Chicago – When a smart and ambitious California girl moves from her “one horse town” to early 1970s Los Angeles, what better way to break into the show business than being an NBC-tv Studio Page for “The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson” and other programs of the era. Author Shelley Herman tells “My Peacock Tale.”
Ms. Herman recalls the almost impossible-to-imagine situations behind the scenes amidst a “who’s who” of 1970s entertainment culture. From a trip to see Elvis in Las Vegas that led to Shelley getting into the NBC-tv Page program to literally “breaking a leg” in an encounter that brought her an indelible moment with a musical hero, she also had an insider’s perspective on the historic feud between Joan Rivers and Johnny Carson (when Rivers left her “Tonight Show” gig for her own talk show). “My Peacock Tale” tells all in the interpersonal, professional, and emotional...
Ms. Herman recalls the almost impossible-to-imagine situations behind the scenes amidst a “who’s who” of 1970s entertainment culture. From a trip to see Elvis in Las Vegas that led to Shelley getting into the NBC-tv Page program to literally “breaking a leg” in an encounter that brought her an indelible moment with a musical hero, she also had an insider’s perspective on the historic feud between Joan Rivers and Johnny Carson (when Rivers left her “Tonight Show” gig for her own talk show). “My Peacock Tale” tells all in the interpersonal, professional, and emotional...
- 8/4/2023
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
You can pre-set your Twitter (er, X?) alerts to outrage.
The 80th Venice Film Festival unveiled an impressive and — SAG-AFTRA and Wag strike-permitting — star-studded lineup on Tuesday, that should draw international critics and press in droves to the Lido again this year.
But controversy will also again be part of the 2023 Biennale, thanks to a selection of movies from directors nearly as well known for their scandals as for their films.
Roman Polanski new feature, The Palace, scored an out-of-competition slot, as did Coup de Chance, the latest feature from Woody Allen. And Luc Besson will premiere his new feature, DogMan, in competition in Venice. All three filmmakers have been the focus of abuse allegations and, in the wake of #MeToo, the targets of online attacks and cancellation campaigns. Though Polanski, who fled the U.S. in 1978 after being convicted of sexually assaulting a teen girl, is the only one...
The 80th Venice Film Festival unveiled an impressive and — SAG-AFTRA and Wag strike-permitting — star-studded lineup on Tuesday, that should draw international critics and press in droves to the Lido again this year.
But controversy will also again be part of the 2023 Biennale, thanks to a selection of movies from directors nearly as well known for their scandals as for their films.
Roman Polanski new feature, The Palace, scored an out-of-competition slot, as did Coup de Chance, the latest feature from Woody Allen. And Luc Besson will premiere his new feature, DogMan, in competition in Venice. All three filmmakers have been the focus of abuse allegations and, in the wake of #MeToo, the targets of online attacks and cancellation campaigns. Though Polanski, who fled the U.S. in 1978 after being convicted of sexually assaulting a teen girl, is the only one...
- 7/25/2023
- by Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Coming on the heels of its eye-opening Secrets of Playboy, which accused the late Playboy honcho Hugh Hefner of being a rapist who was into snuff films and bestiality, A&e is now dropping Secrets of Miss America, a four-part docuseries airing weekly starting July 10.
Miss America, for the record, is an annual pageant for American women from 18 to 28. It differs from Miss USA, a separate pageant owned by the Miss Universe Organization — and for years lorded over by one Donald Trump, who is alleged to have had a penchant for...
Miss America, for the record, is an annual pageant for American women from 18 to 28. It differs from Miss USA, a separate pageant owned by the Miss Universe Organization — and for years lorded over by one Donald Trump, who is alleged to have had a penchant for...
- 7/10/2023
- by Marlow Stern
- Rollingstone.com
Los Angeles, July 6 (Ians) ‘X-Men’ actress Rebecca Romijn, who plays the role of Mystique in the older Fox movies, has said that she didn’t speak out about the misconduct allegations against ‘X-Men’ directors, Bryan Singer and Brett Ratner, because others had already done so.
In an interview with The Independent, the actress said that she chose to remain silent about the chaotic on-set behaviour and allegations of sexual misconduct against Bryan Singer because she didn’t feel like there was anything left to say, as her colleagues had already been outspoken about the whole affair.
She said, quoted by The Hollywood Reporter: “Yeah, I kind of just… I didn’t feel like I needed to say anything. I know the two people that I worked with had it coming, and they got theirs,” she said. “I’m not gonna… I don’t need to say anything else.”
During the interview,...
In an interview with The Independent, the actress said that she chose to remain silent about the chaotic on-set behaviour and allegations of sexual misconduct against Bryan Singer because she didn’t feel like there was anything left to say, as her colleagues had already been outspoken about the whole affair.
She said, quoted by The Hollywood Reporter: “Yeah, I kind of just… I didn’t feel like I needed to say anything. I know the two people that I worked with had it coming, and they got theirs,” she said. “I’m not gonna… I don’t need to say anything else.”
During the interview,...
- 7/6/2023
- by Agency News Desk
- GlamSham
Rebecca Romijn says she didn’t speak out about the misconduct allegations against her two former X-Men directors, Bryan Singer and Brett Ratner, because others had already done so.
While speaking to The Independent about her career journey and why working on Star Trek: Strange New Worlds is personally special, The Librarians actress opened up about the controversies around the original X-Men trilogy, which was distributed by 20th Century Fox, with the first two installments directed by Singer and the third by Ratner.
While other members of the cast have spoken more explicitly about the chaotic and on-set behavior they witnessed, in addition to addressing their feelings on the allegations of sexual misconduct around Singer, Romijn has remained mostly silent. According to her, it’s because she didn’t feel like she needed “to say anything else.”
“Yeah, I kind of just… I didn’t feel like I needed to say anything.
While speaking to The Independent about her career journey and why working on Star Trek: Strange New Worlds is personally special, The Librarians actress opened up about the controversies around the original X-Men trilogy, which was distributed by 20th Century Fox, with the first two installments directed by Singer and the third by Ratner.
While other members of the cast have spoken more explicitly about the chaotic and on-set behavior they witnessed, in addition to addressing their feelings on the allegations of sexual misconduct around Singer, Romijn has remained mostly silent. According to her, it’s because she didn’t feel like she needed “to say anything else.”
“Yeah, I kind of just… I didn’t feel like I needed to say anything.
- 7/5/2023
- by Abbey White
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Your favorite Morning Show is back.
Jennifer Aniston, Reese Witherspoon and the rest of the Tms team have picked up the pieces following the heavy pandemic-era cliffhanger broadcast the Apple series left off on.
The second season, which aired in November 2021, ended the show’s timeline in March of 2020 with the country on the cusp of lockdown amid the Covid-19 pandemic. When discussing possible projections around where The Morning Show could go following the finale, outgoing showrunner Kerry Ehhrin told THR at the time that she would be inclined to jump ahead, or even revisit the past, instead of picking up right where the show left off, indicating that the next chapter in the award-winning series would side-step Covid: “You could [jump into the future]. You could go backwards. It’s such an interesting little universe. You really can put it anywhere in time, and I think the challenge of the show is coming up with that big subject.
Jennifer Aniston, Reese Witherspoon and the rest of the Tms team have picked up the pieces following the heavy pandemic-era cliffhanger broadcast the Apple series left off on.
The second season, which aired in November 2021, ended the show’s timeline in March of 2020 with the country on the cusp of lockdown amid the Covid-19 pandemic. When discussing possible projections around where The Morning Show could go following the finale, outgoing showrunner Kerry Ehhrin told THR at the time that she would be inclined to jump ahead, or even revisit the past, instead of picking up right where the show left off, indicating that the next chapter in the award-winning series would side-step Covid: “You could [jump into the future]. You could go backwards. It’s such an interesting little universe. You really can put it anywhere in time, and I think the challenge of the show is coming up with that big subject.
- 6/29/2023
- by Jackie Strause
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
It’s all about the framing of a news story.
“We’re seeing it now, how a narrative can change the truth,” says Tracee Ellis Ross as she slides into a plush chair in her Los Angeles home. There’s no particular trending story on her mind. The actress and sometimes director is simply musing about the state of clickbait journalism and America’s eroding trust in the media. The topic is front and center in her latest movie, the Fourth Estate thriller “Cold Copy,” in which Ross plays Diane Hager, an esteemed yet cutthroat TV journalist who begins mentoring an ambitious wannabe (Bel Powley), eventually leading them both down a morally bankrupt path.
“There’s a way that you can tell stories, you can create a frame around a story that completely changes the identity of a human being, their humanity,” Ross says. “I think Diane Hager really is a part of that system.
