Mama June's family hasn't given up on her ... despite the fact she seems done with them. The fam wants to grab just a couple minutes with the reality star in what can best be described as a Hail Mary.
Sources close to June tell us her sister, Joanne, has spearheaded an effort to get June away from her BF, Geno. The next step, they say, is getting June professional help she desperately needs for her addiction issues. They know ... unless Geno's out of the picture, it's all futile.
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June and Geno were in court in Alabama Wednesday when Geno lashed out, shouting slurs at photogs. We spotted a film crew documenting Joanne's efforts to help her sister.
In our video from the parking lot, Geno hugs a woman -- that's Joanne -- and you see her follow June and Geno go to their car ... as she begs June to grab lunch and talk. It's all to no avail because June slams the door in Joanne's face.
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Joanne was also at the courthouse earlier this month in hopes of seeing June, but June was a no-show.
We're told Joanne's also blown up June's phone, trying to open a dialogue. Again, she got nothing.
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TMZ broke the story ... June's daughters and Joanne staged an intervention earlier this year with the help of WE tv ... but she refused. Honey Boo Boo doesn't want anything to do with June unless and until she dumps Geno.
Ruby Rose is about to be a hero to little kids watching her as Batwoman on The CW. Even more than an empowering hero, Rose gets to play an openly gay heroine, the sort of role model she didn’t get to see on television. As a kid, Rose appreciated what was available, which included Lucy Lawless as Xena: Warrior Princess.
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After the Television Critics Association for Batwoman this summer, Rose spoke with reporters further about being a role model, and the role models she had growing up. Batwoman premieres Sunday, October 6 at 8 p.m. on The CW right before Supergirl, and we’ll have more with Rose and the stars of Batwoman this week on Showbiz Cheat Sheet.
Why Xena: Warrior Princess was Ruby Rose’s hero
Sure, Xena kicked butt but that wasn’t really why Ruby Rose loved her. As a young gay woman, there were many fan theories about Xena’s relationship with Gabrielle (Renee O’Connor).
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“The closest I had was Xena: Warrior Princess,” Rose said. “You just had to assume that there was something with Gabrielle. It was up to the imagination but I was convinced and that definitely was probably the only thing I had on television that represented how I felt and kind of empowered me. I don’t think anything else until probably The L Word which was a different show entirely.”
‘Batwoman’ can be someone’s ‘Xena’ in 2019
Ruby Rose wishes there had been a character like she plays on Batwoman when she was little. Kate Kane (Rose) is openly gay and heroic enough to save Gotham City.
Ruby Rose and Camrus Johnson in Batwoman | Kimberley French/The CW
“It’s telling a story that I wish was on television when I was a kid,” Rose said. “I believe there are going to be people that this changes their life.”
And if Batwoman is not for you, that’s okay.
“I think there’s definitely someone for everyone in the show, but if you don’t find yourself in this show, that’s probably because there’s plenty of shows for you already out there,” Rose said.
We still need more representation on television
The landscape of television is far more diverse than it was when Ruby Rose was watching Xena, but it’s still predominantly heteronormative. Batwoman adds one more show to shift the balance.
Ruby Rose as Kate Kane in Batwoman | Elizabeth Morris/The CW
“It’s more about representation and diversity and acknowledging that there are more than just one kind of person who exists in the world that then gets displayed on television or media or film,” Rose said. “I think that’s why GLAAD is such a fantastic organization because they have been monitoring like we don’t have representation in these areas and we need it.”
Ruby Rose has input into ‘Batwoman’
Showrunner Caroline Dries and producer Sarah Schechter are listening to Ruby Rose’s input on Kate Kane and Batwoman. Rose has confidence in them too.
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“If I ever felt like there was something that I was seeing in the script or not seeing in the script or wanted more of or wanted less of, especially when it comes to Kate specifically, I think things have changed, writing have made adjustments. I’ve asked Caroline if we can do it a different way. We are collaborative in that way but as far as the show as a whole, of course if I felt like there was something I wanted to say, obviously I would but so far they’re doing an excellent job so I don’t feel like I need to put an extra cook in the kitchen.”
