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So many celebrity break ups lately and yet none of them are Aaron Taylor-Johnson and that old lady đ
#aaron taylor-johnson#sam taylor-johnson#ariana grande#sofia vergara#joe manganiello#ricky martin#taylor swift#joe alwyn#matty healy#billy porter#jeremy allen white#kevin costner#reese witherspoon#jim toth
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Reese Witherspoon and Jim Toth's divorce has been settled, details revealed.
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Reese Witherspoon and Jim Toth Split After 12 Years Together Reese Witherspoon and Jim Toth are splitting after 12 years of marriage. The 47-year-old Legally Blond actress and the 52-year-old CAA talent agent made the announcement public via a brief statement to Witherspoon's 29.2 million Instagram followers. âWe have some personal news to share," the post says. "It is with a great deal of care and consideration that we have made the difficult decision to divorce."Related | Reese Witherspoon Founds Her Own Channel and Talk Show"We have enjoyed so many wonderful years together and are moving forward with deep love, kindness and mutual respect for everything we have created together," the couple added, noting that their priority would be the 7-year-old son they share. "These matters are never easy and are extremely personal. We truly appreciate everyone's respect for our family's privacy at this time."Before Toth, Witherspoon was married to her Cruel Intentions costar Ryan Philippe, with whom she shares two children, 20-year-old Ava and 16-year-old Deacon. The two separated in 2006, and the divorce was finalized in 2008. In 2011, Witherspoon and Toth wed at her ranch after a year of dating. In the May 2011 issue of Elle UK Witherspoon said of her relationship, "Itâs an exciting feeling ... Youâre surprised somebody wants to be with you because, boy, Iâve got a lot of quirks and wrinkles." According to Page Six, Hollywood insiders were aware that the couple would be splitting. One insider told the publication, "Thereâs no big scandal or drama, just two people who essentially became co-parents and donât really have any romantic feelings for each other anymore." See on Instagram Photo by Michael Kovac / Getty Images for Moet & Chandon https://www.papermag.com/reese-witherspoon-jim-toth-divorce-2659655713.html
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Happy Birthday Reese Witherspoon!
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ďżź ďżź ďżź ďżź ďżź Happy Birthday Reese Witherspoon!
#Reese Witherspoon#celeb birthdays#actress#Ava Phillippe#Deacon Reese Phillippe#Jim Toth#Big Little Lies#Nicole Kidman#Laura Dern#Shailene Woodley#ZoĂŤ Kravitz#Jennifer Aniston#Saoirse Ronan
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1) Alex Toth
2) Alex Ross
3) Steve Rude
4) Jim Aparo
5) Jeremy Massie
6) Mort Meskin
7) Neal Adams
8) Kerry Callen
9) Dave Watcher
10) Ramon Villalobos
#Comics#DC Comics#Wildcat#Ted Grant#Justice Society#JSA#Justice Society Of America#Alex Ross#Alex Toth#Steve Rude#Jim Aparo#Neal Adams#Kerry Callen#Ramon Villalobos#Dave Watcher#Mort Meskin#Jeremy Massie#Art#DC#Sports#Boxing
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June 1970. Jim Steranko shows off his stylistic chops in this page from "My Heart Broke in Hollywood!" a romance short in Marvel's OUR LOVE STORY #5. There's a lot of Alex Toth in the layouts, but the design tricks, fashions, and intriguing use of color are all Steranko.
#comics#our love story#romance comics#my heart broke in hollywood#jim steranko#stan lee#alex toth#this is the only romance story steranko did#and it's pretty obviously a formal exercise#but wow
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Wood Engraving Wednesday
A selection of original wood engravings from the 2014 Wood Engraversâ Network (WEN) Printers Bundles that we received as a gift from Tony Drehfal. This time, engravings by Lisa Toth, R. P. Hale, Colleen Dwire, and Jim Horton.
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#Wood Engraving Wednesday#wood engravings#wood engravers#Lisa Toth#R. P. Hale#Colleen Dwire#Jim Horton#Wood Engravers' Network#WEN#WEN Printers Bundle#Tony Drehfal
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Cartoonist Kayfabetober, 21 October 2023. Saturday Morning Cartoons! Get out of bed, grab a blanket, a bowl of cereal, and turn on the TV..."The year 1994, from out of space comes a runaway planet, hurtling between the Earth and the moon..."
