The actor suggests her extraordinary stage, film and TV career has come to an end due to age-related macular degeneration
Judi Dench has suggested she has retired from acting because of her worsening eyesight. Asked by a reporter over the weekend at the Chelsea flower show if she had plans for future roles, Dench responded: “No, no, I can’t even see!”
Representatives for the actor, 89, have indicated that there is nothing further to add. In Chelsea, Dench continued by saying she did have other projects in the pipeline, saying: “Our book has come out [Shakespeare: The Man Who Pays the Rent], we’re going to Cheltenham book fair and then I’m going to do three shows with Gyles Brandreth.”...
Judi Dench has suggested she has retired from acting because of her worsening eyesight. Asked by a reporter over the weekend at the Chelsea flower show if she had plans for future roles, Dench responded: “No, no, I can’t even see!”
Representatives for the actor, 89, have indicated that there is nothing further to add. In Chelsea, Dench continued by saying she did have other projects in the pipeline, saying: “Our book has come out [Shakespeare: The Man Who Pays the Rent], we’re going to Cheltenham book fair and then I’m going to do three shows with Gyles Brandreth.”...
- 5/28/2024
- by Catherine Shoard
- The Guardian - Film News
Doja Cat Slams “Deadbeat” Dad In Rage-Fueled Post(Photo Credit –Instagram)
American singer Doja Cat called out her estranged father for being an absentee parent in a brutal social media post. Doja Cat put her dad on blast on May 27 in a since-deleted X bio, writing: “My dad’s a deadbeat, but I did well.”
Doja Cat, 28, has been candid about her troubled relationship with her father, Dumisani Dlamini, who seemingly abandoned her after birth. When asked about her father during an interview with Radio One D.C, the “Streets” Performer said, “He’s an incredible dancer and a great actor. But yeah, I don’t know him very well.”
While Doja Cat has reiterated that she has never met her father, he has reached out to her a couple of times on social media after her rise to fame.
Trending Justice For Johnny Wactor GoFundMe Raises Over $38,000 As ‘General...
American singer Doja Cat called out her estranged father for being an absentee parent in a brutal social media post. Doja Cat put her dad on blast on May 27 in a since-deleted X bio, writing: “My dad’s a deadbeat, but I did well.”
Doja Cat, 28, has been candid about her troubled relationship with her father, Dumisani Dlamini, who seemingly abandoned her after birth. When asked about her father during an interview with Radio One D.C, the “Streets” Performer said, “He’s an incredible dancer and a great actor. But yeah, I don’t know him very well.”
While Doja Cat has reiterated that she has never met her father, he has reached out to her a couple of times on social media after her rise to fame.
Trending Justice For Johnny Wactor GoFundMe Raises Over $38,000 As ‘General...
- 5/28/2024
- by Anushree Madappa
- KoiMoi
Meghan Markle Brutally Called Out By Nigeria’s First Lady ( Photo Credit – IMDb )
Meghan Markle’s recent Nigeria tour alongside Prince Harry did not go over well with the West African nation’s First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, who slammed the duchess for seemingly disrespecting their culture.
In a clip floating around on X, Nigeria’s First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, is seen blasting Meghan Markle over her fashion choices during her visit to the African country.
The Duchess of Sussex spent three days in Nigeria earlier this month alongside her husband, Prince Harry and made several outfit changes during the tour. While Vogue deemed the outfits as “some of the best of her on-duty style,” Nigeria’s First Lady was seemingly unimpressed and even offended.
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Meghan Markle’s recent Nigeria tour alongside Prince Harry did not go over well with the West African nation’s First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, who slammed the duchess for seemingly disrespecting their culture.
In a clip floating around on X, Nigeria’s First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, is seen blasting Meghan Markle over her fashion choices during her visit to the African country.
The Duchess of Sussex spent three days in Nigeria earlier this month alongside her husband, Prince Harry and made several outfit changes during the tour. While Vogue deemed the outfits as “some of the best of her on-duty style,” Nigeria’s First Lady was seemingly unimpressed and even offended.
Trending Is Dame Judi Dench Retiring From Acting? Oscar Winner Says “I Can’t Even See!” Amid Dwindling Movie Projects ’13 Reasons Why’ Star Dylan Minnette...
- 5/27/2024
- by Anushree Madappa
- KoiMoi
Donald Trump’s team hits the Cannes biopic “The Apprentice” with Cease & Desist Demand, Here’s why ( Photo Credit – Facebook )
The Grand Theatre Lumiere on Monday premiered The Apprentice, a film chronicling the early years of 45th US President Donald Trump as a real estate developer. Amidst the eight-minute standing ovation that followed the film’s premiere, the producers faced pressure from the political group of the former US President to cease and desist.
“Malicious defamation”, said Trump, while threatening to take legal action.
What is “The Apprentice” about?
The film, which was written and directed by Gabriel Sherman and Ali Abbasi, stars Sebastian Stan as Trump. It depicts Trump’s rise to prominence in the real estate industry, assisted by attorney Roy Cohn (Jeremy Strong), the husband of fashion model Ivana Zelnickova (Marina Bakalova). The movie demonstrates how Trump’s tactics were influenced by Cohn’s ideas, which included “admit nothing,...
The Grand Theatre Lumiere on Monday premiered The Apprentice, a film chronicling the early years of 45th US President Donald Trump as a real estate developer. Amidst the eight-minute standing ovation that followed the film’s premiere, the producers faced pressure from the political group of the former US President to cease and desist.
“Malicious defamation”, said Trump, while threatening to take legal action.
What is “The Apprentice” about?
The film, which was written and directed by Gabriel Sherman and Ali Abbasi, stars Sebastian Stan as Trump. It depicts Trump’s rise to prominence in the real estate industry, assisted by attorney Roy Cohn (Jeremy Strong), the husband of fashion model Ivana Zelnickova (Marina Bakalova). The movie demonstrates how Trump’s tactics were influenced by Cohn’s ideas, which included “admit nothing,...
- 5/27/2024
- by Aastha Soni
- KoiMoi
Dame Judi Dench Hints At Potential Retirement(Photo Credit –IMDb)
Oscar-winning actress Dame Judi Dench, who has enjoyed a storied 60-year acting career, hinted this week that she might be done with movies for good. In a recent interview with The Mirror, Judi Dench, who has been open about her struggles to see due to age-related macular degeneration, revealed if she has any future projects in the pipeline.
The 89-year-old British actress was last seen in the 2022 movie Spirited. At the time, during an interview with Louis Theorux on his BBC show, Judi Dench opened up about how her sight on set was affected due to age-related macular degeneration (Amd). Judi Dench told Theorux that while she had no plans of retiring, she was “not doing much at the moment because I can’t see. It’s bad.”
Judi Dench revealed she has a photogenic memory, and a person feeds her lines,...
Oscar-winning actress Dame Judi Dench, who has enjoyed a storied 60-year acting career, hinted this week that she might be done with movies for good. In a recent interview with The Mirror, Judi Dench, who has been open about her struggles to see due to age-related macular degeneration, revealed if she has any future projects in the pipeline.
The 89-year-old British actress was last seen in the 2022 movie Spirited. At the time, during an interview with Louis Theorux on his BBC show, Judi Dench opened up about how her sight on set was affected due to age-related macular degeneration (Amd). Judi Dench told Theorux that while she had no plans of retiring, she was “not doing much at the moment because I can’t see. It’s bad.”
Judi Dench revealed she has a photogenic memory, and a person feeds her lines,...
- 5/27/2024
- by Anushree Madappa
- KoiMoi
Dame Judi Dench has said she has no plans for any more acting jobs as she “can’t even see”.The Oscar-winning ‘Spectre’ actress, 89, has not appeared on the big screen since she appeared in 2022’s ‘Spirited’ and is losing her sight to macular degeneration, which has grown so severe she can no longer drive or read scripts.When asked if she has any acting work planned, she told a reporter at London’s recent Chelsea Flower Show: “No, no, I can't even see!”The Daily Mirror has reported her agent said there was nothing more to add to Judi’s comment when they were approached for clarification on her acting plans.Her representative told the newspaper: “Judi has nothing more to add than all she mentioned to the journalist.”Judi is still busy with off-screen projects, and is still promoting her 2023 book, ‘Shakespeare: The Man Who Pays the Rent...
