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The legends of tomorrow goodbye again to a member of the team: Nick Zano, who plays Nate Haywood (also known as Steel), will not return as a regular series for potential season 8, TVLine has learned. (The show hasn’t resumed yet.)

Zano joined the CW drama in the premiere of season 2, appearing in 94 episodes. In the finale of season 7 on Wednesday, his character escapes through a World War I battlefield to save the love of his friend Gwyn Allen. While Nate was successful, mustard gas eroded his steel exterior, leaving him without his superpower. He then said goodbye to the Legends before returning to the totem to live his life with his girlfriend Zari 1.0. (To see the other surprises of the finale, click here.)

“It simply came to our notice then. It was kind of a natural time to say goodbye to this character, “co-showrunner Keto Shimizu told TVLine. “We feel so happy that we had this wonderful period of six years of developing this character and working with such a talented person.”

As for the decision to deprive Nate of his superpower in his last episode, “it felt like a natural way to end his participation in the show,” Shimizu said. “He started the show by winning the superpower. It was right to say goodbye to him, as it is to say goodbye to the team. “

“As we explore this finale, it still doesn’t feel complete. He feels he has this ability and he has this desire to be there and save people, “Shimizu continues.” And it really made sense to us that he would probably never feel that his job was done while he was still he had this ability because he would always feel like, “Am I wasting this power when I’m here, not going out there and actively using it?” We wanted him to literally go out there and give 100 percent. And in this case, he does this and more, because by going there in the mustard gas and saving Alun, he becomes a mere mortal again. But now he knows he did ea lot of things in his power to perform this act of heroism. “

Coming from the other side, Nate also “broke the curse of his ancestors, who had to die in the field, on the moon, by a demon, all the ways Haywood people died in the past,” Shimizu said. Now he can “finally say, ‘Wow, I’m still alive. Guess what? I’m going to live, “and for him that means being with Zari and living a really good life.

And as with others Legends comes out over the years, “of course the door is always open for people to come back and visit,” Shimizu added. “But yes, this is a real goodbye. He’s going to live with Zari in a totem and finally write his book. “

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Maxim Chmerkovsky returned safely to the United States.

The alumni of Dancing With the Stars – who posted updates on social media from his native Ukraine amid the Russian invasion – reunited emotionally with his wife, Peta Murgatroyd, at Los Angeles International Airport on Wednesday.

The two shared a long, sweet hug at the airport terminal, as seen in photos taken by paparazzi.

Margatroyd, 35, previously asked Instagram fans to pray for her husband’s safe return.

“I don’t usually ask these things from my social media network, but it’s extremely difficult today, and the next few will be even more difficult,” she wrote last week.

“My pain is insurmountable and I am struggling, but sending my positive light and love to him would mean the world to me. I really don’t want anything more. “

Margatroyd continued, urging fans to “please ask him to come home soon.”

“Please pray for a quick and safe way out. I have faith. I have HOPE and I PRAYED so hard, “she added. “Please pray for Ukraine and the lives of innocent civilians are severely eradicated. I have loved this country several times and I have been in an inexplicable situation. ”

As previously reported by Six, the 42-year-old Chmerkovsky was abroad to serve as a judge for the Ukrainian version of World of Dance, while Margatroyd was in Los Angeles with their 5-year-old son Shay.

The former mirror ball champion began posting videos from Ukraine amid the invasion and continued to document his journey as he tried to escape.

“[There’s] many battles everywhere. The streets are crazy. At one point I was arrested. … But everything is fine, I promise, “Chmerkovski said in one of his videos. “This was probably the least traumatic moment in all this work for Ukraine, but for me it was a test of reality.

On Monday, Chmerkovsky shared another update, informing fans that he was able to arrive safely “by train” from Ukraine and arrived in Poland.

“We are going to Warsaw (I hope). A train to Lviv was not an option. The situation at the station is insane, “he explained. “It feels manageable at first, but it gets MUCH worse when it comes time to get on the train.”

[Editor’s note: The following post contains some spoilers for “The Power of the Dog.”]

Elliott himself, an actor who has built a career in westerns celebrating American masculinity, has spoken out against The Power of the Dog, a film that challenges the way westerns celebrate American masculinity. While his latest comments on Mark Marron’s “WTF Podcast” smell of sexism and homophobia, the irony of his wild tirade is that he basically understands the meaning of the film – almost.

Directed by Jane Campion (later directed by Elliott), The Power of the Dog uses Western form to explore the suffocating ways in which expectations of masculinity harm the men charged with sustaining it. Judging by the sharp edge of his characteristic growl, Elliott is also a victim of these restrictive rules about masculinity, as evidenced by his aggressive spirit in unraveling it.

“Do you want to talk about this shit?” Elliott began his tirade before opposing an advertisement in the LA Times that celebrated the film as “gutting the American myth.”

“The gutting of the American West?” He continued. “They made him look like that – what are all those dancers like, these guys in New York, who wear bow ties and nothing else. “Do you remember them from the past?”

“That’s what all these fucking cowboys look like in this movie,” Elliott said. “They all run around with boys and no shirts. There are all these allusions to homosexuality in the whole fucking movie. ” Maron kindly intervenes again to blatantly state the obvious: “I think that’s what the movie is about.”

Based on Thomas Savage’s 1967 novel, The Power of the Dog follows two brothers, Phil (played by Benedict Cumberbatch) and George (Jesse Plemons), who live on a ranch in Montana. Although close in their youth, the growing distance between the two men intensified when George married the local widow Rose (Kirsten Dunst), who moved to the ranch with her teenage son Peter (Cody Smith-McPhee). From Phil’s first meeting with Peter, he highlighted the boy’s sleek gait and gentle demeanor as mature for ridicule, quick establishment of dominance, and imposition of the rules of masculinity.