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American AKIRA by Alex Toth, Moebius, Dave Gibbons, Mark Texiera, Joe Ma...
#cartoonist kayfabe#jim rugg#Ed Piskor#akira#tribute#Mark Texeira#Dave Gibbons#Mark Chiarello#Moebiues#Joe Madureira#George Pratt#Mike Allred#John Romita#alex toth#Kevin O'Neil#John van Fleet#Joe Duffy#Kent Williams
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It's already hard for the GP to know who she is, but interesting article though. Thanks, nonnie! //
No problem! Hereâs another fascinating read I found â which confirms all that team real has stated during this stunt:
https://www.cosmopolitan.com/uk/love-sex/relationships/a60871843/anatomy-of-a-celebrity-break-up/
Wow, that's a fascinating article! Thanks!
And, you meant to say "team PR", right? đ, because as you said it confirms what team PR has said since day one.
Edit: Nonnie clarified and meant to say "Team PR" instead of "Team Real"
In case you can't open the link I posted the text of the article below.
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The anatomy of a celebrity break-up
Celebrity divorce lawyers have been busy... it feels like thereâs new break-up hitting our newsfeeds every week. But as we all become more savvy to the inner workings of the A-list PR machine, how do the insiders keep reputations firmly intact?By Annabelle LeeUpdated: 21 August 2024
Within seconds, the comments begin to pile up. Itâs a Friday afternoon and the latest celebrity split has just hit our Instagram feeds. The announcement sets off a ripple effect: celebrity journalists cancel their dinner plans and begin furiously typing their stories. The starsâ publicists are carefully watching the reaction â there are certain details they really donât want out there (and some they definitely do). As for the celebrities everyoneâs talking about? Sheâs on tour. Heâs cuddling up to his new girlfriend. The split happened months ago. Itâs only now, after multiple meetings and rewrites of the statement that we get to know about it. Welcome to the wild world of celebrity break-ups...
Iâve been working as a celebrity journalist for more than a decade and even I canât keep up with how many showbiz break-ups there were last year. Taylor Swift and Joe Alwyn. Sophie Turner and Joe Jonas. Jodie Turner-Smith and Joshua Jackson. Ricky Martin and Jwan Yosef. Britney Spears and Sam Asghari. Even Jada Pinkett Smith recently revealed that, while not legally divorced, she and Will Smith have been separated since 2016. In recent months we've been shaken by the splits of Maya Jama and Stormzy, and Tommy Fury and Molly-Mae. And now, Bennifer have called time on their romance, with Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez filing divorce on their second wedding anniversary.
Something is going on in the world of showbiz â and itâs not just the divorce lawyers working overtime. Thereâs a whole host of publicists and dedicated crisis management teams who hustle behind the scenes to try to make a split appear as rosy as possible.
And while, from my experience in the real world, relationship breakdowns are usually messy, complicated, and painful, in the world of showbiz they maintain a veneer of mutual and loving, with both parties vowing to stay mates. Thereâs the now legendary âconsciously uncouplingâ statement from Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin, Reese Witherspoon and Jim Toth said they âmove forward with deep love, kindness, and mutual respectâ, and SofĂa Vergara and Joe Manganiello âlove and care for each other very muchâ. But those statements are hiding a multitude of secrets. Secrets that are carefully controlled by a team of people. So, what really goes on behind the scenes of a split? I dug deep into my contacts book to find out...
It is with great sadness...
Think about your most recent split. You bitched about them to your friends, right? Celebs are the same. Except when theyâre bitching, itâs to their publicist rather than their BFF. âAs a publicist, you know every detail of your clientâs life so youâre one of the first people they call if they go through a relationship breakdown,â says Dermot McNamara, founding director of Candid, a PR and talent management agency. âThen comes the media strategy.â
In other words, itâs not as simple as: break up, make your announcement, move on. Instead, itâs break up, pull together a carefully constructed (and discreet) team to find a way to get the news out that not only makes the celebrity look good but also, if done right, benefits them by promoting whatever work project they have going on. And it all begins with that key statement.