- 5/27/2024
- by BANG Showbiz Reporter
- Bang Showbiz
Judi Dench has enjoyed one of the world’s most glittering careers on both stage and screen, but she has hinted this week her time on film might be over for good.
The Oscar winner last appeared in the 2022 movie Spirited, but this week when she attended the Chelsea Flower Show in London, she revealed she had no other movie projects in the pipeline, telling a journalist: “No, no. I can’t even see!”
The Mirror newspaper reports that, when asked for further comment on Dame Judi’s remarks, her agent had nothing further to add.
Dench is 89 and suffers from macular degeneration of her eyes, a condition that affects 1.5 million people in the UK. The age-related version (Amd) affects more than 700,000 people and is the biggest cause of sight loss in the UK (according to the Macular Society).
This is a change in attitude from her determination to carry...
The Oscar winner last appeared in the 2022 movie Spirited, but this week when she attended the Chelsea Flower Show in London, she revealed she had no other movie projects in the pipeline, telling a journalist: “No, no. I can’t even see!”
The Mirror newspaper reports that, when asked for further comment on Dame Judi’s remarks, her agent had nothing further to add.
Dench is 89 and suffers from macular degeneration of her eyes, a condition that affects 1.5 million people in the UK. The age-related version (Amd) affects more than 700,000 people and is the biggest cause of sight loss in the UK (according to the Macular Society).
This is a change in attitude from her determination to carry...
- 5/27/2024
- by Caroline Frost
- Deadline Film + TV
Update 21/05/24: As confirmed on the latest edition of Richard Osman and Marina Hyde’s The Rest is Entertainment podcast, the latest cast member to be confirmed is Celia Imrie in the role of Joyce Meadowcroft. Joyce would love that, we feel.
As previously reported by Variety in April 2024, Dame Helen Mirren, Sir Ben Kingsley and Pierce Brosnan are also attached to The Thursday Murder Club film adaptation, which is being directed by Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone director Chris Columbus. Mirren will of course play former spy Elizabeth, Kingsley will play psychiatrist Ibrahim, and in something of a casting curveball, Pierce Brosnan will play former union organiser Ron. That just leaves police officers Donna and Chris, and handyman/fixer Bogdan as main characters still to be announced.
Original Article: “Everyone shouts out ‘Helen Mirren! Julie Walters! Dame Judi Dench!’ in the street at me all the time,...
As previously reported by Variety in April 2024, Dame Helen Mirren, Sir Ben Kingsley and Pierce Brosnan are also attached to The Thursday Murder Club film adaptation, which is being directed by Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone director Chris Columbus. Mirren will of course play former spy Elizabeth, Kingsley will play psychiatrist Ibrahim, and in something of a casting curveball, Pierce Brosnan will play former union organiser Ron. That just leaves police officers Donna and Chris, and handyman/fixer Bogdan as main characters still to be announced.
Original Article: “Everyone shouts out ‘Helen Mirren! Julie Walters! Dame Judi Dench!’ in the street at me all the time,...
- 5/21/2024
- by Louisa Mellor
- Den of Geek
The role of James Bond has played an instrumental part in Pierce Brosnan’s career. Despite succeeding some of the greatest Bond actors like the late Sean Connery and Roger Moore, Bosnan made a name as the character. However, his films could not attract the same amount of love as they had major problems and were widely criticized by fans and critics.
Halle Berry and Pierce Brosnan in Die Another Day I Eon Productions
Pierce Brosnan started on a good note when he was introduced as the British Secret Service Agent in 1995’s GoldenEye. He gave an incredible performance and the audience liked this new version of 007. But the following three films failed to maintain the first film’s quality.
Pierce Brosnan played James Bond in four films. If the Dante’s Peak actor is to be believed, then he wanted to return for a fifth film before he was...
Halle Berry and Pierce Brosnan in Die Another Day I Eon Productions
Pierce Brosnan started on a good note when he was introduced as the British Secret Service Agent in 1995’s GoldenEye. He gave an incredible performance and the audience liked this new version of 007. But the following three films failed to maintain the first film’s quality.
Pierce Brosnan played James Bond in four films. If the Dante’s Peak actor is to be believed, then he wanted to return for a fifth film before he was...
- 5/20/2024
- by Subham Mandal
- FandomWire
AMC Networks has given Martin Scorsese’s Goodfellas a content warning over “language and/or cultural stereotypes.”
The advisory was added to the beginning of the 1990 film, which occasionally plays on AMC’s television channel as well as their streaming service, AMC+. The full message reads: “This film includes language and/or cultural stereotypes that are inconsistent with today’s standards of inclusion and tolerance and may offend some viewers.”
AMC added the content warning to Goodfellas in 2020, as well as to several other films — but now, some folks are shocked to discover the message four years later. “In 2020, we began adding advisories in front of certain films that include racial or cultural references that some viewers might find offensive,” an AMC representative told the New York Post after the advisory recently went viral.
While AMC is certainly correct in its assessment of foul language in the 1990 classic, “the cultural...
The advisory was added to the beginning of the 1990 film, which occasionally plays on AMC’s television channel as well as their streaming service, AMC+. The full message reads: “This film includes language and/or cultural stereotypes that are inconsistent with today’s standards of inclusion and tolerance and may offend some viewers.”
AMC added the content warning to Goodfellas in 2020, as well as to several other films — but now, some folks are shocked to discover the message four years later. “In 2020, we began adding advisories in front of certain films that include racial or cultural references that some viewers might find offensive,” an AMC representative told the New York Post after the advisory recently went viral.
While AMC is certainly correct in its assessment of foul language in the 1990 classic, “the cultural...
- 5/20/2024
- by Paolo Ragusa
- Consequence - Film News
Exclusive: Lord of the Rings star Morfydd Clark and Under the Banner of Heaven’s Billy Howle will star in new versions of John Osborn’s Look Back In Anger and Arnold Wesker’s Roots, which will run in rep at London’s Almeida in what has been dubbed the Angry and Young season. Ahead of the season, Romola Garai will appear in Eline Arbo’s adaptation of Annie Ernaux’s exceptional Noble Prize-winning novel The Years.
Roots, with Clark in the central role of Beatie Bryant who returns to her family in Norfolk after living a highly charged political life in London, will run at the Almeida in Islington, North London, from September 10 through November 23, directed by Diyan Zora.
Howle will take a small part in Roots but in Look Back In Anger, which will run from September 20 through November 23, he’ll play Jimmy Porter, the theater’s original angry young man.
Roots, with Clark in the central role of Beatie Bryant who returns to her family in Norfolk after living a highly charged political life in London, will run at the Almeida in Islington, North London, from September 10 through November 23, directed by Diyan Zora.
Howle will take a small part in Roots but in Look Back In Anger, which will run from September 20 through November 23, he’ll play Jimmy Porter, the theater’s original angry young man.
- 5/20/2024
- by Baz Bamigboye
- Deadline Film + TV
I don’t think it’s an unpopular opinion anymore to say trigger warnings have gone too far. When you have people like Dame Judi Dench complaining about them, maybe the plot has gotten lost somewhat, so to speak. While many have taken issue with the wrong-headed warnings before movies like Blazing Saddles (a famously anti-racist movie) and the pretty tame early James Bond movies, perhaps the moment trigger warnings truly overstepped happened last week, when AMC aired Martin Scorsese’s Goodfellas and attached the following disclaimer:
“This film includes language and/or cultural stereotypes that are inconsistent with today’s standards of inclusion and tolerance and may offend some viewers.”
Here’s the tweet that started it all:
Now I’ve seen it all. AMC message before the classic film Goodfellas. pic.twitter.com/QxTXXz4tex
— ken lovett (@klnynews) May 12, 2024
So, let’s take a minute to take all that in.
“This film includes language and/or cultural stereotypes that are inconsistent with today’s standards of inclusion and tolerance and may offend some viewers.”
Here’s the tweet that started it all:
Now I’ve seen it all. AMC message before the classic film Goodfellas. pic.twitter.com/QxTXXz4tex
— ken lovett (@klnynews) May 12, 2024
So, let’s take a minute to take all that in.