Ruby Rose to the Television Critics Association, 8/4/19
When Kanye West hosts an event, the pure unpredictability and uniqueness of it will bring out the masses for a truly one-of-a-kind experience. Following Sunday Service at The Greater Allen Cathedral in Queens, West and company headed to Washington Heights on Sunday night (Sept. 29) to host the final listening of his Jesus Is King: A Kanye West Experience mini-tour at the archaic United Palace Theatre.
Unfortunately, as Kim Kardashian promised, Sunday came and went without the release of Jesus Is King, which has West's fans in a state of panic. Kanye also didn't provide any insight to a possible release date during the Experience, but did run through the brisk 10-track less than half-hour project for the 1,000 some odd fans packed under the Palace's golden ceilings and sacred watchful eye.
"New York City is definitely one of my hometowns," he told the crowd. "I wasn't fully saved during Coachella. I came to know the truth and joy of Jesus. This album is an expression of the gospel." West moved right into fulfilling album opener "Beauty From Ashes," where he seems to shed his ego. "I come to you empty, free of my pride," he pleads.
Track No. 2, "Follow God," features some of West's most passionate rapping on the entire album. To fully bring the word of the gospel to NYC, Kanye instructed fans to fill the aisles and stand up, which temporarily created a more raucous environment, as a riled up mosh pit of fans joined him on stage, but were quickly told to move back once West was notified that the stage might collapse. Daughter North and son Saint kept the party going by dancing on stage for much of the night, as Kim Kardashian filmed the adorable Kodak moments from off to the side.
The electronic "On God" immediately jumped out as a standout cut from West's latest body of work. Kanye chimed in that he actually crafted the track with emerging rapper-producer Pi'erre Bourne, as Yeezy confidently boasts that he's "the greatest artist resting or alive" on the opening verse. Sadly, Young Thug isn't heard on the record, as previously rumored. At this point, the album's artwork was debuted on the projection screen. Jesus Is King's cover art depicts a biblical happening that goes along with the themes of the Sunday Service merchandise debuted this weekend.
A notable change heard Sunday was the re-recording of "Selah," one of the few tracks featuring thunderous drums on the project. Lines such as "everyone want Yandhi, my cousins mad at my auntie" have questionably been flipped to "everyone wanted Yandhi, but Jesus did the laundry." The castrated "New Body" has also been added back onto the album's fluid track list, but the Ty Dolla $ign-assisted track is still missing a new verse courtesy of Nicki Minaj.
To put a few rumors circulating online to rest, the police did not shut down West's listening session. It looked as if officers calmly strolled down the aisle to let him know of his 10 p.m. curfew, but Yeezy would finish off the Experience on a high-note with album closer "Use This Gospel." West reunited Clipse to blend worlds with Kenny G on the saxophone, which taps into West's brilliance as a collaborator, to make for one of the sharpest tracks on the project.
Overall, Jesus Is King seems to be unfinished, and it wouldn't be surprising to see the project pushed back a few weeks. Kanye flashes his greatness at times, but fails to completely flesh out his thoughts on others. He could also be waiting on a few collaborators to elevate the effort and finally bring it across the finish line. West makes sparse use of hard-hitting 808 drums on JIK, a stark change compared to a mainstay on previous Ye LPs.
The Chicago native also previewed portions of both his forthcoming documentary and IMAX film. The doc follows West in his travels across the globe and hones in on his time spent with James Turrell at his Arizona Roden Crater installation. The IMAX film is slated to hit theaters across the country on Oct. 25.
Find the latest track list of Jesus Is King below. Purchase merchandise for Sunday Service and Jesus Is King tailored to NYC on Kanye's website.
Meghan Markle has not led a normal life. Even long before she met Prince Harry, things were hardly ‘normal’. Her father was an Emmy winner. Even though it was for work off-screen, not many kids can say that about their dad. Later, she became a popular actress, although arguably not an A-list one.
Even though her life was never really normal before joining the royal family, some royal watchers are wondering if all the media attention that comes with being a duchess is too much for Markle.
Is Meghan Markle overwhelmed?
Meghan Markle | DAVID HARRISON/AFP/Getty Images
There have been a few hints that Duchess Meghan is not feeling the constant media attention that comes with being married to a royal family member. First, she and Prince Harry moved to Frogmore Cottage on Windsor Estate. They made headlines when they issued some pretty strict rules for their neighbors.
