One of the subplots of the OceanGate submersible tragedy is a new generation of people finding out that James Cameron makes movies as a side hustle, his real vocation is as an oceanographer and deep-sea explorer.
Cameron can be a pill about a lot of things, but he actually does know what he’s talking about when it comes to deep-sea diving, he went to the Challenger Deep, the deepest known point of the Marianas Trench, and discovered three new species of sea life while he was down there. Anyway, if you haven’t, watch Under Pressure: Making ‘The Abyss’ for a taste of Cameron at his diving best and filmmaking worst. It’s up there with Burden of Dreams for a glimpse into a completely unhinged filmmaking process. (DListed)
The Nicki Minaj & Ice Spice collab for Barbie is here, it’s a remix of Aqua’s “Barbie World”. The video is, appropriately, very pink. (Popsugar)
Amal Clooney alert—she looks GREAT in this yellow…jumpsuit?...in Spain. Climate change is real and an existential threat! (Go Fug Yourself)
I legit cannot believe Prince George is old enough to be touring fancy boy boarding schools already. Nothing makes me feel older than celebrity children growing up. (Celebitchy)
Remember all those reports that Marvel is The Worst™️ when it comes to treatment of visual effects artists? Well, add director Phil Lord, of Lord & Miller fame and one of the producers of Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse to the list of The Worst to work with in a VFX/animation capacity. If even half of this report is true, there’s no way we see Beyond the Spider-Verse next year. (Vulture)