- 5/19/2024
- by Chris Bumbray
- JoBlo.com
Described as a live-action Pixar film by the director John Krasinski, the fantasy adventure film If is charming audiences worldwide with its wonderful cast, brilliant visuals, and a lot of heart. If follows the story of a young girl named Bea who finds out that she can see everyone’s imaginary friends and with the help of Cal, she goes on a mission to reconnect forgotten IFs with their kids. If stars Ryan Reynolds, Cailey Fleming, Krasinski, Steve Carell, Emily Blunt, Awkwafina, Blake Lively, Matt Damon, Brad Pitt, Louis Gossett Jr., Vincent Vaughn, Fiona Shaw, Sam Rockwell, Bradley Cooper, George Clooney, and many popular actors. So, if you also love the fantastical nature of If here are some similar films you should check out next.
The Bfg (Disney+ & Rent on Prime Video) Credit – Disney
The Bfg is a fantasy-adventure film directed by Steven Spielberg from a screenplay by Melissa Mathison.
The Bfg (Disney+ & Rent on Prime Video) Credit – Disney
The Bfg is a fantasy-adventure film directed by Steven Spielberg from a screenplay by Melissa Mathison.
- 5/19/2024
- by Kulwant Singh
- Cinema Blind
Dame Judi Dench has pushed back against giving trigger warnings before stage plays, positing anyone who is “sensitive” enough to require one shouldn’t be attending the theater in the first place.
In an interview with Radio Times magazine, Dench said that while she realizes trigger warnings can sometimes be necessary, she believes they can negatively impact the experience of taking in a stage play.
“I can see why they exist, and it is preparing people, I suppose, but if you’re that sensitive, don’t go to the theater, because you could be very shocked,” Dench said. “Where is the surprise of seeing and understanding it in your own way? Why go to the theatre if you’re going to be warned about things that are in the play?”
The Oscar-winning actor continued, “Isn’t the whole business of going to the theatre about seeing something that you can be excited,...
In an interview with Radio Times magazine, Dench said that while she realizes trigger warnings can sometimes be necessary, she believes they can negatively impact the experience of taking in a stage play.
“I can see why they exist, and it is preparing people, I suppose, but if you’re that sensitive, don’t go to the theater, because you could be very shocked,” Dench said. “Where is the surprise of seeing and understanding it in your own way? Why go to the theatre if you’re going to be warned about things that are in the play?”
The Oscar-winning actor continued, “Isn’t the whole business of going to the theatre about seeing something that you can be excited,...
- 5/16/2024
- by Eddie Fu
- Consequence - Film News
Judi Dench is skeptical about the need for trigger warnings in theater.
In an interview with Radio Times magazine, Dench was asked about her opinion on content advisories before watching a stage production.
“Do they do that? My God, it must be a pretty long trigger warning before ‘King Lear’ or ‘Titus Andronicus’!” she said. “Crikey, is that really what happens now?”
Dench, whose career on stage spans more than five decades, is one of the most celebrated British theater performers. She has worked for the National Theatre Company and Royal Shakespeare Company, and has garnered several accolades, including a Tony Award and seven Olivier Awards.
“I can see why they exist, and it is preparing people, I suppose, but if you’re that sensitive, don’t go to the theater, because you could be very shocked,” Dench said of trigger warnings. “Where is the surprise of seeing and understanding it in your own way?...
In an interview with Radio Times magazine, Dench was asked about her opinion on content advisories before watching a stage production.
“Do they do that? My God, it must be a pretty long trigger warning before ‘King Lear’ or ‘Titus Andronicus’!” she said. “Crikey, is that really what happens now?”
Dench, whose career on stage spans more than five decades, is one of the most celebrated British theater performers. She has worked for the National Theatre Company and Royal Shakespeare Company, and has garnered several accolades, including a Tony Award and seven Olivier Awards.
“I can see why they exist, and it is preparing people, I suppose, but if you’re that sensitive, don’t go to the theater, because you could be very shocked,” Dench said of trigger warnings. “Where is the surprise of seeing and understanding it in your own way?...
- 5/16/2024
- by Michaela Zee
- Variety Film + TV
It’s safe to say Judi Dench isn’t much of an advocate for trigger warnings in the theater.
During an interview with Radio Times magazine, the Oscar winner recently joined the debate surrounding notices at the beginning of a production, alerting viewers that the content contains potentially distressing material.
“Do they do that? My God, it must be a pretty long trigger warning before King Lear or Titus Andronicus!” the Notes on a Scandal star said. “Crikey, is that really what happens now?
Although Dench understands the need for warnings under certain circumstances, she also feels it can impact the viewer’s experience while watching a stage production.
“I can see why they exist, and it is preparing people, I suppose, but if you’re that sensitive, don’t go to the theater, because you could be very shocked,” she explained. “Where is the surprise of seeing and understanding it in your own way?...
During an interview with Radio Times magazine, the Oscar winner recently joined the debate surrounding notices at the beginning of a production, alerting viewers that the content contains potentially distressing material.
“Do they do that? My God, it must be a pretty long trigger warning before King Lear or Titus Andronicus!” the Notes on a Scandal star said. “Crikey, is that really what happens now?
Although Dench understands the need for warnings under certain circumstances, she also feels it can impact the viewer’s experience while watching a stage production.
“I can see why they exist, and it is preparing people, I suppose, but if you’re that sensitive, don’t go to the theater, because you could be very shocked,” she explained. “Where is the surprise of seeing and understanding it in your own way?...
- 5/16/2024
- by Carly Thomas
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Trigger warnings serve the purpose of letting audiences know that some material in the work – a film, TV show or stage production – may be offensive or outdated. But they are also seen as catering to “woke culture” and those who might be labeled “overly sensitive.” As such, many celebrities have spoken out against trigger warnings, with the latest being none other than Dame Judi Dench, who, on the cusp of turning 90, has no time for such nonsense.
As per Radio Times, Judi Dench seemed more concerned that trigger warnings robbed audiences of shock and surprise. “That’s why we go to the theatre, isn’t it? To be shocked, to be arrested out of ourselves, to recognise ourselves in front and with an audience…My God, it must be a pretty long trigger warning before King Lear or Titus Andronicus! Crikey, is that really what happens now?”
Dench went on...
As per Radio Times, Judi Dench seemed more concerned that trigger warnings robbed audiences of shock and surprise. “That’s why we go to the theatre, isn’t it? To be shocked, to be arrested out of ourselves, to recognise ourselves in front and with an audience…My God, it must be a pretty long trigger warning before King Lear or Titus Andronicus! Crikey, is that really what happens now?”
Dench went on...
- 5/14/2024
- by Mathew Plale
- JoBlo.com
Judi Dench has become the latest actor to rail against trigger warnings in the theatre, telling people to stay at home if they are sensitive.
The Oscar-winning actress said she was surprised to learn that audiences were routinely being warned about potentially distressing content, including abuse, violence, and loud noises.
“Do they do that?” Dench told the UK’s Radio Times: “It must be a pretty long trigger warning before King Lear or Titus Andronicus.”
She added: “I can see why they exist, but if you’re that sensitive, don’t go to the theatre, because you could be very shocked. Where is the surprise of seeing and understanding it in your own way?”
Dench, whose stage credits include Lady Macbeth, echoed the sentiments of others when noting her discomfort with trigger warnings.
Ralph Fiennes said theatregoers had “gone soft” in an interview with the BBC earlier this year.
The Oscar-winning actress said she was surprised to learn that audiences were routinely being warned about potentially distressing content, including abuse, violence, and loud noises.
“Do they do that?” Dench told the UK’s Radio Times: “It must be a pretty long trigger warning before King Lear or Titus Andronicus.”
She added: “I can see why they exist, but if you’re that sensitive, don’t go to the theatre, because you could be very shocked. Where is the surprise of seeing and understanding it in your own way?”
Dench, whose stage credits include Lady Macbeth, echoed the sentiments of others when noting her discomfort with trigger warnings.
Ralph Fiennes said theatregoers had “gone soft” in an interview with the BBC earlier this year.
- 5/14/2024
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
“Civil War,” the new acclaimed drama from director Alex Garland, is dominating theaters everywhere, and the film’s star Kirsten Dunst gives one of her best performances in her long and varied career. In honor of her latest movie, let’s revisit her many awards races, including her first Oscar nomination for “The Power of the Dog.”
Dunst’s first role that brought the actress lots of awards attention arrived in 1994 in Neil Jordan’s “Interview with the Vampire,” starring Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt. Dunst’s performance as the young outspoken vampire Claudia earned her a Golden Globe nomination for Best Supporting Actress, up against Sophia Loren in “Prét-à-Porter,” Robin Wright Penn in “Forrest Gump,” Uma Thurman in “Pulp Fiction” and Dianne Wiest, who won the trophy for “Bullets over Broadway.”
