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  • After Bruce Willis, now Jim Carrey announces acting retirement

    By IANS

    LOS ANGELES: Hollywood star Jim Carrey has announced that he’s retiring from acting.

    When revealing his plan in a new interview, the actor said that he feels he’s “done enough” after nearly five decades of his career, reports aceshowbiz.com.

    During a conversation with Access Hollywood, the 60-year-old actor said, “I am retiring. I am being fairly serious.” He went on to explain, “It depends. If the angels bring some sort of script that’s written in gold ink, that says to me that it’s going to be really important for people to see, I might. I might continue down the road, but I’m taking a break.”

    “I really like my quiet life, and I really love putting paint on canvas, and I really love my spiritual life, and I feel like — and this is something you might never hear another celebrity say as long as time exists — I have enough,” Jim continued.

    He then stressed, “I’ve done enough. I am enough.” Still, it might be an April Fool’s joke considering the timing.

    The announcement of his retirement came after Jim made headlines as he weighed in on Will Smith and Chris Rock’s awkward confrontation at the Oscars. “I was sickened by the standing ovation (when Will later took home the award for Best Actor),” he told host Gayle King during an interview with ‘CBS Mornings’ on March 29.

    “I felt like Hollywood is just spineless en masse. It really felt like, ‘Oh, this is a really clear indication that we’re not the cool club anymore.’”

    Carrey also said that if he’d been in Chris’ position, he’d do the same as Chris as he didn’t “want the hassle” that came with filing a police report.

    However, the ‘Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind’ star noted that he’d like to sue Will.

    “I’d have announced this morning that I was suing Will for $200 million because that video is going to be there forever,” he explained, “It’s going to be ubiquitous. You know, that insult is going to last a very long time.”

    Jim then shared that he believed the moment “didn’t escalate.”

    He elaborated, “It came out of nowhere because Will has something going on inside him that’s frustrating, and I wish him the best. I really do.”

    The ‘Yes Man’ actor then highlighted that he doesn’t have anything against Will “but that was not a good moment.”

  • Jim Carrey criticises Will Smith’s selfish slap and Academy’s reaction

    By PTI

    LOS ANGELES: Hollywood star Jim Carrey has criticised Will Smith for assaulting Chris Rock during the 94th Academy Awards, saying he was “sickened” by the standing ovation that followed the actor’s best actor Oscar win.

    Smith won the best actor trophy for his role in “King Richard” minutes after his infamous altercation with Rock where he slapped the comedian for a joke regarding wife Jada Pinkett Smith’s hair loss condition, alopecia, reported IndieWire.

    After the slap, Smith returned to his seat and yelled to Rock, “Keep my wife’s name out your f***ing mouth.”

    ALSO READ: Academy says it will take ‘appropriate action’ over slap incident

    “I was sickened by the standing ovation (after his win). Hollywood is just spineless en masse and it really felt like this is a really clear indication that we aren’t the cool club anymore,” Carrey told CBS’s Gayle King while promoting his film “Sonic the Hedgehog 2”.

    “The Mask” star said Smith “should’ve been” escorted out of the ceremony for slapping Rock, who declined to press charges.

    The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences officially condemned Smith’s actions the following day and has said they will take appropriate action against the actor.

    According to Carrey, if he was in Rock’s place, he would have sued the actor because the video is going to be there forever.

    “That insult is gonna last a very long time. If you want to yell from the audience and show disapproval or say something on Twitter (that’s fine). But you do not have the right to walk up on stage and smack somebody in the face because they said words.

    (The slap) came out of nowhere because Will has something going on inside him that’s frustrated. I wish him the best. I have nothing against Will Smith. He’s done great things, but that was not a good moment.

    It cast a shadow over everyone’s shining moment last night. It was a selfish moment.”

    Smith apologised to the Academy and fellow nominees in his acceptance speech on Sunday but seemingly defended his action by saying, “love will make you do crazy things”.

    He, however, issued a formal apology to the comedian the next day, saying, “Jokes at my expense are part of the job, but a joke about Jada’s medical condition was too much for me to bear and I reacted emotionally. I would like to publicly apologize to you, Chris. I was out of line and I was wrong.  am embarrassed and my actions were not indicative of the man I want to be.”

    Jada Pinkett, meanwhile, posted a brief Instagram statement that read: “This is a season for healing and I’m here for it.”

  • Idris Elba to voice Knuckles in ‘Sonic the Hedgehog 2’

    By PTI

    LOS ANGELES: “The Suicide Squad” star Idris Elba has boarded the cast of the upcoming animation film “Sonic the Hedgehog 2” in which he will voice the fan-favourite character Knuckles.

    According to The Hollywood Reporter, Ben Schwartz will reprise his role as the title character with Jeff Fowler returning to direct.

    James Marsden, Tika Sumpter, Natasha Rothwell, Adam Pally, Shemar Moore and Jim Carrey also voice star in the sequel to the 2020 film.

    Knuckles first appeared as an antagonist in 1994’s “Sonic the Hedgehog 3” before befriending Sonic and his ally Tails and becoming a protagonist in his own right in 1995’s “Sonic & Knuckles”.

    Pat Casey, Josh Miller and John Whittington have penned the script for “Sonic 2”, from a story by Casey and Miller.

    Neal H Moritz, Toby Ascher, Toru Nakahara, Hitoshi Okuno are attached to produce the film.

    Executive producers are Haruki Satomi, Yukio Sugino, Shuji Utsumi, Nan Morales and Tim Miller.

    Paramount Pictures will release the film on April 8, 2022.

    The first “Sonic” was a box office success that raked in USD 319.7 million globally upon its opening in February 2020, making it one of the final blockbusters to be released before the COVID-19 pandemic hit the world.

  • Jim Carrey gifts brand new Chevy Blazer car to his ‘Sonic 2’ crew member

    By ANI
    WASHINGTON: Canadian-American actor Jim Carrey, gave away a brand new Chevy Blazer car to appreciate the hard work of a crew member of his upcoming action-adventure comedy film ‘Sonic 2’.

    The production sources told TMZ that Jim who has been shooting in Vancouver city for ‘Sonic 2’, wanted to do something fun for the crew and show his thanks for their hard work, “so he held a raffle … and the grand prize was a Chevy Blazer RS.”

    The winner was announced on Friday morning (local time) and the crew member, who worked as a grip, has been given the keys to his lavish new ride.

    TMZ reported that the base model of Chevy Blazer RS retails for over USD 40,000, and hence the giveaway is undoubtedly a pretty big gesture on his part.

    On the professional front, Jim who starred in 2020’s ‘Sonic The Hedgehog’ as Dr Robotnik will be soon seen in its sequel- ‘Sonic the Hedgehog 2’. The movie series is based on the video game franchise of the same name published by Sega.

    Directed by Jeff Fowler and written by Pat Casey and Josh Miller, the movie will star Ben Schwartz reprising his role as the voice of Sonic the Hedgehog (character name), alongside Jim Carrey as Dr Robotnik, James Marsden and Tika Sumpter.

    ‘Sonic the Hedgehog 2’ is scheduled for release in the United States on April 8, 2022, by Paramount Picture.