January 17, 2021
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Bruce Willis says it was an "error in judgment" to go maskless during a recent public outing.
The 65-year-old actor spoke out Tuesday evening after he was photographed without a mask at a pharmacy in Los Angeles amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
"It was an error in judgment," Willis said in a statement to People. "Be safe out there everyone and let's continue to mask up."
Page Six said Tuesday that Willis was asked to leave a Los Angeles Rite Aid after he reportedly refused to wear a mask. The actor was wearing a bandana around his neck but did not pull it up.
Sources said Willis left the store without making a purchase.
The United States set another all-time high for COVID-19 deaths Tuesday, with more than 4,300 patients dead. Los Angeles County has seen a surge in recent cases and began rationing medical supplies and care last week.
SAG-AFTRA said in December that most entertainment productions will remain on hiatus until mid-January or later due to the rise in COVID-19 cases.
Willis spent the early months of the pandemic self-isolating with his ex-wife, Demi Moore, and their three daughters, Rumer, Scout and Tallulah. The group was later joined by Willis' wife Emma Heming and their two daughters, Mabel and Evelyn.
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'Bliss' puts Owen Wilson in Salma Hayek's matrix
Amazon released a trailer for their original movie Bliss on Tuesday. Owen Wilson and Salma Hayek star in the science-fiction film.
Greg (Wilson) meets Isabel (Hayek) in a bar. Isabel tells Greg his world is not real, and she teaches him how to knock a tray out of a waiter's hands, or light and extinguish candles with their minds.
Isobel wakes Greg up in her world where it is revealed she is Dr. Isobel Clemens, the inventor of brain box simulations. Her premise is that simulating ugly, gritty worlds will make people appreciate the real utopia in which they live.
Greg begins to struggle with his two realities when Isabel starts telling him to ignore his simulated daughter (Nesta Cooper).
Simulations of reality are a popular subject in science-fiction. The most popular example was The Matrix, in which computers enslaved humanity in a simulation of modern day society.
The film Total Recall, based on a Philip K. Dick story, posited a memory implant so believable that the recipient would not be able to distinguish it from real experiences.
Mike Cahill wrote and directed Bliss. Cahill's previous two films premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and dealt with science fiction themes.
2011's Another Earth dealt with the discovery of a parallel planet discovered in our orbit. 2014's I Origins is about a scientist whose research leads him to possible evidence of reincarnation.
Bliss premieres Feb. 5 on Amazon Prime.
Elizabeth Olsen: 'WandaVision' show 'totally confused my brain'
Two of Marvel's Avengers, Wanda Maximoff (Elizabeth Olsen) and Vision (Paul Bettany) now have their own Disney+ TV show. WandaVision is a drastic genre and tonal shift from the superhero feature films in which they've acted previously.
"It totally confused my brain," Olsen said in a Zoom press conference.
Introduced in the scene after the credits of Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Wanda has telekinetic powers. Her superhero alter ego is The Scarlet Witch.
Bettany first joined the Marvel films as the voice of Tony Stark's (Robert Downey Jr.'s) computer, Jarvis. In Avengers: Age of Ultron, Stark gave Jarvis physical form. Still an android, Vision is omniscient, can fly and take human form.
WandaVision puts these superheroes into a television sitcom. In the premiere episode, Wanda and Vision are husband and wife in a black-and-white sitcom, reminiscent of 1950s programs I Love Lucy and The Donna Reed Show. In this setting, Wanda and Vision must hide their superpowers from their neighbors.
"From Wanda's point of view, she would describe WandaVision as a family sitcom of two people trying to fit in and not be discovered for being different," Olsen said.
The cast filmed the premiere episode of WandaVision in front of a studio audience. The 31-year-old Olsen had performed Romeo and Juliet off-Broadway in 2013, but found having an audience to her on-camera acting could be distracting.
"It really messed with my brain, the idea of not playing to an audience, but feeding off an audience and having a camera," Olsen said.
Subsequent episodes of WandaVision mimic television sitcoms of subsequent decades. The '60s episode spoofs Bewitched and the '70s The Partridge Family. WandaVision promises to reach the '80s, too.
