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Lutte contre l’islamophobie | Québec demande la démission d’Amira Elghawaby

Les critiques de la représentante d’Ottawa chargée de la lutte contre l’islamophobie ont fusé de partout au Québec, vendredi. Si le gouvernement Legault a réclamé sa démission, le premier ministre Justin Trudeau ne s’est pas avancé sur la query.



Dans une lettre destinée aux cégeps et universités du pays, la représentante d’Ottawa chargée de la lutte contre l’islamophobie a recommandé d’« accroître la représentation des professeurs musulmans, palestiniens et arabes » pour faire face aux répercussions du conflit israélo-palestinien sur les campus.

« Je trouve ça totalement inacceptable », a affirmé François Legault lors d’une mêlée de presse avec son homologue canadien, Justin Trudeau, vendredi. Le chef de la CAQ déplore d’une half que la représentante s’immisce dans une compétence provinciale, et de l’autre, qu’elle suggère de favoriser un groupe religieux, alors que le Québec est une province laïque.

« Amira Elghawaby doit se mêler de ses affaires », a réagi la ministre de l’Enseignement supérieur du Québec, Pascale Déry, dans une publication X, vendredi matin. « Elle n’a aucune légitimité à demander à nos universités et collèges quoi faire. On le réitère : elle doit démissionner. »

Le ministre responsable de la Laïcité, Jean-François Roberge, a de son côté déclaré dans une publication X que la représentante recommande de « discriminer » et « d’embaucher des personnes en fonction de leur foi ».

La suggestion fait partie d’une liste de cinq pistes de options qu’a proposées la représentante spéciale Amira Elghawaby le 30 août dernier, en marge de la rentrée scolaire, afin de favoriser le dialogue dans les établissements d’enseignement supérieur entourant le conflit Israël-Hamas, même si cela peut provoquer des « conversations inconfortables ».

Pour l’établir, Mme Elghawaby s’est basée sur la recommandation d’un juge, qui veut que la diversité du corps professoral permette de mieux refléter le corps étudiant.

Le parti québécois a aussi appuyé l’appel de la ministre caquiste Pascal Déry à la démission de Amira Elghawaby.

Le fédéral réagit

« Tout d’abord, soyons très clairs, les universités doivent embaucher les personnes les plus qualifiées », a répliqué le premier ministre canadien, Justin Trudeau, sans évoquer la possibilité d’une éventuelle démission.

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Le premier ministre Justin Trudeau

Il a ajouté que la représentante spéciale agit de manière « indépendante », et qu’elle ne souhaite qu’encourager la dialog entre les Canadiens.

Le chef du Bloc québécois, Yves-François Blanchet, demande carrément l’abolition du poste occupé par la représentante. « Mme Elghawaby multiplie, avec la bénédiction des libéraux et du premier ministre, les affronts », dit-il.

La nomination de Mme Elghawaby au poste de représentante spéciale dans la lutte contre l’islamophobie avait semé la controverse, en 2023. L’ex-journaliste avait écrit, en 2019, qu’un « sentiment antimusulman » semblait animer « une majorité de Québécois ».

Le ministère du Patrimoine canadien a indiqué que Mme Elghawaby n’était pas disponible pour répondre à nos questions.

Des mouvements qui ont secoué les universités

Depuis le 7 octobre 2023, la guerre à Gaza a coûté la vie à plus de 40 000 Palestiniens et 1200 Israéliens, a souligné l’émissaire dans sa lettre. Dans les derniers mois, les manifestations et campements propalestiniens se sont multipliés au Canada, notamment sur les campus.

Attaques dangereuses au vitriol, attaques physiques, profilage racial, campagnes de salissage en ligne : ces menaces « ont contribué à créer un climat dangereux pour de nombreux membres de la communauté collégiale et universitaire », d’après la représentante.

« Il ne fait aucun doute qu’en ces moments difficiles, de nombreuses universités n’ont pas bien fait les choses en ce qui concerne la safety du droit fondamental de manifester pacifiquement sur les campus », poursuit Mme Elghawaby, dans sa lettre.