Occasionally the academy will reward a great child performance with an Oscar nomination, the way they did with...
Dunst’s first role that brought the actress lots of awards attention arrived in 1994 in Neil Jordan’s “Interview with the Vampire,” starring Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt. Dunst’s performance as the young outspoken vampire Claudia earned her a Golden Globe nomination for Best Supporting Actress, up against Sophia Loren in “Prét-à-Porter,” Robin Wright Penn in “Forrest Gump,” Uma Thurman in “Pulp Fiction” and Dianne Wiest, who won the trophy for “Bullets over Broadway.”
Occasionally the academy will reward a great child performance with an Oscar nomination, the way they did with...
- 4/20/2024
- by Brian Rowe
- Gold Derby
Daniel Craig breathed fresh life into James Bond, the iconic British spy that Ian Fleming created. The actor took the character and put a different spin on it, and it was clear from the get-go in Casino Royale.
The film’s success exceeded expectations, and Craig’s outing as the protagonist was greatly appreciated too. He donned the skin of the character with panache and delivered a memorable performance. Moreover, the film established a trend after 19 years, that its predecessors had deviated from.
Craig as the iconic spy (Source: Casino Royale) Daniel Craig’s Casino Royale used an Ian Flemming title after 19 years
The 2006 film with Daniel Craig playing Bond marked a major milestone for the franchise. Based on the first-ever 007 book by author Ian Fleming, the film became one of the most successful Bond films of all time, with a rating of 94% on Rotten Tomatoes.
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The film’s success exceeded expectations, and Craig’s outing as the protagonist was greatly appreciated too. He donned the skin of the character with panache and delivered a memorable performance. Moreover, the film established a trend after 19 years, that its predecessors had deviated from.
Craig as the iconic spy (Source: Casino Royale) Daniel Craig’s Casino Royale used an Ian Flemming title after 19 years
The 2006 film with Daniel Craig playing Bond marked a major milestone for the franchise. Based on the first-ever 007 book by author Ian Fleming, the film became one of the most successful Bond films of all time, with a rating of 94% on Rotten Tomatoes.
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- 4/16/2024
- by Sreshtha Roychowdhury
- FandomWire
Veteran star Judi Dench, who first stepped into the world of ‘James Bond’ in 1995 with ‘GoldenEye’, went down memory lane and recalled her first meeting with the “adorable” Pierce Brosnan.
Dench played the Chief of the Secret Intelligence Service known as “M” in the movie, a role she held in each of the subsequent films in the James Bond franchise, until ‘Spectre’ in 2015.
When Dench saw her co-star Brosnan on the ‘GoldenEye’ set, she couldn’t help but notice his good looks, reports people.com.
“Be still, beating heart,” she said, clasping her hands over her chest when asked about the James Bond icon.
She added: “He was just an adorable man. He was absolutely glorious to work with and as a person.”
Both Dench and Brosnan were nervous on the first day of shooting the ‘Bond’ film.
“His first day on Bond was my first day. But he was Bond!
Dench played the Chief of the Secret Intelligence Service known as “M” in the movie, a role she held in each of the subsequent films in the James Bond franchise, until ‘Spectre’ in 2015.
When Dench saw her co-star Brosnan on the ‘GoldenEye’ set, she couldn’t help but notice his good looks, reports people.com.
“Be still, beating heart,” she said, clasping her hands over her chest when asked about the James Bond icon.
She added: “He was just an adorable man. He was absolutely glorious to work with and as a person.”
Both Dench and Brosnan were nervous on the first day of shooting the ‘Bond’ film.
“His first day on Bond was my first day. But he was Bond!
- 4/12/2024
- by Agency News Desk
- GlamSham
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- 4/11/2024
- Look to the Stars
After being premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and the South by Southwest Film Festival, actors Richa Chadha and Ali Fazal’s production venture ‘Girls Will Be Girls’ has been officially selected for screening at this year’s TIFF Next Wave Film Festival.
The event is scheduled to run from April 11 to 14, with the screening of ‘Girls Will Be Girls’ set to take place on April 14.
Richa commented: “Being selected for TIFF Next Wave is a huge honour for us. It’s incredibly gratifying to see our film resonate with audiences worldwide and be recognised by such esteemed festivals. ‘Girls Will Be Girls’ is a project that is very close to our hearts, and to witness its journey from conception to being screened at TIFF is truly overwhelming.
She added: “We poured our hearts and souls into this film, hoping to spark meaningful conversations and connect with viewers on a deeper level.
The event is scheduled to run from April 11 to 14, with the screening of ‘Girls Will Be Girls’ set to take place on April 14.
Richa commented: “Being selected for TIFF Next Wave is a huge honour for us. It’s incredibly gratifying to see our film resonate with audiences worldwide and be recognised by such esteemed festivals. ‘Girls Will Be Girls’ is a project that is very close to our hearts, and to witness its journey from conception to being screened at TIFF is truly overwhelming.
She added: “We poured our hearts and souls into this film, hoping to spark meaningful conversations and connect with viewers on a deeper level.
- 4/10/2024
- by Agency News Desk
- GlamSham
[This story contains spoilers from the series premiere of Mary & George.]
In 2018, while flicking through the LGBTQ+ section of a copy of Time Out magazine, television producer Liza Marshall found a listing for a lecture about the sexuality of James VI and I, who reigned as the king of Scotland from 1567 to 1625 and, following the death of Queen Elizabeth I, also became the first Stuart king of England from 1603 to 1625. Despite having studied history during college, Marshall was surprised to discover that James had three significant relationships with men in his lifetime — the last of which forms the basis of the new historical drama Mary & George, which premiered Friday on Starz.
“It’s fair to say, at the beginning of the process, nobody wanted to make this show. No one knows anything about the Jacobean era,” Marshall tells The Hollywood Reporter of the 22 years that James spent as the ruler of both England and Scotland. “We know about Elizabeth I,...
In 2018, while flicking through the LGBTQ+ section of a copy of Time Out magazine, television producer Liza Marshall found a listing for a lecture about the sexuality of James VI and I, who reigned as the king of Scotland from 1567 to 1625 and, following the death of Queen Elizabeth I, also became the first Stuart king of England from 1603 to 1625. Despite having studied history during college, Marshall was surprised to discover that James had three significant relationships with men in his lifetime — the last of which forms the basis of the new historical drama Mary & George, which premiered Friday on Starz.
“It’s fair to say, at the beginning of the process, nobody wanted to make this show. No one knows anything about the Jacobean era,” Marshall tells The Hollywood Reporter of the 22 years that James spent as the ruler of both England and Scotland. “We know about Elizabeth I,...
- 4/6/2024
- by Max Gao
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
British-Indian actress Fagun Thakrar, who shares the screen with actor Rohit Roy in the film ‘Irah’, plays the Chief of the British Intelligence Agency.
The film, directed by Sam Bhattacharjee, delves into artificial intelligence and its ethical dilemmas.
Fagun shared that when a major crime involving artificial intelligence falls into the wrong hands and remains unsolved, she is called in to address the crisis, highlighting the gravity of her role.
Describing her role further, Fagun said: “It’s akin to being the head of MI6, surrounded by numerous bodyguards. Playing this role is fantastic; it’s somewhat reminiscent of James Bond 007 but from the perspective of the top leader.”
When asked if her role resembles that of Judy Dench, who plays the MI6 boss, Fagun said: “In the film, any resemblance to the legend is limited to being a woman boss of the British Secret Service. But I have another connection with Judy Dench.
The film, directed by Sam Bhattacharjee, delves into artificial intelligence and its ethical dilemmas.
Fagun shared that when a major crime involving artificial intelligence falls into the wrong hands and remains unsolved, she is called in to address the crisis, highlighting the gravity of her role.
Describing her role further, Fagun said: “It’s akin to being the head of MI6, surrounded by numerous bodyguards. Playing this role is fantastic; it’s somewhat reminiscent of James Bond 007 but from the perspective of the top leader.”
When asked if her role resembles that of Judy Dench, who plays the MI6 boss, Fagun said: “In the film, any resemblance to the legend is limited to being a woman boss of the British Secret Service. But I have another connection with Judy Dench.
