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Ryan Reynolds and Colin Hanks premiere ‘John Candy’ documentary
Ryan Reynolds turned heads on Thursday evening as he hit the red carpet at the Toronto International Film Festival for the world premiere of John Candy: I Like Me.
The 48-year-old Deadpool star, who produced the film, was joined by director Colin Hanks, son of Tom Hanks, for the star-studded debut.
Reynolds looked stylish in a brown corduroy suit layered over a vintage Canada T-shirt, completing the look with brown-and-white loafers.
According to Daily Mail, he was accompanied by his mother, Tammy Reynolds, who flashed a smile in a black-and-white polka dot ensemble paired with silver platform shoes.
Moreover, Colin Hanks revealed a different appearance from his usual clean-cut image, sporting a bushy salt-and-pepper beard, slim frame, and retro browline glasses.
He opted for a navy suit and gray button-down shirt for the premiere.
Eugene Levy, a longtime collaborator of Candy’s, was also in attendance, lending support to the tribute.
Speaking to the TIFF audience, Hanks said the Canadian premiere was a natural choice, “We had numerous conversations with various people about where would the dream place be to premiere this movie, and the truth is the answer resides in the lyrics of John’s favorite song: Oh Canada, Our Home and Native Land.”
Reynolds paid tribute to Candy, who died in 1994, calling him “the greatest, most beautiful man that I never met,” adding, “I’ve been obsessed with him for a very long time. My goddamn suit is covered in John tonight.”
The documentary, acquired by Amazon Prime Video, was made with the support of Candy’s widow, Rosemary Margaret Hobor, and their children, Jennifer and Chris.
It features never-before-seen home videos, family archives, and interviews, offering a rare glimpse into Candy’s life off-screen.
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Dua Lipa pouts with director pal after locking major deal
Dua Lipa is offering a glimpse into her past week.
Taking to Instagram on Saturday, March 21, the Levitating hitmaker dropped a series of photos and videos capturing her weekly adventures.
Her activities included her stunning appearance at the 34th Annual Elton John AIDS Foundation (EJAF) Academy Awards viewing party on March 15.
She also announced her role as the new Global Brand Ambassador for a coffe-machine brande through an Instagram carousel on March 21,
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Musk found liable to Twitter shareholders in fraud lawsuit over $44bn takeover
A US federal jury found Elon Musk liable on Friday for claims he defrauded Twitter shareholders by trying to drive down the social media company’s stock price so he could renegotiate or back out of a $44 billion takeover in 2022.
The verdict from a jury in San Francisco federal court came in a closely watched civil trial where Musk, the world’s richest person, was accused of falsely claiming on social media that Twitter underreported how many fake and spam accounts, known as bots, were on its platform.
Damages have yet to be calculated but Francis Bottini, a lawyer for the shareholders, estimated they could total about $2.5 billion.
“Musk’s status as the world’s richest man is not a free pass,” Bottini said in a statement. “If you’re able to move markets with your tweets you’re responsible for the harm you cause to investors.”
In a joint statement, Musk’s lawyers at Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan called the verdict “a bump in the road. And we look forward to vindication on appeal.”
The civil trial began on March 2, and jurors began deliberating on Tuesday.
Musk has often chosen to battle shareholders in court rather than settle.
This included a 2023 trial in San Francisco over whether he defrauded Tesla shareholders who claimed to suffer losses after he falsely claimed in 2018 to have “funding secured” to take the electric car company private, and litigation in Delaware over his $139 billion Tesla pay package. Musk won both cases.
Musk ultimately completed his purchase of Twitter in October 2022 and renamed it X.
Musk liable for two statements
Twitter shareholders challenged three statements Musk made not long after agreeing in April 2022 to buy Twitter, where he questioned whether the company was overrun with bots.
Jurors found Musk liable for two of the statements.
One said the purchase was “temporarily on hold” pending confirmation that bots represented less than 5% of users. The other said the percentage of bots could be “much” higher than 20%, and the takeover could not go forward unless Twitter’s chief executive proved the percentage was less than 5%.
Jurors also said the shareholders didn’t prove a separate claim that Musk engaged in a scheme to defraud them.
Michael Lifrak, a lawyer for Musk, countered that the billionaire’s concern about bots was real, and that speaking out about the problem did not show Musk committed or intended to commit fraud.
The lawsuit covers investors who claimed to sell Twitter shares at prices Musk artificially depressed between May 13 and October 4, 2022.
Musk is separately in talks to settle a US Securities and Exchange Commission civil lawsuit accusing him of waiting too long in 2022 to disclose his initial purchases of Twitter so he could buy more at low prices before investors saw what he was doing.
In February, Musk’s rocket and space exploration company SpaceX bought his artificial intelligence company xAI, which housed X. The purchase created the world’s most valuable private company, worth about $1.25 trillion at the time.
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“CBS Saturday Morning” gets a sneak peek of Propstore’s offerings for next week’s live auction of more than 1,000 items from some of Hollywood’s most iconic films.
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