Jacques Audiard returned to Cannes on Saturday night to introduce the world to Emilia Perez, which received a rapturous response from the audience, who gave it a nine-minute standing ovation. After Audiard took the mic to speak in French, the standing ovation resumed for another minute or so.
The 10th film from the French auteur — his sixth film in the main competition — stars Zoe Saldaña as a frustrated lawyer, Selena Gomez as a drug lord’s wife, Édgar Ramírez as a dangerous love interest and Karla Sofía Gascón as the cartel kingpin who longs to escape a life of crime and become the woman he’s always dreamed of becoming. And surprise — it’s a musical.
As the credits roled, there were whoops and hollers and shouts of “Bravo,” even before the lights came up. Saldaña and Gascón were in tears, while Gomez was visibly moved, covering her face.
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The 10th film from the French auteur — his sixth film in the main competition — stars Zoe Saldaña as a frustrated lawyer, Selena Gomez as a drug lord’s wife, Édgar Ramírez as a dangerous love interest and Karla Sofía Gascón as the cartel kingpin who longs to escape a life of crime and become the woman he’s always dreamed of becoming. And surprise — it’s a musical.
As the credits roled, there were whoops and hollers and shouts of “Bravo,” even before the lights came up. Saldaña and Gascón were in tears, while Gomez was visibly moved, covering her face.
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- 5/18/2024
- by Chris Gardner and Scott Feinberg
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Sophie Ellis-Bextor performed “Murder on the Dancefloor during the BAFTAs, the British Academy Film and Television Arts Awards, on Sunday.
Dressed in a black gown with a vibrant, colorful overlay draping the skirt, Ellis-Bextor strutted across the stage backed by a bevy of dancers as she performed her 2001 number, which has been everywhere since it got a second life with the success of Saltburn, which features the track during a pivotal scene.
Ellis-Bextor nabbed her first Hot 100 hit with the song in January, and made her U.S. television debut...
Dressed in a black gown with a vibrant, colorful overlay draping the skirt, Ellis-Bextor strutted across the stage backed by a bevy of dancers as she performed her 2001 number, which has been everywhere since it got a second life with the success of Saltburn, which features the track during a pivotal scene.
Ellis-Bextor nabbed her first Hot 100 hit with the song in January, and made her U.S. television debut...
- 2/19/2024
- by Althea Legaspi
- Rollingstone.com
Sophie Ellis-Bextor brought the party to The Tonight Show with a lively rendition of her hit “Murder on the Dancefloor.” The confetti-filled performance marked Ellis-Bextor’s U.S. TV debut, decades after the song’s release in 2001. The singer was accompanied by house band the Roots, with the excited audience dancing along.
“Murder on the Dancefloor,” which originally appeared on the singer’s debut LP Read My Lips, has seen a resurgence over the past few months thanks to its placement in Emerald Fennell‘s movie Saltburn. The track plays during...
“Murder on the Dancefloor,” which originally appeared on the singer’s debut LP Read My Lips, has seen a resurgence over the past few months thanks to its placement in Emerald Fennell‘s movie Saltburn. The track plays during...
- 2/13/2024
- by Emily Zemler
- Rollingstone.com
Sophie Ellis-Bextor will release her hit single “Murder on the Dancefloor” on vinyl for the first time. The song, which originally appeared on the singer’s debut LP Read My Lips, will be available on a limited edition red 7-inch, as well as a limited edition red CD single, from Feb. 16. Both are available to pre-order now.
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The 2001 song has seen a resurgence over the past few weeks thanks to its placement in Emerald Fennell’s movie Saltburn.
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The 2001 song has seen a resurgence over the past few weeks thanks to its placement in Emerald Fennell’s movie Saltburn.
- 1/15/2024
- by Emily Zemler
- Rollingstone.com
Les Films du Losange has unveiled the trailer for “Un Silence,” Joachim Lafosse’s thought-provoking film starring Daniel Auteuil and Emmanuelle Devos that will world premiere in competition at San Sebastian Film Festival.