“We’re seeing it now, how a narrative can change the truth,” says Tracee Ellis Ross as she slides into a plush chair in her Los Angeles home. There’s no particular trending story on her mind. The actress and sometimes director is simply musing about the state of clickbait journalism and America’s eroding trust in the media. The topic is front and center in her latest movie, the Fourth Estate thriller “Cold Copy,” in which Ross plays Diane Hager, an esteemed yet cutthroat TV journalist who begins mentoring an ambitious wannabe (Bel Powley), eventually leading them both down a morally bankrupt path.
“There’s a way that you can tell stories, you can create a frame around a story that completely changes the identity of a human being, their humanity,” Ross says. “I think Diane Hager really is a part of that system.
- 6/11/2023
- by Tatiana Siegel
- Variety Film + TV
Claire Denis does not define herself as anyone’s protégé.
The “Both Sides of the Blade” director shut down a question posed by The Guardian asking what it was like to be a “protégé” of Jim Jarmusch, Wim Wenders, and Jacques Rivette, among Denis’ previous collaborators.
“Protégé! It’s insulting,” Denis replied. “What a vision of women you have. It’s so disgusting to say things like that. Would you use that word for a man?”
She continued, “I was working as an assistant director. I made my own way and was paying my own rent. They chose me because I was good at my job.”
Denis made her feature directorial debut with 1988’s “Chocolat.” Despite her decades in the film industry, the French auteur admitted she is still fearful of filmmaking “all the time.”
“Everything about filmmaking is frightening,” Denis said. “I’m scared before about making a bad movie,...
The “Both Sides of the Blade” director shut down a question posed by The Guardian asking what it was like to be a “protégé” of Jim Jarmusch, Wim Wenders, and Jacques Rivette, among Denis’ previous collaborators.
“Protégé! It’s insulting,” Denis replied. “What a vision of women you have. It’s so disgusting to say things like that. Would you use that word for a man?”
She continued, “I was working as an assistant director. I made my own way and was paying my own rent. They chose me because I was good at my job.”
Denis made her feature directorial debut with 1988’s “Chocolat.” Despite her decades in the film industry, the French auteur admitted she is still fearful of filmmaking “all the time.”
“Everything about filmmaking is frightening,” Denis said. “I’m scared before about making a bad movie,...
- 6/9/2023
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
“Wednesday” actor Percy Hynes White is addressing the #MeToo allegations that circulated on social media earlier this year.
White, age 21, portrayed Nevermore Academy student and Wednesday’s (Jenna Ortega) love interest Xavier Thorpe in the record-breaking Netflix series. A Twitter user anonymously alleged in January 2023 that White assaulted her at a Toronto party he hosted and provided underage girls ages 13 to 14 alcohol and drugs.
“He would pursue, have sex with, abuse and get my friend high who was 13/14 at the time. Last time I knew they had sex she was 16 and he was 20,” the unnamed Twitter user posted in a since-deleted thread. “He assaulted me at one of those parties awhile I was too drunk, and he had cornered and pressured and assaulted multiple of my friends.”
White took to Instagram Stories to clarify his past actions and shut down claims of assault.
“Earlier this year, somebody I’ve never...
White, age 21, portrayed Nevermore Academy student and Wednesday’s (Jenna Ortega) love interest Xavier Thorpe in the record-breaking Netflix series. A Twitter user anonymously alleged in January 2023 that White assaulted her at a Toronto party he hosted and provided underage girls ages 13 to 14 alcohol and drugs.
“He would pursue, have sex with, abuse and get my friend high who was 13/14 at the time. Last time I knew they had sex she was 16 and he was 20,” the unnamed Twitter user posted in a since-deleted thread. “He assaulted me at one of those parties awhile I was too drunk, and he had cornered and pressured and assaulted multiple of my friends.”
White took to Instagram Stories to clarify his past actions and shut down claims of assault.
“Earlier this year, somebody I’ve never...
- 6/8/2023
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
The documentary capturing comedian Louis C.K.’s #MeToo scandal has been shelved at Showtime.
Director Caroline Suh (“Blackpink: Light Up the Sky”) was originally set to helm the documentary announced by Paramount Global exec David Nevins in August 2022. Nevins exited Paramount in October 2022.
Showtime confirmed to IndieWire that the documentary would not be moving forward but did not provide additional reasons as to why. Variety first reported the news.
“Louis C.K. is a slightly different situation [compared to Harvey Weinstein],” then-Showtime CEO Nevins said at the time. “[He is] a great, great comedian who has come back in his own way.”
Nevins added, “I don’t think the social change that #MeToo has brought about is resolved at all. There’s a bit of backlash against #MeToo, who has to go away and who’s allowed to come back.”
The documentary was set to chart C.K.’s exit from projects in 2017 following multiple allegations of sexual misconduct.
Director Caroline Suh (“Blackpink: Light Up the Sky”) was originally set to helm the documentary announced by Paramount Global exec David Nevins in August 2022. Nevins exited Paramount in October 2022.
Showtime confirmed to IndieWire that the documentary would not be moving forward but did not provide additional reasons as to why. Variety first reported the news.
“Louis C.K. is a slightly different situation [compared to Harvey Weinstein],” then-Showtime CEO Nevins said at the time. “[He is] a great, great comedian who has come back in his own way.”
Nevins added, “I don’t think the social change that #MeToo has brought about is resolved at all. There’s a bit of backlash against #MeToo, who has to go away and who’s allowed to come back.”
The documentary was set to chart C.K.’s exit from projects in 2017 following multiple allegations of sexual misconduct.
- 6/5/2023
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
Showtime is not moving forward with Caroline Suh’s documentary on disgraced comedian Louis C.K., Variety has learned.
The feature-length doc was announced by Paramount Global exec David Nevins at the Edinburgh TV Festival in Scotland last summer. Nevins stepped down in October following internal restructuring.
Suh, who previously directed Netflix documentary “Blackpink: Light Up the Sky,” about K-Pop superstars Blackpink, was set to helm the project about C.K., which was billed as examining the comedian and his downfall as well as the wider #MeToo movement over the past six years.
At the time the project was unveiled, Nevins said the New York Times reporters who broke the story of C.K.’s sexual misconduct were involved in the doc.
“I don’t think the social change that #MetToo has brought about is resolved at all,” Nevins said last summer. “There’s a bit of backlash against #MeToo, who...
The feature-length doc was announced by Paramount Global exec David Nevins at the Edinburgh TV Festival in Scotland last summer. Nevins stepped down in October following internal restructuring.
Suh, who previously directed Netflix documentary “Blackpink: Light Up the Sky,” about K-Pop superstars Blackpink, was set to helm the project about C.K., which was billed as examining the comedian and his downfall as well as the wider #MeToo movement over the past six years.
At the time the project was unveiled, Nevins said the New York Times reporters who broke the story of C.K.’s sexual misconduct were involved in the doc.
“I don’t think the social change that #MetToo has brought about is resolved at all,” Nevins said last summer. “There’s a bit of backlash against #MeToo, who...
- 6/5/2023
- by K.J. Yossman
- Variety Film + TV
With all the headlines dedicated to the #MeToo movement over the past few years, it can sometimes feel like the industry has made progress — certainly, enough to launch several biopics and television shows about its own misconduct. But this is still a time when “Portrait of a Lady on Fire” actress Adèle Haenel feels compelled to quit the French film industry in protest, and when the director of the Cannes Film Festival feels the need to say, out loud, that Cannes is not a “festival for rapists.”
Read More: Cannes Director Says Event Is Not “A Festival For Rapists”
Needless to say, there’s still work to be done, and it’s good that these conversations continue to happen – especially when they involve an icon of the French film industry, Marion Cotillard.
Continue reading Marion Cotillard Says #MeToo Has Taught Young Actresses What’s ‘Not Right’ at The Playlist.
Read More: Cannes Director Says Event Is Not “A Festival For Rapists”
Needless to say, there’s still work to be done, and it’s good that these conversations continue to happen – especially when they involve an icon of the French film industry, Marion Cotillard.
Continue reading Marion Cotillard Says #MeToo Has Taught Young Actresses What’s ‘Not Right’ at The Playlist.
- 5/21/2023
- by Matthew Monagle
- The Playlist
Marion Cotillard is encouraged by the progress made by the #MeToo movement, but believes, “We still have a long way to go.” The Oscar winner stopped by the American Pavilion in Cannes today to chat with me about her latest film, Little Girl Blue, which is an Official Selection Special Screening here at the festival and which deals with themes of sexual abuse.
