Neck beard aside, this is actually a really great cover for Leonardo DiCaprio. He looks young and slim and de-carbed. His hair looks great. You might even say he’s giving good smolder-face. The problem might be that Leo has to share the cover with Sean Penn and El Chapo. Poor Leo! How will he ever win the Oscar if we’re too busy rolling our eyes at Sean Penn?! RS hasn’t released the full interview yet, but their preview is already making me chuckle and roll my eyes. LaineyGossip said on Monday that Leo and The Revenant team are trying to rebrand the film for OSCAH! The message used to be a singular story about a dude in the woods, battling everything that’s thrown at him. Now The Revenant is being sold as a message-movie. A movie about Native Americans. A movie about the environment. Leo tries to pay lip service to this idea in the Rolling Stone piece when he actually says that people should see The Revenant because the climate change wreaked havoc on the production, basically. Anyway, you can read Leo’s interview highlights here. Some assorted quotes:
On middle school: “I was a bit of a loudmouth, and I was in an environment where the elements aligned to have kids smack the hell outta me once in a while.”
He wants to go even darker for his next film role: “I would love to do something even darker [than The Revenant]. I don’t know, like how would you penetrate the mind of somebody like Travis Bickle in Taxi Driver? There’s a word in German … schadenfreude. It means humiliation for somebody else, and it can be done in movies, like when Bickle takes [Cybill Shepherd] to the porno theater for his first date. You’re like, ‘Oh, God, please don’t do this!'”
He was asked about babies after he “cooed” over a little girl at a restaurant: “Do you mean do I want to bring children into a world like this? If it happens, it happens.” Then the actor takes the Fifth. “I’d prefer not to get into specifics about it, just because then it becomes something that is misquoted. But yeah. I don’t know. To articulate how I feel about it is just gonna be misunderstood.”
Whether women are interested in Boy Drama In the Woods: “I think it’s silly, and I think that the women I’ve spoken to really enjoyed the movie.”
Whether he wants that Oscar: “Sure, everyone likes to be recognized, but that’s out of my hands—other people control those things. I will say it would help the film, bring it to more people.”
[From E! News & Rolling Stone]
Can you picture Leo cooing over a little girl? I cannot. But that just proves that he will do anything for an Oscar. He will come to your house and kiss your baby. He will pay a child actor to stand by during his interview so he can feign interest. He will even pretend to want children. He will even pretend to find children coo-able. I’m remembering that some of the dudes in Leo’s Posse are fathers now, and I remember seeing photos of Leo hanging out with Tobey Maguire and Tobey’s kids. What is Uncle Leo like? Is he the dodgy uncle who tells his friends’ kids to get him another beer?
I would also love to know the identities of all of these women that Leo has talked to about The Revenant. Are we talking about the 21-year-old model-wannabes at the club? “Hey baby, what did you think of The Revenant? Did it bother you that there were no speaking roles for women?” “Um, I loved it, it was super!” *hair twirl*
Photos courtesy of Mark Seliger/Rolling Stone.
I saw The Revenant and loved it.
me too. I didn’t think I would, but I enjoyed it and appreciated the lighting, direction, acting and filming style.
It was brutal and beautiful. Definitely a film “experience”. The cinematography was superb, and especially after all the gossip surrounding the film shoot, I really enjoyed watching the performances and seeing how it all came together.
I won’t see it because his Oscar Campaign is so heavy-handed and old-fashioned, and just annoying.
He seems to think if he manipulates his image a certain way we’ll all forget anything he’s actually done in the past. I can believe he cares about the Environment, but all that yachting with supermodels crap just makes him look shallow.
Why does how Leo live his personal life bother people so much. It’s better than him getting married and then cheating like a lot of Hollywood people are doing. Some people like supermodels, some like athletes, some like other actors, who cares.
AT least you don’t hear stories about him stumbling drunk out of clubs, spewing racist crap, hating on other actors, kicking puppies and smacking babies. This is a talented man who has been in the business since he was a child and has kept his head above water and not becoming a Hollywood disaster story like Lohan and Amanda Bynes.
And at least he’s not pretending he doesn’t really care if he wins an Oscar like some do. He admitted that he would like to win an award.
@V4Real
Oh I wouldn’t take everything seriously when it comes to comments on CB, specially not regarding Leo. It is funny how some people bash Leo for hooking up with supermodels but are in denial when it comes to other actors/actresses…. I gave up when it comes to Leo. He is amazing in my eyes and certainly deserves an Oscar by now. Full stop. I do not care about his private life. He doesn’t need all the PR shit. He already is a superstar, a real one. I do not know anyone who doesn’t know who he is. He is a A List Actor. Works with great directors, starred in awesome movies and yes, give him that damn award. Can’t believe that other actors got one before him. Unbelievable and a joke.
I loved the cinematography but I thought it dragged about an hour too long. I kept looking at my watch wondering when they were going to wrap things up. In contrast, Hateful Eight kept me engaged the entire (nearly) three hours.
I thought Leo was fantastic in it, even if he had limited dialog.
me too. it was a great film.
I loved it too. Leo was superb.
I saw it last night and I loved it too. Why does CB think women *don’t* like it? That’s a little insulting.
ETA: And I think Spotlight is the best movie of the year. It has even fewer women or praises to femininity (or “heart throb-y” type actors) in it than Revenant does. Am I supposed to dislike that too? Idgi
Wait a minute… I personally find Michael Keaton to be very heart throb-y!
And much more so than Leo or Hardy… but that is just me. 🙂
Haven’t seen Revenant yet, but agree that Spotlight is amazing.
Spotlight should win several awards, the actors are so good in it, specially Mark Ruffalo. The Revenant is a good movie, but that´s it. Leo is very good in it, he should win. And maybe cinematography too, but that´s about it.
Why do we keep seeing sentences like “There are no women in the movie” and “there are no speaking parts for women in the movie”? There are women in the movie who have speaking parts. In fact, *mild spoiler* a woman even gets to say “I’ll cut off your balls” to her rapist and then actually DOES IT.
Never watching the Revenant and find Leo and his antics tiring, but you know what is worse?
The fact that these actors, whom we all label thirsty, have to jump through hoops for a nomination and a prize. Whatever the hell happened to doing your job, putting the movie out and just doing your part to promote it for movie goers?
Now the promotion part has gone out of hand completely and the pandering to the Academy is sickening. Companies spend so much money, and stars so much effort, having to pretend being something they are not.
