Tag: 500 Days of Summer
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The Controversial ’70s TV Hit That Inspired Little Miss Sunshine
When “Little Miss Sunshine” arrived on the scene in 2006, nabbing both Academy Awards and the hearts of American audiences, it captured an era of mid-aughts indie filmmaking that was defined by quirky comedic dysfunction. From “Garden State” and “Napoleon Dynamite” before it, to “Juno” and “500 Days of Summer” after, the road trip movie…
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Zooey Deschanel Shuts Down Critics Who Call Her a ‘Manic Pixie Dream Girl’: ‘I’m Not a Girl’ or ‘One-Dimensional’
Zooey Deschanel rejects being labeled a manic pixie dream girl. The term, now a dated female stereotype in film and TV, became a staple in the mid-to-late 2000s to describe quirky female characters whose main purpose was to save their male counterpart or teach him about the meaning of love and life.Deschanel became the face…
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Zooey Deschanel: I’m Not the ‘One-Dimensional’ Villain of ‘500 Days of Summer,’ Fans Should ‘Think Deeper’
Zooey Deschanel is debunking the “manic pixie dream girl” trope that has plagued film, TV, and the Internet this century.Deschanel, whose filmography has all but embodied the lovable, goofy, and whimsically edgy stereotype, slammed the concept in an interview with The Guardian.“I don’t feel it’s accurate. I’m not a girl. I’m a woman,” Deschanel responded…
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Joseph Gordon-Levitt Will Play Infamous Cult Leader Jim Jones In New Film
Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Chloe Grace Moretz are about to have the weirdest “500 Days of Summer” reunion imaginable. Per Deadline, the duo is set to star as cult leader Jim Jones and Jonestown survivor Deborah Layton in “White Night,” an upcoming psychological thriller about Jones’ infamous People’s Temple cult.The film, to be penned by “Queen…
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Disney Responds to Peter Dinklage’s ‘Snow White’ Outrage: We’re ‘Consulting With Dwarfism Community’
Disney has issued a response over its upcoming live-action “Snow White” remake following criticisms made by Peter Dinklage. The “Game of Thrones” Emmy winner blasted the Disney remake during an interview on Marc Maron’s “Wtf” podcast, calling out the fairytale’s “fucking backwards” depictions of dwarfs.“To avoid reinforcing stereotypes from the original animated film, we are…