Whether itâs released via a seemingly hurried Notes screenshot or in a polished press release, âtheyâre usually written in tandem with the celebrityâs publicistâ, explains Melissa Morris, a celebrity publicist at Can We Schmooze Consulting in the US, who has advised on some high-profile celebrity break-ups but wonât indulge my nosiness and reveal which. âThe content of the statement is carefully crafted to strike a balance between respecting the privacy of those involved and addressing the publicâs curiosity.â
âThe statement has to strike a balance between respecting privacy and addressing public curiosityâ
Publicist Sally Windsor, who has worked at some of the UKâs biggest PR agencies, adds: âMost publicists have a background in media; we know how to phrase statements and word them diplomatically. Sometimes, youâll have your client in the background saying, âHeâs awful, tell them he did this to meâ, but as a publicist your priority has to be keeping the language neutral.â Yep, as much as the celeb might want to tell the world what their ex did, the statement is not the place to start mud-slinging â that comes later. Particularly as the statement is part of a wider strategy from a celebrityâs team, which is why it can often take weeks, or even months, to plan.
âYou look at what is coming up for them. If they have a big project coming up, you donât want to necessarily announce it straight away so that theyâre not constantly asked about the relationship during promotion,â explains McNamara. âBut equally some people will want to get publicity and for the news to come out at the same time, so there is more interest in them.â The column inches the break-up provides become the perfect promotion.
Take Taylor Swift: her break-up with Joe Alwyn hit the news just as The Eras Tour was kicking off. What followed was multiple fan TikTok videos of her slaying it on stage, accompanied by captions such as, âways to boss the break-upâ and âI canât even get out of bed after a break-up and Taylorâs on an arena tourâ, adding a personal element of intrigue to an already hugely talked-about tour (set to make a record $1bn in ticket sales). It was speculated that this was no coincidence and that the pair had broken up months earlier... This, of course, was never confirmed or denied by Taylorâs team (neither Joe or Taylor have ever spoken publicly on the split).
Itâs not just projects that are factored into the timing of the split statement â consideration of the working hours (and press deadlines) of the media is also factored in. I remember when Jennifer Aniston and Justin Theroux announced their divorce, late one Thursday evening. For those working in weekly magazines at the time, their cover story for the following week had already been written and decided so journalists had to work late, quickly pulling what they had planned to replace it with the news. Some managed, some didnât â hugely impacting sales on the news stand the following week. This could all have been a deliberate move on the pairâs part.
While the fast pace of the online news cycle disrupts this slightly, traditional print schedules will still be considered. If a celebrity posts their break-up statement on a Friday â theyâre trying to avoid coverage. âJournalists arenât usually looking for stories on a Friday afternoon â theyâll be doing admin and thinking about clocking off for the weekend,â Windsor explains. âAnd similarly, if I was looking after a celebrity who wants publicity, Iâd be putting that statement out early in the week.â Of course, all of this is great if the pairâs teams are working in harmony, and both are willing to ensure that each party comes across well â but that isnât always the case...
A source close to the couple...
You know the âclose friendâ or âinsiderâ often quoted on celebrity news articles? Theyâre usually the celebrity themselves (via their PR) trying to take a swipe or get their side of the story out there, before their ex does. It gives them a chance to potentially sling some mud, have their say, and, crucially, control the narrative after a split to maintain their clientâs reputation.
While the statement often appears to show a harmonious, loving split, thatâs rarely the case and itâs more than likely each party wants their story out there. âAbout 70% of what I do is letting stuff out through source quotes,â explains Windsor. âYouâd generally always announce a break-up through social media and then the next day get source quotes out there.â McNamara agrees, adding: âItâs a great way to control the messaging. If journalists donât get their sources from their publicist, theyâll just go elsewhere.â
âSome want the news to come out at the same time [as a big project] so thereâs more interestâ
This is where things get messy. The world of celebrity has changed drastically over recent years and itâs a lot harder to keep the dirty details secret any more. The social media rumour mill means that bombshell splits that we never saw coming (think Jennifer Aniston and Brad Pitt) are almost a relic of the past. Publicists are keeping an eye on whisper accounts such as DeuxMoi and, in the UK, Popbitch, if theyâre waiting to reveal a split. If the news hits these or people begin to notice that the pair havenât featured each other on social media in a while, they may rethink their strategy and announce earlier than planned.
