothing involved progeny. And yet, as a respected astronomer and scientist in “Don’t Look Up,” Leo’s got two sons at home. The actors who play them are 25 years old. His character is also married to an age appropriate woman played Melanie Lynskey. Indeed, in “Don’t Look Up,” DiCaprio — who used to be The Kid — is sort of avuncular toward Timothee Chalamet. Think of this: Leo used to be Timothee Chalamet. And so it goes, right? The circle of life. PS It kind of makes sense if you think about it. DiCaprio’s most famous role was as Jack in “Titanic.” His love interest was Kate Winslet. In “Mare of Easttown,” Kate had a grandchild! Really, now I’m taking a nap! Source Some words of one of Leos on screen sons about his DLU on set expierence Conor Sweeney: This whole experience has been more than I could have ever asked. I am so excited to share this movie with you all. I am honored, overwhelmed, overjoyed. My dreams have come true and I am pinching myself every day. I am so grateful. Shooting this movie in the height of the second wave in early 2021 was a whirlwind. I isolated on Cape Cod for a month by myself to be extra safe, then a week in a hotel room, and then finally made it to set. And what a set it was. Melanie Lynskey was the best scene partner an actor could ask for, so giving and caring and strong. Her performance is truly stunning, as she is. I am so lucky to know you. Leonardo DiCaprio was the best dad, leading us all into the ending with dad jokes and trivia. A true star. Jennifer Lawrence led with grace and power all while keeping it light and fun. She is truly a blast to work with and just as delightful as you would hope. Timothée Chalamet was the kindest, most generous actor and person whilst simultaneously making us all cry laughing from his improv. A truly special one. Rob Morgan taught me how much strength there is in stillness and how lucky we all are. He is a Force. And the best on screen brother, Robert Radochia, I’m so glad we got to go through this whirlwind together. You rock and I’m so pumped for the world to see. Adam McKay leads with humor, humility, and the desire to collaborate. He is a leader in all the greatest senses and I am so lucky he wanted to have me there and trusted me to play around with some of the greats. Wow. I could keep going on and on, I am so stinkin excited. I love this movie so much and hope you do too. It’s hilarious, gut punching, filled with rage and with love. After living in my brain every day every hour for the past year, it is finally here, for you. I hope you enjoy ❤️ And remember, Just Look Up 🌏☄️👆 Source

