A second Miss Universe contestant is saying that she too was body shamed by Donald Trump while he owned the organization. Jodie Seal, a former Miss Australia who competed in the 1996 international tournament alongside eventual winner Alicia Machado, said that Trump insulted the contestants' bodies as they prepped for competition. "He was calling some girls some pretty horrible names as well, he said to me myself, 'Suck your stomach in,' or 'Suck your gut in,' Seal recalls in an interview with Inside Edition. "He was always wanting us to be sexy, wear your swimsuits out." A Miss Universe from 2014, though,...
- 9/29/2016
- by Julie Mazziotta, @julietmazz
- PEOPLE.com
A second Miss Universe contestant is saying that she too was body shamed by Donald Trump while he owned the organization. Jodie Seal, a former Miss Australia who competed in the 1996 international tournament alongside eventual winner Alicia Machado, said that Trump insulted the contestants' bodies as they prepped for competition. "He was calling some girls some pretty horrible names as well, he said to me myself, 'Suck your stomach in,' or 'Suck your gut in,' Seal recalls in an interview with Inside Edition. "He was always wanting us to be sexy, wear your swimsuits out." A Miss Universe from 2014, though,...
- 9/29/2016
- by Julie Mazziotta, @julietmazz
- PEOPLE.com
Donald Trump used controversial language when addressing China's trade policy during an Indiana rally on Sunday, charging that the country is raping America. Trump, who was in Fort Wayne ahead of Tuesday's Indiana primaries, said, "We can't continue to allow China to rape our country." He continued, "That's what they're doing. It's the greatest theft in the history of the world." Ahead of the headline-making line, Trump said that America's "$500 billion trade deficit" with China can be turned around, telling the crowd "we have the cards." "Don't forget, we're like the piggybank that's being robbed," Trump, 69, said. "We have the cards.
- 5/2/2016
- by Lindsay Kimble, @lekimble
- PEOPLE.com
Donald Trump used controversial language when addressing China's trade policy during an Indiana rally on Sunday, charging that the country is raping America. Trump, who was in Fort Wayne ahead of Tuesday's Indiana primaries, said, "We can't continue to allow China to rape our country." He continued, "That's what they're doing. It's the greatest theft in the history of the world." Ahead of the headline-making line, Trump said that America's "$500 billion trade deficit" with China can be turned around, telling the crowd "we have the cards." "Don't forget, we're like the piggybank that's being robbed," Trump, 69, said. "We have the cards.
- 5/2/2016
- by Lindsay Kimble, @lekimble
- PEOPLE.com
Well, hello there, John Boehner!
The former Speaker of the House, who made news this week by likening Republican presidential hopeful Ted Cruz to “Lucifer in the flesh,” turned out to be the unexpected guest star of President Barack Obama‘s eighth and final speech at the annual White House Correspondents’ Dinner.
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In a pre-taped bit that closed out Potus’ intermittently hilarious monologue, Obama and Boehner strolled through the White House donning Ray-Bans, wiped away tears while screening Toy Story and even threatened to partake of publicly verboten cigarettes. “You want one?...
The former Speaker of the House, who made news this week by likening Republican presidential hopeful Ted Cruz to “Lucifer in the flesh,” turned out to be the unexpected guest star of President Barack Obama‘s eighth and final speech at the annual White House Correspondents’ Dinner.
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In a pre-taped bit that closed out Potus’ intermittently hilarious monologue, Obama and Boehner strolled through the White House donning Ray-Bans, wiped away tears while screening Toy Story and even threatened to partake of publicly verboten cigarettes. “You want one?...
- 5/1/2016
- TVLine.com
After pretending to finish his eighth and final White House Correspondents' Dinner speech on a serious note, President Obama smiled broadly and told the crowd (which included Trump's sons Eric and Donald Jr., as well as their wives Lara and Vanessa) "You know I'm going to talk about Trump! We weren't just going to stop there, come on!" "I'm a little hurt that he's not here tonight. We had so much fun the last time," Obama began. "And it is surprising. You've got a room full of reporters, cameras, celebrities. And he says no. Is this dinner too tacky for the Donald?...
