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‘I Had To Put Blinders On’: Chris Columbus Reveals Key Focus During ‘Harry Potter’ Casting
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‘I Had To Put Blinders On’: Chris Columbus Reveals Key Focus During ‘Harry Potter’ Casting

Home Alone director Chris Columbus has created a legacy with his impressive work in films that have turned out to be classics. He shared with Demi Lovato about his own process on how to cast kids in onscreen ventures, and the key is to find the right parents. 

Columbus appeared in Lovato’s Child Star documentary and truthfully revealed his experience with Macaulay Culkin after Home Alone and its success, which helped in his casting for his next big project, which was Harry Potter.

He recalled that Culkin garnered huge stardom from Home Alone, which was not expected. Columbus shared that it was nothing like Harry Potter, where one was aware of its probable success. He spoke about coming from a working-class family and having witnessed a couple of times when children suddenly become the breadwinner for their families.

While recalling the casting experience for Harry Potter, the director revealed, “I had to put blinders on because that’s all I was hearing everywhere. You go on the street, you go into a pub, you go anywhere, and people are saying, ‘Who are you gonna cast? Who’s gonna be Harry Potter, who’s gonna be Harry Potter?’”

He continued, “You take that information and you bring it back to the actor and the actor’s parents: ‘This is gonna get pretty intense.’” Columbus made an effort to make sure the child actors he was featured in the iconic films were aware of what they were signing up for as stars like Radcliffe were asked to sign for multiple movies at once.

He shared that it was the rest of the life of the child star and that would be their “legacy,” which they have to learn to live with. According to The Guardian, he previously revealed not knowing Culkin’s troubled home life that he was dealing with. 

This experience made him find children to feature in the movie with a good foundation in their homes. In the documentary, he told Lovato that he cannot have an actor go home to “a really sort of shaky environment for the sake of a film. It’s not worth it. It was as important to cast the parents as it was to cast the kids.”

Child Star Documentary is available to be streamed on Hulu.

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Vicky Kaushal wishes to collaborate with ‘Cutie’ Katrina Kaif and asks, ‘KaymetKaushal when?’; all of us are manifesting it
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Vicky Kaushal wishes to collaborate with ‘Cutie’ Katrina Kaif and asks, ‘KaymetKaushal when?’; all of us are manifesting it

Vicky Kaushal and Katrina Kaif are one of the cutest couples in Bollywood. They always manage to get the fans excited with their sweet interactions on social media. Recently, Vicky expressed his wish to collaborate with his ‘Cutie’ wife and asked, ‘KaymetKaushal… when?’ We are certainly manifesting it and cannot wait for this collab.

Katrina Kaif recently joined forces with Huda Kattan, a renowned name in the beauty industry, for an interview about their brands. On September 18, 2024, the Bollywood actress posted the conversation on her Instagram handle, saying, “#WhenKaymetHuda.”

In the comments section, Vicky Kaushal couldn’t stop gushing over his wife and asked when they would collaborate. He said, “Cutie!!! #KaymetKaushal … when? (kissing face with closed eyes and two pink hearts emojis).” Fans were quick to reply to Vicky’s comment. They also shared their anticipation for this collab and showered love on the couple.

One person said, “we would love to see this collab,” while another called them “cuties.” A user stated, “damnn, I blushed so hard after reading your comment.” Another comment read, “waiting for this if this wanna happen.” Many others used heart-eye and red heart emojis to convey their admiration.

Have a look at the comments!

Earlier, when Vicky Kaushal set the screens on fire with his dance number Tauba Tauba, netizens shared their wishes for him to collaborate with Katrina. They wanted to see them together in a dance number.

During a media interaction in July, Vicky was asked about starring with his wife on the big screen. In response, he shared that he hoped for it to happen soon. Vicky said, “We are also looking for such a story, but we do not want to do a film that is made just by taking us together. Our pairing should be according to the demand of the story; only then will it be fun. We are waiting, and we are not in any hurry for this.”

On the cinematic front, Vicky Kaushal is gearing up for his movies Chhaava and Love & War. Meanwhile, Katrina Kaif, who was last seen in Merry Christmas, has the road trip movie Jee Le Zaraa in her lineup.

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Vanderpump Rules’ Lala Kent Reveals Newborn Daughter ‘Turned Purple’ at Birth; Nearly Sent to NICU
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Vanderpump Rules’ Lala Kent Reveals Newborn Daughter ‘Turned Purple’ at Birth; Nearly Sent to NICU

September 17 saw Lala Kent reveal her newborn daughter Sosa’s face online while also detailing on her podcast, Give Them Lala, the distressing circumstances surrounding her second child’s birth. Kent welcomed Sosa on September 3.

The 34-year-old Vanderpump Rules alum, who has shared fun glimpses from her life in the past two weeks as a mom of two, revealed on the latest episode of her audio show that her journey to becoming a mom for the second time was not a walk in the park at all, as there was one complication tied to Sosa’s delivery. Kent initially described Sosa’s delivery as quick and smooth but noted that she noticed the doctors’ concern once her daughter was born.

Kent revealed that the doctors discovered the umbilical cord wrapped around the baby’s neck multiple times.

She went on to recall that she embraced her newborn, but Sosa let out just one cry and then stopped. The experience, per Kent, froze her up, and she refused to touch her child to ensure she didn’t send her into shock as doctors tried to get something out of Sosa’s mouth.

ALSO READ: Lala Kent Gets Emotional Over ‘Terrifying’ Health Scare Amidst Pregnancy; Says ‘I Could Not Breathe’

“It was great that she came out so quickly because I didn’t have to push very many times. But with a first like that, she swallowed a lot of amniotic fluid,” Kent said of the problem that delayed her discharge from the medical facility by a day.

“She had so much fluid that she was vomiting all the food out,” the reality star continued.

When Sosa “turned purple” shortly after her birth, doctors at the hospital brought in a pediatric specialist to inspect the situation because her condition didn’t look normal. Kent revealed that the medical team extracted 10 milliliters of amniotic fluid out of her stomach the first time, followed by another 8 ml. “They were draining it through her nose and it wouldn’t stop,” she said, recalling she was told by the doctors that they were considering keeping Sosa in the NICU.

Thankfully, Sosa ended up being fine without extreme medical care. Kent even revealed that her new daughter has already gained a pound since her discharge from the hospital.

On September 17, Kent posted two wholesome pictures of Sosa, including one with her elder sister, Ocean, 3, who gently held and kissed the new addition to their family of three.

“I am completely in love with her. We all are. Sosa, you have no idea what you have brought into my life. I am blessed to call myself your mama,” the Row actress wrote in part in the caption.

For those who may not know, Kent shares Ocean with her ex-fiance Randall Emmett, while Sosa was conceived via sperm donor.

ALSO READ: ‘Don’t Want To Share My Child Again’: Lala Kent Shades Randall Emmett After Using Sperm Donor For Second Child

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