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fromwww.theguardian.com
1 day ago

Handcuffs, dog bites and avian warfare: how personal grudges sullied Alfred Hitchcock's reputation

Donald Spoto's biography of Alfred Hitchcock reveals a complex, uneasy relationship marked by misinterpretations and personal grievances.
Film
fromThe Independent
1 day ago

Charlize Theron delivers terse warning for Timothee Chalamet over 'reckless' comments

Charlize Theron defends ballet and opera, criticizing Timothée Chalamet's remarks and emphasizing the importance of these art forms.
Paris food
fromVulture
3 days ago

Natalie Portman Is 'Very Grateful' to Be Expecting Baby No. 3

Natalie Portman is pregnant with her third child, expressing gratitude and excitement about the experience.
Women in technology
fromFast Company
3 days ago

'We don't want to be left behind': Reese Witherspoon says using AI is feminist and women need to catch up

Reese Witherspoon emphasizes the importance of women understanding AI to avoid being left behind in the workforce.
Film
fromenglish.elpais.com
5 days ago

How Grace Gummer, Meryl Streep's daughter, is carving out her own niche: Her mother's gift is now also hers'

Grace Gummer, daughter of Meryl Streep, stands out in Hollywood for her talent and discretion despite her privileged background.
#meryl-streep
fromThe Independent
1 week ago

Anna Wintour poses with Devil Wears Prada double Meryl Streep as she addresses film

First of all, I'd like to say it's such an honour to be played by Meryl, however distant Miranda is from myself. Who wouldn't think that that wasn't the most extraordinary gift?
Fashion & style
#melissa-gilbert
fromThe Independent
6 days ago

Laura Linney says she starred in 'one of the great bad movies of our time'

'Congo's one of the great bad movies of our time! It's a great one. It's a delightmare. That's what I call it.'
Film
Writing
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 weeks ago

My mother, Audrey Hepburn: the star's son Sean on her movies, marriages, good works and fascist parents

Sean Hepburn Ferrer shares insights about his mother, Audrey Hepburn, emphasizing her normal family life despite her fame.
Podcast
fromwww.theguardian.com
4 weeks ago

Jane Fonda's life goes under the microscope: best podcasts of the week

Emmanuel Dzotsi co-hosts a podcast series exploring major pop culture figures using the BBC's archive.
#the-devil-wears-prada
fromFast Company
3 weeks ago
Fashion & style

Meryl Streep reveals Anne Hathaway asked that models 'not be so skeletal' for 'Devil Wears Prada' sequel

fromFast Company
3 weeks ago
Fashion & style

Meryl Streep reveals Anne Hathaway asked that models 'not be so skeletal' for 'Devil Wears Prada' sequel

Film
fromThe Independent
2 weeks ago

Bizarre Devil Wears Prada 2 trailer detail leaves fans nervous

Fans are concerned about the sequel's quality due to a bizarre detail in the new trailer.
Women
fromPsychology Today
1 month ago

Feminism in Film and the Impact on Women's Self-Perception

Feminist films enhance self-perception by portraying women as complex and human, challenging stereotypes and expanding possibilities for identity and ambition.
Right-wing politics
fromJezebel
1 month ago

Meryl Streep, Could We Interest You in Donating to an Abortion Fund??

Abortion funds face increased demand and shrinking resources as post-Roe restrictions make abortion care more expensive and difficult to access, with costs ranging from $800 to $2,000 per procedure.
fromArtnet News
1 month ago

Meryl Streep Gives Massive Boost to National Women's History Museum

Streep's investment reflects her enduring belief in the power of amplifying women's voices. One of the museum's earliest and most steadfast supporters, her seven-figure donation will be used for the creation of dynamic storytelling experiences designed to reach audiences wherever they are, from classrooms to living rooms to the digital platforms people engage with every day.
Arts
Media industry
fromVulture
1 month ago

Jane Fonda Accepts No Merger

Jane Fonda wore a 'Block the Merger' pin at the Vanity Fair Oscar Party to oppose Paramount's acquisition of Warner Bros., citing concerns about job losses, price increases, and political control of media.
Film
fromThe Independent
3 weeks ago

Aimee Lou Wood admits Beatles biopic role is 'quite intimidating'

Aimee Lou Wood feels intimidated by her role as Pattie Boyd in the upcoming Beatles biopic due to the character's recognizability.
Film
fromwww.businessinsider.com
4 weeks ago

Laura Dern, 59, says getting older changed what she finds 'sexy'

