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20 Friday Lifestyle | Features Friday, June 19, 2020 ‘Recovered’ French star Netflix founder gives $120 million for US black college scholarships Deneuve to return to filming etflix chief Reed Hastings and his philanthropist wife on rench film icon Catherine Deneuve will return to NWednesday gave $120 million to work next month after suffering a minor stroke on historically black US colleges to fund Fset last year, a spokeswoman for the actress told full-ride scholarships for students. The AFP. The 76-year-old was ironically in a hospital shoot - gift by the Netflix co-founder and his ing a scene for the movie “De son vivant” (“In His wife, Patty Quillin, to Spelman College and Morehouse College—two Atlanta Lifetime”) in November when she fell ill. Her spokes - universities—and the United Negro woman said Deneuve, who has been France’s biggest College Fund was touted as the largest- screen star since the 1960s, has “perfectly recovered” ever contribution by an individual in from a “very limited” ischemic stroke. “She was very support of such scholarships. “Both of us Reed Hastings lucky that she was treated very quickly as they were had the privilege of a great education shooting in a hospital,” she added. and we want to help more students—in particular students of Since then the star of “The Umbrellas of Cherbourg”, color—get the same start in life,” Quillin and Hastings said in a “Belle de Jour” and “Indochine”—for which she was statement. “Historically black colleges and universities have a tremendous record, yet are disadvantaged when it comes to nominated for an Oscar—has “reacted well to treatment giving.” The money is to be spent during the coming decade to and has got some rest”. Shooting will restart on the pay for 200 students to attend full 4-year college programs. delayed film directed by Emmanuelle Bercot, which was Quillin and Hastings said they hoped the scholarships help halted by Deneuve’s illness, on July 6, the producers said “reverse generations of inequity in our country.” Hastings, who late Tuesday. The movie also stars Benoit Magimel as a as a younger man spent time in the Peace Corps and teaching man suffering from cancer, with Deneuve playing his high school-level math in Swaziland, and his wife have a histo - mother. Since the shoot was halted dozens of other ry of philanthropy aimed at education. Apple recently launched French films have suffered the same fate because of the a $100 million initiative to combat systemic racism, and Google has committed $275 million to help black artists on YouTube, coronavirus. Deneuve was last seen in Japanese director help fund African American small businesses and other proj - Hirokazu Kore-eda’s latest film, “The Truth”, alongside ects to support the community.—AFP Juliette Binoche.—AFP Catherine Deneuve thousand times more powerful,” they wrote. Lockdowns because of the ‘That ‘70s Show’ actor Masterson Filmmakers urge coronavirus “have allowed them to become wealthier than ever, as other charged with multiple rapes EU to stand up nations and their (entertainment) industries collapsed,” the letter said. S actor and Scientologist Danny Meanwhile, “by avoiding taxes, the Masterson has been charged with raping to streaming giants GAFAN companies have contributed Uthree women at his home in the ore than a dozen top Hollywood Hills, Los Angeles prosecutors said very little to the funding of hospitals, Wednesday. The star of television’s “That ‘70s European film directors education and all the vital apparatuses Show” and “The Ranch” allegedly raped the Mhave called on the EU to of European democracies,” they said. women, all in their twenties at the time, “by force regulate streaming giants like Netflix The directors urged the EU to be or fear” in separate incidents between 2001 and and Amazon. The group led by the brave and to impose strict regula - 2003. Masterson, 44, faces a maximum sentence Spanish auteur Pedro Almodovar and tions and “appropriate sanctions for of 45 years to life in prison if convicted on all the double Cannes Palme d’Or win - charges. Masterson’s lawyer denied the allega - what is at stake”, and to stop film - tions in a statement to AFP. “Mr Masterson is ner Luc Dardenne have asked to makers being corralled into “the nar - innocent, and we’re confident that he will be meet the EU’s Internal Market com - In this file photo US actor Danny Masterson row paths set by platforms and their exonerated when all the evidence finally comes missioner Thierry Breton in a letter attends the premiere of “Forgetting Sarah big data analytics”. The letter said to light and witnesses have the opportunity to released Wednesday. The group, testify,” wrote Tom Mesereau. Marshall” at the Chinese theatre in Los that Europe’s decision to support the Angeles.—AFP which also includes the Romanian idea of a “cultural exception” with Prosecutors dropped two further sexual Cristian Mungiu, warned that Europe assault cases against Masterson over lack of evi - quotas and protection in 1990 has Scientology television series. Four women last would be reduced to a “colony” of dence and the statute of limitations passing, the year filed a lawsuit against Masterson and the since been copied by 183 countries. It Los Angeles County district attorney’s office Church of Scientology alleging they were the US and China if its culture is not argued that the South Korean film said. Masterson rose to fame with the 1998 stalked, harassed and intimidated after reporting protected from “non-European digi - “Parasite”, which won the best film launch of retro sitcom “That ‘70s Show,” where abuse to Los Angeles police. Masterson’s lawyer tal giants”. Oscar as well as the Palme d’Or at the he played the character of Steven Hyde along - wrote on Wednesday: “Obviously, Mr Masterson “America understood these cultural side fellow stars Mila Kunis and Ashton Kutcher. Cannes film festival, was living proof and his wife are in complete shock considering and economic stakes when it imposed He co-starred again with Kutcher on Netflix’s that these nearly 20-year old allegations are sud - of how policy worked and enriched “The Ranch,” but was fired in 2017 and written denly resulting in charges being filed, but they its films on other countries with the the world. Brussels has just begun a off the show after Los Angeles police confirmed and their family are comforted knowing that ulti - Marshall Plan” after World War II, the review of how it can better regulate they were investigating multiple rape allegations mately the truth will come out. “The people who directors said in their plea to Breton. tech giants, with the European against the actor. know Mr Masterson know his character and But today Google, Amazon, Facebook, Commission set to bring forward the At the time, Masterson said the claims were know the allegations to be false.” His arraignment Apple and Netflix (which are known motivated by the producer of an anti- is scheduled for September. —AFP so-called Digital Services Act before collectively as GAFAN) “have grown a the end of the year.—AFP.