- 4/4/2024
- by Agency News Desk
- GlamSham
Dan Stevens will soon be heading to Las Vegas, where he’ll be needed onstage.
The busy actor has been selected to receive CinemaCon’s excellence in acting award at the official convention of the National Association of Theatre Owners. News of the honor comes ahead of a spell that will see Stevens on the big screen in back-to-back films like Adam Wingard’s Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire for Legendary and Warner Bros. (out March 29), Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett’s Abigail for Universal Pictures (out April 19) and Tilman Singer’s Cuckoo for Neon (out Aug. 9).
Stevens will be honored during the Big Screen Achievement Awards, hosted by official presenting sponsor the Coca-Cola Company inside the Colosseum at Caesars Palace on April 11. The ceremony will also see trophies handed out to Amy Poehler (vanguard award), Lupita Nyong’o (star of the year), Shawn Levy (director of the year) and...
The busy actor has been selected to receive CinemaCon’s excellence in acting award at the official convention of the National Association of Theatre Owners. News of the honor comes ahead of a spell that will see Stevens on the big screen in back-to-back films like Adam Wingard’s Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire for Legendary and Warner Bros. (out March 29), Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett’s Abigail for Universal Pictures (out April 19) and Tilman Singer’s Cuckoo for Neon (out Aug. 9).
Stevens will be honored during the Big Screen Achievement Awards, hosted by official presenting sponsor the Coca-Cola Company inside the Colosseum at Caesars Palace on April 11. The ceremony will also see trophies handed out to Amy Poehler (vanguard award), Lupita Nyong’o (star of the year), Shawn Levy (director of the year) and...
- 3/27/2024
- by Chris Gardner
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The 2024 British Independent Film Awards (BIFA) will take place on December 8 at the Roundhouse in Camden. The ceremony will mark a return for the BIFAs, which were last held at the storied London venue in 2007.
“We’re delighted to be returning to Roundhouse this year. The opportunity to work with our production partners and the brilliant team at the venue to do something different and really special in the space is incredibly exciting for us, and we hope for the industry we celebrate too,” said BIFA directors Amy Gustin and Deena Wallace.
The BIFAs have been staged at Old Billingsgate in the City of London for the last 14 years. The awards body’s last outing in Camden was hosted by James Nesbitt. Guests and honorees included Judi Dench, Daniel Craig, Ray Winstone, Jamie Bell, Sam Riley, Carey Mulligan, and Tilda Swinton. Film winners on the night included Control, Notes on a Scandal,...
“We’re delighted to be returning to Roundhouse this year. The opportunity to work with our production partners and the brilliant team at the venue to do something different and really special in the space is incredibly exciting for us, and we hope for the industry we celebrate too,” said BIFA directors Amy Gustin and Deena Wallace.
The BIFAs have been staged at Old Billingsgate in the City of London for the last 14 years. The awards body’s last outing in Camden was hosted by James Nesbitt. Guests and honorees included Judi Dench, Daniel Craig, Ray Winstone, Jamie Bell, Sam Riley, Carey Mulligan, and Tilda Swinton. Film winners on the night included Control, Notes on a Scandal,...
- 3/26/2024
- by Zac Ntim
- Deadline Film + TV
The British Independent Film Awards (Bifa) will return to the Roundhouse in Camden, London for its 2024 ceremony, which will take place on Sunday, December 8.
The move occurs after 14 years at the Old Billingsgate venue in the City of London. “It’s an especially fitting partnership as a key focus for both the Roundhouse and Bifa is nurturing, supporting and platforming young creatives and emerging talent in the UK,” said a statement from Bifa directors Amy Gustin and Deena Wallace.
Scroll down for the Bifa 2024 entries, ceremony dates
“Our move to the Roundhouse is one of a number of positive steps...
The move occurs after 14 years at the Old Billingsgate venue in the City of London. “It’s an especially fitting partnership as a key focus for both the Roundhouse and Bifa is nurturing, supporting and platforming young creatives and emerging talent in the UK,” said a statement from Bifa directors Amy Gustin and Deena Wallace.
Scroll down for the Bifa 2024 entries, ceremony dates
“Our move to the Roundhouse is one of a number of positive steps...
- 3/26/2024
- ScreenDaily
Since the inception of the Academy Awards, the U.S.-based organization behind them has always strived to honor worldwide film achievements. Their extensive roster of competitive acting winners alone consists of artists from 30 unique countries, three of which first gained representation during the 2020s. The last full decade’s worth of triumphant performers hail from eight countries, while 42.1% of the individual actors nominated during that time originate from outside of America.
The academy’s history of recognizing acting talent on a global scale dates all the way back to the inaugural Oscars ceremony in 1929, when Swiss-born Emil Jannings (who was of German and American parentage) won Best Actor for his work in both “The Last Command” and “The Way of All Flesh.” Over the next three years, the Best Actress prize was exclusively awarded to Canadians: Mary Pickford (“Coquette”), Norma Shearer (“The Divorcee”), and Marie Dressler (“Min and Bill...
The academy’s history of recognizing acting talent on a global scale dates all the way back to the inaugural Oscars ceremony in 1929, when Swiss-born Emil Jannings (who was of German and American parentage) won Best Actor for his work in both “The Last Command” and “The Way of All Flesh.” Over the next three years, the Best Actress prize was exclusively awarded to Canadians: Mary Pickford (“Coquette”), Norma Shearer (“The Divorcee”), and Marie Dressler (“Min and Bill...
- 3/18/2024
- by Matthew Stewart
- Gold Derby
Image: Clockwise from top: The Crying Game by Palace Pictures, The Banshees of Inisherin by Searchlight Pictures, The Secret of Kells by New Video
When you think about Ireland, the first thing that comes to mind may not be the country’s robust film industry. But the fact is that...
When you think about Ireland, the first thing that comes to mind may not be the country’s robust film industry. But the fact is that...
- 3/17/2024
- by Robert DeSalvo
- avclub.com
2023 was a miraculous year for German actress Sandra Huller. Not only did she receive critical acclaim for her riveting portrayal of a woman on trial for murdering her husband in France’s “Anatomy of a Fall,” she was also praised for her role as the wife of a Nazi commander in the United Kingdom’s German-language “The Zone of Interest.” Indeed, there was much interest in Huller and her two films. She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for “Anatomy.” And both “Anatomy” and “Zone” landed slots for Best Picture, as well as Best Director bids for Justine Triet and Jonathan Glazer, respectively.
As I was speaking to academy members ahead of last Sunday’s ceremony, I detected a surprisingly robust amount of support for Huller. And many of those who had voted for her mentioned her work in “The Zone of Interest.” It really did seem...
As I was speaking to academy members ahead of last Sunday’s ceremony, I detected a surprisingly robust amount of support for Huller. And many of those who had voted for her mentioned her work in “The Zone of Interest.” It really did seem...
- 3/14/2024
- by Tariq Khan
- Gold Derby
Exclusive: The story of a woman who was accused of murder after entering into a suicide pact with her terminally ill husband is being adapted for the screen in the UK.
Corestar Media has acquired the dramatic rights to Mavis Eccleston’s story, who took the agonizing decision to end her life alongside husband of six decades Dennis, who was in terrible pain from cancer.
The feature, Goodnight Darling, will follow how the 79-year-old Mavis was arrested and tried for murder, only to be unanimously found not guilty, and then began a campaign with her family to change the law to allow people to take the choice of assisted dying.
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel author Deborah Moggach, whose mother served time in prison in an assisted dying case, has written a script. The story could be made as a film or a TV series, said a rep for UK drama indie Corestar.
Corestar Media has acquired the dramatic rights to Mavis Eccleston’s story, who took the agonizing decision to end her life alongside husband of six decades Dennis, who was in terrible pain from cancer.
The feature, Goodnight Darling, will follow how the 79-year-old Mavis was arrested and tried for murder, only to be unanimously found not guilty, and then began a campaign with her family to change the law to allow people to take the choice of assisted dying.
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel author Deborah Moggach, whose mother served time in prison in an assisted dying case, has written a script. The story could be made as a film or a TV series, said a rep for UK drama indie Corestar.