Sur cette query, la Fédération québécoise des professeures et professeurs d’université (FQPPU) a abondé dans le même sens. « On a été particulièrement choqués par la manière dont certaines establishments, notamment l’Université Laval et l’Université McGill, ont géré la scenario des campements », a expliqué Madeleine Pastinelli, présidente de la FQPPU. Mais les recommandations ne sont pas matière à « scandale » pour l’organisation, automotive les universités québécoises possèdent déjà leurs propres politiques en matière de diversité.

La FP-CSN, qui regroupe notamment plusieurs syndicats en éducation supérieure, dont celui des professeures et professeurs de l’UQAM et de l’UQO, a préféré ne pas commenter l’enjeu. La Fédération des cégeps a quant à elle décliné la demande d’entrevue de La Presse.

In brief: Final trailer for Venom: The Last Dance drops and more – WEIS

George Lopez is readying his newest stand-up particular, set to air on Prime Video, the streaming service has introduced. The particular, to be taped on the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles on Sept. 27 and Sept. 28 as a part of Lopez’s ALLLRIIIIGHHTTT! Comedy tour, will likely be his ninth stand-up particular and first since 2020’s We’ll Do It for Half, which aired on Netflix. A premiere date has but to be introduced …

A launch date and an official trailer for Tyler Perry‘s Netflix drama Magnificence in Black have been revealed. The plot follows a stripper — performed by Taylor Polidore Williams — who turns into concerned with “the rich household behind a cosmetics dynasty and a devious trafficking scheme.” The sequence will likely be launched in two components, with the primary eight episodes launching Oct. 24. A launch date for the second half has not but been introduced …

Sony Photos has launched the ultimate trailer for Venom: The Final Dance, the ultimate movie within the Venom trilogy, starring Tom Hardy. This day out, Eddie and Venom “are on the run. Hunted by each of their worlds and with the web closing in, the duo are pressured right into a devastating choice that can deliver the curtains down on Venom and Eddie’s final dance,” per the studio. Chiwetel Ejiofor, Juno Temple, Rhys Ifans and Stephen Graham additionally star. The primary two films have grossed $1.36 billion. Venom: The Final Dance hits theaters Oct. 26 …

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Justin Timberlake pleads guilty to impaired driving in Hamptons case | Justin Timberlake

Justin Timberlake accepted on Friday a diminished degree of visitors offense, resolving his drunk-driving prison case within the Hamptons, the upscale coastal space east of New York Metropolis.

He pleaded responsible to impaired driving.

The singer-songwriter and actor entered Sag Harbor village courtroom late within the morning and was to formally enter a brand new plea.

Law enforcement officials escorted Timberlake as he left his lawyer’s workplace and crossed a road to the courthouse as a crowd, together with journalists, surrounded him.

Through the proceedings, Timberlake remained standing all through and gave a press release wherein he expressed regret for his actions.

“I didn’t dwell as much as the requirements that I attempt to maintain for myself,” he mentioned.

Timberlake mentioned he was “grateful for the chance to maneuver ahead” and use his platform to hopefully assist others make “higher selections”.

“I ought to have had higher judgment,” he mentioned to the choose. “I perceive the seriousness of this.”

The previous boy band star initially pleaded not responsible to a misdemeanor cost of driving whereas intoxicated (DWI) at a listening to final month and had his driving license suspended. The case was being prosecuted by the workplace of Ray Tierney, the Suffolk county district legal professional.

Timberlake was arrested in Sag Harbor, New York, a little bit after midnight on 18 June after police mentioned he ran a cease signal within the village heart, veered out of his lane and acquired out of his BMW smelling of alcohol.

Police in courtroom filings additionally mentioned the 43-year-old Tennessee native’s eyes have been “bloodshot and glassy” and that he had “slowed speech”, was unsteady on his ft and carried out poorly on all sobriety exams.

Timberlake instructed the officer he had had one martini and was following some buddies house, police mentioned.

As a part of the plea deal he was obligated to make a safety-related announcement in public. Timberlake emerged into vibrant sunshine outdoors courtroom, carrying a darkish sweater and, over the noise of visitors and digital camera shutters, urged the general public to study from his mistake.

“I perceive that I’ve a platform … to everybody watching and listening, even when you have just one drink, don’t get behind the wheel of a automobile. There are such a lot of options,” he mentioned.

