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Watch: Cate Blanchett and Sarah Paulson throw live ‘Today’ interview off track
Hoda Kotb loses control of ‘Ocean’s 8’ promotional appearance
Sarah Paulson and Cate Blanchett on ‘Today’ (Screenshot via YouTube)
Cate Blanchett and Sarah Paulson caused “Today” host Hoda Kotb to cry with laughter while promoting their upcoming film “Ocean’s 8” on live television.
“You guys clearly have a thing going on,” Kotb begins the interview.
“No, it’s over,” Blanchett responds.
Paulson jokes, “It ended about an hour ago, just so you know. We’re having a hard time.”
“Because you came wearing that,” Blanchett says pointing out Paulson’s dress. “Get a stylist.”
“I borrowed it from your mother,” Paulson fires back. “I got it from your mom.”
Blanchett and Paulson continue to rib each other as Kotb falls apart with laughter. Blanchett then points out that Kotb’s mascara is running from her crying.
Kotb recruits Savannah Guthrie to join the interview but things only get wilder when Blanchett sits on Paulson.
The actresses finally address the film at the end of the interview when asked why people should go see “Ocean’s 8.”
“We’re both in it,” Paulson replies.
“Oh, they kept you in?” Blanchett quips back.
Watch below.
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By WESLEY CASE | At 80 years old, John Waters is still the ideal dinner guest — incisively sharp, quick-witted and funny as hell.
The chic Baltimore native proved it again and again in a recent Zoom interview, calling from his summer home in Provincetown, Mass.
The occasion was the Blu-ray releases of two of his movies — the 1977 dark comedy “Desperate Living” and his enduring 1988 musical “Hairspray” — on June 23 by the Criterion Collection, which publishes restorations of films it deems culturally important. The Criterion stamp of approval has become the gold standard among cinephiles.
“It’s like getting an award,” said Waters, who wrote and directed both films.
The rest of this article can be read on the Baltimore Banner’s website.
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