- 5/1/2016
- by Diana Pearl and Rennie Dyball
- PEOPLE.com
Update, Sunday 4:10 Pm: Adds anecdote about Back From Eternity, below: The blond beauty who added a smoldering Swedish sensuality to the pantheon of European 1950s and ’60s screen sirens that included Gina Lollobrigida and Brigitte Bardot, died Sunday in Rocca di Papa, near Rome, according to reports confirmed by Deadline. She was 83.
She had lived in Italy for decades since a starring role, opposite Marcello Mastroianni in Federico Fellini’s groundbreaking 1960 La Dolce Vita, made her an international sex symbol. In the film she she played Sylvia, a Swedish-American movie star who arrives in Rome and captures the attention of Mastroianni’s night-crawling paparazzo, who takes her on a moonlit tour of the city. In one of the episodic film’s most famous scenes, Sylvia — poured into a strapless, form-fitting black gown — wades into the Trevi Fountain, beckoning her suitor to follow.
Later she pointedly, and frequently, remarked that...
She had lived in Italy for decades since a starring role, opposite Marcello Mastroianni in Federico Fellini’s groundbreaking 1960 La Dolce Vita, made her an international sex symbol. In the film she she played Sylvia, a Swedish-American movie star who arrives in Rome and captures the attention of Mastroianni’s night-crawling paparazzo, who takes her on a moonlit tour of the city. In one of the episodic film’s most famous scenes, Sylvia — poured into a strapless, form-fitting black gown — wades into the Trevi Fountain, beckoning her suitor to follow.
Later she pointedly, and frequently, remarked that...
- 1/12/2015
- by Jeremy Gerard
- Deadline
Anita Ekberg, a blonde bombshell who became an international sex symbol in the 1950s and ’60s, died in Italy Sunday at age 83.
The Swedish-born actress was best known for her role as a movie star in Federico Fellini’s classic 1960 film “La Dolce Vita,” which received the Golden Palm at the 1960 Cannes Film Festival and elevated Ekberg to screen siren status.
She was featured in a scene in which “she wades into the Trevi Fountain in a strapless evening gown, turns her face ecstatically to the fountain’s waterfall and seductively calls Marcello Mastroianni’s character to join her – establishing her place in cinema history,...
The Swedish-born actress was best known for her role as a movie star in Federico Fellini’s classic 1960 film “La Dolce Vita,” which received the Golden Palm at the 1960 Cannes Film Festival and elevated Ekberg to screen siren status.
She was featured in a scene in which “she wades into the Trevi Fountain in a strapless evening gown, turns her face ecstatically to the fountain’s waterfall and seductively calls Marcello Mastroianni’s character to join her – establishing her place in cinema history,...
- 1/11/2015
- by Todd Cunningham
- The Wrap
By Lee Pfeiffer
The cruel loss of legendary cinematic figures continues into the new year with the death of Anita Ekberg in Italy at age 83. The precise cause of death is not known at this time but she had suffered from a long illness. Ekberg was Swedish by birth but was often mistaken as a native of Italy because of her close association with Fellini and his films. She was named Miss Sweden as a teenager and competed in the Miss Universe contest before her statuesque figure ensured a career in show business during an era when full-bosomed sex sirens were all the rage. Hollywood studios were particularly on the lookout for the next exotic European beauty and Ekberg filled the bill perfectly. She slogged through bit parts uncredited in major studio productions before landing a prominent role opposite John Wayne and Lauren Bacall in the 1955 hit "Blood Alley" (in...
The cruel loss of legendary cinematic figures continues into the new year with the death of Anita Ekberg in Italy at age 83. The precise cause of death is not known at this time but she had suffered from a long illness. Ekberg was Swedish by birth but was often mistaken as a native of Italy because of her close association with Fellini and his films. She was named Miss Sweden as a teenager and competed in the Miss Universe contest before her statuesque figure ensured a career in show business during an era when full-bosomed sex sirens were all the rage. Hollywood studios were particularly on the lookout for the next exotic European beauty and Ekberg filled the bill perfectly. She slogged through bit parts uncredited in major studio productions before landing a prominent role opposite John Wayne and Lauren Bacall in the 1955 hit "Blood Alley" (in...
