All posts tagged "Brett Ratner"

President Donald Trump's "latest questionable friend" — who even accompanied him to China last week — was introduced to him by his wife, First Lady Melania Trump, according to the president's biographer.

Author Michael Wolff told The Daily Beast that Melania's close aide, Marc Beckman, connected her to "disgraced filmmaker Brett Ratner," who also had ties to late financier and convicted child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Ratner has been accused of sexual misconduct by several women and directed Melania's self-titled documentary.

“The guy who has become Melania’s sort of main adviser, chief of staff, marketing guru, COO of Melania Enterprises ... apparently knew Brett Ratner, and that was the connection,” Wolff told his co-host Joanna Coles, The Daily Beast's Chief Creative and Content Officer, during an episode of their podcast "Inside Trump's Head."...

A feature film requested by President Donald Trump has hit a financing snag, leading to mockery of the film's director.

Brett Ratner, who helmed the Melania documentary released earlier this year, has not managed to secure firm funding for a fourth Rush Hour film, per industry insiders. Puck reporter Matthew Belloni claimed the film had hit financial trouble and had yet to secure its stars, Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker, for the fourth iteration.

Belloni wrote, "...the planned shoot in China, Africa, and Saudi Arabia this spring or summer has been pushed to September at the earliest, per multiple sources, and it’s unclear if the planned $115 million to $120 million in production financing is solidly lined up....

Apple CEO Tim Cook was criticized online Monday after attending the White House screening of Melania Trump's self-titled documentary "Melania" and posing for a photo with co-producer and director Brett Ratner.

Ratner, who co-produced and directed the film set to release in theaters Friday, has been accused of rape and sexual misconduct. In December the Department of Justice released thousands of files connected to the Jeffrey Epstein investigation, including a photo of Ratner embracing a shirtless Jean-Luc Brunel, a French model scout and owner of the international modeling agency MC2 Model Management, a modeling agency with considerable financial support from Epstein. Brunel died in 2022 of apparent suicide while awaiting trial on sex-trafficking charges, and in a manner not dissimilar to how Epstein died in 2019.

Cook has been accused of bowing down to the Trump administration, including a personal donation of $1 million to Trump's inaugural committee, private dinners with other billionaires and even gifting Trump a 24-karat stand and glass Apple plaque. ...

The internet mocked President Donald Trump Monday as he attempted to promote his wife's documentary "Melania" — with plenty of people pointing out that ticket sales didn't appear to be looking good.

The documentary was set to release on Friday and was co-produced and directed by Brett Ratner, who has been accused of rape and sexual misconduct. In December the Department of Justice released thousands of files connected to the Jeffrey Epstein investigation, including a photo of Ratner embracing a shirtless Jean-Luc Brunel, a French model scout and owner of the international modeling agency MC2 Model Management, a modeling agency with considerable financial support from Epstein. Brunel died in 2022 of apparent suicide while awaiting trial on sex-trafficking charges, and in a manner not dissimilar to how Epstein died in 2019.

On social media, users were quick to point out that theater seats appeared to be very open. ...

LOS ANGELES — Oscars veteran Billy Crystal stepped in Thursday to host this year's Academy Awards show, after actor Eddie Murphy pulled out following a row over a producer's anti-gay comments.