Timberlake added: “It is a mistake that I made however I’m hoping that whoever is watching and listening now can study from this error, I actually have.”

He thanked the small city and its police division and mentioned: “We will all be extra secure on the market and I’m going to do my half, I hope that everybody else does their half.”

Sag Harbor is a one-time whaling village talked about in Herman Melville’s basic novel Moby-Dick, nestled amid the Hamptons, an space of seaside communities liberally sprinkled with millionaire and billionaire residents, typically dubbed a playground of the tremendous wealthy, about 100 miles (161km) east of Manhattan.

Timberlake’s license suspension in New York seemingly impacts his skill to drive in different states, a authorized professional mentioned this week. Refusing a breath check, because the singer did throughout his arrest, triggers an computerized suspension of the driving license underneath New York state legislation, which ought to then be enforced in different states, in accordance with Kenneth Gober, a managing companion on the legislation agency Lee, Gober & Reyna in Austin, Texas.

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Watch space aliens invade in wild new ‘Venom: The Last Dance’ trailer (video)

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“Til dying do they half”

That wise-cracking alien Symbiote and its reluctant journalist host Eddie Brock (Tom Hardy) are again because the villainous Venom on this third and final installment of Sony Footage and Marvel Studios’ R-rated sci-fi horror franchise and we have got the ultimate rowdy trailer so that you can take up and ingest.

Directed and written by “Venom” veteran Kelly Marcel, “Venom: The Final Dance” arrives in theaters on Oct. 25, 2024 simply is time for Halloween. It is the ultimate installment of the improbably profitable trilogy that started again in 2018 with director Ruben Fleischer on the helm for “Venom” and was adopted by the 2021 sequel, “Venom: Let There Be Carnage,” which was directed by Andy Serkis. These two movies have earned a collective $1.362 billion on the worldwide field workplace.

Official poster for “Venom: The Final Dance” (Picture credit score: Sony Footage)

This is the official synopsis:

“In ‘Venom: The Final Dance,’ Tom Hardy returns as Venom, one in all Marvel’s biggest and most advanced characters, for the ultimate movie within the trilogy. Eddie and Venom are on the run. Hunted by each of their worlds and with the web closing in, the duo are pressured right into a devastating choice that may carry the curtains down on Venom and Eddie’s final dance.”

This newest trailer retains all of the hilarity and heroics we have come to like with the Venom character. Hardy is actually nonetheless totally invested in his shape-shifting Eddie Brock, and this time Venom tangles with an imposing extraterrestrial risk generally known as Knull (aka the King in Black) and the God of the Symbiotes. 

He is seen sitting on a throne for less than a flash amid a hive of Symbiotes and has dispatched swarms of monstrous creatures to Earth. Featured in a 2020 Marvel Comics miniseries titled “King in Black” by Donny Cates and Ryan Stegman, Knull is well-known to followers of the “Venom” comedian books, the place the character is defined to be a darkish elder god and Symbiote creator.  

Knull from the Marvel Comics collection “King in Black” (Picture credit score: Marvel Comics)

On this final preview previous to its launch, Venom visits Las Vegas the place we’re handled to a Venom fish and a Venom horse along with all of the unrestrained Brock-Venom mayhem we have grown accustomed to. How the Venom cash machine retains paying off sooner or later simply may rely on how effectively “The Final Dance” tangos at theaters.

Starring Tom Hardy, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Juno Temple, Rhys Ifans, Peggy Lu, Alanna Ubach and Stephen Graham. “Venom: The Final Dance” invades multiplexes on Oct. 25, 2024. The function movie is produced by Avi Arad, Matt Tolmach, Amy Pascal, Kelly Marcel, Tom Hardy and Hutch Parker.

Justin Timberlake pleads guilty to impaired driving in New York | Entertainment

SAG HARBOR, N.Y. (AP) — Justin Timberlake urged drivers to not get behind the wheel of a automobile after even a single alcoholic drink on Friday, shortly after pleading responsible to driving whereas impaired in New York’s Hamptons earlier this yr.

The general public security announcement in entrance of the Sag Harbor police division was a part of the plea deal that knocked down the misdemeanor cost he’d confronted to a non-criminal visitors violation. The boy band singer-turned-solo star and actor was additionally sentenced to a $500 superb with a $260 surcharge, 25 hours of group service on the nonprofit of his selecting and a 90-day suspension of his license.