Tackling themes of abuse, the timely film revolves around Astrid (Devos), the wife of an acclaimed lawyer (Auteuil). Silenced for 25 years, her family balance suddenly collapses when her children initiate their own search for justice.
One of Belgium’s leading filmmakers, Lafosse is best known internationally for 2012’s “Our Children,” a heart-wrenching drama based on a true story starring Emilie Dequenne and Tahar Rahim. “Our Children” represented Belgium in the Oscars race. “Un Silence” will mark Joachim’s follow up to “The Restless,” which competed at Cannes in 2021 and also explored imploding family dynamics.
Auteuil, who previously won Cesar and BAFTA awards, notably starred in “La belle époque” by Nicolas Bedos, and “Hidden” by Michael Haneke; while Devos,...
Tackling themes of abuse, the timely film revolves around Astrid (Devos), the wife of an acclaimed lawyer (Auteuil). Silenced for 25 years, her family balance suddenly collapses when her children initiate their own search for justice.
One of Belgium’s leading filmmakers, Lafosse is best known internationally for 2012’s “Our Children,” a heart-wrenching drama based on a true story starring Emilie Dequenne and Tahar Rahim. “Our Children” represented Belgium in the Oscars race. “Un Silence” will mark Joachim’s follow up to “The Restless,” which competed at Cannes in 2021 and also explored imploding family dynamics.
Auteuil, who previously won Cesar and BAFTA awards, notably starred in “La belle époque” by Nicolas Bedos, and “Hidden” by Michael Haneke; while Devos,...
- 7/13/2023
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Earlier this year, Bloody Disgusting’s insanely popular variety show “Hello Horror” returned to Bloody Disgusting TV and Screambox. Today, you can now stream two brand-new episodes!
“Hello Horror”, featuring Vanessa Decker, Ryan Valdez, and Jones Bones, is a genre variety show that covers the spooky community – everything from red carpets, museums, cocktails, events, games, plus more. Vanessa and her crew take the audience on adventures, shining a light on the amazing community the genre has generated.
In Episode 1, “Vegas Saw us coming”, Vanessa and Ryan head to Las Vegas to check out the infamous Saw escape room & chat with Jason Egan. Also, we spend 60 seconds with The Black Phone star Mason Thames, make a cocktail like a true Shemp, play a record to attract a demon, and much, much more.
Episode 3 follows Travis Bacon (Sosie’s brother) and Vanessa as they take a trip to Icon of Darkness’s new location,...
“Hello Horror”, featuring Vanessa Decker, Ryan Valdez, and Jones Bones, is a genre variety show that covers the spooky community – everything from red carpets, museums, cocktails, events, games, plus more. Vanessa and her crew take the audience on adventures, shining a light on the amazing community the genre has generated.
In Episode 1, “Vegas Saw us coming”, Vanessa and Ryan head to Las Vegas to check out the infamous Saw escape room & chat with Jason Egan. Also, we spend 60 seconds with The Black Phone star Mason Thames, make a cocktail like a true Shemp, play a record to attract a demon, and much, much more.
Episode 3 follows Travis Bacon (Sosie’s brother) and Vanessa as they take a trip to Icon of Darkness’s new location,...
- 4/19/2023
- by Brad Miska
- bloody-disgusting.com
Mathieu Vadepied‘s Father & Soldier has been selected as the Un Certain Regard opener. A film that we had slotted for a release in 2023 will indeed cap off what will be twenty selections and will have some big shoes to fill if we compare it to last year’s (other war-themed film) Onoda: 10,000 Nights in the Jungle.
Vadepied’s sophomore film began filming sometime in September and this becomes his second film to be featured on the Croisette – his debut film La Vie en grand was the closing film for the Critics’ Week section in 2015. Vadepied was a cinematographer on Jacques Audiard’s Read My Lips and would would get to work with the star (and producer) of this film with the hugely popular The Intouchables – he was the cinematographer there as well.…...
