Donald Trump is tapping a series of donors, supporters and other figures to fill spots on the board of trustees of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.
On Tuesday, the White House said that the president intended to appoint Elaine Chao, his secretary of transportation, to the board. Also announced was Lynn Friess, who with her husband, conservative activist and donor Foster Friess runs a family philanthropic foundation; Douglas Manchester, the San Diego real estate developer whose nomination to be the ambassador to the Bahamas was dropped amid reports of an alleged pay for play scheme; Hannah Buchan, founder of an asset management fund whose husband Duke is the U.S. ambassador to Spain; and philanthropist Catherine Reynolds.
The board of trustees includes three dozen members appointed by the president to six-year terms. Trump’s appointees have included Jon Voight, Lee Greenwood, Mike Huckabee and Andrea Wynn.
On Tuesday, the White House said that the president intended to appoint Elaine Chao, his secretary of transportation, to the board. Also announced was Lynn Friess, who with her husband, conservative activist and donor Foster Friess runs a family philanthropic foundation; Douglas Manchester, the San Diego real estate developer whose nomination to be the ambassador to the Bahamas was dropped amid reports of an alleged pay for play scheme; Hannah Buchan, founder of an asset management fund whose husband Duke is the U.S. ambassador to Spain; and philanthropist Catherine Reynolds.
The board of trustees includes three dozen members appointed by the president to six-year terms. Trump’s appointees have included Jon Voight, Lee Greenwood, Mike Huckabee and Andrea Wynn.
- 12/8/2020
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
Armie Hammer and Dakota Johnson sat down for a chat for Variety’s Actors on Actors. For more, click here.
Dakota Johnson has become the muse for Italian auteur Luca Guadagnino. In this year’s remake of the horror thriller “Suspiria,” their second collaboration after “A Bigger Splash,” Johnson plays a dancer who enrolls in a company from hell.
Armie Hammer is also a student of the Guadagnino filmmaking school. In 2018, Hammer pulls double duty as Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s husband, Martin, in “On the Basis of Sex” and as a coke-snorting businessman in “Sorry to Bother You.”
Armie Hammer: You definitely put yourself out there in a big way in “A Bigger Splash” and “Suspiria.” But “Suspiria,” as I was watching it, felt like you were in a vulnerable place. How did Luca convince you?
Dakota Johnson: He said, “Have you seen ‘Suspiria’?” And I said, “No.” He said,...
Dakota Johnson has become the muse for Italian auteur Luca Guadagnino. In this year’s remake of the horror thriller “Suspiria,” their second collaboration after “A Bigger Splash,” Johnson plays a dancer who enrolls in a company from hell.
Armie Hammer is also a student of the Guadagnino filmmaking school. In 2018, Hammer pulls double duty as Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s husband, Martin, in “On the Basis of Sex” and as a coke-snorting businessman in “Sorry to Bother You.”
Armie Hammer: You definitely put yourself out there in a big way in “A Bigger Splash” and “Suspiria.” But “Suspiria,” as I was watching it, felt like you were in a vulnerable place. How did Luca convince you?
Dakota Johnson: He said, “Have you seen ‘Suspiria’?” And I said, “No.” He said,...
- 12/5/2018
- by Ramin Setoodeh
- Variety Film + TV
Girl Talk is a weekly look at women in film — past, present, and future.
Dakota Johnson hadn’t even seen Dario Argento’s 1977 giallo classic “Suspiria” when she agreed to star in its bloody, bruising remake about a Berlin ballet school overrun by witches and plenty of female aggression. Director Luca Guadagnino first mentioned the project to Johnson when the pair was filming “A Bigger Splash” in Italy during the summer of 2014, the first film in what’s shaping up to be quite the ongoing collaboration.
Johnson had not yet seen the original, but the filmmaker was intent on her playing the lead role of seemingly wide-eyed dancer Susie Bannion. As the actress recalls, the answer was easy enough, and Johnson issued some variant on “okay, great, let’s do it.” Eventually, she watched Argento’s film, though she promises that viewing didn’t distort her experience when it came...
Dakota Johnson hadn’t even seen Dario Argento’s 1977 giallo classic “Suspiria” when she agreed to star in its bloody, bruising remake about a Berlin ballet school overrun by witches and plenty of female aggression. Director Luca Guadagnino first mentioned the project to Johnson when the pair was filming “A Bigger Splash” in Italy during the summer of 2014, the first film in what’s shaping up to be quite the ongoing collaboration.
Johnson had not yet seen the original, but the filmmaker was intent on her playing the lead role of seemingly wide-eyed dancer Susie Bannion. As the actress recalls, the answer was easy enough, and Johnson issued some variant on “okay, great, let’s do it.” Eventually, she watched Argento’s film, though she promises that viewing didn’t distort her experience when it came...
- 10/26/2018
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
Did Liv Tyler just spill the beans?! Well, maybe, but we'll let you be the judge before we rush to any conclusions over here. The expecting star shared a photo on Instagram of a tiny pair of red ballet slippers, along with Mary Helen Bowers' pregnancy workout book, Ballet Baby. Tyler captioned the shot, "Thank you @balletbeautiful sooooooo much!!! 2015 inspiration for this momma and the sweetest little shoes for the baby ( he/ she ?!) to dance with us when they arrive !!!!!!" It appears that the Leftovers actress has been working on staying fit during her second pregnancy with the help of Bowers' famed ballet practice. Several other stars have credited the workouts...
- 1/7/2015
- E! Online
New mom? Yep. World renowned modeling career? You bet. Killer post-baby bod? Triple check. Lily Aldridge is dishing all her secrets on how she got her pre-pregnancy body back in record time. After all, she did walk the Victoria's Secret fashion show four short months after giving birth. Wowza! "After I gave birth, I started doing Ballet Beautiful with Mary Helen Bowers," Aldridge told Cricket's Circle. "She got me ready for the Vs fashion show four months post-baby." But even before giving birth, the Sports Illustrated model had a post-baby body goal in mind. "I was pregnant at same time as Adriana Lima and Alessandra Ambrosio and they gave me such good advice for how to...
- 7/22/2014
- E! Online
Los Angeles, July 23: Dutch model-actress Doutzen Kroes says regular ballet training with a professional ballet dancer, Mary Helen Bowers, helps her stay in shape.
The fashion magazine, Victoria's Secret model also says that dance is one of the best exercises that helps her get a slim body and she takes regular sessions from the trainer who also helped actress Natalie Portman for her role in "Black Swan".
"I work out three or four times a week. I do a mix of boxing at a gym in New York and ballet with Mary Helen Bowers, who runs Ballet Beautiful and helped get Natalie Portman in shape for 'Black Swan'," femalefirst.co.uk quoted.
The fashion magazine, Victoria's Secret model also says that dance is one of the best exercises that helps her get a slim body and she takes regular sessions from the trainer who also helped actress Natalie Portman for her role in "Black Swan".
"I work out three or four times a week. I do a mix of boxing at a gym in New York and ballet with Mary Helen Bowers, who runs Ballet Beautiful and helped get Natalie Portman in shape for 'Black Swan'," femalefirst.co.uk quoted.
- 7/23/2013
- by Leon David
- RealBollywood.com
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