- 3/11/2024
- by Jesse Whittock
- Deadline Film + TV
The Dolby Theater in Hollywood is ready to host the celebrities this year at the 96th Academy Awards on Sunday. A total of ten films are nominated for the Best Picture category. The films in the current nomination list include American Fiction, Anatomy of a Fall, Barbie, The Holdovers, Killers of the Flower Moon, Maestro, Oppenheimer, Past Lives, Poor Things, and The Zone of Interest. Fans already have certain favorites to win the Best Picture and anything other than that will surely cause a social media meltdown.
Best Picture nominees at the 96th Academy Awards
Some of the previous Oscar favorites have failed to secure the award, and the voting body picked other surprising entries from the list. There are at least 5 such cases of Academy voters opting for the second-best (or the third or even the worst) movies for the Best Picture Award.
Shakespeare In Love (71st Academy Awards)
Who should have won?...
Best Picture nominees at the 96th Academy Awards
Some of the previous Oscar favorites have failed to secure the award, and the voting body picked other surprising entries from the list. There are at least 5 such cases of Academy voters opting for the second-best (or the third or even the worst) movies for the Best Picture Award.
Shakespeare In Love (71st Academy Awards)
Who should have won?...
- 3/10/2024
- by Hashim Asraff
- FandomWire
The 2024 Oscar nominees for Best Supporting Actress are Emily Blunt (“Oppenheimer”), Danielle Brooks (“The Color Purple”), America Ferrera (“Barbie”), Jodie Foster (“Nyad”), and Da’Vine Joy Randolph (“The Holdovers”). Our odds currently indicate that Randolph (3/1) will emerge victorious, followed in order of likelihood by Blunt (4/1), Brooks (4/1), Ferrera (9/2), and Foster (9/2).
The only one of these five actresses with any previous Oscar bids to her name is Foster, who is also this year’s oldest nominee by two full decades. Before she bagged two lead trophies for “The Accused” (1989) and “The Silence of the Lambs” (1992), she broke through at age 14 with a supporting mention for “Taxi Driver” (1977), becoming the seventh youngest Oscar-nominated performer at the time. Since 47 years separate her first and second featured notices, she now holds the record for longest span between consecutive bids in a single acting category.
As the potential eighth recipient of three or more acting Oscars, Foster...
The only one of these five actresses with any previous Oscar bids to her name is Foster, who is also this year’s oldest nominee by two full decades. Before she bagged two lead trophies for “The Accused” (1989) and “The Silence of the Lambs” (1992), she broke through at age 14 with a supporting mention for “Taxi Driver” (1977), becoming the seventh youngest Oscar-nominated performer at the time. Since 47 years separate her first and second featured notices, she now holds the record for longest span between consecutive bids in a single acting category.
As the potential eighth recipient of three or more acting Oscars, Foster...
- 3/8/2024
- by Matthew Stewart
- Gold Derby
How do you capture Jenne Casarotto? She was at the intersection of theatre, film and television. It all, seemingly, swirled around her.
Not just around her.
It was the brilliant team that she assembled at Casarotto Ramsay & Associates, the agency that’s been at the epicenter of UK arts culture for over three decades. Correction: The company’s reach extended far beyond the environs of London’s Soho.
One would see her in Venice, Cannes, Toronto and Sydney. One would not be at all surprised to be at a screening at, let’s say, Sundance, and there’d be a tap on the shoulder when the lights came up. “That was great stuff, wasn’t it?” She’d say gleefully.
It was a bit of a test because she’d expect you to be honest with her. Well, it was godawful, actually, and she’d nod sagely, her eyes twinkling behind her specs.
Not just around her.
It was the brilliant team that she assembled at Casarotto Ramsay & Associates, the agency that’s been at the epicenter of UK arts culture for over three decades. Correction: The company’s reach extended far beyond the environs of London’s Soho.
One would see her in Venice, Cannes, Toronto and Sydney. One would not be at all surprised to be at a screening at, let’s say, Sundance, and there’d be a tap on the shoulder when the lights came up. “That was great stuff, wasn’t it?” She’d say gleefully.
It was a bit of a test because she’d expect you to be honest with her. Well, it was godawful, actually, and she’d nod sagely, her eyes twinkling behind her specs.
- 3/7/2024
- by Baz Bamigboye
- Deadline Film + TV
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Joy and happiness are Oscar worthy. It has happened and should happen more often.
I want to first get this out of the way and establish that I am a massive fan of all the potential awards nominees this year. Recently, as I have done for years, I sat down to catch up on all the films that are buzzing around town gaining traction and priming themselves for potential best picture nominations at the Oscars and other noteworthy awards shows and events. I thought ‘The Power of the Dog’ and ‘The Lost Daughter’ were brilliant, moving, insightful, and immensely thoughtful movies.
While I was impressed at their content, performances, and overall filmmaking, I had one prevailing thought that I could not shake no matter how many times I watched Olivia Colman play with a doll: “Damn, these are depressing as hell!
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Joy and happiness are Oscar worthy. It has happened and should happen more often.
I want to first get this out of the way and establish that I am a massive fan of all the potential awards nominees this year. Recently, as I have done for years, I sat down to catch up on all the films that are buzzing around town gaining traction and priming themselves for potential best picture nominations at the Oscars and other noteworthy awards shows and events. I thought ‘The Power of the Dog’ and ‘The Lost Daughter’ were brilliant, moving, insightful, and immensely thoughtful movies.
While I was impressed at their content, performances, and overall filmmaking, I had one prevailing thought that I could not shake no matter how many times I watched Olivia Colman play with a doll: “Damn, these are depressing as hell!
- 3/6/2024
- by Mark Raymond
- Hollywood Insider - Substance & Meaningful Entertainment
Given the back-to-back additions of Alicia Vikander and Viola Davis to the list of Best Supporting Actress Oscar winners with the five highest amounts of screen time, one might have reasonably expected subsequent recipients of the award to follow suit. However, since they all clocked in under 29 minutes, none of the last half dozen victors even cracked the top 30, and that trend is almost sure to continue in 2024. Indeed, all but one of the category’s five current hopefuls are nominated for performances that are shorter than at least half of the ones that have ever merited this honor.
The 2024 supporting actress nominees have an average screen time of 29 minutes and 48 seconds, or 22.97% of their respective films. These amounts are almost four minutes and over 3% greater than last year’s. In terms of physical time, their average is the 16th highest in the category’s 88-year history, while their percentage mean is the 25th highest.
The 2024 supporting actress nominees have an average screen time of 29 minutes and 48 seconds, or 22.97% of their respective films. These amounts are almost four minutes and over 3% greater than last year’s. In terms of physical time, their average is the 16th highest in the category’s 88-year history, while their percentage mean is the 25th highest.
- 3/5/2024
- by Matthew Stewart
- Gold Derby
Since 2018 (and in 63% of all years since 1937), Oscar voters have consistently favored supporting actresses who deliver shorter performances than their male counterparts. Indeed, the average screen time gap between the last six pairs of featured acting winners is 28 minutes and 14 seconds, with reigning male champ Ke Huy Quan (“Everything Everywhere All at Once”) having been lauded for a performance three times larger than that of his triumphant female cast mate, Jamie Lee Curtis. At just 17 minutes and 15 seconds, hers falls within the shortest quarter of all Best Supporting Actress-winning turns.
Curtis’s performance is the fifth longest in her movie, with non-Oscar nominee James Hong directly outpacing her by two minutes and 22 seconds. A full 25 minutes separate her from fellow supporting actress Stephanie Hsu, who she defeated at both the Screen Actors Guild and Academy Awards. Considering all 87 featured female performances that have won Oscars, hers is the 20th shortest in terms of physical time,...
Curtis’s performance is the fifth longest in her movie, with non-Oscar nominee James Hong directly outpacing her by two minutes and 22 seconds. A full 25 minutes separate her from fellow supporting actress Stephanie Hsu, who she defeated at both the Screen Actors Guild and Academy Awards. Considering all 87 featured female performances that have won Oscars, hers is the 20th shortest in terms of physical time,...
- 2/28/2024
- by Matthew Stewart
- Gold Derby
Writer Paul Mayhew-Archer has penned comedy drama But When We Dance based on his own experience of Parkinson’s. Here are the details:
Work has finally started on veteran comedy writer Paul Mayhew-Archer’s next project: But When We Dance, a feature length drama which was meant to go into production for the BBC over three years ago, but the pandemic threw the schedule into chaos.
Johnny Campbell is on board to direct from Mayhew-Archer’s script, while the BBC is currently finalising the cast.