I don’t give a damn if the stars want babies, if they even like kids, if they spend their off time on a yacht or surfing or whatever. Just do a good job in the movie. The end. I feel for Leo at this point (all if them really) for having to go through this circus.
I hear you, but my impression is that it’s always been this way. I think technology and the internet and social media have just amped the whole process up. I could be wrong, though.
The amount of campaigning is worse than it used to be, apparently. Deadline had an article just this week about moves to curb it.
http://deadline.com/2016/01/oscars-campaigning-academy-1201677822/
@msd, thanks for link!
I couldn’t agree more. But I truly can’t stand Leonardo Di Caprio. It’s not natural, it really isn’t. 🙂
Well I’m not natural then because I can’t stand him either. He always reminds me of Orson Welles (although at least he was funny as in “My Doctor keeps telling me to stop having dinner for four, unless there are three other people”)
https://i.ytimg.com/vi/VN8L7TsjfDk/maxresdefault.jpg
Similar ageing baby faced features on a mans body type of thing. Maybe he should think about a bio-pic?
I knew we were meant to be, Frisbee. If I had heart emoji’s on this computer I’d put a bunch on here!!
MutantsRUs!!
Just as well we’re going to an Island really then innit I heart you to 🙂
Totally agree with you and I’ve been thinking about this since the golden globes. It felt rushed, unglamorous and on some level disrespectful because it feels more about having your picture taken than anything else. And when you have just 90 (the foreign press) people picking who gets the golden globe it just feels fake and totally manipulable.
It’s not enough to be good at what you do, nowadays you must be great at selling it and through that you have to sell yourself too. Some actors can manage this better than others, but when you give so many interviews and interact so much with the media it becomes too much. I’m getting really cynical about all this stuff:/
I really don’t understand the hate for Leonardo DiCaprio (I find him extremely talented) but I agree with you @vauvert: Just judge the acting on the god damn movie and be done with it. I also really despise the whole “let’s make up for the fact that we didn’t give you an Oscar the other five times you were nominated, so here” you know??? I don’t care who you are married to, if you want kids and if you support political agendas. I prefer to judge the acting on the movie, THAT’S IT!!!! This whole campaigning thing is way out of control.
I enjoy Leonardo DiCaprio as an actor, to me he deserved the Oscar for This boy’s life, What’s eating Gilbert Grape and The Aviator. I also thought he was wonderful in The departed. But I am disappointed with the campaigning. I don’t think he campaigned before and I was hoping he just didn’t care.
I agree @Wilma: he deserved it more than anything for What’s Eating Gilbert Grape, but he was new, and that’s the way it goes. The campaigning sucks, as I stated. Just let me enjoy your performance in the movie; forget the politics!
It’s an uncertain industry. Look at Ryan Kavanagh or whatever his name is. Make or break regardless of your record. I don’t blame them for doing elaborate Oscar and promotional campaigns. And yes, I’m a woman and absolutely loved The Revenant.
I don’t believe Leo DiCaprio has deep conversations with the women he hooks up with.
I don’t think Leo is interested in a relationship with a woman.
I think he is interested in having sex with women.
There is nothing wrong with that if you are honest about it, which he is.
If women could easily produce children for their lifetimes, we wouldn’t be looking for relationships so early.
Being 40 with no children is honestly wonderful. You have the money, wisdom and freedom to do what you like.
From my personal experience having kids is way better than not having them.
Having vs not having kids is such a personal thing, Dangles. I’m glad you have kids since you enjoy them. But remember that there is no right or wrong. For some, having kids is wonderful, for others it would not be. I am 51 and childfree by choice, but I still love to coo over other people’s babies. I enjoy them then I give them back. And my nieces will tell you that I am the coolest aunt ever. 🙂
Indeed Dangle, that is your experience. As you do not NOT have them, how do you know if it’s truly better?
As SamiHami says, there is no right and wrong. It’s actually annoying when someone says an option is better than another. From both side.
Dangles didnt say that one side was right and one side was wrong. She said that her personal experience was that she enjoys having kids more than not having kids.
no, but i’m sure he has conversations with women he doesn’t hook up with. like, he’s the type who divides women into f-able or not, and the not get to talk about *deep* stuff.
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I’m pretty sure that Leo is the godfather to one of Toby McGuire’s kids. I don’t know, just because he dates a lot or doesn’t have any interest in having children of his own, doesn’t mean he isn’t good with children in general. That’s me, and I love the heck out of my nephews.
Yup.
He’s also godfather to one of Kate Winslet’s kids, and by her many accounts “Uncle Leo” is aces.
And I think he had a rough childhood. I know a lot of people who had rough childhoods who have a hard time growing up, and who are understandably very torn about having kids. I don’t get why people are so negative about him. It seems that his girlfriends are well aware of what he wants from a relationship, and he’s not one of those guys in and out of rehab, getting into accidents, making non-stop pap appearances, etc.
I agree.
He’s actually pretty decent if you consider he’s had a series of mostly long termish monogamous relationships (Bar, Giselle, Toni, etc) and hasn’t ever sold himself as something he is not. I get the feeling he is actually a very savvy (in terms of his image, his money, his career) guy with a huge ego but also a nice personality IF you are in his inner circle. He’s been in Hollywood his whole life. He was scrappy and transitioned from growing pains to this boys life. He has maintained a balance bt heartthrob and serious actor. That is a tough balance and by keeping things close to his chest all we’ve really been able tondo is speculate and joke. He will probably find a great girl and settle in when he’s in his 50s but for now I think he’s too content with the spoils of his success to be distracted. “If it happens, it happens” is now on the record. He’s no dummy. He didn’t elaborate bc he doesn’t want someone to extrapolate a sound bite or a meaning where there is none. Still, what he said suggests it’s a theoretical that he’s not adverse to either.
I don’t think he’s the heartthrob so many think him to be, but I don’t loathe him and I do think he’s got some game.
I agree. At least he’s not getting married, having a whole bunch of kids to trot around at awards time, and cheating on his wife.
yeah this. i know lots of people who adore children, but wouldn’t necessarily want them. liking children isn’t the same thing as deciding to care 24/7 for them. for instance, i like children a lot they’re so funny, but i don’t want one of my own until i’m at least in my mid 30s.
Yeah, I remember Kate Winslet on some red carpet saying he would take her kids to FAO Schwartz (sp?) and tell them they could have whatever they wanted. Which isn’t indicative of someone who can’t stand kids, at least in small doses.
I remember there were pap pics of Leo with Toby’s family on holiday some time ago. Leo was playing with his goddaughter. They looked cute and familiar. The girl was all smiles. He carried her shoulder high. They went paddling and swimming. I bet he is a fun uncle.