Director Mona Achache plays herself in the film, a woman trying to understand why her mother committed suicide and who discovers a stash of thousands of letters and photographs that provide insight into a person she doesn’t recognize. Enter Cotillard, as herself, taking on the role of the mother and bringing her, in a way, back to life in order to retrace her journey.
Cotillard said she felt very close to these women because, “a lot of women in this world had experienced this relationship to men.
Director Mona Achache plays herself in the film, a woman trying to understand why her mother committed suicide and who discovers a stash of thousands of letters and photographs that provide insight into a person she doesn’t recognize. Enter Cotillard, as herself, taking on the role of the mother and bringing her, in a way, back to life in order to retrace her journey.
Cotillard said she felt very close to these women because, “a lot of women in this world had experienced this relationship to men.
- 5/21/2023
- by Nancy Tartaglione
- Deadline Film + TV
Gather ’round, kids, and let’s tell a tale of a time long ago, when movie screens weren’t filled with just superheroes and special effects. A time when parents policed what you were watching for fear of an awkward conversation.
We’re referring, of course, to sex.
From “Basic Instinct” and “Eyes Wide Shut” to “Body Double,” “Risky Business” and “9 ½ Weeks,” on-screen nookie was once a staple of cinema, as much a part of the moviegoing experience as buttered popcorn.
But Hollywood has been strangely celibate for at least the last decade. There are no specific statistics on the declining rate of sex scenes in movies: The closest TheWrap could find was a 2022 report that found R-rated features, where you often found sex scenes, had dipped to a mere 30% share of releases. But if you look at films in theaters today, even R-rated ones like “Joker” and “It,...
We’re referring, of course, to sex.
From “Basic Instinct” and “Eyes Wide Shut” to “Body Double,” “Risky Business” and “9 ½ Weeks,” on-screen nookie was once a staple of cinema, as much a part of the moviegoing experience as buttered popcorn.
But Hollywood has been strangely celibate for at least the last decade. There are no specific statistics on the declining rate of sex scenes in movies: The closest TheWrap could find was a 2022 report that found R-rated features, where you often found sex scenes, had dipped to a mere 30% share of releases. But if you look at films in theaters today, even R-rated ones like “Joker” and “It,...
- 5/19/2023
- by Kristen Lopez
- The Wrap
Given that Jane Fonda’s acting career has spanned has spanned a jaw-dropping seven decades, it’s it shouldn’t be surprising that she’s experienced the seedy underbelly of Hollywood.
Fonda appeared on a recent episode of “Watch What Happens Live”, alongside her “Book Club: The Next Chapter” co-stars Candace Bergen and Mary Steenburgen, where she shared her own #MeToo story.
While playing Plead the Fifth, host Andy Cohen asked Fonda to name “one man in Hollywood” who failed to “pick her up.”
Read More: Jane Fonda On Body Dysmorphia And Being Lost As A Young Person: ‘I Didn’t Think I Was Pretty Enough’
Rather than stay silent, Fonda singled out French director René Clément, revealing the clumsy attempt at seduction while directing her in the 1964 film “Joy House”.
“He wanted to go to bed with me because he said the character had to have an orgasm in...
Fonda appeared on a recent episode of “Watch What Happens Live”, alongside her “Book Club: The Next Chapter” co-stars Candace Bergen and Mary Steenburgen, where she shared her own #MeToo story.
While playing Plead the Fifth, host Andy Cohen asked Fonda to name “one man in Hollywood” who failed to “pick her up.”
Read More: Jane Fonda On Body Dysmorphia And Being Lost As A Young Person: ‘I Didn’t Think I Was Pretty Enough’
Rather than stay silent, Fonda singled out French director René Clément, revealing the clumsy attempt at seduction while directing her in the 1964 film “Joy House”.
“He wanted to go to bed with me because he said the character had to have an orgasm in...
- 5/17/2023
- by Brent Furdyk
- ET Canada
In the prelude to the big Cannes opener, the Johnny Depp-starring “Jeanne du Barry,” a journalist who was spat on by the film’s director has said that the (female) filmmaker is “outspokenly anti-#MeToo.” Maïwenn admitted last week to assaulting the journalist.
“She’s outspokenly anti-#MeToo and she made a gesture to please her world, and that’s why she bragged about it on TV,” stated Edwy Plenel when speaking to Variety in his first interview since the incident. “We could see a sort of pride that echoed that world.”
Planel was referring to Maïwenn’s comments in Paris Match in 2020 saying that “It’s crazy how many stupidities they say these days! These women don’t like men, that’s clear, and they’re causing very serious collateral damage.” In that same interview she noted “When I hear women complaining that men are only interested in their bottom,...
“She’s outspokenly anti-#MeToo and she made a gesture to please her world, and that’s why she bragged about it on TV,” stated Edwy Plenel when speaking to Variety in his first interview since the incident. “We could see a sort of pride that echoed that world.”
Planel was referring to Maïwenn’s comments in Paris Match in 2020 saying that “It’s crazy how many stupidities they say these days! These women don’t like men, that’s clear, and they’re causing very serious collateral damage.” In that same interview she noted “When I hear women complaining that men are only interested in their bottom,...
- 5/16/2023
- by Scott Mendelson
- The Wrap
Paris, May 16 (Ians) With the controversial shadow of Johnny Depp looming over the Cannes Film Festival, Brie Larson had few words about the decision to open this year’s edition of the world’s most-awaited cinema event with ‘Jeanne du Barry’, a historical drama starring the embattled actor, reports ‘Variety’.
It is Depp’s first leading role in three years, following highly publicised legal battles with his ex-wife Amber Heard.
Larson, who was at the forefront of the #MeToo movement, mostly evaded the question when asked whether she’d attend the world premiere, which she isn’t required to do as a juror since it’s not playing in competition, according to ‘Variety’.
“You’re asking me that?” she responded during a jury press conference on Tuesday, ‘Variety’ adds. “I’m sorry, I don’t understand the correlation or why me specifically.”
When pressed, Larson added: “You’ll see, I guess,...
It is Depp’s first leading role in three years, following highly publicised legal battles with his ex-wife Amber Heard.
Larson, who was at the forefront of the #MeToo movement, mostly evaded the question when asked whether she’d attend the world premiere, which she isn’t required to do as a juror since it’s not playing in competition, according to ‘Variety’.
“You’re asking me that?” she responded during a jury press conference on Tuesday, ‘Variety’ adds. “I’m sorry, I don’t understand the correlation or why me specifically.”
When pressed, Larson added: “You’ll see, I guess,...
- 5/16/2023
- by Agency News Desk
- GlamSham
The assault allegation against “Jeanne du Barry” writer/director/star Maïwenn has become even more complex.
After Maïwenn admitted to attacking French journalist Edwy Plenel, the Mediapart magazine editor-in-chief is citing Maïwenn’s possible motive: retaliation for the publication reporting on her ex-husband Luc Besson’s sexual abuse allegations. “Léon, the Professional” director Besson was accused in 2018 of repeatedly raping Dutch-Belgian actress Sand Van Roy over the course of two years, as well as multiple other women. The case against Besson was dismissed in 2021 after an investigation.
Maïwenn was married to Besson in 1992; she was 16 years old when they wed. Besson knew Maïwenn since she was age 12, and the couple began dating when the actress was 15 years old. Maïwenn said during the 1994 DVD extras for controversial film “Léon, the Professional” that the central relationship was inspired by her and Besson’s love story. The couple divorced in 1997.
“We published what...
After Maïwenn admitted to attacking French journalist Edwy Plenel, the Mediapart magazine editor-in-chief is citing Maïwenn’s possible motive: retaliation for the publication reporting on her ex-husband Luc Besson’s sexual abuse allegations. “Léon, the Professional” director Besson was accused in 2018 of repeatedly raping Dutch-Belgian actress Sand Van Roy over the course of two years, as well as multiple other women. The case against Besson was dismissed in 2021 after an investigation.
Maïwenn was married to Besson in 1992; she was 16 years old when they wed. Besson knew Maïwenn since she was age 12, and the couple began dating when the actress was 15 years old. Maïwenn said during the 1994 DVD extras for controversial film “Léon, the Professional” that the central relationship was inspired by her and Besson’s love story. The couple divorced in 1997.
“We published what...