“I attempt to maintain myself to a really excessive customary, for myself, and this was not that,” Timberlake advised the information media and different onlookers after the listening to within the adjoining Sag Harbor Village Courtroom.

“Even when you’ve had one drink, don’t get behind the wheel of a automobile,” he mentioned. “There’s so many options. Name a pal. Take an Uber. There’s many journey apps. Nonetheless, take a taxi. This can be a mistake that I made, however I am hoping that whoever is watching and listening proper now can study from this error. I do know that I actually have.”

The NSYNC star made comparable feedback in the course of the courtroom listening to and mentioned he grew up in a small city and appreciated the sort of pressure his arrest has made on a group like Sag Harbor.

The one-time whaling village, which is talked about in Herman Melville’s basic novel “Moby-Dick,” is nestled amid the Hamptons, an space of seaside communities round 100 miles (160 kilometers) east of New York Metropolis.

Timberlake was arrested there a bit of after midnight on June 18 after police mentioned he ran a cease signal within the village heart, veered out of his lane and obtained out of his BMW smelling of alcohol.

Police mentioned the 43-year-old Tennessee native advised the officer he had had one martini and was following some mates house. He initially pleaded not responsible to a misdemeanor cost of driving whereas intoxicated.

Timberlake advised the courtroom he’s had a variety of time to mirror on his actions and was “grateful for the chance to maneuver ahead” and use his platform to hopefully assist others make “higher choices.“

“I ought to have had higher judgment,” he mentioned to the decide. “I perceive the seriousness of this.”

Choose Carl Irace mentioned he didn’t oppose lowering the cost Timberlake confronted since he was a primary time offender and thanked him for talking sincerely and “from the guts.” However he questioned the appropriateness of the proposed sentence, dismissing the general public announcement Timberlake meant to make shortly after the courtroom proceedings as “unsatisfactory.”

Irace mentioned imposing a further requirement of group service would give the singer extra time to mirror on his actions.

“My expertise is that these circumstances can show useful and even gratifying for the accused,” he mentioned.

Prosecutor Patrick O’Connell advised the decide that they had weighed recommending group service, however thought an announcement from Timberlake could be a extra precious public service due to its potential to affect a youthful technology worldwide.

He additionally mentioned Timberlake’s remarks would hopefully present that “nobody is above the legislation,” not even the rich and well-known.

“Mr. Timberlake acquired the identical remedy as another defendant,” Suffolk County District Lawyer Ray Tierney added in an announcement after the listening to. “Justice ought to be utilized equally to all people, no matter their wealth or movie star standing.”

Amongst these within the courtroom Friday was an area mom whose 12-year-old son was killed by a drunk driver in 2018.

Alisa McMorris, who now runs a basis in her son Andrew’s reminiscence, mentioned she hoped Timberlake’s remarks would assist convey extra consciousness to the hazards of driving beneath the affect.

“Justin has such an enormous platform to the following technology. Individuals hearken to him,” she mentioned alongside her daughter after the singer had departed. “5 phrases I inform the children after I go to the excessive colleges is ‘How are we getting house?’ and he spoke about that. Make a plan. I don’t need one other sister or a household to should undergo what we did.”

Edward Burke Jr., Timberlake’s lawyer, maintained exterior the courtroom after Friday’s listening to that his shopper solely had one drink in two hours on the American Resort earlier than his arrest.

“Opposite to what was reported, he wasn’t consuming different peoples’ drinks, or warned prematurely to not drive,” mentioned Burke, including that the lesser cost Timberlake pleaded to is “per these info.”

At one level within the listening to, Timberlake promised Choose Irace he wouldn’t “return” to driving after having a drink once more. The decide, who had in any other case been severe in tone, playfully interjected: “However come again to Sag Harbor! It’s a fantastic place.”

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Related Press author Dave Collins in Hartford, Connecticut, contributed to this report.

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Will there be a Season 5 of ‘Emily in Paris’? What we know so far

Season 4 spoilers forward.

Phew! That was fairly the European journey Emily Cooper had this season. From the French Alps to the piazzas of Rome, it has been a busy season for Emily. And as Lily Collins says, “Nobody loves a vacation like Emily Cooper.”