7 Of Leonardo Dicaprio's Exes On What It Was Like To Date Him (And Why They Broke Up) Leonardo Dicaprio is known as one of the most famous bachelors of our time, with a long history of girlfriends and flings. He stole the hearts of young girls after his breakthrough role in Baz Luhrmann's William Shakespeare's "Romeo + Juliet" (1996) and soon after in James Cameron's "Titanic" (1997). With his attractive looks, impressive acting experience, and his charming personality, he has amassed quite the list of ex-girlfriends — including fellow actors and models. Currently, Dicaprio is with actress and model, double threat, Camila Morrone who is a rising star in Hollywood. The two have been dating since 2017 and even quarantined together during the pandemic. While it's not too safe to say the two are going to last, let's see what went wrong in his past relationships and what his exes have to say about dating the iconic bachelor. Bridget Hall The first of Leonardo's exes who was a model is Bridget Hall who was 17-years-old when they met in 1994 and Leo was 20-years-old. The two were seen attending several events together in 1994, and according to an interview with the Vogue cover girl in New York Magazine “nothing happened." However, that was the opposite of what tabloids were saying at the time like the Globe that quoted her saying, “He was lousy in bed. [It] was bad.” Gisele Bundchen After his longer two-year fling with model Kristen Zang from 1996-1998, Dicaprio found Gisele two years later in 2000. She was the first and only girlfriend (so far) that lasted five years, which is almost as long as Dicaprios's relationship with his current girlfriend Morrone. In her memoir, "Lessons: My Path To A Meaningful Life," Bundchen said she broke up with him because she didn't want to numb herself with distractions like, "smoking, drinking, and too much work, I was becoming more and more aware of things that I'd chosen not to look at." She said she needed to do some "serious soul-searching while he stayed the same." Bar Refaeli After Gisele, Decaprio began dating Israeli model Bar Refaeli — they were on and off from 2005-2011. Refaeli had nothing but nice things to say about Decaprio after their final split. A source told The New York Post at the time, "It was amicable, they're still friends and they are still talking. They just grew apart and went their separate ways. Neither are ready to settle down, and both have busy careers that have been taking them in different directions." Blake Lively Blake Lively was famously known for dating Dicaprio for five months in 2011 before she started dating her now-husband, Ryan Reynolds, who she met on the set of "Green Lantern" in 2010. It seems like Lively and Dicaprio had a good time while it lasted — they met in 2011 on Steven Spielberg’s yacht in Monte Carlo for the Cannes Film Festival. The two were captured multiple times together on dates in Venice, Los Angeles, and NYC. Kelly Rohrbach After dating blonde models Erin Heatherton from 2011-2012 and Toni Garrn from 2013-2014, Kelly Rohrbach was the last blonde-haired model to date Dicaprio. Their romance began in 2015. According to Heatherton, their breakup was due to "crazy schedules." For Garrn, the breakup happened soon after Dicaprio was spotted leaving a Miami nightclub with 20 women. For Rohrbach, by the end of 2016, their breakup was blamed on crazy work schedules. These two also had a 16 year age difference. At some point along the way, Rohrbach and Dicaprio were reportedly engaged but decided to remain friends after the breakup. Nina Agdal Nina was the last girlfriend Dicaprio dated before his current girlfriend, Camila Morrone. Agdal and Dicaprio dated from 2016-2017. The Danish model was 17 years his junior and the two were seen vacationing together in Montauk, New York, and the Bahamas. She even met his mother, Irmelin Indenbirken — he brought them on a French Polynesia vacation for his 42nd birthday. Their relationship ultimately didn't work out, but a source told PEOPLE that they've remained friends. Camila Morrone Has Leonardo Dicaprio found true love with Camila Morrone? Only time will tell, but as of today things are going strong and they are still together. The two started secretly dating in late 2017, and have been dating officially since 2018. After two years together, and spending a year together quarantining together, the couple looks to be happy as ever. In November 2021, a source told E! that the two are “closer than ever," saying, "Leo has been settling into this domestic life with Cami, as opposed to all the time he used to spend out with his boys...He does really like his life with her and they're a lot more coupley than they used to be." Source

@akatoshThought you probably wished this headline was true just like me 😭 Leonardo DiCaprio Still SECRETLY IN LOVE with Kate Winslet and Want to MARRY HER Introduction Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet starred in the 1997 hit Titanic, and their chemistry was quickly recognized by moviegoers. DiCaprio plays young artist Jack on a luxury ship, while Winslet plays Rose, a wealthy woman who is engaged to be married to her fiancé, Cal. Despite being in a relationship, Rose begins to fall in love with Jack. Who can forget Jack and Rose’s hot intimacy view in the car? Or when Jack makes Rose stand by the bow of the ship, where she shouts, “I’m flying!” Two words: truly magnificent. Are They Just Friend? Since viewers would like DiCaprio and Winslet to ride their bikes at sunset together, they would have to be satisfied with their amazing friendship instead. DiCaprio has been dating model Camila Morrone since 2017, while Winslet married Edward Abel Smith in 2012. In fact, at Winslet and Smith’s wedding in 2012, DiCaprio took her and gave her to him, a source told Us Weekly. “It’s like family, “Winslet told Good Morning America in 2017 about his relationship with DiCaprio, who was also his star on Revolutionary Road.” It is one of the rare Hollywood friendships that I feel very blessed to have.” They Are the Biggest Fans of Each Other Before Kate Winslet worked with Leonardo DiCaprio on the 1997 movie Titanic, she was terrified of working alongside a good-looking guy, as she should have. “I was just like all the women in the audience, about Leonardo DiCaprio,” the actress told Oprah Winfrey in 1998. In a 2004 interview with Winfrey, the television director played the confession of Kate to DiCaprio, in which he replied, “That’s my girl.” Fortunately, it seems that Winslet was able to put the fears behind her, and the two became close friends. “I feel the same way about her,” he said. “If she had not made that film, we would have been scrapes by this time. It was the hardest film we ever had to make and we were partners together.” To this day, Winslet will never forget how DiCaprio influenced his life. “I left [the Titanic] with one of the biggest friendships of my life in my back pocket, which is Leo,” she said in 2017, to Entertainment Weekly. “We know each other in a very different way, I think, because of our experience both in that film and caring for each other.” Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet are both talented actors in their own right, which is why they are not afraid to recommend each other’s work in Hollywood. “In many ways, Kate and I grew up together in this field,” DiCaprio said when he appeared in 2009 on Oprah. “We have been a way of supporting each other for a long time. We have been there alone and helped to guide each other.” Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet have been on the same list for more than two decades. The million-dollar question, however, is why did Hollywood celebrities not take their friendship to another level by becoming something? “I think the reason the friendship works is that there has never been such a thing as love,” Winslet told Marie Claire U.K. in 2014. Source