Vadepied’s sophomore film began filming sometime in September and this becomes his second film to be featured on the Croisette – his debut film La Vie en grand was the closing film for the Critics’ Week section in 2015. Vadepied was a cinematographer on Jacques Audiard’s Read My Lips and would would get to work with the star (and producer) of this film with the hugely popular The Intouchables – he was the cinematographer there as well.…...
- 4/26/2022
- by Eric Lavallée
- IONCINEMA.com
With “Paris, 13th District,” Jacques Audiard found himself back at Cannes in 2021 for the first time since he won 2015’s Palme d’Or with “Dheepan.” The director skipped the festival for his slightly more mainstream-skewing “The Sisters Brothers,” which went to Venice in 2018, and with this black-and-white ode to love and sex in the City of Lights, found himself back in his rightful place on the Croisette. Now, IFC Films is set to release the movie April 15 in stateside theaters. Exclusive to IndieWire, watch the trailer for the film below.
For this love quadrangle involving three women and one man, Audiard co-writes the film with “Portrait of a Lady on Fire” filmmaker Céline Sciamma as well as screenwriter Léa Mysius. The cast includes “Portrait” star Noémie Merlant as Nora, Lucie Zhang as Emilie, Makita Samba as Camille, and Jehnny Beth as Amber, all moving pieces in a chessboard of erotic entanglements.
For this love quadrangle involving three women and one man, Audiard co-writes the film with “Portrait of a Lady on Fire” filmmaker Céline Sciamma as well as screenwriter Léa Mysius. The cast includes “Portrait” star Noémie Merlant as Nora, Lucie Zhang as Emilie, Makita Samba as Camille, and Jehnny Beth as Amber, all moving pieces in a chessboard of erotic entanglements.
- 3/18/2022
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Indiewire
Jessie Ware has announced an expanded edition of her acclaimed 2020 album What’s Your Pleasure? and with it a new summer-ready single titled “Please.”
“I had such an amazing response to the What’s Your Pleasure? record that I didn’t want the lights to go up and the party to be over just yet,” Ware said in a statement. “‘Please’ is full of optimism and ready to be played in a place where we can all be together and flirt, dance, touch, and kiss. A wonderful excuse not to stop the party from ending.
“I had such an amazing response to the What’s Your Pleasure? record that I didn’t want the lights to go up and the party to be over just yet,” Ware said in a statement. “‘Please’ is full of optimism and ready to be played in a place where we can all be together and flirt, dance, touch, and kiss. A wonderful excuse not to stop the party from ending.
- 4/28/2021
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
Nicolas Bedos, the French writer-director behind the Cannes-premiering “La Belle Epoque,” is set to direct “Mascarade,” a French Riviera-set drama-comedy with Isabelle Adjani, Pierre Niney and Francois Cluzet.
The ambitious film boasts a significant budget of €14 million ($17 million) and is bring produced by Francois Kraus and Denis Pineau-Valencienne at Les Films du Kiosque, and Pathé. Marine Vacth (“DNA”), Emmanuelle Devos (“Read My Lips”) and Laura Morante (“Cherry on the Cake”) complete the cast. Bedos, a former satirical commentator on a popular weekly talk show who is known for writing sharp-minded original scripts, described “Mascarade” as a potent mix of “robberies, crimes and passion.” The plot will be unveiled at a later stage.
Pathe is also handling international sales on “Mascarade” and will be distributing the film with Orange Studio in France. Orange Studio is also co-producing with TF1 Films Production, with the participation of Canal Plus, TF1 and Tmc.
Filming...
The ambitious film boasts a significant budget of €14 million ($17 million) and is bring produced by Francois Kraus and Denis Pineau-Valencienne at Les Films du Kiosque, and Pathé. Marine Vacth (“DNA”), Emmanuelle Devos (“Read My Lips”) and Laura Morante (“Cherry on the Cake”) complete the cast. Bedos, a former satirical commentator on a popular weekly talk show who is known for writing sharp-minded original scripts, described “Mascarade” as a potent mix of “robberies, crimes and passion.” The plot will be unveiled at a later stage.