Now that they’re parents, the media is upset at their lack of access to Baby Archie. The public has only seen a handful of pictures of the little one.
Insiders have confirmed that the Duchess of Sussex is having a hard time adjusting to life as a member of the royal family. Even though her husband, Prince Harry, has faced intense media scrutiny his whole life, Markle reportedly doesn’t turn to the royal family for advice.
Instead, she has been asking her A-list celebrity friends how they handle the spotlight. Supposedly she’s taken tips from George and Amal Clooney, as well as singer Rihanna.
Some experts say Meghan Markle needs to change her ways
Some royal watchers think the duchess is alienating the British public with her lack of photo ops. They say she’s at risk of losing public affection for good if she doesn’t change her ways.
PR expert Anthony Burr recently told Express UK that Duchess Meghan needs to be more open with the press. He compared her to Princess Diana, her late mother-in-law. Princess Diana famously hated the constant media scrutiny she was subjected to, yet she was still very popular with the public. According to Burr: “Harry’s mother, late Princess Diana, used her wits and intelligence to work out how to keep the media onside and was crowned the People’s Princess.”
Burr says Duchess Meghan needs to do the same. He said photo opportunities could help, as allowing more media into her private life might make the press lay off a little. This is something we’ve heard before from royal experts. Burr says: “She can’t have her cake and eat it. It needs to be shared around.” In this analogy, it seems like the cake is the duchess herself.
Being Princess Diana might not help
To be fair, the media attention Markle is facing is technically unprecedented. Yes, Princess Diana was famously hounded by the media, but she was married to the man who was next in line for the throne. Prince Harry will almost certainly never be king, as his brother Prince William and all his children precede Prince Harry in the line of succession. Other duchesses of her level don’t usually face this kind of scrutiny but it is likely her Hollywood background makes her an interesting subject.
Also, playing nice with the media didn’t help Princess Diana. Some even blame the media for her death. There has always been a pervasive rumor that her car crash was caused by a paparazzi trying to snap a picture of her, although it’s never been proven. So if history teaches us anything, it’s that Markle can’t change media behavior, no matter what she does.
All signs point to the Duchess of Sussex wants to make her own way in the new landscape she’s found herself in. She’s decidedly not taking advice from royal experts and instead has been looking to other American celebrities instead. Duchess Meghan knew what she was getting into when she married Prince Harry, and she seems to have a plan for how to make this life ‘normal’.
Tekashi 6ix9ine has been hearing an earful from his fellow MCs about his snitching -- it's been all bad -- but T69 has a theory on all that ... they're jealous and running scared.
Sources close to the embattled rapper tell TMZ ... Tekashi is well aware of the hate he's been receiving either on camera, in interviews or on social media from his peers, but he doesn't give a crap about any of it -- 'cause he thinks those folks are foolhardy haters.
In fact, we're told Tekashi has strong words for those people -- which is a LONG list at this point, BTW -- and it goes something like this ... just wait and see.
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According to our sources, Tekashi believes him testifying against his old crew will be forgotten almost instantly as soon as he's released from prison -- and he also thinks he'll be more popular than ever with the masses ... which, of course, means $$$$ in his pocket.
We're told he thinks that anyone in the rap game who's spoken ill of him since this whole legal ordeal began are not only envious, but threatened by him ... afraid that he'll pass 'em up and leave 'em in the dust when he gets out and starts making hits again.
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Those are strong words for a whole lot of folks, including Cardi B, 50 Cent, Meek Mill, 21 Savage, Snoop Dogg, Jim Jones and others whom we didn't even speak to directly. There's more artists we talked to that are pissed, like The Game, Irv Gotti, Skinnyfromthe9 and even Rap-A-Lot Records honcho J. Prince. They've all condemned him.
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6ix9ine isn't paying much mind to any of it though, apparently. Seems like he's going down the ignorance-is-bliss road and sticking to it, all without witness protection to boot.
We reached out to Tekashi's attorney, Dawn Florio ... she declined to comment.
A certain amount of tension always precedes a “Saturday Night Live” season premiere, but this weekend’s curtain raiser, kicking off its 45th year, seemed tenser than usual.