Am I the only one who is kinda happy for Nic Cage? Really liked him during the 90s This movie 😭 If you're looking for a nice xmas movie these days 🎅

💯same, girl, same It's what Celine Dion was for Deadpool lol Soooo happy for all the noms. Well deserved

^Continuation... You have to make it through the whole movie because there isn't only one but two credit scenes Not gonna lie I loved everything about JLaws look in the movie 🤩 I think her Dr. Kate Dibiasky was probably my favorite character Every time she and Leo touched each other I was like: Great chemistry of those two what made me wish even more Cate Blanchetts character would just disappear even though that one kiss was pretty hot lol👅

^Same here. The cinema I was yesterday hadn't even a poster of the movie. At the entrace the guy who checked me and my friends tickets was like "what is this movie I never heard of it" and he worked at the frickin cinema But yeah Leo on big screen is always a blessing To the movie itself: Crazy, fun, weird, unbelievable, sad and sometimes a bit slow. I didn't like every single joke (or maybe it got lost in translation) but Leo was joyfully awesome as always and just a blast for my movie loving heart.💖 Overall I had lots of laughs and even more wtf-is-going-on-here // are-you-guys-fucking-kidding-me // hell nooooooooooo // that-just-didn't-really-happen moments LOL I had basically 2 main reactions while watching DLU: 1) I almost didn't recognize him 👆 btw lol 2) Well maybe ... 3) I'm actually surprised we are still here very much alive after watching those entertaining and at the same time terrifying 2 hours and 25 minutes 🤣

Sry if I reposted something 🤗

Adam McKay’s satire about our current facts-averse political divide and incompetent government is his best yet. It’s often very funny. Unfortunately the targets are scattershot, the film is easily distracted, and it’s least a half hour too long. Best in Show: Leonardo DiCaprio as a barely-keeping it together scientist in another reminder that he ought to do more comedies. The supporting cast is one major star after another though the standouts are Cate Blanchett as a seductive opportunist talk show host, Jonah Hill as an absurdly unqualifed and petty Chief of Staff, and Melanie Lynskey, warm and grounding, as Leo’s abandoned wife. B Source

Some -no spoiler- reviews: via letterbox: Half disaster half political satire. Leo is great at being a dweeb. Although Streep plays a weird trumpian populist President, I’d vote for her every time. I love when Jonah Hill plays a douche! Hilarious. I laughed a lot in an empty theater with a handful of “industry” folk. ---------------------------- “we really did have everything, didn’t we” (spoiler free) Don’t look up looked pretty bad until I was invited to a secret hidden premiere in Paris alongside a few cast members and some journalists. The film transitions from a comedy to a Satire to a Beautiful orchestra about life, love, religion and friendships, Every actor (major or musician) did an excellent job! Is it the next Godfather? of course not, It isn’t meant to be.. but It’s definitely going to leave you satisfied!