Pathe is also handling international sales on “Mascarade” and will be distributing the film with Orange Studio in France. Orange Studio is also co-producing with TF1 Films Production, with the participation of Canal Plus, TF1 and Tmc.
Filming...
- 4/27/2021
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
IFC Films has acquired U.S. rights to Jacques Audiard’s upcoming film “Paris, 13th District” (Les Olympiades) during the virtual European Film Market. The movie was shot in the French capital during the pandemic.
Playtime, which represents the film in international markets, has also closed sales in most major territories around the world, including U.K. (Curzon), Canada (MK2 Mile End), Scandinavia (Scanbox), Japan (Longride), South Korea (Challan), Benelux (Cineart), Switzerland (Filmcoopi), Ex-Yugoslavia (McF), Poland (Gutek Film), as well as Czech Republic and Slovakia (Aerofilms). Both EFM and the Berlin Film Festival have gone online this year as a concession to Covid-19.
IFC previously worked with Audiard on his last French-language film, the Palme d’Or winning “Dheepan.” The movie was penned by Audiard, Léa Mysius (“Ava”) and Celine Sciamma, whose latest film “Portrait of a Lady on Fire” won best screenplay at Cannes 2019 and earned a Golden Globe nomination.
Playtime, which represents the film in international markets, has also closed sales in most major territories around the world, including U.K. (Curzon), Canada (MK2 Mile End), Scandinavia (Scanbox), Japan (Longride), South Korea (Challan), Benelux (Cineart), Switzerland (Filmcoopi), Ex-Yugoslavia (McF), Poland (Gutek Film), as well as Czech Republic and Slovakia (Aerofilms). Both EFM and the Berlin Film Festival have gone online this year as a concession to Covid-19.
IFC previously worked with Audiard on his last French-language film, the Palme d’Or winning “Dheepan.” The movie was penned by Audiard, Léa Mysius (“Ava”) and Celine Sciamma, whose latest film “Portrait of a Lady on Fire” won best screenplay at Cannes 2019 and earned a Golden Globe nomination.
- 3/5/2021
- by Elsa Keslassy and Brent Lang
- Variety Film + TV
France TV Distribution has closed a raft of sales on “Hear Me Out,” a romantic comedy directed by French actor-turned-helmer Pascal Elbé.
The film stars Elbé as Antoine, a fifty-year old history professor who discovers that he’s losing his hearing and starts having a recluse life because of his handicap. His encounter with Claire, a widow whose daughter is mute, will help him open up again to the world. Elbé stars opposite Sandrine Kiberlain (“9 Months Stretch”), François Berléand (“How to be a Good Wife”), Emmanuelle Devos (“Read My Lips”).
France TV Distribution sold the film to a flurry of well-established distributors, including Neue Visionen (Germany), Vertigo Films Distribution (Benelux), New Cinema (Israel), Bim Distribuzione (Italy), Jmh Distributions (Switzerland) and Vertigo Films (Spain).
Elbé said the film was deeply personal and inspired by his own experience after he discovered that he was becoming partially deaf.
“My relationship with others became like an Italian comedy,...
The film stars Elbé as Antoine, a fifty-year old history professor who discovers that he’s losing his hearing and starts having a recluse life because of his handicap. His encounter with Claire, a widow whose daughter is mute, will help him open up again to the world. Elbé stars opposite Sandrine Kiberlain (“9 Months Stretch”), François Berléand (“How to be a Good Wife”), Emmanuelle Devos (“Read My Lips”).
France TV Distribution sold the film to a flurry of well-established distributors, including Neue Visionen (Germany), Vertigo Films Distribution (Benelux), New Cinema (Israel), Bim Distribuzione (Italy), Jmh Distributions (Switzerland) and Vertigo Films (Spain).