However is Emily completely transferring to Rome? The brief reply isn’t any.

Collection creator Darren Star, in a post-season interview with The Hollywood Reporter, confirmed that Emily isn’t leaving Paris.

“We’ll spend a while in Rome. However she didn’t change her Instagram deal with to Emily in Rome,” Star stated. “…They are often in multiple metropolis, and Emily can spend time in Rome. She will spend time in Paris, too. She’s not leaving Paris.”

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On the similar time, Star instructed Glamour that audiences will “undoubtedly see extra Emily in Rome if we have now a season 5.”

“Emily [is now] there. There’s an workplace, and I feel the story is taking us there for the second,” Star stated. “So, we are going to spend extra time in Italy, but it surely doesn’t imply we’re leaving Paris.”

Recapping Season 4

On Emily’s scorching new beau, Star instructed THR he meant to introduce Marcello Muratori as a recent begin for the American in Paris.

“I needed to usher in a brand new love curiosity for Emily that might really feel like a recent begin after the entire drama with Gabriel,” Star instructed the media outlet. “Marcello comes into Emily’s life in an surprising means and opens the door to so many potentialities for Emily: new nation, new tradition, new journey.”

Unsure how lengthy that is going to final trigger a decided Gabriel (Lucas Bravo) is seen heading to Rome to win again Emily.

Apart from Emily’s new adventures, Season 4 had its fair proportion of bombshells from Camille’s nonexistent being pregnant and later resolution to undertake, to Mindy heading to Shanghai to function a choose on “Chinese language Popstar.” In reality, there was even a cameo from France’s First Girl, Brigitte Macron, this season.

Whereas Emily will likely be returning to Paris, it’s not official if “Emily in Paris” will likely be returning to Netflix for a fifth season. Here is what we all know thus far about Season 5 of “Emily in Paris,” together with solid and launch date.

Will there be ‘Emily in Paris’ Season 5?

Netflix has not but made an official announcement on if “Emily in Paris” can be returning for a brand new season and a rep for the streaming platform stated there was no information to share when contacted by USA TODAY. Therefore, particulars a few potential Season 5 of the collection stay scarce.

Nonetheless, in Could 2024 through the Cannes Movie Competition, a walk-on function within the present’s fifth season was auctioned off as a part of amfAR Gala, reported Selection, with presenters Winnie Harlow and Paris Jackson saying Season 5 was scheduled to start capturing someday in mid-2025. The walk-on function, courtesy of Star, was reportedly auctioned for about $277,000 (€250,000).

The winner of the public sale “may have the chance to spend a day on set in Paris throughout filming, contingent upon season 5 pickup,” the bid learn.

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When would ‘Emily in Paris’ Season 5 launch?

Given a brand new season is but to be introduced, there isn’t a info on what its launch date can be. Nonetheless, prior season launch dates might supply a touch.

The primary season of “Emily in Paris” launched in October 2020, with the second season touchdown a bit of greater than a 12 months later in December 2021. The third season launched in December 2022 and the latest Season 4 arrived on Netflix in Aug. 2024 with the primary 5 episodes. Half 2 of Season 4 launched on Sept. 12.

‘Emily in Paris’ solid

Given {that a} new season is but to be introduced, solid particulars concerning the subsequent season are usually not but identified. Nonetheless, it’s seemingly that a lot of the primary solid can be returning for the brand new season.

Here is an inventory of actors and their characters in Season 4 of “Emily in Paris”:

  • Lily Collins as Emily Cooper
  • Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu as Sylvie Grateau
  • Ashley Park as Mindy Chen
  • Lucas Bravo as Gabriel
  • Camille Razat as Camille
  • Samuel Arnold as Julien
  • Bruno Gouery as Luc
  • William Abadie as Antoine Lambert
  • Lucien Laviscount as Alfie
  • Eugenio Franceschini as Marcello
  • Thalia Besson as Genevieve
  • Rupert Everett as Giorgio Barbieri
  • Anna Galiena as Antonia Muratori
  • Raoul Bova as Giancarlo

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Saman Shafiq is a trending information reporter for USA TODAY. Attain her at sshafiq@gannett.com and observe her on X and Instagram @saman_shafiq7.