Beyond the typical curiosity about how the show would shake off the cobwebs of its annual summer hiatus and whether new cast members would gel with the veterans, “S.N.L.” had two big questions to answer: How would it tackle a politically tumultuous week in which Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced that the House would begin a formal impeachment inquiry against President Trump? And how — if at all — would it deal with the controversy surrounding Shane Gillis, who was hired as a featured performer and dropped before the season started, after videos surfaced in which he used racial slurs and other bigoted remarks?
The first question was addressed right away in the show’s cold open. Despite his frequent grousing to the contrary, Alec Baldwin was back in his recurring role as Trump, placing an anxious phone call to his personal lawyer, Rudolph W. Giuliani (played by Kate McKinnon). “Nobody’s going to find out about our illegal side dealings with the Ukraine,” McKinnon assured him. “Or how we tried to cover up those side dealings. Or how we planned to cover up the cover up.”
Baldwin asked her, “Rudy, where you right now?”
“I’m on CNN right now,” McKinnon answered.
As is “S.N.L.” tradition, a series of cast members appeared in subsequent phone calls as members of the Trump administration and its associates: Aidy Bryant as Attorney General William P. Barr; Beck Bennett as Vice President Pence; and Alex Moffat and Mikey Day as Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump.
“Did you take care of that thing in Russia for me?” Baldwin asked them. “What thing in Russia?” Day said. “The treason,” Moffat replied.
Bowen Yang, a new featured performer, appeared as Kim Jong-un of North Korea, who offered Baldwin his advice on how to deal with the whistle-blower. (“You have a big ocean in your country?” Yang asked. “O.K., send whistle-blower to the bottom of there.”) After further appearances by Chris Redd as Kanye West, Kenan Thompson as Don King and Cecily Strong as Jeanine Pirro, Baldwin found himself in a final conversation with the actor Liev Schreiber.
“I told you, Mr. President, Ray Donovan’s a fictional character,” Schreiber explained to him.
Baldwin replied, “If you can’t do it, can you connect me with John Wick?”
Mea Culpa (Or Was It?) of the Week
While “Saturday Night Live” has a history of using its own airtime to acknowledge and apologize for its missteps, the show did not take on the Gillis controversy directly. But in his opening monologue, the host, Woody Harrelson, obliquely addressed its subtext — whether intentionally or not — in a riff about immigration, cultural sensitivities and comedians who are constantly called on to say they are sorry.
After a few jokes about his unexpected status as a “fashion icon,” Harrelson said:
I wasn’t born yesterday. I didn’t just get off the boat. Oh, jeez. That’s ironic. That sounds like I’m slandering immigrants. I’m not. I think immigrants make this country great. But let’s face it, most of them, they don’t come by boat anymore. They just walk right in. We see that every day on the news. Well, Fox News anyway. Oh, jeez. If what I just said offended Fox News viewers, I apologize. And if I hurt the one Fox viewer who is also an immigrant, well, I apologize to you, madame first lady.
And so on, through a series of equally awkward faux gaffes and apologies.
Other Political Sketch of the Week
A segment billing itself as a CNN town hall on impeachment offered another opportunity for the “S.N.L.” cast to try out or refine their impressions of the Democrats seeking their party’s presidential nomination in 2020: a first wave included Moffat as Beto O’Rourke (“Can I say a few words in 8th grade Spanish?”); Yang as Andrew Yang; Redd as Cory Booker; Colin Jost as Pete Buttigieg; and Chloe Fineman, a new featured performer, as Marianne Williamson.
A second, more star-studded round focused on Kate McKinnon as Elizabeth Warren (“I hope you guys enjoyed hot girl summer, ‘cause now it’s school librarian fall”); Larry David as Bernie Sanders (“I’m so excited to be back and to ruin things a second time”); Harrelson as Joe Biden (“I see you, I hear you, I sniff you, and I hug you from behind”); and Maya Rudolph as Kamala Harris (who described herself as the kind of fun aunt — “a funt” — who “will give you weed but then arrest you for having weed.”)
Other-Other Political Sketch of the Week
A political round-table parody hosted by Bryant made use of flashbacks, costume changes and the unshakable pessimism of a panelist played by Thompson to consider the likelihood that, for all the firestorms that President Trump has faced, “Ain’t nothing going to happen,” as Thompson’s character puts it. (The sketch was also distinguished by the accidental on-screen appearance of a person helping to change Bryant’s costume, after which the actress broke character and couldn’t stop laughing.)