I remember it just cuz the comments on the DM article were terrible. All these comments about how this little girl is ‘soon old enough for him’ and ‘oh look now he goes for the younger ones’. Nauseating
Were they, really? What’s there to bash, about Leo being out with the kids?
People are bored.
I agree. I’m pretty sure from reading this interview that he’s not keen on having kids but doesn’t wanted to be outed as a member of the Voluntary Extinction Movement.
I know his mom is German but he’s getting his German words mixed up. What he’s talking about is Fremdschämen. Schadenfreude is enjoyment gained from another person’s misfortune.
Haha I am so glad someone brought this up! While I appreciate that even intelligent people make mistakes, I am experiencing schaudenfreude at seeing the purportedly intellectual Leo make such a rookie mistake.
Leo, I do not think that word means what you think it means…
Yes, I think he means fremdscham not schadenfreude. As in, people who don’t like Leo are are feeling schadenfreude (delight or pleasure in the misfortune of others) while people who do like him are feeling fremdscham (embarrassment or shame for another person’s humiliation).
LOL you guys, thank you!
I so agree. That was sweet, sweet schadenfreude. But no one reads RS anymore, so will anyone actually know about it?
I was just going to say … that was a messy translation.
Is it just me or does he never show much personality in interviews? I can’t believe this is occurring to me for the first time but I honestly don’t know even know who Leonardo DiCaprio is and if that’s by design, then okay. But – and I’m kinda getting tired of the topic – that is probably where the modelizing frat bro image comes from. He’s been doing it for 20 years and if we are not presented with an alternative characterization, that’s what will stick. He could be one of the nicest, funniest, and most interesting people but I wouldn’t know because his interviews are not holding my attention and what I see is yachts. Models. Bros.
I think he showed personality when he was younger. I think he’s now just older — once you get older, I think you tend to be less joke-y and more serious in outward demeanour. His personal life is frat-boy city, but in interviews I think he just comes across as a normal grown-up. Which I think makes sense. Given how far up on the acting ladder he is and that he’s now 41, I don’t think it’s necessary for him to come across like Ashton Kutcher or even Orlando Bloom (I love Orlando, but I wish he didn’t come across as sort of…dim? in interviews). Tom Cruise is the one actor I’ve seen who can really be “on” all the time in terms of charisma, but we now know he’s kind of cray-cray.
Thank you. I was debating if I should mention this. Schadenfreude means being gleeful or glaoting – and there’s obviously a word for that in English.
Fremdschämen, what he apparently means, translates into 2nd-hand-embarrassment. Get it together, Leo.
Actually Schadenfreude was a word of the year in the U.S. during GW Bush’s presidency so I recongnized it right away. It was on bumper stickers, comics, word of the day calendars and late night show. I can’t remember the exact year but I know it was related to the “Mission Accomplished” banner being brought up by the media when things went to “Mission Apeshit” in Iraq. The word “truthiness” also came into vogue during that time but was invented by Stephen Colbalt.
I was surprised to see Leo not understand what the word means since most educated adults reading newspapers at the time learned about it. But at the same time, this could finally be another reason Leo prefers fashion models age 18-24 (apart from the firm tits): they have the same level of education or lack thereof.
We all assume Leo is smart just because of the movies he picks but maybe he really is not that bright and prefers to date women at his same brain level? I mean that as a fact not a dig.
leo is for sure the type of douche bag that will try to introduce someone to a word (which in and of itself is a dick move) and then define it incorrectly. OF COURSE HE IS! in a meeting i said something was reprehensible and some dude-bro corrected me, in front of a group of people and said “you mean irreprehensible.” i had to be like “no, i meat what i said – but thanks”
SMH
lol so glad other noticed too. I was reading through his explanation and was like: hmm.. I think he got something mixed up.
He clearly meant ‘fremdschämen’ or ‘die Fremdscham’.
I don’t resent him for this. I think it’s kinda cute and I kinda love it that he brought up a German word.
Schadenfreude is a crossover word that is pretty common word for non German speakers to know so I don’t think it’s cute that he doesn’t know the meaning. He is pretending to be smart but since his mother is German then he has no excuse not to know the proper meaning of Schadenfraude.
Sometimes I think that celebrities like Leo live in their own little bubble. Like, they say stuff and you just have to clear your head. Most of it comes off to fairly ‘head in the clouds.’ – “I think the women I’ve spoken to really enjoyed it” so, film people – models – other celebrities and people you pay to act like they like you? Don’t get me wrong, it was an okay movie but I don’t think I’d see it again. We’ve been seeing movies like it for ages. Time for new stuff.
Many people don’t want kids, others don’t care but may be open to the idea if the right person comes along. Children seem to be essential for people who haven’t achieved what they would have wanted in their lives, they need to feel that their existence had some purpose. An incredibly successful person who has every opportunity available for whatever the desire doesn’t need a kid to make them feel worthy. So if they don’t have a biological urge to reproduce, they’re not driven by psychological issues.
Leo looks gorgeous again.
I think some people want children because they want the experience of raising them, loving them, teaching them, learning from them, watching them flourish and grow, creating a family and a thousand other reasons. To say that children are “essential” only to underachievers, and that everyone is so shallow that they just want children to make them feel “worthy,” is ridiculous and judgmental. How on earth do you know why everyone on the planet does or doesn’t want children? If you don’t want children, fine, but don’t make up reason why everyone who does it somehow beneath you.
i think some get really defensive when it comes to not wanting children, because people who do have them are incredibly judgmental themselves and always assume everyone wants to be a parent.
truth to be told, having children is a choice and a way of life, and it doesn’t suit everyone. i do know people who’ve had children not because they really wanted them, but because it was expected of them, or because they had nothing else going on. so yeah, i don’t agree with Zaytabogota entirely, but i get what she’s saying.
“People who do have them are incredibly judgmental themselves and always assume everyone wants to be a parent”??? SOME people, yes, of course, but that kind of generalization is exactly what GNAT is talking about.
Totally agree GNAT, condescending generalisation Zaytabogota.
I’m going to flip your script on you — I don’t want children, AND I’m an underachiever with wasted dreams. Seriously, don’t make the mistake of projecting your petty judgment onto everyone else.
People have kids for many different reasons, and I’m cool with people who do want them and people who don’t. It’s a personal decision and everyone should stop being so judgemental.
The thing that does irritate me is when people says it’s ‘selfish’ not to have children because some people have kids for quite selfish reasons.
