Taika Waititi

2022 - 8 - 10

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I Want What They Have: Taika Waititi and Rita Ora (Vogue.com)

If there is one thing I truly love in this world, it's a surprise wedding. Go off! Elope! Tie the knot in a chill, romantic, fun way that does not require ...

(I would be remiss if I didn’t mention that Ora was forced to come out as bi after she received heat online for her song “Girls,” and we really should have left her alone after that. This is extreme lesbian energy—said with deep respect—and honestly, not since the pair’s brief entanglement with Tessa Thompson have I respected them so much. (Just kidding: if you’re my friend and you’re eloping, I’m still getting you a present—and in fact, you’ll get a much finer class of gift in exchange for not making me wear heels.) It seems the latest celebrity couple to tie the knot in an impromptu fashion is Taika Waititi and Rita Ora, who, according to multiple reports, recently married “in an intimate ceremony in London.” Chic!

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Rita Ora & Taika Waititi Reportedly Had a Secret Wedding (W Magazine)

Taika Waititi and Rita Ora got married in London after over a year of dating.

“It’s just about them being in love and deciding the time is right to formalize their relationship. The wedding was planned to be small to “keep their relationship as private as possible.” “This isn’t about them doing a big showy thing and crowing about it beforehand,” said the source.

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Are Rita Ora and Taika Waititi Secretly Married or Just Really Into ... (Vanity Fair)

Outlets report that Rita Ora and Taika Waititi secretly got married in an intimate ceremony in London two months after getting engaged.

In February, Ora shared a tribute to her boyfriend on Instagram, posting a series of photos of the two of them together with the caption, “Us. 4 years ago. Ora and Waititi have been dating for around a year and a half, going public with their relationship for the first time last year on the red carpet at the premiere of Suicide Squad. But while they've only been romantically linked for 18 months, the duo have actually been friends for years. They couldn’t be happier.” They added that the couple eventually want to have a big celebration, “with all their famous friends there. The insider added, “Rita’s already back in the studio working on her third album, with her latest session being with Ava Max and Noah Cyrus’ writer Rollo.” Speculation that Rita Ora and Taika Waititi have gone ahead and gotten married started over the weekend when the singer posted Instagram pictures on Sunday in which she appears to be wearing a wedding band. Now UK tabloid The Sun has a report that the couple have quietly gotten married in an intimate ceremony held in London. “It was a really intimate ceremony and super special for everyone there.

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Rita Ora and Taika Waititi Got Married (Glamour)

Singer Rita Ora and filmmaker Taika Waititi reportedly got married at a small ceremony in London with family and friends.

Ora and Waititi have been friends for several years, but have been dating for roughly a year and a half. “It was a really intimate ceremony and super special for everyone there," a source told the Sun. “Their nearest and dearest can see how madly in love they are. "A big, showbiz-style bash is planned to celebrate, but don’t expect to see it being flogged to the highest-bidding magazine."

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Did Rita Ora and Taika Waititi Secretly Get Married? (The Cut)

Musician Rita Ora and director Taika Waititi were spotted wearing wedding rings in Paris over the weekend, and The Sun claims they had a secret wedding in ...

Ora and Waititi are reportedly planning a big party to celebrate their nuptials down the line. According to their sources, it was a “really intimate ceremony” with “their nearest and dearest,” and Ora changed her last name to Waititi-Ora. The report comes after Instagram posts from Ora and her sister show Ora and Waititi wearing wedding rings in Paris over the weekend. We might have another surprise celebrity wedding in the books.

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Rita Waititi-Ora Has Changed Her Name for Love (Not a Rebrand) (Vulture)

On August 8, The Sun reported that Rita Ora married Thor: Love and Thunder director Taika Waititi and changed her name to Rita Waititi-Ora.

“It was a really intimate ceremony and super-special for everyone there. Their nearest and dearest can see how madly in love they are,” a source said. Rita Ora will now go by Rita Waititi-Ora, according to an August 8 exclusive report from U.K. tabloid The Sunand backup from E! Online. Apparently, Ora and Waititi both casually popped the question at the same time around two months ago in a fitting end to a relationship that got serious fast.

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Taika Waititi Is Officially A Married Man With “Secretive” Wedding (Inside the Magic)

Waititi had a secret, but intimate wedding in London with his now wife, Rita Ora, after dating for just over a year. Rita and Waititi have busy careers as Ora ...

