Kate Hudson And Her Killer Abs Cover Shape Magazine

Nothing to see here -- just Kate Hudson looking absolutely fanastatic in Shape Magazine's March 2015 issue. (Sorry, we had to.)

The 35-year-old teamed up with the publication for a playful photoshoot on the beach. Ever the good sport, Hudson looked adorable in a cropped baseball tee and glittering gold short shorts:

In the accompanying interview, the mother of two told Shape that she hates the idea of dieting.

“It puts so much pressure on people to lose weight quickly," she said. "Getting healthy is not a two-week process, it’s a change of lifestyle.”

For Hudson, her lifestyle change came after an encounter she had in a Parisian restaurant:

I was at my favorite French restaurant in Paris … eating everything I love … steak, fries, lots of wine. Then the dessert came, and I was having strawberries and cream pastries plus the wine. [Then,] a svelte, sophisticated woman approached [my] table. She pointed to my glass of wine. "This is your piece of cake. That’s how you should be thinking." And I always try to remember that: Everything in moderation!

For more with Kate Hudson, pick up the March issue of Shape, on newsstands Feb. 19.

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Scarlett Johansson: 'Everyone has seen my breasts!'

Scarlett Johansson had a baby in August of 2014.
She posed for these pictures for W magazine three months later.

No really.

Johansson told the mag she has no problem showing her body.
“Everyone has seen my breasts! I can change my top right here,” she said.
The 30-year-old actress indeed knows her way around a nude scene.
“I was completely naked in that movie [‘Under the Skin’] She was a totally different species so her nudity was kind of practical,” she said. “I also had black hair. That was my idea—I didn’t think I should be a blonde sort of bombshell. Naked, but not too sexy.”
And while she’s already been in the business for two decades, it didn’t always come easy for the A-lister.
"When you’re a kid, they send you on a lot of commercial auditions, and I was terrible at selling things. I never got those parts,” she said. “I remember crying in the subway, and my mom said, ‘Look—let’s forget it. Do something else.’ And I replied, ‘No. You can’t take this away from me. I want to be an actor!’ Waiting for the B train, I had my come-to-Jesus moment.”

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Iranian actress Golshifteh Farahani in trouble for nude photo shoot?

Cast member Golshifteh Farahani poses as she arrives for the film world premiere of "Exodus: Gods and Kings" at the Odeon Leicester Square in central London, December 3, 2014. REUTERS/Suzanne Plunkett (BRITAIN - Tags: ENTERTAINMENT) - RTR4GLQJ

LOS ANGELES – Iranian actress Golshifteh Farahani -- reportedly exiled from the country in 2012 for exposing her breasts in a photo shoot -- has caused another stir by baring her body for renowned fashion photographer Paolo Roversi in the French magazine Egoiste. The black-and-white image shows Farahani, 31, looking sultrily into the camera, her body slightly twisted to the side, with all parts in clear view.

“France has liberated me. (Paris) is the only place in the world where women do not feel guilty,” she told the luxury publication. “In the East, you are that (guilty) all the time. As soon as you feel your first sexual impulses.”

The controversial images come in the wake of terrorist attacks against satirical Paris publication Charlie Hebdo, in which 12 people were murdered because the magazine made fun of the Muslim prophet Mohammed. Farahani is now reportedly based in Paris with her husband Amin Mahdavi, which raises the question: By posing for the magazine, could Farahani be courting danger in her new home?

“On a personal level Golshifteh Farahani may be inviting danger for herself, or more importantly for her family in Iran, but on a professional level the decision may lead to more roles,” observed Brown University sociologist, Dr. Hillary Friedman. “More significantly on a political level, whether or not you agree with nudity, her freedom to make this decision highlights choice that individuals and women have in countries outside of Iran and other similar nations in the Middle East.”

Kamal Nawash, an attorney and President of the Free Muslims Coalition, a non-profit organization that seeks to stamp out terrorism, argues that posing naked isn’t necessarily the best way to support women’s rights.