Um, children are not an achievement or something to work towards like a car. They’re not a purchase that makes you feel better about your crappy life. If I have a sh*t week, I might buy a new lipstick on Friday but if I turn 35 and haven’t achieved what I wanted, I’m sure as hell not going to get a kid to make me feel better. I’ve never even heard of that being a thing.
In my experience, many people really want children and that has nothing to do with their success or lack thereof. Same goes for the opposite. I have no idea where your view on this topic comes from but maybe that’s your personal issue coming to light?
What a load of bollocks. People either have the drive to have kids or they don’t – it’s biological (and no doubt partly cultural) and has naff all to do with whether they are successful or not. Breeding isn’t an achievement anyway, even bacteria manage it.
Add me to the list of total losers who nevertheless don’t want kids.
@zaytabogota…no, no, no, no and no.
I see what you are saying and agree mostly. For A LOT of people having kids is a narcissistic endeavor. It validates their existence and provides a secondary vehicle for their own dreams. It plugs the hole in their lives from not actually having done anything with their own potential. For others it soothes their existential fears and that whole mortality dilemma. Now of course thats not true for everybody but it is for many people. I personally know a few.
As someone leaning strongly (think) 99.9% in the camp it’s f*cking exhausting to hear the constant patting on the back some non-breeders give themselves. Lol I ain’t here to give you validation for your noble reasons for not wanting kids. Want a cookie? Then go get one.
That’s really an awful thing to say. Children are the consolation prize if you fail at the big game of life? Some people have that drive to be a parent. Others don’t. It’s got nothing to do with their perceived success in other areas.
Even in high school my brother would talk about how he wanted to be a family man and have children. He raised two daughters and now has grandchildren that he dotes on. And he is not a failure in life.
I don’ t want/never had children and while I am living a nice lifestyle, it’s not like I’m some high-powered professional climbing up the corporate ladder. My brother and I both live comfortable, middle class/working class lives and we are both happy with our choices.
Props for boldness, but I’d say children as a psychological prop are perhaps even more necessary to overachievers because at least in the US not having a family is viewed as a failure, as it’s an indispensable part of the ‘having it all’ narrative. All of which, btw, is b.s. and needs to be chucked aside.
I would argue the many if not most people in the world having children don’t always consciously make a choice. Certainly in many situations people don’t have the luxury or privilege to make a choice.
Kip, that is such a great point. WHO estimates that well over 90% of pregnancies are unplanned worldwide. Until we have reliable and safe contraception, available globally, and the cultural and political will to allow access to it, it makes no sense to act as though having children/being childfree is a choice.
And should that magical day ever come (not in my lifetime), the people who judge the choices of others will be even more ignorant jerks than they are now.
if you believe professional success > human life than yeah you are right but people like you are also the reason society and the planet are in the shape they are in.
also nice craping on your parents for raising you, “mom you never achieved anything in your life!”
I think as it’s becoming more accepted to not want to have children, it’s empowering men and women to not feel societal pressures as heavily and make the choice what’s right for them.
My very good friend gave up her very high powered career in New York to get married and have children – she had 3 in 3 years and one over breakfast admitted it was the biggest mistake she made, she regrets having kids and if she could go back she would have not had them. I felt really bad for her, but generally you’ll never hear parents say they regret having kids. It’s always so joyous, life fulfilling and incredible. My kids are the light of my life but they’ve also been the most annoying and frustrating parts of my life too, it’s not all roses.
@Sarah01
I don’t have children and am told often by people that they regret their choice, or more commonly, “I wouldn’t trade them for anything, but it’s not all it’s cracked up to be.” That’s not the point, here, though. Nobody responding to OP has a problem with people choosing not to have children. It was her explanation of people’s reasons for having children that was the problem. She’s putting down the desire to have children and claiming that everyone who has children does it for selfish reasons, and that isn’t true or fair.
my mother definitely wanted children to give her an identity. she cant be the only one.
I do think there are people who have children for bad or at least partially bad reasons. Of course. But you can’t say all people have the same motive.
i think people have been too socially conditioned to breed. to even consider your motives before it is too late seems rare.
” Breed” may be biologically accurate but sounds disparaging.
What a crap! Seems you needed to validate yourself through being a judge of the lives of people you’ll never know. A few billions. LOL All the parents I know, me included, are happy successful in their careers people. Too bad you missed this train.
I’m just glad somebody asked a dude about having kids. That is all.
Yes! This!
good point. but if would be better if neither men nor women were asked, it’s just a personal question.
It’s an extremely personal question for a good reason.
I think that many people, until they or someone close to them has been faced with infertility or loss, doesn’t think that asking about kids is such a loaded question. I sure didn’t, until it happened to me.
But then it’s a bit ageist, isn’t it? “You’re pushing 42 and still childless.” I find all those kid questions a bit rude.
The anti Leo narrative for some outlets, makes less and less sense to me, as it goes on.
Soon Leo wearing a grey shirt will be a sign of ‘Oscar desperation’
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Totally agree!
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Exactly. Especially considering the pass others get from the strong sense of entitlement they have about getting awards.
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I think it’s a case of people projecting their fears of him winning one on to him.
+1 I just don’t get if he is nice to a cute kid it means he’ll do anything to get an Oscar or that he wants to be a father. Quite a leap by most standards.
@noway – Lol. Yeah he should have slapped the child!!
Seriously. Dicaprio, Affleck and Fassbender can’t even say hello and shake hands with someone without being accused of DESPERATE SHAMELESS CAMPAIGNING.
Meanwhile, if that anecdote was about Jennifer Lawrence or Alicia Vikander, people here would rush to their defense that they’re just being polite and we’re all just a bunch of uptight, jealous bitches.
Seriously. “Leo went out in public today OMG COULD HE BE MORE THIRSTY FOR THAT OSCAR?”
“Soon Leo wearing a grey shirt will be a sign of ‘Oscar desperation’ ”
Best thing I’ve read all day.
Give the guy a break. He’s the horse sent down the coal mine by the guys the suits! Contractually obligated to do 10 million interviews and to sell his image and words to sell the movie so every cinema ticket and DVD and streaming dollar can be squeezed out of it. To me, he’s just doing his job.
But those Leo-reaching-and-crying-for-Oscar memes (which have been around for years) are soooo funny.
I think he got the word Schadenfreude wrong. It’ doesn’t mean to be embarrassed about someone, but to be pleased about someone’s bad luck or mischance.
You are right and he is wrong.