- 5/16/2023
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
French actress-writer-director Maïwenn has confessed to a bit of Franco-American culture clash on the set of her latest movie, Jeanne du Barry. The Cannes opener stars Johnny Depp in his first feature film role in three years, as Louis Xv, and Maïwenn as the 18th century monarch’s favorite mistress. In a recent interview with French Premiere, the filmmaker said that she had been warned not to knock on Depp’s dressing-room door during filming to let him know she was waiting. “One day, I did it anyway,” she said. “And there, he made me understand that I had committed an unacceptable intrusion and asked me how I would have felt if he came knocking on my dressing room door. I replied that everyone does it all the time. Because that’s how a set works in France!”
That’s how a set works in Hollywood, too, or it should anyway.
That’s how a set works in Hollywood, too, or it should anyway.
- 5/16/2023
- by Rebecca Keegan
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Exclusive: Ashley Judd (She Said) has wrapped production in Oregon on Lazareth, a new thriller written and directed by Alec Tibaldi that she stars in for Vertical, Tpc and Sss Entertainment. Others rounding out the cast include Katie Douglas (Ginny & Georgia), Sarah Pidgeon (Tiny Beautiful Things), Asher Angel (Shazam!) and newcomer Edward Balaban.
The film to be distributed in North America by Vertical follows Lee (Judd), who protects her orphaned nieces, Imogen (Douglas) and Maeve (Pidgeon), from a self-destructing world and raises them in isolation until an outsider (Angel) arrives threatening their peaceful existence.
Pic is part of Vertical and Tpc’s new sustainable corporate financing model geared toward long-term growth and a symmetry of art and commerce that the companies debuted with Spencer Squire’s 2022 horror Abandoned. Vertical comes to the project after collaborating with Shaun Sanghani’s Sss Entertainment on such releases as Gone in the Night starring Winona Ryder and Dermot Mulroney,...
The film to be distributed in North America by Vertical follows Lee (Judd), who protects her orphaned nieces, Imogen (Douglas) and Maeve (Pidgeon), from a self-destructing world and raises them in isolation until an outsider (Angel) arrives threatening their peaceful existence.
Pic is part of Vertical and Tpc’s new sustainable corporate financing model geared toward long-term growth and a symmetry of art and commerce that the companies debuted with Spencer Squire’s 2022 horror Abandoned. Vertical comes to the project after collaborating with Shaun Sanghani’s Sss Entertainment on such releases as Gone in the Night starring Winona Ryder and Dermot Mulroney,...
- 5/4/2023
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
CNN has set a May premiere date for the final installment of its “Decades Series,” TheWrap can reveal exclusively.
“The 2010s,” which will premiere Sunday, May 7 at 9 p.m. Et., explores the decade that gave us Instagram, most of President Barack Obama’s administration, marriage equality, Black Lives Matter, #MeToo and Trumpism, per the official logline.
The seven part series will feature archival footage and interviews with cultural staples during the decade, including EP Tom Hanks, Dr. Anthony Fauci, Benny Blanco, Bill Kristol, David Remnick, Este Haim, Finneas, Fiona Hill, Jemele Hill, Lena Waithe, Maggie Haberman, Rami Malek, Reince Priebu, Vince Gilligan and Ted Sarandos.
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“The 2010s,” which will premiere Sunday, May 7 at 9 p.m. Et., explores the decade that gave us Instagram, most of President Barack Obama’s administration, marriage equality, Black Lives Matter, #MeToo and Trumpism, per the official logline.
The seven part series will feature archival footage and interviews with cultural staples during the decade, including EP Tom Hanks, Dr. Anthony Fauci, Benny Blanco, Bill Kristol, David Remnick, Este Haim, Finneas, Fiona Hill, Jemele Hill, Lena Waithe, Maggie Haberman, Rami Malek, Reince Priebu, Vince Gilligan and Ted Sarandos.
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Drawing from the CNN family, network anchors and correspondents will be featured in the series, including anchor Chris Wallace, anchor and Chief Political Correspondent Dana Bash,...
- 4/18/2023
- by Loree Seitz
- The Wrap
Tonya Mosley’s Truth Be Told podcast, which explores Black liberation through multiple lenses, has struck a deal with Apm Studios that will include the production of a new limited series with Mosley debuting in 2024.
The podcast was originally produced and distributed by Kqed before Mosley, an Emmy-winning broadcast journalist and regular interviewer on NPR’s Fresh Air, took the show independent. Now, Apm Studios — the podcasting arm of American Public Media — will handle ad sales, marketing and distribution for Truth Be Told.
“Tonya Mosley is one of the most talented hosts in media and we’re beyond excited to work with her at Apm Studios,” Joanne Griffith, Apm Studios’ chief content officer, said. “As the industry moves towards telling more nuanced stories of Black America and other people of color, Tonya is already leading the way with ‘Truth Be Told’ and we look forward to building on this together.
The podcast was originally produced and distributed by Kqed before Mosley, an Emmy-winning broadcast journalist and regular interviewer on NPR’s Fresh Air, took the show independent. Now, Apm Studios — the podcasting arm of American Public Media — will handle ad sales, marketing and distribution for Truth Be Told.
“Tonya Mosley is one of the most talented hosts in media and we’re beyond excited to work with her at Apm Studios,” Joanne Griffith, Apm Studios’ chief content officer, said. “As the industry moves towards telling more nuanced stories of Black America and other people of color, Tonya is already leading the way with ‘Truth Be Told’ and we look forward to building on this together.
- 3/30/2023
- by J. Clara Chan
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Yes Studios, the Israeli producer and distributor behind “Fauda” and “Shtisel,” has boarded “Unsilenced,” a six-part series about sexual violence which is inspired by Odelia Carmon’s novel “The Confidante.”
The multi-layered series stars Yaakov Zada Daniel (“Fauda”), Avraham Shalom Levi (“Shtisel”), Nelly Mira Rubin (“Fire Dance”), Dana Meinrath and Irit Nathan Benedek.
Loosely inspired by actual events, “Unsilenced” is set pre-#MeToo, in the early 2000’s, when powerful men could readily mask and perpetuate abhorrent behaviors with the help of people they installed around themselves.
The story revolves around a recently elected President who continually forces himself upon a new member of his team, a bright and ambitious young woman from a humble background. Desperate to keep her job, she asks the President’s chief of staff for help, but he shows his complicity with the situation by first looking the other way and then, as things escalate, by...
The multi-layered series stars Yaakov Zada Daniel (“Fauda”), Avraham Shalom Levi (“Shtisel”), Nelly Mira Rubin (“Fire Dance”), Dana Meinrath and Irit Nathan Benedek.
Loosely inspired by actual events, “Unsilenced” is set pre-#MeToo, in the early 2000’s, when powerful men could readily mask and perpetuate abhorrent behaviors with the help of people they installed around themselves.
The story revolves around a recently elected President who continually forces himself upon a new member of his team, a bright and ambitious young woman from a humble background. Desperate to keep her job, she asks the President’s chief of staff for help, but he shows his complicity with the situation by first looking the other way and then, as things escalate, by...
- 3/21/2023
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Oscar voting is about to close on an awards season has been one of the most volatile in years. Even though a consensus may seem to have formed around certain titles, there is still a nagging sense that anything could happen — and well might. It’s entirely appropriate, then, that Todd Field’s Tár — a film about a mercurial artist trying to keep things together through a turbulent time — is still holding a dogged course through these choppy seas, with a campaign driven by Cate Blanchett’s universally acclaimed performance as the troubled conductor Lydia Tár. Here, Field discusses (and declines to discuss) the strengths and the strangeness of a film that has somehow come to mean all things to all people.
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- 3/6/2023
- by Damon Wise
- Deadline Film + TV
Let’s be real: its nomination for best movie was the win. But Sarah Polley’s film is predicated on action, a #MeToo film that questions with the aim of moving forward
I’ve learned to never say never with the Oscars, but let’s be real: Women Talking is not going to win best picture. Writer/director Sarah Polley’s adaptation of Miriam Toews’s 2018 novel is too cerebral, too sedentary, too much of what it says it is – women talking in the aftermath of horrific sexual violence within their community – to win over enough Oscar voters. It made a meagre $5.6m (£4.67m) as a theatrical release. There doesn’t appear to be a campaign to secure best picture; the nomination was the win.
Women Talking is neither my favourite film that I’ve seen in the past year (that would be Aftersun) nor even the best film in...
I’ve learned to never say never with the Oscars, but let’s be real: Women Talking is not going to win best picture. Writer/director Sarah Polley’s adaptation of Miriam Toews’s 2018 novel is too cerebral, too sedentary, too much of what it says it is – women talking in the aftermath of horrific sexual violence within their community – to win over enough Oscar voters. It made a meagre $5.6m (£4.67m) as a theatrical release. There doesn’t appear to be a campaign to secure best picture; the nomination was the win.