Aging has empowered Laura Dern to embrace her identity and sexuality, challenging Hollywood's narrow portrayal of beauty and vulnerability.
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

I have more to say': Jane Fonda questions why Barbra Streisand fronted Oscars tribute to Robert Redford

Bob had real backbone on and off the screen. He spoke up to defend freedom of the press, protect the environment, and encourage new voices at his Sundance Institute. She then detailed their evolving relationship and recalled how the last time they had been in contact, the pair had told each other they loved one another.
Film
fromInverse
2 months ago

35 Years Later, One Of The Greatest Horror Movies Of All Time Remains Chillingly Relevant

A source told the Times that the idea had come from deputy director Dan Bongino, a cop-turned-right-wing-podcast-yapper, whose justification for the decision was as follows: "Bongino said, You can have the best female agent take down the biggest case in our history, but if on the Ring door-camera video she's out of shape or overweight, that's going to be the story. He was worried about whether or not they'd look good on a doorbell camera. He said it's the way these times are."
US politics
#oscars
#olivia-colman
#catherine-ohara
fromFast Company
2 months ago

Jennette McCurdy on female rage and reclaiming authority

In 2022, Jennette McCurdy released her memoir I'm Glad My Mom Died, a brutally honest portrait of her life as a former child star, her battle with eating disorders, and, as the title would suggest, her rather complicated relationship with her mother.
Books
fromBustle
1 month ago

Exclusive: Jamie Lee Curtis On Balancing Motherhood & Being A Sex Symbol At 28

My life completely changed with the birth of our daughter, Annie. I was a young mom at the end of 1986, and I was starting that impossible-to-describe work balance between personal life, motherhood, and work.
Film
fromABC7 Los Angeles
1 month ago

Meryl Streep, Pedro Pascal, Jacob Elordi lead Disney's star-stacked 2026 movie lineup

The Devil Wears Prada 2 is the sequel fans have been waiting twenty years for! Meryl Streep reprises her role as Miranda Priestly and returns alongside Anne Hathaway, Emily Blunt and Stanley Tucci. The film premieres May 1.
Film
Fashion & style
fromIndependent
2 months ago

Jamie Dornan interview: I am more in awe of Brian O'Driscoll than Meryl Streep

Jamie Dornan balances high-fashion appearances with a grounded home life and maintains a lifelong passion for rugby union.
#academy-awards
Film
fromIrish Independent
1 month ago

'Beautiful chaos': Jessie Buckley wins best actress Oscar for Hamnet

An Irish actress won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her role as Agnes Hathaway in Hamnet, becoming the first Irish actress to win this award.
Film
fromThe Atlantic
1 month ago

The Academy Awards Corrected a Long Overdue Omission

The Academy Awards presented its first-ever casting award to Cassandra Kulukundis, recognizing casting directors' critical role in film production after decades of Oscar oversight.
Film
fromVulture
1 month ago

A Reunion at the Oscars? Groundbreaking.

The 2025 Academy Awards will feature multiple celebrity reunions, including a Devil Wears Prada moment, a Bridesmaids reunion, and a Marvel reunion, plus a Billy Crystal and Meg Ryan tribute to director Rob Reiner.
Television
fromVulture
2 months ago

You're Telling Me It's Possible to Be More Beautiful Than Rebecca Hall?

The Beauty blends body-horror and satire, depicting a beauty virus that physically heats people, spreads through bodily fluids and sex, and leads to obsession and self-destruction.
#the-devil-wears-prada-2
Film
fromThe Independent
1 month ago

Devil Wears Prada actor explains why he thinks he wasn't asked to be in the sequel

Adrian Grenier was not cast in The Devil Wears Prada 2 due to fan backlash against his character Nate for lacking support of Andy's career ambitions.
Film
fromThe Independent
1 month ago

Devil Wears Prada actor explains why he thinks he wasn't asked to be in the sequel

Adrian Grenier was not cast in The Devil Wears Prada 2 due to fan backlash against his character Nate for lacking support of Andy's career ambitions.
Film
fromSlate Magazine
1 month ago

She Went From Reality Star to Best Actress Front-Runner. She Deserves It All.

The Bride! fails as a film by attempting too many conflicting genres, tones, and stylistic approaches simultaneously, undermining its ambitions as both camp entertainment and serious feminist commentary.
Film
fromABC7 Los Angeles
1 month ago

'Ghostbusters' actress Jennifer Runyon dies at 65

Jennifer Runyon, actress from 'Ghostbusters' and 'Charles in Charge,' died at age 65 after a long illness surrounded by family.
fromThe Independent
1 month ago

Could Jessie Buckley's cat problem really affect her Oscar chances?

