Tag: Across the Universe
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You’re Cordially Invited To An Upcoming Star Wars Novel About Han And Leia’s Wedding
“Star Wars” is sending out invitations for the wedding of Leia Organa and Han Solo, and it wants you to RSVP. The franchise celebrated Valentine’s Day with a preview of the forthcoming novel, “The Princess and the Scoundrel,” by Beth Revis, the New York Times bestselling author of the “Across the Universe” trilogy. If you miss hearing…
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‘The Glorias’ Trailer: Julianne Moore, Alicia Vikander and More Play Feminist Icon Gloria Steinem
Gloria Steinem is an American icon, journalist, and social political activist who became the face of the feminist movement of the late 1960s and early 1970s. Now the story of her revolutionary life is getting an unconventional biopic from Across the Universe director Julie Taymor. Inspired by Gloria Steinem’s biography My Life on the Road,…
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‘The Glorias’: Julie Taymor’s Gloria Steinem Biopic Will Stream on Amazon Next Month
Since directing 2007’s operatic, Beatles-inspired musical Across the Universe, filmmaker Julie Taymor has only directed two movies: 2010’s The Tempest, and a filmed version of her stage show Julie Taymor’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream in 2014. Now she’s back with The Glorias, a biopic of feminist icon Gloria Steinem which stars Julianne Moore, Alicia Vikander,…
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‘Westworld’: How Evan Rachel Wood Took Dolores From Prairie Girl to Cyborg Sarah Connor
Following her breakthrough role in Catherine Hardwicke’s “Thirteen” (2003), Evan Rachel Wood became Hollywood’s go-to actress for a certain kind of irresistible archetype: The wise-beyond-her-years teenager with heaps of attitude masking a deep well of vulnerability. Now, nearly two decades later and comfortably mid-career (she started so young), Wood has weathered the transition from promising…
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Evan Rachel Wood Reacts to ‘Cats’ With F-Bombs and Baffled Shock: ‘I Am Speechless’
Evan Rachel Wood is no stranger to musicals, having belted out songs in “Across the Universe” and “Frozen II,” but not even she could find something nice to say about Tom Hooper’s “Cats.” The maligned adaptation of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical of the same name has become one of the year’s biggest critical and commercial…
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Influencers: Adam Stockhausen Brings Eclecticism to Production Design
What do Wes Anderson, Steven Spielberg, and Steve McQueen have in common? They all rely on the worldbuilding skills of Oscar winner Adam Stockhausen (“The Grand Budapest Hotel”), one of the most eclectic production designers working today.“Adam is a quiet comet,” said production designer Mark Friedberg (“Joker”), who mentored Stockhausen. “Despite his quiet demeanor, the…
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Film News Roundup: Julie Taymor’s ‘Across the Universe’ Set for Three-Day Re-Release
Re-release SetFathom Events has set Julie Taymor’s “Across the Universe” has been set for a re-release on July 29, July 31 and Aug. 1 at more than 450 theaters.Fathom, which is jointly owned by the AMC, Cinemark and Regal chains, made the announcement Monday and said the 2007 movie is being shown to commemorate the…
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Jennifer Todd Beats Jason Blum in Academy Board Runoff
The total number of women on the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Board of Governors is now 22, one more than last year. That’s because producer Jennifer Todd not only beat her Oscar show co-producer Michael De Luca as a finalist to represent the producers branch, but in a run-off election to resolve…