Actor Ewan McGregor ‘very touched’ as he gets Hollywood Walk of Fame star

The 53-year-old was inducted into the well-known road with a speech from Hayden Christensen, 43, who he starred with within the Star Wars prequel trilogy as Obi-Wan Kenobi, with the Anakin Skywalker actor praising him as “the most effective Jedi grasp anybody might’ve requested for”.

Director Mike Mills, 58, additionally gave a speech, saying his crew “couldn’t look forward to him to show up within the morning” when he was working alongside the actor on 2010 comedy drama Newbies, and added that McGregor was capable of make himself “weak” and “go to such an genuine place”.

Receiving the honour, McGregor stated he was significantly happy that his star could be subsequent to that of his late good friend Carrie Fisher, who starred within the unique Star Wars trilogy, in addition to the three movies made by Disney.

The Scottish actor stated: “Oh, goodness me, it’s unimaginable to comply with these two intros, however I’ll strive my highest.

“I simply wish to thank all people, all of you, for coming at the moment.

“I completely had no thought what it will really feel like, or what it will imply, however it’s that means an important deal, and it feels very, very good and I really feel very touched by the entire thing.

“I’m so moved that I’m near my previous good friend Carrie Fisher, on the pavement right here, meaning an important deal to me.”

Talking about McGregor, Christensen stated he was “the good man on the planet” and described him as a “brother”.

He stated: “I typically take into consideration the primary time that I met you, and we have been each in Australia, many moons in the past, on the point of do Star Wars episode two.

Ewan McGregor with Hayden Christensen on the Hollywood Stroll of Fame (Jordan Strauss/AP)

“I used to be on the studio the place we have been going to be filming, and the producer was taking me round, exhibiting me some issues, after which he was going to go take me to fulfill Ewan for the primary time.

“And I used to be so excited, I used to be already such an enormous fan of his, and so I stroll into this room the place I’m advised Ewan goes to be and earlier than I may even put eyes on him, I hear his voice, and he exclaims my title with with extra enthusiasm than I feel I’d ever heard it spoken with earlier than.

“I flip and see him, after which he’s coming at me, and he comes and simply offers me the most important hug, like simply essentially the most disarmingly heat embrace, and we begin chatting, and he’s simply the nicest particular person.

“He’s telling me how excited he’s to be working collectively and the way a lot enjoyable we’re going to have doing our lightsaber coaching, and he’s simply past type to me.

“It was instantly obvious to me that I used to be assembly somebody actually particular, and never simply as an actor, however as an individual, and that I used to be assembly a good friend.”

McGregor’s star has grow to be the two,789th on the stroll and is situated exterior the El Capitan Theatre on Hollywood Boulevard after it was unveiled yesterday.

The actor achieved stardom taking part in Renton in 1996’s Trainspotting, earlier than taking part in Obi-Wan within the Star Wars prequel trilogy and the 2022 Disney+ spin-off collection concerning the character.

He has additionally starred in Fargo, Salmon Fishing In The Yemen and Moulin Rouge!.

McGregor was made an OBE in 2013 for companies to drama and charity and has received an Emmy Award and one Golden Globe.

At Ewan McGregor’s Walk of Fame induction, Hayden Christensen salutes “best Jedi Master ever” – WEIS

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Ewan McGregor was honored Thursday with a star on the Hollywood Stroll of Fame, and his Star Wars prequels and Obi-Wan Kenobi co-star Hayden Christensen didn’t let a bit of dismembering cease him from praising his “pricey pal.” 

Christensen, who performed Anakin Skywalker, the scholar of McGregor’s Obi-Wan Kenobi, recalled first assembly the Scottish actor and “coolest particular person on the planet” on the set of 2002’s Star Wars: Episode II – Assault of the Clones.

“[H]e exclaims my title with extra enthusiasm than I believe I’d ever heard it spoken with earlier than,” Christensen reminisced. “He simply offers me the largest hug. Like, simply probably the most disarmingly heat embrace.”

He “instantly” knew he was “assembly somebody really particular … and that I used to be assembly a pal.” 

He deadpanned, “A pal who would later go on to cut off each my legs and go away me for lifeless on the facet of a volcano, however I assume I type of had that coming,” drawing an enormous snort from McGregor and the assembled crowd.