‘Weekend Update’ Jokes of the Week
At the “Weekend Update” desk, the anchors Jost and Michael Che continued to riff on the impeachment inquiry into Trump.
Jost:
This week, President Trump was accused of a shady, mafia-style shakedown of the Ukraine. But luckily Trump’s lawyer was able to smooth it over with professionalism and class. [Video of Giuliani on Fox News, telling other guests to shut up.] By the way, that looks like the world’s angriest game of Guess Who? And now Democrats are moving towards impeaching Trump, which should feel like a huge, historic moment. But with Trump, even impeachment just feels silly. Like, the movie “Nixon” was a serious film directed by Oliver Stone. The movie about Trump is going to be from the dudes who brought you “American Pie.” And by the way, the one thing we haven’t heard from the White House all week about this is a denial. Trump just keeps saying that all the information is bad because it’s second hand. It’s like if the cops asked you if you murdered someone, and instead of saying, “No, I didn’t,” you said: “Who told you that? Ron?”
Che, after noting his frustration at how long it would take to remove Trump from office, added: “I bet somebody explained how long impeachment takes to John Wilkes Booth and he was like, O.K., well, where’s he at right now?”
Fake Movie Trailer of the Week
If you had any lingering curiosity about seeing the “Downton Abbey” movie, this satirical trailer will suck it right out of you. The “S.N.L.” parody features a close approximation of the sumptuous production value seen on the TV series and in the movie (as well as McKinnon’s dead-on impression of Maggie Smith). But, as a voice-over informs us: “The beloved television show is now a feature film. And it’s mostly about cleaning.”
Martin Scorsese ranges towards extremes, which is why he’ll be a manic show boater in one movie and practice rigorous self-abnegation in the next. But his gingerly-paced, three-and-a-half-hour The Irishman is something new: a self-abnegation movie set in the place where he normally showboats — the gangster dens of New York and other urban crime hubs, among bosses, lackeys, hitmen, and their families, real and “made.” Union halls, too, since the film is built around the 1975 killing (presumed, no body found) of Teamsters president Jimmy Hoffa. By design, it’s an old man’s movie, and not just because it’s narrated by the elderly title character, Frank Sheeran (Robert De Niro), from a wheelchair in a Catholic convalescent home. Scorsese has consciously put a cap on his adrenaline. Enriched beyond his dreams by the folks at Netflix and pressed to assemble a veritable Rat Pack — aging Scorsese vets De Niro, Joe Pesci, and Harvey Keitel, plus Al Pacino, a guest star from the other landmark gangster movie of his era, The Godfather — the director has made his most stylishly daring film: one that is pointedly sapped of style.
Consider the violence. The Irishman has no flashy-set-piece killings, no whip-pans to carnage, no scenes of mayhem suitable for re-watching while playing air-guitar. (No Rolling Stones!) For a hit in a barbershop, the camera follows the killers from behind and then comes to rest in front of some flowers — we only hear the shots. Sheeran fought in some of the grisliest, most protracted battles in World War II’s European theater (122 days in Anzio), and the detachment with which he came home to America seeps into all the film’s murders. It’s ugly, a waste, but it’s what it is. This is not De Niro the mythic executioner who vaulted over roofs in The Godfather Part II or embodied the dark soul of urban paranoia in Taxi Driver. He’s not agile or picturesque and certainly not courageous. Scorsese stages his kills as brusque, arrhythmic, ungainly — pop-pop-pop from behind and that’s it. Apart from his Judas Iscariot moment (betrayal being a lifelong Scorsese fixation), Sheeran does what he’s told to do with no evident emotion. It’s a job, like house painting.
The Irishman is, in fact, closely based on Charles Brandt’s I Heard You Paint Houses: Frank “The Irishman” Sheeran & Closing the Case on Jimmy Hoffa. It’s a good, messy book that further dispelled (for at least one reader) the conclusion that Kennedy was assassinated by a lone nut who was then spontaneously taken out by a grieving nightclub owner. The paint is blood, the patois representative of how gangsters talk in Steven Zaillian’s subtle, shapely screenplay. Even the most bloodcurdling figures like Tony Salerno (Domenick Lombardozzi) speak in euphemism and metaphor, not because they’re poets but because they’re disconnected from the horror they perpetrate. They’re thoroughly banal. Al Pacino’s Hoffa seems to earn the bosses’ wrath not only for threatening to take control of the Teamsters’ pension fund but for being blunt, unmannerly.