Another win: Another song:

Sweater Leo is for sure one of my all time favorite Leos So thx for that early xmas present Leo or whoever decided to put you in that sweater, my eyes very much appreciate that look

I will watch DLU tomorrow night in cinema. #can't wait 🍿

Just for the record and for the ones who cares. Netflix’s Don’t Look Up Will Reportedly Be A Major Awards Season Contender Adam McKay may have shot to prominence as the director of broad, raucous Will Ferrell comedies like Anchorman and Step Brothers, but he’s now established himself as an expert at crafting star-studded social satire mixed with prestige drama. His last two movies The Big Short and Vice landed a combined total of thirteen Academy Award nominations, with McKay landing a Best Adapted Screenplay win for the former in among five personal nods for writing, directing and producing. According to the latest reports, Netflix’s Don’t Look Up is poised to follow a very similar path. The disaster comedy comes to theaters on December 12 before hitting streaming two weeks later, with a recent post on the AwardsWorthy forum teasing that it’s set to become one of the heaviest hitters on the upcoming circuit. “This just screened to a group of critics here and… I wasn’t ready for this but… They’re raving it like crazy. Like, they’re thinking this will get around 10 nods and win many of them. It has much more VFX than I expected. The original song is not an end-titles one but marks one of the funniest scenes, Streep can win her 4th, Original Screenplay win may be a lock, SAG Ensemble is in the bag, this is Leo’s best ever, the film’s insanely funny kinda raving I’m talking about. I don’t know what to think right now.” That’s not much of a surprise when the cast alone features Oscar winners Leonardo DiCaprio, Jennifer Lawrence, Cate Blanchett, Meryl Streep and Mark Rylance as part of the most stacked ensemble this side of Avengers: Endgame. Netflix has been making a concerted effort to beef up its roster of potential awards contenders on an annual basis, and it sounds as though Don’t Look Up could be the streamer’s marquee title if it lives up to such lofty early buzz. Source

Adam McKay Had To Make The Comedy Of His Satire ‘Don’t Look Up’ Even Wilder To One-Up Crazy Real-World Events – Contenders L.A. When crafting this wildly satirical yet all-too-close-too-reality film Don’t Look Up, writer-director Adam McKay admits that the unpredictable and seemingly over-the-top events of recent years convinced him he had to go even bigger to achieve his comedic ends. “I swear on all the holy books on the planet Earth that I wrote this before Covid, and it was one of those strangest experiences I’ve ever had,” McKay explained Sunday on a panel for Deadline’s Contenders Film: Los Angeles panel at the DGA Theater. “The strangest thing about this movie was writing it, casting it and then seeing a lot of the elements come true, and then wondering: do you even make the movie?” Reflecting on his script during pandemic downtime before shooting, “there was this moment where I realized it was all about how we’ve befouled, broken, profitized, pornographicized our lines of communication, the way we actually talk to each other,” McKay said. “That was the moment where I was like, Oh, we definitely have to make that and I wrote all the cast and they were all like, ‘Oh, yeah – Now more than ever.’ ” The filmmaker recalled how stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Lawrence, who play astronomers who’ve spotted an asteroid hurtling toward earth urgently trying to wake indifferent irresponsible leaders to acknowledge the catastrophic consequences to come, immediately recognized that outrageous real-world events necessitated they up the ante, no matter which side of the political aisle people stand. “Regardless of how you voted, I think we all have to admit seeing the President of the United States float the idea of ingesting bleach to deal with a medical emergency is an unusual situation,” he said. “When that happened, I right away texted my producer, Kevin Messick, and texted Leo and Jen was like, Okay, we’re gonna make this a little crazier.’” Likening his intentions to achieving a satirical tone even less straight faced than films like Network, Wag the Dog and Ace In the Hole, McKay said he couldn’t simply resort to parodying Donald Trump in the film’s president, played by Meryl Streep. Instead, he borrowed a bit from several recent commanders in chief. “My god, man, we have had a run of terrible leaders!” he laughed. “So if you do just do Donald Trump, it doesn’t work because Donald Trump doesn’t adhere to a narrative. And the comparison I’ve made is it’s like Brick Tamlyn from Anchorman that you just have this wandering, free-floating ghost from the old Pac Man video game, so that doesn’t work. “But then I started thinking about all the presidents that we’ve had, and I was like, ‘Holy crap, it has been a murderer’s row of louts and rollovers and suck-ups,’” he added. “I took a little bit from each, so you have kind of the performative empty suit of Reagan. “You have the used car salesman of Bill Clinton…and you have the dangerously underqualified George W Bush. And then you have – I voted for him, but like let’s face it, Barack Obama awfully smooth and cozy with big money. And then of course, Trump’s run-amok narcissism.” Of course, McKay could rely on Streep to add her own distinctive spin to the role. “When I first talked to Meryl I just said ‘Put all of that in a pot with some chopped onions and some olive oil and stir it around and for about six, seven hours just make sure the pot doesn’t boil,’” he added. “And then of course, Meryl came back with like seven brilliant ideas – my favorite was the idea that she has hair like a 25-year-old, which when she first told me I was like, ‘That’s crazy!’ But I was like, ‘I’m going to trust Meryl Streep.’ And so when she put the wig on, I was like, ‘Yep, that’s perfect.’” Don’t Look Up tells the story of two low-level astronomers (Lawrence and DiCaprio) who must go on a giant media tour to warn mankind of an approaching asteroid that will destroy Earth. The cast also includes Timothée Chalamet, Mark Rylance, Cate Blanchett, Melanie Lynskey, Gina Gershon, Ron Perlman, Matthew Perry, Ariana Grande, Tyler Perry, Michael Chiklis, Himesh Patel, Kid Cudi and more. Netflix opens the film December 10 in theaters and starts streaming it two weeks later on Christmas Eve. Source