âA-listers have a whole team looking after publicity and these sites would definitely be on their radar,â confirms McNamara. âIf a rumour ramps up, they want to know about it.â Some of the publicists I spoke to also agree that a celebrityâs team might leak break-up news through sites such as DeuxMoi to help control the narrative in a more natural way.
Social media is also changing the game, giving us normal folk (and celebrities behind the backs of their publicists) the chance to spill some tea. Kiss and tells are no longer tabloid fodder but instead âstory timeâ TikToks, with those spilling secrets on the platform in the name of âsharing their truthâ (and racking up their follower counts in the process). Many keep their alleged lovers anonymous, choosing to hint by âlikingâ the guesses in the comments. Model Sumner Stroh made worldwide news when she alleged that she had an affair with Maroon 5 star Adam Levine on TikTok, with a backdrop of messages thought to be between the two of them â claims Levine denied.
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Then thereâs the odd occasion when celebrities will, much to their publicistsâ horror, take to social media (seemingly) without having thought their decision through. In a moment where he admits he âjust snappedâ, Calvin Harris took to Twitter in 2016 to drag Taylor Swift after their split. And lately, weâve seen Sophie Turner demand âthe immediate return of [their] childrenâ, who she claimed had been âwrongfully removedâ by Joe Jonas â which he denied. The pair later released a joint statement saying mediation had been successful and they âlook forward to being great co-parentsâ.
Itâs never been easier to get your side of the story out there, but, as weâre seeing, when two parties try to control the narrative, it gets complicated very quickly (and publicly). Real Housewives Of Atlanta stars Kim Zolciak and Kroy Biermann filed for divorce earlier this year and the messy details of their split reached the press almost instantly. Kroy requested full custody of their four children, before Kim alleged Kroy smoked weed around them and asked the court for him to be drugs tested. Then he alleged she had a gambling problem and asked for her to undergo a psychological evaluation.
And last year wasnât much smoother for Ariana Grande, who ended her marriage to Dalton Gomez before (that same week) allegedly falling into the arms of her Wicked co-star Ethan Slater. Rumours then circulated that their relationship began while they were both still married, with Ariana being branded a âhomewreckerâ and Ethanâs ex-wife, Lilly Jay (mum to their one-year-old son) calling her family the âcollateral damageâ in the whole saga, adding that Ariana is not a âgirlâs girlâ. âConsciously uncouplingâ suddenly seems a lot more appealing.
âIâve dealt with my fair share of messy break-ups,â explains a well-known UK-based publicist (who weâve kept anonymous) who has represented many celebrities over the years. âOne of my previous clients was dating one of the biggest reality stars in the country. When they split, he put the break-up out on social media before weâd even had the chance to come up with our approach,â the publicist reveals. âAt the time there was a lot of reporting that he had secretly got back together with his ex, and before we knew it both girls were being played off against each other. My client was heartbroken over the relationship breakdown, so I worked with her to give anonymous stories to the press to share her side of the story and build a positive narrative. Then a few months later, I booked her onto a different reality show to share her side once emotions had died down. When it comes to celebrities, I often find the more gushing the statement is, the more insincere it is. âWe move on with the greatest respect for each otherâ and the like is the most disingenuous thing Iâve heard in my life.â But if we start to see a more ârealâ side to showbiz splits, how will that affect how we view our own relationships?
Love is dead?
If you happened to walk down New Yorkâs Cornelia Street in April this year, youâd have been confronted with bouquets spread across the street and crowds belting out Taylor Swiftâs most heartbreaking hits. For a brief period, the street (where she wrote the song âCornelia Streetâ, believed to be about Joe Alwyn) became a shrine to the coupleâs dead relationship. Teenagers were taking photos of themselves holding roses and crying. One even told a journalist: âI cried for a couple of hours and the next day I stayed in my room all day. It made me believe that love wasnât real anymore. And I puked.â
This is extreme, but we do get invested in our favourite celebs â and their relationships, too. During my research for this piece, I spoke to lots of people about how celebrity break-ups have affected them and most could see themselves in the celebrity couple they had once so adored. When Jen and Brad announced their divorce in 2005, there was an outpouring of sadness from fans around the world. But that was 18 years ago, and we are still obsessed over their split. One fan told me: âI just loved them together. I felt like I knew Jennifer because Iâd watched her so much on TV playing Rachel [in Friends]. When they split, I thought, âIf they canât make it, who can?
