The director's four-hour 2017 series, The Putin Interviews, undoubtedly indulges the leader but in doing so it draws him out in all his bland cynicism. It's hard to believe it's been a year. Fox News Flash top entertainment and celebrity headlines are here. A 17-time nominee (and two-time winner) for the Cesar Award, the French equivalent of the Academy Award, he's best known elsewhere for arthouse classics like "Jean de Florette," "Camille Claudel," and "Cyrano de Bergerac," and mainstream English-language hits including "Green Card" and "The Man in the Iron Mask." As far back as 2019, Carlson said out loud that he was for Moscow in its clash with Kyiv. Rick Kern. "I am so sorry that I was thoughtless enough to sit down on that gun at that time and the message that that sends to the guys who were there and their families. She was previously married to Oliver Lynn. Chinese leader Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin during a summit in Uzbekistan on Sept. 15, 2022. Or so he assumed. It also picks its moments to challenge him: on Chechnya, on Russian democracy, on election interference. Fox News host Carlson has long toasted to Ukraines ill health. Rourke was a big fan of the politician. Cloudflare Ray ID: 7a9bc08ecda402c9 At a Latvian film festival in 2014, Depardieu was sufficiently high on great sentiments to declare Ukraine part of Russia. ", He added: "I was brought up during the war, the last war, so I know what it's like. She has not publicly commented on the Russia-Ukraine war. Like many young republics it struggles with corruption and its elected officials often dont behave in ways that would make France or Germany proud. In 2010, according to The Guardian, DiCaprio, a staunch environmentalist and conservationist, flew to St. Petersburg, Russia, to attend a conference regarding the endangered Siberian tiger. Support The Moscow Times! Powered and implemented by FactSet Digital Solutions. Vladimir Putin and American actor Steven Seagal. It is unclear when exactly this occurred. This has historically been an arrangement enjoyed by Russian president Vladimir Putin. Russia's ongoing invasion of Ukraine is expected to dominate discussions. 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Theyre both foreign countries that dont care anything about the United States. Van Damme, embarrassed to be dressed in casual clothes in the presence of the suit-clad head of state, apologized to Putin, who responded by removing his jacket and rolling up his short sleeves. Also, the Russian invasion of Ukraine was not unprovoked, so I also condemn the provocateurs in the strongest possible terms., In another interview withthe Berliner Zeitungin February, Waters said Putin governs carefully, making decisions on the grounds of a consensus in the Russian Federation government.. Contribute today McGregor spent his time on other pursuits, like a boxing match with Floyd Mayweather Jr. and promoting his whisky brand, Proper Twelve, per BelfastLive. To be clear, Ukraine is not beyond reproach. You have to go to the hospital to check on your wife,' and he wouldn't. 2023 FOX News Network, LLC. When I was married to Ted Turner, and he was going to do his Goodwill Games in Leningrad. In defence of this bunch, they had been booked to appear by Samuel Aroutiounian, a New Yorker who specialised in bringing Hollywood talent to Russia and later said that he had been unaware Putin would be appearing. The actor wanted to become a Russian citizen to save taxes in France, The New York Times reported. Seagal doesnt even try to play that get-out-of-jail-free card. 54.38.80.97 At a Latvian film festival in 2014, Depardieu was sufficiently high on great sentiments to declare Ukraine part of Russia. In the audio clip, which his office confirmed was authentic, he boasts that the Russian leader called him "the first of his five true friends.". And then, of course, there was getting into politics and being elected President of the United States in 2016. Around 2013, according to officials, Putin came up with the idea to place an intermediary in between himself and the White House, and that individual would be Steven Seagal, the star of numerous martial arts and action B-movies in the 1990s, who turned energy drink pitchman and star of the reality show "Steven Segal: Lawman," in which he served as a sheriff's deputy in Louisiana. In 2017, Ukraine banned Seagal from entering the country on national security grounds,The Guardian reported. ", Rick Kern Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC/Getty Images, Reuters/Itar-Tass/Presidential Press Service (RUSSIA), Mikhail Klimentyev/RIA Novosti/Pool via Reuters. Golden photo ops clockwise from top left, Steven Seagal, Leonardo DiCaprio, Grard Depardieu and Mickey Rourke. American actress and antiwar activist Jane Fonda pictured during her 1972 Vietnam trip looking through the scope of an anti-aircraft gun during her tour of the North Vietnamese capital. It turned out they had a lot in common both are the same age and love the combat arts, as Putin has a black belt in judo and Seagal has one in aikido. Get the best of Fox News' entertainment coverage, right in your inbox. Thats where we are right now., Beginning last year Gabbard began hyping the risk of nuclear war as reason not to provide backing to Ukraine: Are we prepared to see our loved ones burn alive in a nuclear holocaust