- 1/11/2015
- by nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro)
- Cinemaretro.com
As Hollywood gears up for the Golden Globes, the news broke that Oscar-winning actress Anita Ekberg has died. The star of the 1960 film La Dolce Vita passed away age 83 on Sunday, Jan. 11, near Rome, Italy, Reuters reports. The Swedish actress had been fighting an illness for two years, and her funeral will be held in Rome this week. Her body will be cremated, and her ashes will be returned to her birthplace in Sweden. Ekberg was crowned Miss Sweden in the '50s. She also appeared [...]...
- 1/11/2015
- Us Weekly
It’s not every actor that can claim to have seared themselves a place in the cinematic pantheon with just one stroll through a fountain, but Anita Ekberg certainly fits that bill. The Swedish star, who most famously graced the screen in Federico Fellini’s La Dolce Vita, has died at the age of 83.Born in Malmo, Sweden in 1931, Ekberg came from a large family, with seven siblings, and enjoyed close relationships with her parents. At the age of 20, she won the Miss Sweden title, parlaying that into a chance at the Miss Universe crown. She didn’t win, but Universal Pictures immediately snapped her up into a contract, kicking off a film career with a variety of small and uncredited parts, but moving her up the roster with a role as Helene Kuragina in 1956’s adaptation of War And Peace.From there, she starred in films such as Pickup Alley,...
- 1/11/2015
- EmpireOnline
“It was I who made Fellini famous, not the other way around” – Anita Ekberg
According to reports (La Stampa), Anita Ekberg has died at age 83.
The Swedish-born actress and sex-symbol of the 1950s and `60s was immortalized bathing in the Trevi fountain in Federico Fellini’s La Dolce Vita. Ekberg also starred in King Vidor’s War And Peace and alongside Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis in 1956’s Hollywood Or Bust which she won a Golden Globe award for “Most Promising Newcomer.”
From the AP:
Ekberg’s lawyer Patrizia Ubaldi confirmed she died in Rome Sunday morning following a series of illnesses. She had been hospitalized most recently after Christmas. Ubaldi said a ceremony would be held in the coming days at a Lutheran church in Rome, and that Ekberg had specified that her remains be cremated.
Ubaldi also said that in her last days Ekberg was saddened by the illness and her advancing age.
According to reports (La Stampa), Anita Ekberg has died at age 83.
The Swedish-born actress and sex-symbol of the 1950s and `60s was immortalized bathing in the Trevi fountain in Federico Fellini’s La Dolce Vita. Ekberg also starred in King Vidor’s War And Peace and alongside Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis in 1956’s Hollywood Or Bust which she won a Golden Globe award for “Most Promising Newcomer.”
From the AP:
Ekberg’s lawyer Patrizia Ubaldi confirmed she died in Rome Sunday morning following a series of illnesses. She had been hospitalized most recently after Christmas. Ubaldi said a ceremony would be held in the coming days at a Lutheran church in Rome, and that Ekberg had specified that her remains be cremated.
Ubaldi also said that in her last days Ekberg was saddened by the illness and her advancing age.
- 1/11/2015
- by Movie Geeks
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Anita Ekberg, a former Miss Sweden who will be forever linked to Rome for her iconic role in director Federico Fellini's 1960 cinematic landmark La Dolce Vita, died Sunday morning in Italy after a long illness, reports The New York Times. She was 83. Ekberg reportedly had been incapacitated for several years since she broke a hip after being knocked over by one of her pet Great Danes, reports the BBC. Her final film had been 1996's Bambola, which was described as a French-Spanish-Italian erotic melodrama. In the Fellini classic, which starred Marcello Mastroianni in what was essentially one long hedonistic romp through the Eternal City,...
- 1/11/2015
- by Stephen M. Silverman
- PEOPLE.com
Anita Ekberg, a former Miss Sweden who will be forever linked to Rome for her iconic role in director Federico Fellini's 1960 cinematic landmark La Dolce Vita, died Sunday morning in Italy after a long illness, reports The New York Times. She was 83. Ekberg reportedly had been incapacitated for several years since she broke a hip after being knocked over by one of her pet Great Danes, reports the BBC. Her final film had been 1996's Bambola, which was described as a French-Spanish-Italian erotic In the Fellini classic, which starred Marcello Mastroianni in what was essentially one long hedonistic romp through the Eternal City,...
- 1/11/2015
- by Stephen M. Silverman
- PEOPLE.com
Anita Ekberg
A former Miss Sweden who became an international sex symbol after dancing in the Trevi Fountain in La Dolce Vita, Anita Ekberg has died in hospital in Rome at the age of 83. The charismatic star, who set out to make a career in Hollywood even before she could speak English, also enjoyed success as a model.