For movies, Doctor Strange In the Multiverse of Madness is now on Disney+ with Thor: Love and Thunder in theaters, and of course, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever is released on November 11. To combat the threat, Thor enlists the help of King Valkyrie (Tessa Thompson), Korg (Taika Waititi) and ex-girlfriend Jane Foster (Natalie Portman), who – to Thor’s surprise – inexplicably wields his magical hammer, Mjolnir, as the Mighty Thor. Together, they embark upon a harrowing cosmic adventure to uncover the mystery of the God Butcher’s vengeance and stop him before it’s too late. Rita and Waititi have busy careers as Ora works on her third album while Taika writes the script for his untitled Star Wars movie.

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Rita Ora & Taika Waititi's Complete Relationship Timeline—From ... (ELLE Australia)

If there's one universal truth in the world, it's that Rita Ora and Taika Waititi are made for each other. And ever since their relationship kicked off in ...

In 2022, Rita and Taika celebrated Valentine's Day by sharing sweet snaps of each other. "A big, showbiz-style bash is planned to celebrate, but don't expect to see it being flogged to the highest-bidding magazine." "This isn't about them doing a big showy thing and crowing about it beforehand," an unnamed source told the tabloid. One month after Rita and Taika sparked dating rumours, the pair were photographed in a rather interesting situation. So, in April 2021, the couple sparked romance rumours after Rita included a photo of her and Taika hugging on Instagram. "It's just about them being in love and deciding the time is right to formalise their relationship. If there's one universal truth in the world, it's that Rita Ora and Taika Waititi are made for each other. And while they have put their relationship into the public sphere, they refuse to talk about each other in interviews. But that wasn't all, the celebration was an A-list event, hosting an impressive guest list, including Ashley Benson, Rami Malek, Jodie Turner-Smith, Charli XCX, Paris Jackson and Kristen Stewart. I think in the world of the internet, everything goes away pretty quick. Nothing confirms your couple status more than attending the Met Gala arm-in-arm. And entertaining me forevs..Happy Valentine's Day bestie."

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Taika Waititi and Rita Ora Are Married After 1 Year of Dating: Reports (Us Weekly)

Taika Waititi and Rita Ora, who first sparked romance rumors in 2021, have kept their relationship low-key — all the details.

“‘Girls’ was written to represent my truth and is an accurate account of a very real and honest experience in my life,” she wrote via Twitter at the time. … I learned a lot in my 20s.” “I’m in a great place in my life, that’s all I’m going to say about that,” the 50 Shades of Grey actress told Vogue Australia in September 2021. Do I have a responsibility to say in a public space that this is my person?” “I want everyone else to have that freedom and support that I have from my loved ones. During an interview with Extra in July, Ora referred to the speculation as “a little cheeky” while choosing not to address it directly.

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Taika Waititi and Rita Ora marry in secret: Report (The New Daily)

Thor: Love And Thunder director Taika Waititi and pop star Rita Ora have reportedly wed in secret in an intimate ceremony in the UK.

They just got closer and closer and eventually said to each other almost simultaneously, ‘I want to marry you’,” the source said. “They didn’t do a whole, ‘Will you marry me?’ thing and an Instagram post. “Despite living in the spotlight, Rita is determined to keep the relationship as private as possible and didn’t want to make a big song and dance about the wedding.”

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Rita Ora's close friend CONFIRMS she has married Taika Waititi (Daily Mail)

The London-based hair stylist, 53, took to his Instagram Story to share a picture with the singer, 31, where he wrote in the caption: 'Congratulations Mrs ...

Rita had a month-long fling with Kourtney Kardashian's now husband in the Autumn of 2015. Rocky had a fling with Rita in 2015. They remain close but it was simply impossible to maintain a relationship where they barely saw each other. It's just about them being in love and deciding the time is right to formalise their relationship. A friend told The Sun: 'This isn't about them doing a big showy thing and crowing about it beforehand. The pair share two daughters: Te Hinekāhu, ten, and Matewa Kiritapu, six. Start or add to your cut-out collection with this design for just £85 here... Their nearest and dearest can see how madly in love they are. Crop-top of our list was this halter by French label Musier Paris - how apt? In recent days Rita has done little to quash speculation that she and Taika had secretly tied the knot, after she was seen wearing a gold band on her ring finger. Rita modelled an array of dazzling outfits in the post, yet it was her jewellery that caught the eye as she was spotted wearing a gold band that matched the one Taika was also seen wearing in a previous snap. 'Despite living in the spotlight, Rita is determined to keep the relationship as private as possible and didn't want to make a big song and dance about the wedding.

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Thor: Love and Thunder director Taika Waititi transphobic tweets ... (Pursue News)

The Oscar-winning screenwriter is currently trending on Twitter after reportedly getting hitched to British Pop star Rita Ora though among the celebratory ...