The story “centres on two people with lots in common: a great sense of humour, a love of dance, and Parkinson’s,” according to Deadline.
Mayhew-Archer is probably best known for co-writing every episode of The Vicar Of Dibley with Richard Curtis. He has worked behind the scenes in BBC comedy since the 1980s, script editing shows as diverse as Steven Moffat’s Chalk to...
Work has finally started on veteran comedy writer Paul Mayhew-Archer’s next project: But When We Dance, a feature length drama which was meant to go into production for the BBC over three years ago, but the pandemic threw the schedule into chaos.
Johnny Campbell is on board to direct from Mayhew-Archer’s script, while the BBC is currently finalising the cast.
The story “centres on two people with lots in common: a great sense of humour, a love of dance, and Parkinson’s,” according to Deadline.
Mayhew-Archer is probably best known for co-writing every episode of The Vicar Of Dibley with Richard Curtis. He has worked behind the scenes in BBC comedy since the 1980s, script editing shows as diverse as Steven Moffat’s Chalk to...
- 2/28/2024
- by Jake Godfrey
- Film Stories
Exclusive: UK production and distribution outfit Swipe Films has recently completed post-production on under-the-radar feature documentary Quintessentially Irish, which it has sold globally to Vision Films (ex UK & Ire).
The film celebrates what it is to be Irish with celebrities and politicians offering their take on the Emerald Isle. It explores some of Ireland’s most beautiful sights and famous exports, including the origins of whiskey (which the Scottish also lay claim to), Guinness, horseracing, Gaelic sports and Ireland’s oldest inhabited castle at Dunsany.
Interviewees include Navan-born Pierce Brosnan, Bob Geldof, Andrew Scott, Sharon Horgan, Oscar winner Jeremy Irons, and Prince Albert II of Monaco, discussing the Irish heritage of his mother, the Oscar winning actress Grace Kelly.
Rory Guinness — the great-great-great grandson of Guinness founder Arthur Guinness, former Man Utd owner John Magnier, Grand National-winning jockey Rachael Blackmore, Celebrity Masterchef winner Riyadh Khalaf, and Olympic gold medalist Usain Bolt are also interviewed.
The film celebrates what it is to be Irish with celebrities and politicians offering their take on the Emerald Isle. It explores some of Ireland’s most beautiful sights and famous exports, including the origins of whiskey (which the Scottish also lay claim to), Guinness, horseracing, Gaelic sports and Ireland’s oldest inhabited castle at Dunsany.
Interviewees include Navan-born Pierce Brosnan, Bob Geldof, Andrew Scott, Sharon Horgan, Oscar winner Jeremy Irons, and Prince Albert II of Monaco, discussing the Irish heritage of his mother, the Oscar winning actress Grace Kelly.
Rory Guinness — the great-great-great grandson of Guinness founder Arthur Guinness, former Man Utd owner John Magnier, Grand National-winning jockey Rachael Blackmore, Celebrity Masterchef winner Riyadh Khalaf, and Olympic gold medalist Usain Bolt are also interviewed.
- 2/27/2024
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
‘Esio Trot’ Writer Paul Mayhew-Archer’s BBC Drama ‘But When We Dance’ To Film After Three-Year Delay
Exclusive: The BBC is finally going into production on But When We Dance, the feature-length Parkinson’s drama penned by Esio Trot writer Paul Mayhew-Archer.
The show was greenlit in 2019 but the Endor Productions shoot was delayed for around three years after the pandemic wreaked havoc on production schedules.
But When We Dance is expected to shoot in the coming months, with the BBC still finalizing the drama’s cast. Jonny Campbell, who has helmed episodes of Westworld and Doctor Who, was set to direct.
The story centers on two people with lots in common: a great sense of humor, a love of dance, and Parkinson’s.
Mayhew-Archer is one of 153,000 people in the UK who have been diagnosed with Parkinson’s. He has helped raise awareness for the disease through the Movers and Shakers podcast, which he co-hosts with former BBC presenters including Jeremy Paxman.
Mayhew-Archer’s 2015 TV movie...
The show was greenlit in 2019 but the Endor Productions shoot was delayed for around three years after the pandemic wreaked havoc on production schedules.
But When We Dance is expected to shoot in the coming months, with the BBC still finalizing the drama’s cast. Jonny Campbell, who has helmed episodes of Westworld and Doctor Who, was set to direct.
The story centers on two people with lots in common: a great sense of humor, a love of dance, and Parkinson’s.
Mayhew-Archer is one of 153,000 people in the UK who have been diagnosed with Parkinson’s. He has helped raise awareness for the disease through the Movers and Shakers podcast, which he co-hosts with former BBC presenters including Jeremy Paxman.
Mayhew-Archer’s 2015 TV movie...
- 2/27/2024
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
For the fourth consecutive year, we’ve got a firecracker of a Best Actress Oscar race. Lily Gladstone took home the Screen Actors Guild Award on Saturday for “Killers of the Flower Moon” over Emma Stone, who had been on a roll since the two won their respective Golden Globes, having pocketed the Critics Choice and BAFTA Awards for “Poor Things.” Now they each have an industry prize and Best Actress feels like a coin-flip. Gladstone has closed the gap on Stone in the Oscar odds since Saturday. Don’t be surprised if she overtakes the top spot soon. But when the SAG Awards and BAFTAs don’t align in Best Actress, which one has the edge at the Oscars?
Since BAFTA became an Oscar precursor 23 years ago, the Brits and the actors guilds have disagreed 13 times in the category prior to the Battle of the Stones. But not all splits are created equally.
Since BAFTA became an Oscar precursor 23 years ago, the Brits and the actors guilds have disagreed 13 times in the category prior to the Battle of the Stones. But not all splits are created equally.
- 2/26/2024
- by Joyce Eng
- Gold Derby
Just 30 minutes after final voting for the Screen Actors Guild Awards wrapped up, I made a last-minute switch in my best actress prediction — from Lily Gladstone in “Killers of the Flower Moon” to Emma Stone in “Poor Things.” Let this be a lesson: Second-guessing yourself is seldom a good idea.
Lily Gladstone made history as the first Native American and Indigenous person to clinch an individual SAG Award for her portrayal of Mollie Burkhart, an Osage woman, in Martin Scorsese’s gripping crime saga. With a lead actress (drama) Golden Globe and a SAG Award now under her belt, Gladstone’s award-season momentum continues to be formidable. Historically, only seven performers have failed to win the Oscar after winning the unique combination of Globe and SAG:
1995: Lauren Bacall (“The Mirror Has Two Faces”) lost to Juliette Binoche 2001: Russell Crowe (“A Beautiful Mind”) lost to Denzel Washington (“Training Day...
Lily Gladstone made history as the first Native American and Indigenous person to clinch an individual SAG Award for her portrayal of Mollie Burkhart, an Osage woman, in Martin Scorsese’s gripping crime saga. With a lead actress (drama) Golden Globe and a SAG Award now under her belt, Gladstone’s award-season momentum continues to be formidable. Historically, only seven performers have failed to win the Oscar after winning the unique combination of Globe and SAG:
1995: Lauren Bacall (“The Mirror Has Two Faces”) lost to Juliette Binoche 2001: Russell Crowe (“A Beautiful Mind”) lost to Denzel Washington (“Training Day...
- 2/25/2024
- by Clayton Davis
- Variety Film + TV
From Robert Donat’s heart-breaking Mr Chips to the real-life Mr Bachmann, Judi Dench’s venomous schoolmarm to Paul Giamatti’s classics stickler in The Holdovers, cinema loves teachers, whether inspirational or awful
I had a few teachers I adored in my years at school – and one or two, perhaps, who even inspired me in some capacity – but I can’t say a film about my relationship with them would make for particularly thrilling viewing. Teaching is hard graft, and often thankless; even the best in the profession are rarely rewarded with the kind of dewy, triumphant tributes that cap off many a Hollywood classroom drama. Yet the inspirational teacher film remains a mainstay: film-makers never tire of imagining the schooldays they’d like to have had.
Paul Giamatti offers a variation on the type in The Holdovers, out on VOD last week: the curmudgeonly, academically oriented teacher with (surprise!