“In addition to degrading and objectifying women, posing naked may actually be counterproductive to supporting women’s rights. Those opposing equality for women, will just point to the naked women and argue to the parents of the nation that it is their traditional values that prevent their daughters from being degraded and objectified as women,” he said. “This will be a powerful argument because most parents do not want to see their daughters posing naked.”



Farahani has been called the most famous actress from Iran, being the first Iranian woman to star in a Hollywood blockbuster – 2008’s “Body of Lies” alongside Russell Crowe and Leonardo DiCaprio – since the 1979 revolution. Yet she has previously insisted that it is not her intention to provoke or shock.

“I hate politics,” she told The Guardian newspaper. “It is not my job.”

Farahani was exiled from Iran in early 2012 after an official of the Supreme Court in the Islamic Republic after she revealed her right breast in a black-and-white video with thirty other French cinema prodigies promoting the Césars, a rough French equivalent to the Academy Awards.



Middle East news site Al-Arabiya reported that authorities phoned her family in Tehran to inform them that she would not be welcome back and that she would be “punished, that her breasts would be cut off and presented (to her father) on a plate.”



The official Tehran-based news agency issued a report about her, describing her as the “hidden, disgusting face of cinema,” according to The Guardian. She was also lambasted by the culture ministry for “not wearing a headscarf” at the New York premiere of “Body of Lies” a few years earlier and reportedly received further threats for speaking out in support of the unsuccessful “green revolution,” the political movement which gained momentum following Iran’s 2009 presidential election when scores of Iranians campaigned for the removal of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad from office.

The last film she made there in 2009, entitled “About Elly” which went on to win the award for Best Narrative Feature at the Tribeca Film Festival and was Iran’s official selection to compete at the 82nd Academy Awards in the field of Best Foreign Language Film, was banned by the censors before it opened.

Farahani told the British newspaper The Telegraph that she was also informed by the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guide official that the country “does need any actors or artists” and that she should offer her “artistic services somewhere else.”

A representative for Farahani did not respond for further comment, and the Iranian government is yet to issue a response to her photo shoot.

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France approves ages 12 and up to see 'Fifty Shades of Grey'

 

French children as young as 12 can head to see the highly-anticipated erotic drama "Fifty Shades of Grey" on its release Wednesday, after the country's film board decided against giving it an adult certificate.

France's classification president, Jean-Francois Mary, deemed that the movie, starring Jamie Dornan and Dakota Johnson, "isn't a film that...can shock a lot of people."

Mary considers the film, that contains scenes of nudity and sadomasochism between an entrepreneur and a virginal student, "a romance, you could even say schmaltzy."

The film — based on the best-selling E.L. James novel — has been rated R in the U.S. for its "graphic nudity" and "unusual behavior."

Britain granted it an 18 certificate and the film is banned on screens in Malaysia where it was deemed "too sadistic."

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Kanye West calls Grammys a joke, takes back Beck diss

 

Kanye West says he has nothing but respect for Beck. The Grammys? Not so much.
West paid a visit on Ryan Seacrest and his "On Air" radio show Wednesday to expound on his post-Grammy diss of the surprise Album of the Year winner.

The rapper walked up the steps at the Staples Center in Los Angeles as Beck was accepting his award Sunday night but retreated before re-enacting his interruption of Swift at the VMAs. During an aftershow on E!, West ranted that Beck should "respect artistry" and turn over his statue to fellow nominee Beyonce.

West told Seacrest of his stair-climbing antics: "It was kind of a joke like the Grammys themselves."
And the post-show rant?

"This is our Super Bowl, you know, and someone's gotta be mad that Marshawn didn't get the ball," he said. Marshawn being Beyonce in this scenario but Seattle Seahawks running back Marshawn Lynch in actual life.

As for "respecting artistry," West explained he was upset that Beck didn't mention other nominees as worthy in the category during his speech.
"Beck is one of the nicest guys and one of the most respected musicians in the game, so it's nothing that I would want to do as a fellow musician, to disrespect him in any way," he said. "That was a miswording on my part."

