Tag: The Prom
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Costume Designers Guild Awards Wins Give ‘Cruella’ and ‘Dune’ Oscars Momemtum
“Cruella” (Disney),” “Dune” (Warner Bros.), and “Coming 2 America” (Amazon Prime) were the big film winners Wednesday night at the 24th annual Costume Designers Guild Awards. “Cruella” designer and two-time Oscar winner Jenny Beavan won for period; Denis Villeneuve’s epic “Dune” took sci-fi honors for costume designers Jacqueline West and Robert Morgan; and Oscar winner…
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‘Everybody’s Talking About Jamie’ Review: A Glitzy Baby Drag Queen Musical for the Fans
Everybody’s talking about Jamie, and with good reason. For one thing, he’s gorgeous. For another, he’s totally magnetic. The third reason, which ostensibly gives the movie its title, is that 16-year-old Jamie wants to be a drag queen. “Everybody’s Talking About Jamie,” a glitzy movie musical based on the West End hit, gives only a…
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Harley Quinn Smith and Andrew Rannells Talk About LGBTQ+ Pride
Los Angeles Confidential magazine celebrated its fourth “Portraits of Pride” edition with a swanky soiree held at the newly-opened Pendry West Hollywood hotel on Tuesday night. Presented by Effen Vodka and Hornitos Tequila, the event also honored cover star Andrew Rannells for his decade-long career in entertainment.Ahead of the event, Rannells explained what Pride means…
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Moulin Rouge at 20: the dazzling musical that continues to shine
Baz Luhrmann’s glittery spectacle remains as captivating as it was in 2001 thanks to a magnetic star turn from Nicole Kidman and its relentless energyThe musical is back! Again! As cinemas resume business as (sort of) usual in the latter stages of a pandemic, 2021 is being hyped as some kind of banner year for…
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‘Nomadland’ Wins Best Picture at Latino Entertainment Film Awards
Chloé Zhao’s “Nomadland” swept the Latino Entertainment Film Awards on Sunday, taking home four awards, including best picture, director, cinematography and editing.The awards, which are voted on and presented by the Latino Entertainment Journalists Association, also honored Oscar-nominated actor Rosie Perez with the Rita Moreno Lifetime Achievement Award and the Latino Activism Award. In a…
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Golden Globes Predictions: Best Supporting Actress (Film) – Can Nicole Kidman’s “Zazz” Her Way to the HFPA?
Variety’s Awards Circuit is home to the official predictions for the upcoming Oscars from Film Awards Editor Clayton Davis. Following Academy Awards history, buzz, news, reviews and sources, the Oscar predictions are updated regularly with the current year’s contenders in all categories. Variety’s Awards Circuit Prediction schedule consists of four phases, running all year long:…
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Ham on Rye review – subversive satire on suburban conformity
There’s a whole other layer beneath first-time director Tyler Taormina’s apparently realist coming-of-age dramaFirst-time feature director Tyler Taormina has dreamed his way into a very strange and intriguing film: a Gen-z reverie about life and fate, somewhere between The Prom and The Purge. The film never behaves as if it is anything other than a…
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Why Are Critics Outraged Over James Corden? Debating Ryan Murphy’s ‘Prom’ Casting
When the review embargo for Ryan Murphy’s Netflix musical “The Prom” broke on December 1, outrage over James Corden’s performance as Barry Glickman erupted almost instantly. “The Late Late Show” host was slammed as the most “insulting” thing about “The Prom” due to a performance that critics called “offensive,” “the worst gay-face,” and “horrifically bad.”…
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New Movies to Watch This Week: Double Meryl in ‘The Prom’ and ‘Let Them All Talk’
Normally, this would be the time of year when audiences could choose between big, glossy popcorn movies and the prestigious art films out for Oscar glory. But of course, Covid-19 has upended the release schedule and extended the awards season a few months longer into 2021.But before you despair, just think how fortunate you are…
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The Prom review – is Ryan Murphy’s musical the first film of the Biden era?
Taste the treacle as Nicole Kidman’s Broadway liberals rebuke a rural high school – and learn a few things about themselvesLike High School Musical on some sort of absinthe/Xanax cocktail, The Prom is an outrageous work of steroidal show tune madness, directed by the dark master himself, Ryan “Glee” Murphy, who is to jazz-hands musical…