Best known in cinema for her partnership with Federico Fellini, which also saw her shine in Intervista as late as 1987, she will be remembered for films like War And Peace, The Glass Sphinx, and Poirot thriller The Alphabet Murders. She enjoyed a brief career as a horror icon and also did television and radio work, the latter proving that it wasn't only her body with which she could captivate an audience.
During the last few years of her life, Ekberg fell on hard times following a robbery and fire at her home.
A former Miss Sweden who became an international sex symbol after dancing in the Trevi Fountain in La Dolce Vita, Anita Ekberg has died in hospital in Rome at the age of 83. The charismatic star, who set out to make a career in Hollywood even before she could speak English, also enjoyed success as a model.
Best known in cinema for her partnership with Federico Fellini, which also saw her shine in Intervista as late as 1987, she will be remembered for films like War And Peace, The Glass Sphinx, and Poirot thriller The Alphabet Murders. She enjoyed a brief career as a horror icon and also did television and radio work, the latter proving that it wasn't only her body with which she could captivate an audience.
During the last few years of her life, Ekberg fell on hard times following a robbery and fire at her home.
- 1/11/2015
- by Jennie Kermode
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
"Anita Ekberg, immortalized by her performance in Federico Fellini's 1960 film La Dolce Vita, died Sunday near Rome," reports the Afp. "She was 83." From TCM: "Coming to America after winning the Miss Sweden beauty competition in 1950, Ekberg soon secured herself a contract with Universal Pictures and began a string of appearances in such features as Blood Alley (1955), Hollywood or Bust (1956) and the historical epic War and Peace (1956). Often eclipsing her work on screen, however, were the alleged romantic liaisons with many of Hollywood's most powerful leading men, including Tyrone Power, Gary Cooper and Frank Sinatra. Sub-par genre pictures with titles like Sheba and the Gladiator (1959) were fast becoming Ekberg's stock-in-trade before Fellini cast the stunning actress in La Dolce Vita, instantly making her co-star Marcello Mastroianni an international superstar, but oddly, doing little to advance her career." » - David Hudson...
- 1/11/2015
- Fandor: Keyframe
"Anita Ekberg, immortalized by her performance in Federico Fellini's 1960 film La Dolce Vita, died Sunday near Rome," reports the Afp. "She was 83." From TCM: "Coming to America after winning the Miss Sweden beauty competition in 1950, Ekberg soon secured herself a contract with Universal Pictures and began a string of appearances in such features as Blood Alley (1955), Hollywood or Bust (1956) and the historical epic War and Peace (1956). Often eclipsing her work on screen, however, were the alleged romantic liaisons with many of Hollywood's most powerful leading men, including Tyrone Power, Gary Cooper and Frank Sinatra. Sub-par genre pictures with titles like Sheba and the Gladiator (1959) were fast becoming Ekberg's stock-in-trade before Fellini cast the stunning actress in La Dolce Vita, instantly making her co-star Marcello Mastroianni an international superstar, but oddly, doing little to advance her career." » - David Hudson...
- 1/11/2015
- Keyframe
This year’s festival saw 45% of its lineup coming from female directors, including Alone Together from Liza Minou Morberg [pictured].
Women took centre stage at Way Out West’s Film Festival, with head of film programming Svante Tidholm giving credit to 45% of its line-up deriving from female directors.
Headlining the film side of the joint music and film event was Alexandra Dahlström’s All We Have is Now that documents all-girl Swedish punk rock band Vulkano, and Liza Minou Morberg’s coming-of-age drama Alone Together detailing the friendship of three young women on their way to Way Out West.
Both films served as feature length directorial debuts.
“It was our privilege (and luck) to have two world premieres that were both directed by women, and also about strong women. We work closely with Sweden’s film industry, and one aim is to balance equality and gender. And from watching their films – you can immediately tell they are very...
Women took centre stage at Way Out West’s Film Festival, with head of film programming Svante Tidholm giving credit to 45% of its line-up deriving from female directors.
Headlining the film side of the joint music and film event was Alexandra Dahlström’s All We Have is Now that documents all-girl Swedish punk rock band Vulkano, and Liza Minou Morberg’s coming-of-age drama Alone Together detailing the friendship of three young women on their way to Way Out West.