in a war with. But there remained a coterie of film-world refuseniks who were unbothered by his growing pariah status: not just Depardieu, but Mickey Rourke, Steven Seagal and director Oliver Stone. In fact, this set of leathery iconoclasts and libertarians seemed to actively embrace it. But its very bad for freedom. Perhaps the succession of jingoistic military films the Russian cinema industry was also starting to churn out which included 2005s 9th Company, 2008s Admiral and 2013s Stalingrad were a true bellwether of his actual allegiance. To professional hockey fans, Alex Ovechkin is a household name, easily one of the most prominent and best players of the sport in the last two decades. In the 2010s, however, Depardieu has made headlines less for his movies and more for his political leanings and support of Russian president Vladimir Putin. With his inscrutable air, machiavellian geopolitical schemes and his critics' habit of dying in outlandish assassinations, Putin was increasingly resembling a cartoonish arch-villain of the Blofeld ilk. With the invasion going slower than expected, he has ramped up his bombing against Ukrainian civilians and threatened the West with nuclear war . Stone's case is more complicated. ", In another interview with the Berliner Zeitungin February, Waters said Putin "governs carefully, making decisions on the grounds of a consensus in the Russian Federation government.". Trump supported Russia's annexation of the disputed Crimea territory and in 2016, downplayed any suggestion that Russian cybercriminals, as directed by Putin's government, had any affect on the results of the election that installed him in the Oval Office. Guardian, Clare Dunne: Lets stop being obsessed with getting everything by the time you are f**king 30, Mia Goth: I love the people of Northern Ireland. It was one of those surreal moments when light entertainment mugs history. Jones rhetoric is a bit hard to decode, but he seems to think Soros is promoting a liberal agenda around transgender rights in Eastern Europe, which in Jones short-hands as Soros seeking to cut your sons balls off., On Valentines day, Jones tried to deconstruct the geopolitics behind the Russia/Ukraine conflict, characterizing the West as the aggressor toward Russia. The West is starting the fight., So you can have the Russians in there or you can have George Soros literally going after your children. Theyre both foreign countries that dont care anything about the United States. He's also a notable admirer of his birth country's president, Vladimir Putin. DiCaprio later told German newspaper Welt am Sonntag that he and Putin chatted "only about the protection" of the tigers, and "not politics." American actress and antiwar activist Jane Fonda pictured during her 1972 Vietnam trip looking through the scope of an anti-aircraft gun during her tour of the North Vietnamese capital. He had already made documentaries about Fidel Castro and Hugo Chvez, so with his past proclivity for revolutionary figureheads, Putin was a logical next candidate. "He was fabulous. According to the Hollywood Reporter, six years later, she wrote to Vladimir Putin to request he stop the importation of seal products, as Russia comprised "95 percent of the market, and that could potentially shut down the Canadian seal hunt, which is one of my big goals," Anderson said on "Piers Morgan's Life Stories" in 2018. As Vladimir Putin ramps up his military offensive against Ukraine, not everyone is upset that the Russian bear is mauling its European neighbor. First coming to fame in the 1980s for being a land developer of prominent and expensive real estate (via Britannica), Donald Trump became the rare celebrity business person, lending his name to a number of ventures before hosting the NBC reality series "The Apprentice" in the 2000s. Now, as big names from Angelina Jolie to Sean Penn and Mark Ruffalo issue their support for besieged Ukraine, Hollywood must be cringing at the days when a public appearance with Putin wasn't beyond the pale. "The people couldn't have been nicer, more polite, more respectful. "Humanitarian organizations like @SavetheChildren @careorg @rescueorg and @refugees are on the ground, dedicating their personnel and resources to support families and innocent people.". But lo! Despite traveling all over the world to play for hordes of screaming fans as a member of the Beatles in the 1960s, and recording the song "Back in the U.S.S.R." in 1968, Paul McCartney didn't perform in Russia until 2003. Photo ops with big stars and the implied entry into the VIP area of global mass entertainment helped normalise his rogue state in the eyes of the world. Unlike actors, rock stars, or models, they're not famous for being good at an art or being exceptionally good-looking, but rather because they wield tremendous power over millions of people, shaping world events and history to their liking, or at least to the interests of the citizens they represent. "This has been a defensive maneuver from the Russian side," Stone told Scheerpost. The actor previously backed the annexation of Crimea in 2014 and is also in support of Russias ongoing invasion of Ukraine. While celebrities in Russia are risking their lives to criticise Putin, Hollywood is yet again using a world crisis for self-promotion Ella Whelan 26 February 2022 4:51pm Embarrassing: the. At least Stones