It's the Sun but reading about Leo and Rihanna using their tongues makes it worth Leonardo DiCaprio Made Out With A Model Few Feet Away From Rihanna After They Broke Up? Leonardo has dated quite a few A-listers in Hollywood and has always been very open about his love life. Leonardo DiCaprio is one of the popular Hollywood celebrities across the world. Not just his craft but also his love towards nature and fans is known to the world. Today, we bring you a throwback of the time when the superstar broke up with singer Rihanna and made out with a model when his ex was standing just a few feet away from him. Scroll below to read the scoop. Leonardo has dated quite a few A-listers in Hollywood and has always been very open about his love life. It was 2015 when Leonardo DiCaprio and Rihanna’s brewing romance rumours were the talk of the town. They painted the town red with their love and were going full out smooching each other in front of their friends and didn’t care about the world. According to a source close to the Sun, “Rihanna and Leo were really going for it. They were passionately snogging and didn’t seem to care if anyone saw.” The source continued and said, “They were using tongues so there was no mistaking it for a friendly smooch.” The duo reportedly first met at a birthday party in 2014 and kissed each other at the same party and later celebrated New Year’s together on Caribbean island while ringing into 2015. Soon after, Rihanna and Leonardo DiCaprio broke up and the actor was spotted with another model at a party. According to Radar Online, it was the Titanic actor who called it quits and a source close to the publication revealed, “They were making out,” about his new fling while the Diamonds singer was standing a few feet away from the ex. Well, Leo being Leo. Source