“The power of the dog”

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Phil is a confusing and threatening presence for everyone in the house, and alcoholism affects Rose slowly and demandingly. Peter is harder to read, and his hatred of Phil is slowly giving way to curiosity in a magnificent slow burn. Peter begins to accompany the older cowboy on his daily duties on the ranch, watching and mastering each proudly taught lesson with meticulous rigor. In the end, the student outsmarts the teacher, playing a long boiling conspiracy to avenge his former bully after putting him to sleep in a false sense of brotherhood. The lessons of masculinity are passed on, and the next iteration twists it even more in much more sinister places.

While some viewers complained that Campion’s film downplayed the oddity that was more outspoken in Savage’s novel (the author, like Phil, was a closed gay man), it was obviously too much for Elliott. Although he carefully noted that he called Campion a “brilliant director”, he also opposed her photos in New Zealand.

“What the hell is this woman doing – she’s a brilliant director by the way, I love her job, her previous job – but what the hell does this woman from there, New Zealand, know about the American West?” Elliott said. “And why the hell is she making this movie in New Zealand and calling it Montana and saying, ‘That’s right.’

Now, Maron swears a lot in his podcast, that’s literally in the title. But putting this particular “What the hell” just before the derogatory statement of “this woman” screams misogyny. The fact that he doesn’t even say Campion’s name all the time energizes Major Donald Trump’s “This Michigan Woman.”

“The power of the dog”

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Aside from his not-so-veiled sexism, Elliott’s claim that Westerns should be filmed in the American West ignores the entire history of the genre, which he claims is such an expert. From the dusty landscapes of Spain, where so many spaghetti westerns have been shot, to Canada, which replaces Wyoming in Brokeback Mountain, filming in the American West outside of America has been a common practice for decades. In addition, the iconography of the American West has traveled the world to shape international cinema, from the influence of John Ford on Akira Kurosawa to the red westerns of the 1960s, produced by former Soviet countries.

With any luck, Sam Elliott is the latest dying way of thinking in Hollywood, who believes that women should stick to making films that do not challenge the status quo. “The Power of the Dog” is the most nominated film at the Oscars this year, with all four stars nominated in the acting categories, and Champion being the undisputed favorite for best director. This senseless tirade and the quick reaction it received from the film world could push voters to the fence in Campion’s camp.

This certainly proves that the slow-burning social commentary on The Power of the Dog still has a real bite.

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Pamela Anderson tells her story in her own way with a new documentary that is being shot on Netflix.

Anderson announced the news on social media with a handwritten note on a Netflix letterhead, which reads: “My life / A thousand imperfections / A million misperceptions / Wicked, wild and lost / Nothing to live on / I can only surprise you / Not a victim but survived / And alive to tell the true story. “

Anderson Brandon’s son, Thomas Lee, who serves as the project’s producer, posted a note on his story on Instagram, highlighting the phrase “True Story,” as did her younger son, Dylan Jagger Lee.

Called “the ultimate documentary on the icon of pop culture,” the film was made several years before it hit the streamer. Directed by Ryan White (“The Keepers”, “Ask Dr. Ruth”), the documentary, which has not yet been titled, will include exclusive access to Anderson, as well as archival footage and her personal diaries.

The film’s registry describes the project as “an intimate portrait embedded in Pamela Anderson’s life as she looks back on her professional and personal journey and prepares for the next steps in her journey.”

White will produce the project with Jessica Hargrave under their Tripod Media flag, along with Julia Nottingham for Dorothy St Pictures and Lee. Josh Brown is an executive producer.

The news of the documentary comes amid renewed interest in Anderson’s life story thanks to the Hulu series “Pam and Tommy”, starring Lily James as Anderson and Sebastian Stan as Tommy Lee and making up the story of the “Rescuers of Mali” star. and the whirlwind romance of the rocker. The eight-episode miniseries ends on March 9.

Kim Kardashian is no longer Kim Kardashian West, a judge ruled on Wednesday as he granted her request for an official termination of her marriage to Kanye West as they continue to resolve the remaining issues in their divorce case.

Los Angeles County Supreme Court Justice Steve Cochran terminated Kardashian and West’s marital status during a hearing, so both are legally unmarried, according to court documents reviewed by BuzzFeed News.

In December, Kardashian filed a motion to separate the issue of her marriage to West (now legally known as Ye) from other unclear details in their divorce case. She filed a petition to terminate the relationship, with her lawyers saying “there is no reason to maintain”.

“Irresistible differences have led to the irreparable breakdown of the marriage and there is no way to save the marriage through counseling or other means,” Kardashian’s lawyers wrote. “The continued maintenance of the technical marital status between the applicant and the defendant has no useful purpose.”

In a statement declaring the request, Kardashian said that she and Ye “both deserve the opportunity to build new lives.” The documents include an additional request that the court restore Kimberly’s name to Kimberly Noel Kardashian. According to the Associated Press, this request was also granted.

The AP reported that during the hearing, Cochran asked Kardashian a series of yes or no questions, including “Did problems, disputes and differences cause your marriage to fall apart?” And “Is it your desire to be a lonely person?” before fulfilling her request. She answered “yes” to everyone.

Kardashian filed for divorce from Ye in February 2021. The former celebrity couple was legally married more than seven years before Wednesday’s ruling.