dalliance with Putin gave us an opportunity to sit and watch the surface of the man even if it didnt quite get at what lay beyond. Photograph: Alexei Nikolsky/AFP via Getty Images. NATO is enjoying. American writer-director Oliver Stone made a widely acclaimed career for himself as one of the most incendiary and critical filmmakers in Hollywood. He is trying to fix everything, make everything organised. Rourke said he also visited a children's cancer hospital. Rourke spent some time in Russia getting in shape for the match (which he won), and during that period he met the country's president, Vladimir Putin. In 2007, Van Damme, his daughter, and Putin also a known martial arts enthusiast visited an MMA event in St. Petersburg, Russia, together,the Kremlinreported at the time. Only the second major leader of the Russian government since the end of communism and the breakup of the Soviet Union in 1991, Vladimir Putin was appointed acting prime minister in 1999 by Boris Yeltsin, according to Reuters.Three months later, after Yeltsin's resignation, Putin won his first term as president, and within a year, he was enjoying the benefits of being Russia's top official . In 2017, Ukraine banned Seagal from entering the country on national security grounds, The Guardian reported. Watch on. She died on October 4, 2022 in Hurricane Mills, Tennessee, USA. The other person in Ukraine, his profession I understand, used to be a comedian, and I think it seems that he wants to continue that profession, Ecclestone said of Zelenskyy. Russia was wrong to invade," Stone said. Why?! During the latter's 2017 re-election campaign, according to USA Today, Ovechkin started a social media drive called "Putin Team," posting a photo of himself on Instagram with the politician. But Gabbards pacifism has long been tainted by an undercurrent of affection for strongmen like Bashar al Assad and Vladimir Putin. Depardieu took Russian citizenship, and its refreshing 13 per cent flat tax rate, in 2013, after criticising the French government over its levying plans. Only the second major leader of the Russian government since the end of communism and the breakup of the Soviet Union in 1991, Vladimir Putin was appointed acting prime minister in 1999 by Boris Yeltsin, according to Reuters. (Alexey Druzhinin/AFP via Getty Images). Roger Waters, the co-founder of the rock band Pink Floyd, addressed the UN security council at Russias invitation last month. Vance the shameless, Yale-Law-educated, faux-populist-turned-nativist GOP senate candidate from Ohio recently blamed transgender advocacy for being at the root of of Americas anger at Russia. In reality, Putin faces pressure at home and abroad. The Russian invasion of Ukraine prompted the Beatles star to share a photo of himself performing in Kyiv in 2008. Market data provided by Factset. He was like our interpreter at the time.". Theyve done nothing wrong., https://www.myjoyonline.com/celebrities-that-are-still-defending-putin-and-those-that-have-turned-their-backs-on-him/-------https://www.myjoyonline.com/celebrities-that-are-still-defending-putin-and-those-that-have-turned-their-backs-on-him/, Daily: 0.30p | Weekly: GHS 2 | Monthly: GHs 9. Hollywood star Jack Nicholson (L) gestures as he talks to Russian President Vladimir Putin outside Moscow, Russia, on June 27, 2001.Reuters "He told us that in the car and Ted said, 'You have to go to the hospital. The onetime Democratic presidential candidate turned CPAC Reagan Dinner special guest Tulsi Gabbard is well known for her anti-interventionist politics. In 2007, Van Damme, his daughter, and Putin also a known martial arts enthusiast visited an MMA event in St. Petersburg, Russia, together, the Kremlin reported at the time. The caption said: "We are with the people of Ukraine.". Being a politician or a statesman is an odd kind of celebrity. Check out what clicked this week in entertainment. Spotted buying a T-shirt bearing Putin's face, he also gave a glowing review. Why do I care what is going on in the conflict between Ukraine and Russia? Carlson asked of a guest. In 2001, actor Jack Nicholson reportedly offered Putin a film producer role in a future film after the Russian leader said he loved his movie One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest. Nicholson has since come out in support of Ukraine. As the end of that same show Carlson claimed he was joking (and was truly only rooting for America). 2023 FOX News Network, LLC. "I'm sure he did have a taste and I'm sure he enjoyed it," the fighter said. Some of Russia's top celebrities have recorded a song in support of President Vladimir Putin ahead of elections later this month.Putin is expected to secure an overwhelming victory in the March . And while the World Cup match fell on the same weekend as McGregor's 30th birthday, it was he who gave a gift to Putin the very first bottle ever produced of Proper Twelve. The actor wanted to become a Russian citizen to save taxes in France,The New York Times reported. I met him a couple of times and he was a very cool regular guy, looked me right in the eye, he told Sky News. The West is pumping the weapons in, he said. Thats not my department.. As the climactic mushroom-cloud montage plays out, Putin seems faintly amused by this depiction of mutually assured destruction: Nothing has changed. Maybe thats what the Moscow celebrity train has helped