— Gilda (@StormblessedGil)August 9, 2022 — Alex (@LobefinnedAlex)August 9, 2022 — sqwilly (@willbondway)August 9, 2022 Cis people who don’t like taika because he “fucked up thor” stop talking about how funny this is to you. — isla (@DeMomolos)August 9, 2022 why would you not wipe your tweet history as a celeb. still amazed people like this have tweets like this on this site. — clemmie (@ilyclemmie)August 9, 2022 — 𝗠𝗘𝗥𝗖Ʊ𝗥𝗬 (@theeSNYDERVERSE)August 9, 2022 No disrespect to men who want to be/dress as women. Unfortunately for Waititi, the online fallout has many questioning why the director did not delete the tweets. Thor: Love and Thunder director Taika Waititi is in hot waters for transphobic tweets from 2013.

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Taika Waititi: Transphobic Tweets Resurface From 2013 - Solzy at ... (Solzy at the Movies)

Oscar-winning filmmaker Taika Waititi is in hot water this week after nine-year-old transphobic tweets resurfaced from 2013.

I didn’t come out to myself as transgender until late 2015 but that doesn’t change the fact that these tweets are transphobic and he needs to apologize. Why he didn’t think to delete the tweets are beyond me. According to online texts that I’ve read, the term can also be derogatory in nature. Waititi doubled down in the replies to the above tweet. Caro immediately points out that their “trans* friends who struggle with suicide daily due to similar comments hardly think so.” To which the filmmaker responds, “my trans friends can walk in heels. I’m not sure how the tweets first resurfaced this week but the tweets went viral as the Thor: Love and Thunder filmmaker was ratioed on Twitter. In the first tweet, the Jojo Rabbit filmmaker writes: “No disrespect to men who want to be/dress as woman.

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Taika Waititi and Rita Ora Reportedly Married (Complex)

One year after romance rumors were sparked between Taika Waiti and Rita Ora, the pair have reportedly gotten married according to anonymous sources.

“I was doing nothing wrong,” Waititi told the Sydney Morning Herald before he was asked if the attention upset him. Romance rumors first began back in April 2021 when Ora was spotted on Instagram getting cozy with the Reservation Dogs creator. The Sun further reported earlier in August that the pop star has also changed her name, going from Rita Ora to Rita Waititi-Ora.

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Taika Waititi's tweets about trans people have raised difficult ... (The Independent)

The latest celebrity to be caught in a “resurfaced tweets” furore is filmmaker and actor Taika Waititi. The 46-year-old New Zealander recently directed the ...

And yet, it’s hard to scroll through the reactions to Waititi’s resurfaced tweets and see this kind of bigger picture staring back at you. After Waititi told audience members at a screening of Love and Thunder that the film would be “super gay”, queer Marvel fans were disappointed to learn that the film’s actual LGBT+ content was rather minimal (a same-sex kiss on the hand being the meagre highlight). Some have branded his approach to his Thor films queerbaiting – using the promise of on-screen queerness as a marketing strategy, while failing to deliver in the work itself. To some extent, the more pertinent critiques of Waititi and his relationship to queerness are contemporary. (Waititi has yet to respond to the criticisms he has received; The Independent has contacted a representative for comment.) To many people, particularly those on the political right, these demonstrations of public shaming are part of what has become widely known as “ cancel culture”. While the term is too often conflated with the simple notion of accountability, there’s no denying that there are instances in which social media’s thirst for a snap exposure has inflated the severity of historical offences. but you’re right, actual kathoey are better looking.” (“Kathoey” is a Thai term with a complex history of meanings related to transgender people, particularly women.) Waititi was not a well-known public figure at the time – a small role in Green Lantern and his relatively obscure indie film Boy were his most noteworthy credits – so the remarks failed to elicit any substantial backlash until now.

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Taika Waititi Just Got Married To A Huge Pop Star (GIANT FREAKIN ROBOT)

The summer seems to just be heating up with new projects from director and producer Taika Waititi. Famous for his work on the Academy Award-winning film ...

Disney took note of Waititi’s talents and asked him to direct Thor: Ragnarok which provided the director with a chance to voice one of the main characters, Korg. His association with Disney has been beneficial for audiences who have enjoyed his work on The Mandalorian and Thor: Love and Thunder. Waititi won the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for his work on Jojo Rabbit, making him one of the most sought-after writer/directors working today. Before Taika Waititi married Rita Ora, the two have become famous for their individual talents outside of their personal life. According to a report by The Sun, Taika Waititi and Rita Ora married in secret in a ceremony in London, with the singer apparently subsequently changing her name.

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