Tag: The Woman King
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How to Win an Acting Oscar: The Overdue Advantage
For an actor to win an Oscar after being long overdue, two things need to be true. First: Do they have years of stellar output without a an Oscar nomination, or repeated nominations with no wins? See: Glenn Close (8 Oscar nominations), Amy Adams (six), and Bradley Cooper (four). Enter the awards zone once and…
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Despite Production Boom, South African Biz Must ‘Do More’ to Boost Black Representation
A host of big-budget studio productions, including Paramount’s “Mission: Impossible 7” and Viola Davis’ historical epic “The Woman King,” has given a boost to South Africa’s locations industry, with Netflix’s live-action series “One Piece” — based on the iconic Japanese manga — boasting the country’s biggest production budget to date.But while both foreign and domestic…
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‘Black Adam’ tops global box office with 140m debut; US opening boosts ‘Ticket To Paradise’
Warner Bros’ latest DC title saw a roughly even split between North America and international territories.World box office October 21-23 Rank Film (distributor)3-day (world) Cume (world) 3-day (int’l)Cume (int’l) Territories 1. Black Adam (Warner Bros) 140m 140m 73m 73m 77 2. Ticket To Paradise (Universal) 21.1m 96m 4.7m 80.2m 79 3. Smile (Paramount) 18.3m 166.2m…
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Lupita Nyong’o on ‘Woman King’ Departure: ‘It Wasn’t the Role for Me to Play’
Lupita Nyong’o is addressing why she walked away from Gina Prince-Bythewood’s “The Woman King” back in 2020.Nyong’o, who leads the upcoming Marvel tentpole “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever,” told The Hollywood Reporter that she was set to play an Agojie warrior in the historical epic starring Viola Davis, who also produces. The Agojie tribe inspired the…
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Oscars 2023: Best Original Score Predictions
In a season marked by movies about showbiz, social change, and superheroics, many of the contending scores experiment with new musical sounds uniting the past and present. Among the early frontrunners are Michael Abels’ genre-bending score for Jordan Peele’s flipped-out “Nope” (Universal), Son Lux’s maximalist score for the Daniels’ multiverse action-adventure, “Everything Everywhere All at…
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‘Smile’ Grosses 22 Million, ‘Bros’ Must Make Do With 4.8 Million
“Smile” (Paramount), an original horror title costing a reported 17 million, was the least-heralded wide studio release since Labor Day. “Don’t Worry Darling” (Warner Bros. Discovery), “The Woman King” (Disney), “Pearl” (A24), “Bros” (Universal), and the re-release of “Avatar” (Disney) each received significant entertainment press, social media, and other attentions ahead of their releases.“Darling” and…
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How Silver Linings Playbook Uses Football to Tell a Family Drama
Sports movies have been a staple of entertainment for decades at this point. They combine all the best parts of watching sports and watching a movie, with the intensity of actual games being magnified by character drama and dynamic camera movements. Most of the time these movies follow a specific player or season to tell…