obscure all along for Putin, it has always really been about a colder, harsher reality. He nearly took his '70s band Wings there, but the idea fell through, according to The Guardian. Aaron Rodgers Hangs With Vaccine Conspiracy Theorist RFK Jr. Jan. 6 Footage Aired by Tucker Carlson Without Review, Say Capitol Police, Trump Returns to Facebook: Sorry to Keep You Waiting, Embattled Trump Attorney Headed Back in Front of Grand Jury in Classified Documents Case, YouTube Reinstates Donald Trump's Channel, Niall Horan Celebrates St. Patrick's Day With Joe Biden at the White House, RuPauls Drag Race Tackles Anti-Drag Hysteria: Its Very Scary, Keanu Reeves, Wendell Pierce, and More Hollywood Stars Pay Tribute to Lance Reddick. That broke the ice, and they got along well until Van Damme reached for his bag he'd placed under his seat. I am against this fratricidal war.". . "Also, the Russian invasion of Ukraine was not unprovoked, so I also condemn the provocateurs in the strongest possible terms. 2023 Rolling Stone, LLC. But some public figures have stayed loyal to him, including Hollywood actors and musicians. Why shouldnt I root for Russia? "I love Russia and Ukraine, which is part of Russia," Depardieu controversially said at the time (per AFP, via Yahoo! News). Three of them fell into the useful-idiot camp. His ties to Russia were renewed in August 2022 when a film of the actor in Donetsk, appearing to support Putin's war efforts, was posted online. "As soon as I go to my bag, I've got 20 security guys coming at me," Van Damme told The Hollywood Reporter. In 2022, after Putin's ruthless assault on Ukraine, the guests present that day must feel very naive, perhaps even ashamed but they are not the only western celebs who cosied up to Putin. t was one of those surreal moments when light entertainment mugs history. RUSSIAN PERFORMERS TAKE A STAND AGAINST UKRAINE WAR, Putin speaks with Leonardo DiCaprio Nov. 23, 2010, after a concert to mark the International Tiger Conservation Forum at the Mikhailovsky Theatre in Saint Petersburg. A clutch of top Russian celebrities last week released a spritely pop song in support of President Putin . All rights reserved. When Putin attacked the sovereign state of Ukraine on Wednesday night, Gabbard did not denounce Putins aggression, instead faulting the West for not meeting the Russian autocrats demands: This war and suffering could have easily been avoided if Biden Admin/NATO had simply acknowledged Russias legitimate security concerns regarding Ukraines becoming a member of NATO, which would mean US/NATO forces right on Russias border, Tulsi Gabbard (@TulsiGabbard) February 24, 2022. The legendary actor Jean-Claude Van Damme has reportedly visited a private clinic in Zakarpattia Oblast.This pic: mikleyershov pic.twitter.com/qZv9OSH5ys. Amid Russia's ongoing invasion of Ukraine, many Russian artists and celebrities are voicing their opposition to the invasion and speaking out against their country's President Vladimir Putin.. In 2013, Putin signed an executive order making Depardieu a Russian citizen. I say, Stop the weapons and negotiate,' he added. Vladimir Putin crooned the song Blueberry Hill at a children's charity benefit in St Petersburg in 2010, as a crowd of celebrities - including Sharon Stone, Kevin Costner, Kurt Russell, Goldie. 2 Khreshchatyk Street, 01001 Kyiv, Ukraine. This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks. Not entirely. Famous People Befriended By Vladimir Putin. "This man is one of the greatest leaders of our time and I was honored to attend such a landmark event alongside him," McGregor captioned. Watch popular content from the following creators: Chief(@bonjournonews), no(@wromz), Josie Actress/ Voiceover(@celebritynewsplus5829), KeMesha(@kee2keyrealty), Charles Peralo(@charlesperalo) . (Getty Images), "I am proud I went to Vietnam when I did," she said during the Television Critics Associations Summer Press Tour in 2018. "The United States and its allies in NATO have been provoking Russia, have been using Ukraine as bait.". Cue tanks rolling across the border in 2022 and the sound of tarte lhumble being scoffed: I am against this fratricidal war, he said. Kind of strange., In recent days, Tucker spouted off on long monologues bashing permanent Washington for its supposedly irrational hate for Putin and affection for Ukraine, which he insisted was not a democracy but a tyranny. Hours before Russias invasion he doubled down: Ukraine isnt a democracy, Carlson tweeted. He insisted in an interview that he and his buddies did not serve in the Marine Corps to go and fight Vladimir Putin because he didnt believe in transgender rights, which is what the U.S. State Department is saying is a major problem with Russia. (This is not the major problem with Russia, a state in which Putins regime, he West is pumping the weapons in, he said. Stone was proven wrong when Putin launched his attack on Feb. 24, and Stone subsequently made a statement condemning Russia's "aggression. "The other person in Ukraine, his profession I understand, used to be a comedian, and I think it seems that he wants to continue that profession," Ecclestone said of Zelenskyy. Could the series, in continually insisting on the equivalence between US and Russian expansionism, have been part of his broader disinformation strategy? 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