Una estrella histórica: la del primer futbolista del mundo en ser reconocido en el Paseo de la Fama de Hollywood. Ese es el emocionante mérito que ha sumado este viernes sir David Beckham a su larga lista de méritos. El exjugador británico, de 51 años, es de los escasos deportistas, apenas media docena, en ser honrado por la Cámara de Comercio de Hollywood, y el primero de este deporte, tan minoritario en Estados Unidos. El londinense ha recibido el reconocimiento feliz y emocionado, con lágrimas en los ojos, rodeado de su familia, de cientos de seguidores y de amigos, como los actores Eva Longoria y Tom Cruise.
While enjoying the special evening with fiance Travis Kelce, Taylor Swift was seen dancing and capturing the fun on her phone before passing it to the legendary filmmaker Steven Spielberg.
The Alpha poster features Alia Bhatt, Sharvari, Bobby Deol and Anil Kapoor in rugged, intense looks against a sepia-toned, desert-like muted colour palette.
Khan had earlier issued a legal notice dated April 24, 2026, calling upon those associated with the project to cease and desist from developing, producing and promoting the film.
Qué peligro entrañan los títulos de crédito cuando aparecen al final de las películas, suponiendo que antes no hayas salido corriendo de la sala o estés roncando en la butaca. Y puede que los observes mientras te frotas los ojos. Me ocurre cuando termina El día de la revelación. El guion lleva la firma de David Koepp. La fotografía se la ha inventado Janusz Kaminski. La música, el incontestable maestro John Williams, legítimo heredero de los compositores más sublimes de la historia del cine: Bernard Herrmann, Henry Mancini,Miklós Rózsa, gente así. ¿Y quién es el jefe del artístico tinglado? Pues un tal Steven Spielberg, palabras mayores. Un maestro de las imágenes en movimiento desde que era un jovenzuelo deslumbrante, desde que se inventó a un Satanás al que jamás le ves el rostro a bordo de un camión persiguiendo a un acojonado conductor en El diablo sobre ruedas. Fue el inicio de una carrera apoteósica, reinventando géneros, dejando la reconocible marca de la casa en varias obras maestras, con algunos títulos tan ambiciosos como fallidos, con una molesta tendencia a los finales felices para que el gran público salga confortado del cine y muy pendiente siempre de la taquilla, alcanzando la genialidad en varias ocasiones. El cine tendrá una deuda permanente con él y con su sentido del espectáculo.
“Ahora estoy mucho más convencido que cuando hice Encuentros en la tercera fase de que no somos la única civilización inteligente en el universo”. Con esa frase, que Steven Spielberg repite hasta en el tráiler de su nuevo estreno, El día de la revelación, que se estrena hoy, el cineasta subraya que ha vuelto a sus dos grandes temas en el cine: la vida extraterrestre y la verdad.
Jason Momoa é o havaiano mais bem pago de Hollywood, mas é igualmente notícia pela sua colecção de veículos de duas e quatro rodas. A última aquisição são motos híbridas.
Jason Momoa e uma das suas Harley-Davidson híbridas plug-in
Jason Momoa é o havaiano mais bem pago de Hollywood, mas é igualmente notícia pela sua colecção de veículos de duas e quatro rodas. A última aquisição são motos híbridas.
Jason Momoa e uma das suas Harley-Davidson híbridas plug-in
In the new adaptation of Cape Fear, a notorious convict returns years later to settle the score with those who ruined his life; the series’ protagonist also returns with a mission that is less violent, but not so different. After several years of setbacks, failed projects, and uncomfortable conversations about her supposed “slump,” Amy Adams returns to the spotlight to prove why she was unanimously considered one of the best actresses of her generation and to turn the tide once again in favor of one of Hollywood’s favorite redheads. Pictured here at the series premiere (an Apple TV production) in Los Angeles on June 2.