Women Talking is neither my favourite film that I’ve seen in the past year (that would be Aftersun) nor even the best film in...
- 3/2/2023
- by Adrian Horton
- The Guardian - Film News
First-time feature filmmaker Jamie Dack is about to have a very big weekend. First up: Her “Palm Trees and Power Lines” hits theaters and VOD on Friday. By Saturday, the filmmaker and her cast and crew will reunite to celebrate four Indie Spirit nominations — including Best First Feature, Best First Screenplay, Best Breakthrough Performance (for star Lily McInerny), and Best Supporting Performance (for star Jonathan Tucker) — during the annual beachside awards ceremony.
It was worth the wait.
Inspired by her short film of the same name, Dack’s film premiered at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival (which went virtual after the plan to return to in-person festivities had to be scrapped at the last minute), where it competed for the top prize in the U.S. Dramatic Competition and Dack won the directing prize in the category.
But despite that Sundance win, strong critical buzz, and a robust continuing festival run,...
It was worth the wait.
Inspired by her short film of the same name, Dack’s film premiered at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival (which went virtual after the plan to return to in-person festivities had to be scrapped at the last minute), where it competed for the top prize in the U.S. Dramatic Competition and Dack won the directing prize in the category.
But despite that Sundance win, strong critical buzz, and a robust continuing festival run,...
- 2/28/2023
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
Mumbai, Feb 27 (Ians) Popular singer Sona Mohapatra got trolled after she took a dig at Shehnaaz Gill after a video went viral in which Shehnaaz can be seen pausing her performance after hearing azaan (call for prayer). Sona said that it reminded her of the time when Shehnaaz supported #MeToo accused Sajid Khan.
Sona tweeted: “All the twitter adulation for #ShehnaazGiII’s act of ‘respect’ today reminded me of her ‘support’, ‘reverence’ & ‘glorification’ of a multiple accused sex offender & pervert #SajjidKhan when he was platformed on National TV. Wished she had some respect for her sisterhood. #MeToo”
However, post her tweet, she was badly trolled and while responding to them she wrote: “Dear trolls trying to stand up for yet another starlet like Jacqueline, I don’t know what Shehnaz’s particular talent is as of now, apart from low-brow reality tv fame. But I do know the modus operandi of women of convenience,...
Sona tweeted: “All the twitter adulation for #ShehnaazGiII’s act of ‘respect’ today reminded me of her ‘support’, ‘reverence’ & ‘glorification’ of a multiple accused sex offender & pervert #SajjidKhan when he was platformed on National TV. Wished she had some respect for her sisterhood. #MeToo”
However, post her tweet, she was badly trolled and while responding to them she wrote: “Dear trolls trying to stand up for yet another starlet like Jacqueline, I don’t know what Shehnaz’s particular talent is as of now, apart from low-brow reality tv fame. But I do know the modus operandi of women of convenience,...
- 2/27/2023
- by News Bureau
- GlamSham
Dominik Moll’s brooding procedural thriller “The Night of the 12th” won big at the 48th Cesar Awards Friday night in Paris.
Out of 10 nominations, “The Night of the 12th” picked up best film, director, male newcomer for Bastien Bouillon, supporting actor for Bouli Lanners, adapted screenplay and sound. Bouillon and Lanners star as two cops trying to solve the gruesome murder of a young woman. The film opened at Cannes in the Premieres section.
Caroline Benjo, who produced “The Night of the 12th” with Carole Scotta and Simon Arnal at Haut et Court, made a searing speech denouncing the violence against women. “When Dominic and Gilles came to us to make this film it was obvious that we (needed to address this issue) and that the perspective of men on this matter was crucial, and that filmmakers had to tell this story,” said Benjo. “A few days ago, Dominic...
Out of 10 nominations, “The Night of the 12th” picked up best film, director, male newcomer for Bastien Bouillon, supporting actor for Bouli Lanners, adapted screenplay and sound. Bouillon and Lanners star as two cops trying to solve the gruesome murder of a young woman. The film opened at Cannes in the Premieres section.
Caroline Benjo, who produced “The Night of the 12th” with Carole Scotta and Simon Arnal at Haut et Court, made a searing speech denouncing the violence against women. “When Dominic and Gilles came to us to make this film it was obvious that we (needed to address this issue) and that the perspective of men on this matter was crucial, and that filmmakers had to tell this story,” said Benjo. “A few days ago, Dominic...
- 2/24/2023
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Disgraced Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein was sentenced to 16 years in prison on Thursday after being convicted of rape and sexual assault by a Los Angeles jury in December, our sister site Variety reports.
Weinstein is already serving a 23-year sentence after rape and sexual assault convictions in New York. The two sentences, if upheld, make it likely that the 71-year-old Weinstein will spend the rest of his life behind bars.
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Weinstein is already serving a 23-year sentence after rape and sexual assault convictions in New York. The two sentences, if upheld, make it likely that the 71-year-old Weinstein will spend the rest of his life behind bars.
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- 2/23/2023
- by Dave Nemetz
- TVLine.com
Evangeline Lilly said she weighed whether to post photos of herself at an anti-vaccination rally knowing it would be controversial, but that Marvel has taken the stance that it’s “not for us to tell you how to live your life.”
In an interview with Esquire published Friday, the Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania star spoke about her conflicted relationship with Hollywood, including feelings amid #MeToo that she had “become a misogynist to survive misogyny,” why she’s never “felt lonelier in Hollywood than I do now” and her life — and career — efforts beyond the carpets and movie sets.
She also opened up about the controversy around her attendance at an anti-vaccination mandate rally in January 2022 and a post in March 2020 at the very beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic. In the message, she used the hashtag #businessasusual to describe her and her family going about their lives amid the start...
In an interview with Esquire published Friday, the Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania star spoke about her conflicted relationship with Hollywood, including feelings amid #MeToo that she had “become a misogynist to survive misogyny,” why she’s never “felt lonelier in Hollywood than I do now” and her life — and career — efforts beyond the carpets and movie sets.
She also opened up about the controversy around her attendance at an anti-vaccination mandate rally in January 2022 and a post in March 2020 at the very beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic. In the message, she used the hashtag #businessasusual to describe her and her family going about their lives amid the start...
- 2/20/2023
- by Abbey White
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Emily Atef, who is presenting her latest film, “Someday We’ll Tell Each Other Everything,” in competition at the Berlin Film Festival, just moved to Paris to direct “La Maison,” a series depicting a fictional family-owned French luxury fashion empire.
While discussing “Someday We’ll Tell Each Other Everything” ahead of its world premiere, Atef told Variety that “La Maison” will be filled with a lot of drama and tragicomedy. “It’s very Shakespearean. There’s so much beauty and luxury with old mansions in Brittany, Parisian ‘hotel particuliers,’ and then behind all that there’s so much human poverty, and you see them ripping each other appart for power,” said Atef, who will direct the pilot and three more episodes.
The series was created and penned by Jose Caltagirone (“Les Combattantes”) and Valentine Milville (“The Bureau”), and will star a high-profile French ensemble cast, including Lambert Wilson (“Benedetta”), Carole Bouquet (“En Therapie...
While discussing “Someday We’ll Tell Each Other Everything” ahead of its world premiere, Atef told Variety that “La Maison” will be filled with a lot of drama and tragicomedy. “It’s very Shakespearean. There’s so much beauty and luxury with old mansions in Brittany, Parisian ‘hotel particuliers,’ and then behind all that there’s so much human poverty, and you see them ripping each other appart for power,” said Atef, who will direct the pilot and three more episodes.
The series was created and penned by Jose Caltagirone (“Les Combattantes”) and Valentine Milville (“The Bureau”), and will star a high-profile French ensemble cast, including Lambert Wilson (“Benedetta”), Carole Bouquet (“En Therapie...
- 2/17/2023
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Finally, single career-focused women get a rom-com to themselves, sans judgment. In the era of Taylor Swift’s “Midnights,” Sza’s “Sos,” and Emily Henry’s novel “Book Lovers,” it’s clear that 2023 is the year of women not apologizing for their relationship statuses, nor being neatly regulated to peppy Band-Aids like Galentine’s Day to soften the blow of the annual lovefest coupledom that is Valentine’s Day. But it’s not St. Valentine’s fault: It’s ours for ignoring self-love as the crux of V-Day.
Thankfully, Alison Brie and Dave Franco have continued the unapologetic, workaholic single woman trend with “Somebody I Used to Know.” Don’t let the trailer nor first act fool you: This is a distinctly empowered subversion on “My Best Friend’s Wedding” and fellow rom-coms that came before it.
