Stars voice sadness and speak out over Charlie Hebdo killings
- 9 years ago
In cities around the world vigils have been held to honour and mourn the 12 people killed in the attack on the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo.
There were emotional scenes with people holding 'Je Suis Charlie' signs.
Celebrities have also been reacting to the news, including the stars of the musical comedy ‘Into the Woods’ who spoke on the red carpet at the film’s London premiere, hours after the shootings.
Actress Meryl Streep said it was, “terrible, terrible, overwhelmingly sad. Sad. But the antidote for that is to live joyously, tolerantly and with attention.”
Her co-star Emily Blunt added: “It’s just tough because you just.. it’s a world where you have to be so careful about what you say, it’s scary.”
The French director of ‘Taken 3’ Olivier Megaton, who grew up in a Paris banlieue, reacted with sadness at the premiere of his film in New York.
He said: “You don’t have words to describe it because those people they were just artists, just cartoonists. They did
There were emotional scenes with people holding 'Je Suis Charlie' signs.
Celebrities have also been reacting to the news, including the stars of the musical comedy ‘Into the Woods’ who spoke on the red carpet at the film’s London premiere, hours after the shootings.
Actress Meryl Streep said it was, “terrible, terrible, overwhelmingly sad. Sad. But the antidote for that is to live joyously, tolerantly and with attention.”
Her co-star Emily Blunt added: “It’s just tough because you just.. it’s a world where you have to be so careful about what you say, it’s scary.”
The French director of ‘Taken 3’ Olivier Megaton, who grew up in a Paris banlieue, reacted with sadness at the premiere of his film in New York.
He said: “You don’t have words to describe it because those people they were just artists, just cartoonists. They did