Prankster Hits Pitt in the Face at 'Maleficent'

Lifestyle FRIDAY, MAY 30, 2014 A fan is walked off carpet in handcuffs after allegedly attacking Brad Brad Pitt signs autographs at the world premiere of ‘Maleficent’ at Pitt at the world premiere of ‘Maleficent’ at the El Capitan Theatre on the El Capitan Theatre. Wednesday. — AP/AFP photos Prankster hits Pitt in the face at ‘Maleficent’ premiere n infamous red carpet prankster struck actor Brad Pitt in the face as he Sediuk, 25, is a Ukrainian television reporter who has often pranked signed autographs at the Hollywood premiere of a film starring his celebrities at red carpet events. In previous exploits, Sediuk has hugged actor Apartner Angelina Jolie on Wednesday, police said. Pitt, a Golden Leonardo DiCaprio’s crotch at a Santa Barbara Film Festival event, stormed Globe-winning actor, was at the premiere of “Maleficent”, at the El Capitan the stage during singer Adele’s Grammy acceptance speech, and been Theater in Hollywood, California, when Vitalii Sediuk leaped over a fence and slapped by Will Smith after kissing the actor at a Moscow premiere.Sediuk did hit him, said Los Angeles Police Department spokesman Gus Villanueva. not appear to be armed at the time of the attack on Pitt, and investigators Pitt was not seriously hurt and authorities quickly subdued Sediuk, who have not yet determined a motive, said Villanueva, adding that he was likely was arrested for misdemeanor battery and remained in police custody on to be arraigned yesterday. “Maleficent” is Disney’s modern reimagining of the Wednesday night, Villanueva said. Sediuk is now being held pending pay- “Sleeping Beauty” fairytale, and Jolie stars as its villain.—Reuters ment of $20,000 bail. “The officers who were handling him said it looked like Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt arrive for the it was intentional, but at this point, it remains to be determined,” said world premiere of Disney’s ‘Maleficent’. Sergeant Leonard Calderon for LAPD Hollywood. Carrey’s commencement speech warns students of his own father’s failure elebrity commencement speeches are all the rage this “Now fear is going to be a player in life, but you get to spring, and Jim Carrey’s did not disappoint the graduat- decide how much. You can spend your whole life imagining Cing class of Iowa’s Maharishi University of Management. ghosts, worrying about the pathway to the future, but all it The “Dumb and Dumber” star rotated between wit and wis- will ever be is what’s happening here, the decisions in that we dom on Saturday, while preparing students for life after col- make in this moment, which are based in either love or fear,” lege, and any fear that comes with it. Carrey said during the speech. “So many of us choose our path out of fear disguised as practicality. What we really want Justin Timberlake seems impossibly out of reach and ridiculous to expect, so we never dare to ask the universe for it.” Carrey used his father as Timberlake under fire an example, and said he too could have been a comedian if he wasn’t afraid of failure. from Palestinian fans over “My father could have been a great comedian but he didn’t believe that that was possible for him, and so he made a con- Western Wall Instagram servative choice. Instead, he got a safe job as an accountant,” Carrey said. “When I was 12 years old, he was let go from that op star Justin Timberlake upset some Palestinian fans safe job, and our family had to do whatever we could to sur- Wednesday after he posted an Instagram photo of himself vive. I learned many great lessons from my father, not the Ppraying on the Western Wall in preparation for his perform- least of which was that you can fail at what you don’t want, so ance in Tel Aviv. Timberlake wrote, “What an experience. I will never you might as well take a chance on doing what you love.” forget this day #Israel.” The photo garnered over 200,000 likes but Carrey didn’t just attend the ceremony to speak, either. The Palestinian fans were upset with his “Israel” hashtag. “There was actor received a Doctor of Fine Arts honoris causa. never an Israel, this was always Palestine,” one Instagram fired back. Maharishi University, where filmmaker David Lynch offers a “FYI , it’s called #PALESTINE,” said Instagram user remihattab. masters program in film, was founded in 1973 by Maharishi “Theres no land called Israel be sure of that , its Palestine and forev- Mahesh Yogi. It focuses on a “consciousness-based educa- er,” added user shamasadnan. In contrast, Israeli supporters were tion,” which includes the practice and application of elated by Timberlake’s visit to the holy site. “Welcome to the prom- Transcendental Meditation. Or as Carrey facetiously described ised land,” said user yanir. “All the tickets were sold out,” said user it, an excuse “to slack off twice a day, for an hour and a half.” atalyha_levy. “Come to Israel again soon!!!! Israeli farmers even — Reuters named a melon after the pop star in anticipation for his perform- ance in the region.—Reuters Jim Carrey.

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