The movie is framed by Frank’s final days in a convalescent home, but it’s largely a flashback with its own flashbacks. The main thread is a long but mundane ’75 road trip with Frank at the wheel, his sometime boss and patron Russell Bufalino (Pesci) in the passenger seat, and the men’s wives in the back. They’re headed to a wedding with stops to collect payments from business owners on the way, but the vibe is so flat that it’s eerie. Something bad is coming, which is why Frank can’t get it out of his head — but he also wants to tell us how he met Bufalino (cute, in a gas station), how he made his bones stealing sides of meat, and how he began to blow up cars and warehouses and finally people for the likes of Russ and Angelo Bruno (Keitel) and Felix “Skinny Razor” DiTullio (Bobby Cannavale). Most of these men are as colorless as they are powerful — apart, of course, from Hoffa, for whom Frank goes to work at Bufalino’s request as an aide and bodyguard.
The Irishman gives you no indication that this is the Teamsters’ last hurrah, that the future — sans Hoffa, under Ronald Reagan — would make strikebreaking respectably mainstream. In the early part of the film, their antagonist is President John F. Kennedy and his brother, the attorney general, who launches a campaign against organized crime that organized criminals find inexplicable given their help (in Illinois in particular) in securing Kennedy the presidency. The bosses and the unions will stick with Kennedy because he has promised to help them reclaim their precious Havana from Castro; but after Frank delivers a truckload of weapons to a motley group of soldiers in South Florida, things go, well, South.
The attorney general’s grilling of Hoffa is rich in period detail, but the movie is not designed as an epic, like The Aviator. It’s a film of faces. Odd faces, at times. Faces that — thanks to computer “de-aging” — don’t always match the voices and bodies. Grateful to relive the past with these beloved movie stars, I mostly pushed the dermal irregularities from my mind, though when Pesci’s Bufalino phones Hoffa to recommend “that kid I was talkin’ to you about,” it takes a moment to register it’s De Niro. The time machine can travel only so far back.
But it’s great to see De Niro back with Scorsese, who needed a break from Leo and all those kid actors. After years of doing anything and everything and not seeming fully invested (like Anjelica Huston, I’ve wondered, How big is his nut?), De Niro is once more inspired to test himself. His Frank is a man who feels nothing specific yet is in evident pain throughout — which sometimes manifests itself in a toothless grimace that recalls Bela Lugosi but more often translates into stammers that suggest inner panic. He is most of all befuddled by his own actions — a weird but fascinating quality in a protagonist. And who can resist seeing him across from Keitel and Pesci?
At the premiere New York Film Festival press screening, I heard all sorts of huzzahs about Pacino — and he is wonderful — but it’s Pesci who thrilled me to the core. A pop-top in Raging Bull and especially Goodfellas and Casino, he plays Bufalino as almost supernaturally focused and watchful, always hypersensitive to other peoples’ rhythms. Who could imagine Pesci triumphing as a man who looks for equilibrium, who seeks to modulate every encounter, who accepts that murder is inevitable but sadly, seeing in it a sign of failure? I thank the gods of acting that he came out of retirement to do this.
And Pacino? Scorsese nudges him out of his familiar rhythms, evidently refusing to let him do the kind of freestyle acting that he fancies is bebop but is more often ham. This is a “head” Pacino performance, not a cojones one. On the stump, Pacino’s shoulders go stiff and he jerks in the manner of Richard Nixon — but Nixon’s manner might well have rubbed off on the real Hoffa. It’s plausible. Zaillian’s firm dramatic beats keep Pacino in the moment, and it’s a joy to see him go eye to eye with the superb Stephen Graham as the febrile Anthony Provenzano (Tony Pro), each man staring daggers that they seem one moment away from materializing and flinging. Most of all, Pacino lets you feel Hoffa’s relish for the job, which is partly legitimate and partly based on patronage and bribes and occasional rough stuff. It merges with Pacino’s relish for these co-stars and this script.