Amy Adams was Hollywood’s safe bet. The actress who elevated any film, the perennial Oscar contender—with six nominations in 13 years—the performer who seemed incapable of making a wrong choice when it came to projects. Versatility was her most notable quality: she could do drama, musicals, comedy, or action, and in the same year, she could act opposite both Kermit the Frog in The Muppets and Joaquin Phoenix in The Master. Her name was a guarantee of quality. But like legends such as Glenn Close or Annette Bening, Adams joined the club of perennial favorites who never quite manage to win the statuette, and her star seemed to be fading. Pictured here at the presentation of Louis Vuitton’s 2027 cruise collection in May in New York.
Social media, always so quick to spin narratives, coined a term for Amy Adams—“the flop era”—which is used to describe the period when a celebrity experiences a string of disappointments or failed projects. Adams had fully entered this phase after releasing box office flops like Hillbilly Elegy, The Woman in the Window, Dear Evan Hansen, Disenchanted, and Nightbitch. There are entire articles, tweets, and podcasts dedicated to debating the actress’s supposed career slump and how long it would take her to get out of it. Much like a pop star whose albums no longer debut at the top of the charts, unmet expectations fueled a sense of lost momentum because her projects weren’t making as much noise as her previous ones. Pictured here at one of the 2017 Oscar parties.
'Cape Fear' has all the ingredients to turn around the bad luck associated with its main star. A story with a distinguished cinematic pedigree, a compelling character—a lawyer whose peaceful life is threatened by the return of a criminal she sent to prison—a major network behind it, Spielberg and Scorsese as executive producers, and an antagonist of the caliber of Javier Bardem. These are, in fact, what critics consider the best aspects of the series. “Brilliant, incredible,” notes ‘The Guardian’ about the actress, who appears in the photo alongside the Spanish actor and Patrick Wilson, her on-screen husband.
The actress took advantage of the premiere of ‘Cape Fear’ to publicly introduce her only daughter, Aviana, who posed on the red carpet alongside her and her husband, director and artist Darren Le Gallo. The 16-year-old outshone her famous parents in a turquoise mini-dress with a sweetheart neckline and her mother’s signature red hair, but above all, because of her striking resemblance to a young Scarlett Johansson—a detail neither the press nor Twitter users failed to notice.
Many have blamed Adams’ career slump on Hollywood’s chronic ageism, which sidelines actresses or relegates them to more minor roles as they get older. However, at 51, she says she feels “more centered and relaxed” than she ever has. “I try to welcome opportunities with open arms and not fight too hard. For me, at least, that’s a very liberating part of getting older: just letting things go,” she revealed in a recent interview.
For more than a decade, Adams achieved something rare: she earned critical acclaim for films like Arrival (the 2016 film directed by Denis Villeneuve, pictured) and Doubt, while also starring in major franchises. Her portrayal of Lois Lane in the ‘Superman’ superhero universe and her wonderful performance as a modern Disney princess in ‘Enchanted’ further cemented her place in popular culture.
Adams’s first audience consisted of diners at a chain of restaurants in Minnesota that featured live music, where she worked for three years. She then faced a crossroads: move to New York to pursue her dream of becoming a dancer, or head to the other coast and try her hand at acting in Los Angeles. An injury ended up making the decision for her, and Hollywood gained one of its greatest ambassadors. Pictured here in 2002.
Adams is an anomaly in this age of hyper-exposure. She doesn’t use social media—she tried Instagram but quit because “my routine is too boring”—she isn’t involved in personal scandals, nor does she make inflammatory statements in the few interviews she grants, and her red-carpet appearances are limited to the premieres of her own projects or award shows that request her presence among the nominees. Perhaps this lack of dazzlement by the lights of the movie capital has to do with the fact that she came into the spotlight late: her breakthrough role, in the indie comedy ‘Junebug,’ came when she was 31.