West went on to describe the Grammys thusly: "They're like a broke clock. They're right only, like, twice a day."

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'Twilight's' Pattinson sees paparazzi in different light after playing photographer

Actor Robert Pattinson poses during a photocall to promote the movie 'Life' at the 65th Berlinale International Film Festival, in Berlin February 9, 2015.

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(Reuters) - British actor and "Twilight" star Robert Pattinson says playing a photographer in his latest film has made him more sympathetic to the paparazzi.
In "Life", Pattinson plays Dennis Stock, the man behind some of the most famous photos of legendary actor James Dean.
The film explores the friendship between the two men as Dean was starting out in Hollywood in the 50s and Stock saw a star in the making, eventually getting him a cover spread in "Life" magazine.

For Pattinson, 28, whose boyish looks and huge following among teenage girls after his performances in the Twilight films have frequently made him a target of paparazzi, the film forced him to acknowledge that the job of celebrity photographer isn't always easy.
"I did feel like being a paparazzi for a second. I do empathize with their plight," Pattinson told a press conference at the Berlin International Film Festival where "Life", directed by Dutch photographer-turned-filmmaker Anton Corbijn, was screened this week.
"At the end of the day I feel they go home and beat themselves. That's what I was doing to get into character," he added, laughing.
Pattinson said that, like many other actors, he had looked up to Dean, star of "East of Eden", "Giant" and "Rebel Without a Cause", who was killed in a car crash aged 24.
"I remember when I first started acting, sort of 16 or 17, I think a lot of actors have their James Dean phase where every audition, no matter what the part is, they come in and do a James Dean impression. I definitely had one of those," he said.
Variety magazine said Pattinson is a "sly turn" as Stock in "Life", and "brings intriguing layers of childish dysfunction" to the character.
This year marks the 60th anniversary of Dean's death, yet his appeal endures, something American actor Dane DeHaan, who plays Dean in the film, tried to explain.
"I guess he was such an open, emotional vessel that I think he tapped into human nature," DeHaan told the press conference in Berlin.
"So it just left people wondering what would have happened. I think James Dean would be 83 today. He could be here, what would he be doing?"
(Editing by Michael Roddy and Liisa Tuhkanen)

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Jon Stewart leaving Comedy Central's 'The Daily Show'

Comedian Jon Stewart speaks during the ''12-12-12'' benefit concert for victims of Superstorm Sandy at Madison Square Garden in New York December 12, 2012.

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(Reuters) - Comedian Jon Stewart, famed for his biting television satire of politicians and the media, will leave his job as host of Comedy Central's parody newscast "The Daily Show" later this year, he told his studio audience at the end of Tuesday night's episode.
Stewart, 52, who has starred on the show since 1999, said he had no specific plans for his next career move, but was thankful for the opportunity to host the program.
"It's been an absolute privilege," said an emotional Stewart. "It's been the honor of my professional life, and I thank you for watching it, for hate-watching it, whatever reason you are tuning in for."
The announcement came after Comedy Central's other big name, former "Daily Show" contributor Stephen Colbert, ended his tenure as star of companion show "The Colbert Report" and left the network in December to succeed the retiring David Letterman as host of the "Late Show" on CBS.
The New York-based "The Daily Show," which airs weeknights at 11 p.m. on the Viacom Inc-owned Comedy Central, is expected to continue, the network said, but a replacement for Stewart has yet to be named.
"Through his unique voice and vision, 'The Daily Show' has become a cultural touchstone for millions of fans and an unparalleled platform for political comedy that will endure for years to come," Comedy Central President Michele Ganeless said in a statement.
Stewart replaced Craig Kilborn roughly 15 years ago as host of the late-night cable program, which has won Peabody and Emmy awards.
"17 years is the longest I have ever in my life held a job, by 16 years and five months," Stewart said on Tuesday's broadcast.
"The upshot there being I am a terrible employee. But in my heart, I know it is time for someone else to have that opportunity," he added, prompting boos from the audience.
"The Daily Show" averages slightly more than 1 million viewers a night, a far smaller audience than his late-night competition on broadcast networks, but Stewart became disproportionately influential in U.S. politics and culture.
His lampooning of elected and would-be office-holders, broadcast journalists and other public figures, especially on the conservative end of the spectrum, has made him a darling of the political left.
Young adult viewers form the core of his fan base. In a 2004 poll by the Pew Research Center for the People and the Press, 21 percent of respondents aged 18 to 29 cited "The Daily Show" as a regular source of political news.
A two-time Oscar host who has branched out into the movie industry, Stewart made his directorial debut with the film "Rosewater" last year.
Beginning his show business career in stand-up comedy in New York, Stewart took his satirical humor to MTV in 1993, where he hosted "The Jon Stewart Show."
"The Daily Show" has been a launchpad for several comedians besides Colbert, among them Steve Carell and John Oliver.
(Reporting by Eric Kelsey and Piya Sinha-Roy in Los Angeles, and Karen Brooks in Austin, Texas; Editing by Steve Gorman, Curtis Skinner, Chris Reese, Toni Reinhold, Cynthia Osterman and Clarence Fernandez)