Both films served as feature length directorial debuts.
“It was our privilege (and luck) to have two world premieres that were both directed by women, and also about strong women. We work closely with Sweden’s film industry, and one aim is to balance equality and gender. And from watching their films – you can immediately tell they are very...
- 8/13/2014
- ScreenDaily
To mark the 50th Anniversary of one of the most successful movie franchises of all time and with filming almost complete on James Bond’s 23rd official outing in Skyfall due for release later this year, I have been tasked with taking a retrospective look at the films that turned author Ian Fleming’s creation into one of the most recognised and iconic characters in film history.
For Octopussy, the thirteenth official James Bond film, 1983 proved to be rather unlucky. After a lengthy court battle with the co-writer of Thunderball, Kevin McClory, Albert R. Broccoli’s Eon Productions had lost the right to use Bond’s nemesis Blofeld and his organisation Spectre in any of their films. McClory had been trying since 1974 to get his own rival Bond film made but due to a lack of financial backing and legal action from United Artists and the Fleming Trustees his project...
For Octopussy, the thirteenth official James Bond film, 1983 proved to be rather unlucky. After a lengthy court battle with the co-writer of Thunderball, Kevin McClory, Albert R. Broccoli’s Eon Productions had lost the right to use Bond’s nemesis Blofeld and his organisation Spectre in any of their films. McClory had been trying since 1974 to get his own rival Bond film made but due to a lack of financial backing and legal action from United Artists and the Fleming Trustees his project...
- 5/15/2012
- by Chris Wright
- Obsessed with Film
Never shy about showing off her figure, Victoria Silvstedt was spotted keeping herself in tip-top shape in New York City on Monday afternoon (September 13).
The former Miss Sweden and Playboy Playmate of The Year 1997 flaunted her fabulous curves while doing some stretching exercises in Central Park.
Aside from her fitness, endeavors, Miss Silvstedt has been a regular at Lincoln Center for the Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week happenings.
Tweeting the whole way through, Vic wrote, "So much fun in ny...last night dinner with naomi and bar rafaele at vato...now at tommy hillfiger fashion show..."...
The former Miss Sweden and Playboy Playmate of The Year 1997 flaunted her fabulous curves while doing some stretching exercises in Central Park.
Aside from her fitness, endeavors, Miss Silvstedt has been a regular at Lincoln Center for the Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week happenings.
Tweeting the whole way through, Vic wrote, "So much fun in ny...last night dinner with naomi and bar rafaele at vato...now at tommy hillfiger fashion show..."...
- 9/14/2010
- GossipCenter
No 81: Anita Ekberg
Sociologists and cultural historians agree that the 1950s was the decade in which the United States fetishised the breast. Jane Russell, for whom Howard Hughes had devised a special bra in the mid-40s, truly came into her own, and she was joined by Marilyn Monroe for Gentlemen Prefer Blondes in 1953, the year Playboy was launched. In 1952, Anita Ekberg was a Look magazine cover girl; by January 1956, she was on the cover of Life.
Born in Malmö, the sixth of a blue-collar worker's eight children, Ekberg was voted Miss Sweden (her official vital statistics were 39-22-36) and went to America in 1951 for the Miss Universe competition. She didn't win and she spoke little English, but she got a movie contract with Universal, and though she took little interest in the dramatic coaching they offered, she found herself in demand for minor roles at other studios,...
Sociologists and cultural historians agree that the 1950s was the decade in which the United States fetishised the breast. Jane Russell, for whom Howard Hughes had devised a special bra in the mid-40s, truly came into her own, and she was joined by Marilyn Monroe for Gentlemen Prefer Blondes in 1953, the year Playboy was launched. In 1952, Anita Ekberg was a Look magazine cover girl; by January 1956, she was on the cover of Life.
Born in Malmö, the sixth of a blue-collar worker's eight children, Ekberg was voted Miss Sweden (her official vital statistics were 39-22-36) and went to America in 1951 for the Miss Universe competition. She didn't win and she spoke little English, but she got a movie contract with Universal, and though she took little interest in the dramatic coaching they offered, she found herself in demand for minor roles at other studios,...
- 1/24/2010
- The Guardian - Film News
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