Just like you were wrong for calling him a pedophile.
In fairness the interviewer could have written the wrong word down to. One of the few German words I have heard, besides the very basic is schadenfreude. I’ll admit I never really understood the meaning though so thanks for all the clarification.
@”Dangles”
What a gross mischaracterization of what I said. You should be ashamed of yourself. I’m sorry your fan girl feathers were ruffled. God, I remember when this place used to be fun.
Geez Dangles. She just made a silly joke. Get over it and let it go!
Dangles, my goodness, take it down a notch. GNAT is always respectful and patient even when a disagreement arises. We invite you to be the same way!
Leo, my baby and I are waiting. We’ll be here all week.
That’s not what schadenfreude means, is it?
No. See above (7.)
Google it.
Shameless. He will say and do anything for that Oscar. But then so will 99.9999999999% of Hollywood.
Who’s to say he is not already a dad?
I applaud Leo for giving an honest answer about children. The usual celeb response is “Oh yeah, I’d like two or three someday,” whether it’s true or not. You can sense his ambivalance about it. The fact is, not everyone wants children. One of my three sisters has no kids, but she’s the best aunt in the world, the most fun to be around, comes up with the most unique presents. You can love children and just not want your own. I have no problem at all with Leo’s attitude on that subject.
Did he give an honest answer though? He seemed to be more concerned about not alienating the minivans than just giving a straight up “No” or “Not Now” or “I Dont Know” answer.
IMO, if he was worried about the minivanners he would have said “Yeah, sure, one of each”, even if it was a lie. To me, his answer showed clear ambivalance, that he’s not really sure. And I say this as not a fan with no plans to see The Revenant.
Surely he has had a vasectomy, no?
Also the fact that he said “would I bring a child into this world?” Makes me think he’s not planning on ever having biological children. But you know that probably doesn’t play to the Academy so he is saying all the same things he said during the Wolf of Wall Street promotional tour
Surely he has had a vasectomy, no?
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I have wondered about that, too. Or perhaps super careful?
For years people kept saying the same about George Clooney … . We will see if he is going to have children.
Maybe they had their sperm frozen?
You guys act like getting someone pregnant is so easy.
if you wear a condom (which he does and is very careful about protecting himself, google it) it is rare that you get a girl pregnant. Condoms are THE safest protection out there.
I doubt he has frozen his sperm, plus there are other ways to have safe sex if you use your imagination.
He even uses condoms when girls blow him (again, google).
I have also heard he only lets girls s*ck his d*ck (with condom), he rarely actually F’s them so that may also be why.
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Yep, condoms are great for protection. I just think that people think that Leo has had lots of fun and there might have happened something.. ?
Btw. Where did you get that last piece of information? Just curious…
He’s also paranoid about STDs. Remember that semi-celeb that came out and said he questioned her about her STD/sex history for like an hour before he’d do it? She said he was a big guy too.
The answer he gave to the Oscar question made me lol. If he flat-out admitted he really wanted that validation to feel accomplished as an actor, I’d actually respect him a lot more.
I don’t understand why the media and fans are so fixated on whether an actor/actress wants children. It’s their life and their choice. Cameron Diaz is one of the few who came right out and said she didn’t want children, probably was sick of the same question. If a person doesn’t want kids, it’s a smart decision not to have them. It’s not like a puppy you can return to the pound. Leo to me is a cutie and I hope he gets his Oscar.
well, you shouldn’t return the puppy either tbh.
Yep, honesty isn’t the worst thing of them all. And I mean it is really silly to hold it against Leo that he said he didn’t want children right now but later. It is a personal decision to have or to have later or to not have children at all and it ain’t a moral decision, I think.
The only crusade he’s on is the crusade for an Oscar.And yeah…aren’t they all. As for a person wanting kids or not,that’s up to them.It’so no joke to make and raise a human being. I’m sure he will Cloonify at some point. I look for him to marry at 50.
I really don’t understand this idea that if there’s no or few women in a film, women won’t be able to enjoy it or connect with the characters. The same people saying this are also the people calling movie execs stupid for not making female focused films because they think men won’t watch them or connect with them and not making films with POC characters because they think white people won’t relate.
There should be more films with female leads, more films with well written female characters, more films focused entirely on women. But that doesn’t mean that there can’t be films where the focus is on male characters, or that such films are inherently sexist.
When I watch a film I’m not waiting for a woman to show up so I have someone to relate to. I can relate and empathise with male characters just the same as female characters. Some of my favourite films have few or even no women in them. Some have mostly women. Some have an even mix of genders. None are the better or worse for it.
Sending a message that women don’t want to watch films without or with few female characters just reinforces the idea that men don’t want to watch films about women. That’s helpful to exactly no one.
Thank you. Labeling films ‘boy dramz’ bc they feature male characters is so demeaning to me.
Since only a few movies ever feature female leads, I think the boys are doing ok regardless of how their movies are labelled. And women go see films with male leads all the time, because that is mostly what is out there. The real issue is that few films have female only leads and when they do they tend to be categorized dismissively as chick flicks and men are not as willing to see those types of films.
No one is saying that women can only watch movies with female leads. If that was the case there would be few movies that women would see. The point is that so few films are out there focussing on women and of those made, they tend to be a certain type because it is hard to get funding for films with non traditional portrayals of women.
YES, thank you! You were more eloquent than me (below thread)
Preach, sister!
Once a year, I host a group of friends for what we call “Alternative Chick Flick Film Festival” but we don’t show movies that are considered “chick flicks” or aimed at women or rom coms. We each choose a film that highlights actors that we think the others may enjoy staring at for a few hours, could be the lead actor but it could be supporting. We start each festival with a re-watching of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid for its classic male beauty but our selections have included Fight Club.
yes and no. yes, women like men, have all sorts of taste and can totally love a story told predominantly by men. but it’s SO important that women are represented fairly and as equally as men and this just doesn’t happen, so it’s not wrong for the media to mention it.
Exactly!!
Love this post.
PS. He looks like a hard rode version of Derek Hough. Can’t decide if that’s bad or good.
Somewhere Derek Hough is smiling at an already framed version of this comment on his wall.
(And I’m a DH fan for his dancing/choreography).
@Birdie boy is genius on the dance floor no argument here.brlliant.
Why is everyone obsessed with Leo getting married and having kids? The same goes for Jennifer Aniston.
And I’m tired of people making the distinction between Women and Men films. Liking Fight Club doesn’t make me less of a woman. A man liking About Time doesn’t make him less of a man.