It’s fun to see Welker White as Hoffa’s wily wife, Jo — White was the girl with the hat in the coked-up climax of Goodfellas — along with assorted not-de-aged faces of the actors playing mobsters and union men. But the subplot featuring Frank’s hyper-attentive daughter Peggy (Lucy Gallina as a girl, Anna Paquin grown up) isn’t woven gracefully into the narrative and sticks out.
The Irishman (which will have a limited theatrical run beginning November 1 and head to Netflix on November 27) doesn’t fully earn its epic running time. But it’s overlong, it’s not overscaled. When Scorsese sets out to make an epic — in, say, The Aviator or Gangs of New York — he often loses the pulse or goes to too flamboyant lengths to speed it up. After Raging Bull, his adrenaline was a little suspect, much of it born of real filmmaking passion but some of it spurious, suggesting a chef who snorts a line of coke and dances around a kitchen yelling, “Can I cook!” There’s a faint suggestion here that he regrets some of his past pyrotechnics, that he sacrificed depth for momentum. For Scorsese, the slowing-down in The Irishman is radical, and it pays off in the long series of final scenes in which the characters are too old to move as they once did. They can’t hide inside motion, and so Scorsese doesn’t — and the upshot is one of his most satisfying films in decades.
'Where it all began!' Justin Bieber shares sweet throwback snap of himself with wife Hailey ahead of their second wedding... as Kylie Jenner gushes over couple
Justin Bieber, 25, and Hailey Baldwin, 22, are set to marry at the Southern-themed hotel in South Carolina
Last week it was reported that the couple will exchange their vows on Monday 30th September, following a civil ceremony in September 2018
Published: 10:53 BST, 28 September 2019 | Updated: 13:08 BST, 28 September 2019
They're reportedly set to marry at the Montage Palmetto Bluff hotel in South Carolina on Monday, almost a year after their legal ceremony at a New York City courthouse.
And ahead of their second wedding, Justin Bieber, 25, took to Instagram to share a sweet throwback photograph of himself and wife Hailey Baldwin, 22, which left Kylie Jenner gushing over the couple.
In the old snap, a youthful-looking Hailey can be seen with her arm on the baby-faced singer's shoulder after they first met back in 2009, following an introduction by her father, Stephen Baldwin.
Amazing! And ahead of their second wedding, Justin Bieber, 25, took to Instagram to share a sweet throwback photograph of himself and wife Hailey Baldwin, 22
Justin captioned the epic throwback: 'My wife and I :) where it all began,' with Kylie Jenner commenting: 'This is amazing.'
The sweet post comes just days ahead of the couple's second wedding, as they're reportedly set to exchange vows on Monday.
Hailey and Justin recently sent out comic book inspired save the dates for September 30.
The couple had previous put off their big wedding so that Justin could deal with his mental health, something that has taken priority for the pair over the past year.
Wedded bliss: The couple are reportedly set to marry in South Carolina on Monday, almost a year after their legal ceremony at a New York City courthouse
Supportive friend: Justin captioned the epic throwback: 'My wife and I :) where it all began,' with Kylie Jenner commenting: 'This is amazing' (pictured with Hailey in 2015)
South Carolina ceremony: TMZ recently reported that the couple will wed at the Montage Palmetto Bluff in South Carolina, a waterfront locale near the May River
Last weekend TMZ reported that Justin and Hailey are planning to marry at the lavish Montage Palmetto Bluff hotel after falling in love with its Southern charm.
Sources close to the couple also told TMZ that party planner extraordinaire Mindy Weiss will be organising the festivities.
It comes after Justin took to Instagram to ask viewers what he should wear for the lavish occasion, as he posted snaps of five different wacky suits.
Bachelorette babe: Meanwhile, Hailey enjoyed a wild bachelorette party in LA recently
Wow them in white like Hailey in a dress by Oh Polly
Hailey Bieber enjoyed a wild night on the town with her pals for her bachelorette party and got in the bridal spirit thanks to her white mini dress!
It's by online label Oh Polly, a bargain brand we've spotted Hailey wearing several times before.
From the flattering ruched material, to the figure-hugging bodycon design, this little number was perfect for the celebrations. We love the handy clear straps too, which Hailey decided to remove for the night.