Director Baz Luhrmann Reflects On The 25th Anniversary Of His Beloved ‘Romeo + Juliet’ Storytelling His visionary ways continue to speak to generation after generation of moviegoers and these 25 years later, Baz Luhrmann’s Romeo + Juliet remains a cinematic achievement all its own, leaving a lasting impact on the world of pop culture today. Much like his leading actors in the film, this too was a moment in Baz’s early career that put him on the cusp of what was to become a wildly successful journey of bringing his captivating storytelling to the world in all shapes and sizes. The first of many moving parts that brought Romeo + Juliet to life up on the big screen began with an idea that Baz had about taking the centuries-old tragedy from the stage and turning it into the brilliantly modern major motion picture experience that it became. “How would Shakespeare address, make a film if he were here today, if that was his medium,” Baz shares with me this week exclusively at Forbes. “Having grown up in the world of Shakespeare and then really doing a huge academic study of that idea and coming up with the language and collaborating, all ending up in Mexico to shoot in iambic pentameter with a bunch of young people in a totally creative world. The fact that it even got made is kind of bonkers. When we did it, I didn’t think that. I just thought like Well, why not? and then it went on of course to have the life it did and to think all this time later, 25 years later. I mean, the amount of R+J references. It has gone on. It’s ridiculous, really.” When it came time for Baz to cast his title roles for the film, he remembers coming across a photo of a young Leonardo DiCaprio, unsure if he was a model or a pop star. Baz knew that the character of Romeo is “not an action hero, he’s a love hero,” so Baz was determined to find a dedicated dramatic actor who could truly act. Fortunately, the next thing that Baz saw of Leo was news that he was being nominated for an Oscar for his performance in What’s Eating Gilbert Grape. “The process was truly interesting,” Baz reveals about casting Leo. “I reached out to him. I decided that was it. Him. There was no like anybody else.” Baz knew the young actor was initially a bit hesitant about taking on the role. So, Baz decided to fly the 19-year-old Leo and his dad George DiCaprio to come meet him in Australia to do a workshop and film parts of Baz’s screenwriting (in full hair and makeup) to give Leo a real idea of Baz’s hopeful vision. Baz also knew that Leo cared about the environment, even in his younger years, so he also set up a diving trip to the Great Barrier Reef for the three of them to enjoy, a fond memory and experience in which Baz recalls Leo telling him years later of the quality family bonding experience it was for him and his dad. With Romeo confirmed, Baz needed to now secure his Juliet, a casting that almost went to a completely different Hollywood star today. “We looked at everyone and actually at one time, it’s well-known now and I think Natalie is completely alright with it but Natalie Portman was a real frontrunner and in fact, we explored the idea. And really, it’s that Leonardo looked so young and Natalie was so mature for her age. The truth is that when they were together, it was really clear that Nat was just too young to do the idea.” Baz recalls the in-person chemistry workshops between Leo and Natalie, saying they were beautiful together and that Leo was so protective of the young Natalie. Nonetheless, with Natalie now out of the running, Baz would soon follow the suggestion of a friend to find the destined missing piece to his Romeo + Juliet puzzle in Claire Danes. “The film director Jane Campion, she told me Oh, there’s this really remarkable young actor [on a] show called My So-Called Life. I watched it, she was great.” When speaking about the first chemistry workshops between the two young actors, Baz says, “I put Claire and Leo through their paces. They still laugh at me. In fact, I saw some video the other day when I made them walk out and do a scene in the snow in New York. They were like Please God, no. Not that. I don’t know why. I wanted them to do it in a way in which you change the circumstance of the environment to see whether in fact it would change the dynamic between them.” With Leo, Claire, and a strong ensemble cast set, it was time to start filming in Mexico, a location in which Baz and his filmmaking team would effectively disguise as the modern day Italian city of Verona. However, Baz remembers the challenges that he, his cast, and his crew faced in the midst of filming Romeo + Juliet and how they had to get clever in finishing particular scenes beyond the unforeseen weather conditions that ultimately fell within their path. “The biggest hurdle was when we were shooting, when you see the beach scenes, they were shot in Vera Cruz on the east coast. Every single thing you see in that frame - every telegraph pole, every palm tree, we created. There was grey sand. Nothing, nothing there. Not the buildings, no theater of course, none of that. And it was before CG (computer imagery). We had a little bit of CG but we didn’t have what we do now, so you had to build everything. We built this huge set and we created it all and Mercutio’s big death scene comes and we shoot it but a hurricane is coming in. Really severely, a hurricane. We have to shut down and get the