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Will Smith And Jada Pinkett Smith Seen Together For The First Time Since Oscars Slap
Idris Elba Was the Perfect Leading Man For ‘Beast’; Opens Friday In Theaters
IDRIS ELBA
Will Smith and wife Jada Pinkett Smith have been spotted out and about to- gether for the first time since Will slapped Chris Rock over a joke at Jada’s expense during the 2022 Oscars back in March.
The pair, who appeared to be in good spirits, was snapped by photogs Saturday in Malibu near celebrity hot spot Nobu, walking hand-in- hand as Will waved to onlook- ers.
The Oscar winner wore a black hat, navy polo shirt and matching pants for the outing, completing the look with a fresh pair of white Air Force Ones. Jada also rocked sneakers with her all black en-
WILL SMITH AND JADA PINKETT-SMITH
Anne Heche has been peacefully taken off life sup- port and is set to donate her organs, the late actress' rep confirmed to ET.
This comes after the 53- year-old was deemed brain dead on August 12, despite her heart still beating, which is the definition of death ac- cording to California law.
Heche was being held on life support in order to do- nate her organs. Now, the Six Days star has been taken off medical assistance Sunday evening and her organ recip- ients have been identified.
On August 5, Heche crashed her blue Mini Cooper into a home a little before 11 a.m. P.T. in the Mar Vista neighborhood of Los Angeles. It took nearly 60 firefighters to rescue her from the wreck- age that ignited a fire that raged so out of control, Heche was rushed to a
ANNE HECHE
nearby hospital with burns, and the home became unin- habitable.
The fiery car crash, it would later become clear, was her third car crash within a 30-minute span.
Heche was best known for her roles in the soap opera Another World and films
such as Donnie Brasco, Psy- cho and Six Days 7 Nights and many others. Heche earned a Daytime Emmy Award for her role in Another World. She portrayed Vicky Hudson and Marley Love. Those roles also earned her two Soap Opera Digest Awards.
Following her death, Heche's 20-year-old son, Homer, who was his mother's lead advocate fol- lowing the crash, also reacted to the actress' death in a statement.
"My brother Atlas and I lost our Mom," he told ET of himself and his 13-year-old brother. "After six days of al- most unbelievable emotional swings, I am left with a deep, wordless sadness. Hopefully my mom is free from pain and beginning to explore what I like to imagine as her eternal freedom."
semble, tying a flannel shirt around her waist and finish- ing off her look with delicate jewelry and a pair of shades.
The sighting comes weeks after Will released his latest
apology for slapping Rock during the ceremony due to a “G.I. Jane” joke the comic told in reference to Jada, who suf- fers from hair loss condition alopecia.
"Beast" is a thriller that fol- lows a widowed doctor Nate Samuel (Idris Elba) and his daughters’ family vacation to Africa, which turns to terror when a vengeful lion merci- lessly stalks the family looking for blood.
Elba was also the perfect man to go up against the ulti- mate predator. “And so for me, it was like, what would happen if you took the Cujo isolation element with the Jaws feel and put them to- gether?” she wondered. “And I would like to say for the
record, this is very important. Ultimately, what motivated this movie was what poaching is doing to the ecosystem in South Africa.”
Elba stated, “The education that we got and the amount of money that land owners have to spend on anti-poaching ef- forts ... because what the poachers are doing to these prides and what they’re doing to the elephants and what they’re doing to the rhinos, it is horrific,” she said.
Beast, starring Idris Elba premieres Friday in theaters.
Anne Heche Taken Off Life Support 'Peacefully,' Set To Donate Organs
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