The praise for her has always been unanimous. “Amy has the ability to convey her thoughts just by looking at you. An actress must move people, and she’s brilliant at that. Plus, she’s completely believable,” said Tom Ford, who cast her as the lead in his 2016 film Nocturnal Animals (pictured, in a scene from the film). “She maintains a certain mystery on purpose. That’s why she surprises us and draws us in,” added the late Philip Seymour Hoffman.
The actress’s style is one of the most consistent in Hollywood. She knows how to perfectly pair her icy beauty with designs that flatter her figure and align with her career. She’s never the most daring on the red carpet, but she’s always one of the best-dressed. Rather than following trends, she opts for flattering designs like this Valentino gown she wore to the 2014 Golden Globes. Adams won Best Actress in a Comedy or Musical for her role in American Hustle.
While she certainly rocks plunging necklines, her signature style is the strapless look. She has worn it on countless red carpets, especially in understated, monochromatic dresses. This one, which she wore to the 2014 Oscars, is by Gucci and perfectly embodies her approach to major events: with elegance, without fanfare, staying true to what she knows suits her, and, it’s also true, without taking big risks.
Her approach to fashion also draws heavily on classic Hollywood. It’s not just her hair—sometimes styled in Veronica Lake-inspired waves or pulled back into elegant buns—that evokes those years; her wardrobe is also filled with elegant dresses that have a certain retro flair and sensuality. A good example was this Alexandre Vauthier dress she wore to the Oscars afterparty hosted by Vanity Fair in 2019.
The actress’s early years in Hollywood weren’t easy. Her career seemed stuck in small, almost interchangeable roles; not even a part in Catch Me If You Can, opposite Leonardo DiCaprio, helped her break through. So Adams, desperate, decided to dye her hair red. “When you’re blonde, people associate it with being flirty or mischievous. When you’re a redhead, suddenly you’re eccentric and quirky,” she confirmed. And it worked.
Amy Adams met Darren Le Gallo in an acting class in Los Angeles when neither of them was well-known. For months, she saw him only as a fellow actor, and both of them were in relationships. Everything changed when they crossed paths on the set of a short film and she discovered a side of him she hadn’t known before: that of a man willing to go after what he wanted. “I know you’re getting over another guy, but I’m going to take you out to dinner on Wednesday,” he told her. More than two decades later, they’re still together. Pictured here at the 2025 Golden Globes.
Those who think Amy Adams is past her prime might want to take a look at her schedule. Following Cape Fear, the actress will star in Klara and the Sun, the adaptation of Kazuo Ishiguro’s acclaimed novel. In it, she will play the mother of a teenager who forms a relationship with an artificial intelligence designed to combat loneliness (Jenna Ortega). Next up is another of Hollywood’s most coveted projects: the new Star Wars universe film, Starfighter, where she’ll share the screen with Ryan Gosling. It doesn’t exactly look like the schedule of a star on the decline.
A life without imagination is not a life. Without fantasy, without creation, without daydreams or fairy tales. But how are we going to develop our imagination if we do not do so from childhood, playing with our toys, if we are instead dazzled by the bright screens of our phones? Thirty years ago in November 1995, when Toy Story premiered, that question was unthinkable. Today, after three sequels, half a dozen shorts, a handful of mini-shorts, a series and television specials, and with Toy Story 5 about to open in movie theaters, the question is unavoidable.
Xena, played by Lucy Lawless. Photo: Screenshot from Season 2, episode “Return of Callisto.” Courtesy: Studios USA Television
Xena the Greek warrior princess, who started as an antagonist of Hercules, captivated audiences around the world more than twenty years ago. One of the joys of looking back at Xena is its playfulness. It features some badass female characters and at times offers a serious message about female solidarity and feminism.
By Amanda Potter
Xena the fictional Warrior Princess, played by Lucy Lawless, captivated audiences around the world for six series with her high kicks, sword skills, and distinctive war cry. The series followed her as she fought her way through armies, monsters, and gods alongside her soul mate and moral compass, Gabrielle (Renee O’Connor).
