Weekend Argus (Saturday Edition)

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- DAVID ROONEY

N HER first Englishlan­guage feature, Frenchbase­d Turkish director

Deniz Gamze Erguven, whose debut, Mustang, scored an Oscar nomination last year, deserves credit for revisiting an incendiary chapter in modern American racial conflict at a time of renewed unrest.

But for all its honourable intentions to address sensitive issues that sting, Kings is an unconvinci­ng tonal patchwork.

The movie dilutes its powderkeg depiction of the 1992 Los Angeles riots by crafting a central character for Halle Berry that’s a glamorous candidate for sainthood.

Halle and co-star Daniel Craig share the past connection of having emerged like dripping sex deities from the ocean in different James Bond films. Here, they play

IQueen Latifah is launching an initiative to support female film-makers.

The 48-year-old actress has partnered with Proctor & Gamble to launch the Queen Collective, which helps women step behind the camera in Hollywood. She said: “I do not fit the typical mould… as an A-List actor.” the two most gorgeous people in South Central Los Angeles.

Millie (Berry) is a foster mom single-handedly raising eight at-risk kids of various ages and ethnicitie­s. She has fabulous hair laced with divine blonde tendrils, flawless with no make-up (because she’s worth it) and a rockin’ swimsuit bod seen in an inflatable backyard pool. She’s always busy, baking and delivering cakes in the neighbourh­ood, but even at her most exhausted, Millie looks Jennifer Aniston is “casually dating” again. The “Horrible Bosses” star is moving on from husband Justin Theroux and is enjoying “seeing where things go”.

A source told Entertainm­ent Tonight: “Jennifer really relied on her friends to get her through the tough times.” Nick Jonas and Priyanka Chopra have been spotted wearing matching rings.

The couple – who have been romantical­ly linked lately – were seen wearing the rings on separate occasions, Nick when he was at John F Kennedy last month and Priyanka wore hers when the couple headed to Mumbai, India.

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