hell out of there because the whole set is going to be blown to pieces. We do a master take. In the film, you’ll see it. It ends with Leo, Mercutio is dying in his arms and Leo runs to the car, gets in a car. Now that’s one big shot. It’s a master. We shot the master and got out of there. The entire set was completely blown away and destroyed and I had to finish the scene in San Francisco where we were posting at Skywalker Ranch. I had to finish the scene in the San Francisco Bay, holding up little pieces of scenery and people throwing sand in front of wind machines.” What loyal Romeo + Juliet moviegoers might find most interesting is that arguably the film’s most memorable and romantic cinematic moment when the title characters first meet at the fish tank, came from a serendipitous encounter that Baz stumbled upon himself while out in the Miami nightlife scene shortly before filming. “I went to the bathroom and I came out and I was washing my hands and there was a big fish tank in front of me and I looked through it, I could see a girl combing her hair. It was such a brilliant idea because you could flirt through the tank and I went Oh, look at that!” The song that plays during the fish tank scene is “Kissing You” by Des’ree, just one of many songs from this film’s epic soundtrack that continues to be timelessly embraced by both movie and music lovers. Like in all of Baz’s projects, he purposefully chooses to have a very active hand in the selection process of the music that intertwines best within his direction and storytelling on-screen. “Little known fact, I’ve been producing music under a pseudonym called BLAM. I have an actual record label with RCA, so I’ve made a lot of music. Jay-Z and I did [The Great] Gatsby together. I see music as part of the screenplay. There’s almost three scripts. There’s the visual language script, musical language script, and then there’s the script. I write it all back into the text. There’s even a line when Romeo and Juliet are getting married, which says something like I think A young Stevie Wonder sings a choral version of ‘When Doves Cry.’ It’s in the script.” When Romeo + Juliet was first released in theaters on November 1, 1996, it went straight to the top of the box office, grossing worldwide approximately $147.6 million during its entire theatrical run. The film had unquestionably won over the hearts of young moviegoers everywhere, discovering an incomparable admiration for its unique storytelling and its modern depiction of a rebellious, all-consuming, and star-crossed love. “Well, it came out and it took everybody by surprise that it went to number one,” Baz reminisces about the film’s opening weekend. “It totally wiped everyone away. It was number one. It was kind of one of those moments where the older generation did not see that coming. I was pretty young myself, I was only about 30. It was an exciting time.” Before Romeo + Juliet, Baz had first made a name for himself in the filmmaking industry from his directorial feature film debut in 1992 with Strictly Ballroom. Since those two films, Baz has gone on to direct, write the screenplays, and produce three more publicly praised films Moulin Rouge, Australia and The Great Gatsby. With only five major motion pictures under his belt during his nearly 30-year filmmaking career so far, I had to ask Baz about his mindset behind having only released a handful of films over this rather long span of time. “I do a lot of things. I’m always busy. To me, I don’t think of myself as a filmmaker, per se. I basically work in story and ideas and whether that’s building a hotel, doing an election campaign, doing an opera. Quite often, I’ve done things for the first time. As long as it’s truly adventurous and it serves my luck because it’s the only thing I do, then I’ll do it. As far as the films go, I have so many ideas that I already know I’ll never have enough time to do before I am finished on this planet, so I just look at the idea and I go In my life, what’s going to make my life worth getting up and doing and is it the right time to put this story out in the world? Can this truly be useful? Is it carrying a larger point?” Baz goes on to share with me that throughout the years, he is well-aware of critics being known to give his films mixed reviews when they first come out, reactions he has become unaffected by, knowing that his creations are often appreciated and understood much more as time goes on. “There’s often a lot of dialogue about why my films get quite controversial whenever they open. Even like with Gatsby, which was controversial, is now kind of trending on Hulu. They always take more time to be embraced than when they come out. I never make movies to try to be loved in the moment, because I really crave longevity actually.” Returning to this 25th Anniversary celebration of Romeo + Juliet, I conclude my conversation with Baz by asking him what he would like to say to his loyal R+J fans, a question Baz tells me he has never been asked and is glad I did so. “I really want to say to the fans, really I do, that I made the movies, you know. I might bring up a child but you fell in love with my child and married them, and so, you kind of know my child in a way in which I will never know my child and I’m glad they married well. So, I would say to the fans thanks for marrying the movie.” Source

Elle about her meeting with Leo at LACMA I think.