Tag: The Loudest Voice
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Russell Crowe’s 13 Best Movies Ranked
Russell Crowe has a versatility that is rare among actors in the later stages of their careers. While the Australian first established himself as a leading man, he has comfortably stepped into supporting roles over the past few years. He recently made the transition to the small screen as Fox News mastermind Roger Ailes in…
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Why films such as Bombshell aren’t hitting their right-wing media targets
Like Vice and Game Change before it, the Nicole Kidman-starrer feels as if it’s favouring award nods over political impactYou won’t see adverts for Bombshell on the Fox News network, which is both unsurprising and part of the problem. Bombshell details the toxic regime of Fox News boss Roger Ailes (played by John Lithgow), serial…
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The Golden Globes Gets Political: Stars Talk Climate Change, Australian Fires, and Going Vegan
Entertainment awards shows have long been a venue for actors to deliver political messages to the masses, from Marlon Brando orchestrating a protest against the depiction of Native Americans in Hollywood at the 1973 Oscars to Meryl Streep speaking out against Donald Trump at the 2017 Golden Globes. Sunday’s Globes ceremony continued the rich tradition…
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Golden Globes: Christian Bale Out Sick, Russell Crowe to Stay in Australia Amid Fires
Christian Bale and Russell Crowe are among the Golden Globe Award nominees who will not make the ceremony at the Beverly Hilton tonight because real life intervened.Crowe, nommed for his work as Roger Ailes in the Showtime miniseries “The Loudest Voice,” opted to remain in his native Australia. The actor has property in the country…
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Bombshell review – Fox News abuse drama pulls its hardest punches
Roger Ailes’ victims fight back in a film where the odious media mogul looms large … before Rupert Murdoch saves the dayThe loathsome Roger Ailes, notorious as a former Nixon apparatchik and veteran CEO of the stridently mediocre Fox News channel, became even less fragrant in 2016 when the open secret of his sexual harassment…