“Somebody I Used to Know” begins at what usually is the third act of a standard rom-com.
Thankfully, Alison Brie and Dave Franco have continued the unapologetic, workaholic single woman trend with “Somebody I Used to Know.” Don’t let the trailer nor first act fool you: This is a distinctly empowered subversion on “My Best Friend’s Wedding” and fellow rom-coms that came before it.
“Somebody I Used to Know” begins at what usually is the third act of a standard rom-com.
- 2/9/2023
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
Pamela Anderson has responded to Britney Spears’ love and support with a “private letter.”
While chatting with Et Canada’s Morgan Hoffman on Monday, the actress revealed that she sent Spears a personal response after the singer showed public support for Anderson on social media last week.
“I wrote her a letter back and hopefully she’s received it by now,” Anderson said.
Read More: Britney Spears Is Bringing Fans Along With Her ‘On This Journey Of Healing’ After Years Of Being ‘Silenced,’ ‘Free Britney’ Organizer Says
“It’s hard when the people closest to you betray you or use you,” she added, referring to the hardships both she and Spears have faced in their personal lives. “You’re like a moneymaker. It’s painful.”
On Thursday, Spears praised the “Baywatch” star for speaking out in her new Netflix documentary “Pamela, a Love Story” and memoir Love, Pamela.
“I’m...
While chatting with Et Canada’s Morgan Hoffman on Monday, the actress revealed that she sent Spears a personal response after the singer showed public support for Anderson on social media last week.
“I wrote her a letter back and hopefully she’s received it by now,” Anderson said.
Read More: Britney Spears Is Bringing Fans Along With Her ‘On This Journey Of Healing’ After Years Of Being ‘Silenced,’ ‘Free Britney’ Organizer Says
“It’s hard when the people closest to you betray you or use you,” she added, referring to the hardships both she and Spears have faced in their personal lives. “You’re like a moneymaker. It’s painful.”
On Thursday, Spears praised the “Baywatch” star for speaking out in her new Netflix documentary “Pamela, a Love Story” and memoir Love, Pamela.
“I’m...
- 2/7/2023
- by Melissa Romualdi
- ET Canada
The #MeToo Moment made its way to Hollywood in 2017 amid the allegations against Harvey Weinstein. Many actors spoke up, and soon, the need for more focus on how women are treated in show business became apparent. Actor Michelle Williams has addressed this topic, especially as it concerns pay disparity between men and women in the entertainment industry. She explains why she feels more powerful since movements like #MeToo and #TimesUp.
Michelle Williams discusses the #MeToo movement Michelle Williams attends the photocall for “Showing Up” during the 75th annual Cannes film festival at Palais des Festivals on May 28, 2022 in Cannes, France. | Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images
As the movement hit Hollywood, it became clear that there are many women affected by sexual harassment and assault in the industry. More and more voices chimed in, addressing incidents from the past and present. Many big-name creators faced scrutiny, including Bryan Singer (the X-Men franchise...
Michelle Williams discusses the #MeToo movement Michelle Williams attends the photocall for “Showing Up” during the 75th annual Cannes film festival at Palais des Festivals on May 28, 2022 in Cannes, France. | Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images
As the movement hit Hollywood, it became clear that there are many women affected by sexual harassment and assault in the industry. More and more voices chimed in, addressing incidents from the past and present. Many big-name creators faced scrutiny, including Bryan Singer (the X-Men franchise...
- 2/3/2023
- by Robert Arissen
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
This review originally ran June 12, 2022, in conjunction with the film’s world premiere at the Tribeca Festival.
Over the last five years, society has gotten a crash course in Hollywood sexism. With Megan Twohey and Jodi Kantor’s groundbreaking reporting on Harvey Weinstein came countless other stories of women’s mistreatment at the hands of producers, directors and even fellow actors.
Some of the most arresting stories along these lines come from crew members, like stunt coordinators who work on rape scenes. In her new documentary “Body Parts,” Kristy Guevara-Flanagan interviews actors, film and TV creators, and crew members who work behind the scenes to put sex onscreen.
Though the film overwhelmingly focuses on big names like Joey Soloway and Rose McGowan, its strongest material comes from accounts by less glitzy experts: body doubles, scholars, intimacy coordinators and one remorseful visual effects artist.
The film’s thesis is nothing new:...
Over the last five years, society has gotten a crash course in Hollywood sexism. With Megan Twohey and Jodi Kantor’s groundbreaking reporting on Harvey Weinstein came countless other stories of women’s mistreatment at the hands of producers, directors and even fellow actors.
Some of the most arresting stories along these lines come from crew members, like stunt coordinators who work on rape scenes. In her new documentary “Body Parts,” Kristy Guevara-Flanagan interviews actors, film and TV creators, and crew members who work behind the scenes to put sex onscreen.
Though the film overwhelmingly focuses on big names like Joey Soloway and Rose McGowan, its strongest material comes from accounts by less glitzy experts: body doubles, scholars, intimacy coordinators and one remorseful visual effects artist.
The film’s thesis is nothing new:...
- 2/3/2023
- by Lena Wilson
- The Wrap
Brittany Furlan stepped into some hot water on TikTok.
This week, the wife of Tommy Lee posted a video joking about how his ex Pamela Anderson might have reacted to the news that she had died.
Read More: Pamela Anderson: Can’t Wait To See Myself Old, Don’t Want To Chase Ageing
In the video, which has since been deleted, but has been preserved by other users who responded to it, Furlan puts on a mocking concerned expression, with the on-screen caption, “Pam if I died.”
@tatyanaaaliyah47
this is so unnecessary home girl had it up for 4 whole minutes lmao #greenscreenvideo #britanyfurlan #pamelaanderson #pamelaandersondocumentary
♬ original sound – tatyana aaliyah
In the post’s caption, she added, “Pls guys I gotta make jokes it’s how I cope.”
Despite noting that it was just a joke, Furlan received backlash from Anderson’s fans, with many pointing out the “Baywatch” star has always been respectful about her.
This week, the wife of Tommy Lee posted a video joking about how his ex Pamela Anderson might have reacted to the news that she had died.
Read More: Pamela Anderson: Can’t Wait To See Myself Old, Don’t Want To Chase Ageing
In the video, which has since been deleted, but has been preserved by other users who responded to it, Furlan puts on a mocking concerned expression, with the on-screen caption, “Pam if I died.”
@tatyanaaaliyah47
this is so unnecessary home girl had it up for 4 whole minutes lmao #greenscreenvideo #britanyfurlan #pamelaanderson #pamelaandersondocumentary
♬ original sound – tatyana aaliyah
In the post’s caption, she added, “Pls guys I gotta make jokes it’s how I cope.”
Despite noting that it was just a joke, Furlan received backlash from Anderson’s fans, with many pointing out the “Baywatch” star has always been respectful about her.
- 2/3/2023
- by Corey Atad
- ET Canada
Following the release of her documentary and memoir, Pamela Anderson is opening up about her family’s response, working with Playboy and her previous controversial #MeToo comments.
In an Interview magazine story, published online Wednesday, the Baywatch actress defended her comments from a November 2017 interview with Megyn Kelly on the Today show, where she indicated that women need to protect themselves more, saying, “You know what you’re getting into when you go to a hotel room alone.”
“I could even take it a step further,” Anderson said in her recent interview. “My mother would tell me — and I think this is the kind of feminism I grew up with — it takes two to tango. Believe me, I’ve been in many situations where it’s like, ‘Come in here little girl, sit on the bed.’ But my mom would say, ‘If someone answers the door in a hotel robe...
In an Interview magazine story, published online Wednesday, the Baywatch actress defended her comments from a November 2017 interview with Megyn Kelly on the Today show, where she indicated that women need to protect themselves more, saying, “You know what you’re getting into when you go to a hotel room alone.”
“I could even take it a step further,” Anderson said in her recent interview. “My mother would tell me — and I think this is the kind of feminism I grew up with — it takes two to tango. Believe me, I’ve been in many situations where it’s like, ‘Come in here little girl, sit on the bed.’ But my mom would say, ‘If someone answers the door in a hotel robe...
- 2/3/2023
- by Carly Thomas
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Pamela Anderson earned widespread backlash in November 2017 due to an interview with “Today” in which she appeared to victim blame the survivors of the #MeToo movement. Anderson told interviewer Megyn Kelly at the time: “It was common knowledge that certain producers or certain people in Hollywood are people to avoid, privately. You know what you’re getting into if you’re going into a hotel room alone.”