Faced with the demands of a different genre and historic forms of acting, Olsen said she looked to television icons as inspiration. Olsen said she pays homage to the stars of Bewitched, I Love Lucy and The Mary Tyler Moore Show.
"I think it was an amalgamation of Mary Tyler Moore and Elizabeth Montgomery," Olsen said. "I think I accidentally threw some Lucy in the '70s just because there was so much physical comedy."
Olsen added that she was able to portray subtle evolutions in Wanda from decade to decade just based on physical changes. Costume changes altered the way she carried herself, Olsen said, and she studied the etiquette of each decade.
"When we talk about vocal work and speech and cadence, manners were a huge part of every decade," Olsen said. "So we would get this book of manners for the time, as well."
In the sitcom world of WandaVision, Vision fills the role as the hapless husband causing problems Wanda must solve. In the premiere episode, he invites his boss home for dinner, requiring Wanda to throw together a meal very quickly. In the second, he ropes Wanda into a talent show performance.
Bettany said he also looked to television comedy stars to adjust his Vision performance. Bettany said Dick Van Dyke and Blackadder's Hugh Laurie inspired him.
The '50s and '60s episodes of WandaVision allow Bettany to perform bumbling slapstick as Vision struggles to fit in with human coworkers and neighbors.
"By the time we get to the '90s, they've all made me look so ridiculous that I didn't really have to work that hard for laughs," Bettany said.
Since WandaVision is a Marvel series, with two superheroes as main characters, the show incorporates their superpowers into the sitcom environment. Wanda employs her powers by telekinetically preparing dinner in the kitchen or assisting with Vision's magic show.
Olsen said the special effects crew researched how shows like Bewitched portrayed Samantha's magical powers.
This meant that Olsen was surrounded by puppeteers making kitchen utensils float on wires or with magnets. To convey an instant transformation, Olsen froze, changed outfits and recreated the same position wearing a new costume. She affirmed that this was much lower tech than the Avengers films.
"There are just a lot of silly things that we got to do," Olsen said. "I'm used to it all just coming together in CGI (computer-generated imagery)."
WandaVision premiered Friday on Disney+.
'Cobra Kai' Season 3 reaches 41M households
The third season of Karate Kid sequel series Cobra Kai is projected to have reached 41 million households, Netflix announced on Tuesday.
Netflix also said that the karate drama hit 73 million households collectively over its first three seasons.
The streaming service made the announcement on Twitter alongside a stylized poster that features stars William Zabka (Johnny), Ralph Macchio (Daniel), Xolo Mariduena (Miguel), Mary Mouser (Samantha), Tanner Buchanan (Robby), Jacob Bertrand (Hawk), Gianni DeCenzo (Demetri), Martin Kove (John), Courtney Henggeler (Amanda) and Peyton List (Tory).
Cobra Kai Season 3 premiered on New Year's Day. Johnny and Daniel begin the third season dealing with the violent high school brawl that took place between their dojos, which sent Johnny's star student Miguel to the hospital.
Macchio recently addressed a number of fan theories and rumors surrounding the 1984 Karate Kid film while appearing on The Tonight Show.
Macchio said that Charlie Sheen and Robert Downey Jr. tried out for his role of Daniel and said he believes that Daniel's kick at the end of the film was legal.
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Stephen Merchant's 'The Offenders' gets a second season
British actor and filmmaker Stephen Merchant's dramedy series The Offenders has been renewed for a second season before the first has finished filming.
Executive producer Kenton Allen told Deadline production on Season 1 was delayed in the United Kingdom because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Both six-episode seasons are now being taped back-to-back, with Merchant's American co-star Christopher Walken traveling to England to film his scenes in March.
"We've constructed the schedule in such a way that he's not coming here during peak corona. He's coming when we hope it will be safer and there will be a vaccine," Allen said.
Merchant -- who created, stars in and is directing the BBC/Amazon show -- retweeted the news report about the renewal Wednesday.
The Offenders is about seven strangers whose paths cross after they are sentenced to community service for various crimes.
Merchant is best known for his roles in the British version of The Office, as well as Extras, Life's Too Short and Logan.
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