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Sony & Marvel Studios Team Up To Make New Spider-Man Movie

Spider-Man is coming home. As announced via press release late Monday, Sony and Disney-owned Marvel Studios will produce the next iteration of Spider-Man on the big screen. The beloved character -- who has lived at Sony since Sam Raimi's "Spider-Man" in 2002 -- will appear in an upcoming Marvel Cinematic Universe feature for Disney, before getting his own Sony movie on July 28, 2017. Marvel Studios head Kevin Feige and outgoing Sony Pictures co-chair Amy Pascal will produce the new film. According to BuzzFeed, current Spider-Man star Andrew Garfield will not return.
"Spider-Man is one of Marvel's great characters, beloved around the world. We're thrilled to work with Sony Pictures to bring the iconic web-slinger into the Marvel Cinematic Universe, which opens up fantastic new opportunities for storytelling and franchise building," Bob Iger, Disney chairman and CEO, said in a release.
"We always want to collaborate with the best and most successful filmmakers to grow our franchises and develop our characters. Marvel, Kevin Feige and Amy, who helped orchestrate this deal, are the perfect team to help produce the next chapter of Spider-Man," Michael Lynton, chairman and CEO of Sony Pictures Entertainment, said. "This is the right decision for the franchise, for our business, for Marvel, and for the fans."
Some kind of collaboration between the two studios had been rumored for months, with the hope being that Spider-Man would appear in "Captain America: Civil War." (That speculation was confirmed after Pascal's emails leaked online as part of the cyber attack against Sony in December.) Neither Sony nor Marvel revealed what film Spider-Man would join before getting his own reboot. But assuming Marvel's two 2015 films, "Avengers: Age of Ultron" and "Ant-Man," are off limits, it can be one of three movies: "Captain America: Civil War" (May 6, 2016), "Doctor Strange" (Nov. 4, 2016) or "Guardians of the Galaxy 2" (May 5, 2017).
"I am thrilled to team with my friends at Sony Pictures along with Amy Pascal to produce the next Spider-Man movie," Feige said in a statement. "Amy has been deeply involved in the realization on film of one of the world's most beloved characters. Marvel's involvement will hopefully deliver the creative continuity and authenticity that fans demand from the MCU. I am equally excited for the opportunity to have Spider-Man appear in the MCU, something which both we at Marvel, and fans alike, have been looking forward to for years."
The arrival of a new Spider-Man film on July 28, 2017 caused a domino effect among Marvel's Phase 3 slate. "Thor: Ragnarok" was originally set to open on that date, but will now arrive on Nov. 3, 2017. "Black Panther," which had been set for Nov. 3, 2017, shifted to July 6, 2018. That bumped "Captain Marvel" to Nov. 2, 2018, which in turn moved "Inhumans" to July 12, 2019. Mark your calendars accordingly.
For the full Spider-Man press release, head to Marvel.com.

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