Does Anderson stand by that statement nearly six years later? “I could even take it a step further,” she recently told Ronan Farrow during a new discussion for Interview Magazine.
“My mother would tell me — and I think this is the kind of feminism I grew up with — it takes two to tango,” Anderson said, attempting to explain the rationale behind her controversial #MeToo comment. “Believe me, I’ve been in many situations where it’s like, ‘Come in here little girl, sit on the bed.
Does Anderson stand by that statement nearly six years later? “I could even take it a step further,” she recently told Ronan Farrow during a new discussion for Interview Magazine.
“My mother would tell me — and I think this is the kind of feminism I grew up with — it takes two to tango,” Anderson said, attempting to explain the rationale behind her controversial #MeToo comment. “Believe me, I’ve been in many situations where it’s like, ‘Come in here little girl, sit on the bed.
- 2/2/2023
- by Zack Sharf
- Variety Film + TV
Things in Hollywood have improved, in Pamela Anderson’s eyes.
Sitting down with journalist Ronan Farrow for Interview magazine, the “Baywatch” star spoke about her experiences surviving the industry, and how things have changed since #MeToo.
Read More: Pamela Anderson: Can’t Wait To See Myself Old, Don’t Want To Chase Ageing
In particular, Farrow was interested in Anderson’s response to the movement when it emerged following the Harvey Weinstein revelations in 2017, which got her some backlash at the time.
“The spirit of honesty that runs through so much of your public life has sometimes blown up in your face a little bit,” he noted.
“You faced a lot of criticism, in the midst of #MeToo reporting that was coming out in the last several years, when you suggested women need to protect themselves a little more. You told Megyn Kelly, ‘You know what you’re getting into...
Sitting down with journalist Ronan Farrow for Interview magazine, the “Baywatch” star spoke about her experiences surviving the industry, and how things have changed since #MeToo.
Read More: Pamela Anderson: Can’t Wait To See Myself Old, Don’t Want To Chase Ageing
In particular, Farrow was interested in Anderson’s response to the movement when it emerged following the Harvey Weinstein revelations in 2017, which got her some backlash at the time.
“The spirit of honesty that runs through so much of your public life has sometimes blown up in your face a little bit,” he noted.
“You faced a lot of criticism, in the midst of #MeToo reporting that was coming out in the last several years, when you suggested women need to protect themselves a little more. You told Megyn Kelly, ‘You know what you’re getting into...
- 2/2/2023
- by Corey Atad
- ET Canada
The mechanics and politics of the filmed sex scene are put under a microscope in Kristy Guevara-Flanagan’s documentary Body Parts. A useful primer for thinking about the ways Hollywood has encoded heteronormative ideas about coitus and acted as a type of collective sex ed, Body Parts is ultimately a little too expansive. Bouncing between the Hays Code, Hattie McDaniel and the “Mamie” stereotype, #MeToo, the Harvey Weinstein and James Franco scandals, intimacy coordinators, nudity riders, and about ten other subtopics, Guevara-Flanagan’s thesis about incremental changes to the industry is ultimately diffused. While compelling in its individual, discrete sections, it fails to find a compelling throughline that would tie everything together.
Featuring a roster of talking heads, Body Parts mainly prioritizes TV creators including Joey Solloway (Transparent), David Simon (The Deuce), and Tanya Saracho (Vida), as well as actors DeWanda Wise, Rosanna Arquette, Jane Fonda, Rose McGowan, and Alexandra Billings.
Featuring a roster of talking heads, Body Parts mainly prioritizes TV creators including Joey Solloway (Transparent), David Simon (The Deuce), and Tanya Saracho (Vida), as well as actors DeWanda Wise, Rosanna Arquette, Jane Fonda, Rose McGowan, and Alexandra Billings.
- 2/2/2023
- by Christian Gallichio
- The Film Stage
Tim Allen is calling on ABC and The Walt Disney Company to support his defense against Pamela Anderson’s #MeToo claim.
In her memoir “Love, Pamela,” Anderson alleged that Allen “flashed” her while on the set of “Home Improvement” in 1991. Anderson was 23 years old at the time, with Allen then 37.
“On the first day of filming, I walked out of my dressing room, and Tim was in the hallway in his robe,” Anderson wrote. “He opened his robe and flashed me quickly — completely naked underneath. He said it was only fair, because he had seen me naked. ‘Now we’re even.’ I laughed uncomfortably.”
Allen seems to have been referring to Anderson’s nude modeling for Playboy before joining the sitcom. Allen denied the allegation, telling Variety, “No, it never happened. I would never do such a thing.”
Now, Allen is further addressing Anderson’s claim.
“She was a great co-worker,...
In her memoir “Love, Pamela,” Anderson alleged that Allen “flashed” her while on the set of “Home Improvement” in 1991. Anderson was 23 years old at the time, with Allen then 37.
“On the first day of filming, I walked out of my dressing room, and Tim was in the hallway in his robe,” Anderson wrote. “He opened his robe and flashed me quickly — completely naked underneath. He said it was only fair, because he had seen me naked. ‘Now we’re even.’ I laughed uncomfortably.”
Allen seems to have been referring to Anderson’s nude modeling for Playboy before joining the sitcom. Allen denied the allegation, telling Variety, “No, it never happened. I would never do such a thing.”
Now, Allen is further addressing Anderson’s claim.
“She was a great co-worker,...
- 1/31/2023
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
Between the Netflix documentary “Pamela, A Love Story” and the memoir “Love, Pamela” from HarperCollins, Pamela Anderson has been spilling plenty of tea, including some embarrassing, ’90s-era anecdotes about Tim Allen and Sylvester Stallone. And while both actors have emphatically denied Anderson’s claims, director Ryan White is pushing back in defense of his leading lady.
“Of course, I totally believe Pamela because I think she’s always honest in everything — about her own shortcomings, but also about other people’s,” White tells Variety in response to Allen and Stallone’s denials. “That was our conversation at the beginning of this [process]. She was, ‘I spent so much of my life protecting other people. And I’m not I’m trying not to do that as much anymore.’”
Anderson’s candor has ruffled feathers. In the memoir, which hits shelves Tuesday, she says that Allen flashed her on the set of “Home Improvement” in 1991. “[He was] completely naked,...
“Of course, I totally believe Pamela because I think she’s always honest in everything — about her own shortcomings, but also about other people’s,” White tells Variety in response to Allen and Stallone’s denials. “That was our conversation at the beginning of this [process]. She was, ‘I spent so much of my life protecting other people. And I’m not I’m trying not to do that as much anymore.’”
Anderson’s candor has ruffled feathers. In the memoir, which hits shelves Tuesday, she says that Allen flashed her on the set of “Home Improvement” in 1991. “[He was] completely naked,...
- 1/31/2023
- by Tatiana Siegel
- Variety Film + TV
Almost all of the original cast returns in That ’90s Show except for Danny Masterson, who played Steven Hyde. Topher Grace and Laura Prepon play Leia’s (Callie Haverda) parents in the Netflix spinoff. Plus, Wilmer Valderrama, Mila Kunis, Ashton Kutcher, Tommy Chong, Don Stark, Jim Rash, and Kurtwood Smith also appear in That ’90s Show.
Naturally, many fans are curious about Masterson’s character — what is Hyde up to in the That ’90s Show universe? Debra Jo Rupp has some thoughts.
Danny Masterson during 2005 Park City | Randall Michelson/WireImage Steven Hyde isn’t in ‘That ’90s Show’ because of Danny Masterson’s trial
Hyde doesn’t make an appearance in That ’90s Show because Masterson is on trial for rape. The actor was first accused of sexual assault in 2017. After being charged in June 2020 with the rape of three members of the Church of Scientology, Masterson pleaded not guilty.
Naturally, many fans are curious about Masterson’s character — what is Hyde up to in the That ’90s Show universe? Debra Jo Rupp has some thoughts.
Danny Masterson during 2005 Park City | Randall Michelson/WireImage Steven Hyde isn’t in ‘That ’90s Show’ because of Danny Masterson’s trial
Hyde doesn’t make an appearance in That ’90s Show because Masterson is on trial for rape. The actor was first accused of sexual assault in 2017. After being charged in June 2020 with the rape of three members of the Church of Scientology, Masterson pleaded not guilty.
- 1/31/2023
- by Lauren Anderson
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Two-time Oscar winner and seven-time nominee Jane Fonda has spoken out in support of intimacy coordinators and having more women on film sets. The 85-year-old actress and activist has a new movie in theaters this Friday, "80 for Brady," in which she, Lily Tomlin, Rita Moreno, and Sally Field star as four ladies who set out on a wild road trip to the Super Bowl to see their favorite NFL player, quarterback Tom Brady, play. Based on a true story, the film happens to be set in 2017, which became a pivotal year for the entertainment industry as it began to reckon with long-standing abuses of power.