I’ll go see this film as soon as it opens in my country for 2 reasons: Chivo and his amazing cinematography, and Tom Hardy. The fact everyone is praising him yet he is receiving zero recognition makes me curious.
Tom Hardy was a revelation in this film. He’s such a chameleon actor.
ITA with both of your points. And it’s so funny to watch everyone around here always complain that nobody ever gives male actors a hard time about when they’re going to get married or have babies or how they raise kids in front of cameras. PLEASE. That’s 99% of the discourse surrounding several male actors, to the point that no one can have any conversations about anything else because the journalists and/or commentariat is always so bent out of shape about how unwholesome the actor is.
I think Tom Hardy’s a very good actor but in no way is he a chameleon. I think he sort of does the same machismo thing in every film. Gotta give him credit for mastering so many voices and accents though.
I personally like his answer with a question, “Do you mean do I want to bring children into a world like this?” I like to think that I want kids, but then I think about this statement all the time. The world is seriously messed up, and I don’t know if I want to be responsible for subjecting another life to it.
Damn, he’s so thirsty.
Who cares if he doesn’t want to get married and have children? I’d actually have more respect for him if he could just admit that, instead of playing it cool and avoiding the questions. And then pretending he CARES about women, their rights, what they think.. sure as hell, Leo.
Also is that photoshoot supposed to be sexy or something? I just can’t find him hot, the only words that came to my mind when seeing him were ‘chipmunk’ and ‘desperation’.
There used to be a humility and open-mindedness about him that he doesn’t have now. And that’s what made him hot.
These days, it’s like he’s stuck in 2010 when hustling for an Oscar mattered. The Leo of the ’90s would’ve shrugged and done the projects he liked regardless. How did grown-up Leo become so lame?
He got snubbed over and over again. That’s what happened.
@guest Him and like a crap load of other actors. His is hardly the most egregious. Amy Adams has just as many noms as him and yet.
When he was nominated for The Aviator, everything was tipped for Jaime Foxx. Even the acclaimed critic Roger Ebert didn’t prefer Dicaprio’s performance over the other nominees. Same thing happened with Ebert in 2007 when Dicap was nominated for Blood Diamond (silly he should have been nominated for The Departed). When he was nominated for Wolf of Wall Street he was going against McConaughey but he was also up against Elojor and Dern. Sorry.
Truly there was one time where I felt he was wronged. How in the HELL did Tommy Lee win for the fugitive over both Ralph Fiennes frightening performance as Amon Goeth and Dicaprio who was just great and totally deserved. That I will agree with you was ridiculous.
Can you picture Leo cooing over a little girl? I cannot. But that just proves that he will do anything for an Oscar. He will come to your house and kiss your baby. He will pay a child actor to stand by during his interview so he can feign interest. He will even pretend to want children. He will even pretend to find children coo-able.
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Oh come on. Many people are like “I want children later on”.
Yep, I can imagine that Leo likes children but just hasn’t wanted some of his own until now. One really shouldn’t hold that against him when he says he wanted children later on. Seriously.
I think the article is overcritical of Leo. All actors and actresses and directors and producers… put on their best behaviour during the awards season and when their movie has just come out. Same with Leo.
Matt Damon is wooing the Oscar people, too, which is why he points out that he has such a picture perfect family and that he is “too boring” for the paps.
This. Nobody could imagine Warren Beatty cooing over a little girl either. Yet he ended up getting married and having 4 kids.
@ FingerBinger
Thank you for your comment.
Warren Beatty’s love story with Annette Bening had made me curious so I googled it. It is fascinating …
Oh so he is campaigning? I think the real question should be: Why is it needed to campaign? Why? Actors/Actresses should act. That’s it. Why shaking hands for votes, for the image? I for one think it is very sad that someone like Leo needs to campaign to finally get that damn award. How people are making fun of him. We are talking about a really good actor and please do not tell me that whenever he was nominated others were better… that was not the case. May be he did not campaign back then? As for the kids. I know a lot of people who think like him. This world is cruel. Just today I had a discussion with a friend and she said: Geez, our childhood was so good, no fear, no attacks…. I understand what he means and I agree with him. And if he wants kids someday, then probably with the right one. No one thought that Clooney would marry ….In the end he got married.
Ugh. Most people I know didn’t watch the golden globes. I did and i cringed when he brought up First Nations. it didn’t feel authentic. and then my Facebook feed was full of oh thank you Leo!
as someone that goes to movies a lot and follows sites like this I know he’s doing it to win an Oscar. to rebrand the messaging of Revenant to compete with Spotlight on issues.
We have had a lot of success here in Canada getting our message out about environmental protection, food security, Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women. We elected a Prime Minister who made a lot of promises to us on recognizing our rights and turned out to vote in high numbers.
we talk about the issues plaguing us everyday. Why applaud someone who does it offhand but hasn’t one brought out all the indigenous actors from the film to speak about their struggles? I would have believed his speech more if he did that. if I was an Oscar voter that speech would have cost him my vote.
I think he talks about environmental issues regularly though, so it wasn’t surprising to me that he referenced it. Now I have no idea whether he really walks the walk or whatever in his private life, but the environment as a theme in his interviews and other media is not new. His whole Twitter is devoted to the environment. He’s done this for years.
That is not what they are talking about. He’s made The Revenant a message movie about the plight of First Nations people. THAT is what she’s referring to. It’s disingenuous as hell on his part because that was literally the first time he EVER brought it up. It’s part and parcel his campaign theme now because the struggle is not compelling enough.
But he also said the following during his GG speech: “It is time we recognize your history and protect your indigenous lands from corporate interests and people who are out there to exploit them.”
So I took that statement as part of the environmental theme he is generally passionate about, even if the First Nations got a shout-out in a speech for the first time. You could be right that he was using it to promote himself and his movie, but I also think of First Nations treaties as linked to environmental issues. I don’t see them as separate necessarily, especially where resisting corporate interests (who clearly have no respect for either the environment or other people’s lands) comes into play. The issues seem interdependent to me, especially where the notion of exploitation is concerned.
To add, he also said in his speech: ““It is time that we heard your voice and protected this planet for future generations.”
I interpreted this comment as also linked to his interest in the environment.
That is not what they are talking about. He’s made The Revenant a message movie about the plight of First Nations people. THAT is what she’s referring to.
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I would kindly disagree slightly. The Revenant is about loss and revenge and willpower – and about First Nations people, too, but not only about them. Most good art pieces have a more complex message than just a one-issue-message.
