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JOAQUIN PHOENIX CALLS OUT FILM INDUSTRY’S ‘RACISM’
Pretty Little Liars star Lucy Hale says she once tried to match with singer John Mayer on a dating app.
She revealed this in an interview with Cosmopolitan, reports people.com. “I pressed yes for him, but I don’t think he pressed yes for me,” Hale admitted, adding that she wasn’t worried about his past dating reputation. “I’m so drawn to musical talent, I don’t care,” she added.
Mayer has had several high profile romantic relationships with stars like Katy Perry, Taylor Swift, Jennifer Aniston and Jennifer Love Hewitt.
Hale has been previously linked to actors Chris Zylka, Graham Rogers, musician Anthony Kalabretta and her Life Sentence co-star Riley Smith.
She shared that she is happy being single. “When I was younger, I was constantly wanting to be with or date someone because I was so deathly afraid of being single or by myself,” the actor said.
“Now, I’m at the point where if I meet someone, they better really elevate my life, because I love being single,” she added.
Her taste in men has changed too, she said, after going through a phase of falling for bad boys. “I used to be really drawn to, like, damaged people who had been throug s***,” she said.
“Now, I’m like, ‘You can be nice but not boring. Nice but not a dud’, she added.
As for settling down and starting a family of her own one day, she revealed she is not quite ready for that.
LUCY HALE COULD HAVE DATED SINGER JOHN MAYER IN
THE PAST. SHE TRIED TO MATCH WITH HIM ON DATING APPS.
Actor Joaquin Phoenix targeted the British Academy of Film and Television for overlooking “people of colour” in its nominations and urged the industry to dismantle a “system of oppression” in his Bafta acceptance speech.
The actor, who won the best actor Bafta for his portrayal in the 2019 film Joker (2019), said he felt “conflicted” receiving the award as so many of his deserving fellow actors didn’t have that same privilege.
“I think that we send a very clear message to people of colour that you’re not welcome here. I think that’s the message that we’re sending to people that have contributed so much to our medium and our industry, and in ways that we benefit from,” he said onstage at the Royal Albert Hall, London, United Kingdom.
Both British Academy of Film and Television and Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences were heavily criticised for the lack of representation and diversity after the nominations were announced.
The acting categories had shut out people of colour while no women directors were recognised in the directing segment.
“I don’t think anybody wants a hand-out or preferential treatment, although that’s what we give ourselves every year. I think people just want to be acknowledged, appreciated and respected for their work. This is not a self-righteous condemnation because I’m ashamed to say that I’m part of the problem,” Phoenix said.
The 45-year-old actor said more than creating a diverse working environment, the issue at hand was about understanding “systemic racism”.
“I have not done everything in my power to ensure that the sets I work on are inclusive, but I think it’s more than just having sets that are multicultural. We have to do the hard work to truly understand systemic racism,” he said. —