I had a few teachers I adored in my years at school – and one or two, perhaps, who even inspired me in some capacity – but I can’t say a film about my relationship with them would make for particularly thrilling viewing. Teaching is hard graft, and often thankless; even the best in the profession are rarely rewarded with the kind of dewy, triumphant tributes that cap off many a Hollywood classroom drama. Yet the inspirational teacher film remains a mainstay: film-makers never tire of imagining the schooldays they’d like to have had.
Paul Giamatti offers a variation on the type in The Holdovers, out on VOD last week: the curmudgeonly, academically oriented teacher with (surprise!
- 2/24/2024
- by Guy Lodge
- The Guardian - Film News
It’s 30 years this week since the death of the celebrated arthouse auteur. Across historical romps, dystopian nightmares and homoerotic poetry, we rate Jarman’s finest full-length films
Judi Dench reads 14 Shakespeare sonnets over 77 minutes of homoerotic imagery, backed by compositions by Benjamin Britten and experimental band Coil in this romantic and dreamy film. While not as powerful as Jarman’s best queer works, which channelled anger as well as beauty in their rebellion against oppression, Dench’s readings and the woozy imagery work beautifully together.
Judi Dench reads 14 Shakespeare sonnets over 77 minutes of homoerotic imagery, backed by compositions by Benjamin Britten and experimental band Coil in this romantic and dreamy film. While not as powerful as Jarman’s best queer works, which channelled anger as well as beauty in their rebellion against oppression, Dench’s readings and the woozy imagery work beautifully together.
- 2/22/2024
- by Alex Davidson
- The Guardian - Film News
Sally Potter To Re-Release 2009 Feature ‘Rage’ As Series Of Instagram Posts To Mark 15th Anniversary
British filmmaker Sally Potter has set plans to re-release her 2009 feature Rage, starring Riz Ahmed, Lily Cole, Jude Law, and Judi Dench, as a series of posts on Instagram, to mark the film’s 15th anniversary.
Potter has said the movie will unravel over several “real-time” posts across seven days, starting February 23.
The film also stars Patrick J Adams, Jacob Cedergren, John Leguizamo, Eddie Izzard, David Oyelowo, Dianne Wiest, Steve Buscemi, Adriana Barraza, Simon Abkarian and Bob Balaban. The original concept in 2009 was for the film to be watched on smartphones. The synopsis reads: Michelangelo, an unseen schoolboy armed only with a mobile phone, goes behind the scenes at a New York fashion show for seven days in which an accident on the catwalk turns into a murder investigation, and his interviews with key players become a bitterly funny expose of an industry in crisis.
The story unfolds shot by shot,...
Potter has said the movie will unravel over several “real-time” posts across seven days, starting February 23.
The film also stars Patrick J Adams, Jacob Cedergren, John Leguizamo, Eddie Izzard, David Oyelowo, Dianne Wiest, Steve Buscemi, Adriana Barraza, Simon Abkarian and Bob Balaban. The original concept in 2009 was for the film to be watched on smartphones. The synopsis reads: Michelangelo, an unseen schoolboy armed only with a mobile phone, goes behind the scenes at a New York fashion show for seven days in which an accident on the catwalk turns into a murder investigation, and his interviews with key players become a bitterly funny expose of an industry in crisis.
The story unfolds shot by shot,...
- 2/20/2024
- by Zac Ntim
- Deadline Film + TV
Sally Potter is taking her “Rage” to Instagram. IndieWire can exclusively reveal that the lauded British filmmaker will release her iconic 2009 film in a series of Instagram posts beginning on February 23.
“Rage” was the first full-length feature film specifically designed to be watched on mobile phones. Shot in a vertical format as a series of to-camera monologues, the Instagram release will feature a new shot being posted daily, leading up to the March 8 theatrical release from Abramorama to mark the 15th anniversary of the film’s Berlinale debut. “Rage” will screen with anniversary theatrical and non-theatrical engagements across North America and land on a Direct-to-Consumer digital and VOD placements later.
The film first premiered at the 2009 Berlin Film Festival, and follows an unseen student named Michelangelo who goes behind the scenes at a New York fashion show. However, over the course of a week, Michelangelo is thrust into the center...
“Rage” was the first full-length feature film specifically designed to be watched on mobile phones. Shot in a vertical format as a series of to-camera monologues, the Instagram release will feature a new shot being posted daily, leading up to the March 8 theatrical release from Abramorama to mark the 15th anniversary of the film’s Berlinale debut. “Rage” will screen with anniversary theatrical and non-theatrical engagements across North America and land on a Direct-to-Consumer digital and VOD placements later.
The film first premiered at the 2009 Berlin Film Festival, and follows an unseen student named Michelangelo who goes behind the scenes at a New York fashion show. However, over the course of a week, Michelangelo is thrust into the center...
- 2/20/2024
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
Rosamund Pike has led an equally star-studded career as her peers, if not more. She has given absolutely mind-blowing performances, worked with other A-listed stars, and created some of the most magical masterpieces ever, like her all-time best 2005 classic novel adaptation, Pride & Prejudice. Yet even in that star-studded career, she has had a few failures as well.
Rosamund Pike in Saltburn
One of these failures includes her first and last movie with Dwayne Johnson, 2005’s video game-based Doom, which Pike is “embarrassed” to have starred in. But it wasn’t because the movie turned out to be a stinker, no. Rather, the reason why Rosamund Pike was this embarrassed about starring in Doom was because she partly blamed herself for its failure.
Suggested“Never bring that up on a date again”: Rosamund Pike’s Blind Date With A Suspicious Fan Took A Dark Turn After Judi Dench’s...
Rosamund Pike in Saltburn
One of these failures includes her first and last movie with Dwayne Johnson, 2005’s video game-based Doom, which Pike is “embarrassed” to have starred in. But it wasn’t because the movie turned out to be a stinker, no. Rather, the reason why Rosamund Pike was this embarrassed about starring in Doom was because she partly blamed herself for its failure.
Suggested“Never bring that up on a date again”: Rosamund Pike’s Blind Date With A Suspicious Fan Took A Dark Turn After Judi Dench’s...
- 2/20/2024
- by Mahin Sultan
- FandomWire
Samantha Morton, the British actor (She Said, The Whale, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, The Walking Dead), writer (I Am…Kirsty) and director (The Unloved), received the BAFTA Fellowship, the British Academy’s highest honor at the BAFTA Film Awards in London on Sunday. But the outspoken star used her moment on stage to share very emotional words about children who live in poverty or who can’t live safely at home.
“For me, this is really nothing short of a miracle,” Morton said about receiving the honor, recalling how she was “hungry” and “cold” as a kid growing up in poverty.
“Film changed my life, it transformed me,” she continued. “When I first saw Ken Loach’s Kes… I was forever changed” seeing “poverty, people like me, my life and my family on the screen,” she said. Her conclusion: “Representation matters.”
Like British director Loach, Morton has...
“For me, this is really nothing short of a miracle,” Morton said about receiving the honor, recalling how she was “hungry” and “cold” as a kid growing up in poverty.
“Film changed my life, it transformed me,” she continued. “When I first saw Ken Loach’s Kes… I was forever changed” seeing “poverty, people like me, my life and my family on the screen,” she said. Her conclusion: “Representation matters.”
Like British director Loach, Morton has...
- 2/18/2024
- by Georg Szalai
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Ongoing conflicts in Gaza and Ukraine and investment in the UK film sector were among the topics raised by the winners at the 2024 Bafta Film Awards.
The ceremony took place tonight (February 18) at London’s Royal Festival Hall where Oppenheimer led the winners with seven awards.
Bafta fellowship recipient Samantha Morton gave a moving speech, touching upon her experiences in care and how important representation is. “I would tell [my younger self[, homeless and cold, hungry and alone, that you’ll have a family one day and you’ll go beyond what government statistics laid out for you,” Morton said.
Later on, at the winners’ press conference, the actress called for more investment in the UK film industry.
“We are a service industry for the wonderful Americans and they...
The ceremony took place tonight (February 18) at London’s Royal Festival Hall where Oppenheimer led the winners with seven awards.
Bafta fellowship recipient Samantha Morton gave a moving speech, touching upon her experiences in care and how important representation is. “I would tell [my younger self[, homeless and cold, hungry and alone, that you’ll have a family one day and you’ll go beyond what government statistics laid out for you,” Morton said.
Later on, at the winners’ press conference, the actress called for more investment in the UK film industry.
“We are a service industry for the wonderful Americans and they...
- 2/18/2024
- ScreenDaily
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