As for bringing First Nations people: his on-screen wife (Grace Dove) and his on-screen son (Forrest Goodluck) came to a lot of the screenings and the red carpet events.
As for them talking about the plight of First Nations people: I think there might be a clause in the contracts concerning what they are allowed to say on camera while the movie is promoted.
Nevertheless both the movie and its promotion did a very good job in making them more well-known to the general public. I knew their names without googleing them. That is something they can use later.
I think it is kind of very nice of the producers of the Revenant that they brought in so many actors for the promotion. They could have tried to make only Leo and Hardy do the promoting but instead they brought out a lot of the less well-known actors.
Tania, I agree. I thought what he said about Native Americans was insincere and cynical as all hell.
The movie isn’t even about Native Americans. It’s about one white settler of many who went West seeking fortunes that often came at the expense of Native Americans. So Leo saying “Let’s listen to Native Americans,” it’s like, ok who asked you, buddy? You just made a movie that’s about their conquerors! Sit the eff down!
Well, he actually did a big trip to visit a whole bunch of First Nations communities last year. I remember it well; he took Kelly. I think he’s genuine. You can’t fake this crap for 20 years just for PR and give up all your time for it. I think he’s truly committed to environmentalism and how Indigenous perspectives fit into that. At least he’s using his fame to do something.
@Rocket
Other people have also visited Native American tribes — Natalie Portman. She did that AND produced a documentary about modern day issues in NA communities that came out last year. Leo isn’t the only one, nor is he the most informed, I imagine. But people will always take a white man’s word over everyone else.
The point also is The Revenant is a movie that’s not about NA tribes. It’s about a white settler. He doesn’t have the platform while he’s winning an award for that movie to talk about NA issues. It’d be like if someone made a movie about a bully and then that actor who played the bully got up on stage and said, “We need to make more movies about kids who are victims of bullying.” Like, what?!
I don’t think anyone is saying that he’s the only one who talks about these matters or is the most informed. I think what is being conveyed is simply that his interest in these kinds of issues aren’t necessarily new or something he suddenly became interested in for this Oscar season.
I haven’t seen The Revenant, so I have no idea as to what it actually is about, but the words in his actual speech didn’t seem incoherent from what I could tell. He didn’t seem to say we should make more movies about indigenous communities; he simply said we should respect the planet from exploitation the way indigenous communities do, which is an overarching message that is difficult to argue with. Again, I have no idea if he privately lives up to his words, but the actual words in the speech didn’t sound nonsensical.
@perplexed Congrats you fell for it. The reason it’s such an issue is that he used such a public platform to make it an issues movie. Literally nothing up to this globe did he mention (at least to my own knowledge) that The Revenant was about First Nation’s issues. THAT is the issue that everyone is taking from it. It’s a gross, politicking move.
Well, as I said I haven’t seen the movie, and I’m having my doubts as to whether I even want to — the idea of a guy being left for dead in a wintry forest doesn’t sound like something I want to sit through for 2 hours, though I might give in to see what all the fuss is about. I get what (or THAT) issue people are talking about and why people think it’s a politicking movie; however, I also don’t think the way he strung his words together were expressed in an incomprehensible manner. I just have an different interpretation of his words after looking at the transcript.
I actually have always thought that bringing politics into speeches could hurt one’s Oscars chances, as evidenced by how people were telling Susan Sarandon and Tim Burton to shut it when they went on about politics at awards shows. I don’t necessarily think what Leo said could hurt him, but I don’t really see how it could help him either, considering how the Oscars view political speeches, which in the past has been on the negative side. I figured he chose the Globes to send out a shout-out at this time since there’s no guarantee he’ll get a chance to do so at the Oscars, since the Oscar most likely could go to someone else, as it has in the previous times he’s been nominated.
“The Revenant is a movie that’s not about NA tribes. It’s about a white settler. ”
Have you seen the movie? The indigenous characters have about 40% of the voice. It’s true the main guy’s a white guy, but I don’t think you can claim this film ignores the Native American plight – they’re pretty central to his dilemmas.
@Korra If you’ve seen the film, you wouldn’t claim it’s a politiking film. I don’t mind those but this film was just witnessing the situation. Very evenhanded and definitely not about “taking sides” but just being more aware. Not even about the heroism of the frontier, mountain white men.
Are you all incapable of reading? No one said anything in reference to the movie they are talking about his sincerity in bringing this up LITERALLY on the stage of the golden globes. THAT’S what is the gross politicking move. It’s insincere because before it was all about the struggle that was the narrative of his campaign. Sure maybe perplexed is right he’s choosing the globes to really get the message out there but lol I really feel like that’s giving him way too much credit because I just don’t get that he’s as sincere as you all want to believe. Remember how he answered the question about women not being in the movie? He just stated we’re the most persecuted in the history of the world. That’s called campaigning. Leo is doing that.
Are you all incapable of reading?
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Politeness, please.
@ Korra
So a high-profile actor does publicly acknowledge both the merits of the whole team of The Revenant and the plight of First Nations people on screen and on stage during a high-profile event and then he is criticised for that??? WTF.
He looks like a b*tchy “mean girl” on that cover photo. I loved the fact that a man over a certain age was asked if he wants children. They usually reserve those questions for women over 30. And I loved his answer.
I’m so sick of his, “I saw climate change first hand, it made this movie so haaarrrddd” narrative. Leo this is Alberta. We get Chinook winds! That’s where a warm wind comes from the ocean over the mountains and gives us a bit of relief in the winter. Calgary area generally has less snow than even an hour or two north (where I live). Alberta is full of memes making fun of Leo and his terror at our completely normal natural phenomenon. He’s always talking so much crap on Alberta; meanwhile we are on the cutting edge of environmental and human safety standards. I’m so sick of his, “I drive a hybrid” bs while he flies around on private jets to bang models on yachts. Guess what Leo, your carbon footprint is a heck of a lot bigger than mine for all your yammering. I don’t want him to get the Oscar.
Me too, I’m sick of him & his hypocrisy.
I have zero interest in kids for the most part and never had them for that reason. But I “coo” the odd time nonetheless. Appreciating a cute moment with a kid doesn’t mean he has to run out and impregnate someone. I can’t wait to aee the revenant. Can’t be bothered with Star Wars and I’ve already seen hateful 8. I like a good yarn even if there aren’t any women in the movie. You don’t have to throw in the obligatory love interest to get my butt in the seat. Quite the opposite actually.
LOL, well, that’s a ‘no’. I mean, you either want them or you don’t.