In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Fonda -- who was involved in the civil rights movement in the 1960s and has been an advocate for feminist causes -- lamented that it took white "movie stars" to create a real groundswell for the #MeToo movement in 2017. "It saddens me,...
In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Fonda -- who was involved in the civil rights movement in the 1960s and has been an advocate for feminist causes -- lamented that it took white "movie stars" to create a real groundswell for the #MeToo movement in 2017. "It saddens me,...
- 1/30/2023
- by Joshua Meyer
- Slash Film
After claiming in her new memoir that Tim Allen flashed her in 1991 on the set of Home Improvement, Pamela Anderson is speaking out about the alleged incident. “Tim is a comedian; it’s his job to cross the line. I’m sure he had no bad intentions,” the 55-year-old said in a texted statement to Variety. “Times have changed, though. I doubt anyone would try that post #MeToo. It’s a new world.” Anderson, who played “tool girl” Lisa on Home Improvement opposite Allen as Tim Taylor, described the incident in question in her new memoir, Love, Pamela, due for release on Tuesday, January 31. “On the first day of filming, I walked out of my dressing room, and Tim was in the hallway in his robe,” she wrote in the book, according to an excerpt published online by Variety. “He opened his robe and flashed me quickly — completely naked underneath.
- 1/29/2023
- TV Insider
Despite The Real Housewives of Potomac cast members and fans sometimes questioning the validity of Juan and Robyn Dixon’s relationship, Robyn is unphased. But what she is bothered by are Karen Huger’s accusations that Juan acted inappropriately with her. Robyn says such accusations can cause major damage to a person’s reputation, and also believes Karen is simply obsessed with Juan.
Juan Dixon and Robyn Dixon | Brian Stukes/Getty Images Karen Huger makes shocking allegations about Juan Dixon
Robyn and Huger hurled accusations toward one another after a disagreement transpired over Robyn’s wedding date. Huger questioned when and if Robyn would actually walk down the aisle, considering she’d been engaged for nearly three years and had been on and off with Juan for decades.
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Huger became enraged after Robyn called her fake, and suggested that Robyn and Juan’s relationship was fake. In fact,...
Juan Dixon and Robyn Dixon | Brian Stukes/Getty Images Karen Huger makes shocking allegations about Juan Dixon
Robyn and Huger hurled accusations toward one another after a disagreement transpired over Robyn’s wedding date. Huger questioned when and if Robyn would actually walk down the aisle, considering she’d been engaged for nearly three years and had been on and off with Juan for decades.
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Huger became enraged after Robyn called her fake, and suggested that Robyn and Juan’s relationship was fake. In fact,...
- 1/29/2023
- by Brenda Alexander
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Jane Fonda is getting honest about her relationships with women.
In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, the 85-year-old “80 for Brady” star opens up about not having any women friends until her 30s.
Read More: Jane Fonda Admits She Was ‘Completely Starstruck’ Meeting Tom Brady
“I saw women as weak,” Fonda said. “From a very early age, I always thought, ‘I’ve got to hitch my wagon to a man.’”
It was during her time as an anti-Vietnam War activist that she me other women who were very different from the types she’d met at her girls schools.
“By opening myself to feminism and to women’s friendships, I’ve become a much healthier person,” she said. “It’s taught me to not be afraid of vulnerability, not be afraid to ask for help, even though it’s really hard for me to do that.”
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In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, the 85-year-old “80 for Brady” star opens up about not having any women friends until her 30s.
Read More: Jane Fonda Admits She Was ‘Completely Starstruck’ Meeting Tom Brady
“I saw women as weak,” Fonda said. “From a very early age, I always thought, ‘I’ve got to hitch my wagon to a man.’”
It was during her time as an anti-Vietnam War activist that she me other women who were very different from the types she’d met at her girls schools.
“By opening myself to feminism and to women’s friendships, I’ve become a much healthier person,” she said. “It’s taught me to not be afraid of vulnerability, not be afraid to ask for help, even though it’s really hard for me to do that.”
Read More: Jane...
- 1/28/2023
- by Corey Atad
- ET Canada
In his Spare memoir, Prince Harry recalled how borrowed lip gloss prompted an “awkward moment” between Meghan Markle and Kate Middleton. How the Duke of Sussex said the Princess of Wales reacted to the request and why what should’ve been a laughable moment was part of “something bigger.”
Harry claimed Kate ‘grimaced’ when Meghan borrowed her lip gloss moments before the 2018 Royal Foundation Forum Meghan Markle and Kate Middleton | Chris Jackson/Afp via Getty Images
Among the anecdotes in Spare is one from the 2018 Royal Foundation Forum. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex joined Prince William and now-Princess of Wales for a discussion after announcing they’d be working together.
As Harry wrote in his memoir, there’d been an “awkward moment” between Kate and Meghan just before the foursome took the stage. Harry claimed Meghan asked Kate if she could borrow some lip gloss — an “American thing” — because...
Harry claimed Kate ‘grimaced’ when Meghan borrowed her lip gloss moments before the 2018 Royal Foundation Forum Meghan Markle and Kate Middleton | Chris Jackson/Afp via Getty Images
Among the anecdotes in Spare is one from the 2018 Royal Foundation Forum. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex joined Prince William and now-Princess of Wales for a discussion after announcing they’d be working together.
As Harry wrote in his memoir, there’d been an “awkward moment” between Kate and Meghan just before the foursome took the stage. Harry claimed Meghan asked Kate if she could borrow some lip gloss — an “American thing” — because...
- 1/27/2023
- by Mandi Kerr
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Pamela Anderson spoke further about those Tim Allen allegations in a new interview with Variety.
In her upcoming memoir, Love, Pamela, Anderson claimed Allen “flashed” her on the set of “Home Improvement” when she was 23.
Allen then said in a statement shared with Variety, “No, it never happened. I would never do such a thing.”
In her chat with the publication, the Canadian actress said: “I’m not a very judgmental person.”
She later said in a text to the reporter, “Tim is a comedian, it’s his job to cross the line. I’m sure he had no bad intentions. Times have changed, though. I doubt anyone would try that post #MeToo. It’s a new world.”
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In an excerpt from the book,...
In her upcoming memoir, Love, Pamela, Anderson claimed Allen “flashed” her on the set of “Home Improvement” when she was 23.
Allen then said in a statement shared with Variety, “No, it never happened. I would never do such a thing.”
In her chat with the publication, the Canadian actress said: “I’m not a very judgmental person.”
She later said in a text to the reporter, “Tim is a comedian, it’s his job to cross the line. I’m sure he had no bad intentions. Times have changed, though. I doubt anyone would try that post #MeToo. It’s a new world.”
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- 1/26/2023
- by Becca Longmire
- ET Canada
Thor and Rrr star Ray Stevenson has nabbed the lead role in 1242: Gateway to the West after Kevin Spacey exited the historical Genghis Khan drama last year amid sexual assault charges in the U.K.
Carlos Alperin of Galloping Entertainment, who will continue selling the global rights to the film at the European Film Market in Berlin, confirmed Stevenson’s casting to The Hollywood Reporter. Directed by Péter Soós, the 1242 cast also includes Eric Roberts, Christopher Lambert, Neil Stuke and Genevieve Florence.
“The film is looking simply Epic and will be very well positioned due to Ray Stevenson’s amazing role in Rrr, as well as the political background of the war between Russia and Ukraine,” Alperin told THR in a statement.
Historically, the Mongols invaded both Ukraine and Russia, as well as Poland, before they marched into Hungary in 1242. Alperin added that 1242 has been shooting in Hungary for...
Carlos Alperin of Galloping Entertainment, who will continue selling the global rights to the film at the European Film Market in Berlin, confirmed Stevenson’s casting to The Hollywood Reporter. Directed by Péter Soós, the 1242 cast also includes Eric Roberts, Christopher Lambert, Neil Stuke and Genevieve Florence.
“The film is looking simply Epic and will be very well positioned due to Ray Stevenson’s amazing role in Rrr, as well as the political background of the war between Russia and Ukraine,” Alperin told THR in a statement.
Historically, the Mongols invaded both Ukraine and Russia, as well as Poland, before they marched into Hungary in 1242. Alperin added that 1242 has been shooting in Hungary for...
- 1/25/2023
- by Etan Vlessing
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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