My husband, when I started dating him, he had two cats... One of the cats was like a pedigree model bitch, and she staged a coup against me. I'd come home, and there'd just be poo on my pillow. And I was like, 'it's me or the cats'. But I won!
Film
Film
fromThe Nation
2 months ago

The Exposure Therapy of "A Private Life"

Jodie Foster's lead role in A Private Life marks a deliberate, vulnerable shift toward self-exposure, delivered entirely in French and altering her on-screen presence.
Film
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

At first, she couldn't come off the oxygen long enough': the film that gives Marianne Faithfull one final thrilling performance

Marianne Faithfull's final musical performance appears in the documentary film Broken English, which celebrates her six-decade career through an innovative narrative structure that corrects historical misrepresentations of her life and work.
Film
fromThe Independent
2 months ago

The last thing we need is more biopics - but Meryl as Joni sounds irresistible

Meryl Streep's casting as Joni Mitchell could elevate a worn music-biopic formula through her capacity to portray Mitchell's cerebral, analytical, and unsentimental artistry.
#joni-mitchell
fromSlate Magazine
2 months ago

He's One of Our Greatest Actors. He Thought His Career Was Over-Until He Got One Delicious Role.

The Welsh-born actor had spent much of the decade living in the United States, where he split his time between the stage and the screen, building an utterly respectable career. He had played a compassionate doctor in David Lynch's The Elephant Man, a murderous ventriloquist in the cult thriller Magic, and the real-life convicted child murderer Bruno Hauptmann in the TV movie The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case, for which he had won his first Emmy.
Film
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

We thought Midnight Cowboy might end everybody's career': the diverse, disruptive, Oscar-winning cinema of John Schlesinger

The esteemed film-maker was licking his wounds: his most recent picture, Far from the Madding Crowd, which imbued its 19th-century rural characters with an anachronistic King's Road style and panache, had flopped stateside. Childers approached the date with mixed feelings. He adored Schlesinger's previous movie, the jazzy Darling, starring Julie Christie as a model on the make, and had seen it three times.
Film
Film
fromBustle
2 months ago

Emma Stone Snatched An Oscars Record From The Legendary Meryl Streep

Emma Stone became the youngest woman to reach seven Academy Award nominations at age 37 after earning two nominations for Bugonia.
Film
fromwww.mediaite.com
2 months ago

It's F*cking Wrong': Hollywood Star Apologizes to Transgender People for Playing F*cked Up' Crossdressing Serial Killer in Silence of the Lambs'

Ted Levine regrets portraying Buffalo Bill, acknowledging the film vilified transgender people and saying he is now much wiser about transgender issues.
fromVulture
2 months ago

I Want Your Sex Gives Olivia Wilde Her Best Role Yet

Listen to the spectacular nonchalance with which she says, "Fine, I'll fuck you, but you have to bring someone who will open your ass for me." Or when she passes Elliot off to an out-of-town associate, with a "Screw her real good, but don't let her penetrate you, she's not that close a friend." Erika's a great, outsize character, and she's also an avatar for Araki's many gleeful provocations.
Film
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

I don't want to do the same thing over and over': Stacy Martin on risky roles, tequila at the Oscars and her Jurassic Park dream

Stacy Martin reports unexplainable experiences and stars as Mother Jane Wardley in The Testament of Ann Lee, an ecstatic film musical about Shaker devotion.
fromThe Independent
2 months ago

Halle Berry 'wildly proud' of Oscar win - but says it didn't change her career

After I won it, I thought there was going to be, like, a script truck showing up outside my front door.
Film
Film
fromABC7 Los Angeles
1 month ago

Amy Madigan reflects on Oscar nomination for 'Weapons,' 40 years after her 1st nomination

Amy Madigan receives her second Oscar nomination 40 years after her first, this time for playing Aunt Gladys in the horror film 'Weapons,' marking a significant career milestone and demonstrating horror's recognition as serious filmmaking.
Film
fromwww.mercurynews.com
2 months ago

Michelle Obama's Netflix documentary surges after Melania' hits theaters

Becoming's Netflix viewership surged over 13,000% during Melania Trump's opening weekend, driven by social-media campaigns and renewed audience interest in catalog content.
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