Zoe Saldaña, known for her iconic roles in sci-fi blockbusters, shared her concerns about being typecast in the genre. 

However, she credits James Cameron, director of Avatar, for helping her land one of those pivotal roles.

Saldaña reflected on her journey at a BFI London Film Festival event, highlighting her work in Avatar, Star Trek, and Guardians of the Galaxy. 

She revealed how JJ Abrams visited the Avatar set, leading to her casting in Star Trek.

“I knew he was casting for Star Trek,” Saldaña began. 

“He and Jim were talking, and they come to set, and Jim lets him hold his little camera that he built. And I remember talking to JJ, and he’s like, ‘I’m going to call you, I really want to have a conversation with you.’ And then he walks away. And Jim comes over and goes, ‘I just booked your next job.'”

Despite initial fears of typecasting, Saldaña was drawn to Guardians of the Galaxy’s anti-hero character, Gamora. 

“I went into Guardians with a lot of fear of being typecast… But reading that script, there was just something about the anti-hero, the a-hole that saves the day, reluctantly, that I had never seen before.”

She also shared how Steven Spielberg restored her faith in the film industry after a difficult experience on the Pirates of the Caribbean set. 

“The crew, the cast, 99 percent of the time, are super marvelous… But if the studio, the producers and the director… if they’re not leading the kindness and awareness and consideration, then that big production can become a really bad experience.”

Working with Spielberg on The Terminal revitalised her passion. “After I had done Pirates, he restored my faith,” she noted.

The actress emotionally discussed her recent Cannes win for Emilia Pérez, expressing gratitude for the validation. “I didn’t even know how I needed it so much… Sometimes you feel like you’re just throwing spaghetti on the wall in the hope that something sticks. That visibility let me understand how invisible I had been feeling for so many years.”

The BFI London Film Festival, showcasing Emilia Pérez, runs from October 9-20.

Makeup mogul and American TV personality Kylie Jenner, who shares two children with rapper Travis Scott, mesmerised fans as she posted two new videos of her children.

The Keeping Up with the Kardashians star, 27, took to TikTok on Friday, October 11th, to show how quickly her kids Stormi, 6, and Aire, 2, are growing up.

The socialite attempted social media’s famous ‘Upside Down’ challenge with kids, by first flipping Aire upside down in front of the camera, while Stormi danced around, and then flipping Stormi upside down in the second clip.

Jenner noted how the kids have grown up, writing, “My big girl,” in the caption of her second video, referring to Stormi.

Fans were also surprised to see a taller Stormi, and expressed their shock in under the model’s comments section, one of them wrote, “OMG THIS IS STORMI? she grew up so fast,” while another chimed in, WHAT STORMY ISN’T A BABY ANYMORE.”

The beauty mogul gave birth to her first-born when she was just 20 years old, and has previously detailed her experience of being a young mother.

“Being a young mom just means we met a little early and I get to love you a little longer,” Jenner captioned an Instagram post featuring photos of Stormi on Mother’s Day in May 2022.

Phillip Schofield stirred up the media last week with his unexpected return to TV after more than a year away from the public eye. 

Following a major controversy, Schofield had kept a low profile, but he recently broke his silence, even making some pointed remarks about ITV and his former This Morning co-host Holly Willoughby. 

Now, he’s been spotted out in London, reconnecting with another familiar face from his broadcasting days.

The 62-year-old presenter was seen dining with Gyles Brandreth, a former MP and regular on the ITV chat show that Schofield hosted for over two decades. 

The two were photographed by The Sun enjoying an upscale dinner with Brandreth’s wife, Michele Brown, at Charlie’s in Brown’s Hotel, Mayfair. 

The group appeared relaxed, with Schofield dressed in a black jumper and Brandreth in a classic white shirt and jacket. They reportedly spent several hours at the restaurant, before Schofield was later seen leaving with a female friend, whom he linked arms with as they headed to a car.

Since May 2023, Schofield has largely kept out of the public eye after admitting to an affair with a younger colleague. Initially, he described the situation as “unwise but not illegal” and stated he’d decided to step down from his ITV role. 

Later, however, he claimed that he was actually dismissed due to his brother’s legal troubles at the time. 

In a surprising announcement last month, Schofield revealed he’d return to screens in Channel 5’s Cast Away, a show where he faces the isolation of a desert island while reflecting on his own turbulent year.

During the show, Schofield appeared to make a few pointed comments, hinting at tension with Willoughby. It was later reported that he had sent her a blunt message during the fallout from the scandal, allegedly stating, “You brought me down.”

According to The Mirror, the message was sent just before news of his This Morning departure became public. Sources claim Schofield was disappointed that Willoughby did not publicly support him during the scandal, believing that their on-screen partnership had been essential to the show’s success.

The Mirror reports the daytime TV star blasted Willoughby via WhatsApp the day before the news of his This Morning departure was confirmed to the public.

A friend told the publication: “As well as saying she had brought him down, he said he couldn’t believe his TV sister would do this to him.”

It’s been reported Schofield blamed Willoughby for not publicly defending him during reports of the suspected falling-out between the pair in the aftermath of his brother’s court case.

The publication claims Schofield asked his colleague for a supportive statement or a snap of them together but was ignored.

“He feels it was a simple gesture that might have saved his job and her refusal to do so effectively finished him off, believing in the TV chemistry was the bedrock of the This Morning format,” the source continued.

Willoughby reportedly told the disgraced presenter she didn’t want to “feed the narrative.”

Star studded Met Gala 2025, the annual haute couture fundraising festival has been announced. 

The biggest fashion event, which is set to take place at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, aims to excel fashion vision into something justly significant.

The biggest night of fashion is going to occur on May 5, 2025, exhibiting ‘Superfine: Tailoring Black Style’.

Considering how fashion has always been a way to express self-expression, empowerment, and defiance, it has aimed to explore the legacy of Black Dandyism.

Referring to the, Slaves to Fashion, a book by Barnard professor Monica Miller, the exhibition will hunt through Dandyism, imposed on black men in 18th-century Europe as the Atlantic slave trade and an emerging culture of consumerism created a trend of fashionably dressed, or dandified, servants.

On the contrary, this will be the first time Andrew Bolton, curator in charge of Met, is collaborating with Monica L. Miller.

According to Vogue, Lewis Hamilton, rapper A$AP Rocky and Pharrell Williams, Colman Domingo, Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour and LeBron James will serve as an honorary chair.

The event caters around 450 attendees, including stars, young creatives, and industry paragons each year.

In 2024, the theme for the Met Gala will revolve around, ‘Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion’ theme.