I don’t care if he wants kids or not, or if he gets married or not.
What bothers me is that he clearly has issues with women. The whole modelizing, disposable girlfriends thing is obvious by this point. But look at what he said about what he wants to do for his next movie: “I would love to do something even darker [than The Revenant]. I don’t know, like how would you penetrate the mind of somebody like Travis Bickle in Taxi Driver? There’s a word in German … schadenfreude. It means humiliation for somebody else, and it can be done in movies, like when Bickle takes [Cybill Shepherd] to the porno theater for his first date. You’re like, ‘Oh, God, please don’t do this!’”
So… he wants to humiliate women. That’s how much darker he wants to go. That’s the kind of thing that’s creatively inspiring for him. That he watches that scene and instead of thinking how it could be different, he thinks, “Oh, yeah! That looks like a fun bit of acting, to humiliate a woman. I want to play that!”
F*ck this guy. Hope he loses that Oscar. Or if he wins, may it curse him for years and years to come.
At least he knows himself enough not to get married and then cheat on his wife, a la Ben Affleck and millions of other men.
It’s a free country, he’s single, he can do what he wants.
Everyone has a type. So he prefers blonde supermodels. That does NOT make him a misogynist in life. That’s a terrible label to put on someone and based on erroneous logic.
@Minx and rocket — that’s not what I’m talking about. Read my comment again.
“What bothers me is that he clearly has issues with women. The whole modelizing, disposable girlfriends thing is obvious by this point.”
“So… he wants to humiliate women. ”
If that’s not saying someone is a misogynist, I don’t know what is. And wanting to act a certain type of character doesn’t mean he is of that type in real life. Personally I’m not impressed by Leo’s strange dating history, but I’m just here for the movies and he makes good ones and I think his environmentalism is genuine despite the yachts and private jets.
I kind of would like to see him tackle a comedy. And an actual comedy, not “Wolf Of Wall Street” comedy. I think it would be actually interesting to see him stretch his acting skills and try something else for once. We’ve seen him “dark”. Many times.
In fairness, he likes supermodels, clubs, cars and yachts, and makes no bones about that. Domesticity seems something he’ll pay lip service to for a movie promotion, but won’t touch in real life. Better than someone like Ben Affleck, who wants a little wifey and pack of kidlets, but to modelize on the side as though single. There’s an honesty to the way Leo does it that I respect.
lol I said the same thing just upthread.
Agreed, K2.
“Our planet is screwed. I’m not selfish enough to put kids on a planet like that.”
He wanted to say that but didn’t want to offend the people who are 1) heavy in denial about it 2) more into themselves to want to have kids than to think about what they’ll have to grow up in 3) keep the fangirl fantasies alive
News flash: by 2100, our planet’s temperature will probably have risen 5 degrees. People are literally TOO DUMB to realize how in trouble we are. As in, there’s no turning back trouble. Anybody who has a child in the next fifty years should truly consider this: what do I care about more – what I want (a child, a family) or what that hypothetical child will have to deal with/grow up in?
Humans have one job in life: to reproduce. Most of them ignore the context they bring lives into and just do it anyway.
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we are a destructive species
Amen to that. I agree with your reading of Leo’s words in this interview. He does not want kids. That’s obvious.
He might be sterile for all we know.
Or he might just want to wait until he finds true love (which he has said in interviews before), get married and THEN have a kid.
He seems like the conservative type to me.
a mama’s boy.
I volunteer as a tribute.
We need a Leo baby, this world needs his genes
It’s a silly question to ask him. He doesn’t even want a relationship over one year. He’s not even close to thinking about children since he can’t even comprehend keeping a young model around longer than 12 months these days, so doubt he thinks about having a family. He might one day, but he’s not even close. He’ll probably be closer to 50 if it happens. He likes his lifestyle, footloose and fancy free.
All I have to say: http://i.giphy.com/xT77XIyyTn8hfT1SdW.gif
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He will not have children until he is married and he will get married when he is in his mid 40s.
He will only have one child. A boy. With the love of his life. It will not be anything like Clooney (who is actually gay) or Brangelina (PR,started with lust and now two strangers who aren’t even living under the same roof, strictly business).
He is very careful, suspicious and slightly paranoid of having ‘accident’ babies. He is a conservative man who thinks children belong in a marriage and should only happen naturally.
He has never been in love and has cheated on all his past gf’s.
(Side eye)
When a man says he may not be able to have children or “if they happen, they happen,” it means they don’t want or need kids. Some men want kids. Some men need them. Some men don’t want or need them. If you’re in love with someone, don’t let kids get in the way. Cherish the man who you have and shower him with love and nurturance. You’re likely to have one very happy hubby because of it. Once you’re married, never stop dating your husband.
I don’t think you can really make an exact parallel between a 41 year old man and a 41 year old woman; it’s not like the guy has eggs to worry about.
I wonder if anyone made a comment about his skin like they did Gwyneth P’s? Just wondering.
He looks quite weathered in these photos, but at least he’s not putting out a make-up and skincare line.
I still doubt that people would’ve weighed in on how his skin and hair looked. That’s reserved for women most people don’t like.
I like that he explained what schadenfreude is. Isn’t that like saying, “There’s a French phrase a la carte…it’s when menu items are individually priced.”
I will always have a soft spot for Leo. He is my age and I love him. Yes he has a big head, but he is just a fantastic actor. He takes his craft seriously. My favorite, I know it’d not popular opinion, was The Beach! I once had an erotic, very eroctic dream with Leo and that did it for me…forever!
I think Leo looks sexy on the cover of Rolling Stone! I also think he’s a great actor and I hope he finally wins an Oscar.
I understand what he’s saying about having kids – he’s not actively seeking parenthood because he’s unsure if this world is the best place in which to raise children. However, if it happened, he’d be okay with it. I’m the same way, although at the age of 36 and being newly divorced, I’m 99% sure I will be childless for the duration of my existence. I’m okay with that though as I am studying to become a teacher and will have many children in my life to inspire and care for!
How a First Nations man felt about Dicaprio’s speech:
http://bc.ctvnews.ca/b-c-first-nations-the-revenant-actor-choked-up-at-dicaprio-speech-1.2732586
… The 52-year-old called DiCaprio’s speech “really meaningful,” and said he’d like to see more meticulous portrayals of indigenous culture come out of Hollywood.
“When a Hollywood celebrity like that reaches out to the world and acknowledges us First Nations people like that, that means something,” said Howard, born in the Nuu-chah-nulth territory located on the west coast of Vancouver Island. …