It works both ways. When Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck reunited in 2021 after their 2004 split, the internet was overjoyed. And, when they revealed theyâd got married, every one of their wedding posts was flooded with fans saying, âI love your love story because itâs so similar to my ownâ and âI think her prior marriages never worked out because her true love has always been Ben.â Cut to now, with the couple having now filed for divorce after giving their relationship another go, these comments are revealed as intense parasocial pressure reveals itself.
This is common, us pinning our hopes and dreams on to celebrities. As well as proclamations of true love being âdeadâ when celebrities split, thereâs also the idea that if infidelity is involved, it means that anyone can get cheated on (the whole, âIf they can get cheated on thereâs no hope for the rest of usâ.) But while itâs natural, what weâre actually doing is trying to project ourselves on to a soap opera â something that isnât real. âFollowing a celebrityâs love life is like living through them â itâs escapism from your day-to-day. You might think, âI wish I had a husband who looks like Brad Pittâ, or, âI wish I lived in Beverley Hillsâ, but a lot of the time, their lives are fabricated stories created by their PR people,â explains psychologist Jason OâCallaghan, who is a former showbiz reporter based in Ireland and now a therapist to many celebrities.
As for their relationships reflecting our own? âItâs actually the opposite. Hollywood stars have higher break-up and divorce rates than the rest of us because of the pressure of being in the public eye,â OâCallaghan explains. A study by the MarriageFoundation found that 40% of celebrities divorced within a 10-year period, yet the UK national average for divorce in the first decade is 20%. Throw in long-distance travel, conflicting schedules, and differing career priorities, and itâs far from a fairy tale.
âI worked with my client to give anonymous stories to the press to share her side of the storyâ
âThere is nothing to suggest that the more attractive you are, the happier your relationships will be,â says OâCallaghan. âEven if you look like a Hollywood star, it doesnât mean you are immune. Relationships donât tend to last just because youâre attractive. Infidelity is caused by a number of things, and while attraction is important in a relationship, infidelity and marriage breakdowns are not prevented by being as conventionally attractive as possible to your partner.â
The truth is that looks, money, fame... they just donât guarantee a happier life. And you donât need to be a celebrity to know it is hard. out. there â whether youâre dating or making a relationship work. With longer life spans, a growing interest in different relationship models and the fact weâre no longer pushing the idea that you have to be in a relationship to be happy, itâs not surprising divorce rates in the UK rose by around 10% in 2021, with 42% of marriages ending in divorce.
But if celebrity break-ups can teach us anything, itâs that, in the words of Taylor herself, âThereâll be happiness after you, there was happiness because of you, both of these things can be trueâ. Just because a split happens, it doesnât mean love wasnât there. While celebrity break-ups can feel brutal, they also remind us weâve all been there and weâre never as alone in heartbreak as we feel. Break-ups are messy and complicated, perfectly worded split announcement or not, but life goes on. Even if life isnât a sold-out world tour for everyone...
This article originally appeared in the Dec 23/Jan 24 issue of Cosmopolitan UK.
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Sadly, I agree. I think the trifecta of the Pandemic, losing Jim Toth as his long-time agent, and the Strike messed up his post-Marvel plans. Disappointing actually because he seemed to have a plan set-up that included variety in interesting roles/projects and also directing.
I donât want to yuck anyoneâs yum, but at the same time⌠doing generic and formulaic Rock movies? Really?
Is it the worst? No, but he seemed like he had higher aspirations for more in his post-Marvel career and it didnât land. Sad not to see it happening.
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Reese Witherspoon Is Getting Divorced The actor, whoâs been married to talent agent Jim Toth for almost 12 years, announced the news in a joint Instagram statement. https://www.thecut.com/2023/03/reese-witherspoon-is-getting-divorced.html
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