Tag: Blonde
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Voltage boards thriller ‘1 Million Followers’ for TIFF sales (exclusive)
Shelley Q, Evan Williams star.Voltage Pictures will be kicking off worldwide sales in TIFF on the thriller 1 Million Followers starring Shelley Q from Darkest Age and Evan Williams from Blonde.Harvey Lowry’s thriller centres on Karissa, a small-town girl who is invited by a renowned influencer to a mansion in Thailand where the beautiful mingle…
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Gentlemen Prefer Blondes at 70: Marilyn Monroe remains a dazzling star
Howard Hawks’ eye-catching comedy sees the actor at the height of her talents in a tale with more depth and intellect than even its director knewLast year’s Marilyn Monroe biopic Blonde broke up its parade of visceral suffering heaped upon the woman born Norma Jeane Mortenson with an acknowledgement of one injustice not of the…
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Razzie Awards: Jared Leto, Tom Hanks, ‘Blonde’ and the Razzies Themselves Earn Top Dishonors
The Razzies acknowledged the elephant in the room at the 2023 awards – the organization gave itself a dishonor after nominating a 12-year-old for worst actress, sparking internet controversy.Ahead of Sunday’s Academy Awards celebrating the year’s greatest achievements in film, the 43rd annual Razzies celebrated the “worst” actors and movies.This year’s Razzie nominations were mired…
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Ana de Armas Says Social Media Killed the Movie Star for New Generations: ‘We’ve Done That to Ourselves’
Does Hollywood still produce movie stars? Jennifer Aniston proclaimed last year the movie star is dead, and it’s a sentiment Ana de Armas somewhat agrees with. The “Blonde” Oscar nominee was asked about the state of movie stardom by Vanity Fair as part of its 2023 Hollywood issue, to which she said movie stars no…
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Tom Cruise’s Star Power Shines Bright at Oscars Luncheon, With Largest Turnout of Nominees in Event History
Tom Cruise stole the show at the 95th Oscars luncheon, the annual gathering celebrating the nominees for the year’s Academy Awards. At the Beverly Hilton Hotel, the in-person event had opening remarks from Academy president Janet Yang. The roll call of this year’s 182 attendees was read by Devon Franklin, a member of the Board…
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The Finest Victrolas, the Most Squalid Toilets: The Stories Behind 5 Key ‘Babylon’ Sets
In the last two years, Florencia Martin has quickly established herself as the go-to production designer for auteurs who want to transform modern day Los Angeles into a vivid evocation of the city as it exists in our memories, dreams, and fantasies. Her meticulous recreations of the 197os San Fernando Valley in Paul Thomas Anderson’s…
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The Oscars Only Remember Marilyn Monroe As an Icon, Not as a Talent
The Oscars have certainly nominated their fair share of divisive movies and performances, but Andrew Dominik’s Blonde easily ranks among the most controversial films to receive any nominations in recent memory. The adaptation of Joyce Carol Oates’ fictionalized account of Marilyn Monroe is the rare Nc-17 film to receive a major release, and shocked the…
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Netflix Leads BAFTA Nominations With 21 Nods, A24 & Searchlight Close Behind With 14 Each
Netflix leads the distributor pack with 21 nominations at the Ee BAFTA Film Awards, which were revealed on Thursday.The streamer scored 14 nods for “All Quiet on the Western Front,” three for “Pinocchio” and one each for “Blonde,” “The Swimmers,” “The Good Nurse” and “The Wonder.”Searchlight and A24 were not far behind with 14 nominations…
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Baftas 2023: Netflix leads the way among distributors with 21 nominations
Followed by Disney with 19 nominations and A24 with 14.Netflix is the leading distributor for this year’s Bafta nominations with 21 nods to its name.Netflix’s titles include German war drama All Quiet On The Western Front which scooped up the most nominations of any film this year with 14 in total. Other Netflix titles are…