On the climax of 2005’s Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith, Kenobi dismembered Anakin in a lightsaber duel after his scholar turned to the Darkish Aspect and have become Darth Vader.

Christensen closed by calling McGregor the “greatest Jedi Grasp ever,” saying, “It’s been an honor and a thrill to get to work with you, and swing a lightsaber with you, and … name you my pal. I like you, brother.”

The pair embraced after the tribute.

McGregor stated he was touched that his star — the two,789th such plaque — was mere ft from that of one other Star Wars legend. “I’m so moved that I’m near my outdated pal Carrie Fisher,” he stated. “Which means an amazing deal to me too.”

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McGregor gets Hollywood Walk of Fame star

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Ewan McGregor along with his star on the Hollywood Stroll of Fame

Star Wars and Trainspotting actor Ewan McGregor mentioned he was “very touched” after being awarded a star on the legendary Hollywood Stroll of Fame.

The 53-year-old Scot – who performed Obi-Wan Kenobi within the Star Wars prequel trilogy – was “notably moved” that his award was positioned beside that of the film franchise’s unique Princess Leia, actress Carrie Fisher.

McGregor was inducted in a speech by one other Star Wars idol, Anakin Skywalker actor Hayden Christensen.

He turns into the two,789th star to be inducted on the well-known stroll exterior the El Capitan Theatre on Hollywood Boulevard.

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Former Star Wars actor Hayden Christensen made McGregor’s induction speech

McGregor mentioned: “I completely had no concept what it will really feel like, or what it will imply, however it’s that means a fantastic deal, and it feels very, very good and I really feel very touched by the entire thing.

“I am so moved that I am near my previous buddy Carrie Fisher, on the pavement right here, meaning a fantastic deal to me.”

Throughout his induction speech, Hayden Christensen described his former co-star as “the most effective Jedi grasp anybody may’ve requested for” and “the good man on the planet”.

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The actor was joined by his household on the Hollywood ceremony

Perth-born McGregor made his film debut in Invoice Forsyth’s Being Human in 1994 and rapidly adopted that up taking part in journalist Alex Regulation in Danny Boyle’s thriller Shallow Grave.

He gained worldwide popularity of his portrayal of heroin addict Mark Renton in Danny Boyle’s Trainspotting in 1996, and the T2 Trainspotting sequel on 2017.

McGregor starred as Jedi grasp Obi-Wan Kenobi in three Star Wars blockbusters between 1999 and 2005, earlier than reprising the function within the Disney+ sequence in 2022.

His different Hollywood credit embrace Fargo, Salmon Fishing In The Yemen and Moulin Rouge.

He was made an OBE in 2013 for companies to drama and charity and has gained an Emmy Award and one Golden Globe.

Volt Launches VX2: A Game-Changer for Stablecoin Settlements

VX2: Addressing cross-border funds wants

VX2 goals to handle a number of the most difficult cross-border cost wants utilizing stablecoins similar to USDT and USDC. The answer will provide a single level of entry and an interoperable protocol, successfully performing as an end-to-end orchestration layer between current cloud-based and ‘new cash’ infrastructure.

This shall be achieved via strategic partnerships with main stablecoin on/off ramp liquidity suppliers, together with exchanges, issuers and OTC desks. 

These partnerships will allow clean integration with Volt’s proprietary community of financial institution connections, making a seamless bridge between conventional and digital monetary methods.

The launch of VX2 comes at a time when demand for safe and environment friendly digital asset options is on the rise. The rising transparency and maturity of regulation within the digital asset area have created a fertile floor for innovation. VX2 is positioned to capitalise on this development, providing an answer that harmonises conventional monetary methods with rising digital applied sciences.

“We are going to harmonise outdated cash with new, to ship a globally related and coherent funds community that’s real-time,” Tom explains.

VX2 will function as a separate entity, majority-owned by Volt and supported by the identical core buyers, together with IVP, EQT, CommerzVentures, Augmentum Fintech and Gasoline Ventures. This construction permits VX2 to take care of a devoted concentrate on growing its platform whereas benefiting from Volt’s established experience and sources.

Enhancing Volt’s worth proposition