Xena travelled across space and time, taking us from ancient Greece to Rome, Egypt, Britain, China, India, Scandinavia, and finally to Japan, where it all came to an end twenty years ago on June 18, 2001.
Starting life as an antagonist of Hercules in three episodes of Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, Xena was so popular as a character that she was given her own spin-off series that ran from 1995 to 2001. At the time, Xena: Warrior Princess was considered groundbreaking, as it starred a strong female action heroine and was the only popular adventure, action, science fiction, or fantasy show that featured female leads without male counterparts.
On the twentieth anniversary of the final episode, it is worth revisiting this great show and exploring why it was loved by a broad spectrum of viewers, from young girls drawn in by an active female role model to ancient history buffs, sci-fi fans and the LGBTQ community.
The Fictional Greek Warrior Princess and the Amazons
A reformed warlord from ancient Greece, Xena was not an Amazon but a friend to the tribe of warrior women. To ancient Greek writers, the Amazons were women who fought and behaved like men and were unnatural barbarians. They have since been adopted as positive female role models who break with misogynistic stereotypes of womanhood—they live in a self-sufficient, female-dominated society as warriors and intellectuals. The term “Amazon feminism” is now used to describe a branch of feminism that promotes female physical prowess as a way to achieve gender equality.
Before Xena, the Amazons featured in the 1970s Wonder Woman television series. Not quite the feminist icons we expect today, these women wore pastel-colored negligees as they adopted a peaceful life—without men—on Paradise Island.
In Xena, while the Amazons may also have been attired in revealing costumes made of furs and skins, their separatist society valued martial, as well as academic, skills. An Amazon tells Gabrielle that the Amazon world is based on “truth and an individual woman’s strength.”
The Amazons from Greek mythology lived apart from men at the edge of the known world and fought bravely against male heroes such as Hercules, Theseus, and Achilles. In Xena, the Amazons also lived in a matriarchal society and were skilled fighters who could hold their own against men.
The Amazons in Wonder Woman (2017) can be seen as Xena’s big-screen descendants. The costumes and fighting prowess of Penthesilea (Nina Milner) in the BBC drama Troy: Fall of a City (2018) has tinges of Xena. The leadership ability of the immortal Amazon Andy (Charlize Theron) in the Netflix film The Old Guard can also be seen as inspired by Xena.
But while Troy: Fall of a City and The Old Guard are aimed at older audiences, Xena was popular across all age groups. For instance, episodes of Xena were broadcast in the UK on Channel Five’s Milkshake! Saturday morning slot in the ’90s and early 2000s for young viewers. This led many young girls to adopt Xena as their role model.
The Xena subtext
Xena was also popular with gay and lesbian viewers. In the 1990s, openly gay relationships were mostly missing from popular US television series. However, Xena’s relationship with Gabrielle was interpreted as friends and lovers as much as hero and sidekick. Series producers began to play with this idea, for example, putting Xena and Gabrielle together in a sexy bath in season two fan-favorite episode “A Day in the Life,” so that for many, the subtext became the main text.
Although a lot of fans were dismayed that Xena died in the final episode, they were treated to a long goodbye kiss between Gabrielle and Xena’s ghost. Series producers never openly made Xena and Gabrielle a lesbian couple. But LGBTQ+ fans championed their relationship, which is believed to have paved the way for the openly gay relationships we see in television series today.
One of the joys of looking back at Xena twenty years afterward is its playfulness when compared with dark sci-fi fantasies like Game of Thrones. It features some badass female characters and at times offers a serious message about female solidarity and feminism, but doesn’t take itself too seriously. Some of the special effects may now seem dated, but the storylines still ring true, and the characters of Xena and Gabrielle can continue to be inspirational for a new generation of young female viewers.
Amanda Potter is a Visiting Research Fellow at The Open University. The article was published in The Conversation and is republished here under a Creative Commons License.
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