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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.

Just a little DLU catch up (I lost a few days here and I'm not watching the movie clips before I saw the actual movie so sry if I repost something):

Not my personal list even though it's a very good top 5 but so well done I have to post that beautiful face 🤩 Personal Top 5 for the b-day boy LEONARDO DI CAPRIO (born November 11, 1974) Source God I love Danny & Billy. What a great year 2006 was movie character wise for us Leo fans Also dying over the pain in Teddys eyes

^You think page six wasn't a paper in the first place? It's the gossip column of the frickin New York Times. They're all online these days, ya know, in the time of the internet. If a gossip column is that powerful you want to work with them believe me or even better to control them. That's how hollywood works. Never undermestitate Leos power of using the press for his own good. He has way more control about his life than we might know. So to think one of his much less powerless girlfriends is in any position to use Leo is kinda... laughable. Honestly I think Leo is dating those women because he's in the position where he can date anyone he wants to and doesn't give a sh!t what other thinks about it and not because of the need of some lousy pr. Just my opinion. https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/a30709872/page-six-gossip-history-new-york-post/ https://pagesix.com/ https://www.justjared.com/ https://www.tmz.com/ https://people.com/ https://www.eonline.com/ https://www.usmagazine.com/ Leo and Blake Lively splitted "officially" on US Weekly, just for example even though they never confirmed being a couple in the first place. https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/blake-lively-leonardo-dicaprio-split-2011410/

Always the others with problems, never yourself. Classic. I quit this annoying discussion now. Bye.

^Don't tell me to calm down if weirdos like you starting those discussions and assumptions but couldn't get to the end of it when someone ask what's the base of those ideas. In this point I agree with you: It doesn't make sense at all what you're writing.

^Who the f**k is talking about marriage??? Not every relationship has to end up into a frickin marriage. We're not living in the damn 50s anymore. That doesn't mean a relationship isn't real. Like a piece of paper would proof anything at all and every marriage in Hollywood has to be true lol