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Girl time: The niece of actor Alec Baldwin looked every inch the bride-to-be as she was joined by her pals, including Kylie's sister Kendall, for dinner and then dancing at Delilah nightclub
On hold: The couple had previous put off their big wedding so that Justin could deal with his mental health, something that has taken priority for the pair over the past year
'Help me choose a tux for my wedding. It’s between these three,' Bieber, who is set to wed Hailey Bieber at the larger ceremony, wrote before posting two more options.
In the photos, models can be seen wearing different Halloween costumes that include: a short sleeve black romper tuxedo, a pink tuxedo with a matching pink top hat, a rainbow striped tux, a teal tux with bananas on it and a white tux splattered with blood.
Fortunately for the Sorry hitmaker, his wife of just over one year has a good sense of humour, as she commented: 'I like the last one.'
A timeline of Justin and Hailey Bieber's romance, as the couple prepare to say 'I do' again in front of loved ones in South Carolina
By CHRISTINE RENDON FOR DAILYMAIL.COM
Justin Bieber and his wife Hailey will be exchanging vows once again at the Montage Palmetto Bluffs in South Carolina on Monday, over a year after tying the knot at a New York courthouse in secret.
But getting to happily ever after definitely happen overnight.
As the couple prepare to say 'I do' again, this time with friends and family present, it's time to take a look back at Justin and Hailey's relationship, from their first meeting as preteens to their rekindled romance nearly 10 years later.
Hopelessly devoted to you: Justin Bieber and his wife Hailey will be exchanging vows once again at The Montage in South Carolina on Monday, over a year after tying the knot at a New York courthouse in secret
2009: Justin and Hailey first meet
Video of the couple being introduced to one another by Hailey's father Steven Baldwin resurfaced in recent years.
Recorded in 2009, the video captures a shy and young Hailey shaking hands with the pop sensation.
Future Mr. and Mrs. Bieber: A young Hailey Baldwin is introduced to Justin Bieber by her father, Stephen Baldwin, in 2009
2015-2016: Going public
The pair were in similar social circles, but it wasn't until 2015 that it was clear they were more than friends.
The famous duo rang in 2016 together with a vacation to Anguilla, where Justin posted a photo of them sharing a kiss.
At around this time, the couple acknowledged they were seeing each other, non-exclusively.
Sealed with a kiss: The famous duo rang in 2016 together with a tropical vacation, where Justin posted a photo of them sharing a kiss
'We are not an exclusive couple,' Hailey told E! at the time.
Justin also admitted Hailey was someone he 'really' loved, but wasn't ready to devote himself to a relationship.
'What if Hailey ends up being the girl I'm gonna marry, right? If I rush into anything, if I damage her, then it's always gonna be damaged,' he told GQ.
Alas, the timing wasn't right for the pair. Justin ended up moving on briefly with Sofia Richie.
New flame: The pop star moved on from Hailey with Lionel Richie's daughter, Sofia Richie, in 2016
2017: Justin reunites with his first love
The Baby hit-maker rekindles his relationship with his on-off girlfriend, Selena Gomez.
In an interview with Billboard, Selena admitted she never stopped caring for Justin.
'I'm 25. I'm not 18, or 19, or 20. I cherish people who have really impacted my life,' she said. 'So maybe before, it could have been forcing something that wasn't right.
'But that doesn't mean caring for someone ever goes away.'
This ends up being short-lived as well.
Together again: Bieber and Selena enjoyed a brief rekindling of their relationship in 2017
2018: Hailey and Justin get back together
Right when it seemed they were really done, Justin and Hailey get back together.
And the couple were not shy about it either.
The lovebirds were often pictured packing on the PDA for all to see throughout New York City.
Bling bling: Baldwin showed off her massive engagement ring while cuddling Justin
July 2018: They're engaged!
Just over a month after reigniting their romance, the couple were engaged. Justin proposed to Hailey during a romantic getaway to the Bahamas with a massive diamond ring.
September 2018: Husband and wife
Justin marries Hailey at a courthouse in New York City.
September 2019:
The couple will be tying the knot again in front of friends and family at the luxury Montage Palmetto Bluffs resort in South Carolina on September 30, 2019.
So in love: After a roller coaster start to their relationship, Justin is now officially married to Hailey