Elbé said the film was deeply personal and inspired by his own experience after he discovered that he was becoming partially deaf.
“My relationship with others became like an Italian comedy,...
- 3/5/2021
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
“Les Parfums,” a romantic comedy-drama starring Emmanuelle Devos (“Read My Lips”) and Grégory Montel (“Call My Agent!”), has been acquired by Distrib Films for U.S. distribution. Global rights for the film are handled by Pyramide Films International.
The film, directed by Gregory Magne, tells the story of Anne Walberg, a celebrity in the world of fragrance, whose professional success has turned her into a quick-tempered diva. Guillaume, her new chauffeur who is freshly divorced, is the only person who is unafraid of her.
“It’s a very elegant, tender and bittersweet film with two actors who seem very inspired by their respective role,” said François Scippa Kohn, founder of New York-based Distrib Films. The executive said he was planning to release the movie in virtual cinemas during the first quarter of this year since movie theaters are closed and there is “no real perspective about their reopening.”
“Les Parfums” also stars Gustave Kervern,...
The film, directed by Gregory Magne, tells the story of Anne Walberg, a celebrity in the world of fragrance, whose professional success has turned her into a quick-tempered diva. Guillaume, her new chauffeur who is freshly divorced, is the only person who is unafraid of her.
“It’s a very elegant, tender and bittersweet film with two actors who seem very inspired by their respective role,” said François Scippa Kohn, founder of New York-based Distrib Films. The executive said he was planning to release the movie in virtual cinemas during the first quarter of this year since movie theaters are closed and there is “no real perspective about their reopening.”
“Les Parfums” also stars Gustave Kervern,...
- 1/15/2021
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Anne-Dominique Toussaint, a Belgian-born revered yet discreet film producer based in Paris, has uncovered and championed many promising filmmakers through her company Les Films des Tournelles. And the best is yet to come.
Since launching her company 32 years ago, Toussaint, who is known for her spot-on artistic taste and elegant demeanor, has nurtured long-term relationships with talent such as Nadine Labaki (“Caramel”), Riad Sattouf (“The French Kissers”), Louis Garrel (“Les deux amis”) and Philippe Le Guay (“The Cost of Living”). She produced their debuts and kept up with them, giving them the necessary freedom to deliver original movies that found an international audience.
Always on the lookout for stimulating challenges, Toussaint is now getting ready to produce the feature debut of one of France’s best-known actors, Emmanuelle Devos (“Read My Lips”).
Devos’ project “On the Road Again” is an ambitious 1913-set movie headlined by two female protagonists, which will be played by Anais Demoustier,...
Since launching her company 32 years ago, Toussaint, who is known for her spot-on artistic taste and elegant demeanor, has nurtured long-term relationships with talent such as Nadine Labaki (“Caramel”), Riad Sattouf (“The French Kissers”), Louis Garrel (“Les deux amis”) and Philippe Le Guay (“The Cost of Living”). She produced their debuts and kept up with them, giving them the necessary freedom to deliver original movies that found an international audience.
Always on the lookout for stimulating challenges, Toussaint is now getting ready to produce the feature debut of one of France’s best-known actors, Emmanuelle Devos (“Read My Lips”).
Devos’ project “On the Road Again” is an ambitious 1913-set movie headlined by two female protagonists, which will be played by Anais Demoustier,...
- 1/12/2021
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Following the Cannes prize-winning film “Bpm (Beats per Minute),” Playtime and Memento are re-teaming on Jacques Audiard’s “Paris, 13th District” (Les Olympiades) which is currently filming in the French capital.
Audiard, whose credits include the Palme d’Or winning “Dheepan” and Oscar-nominated “A Prophet,” penned the script with two female auteurs, Léa Mysius (“Ava”) and Celine Sciamma, whose latest film “Portrait of a Lady on Fire” won best screenplay at Cannes 2019 and earned a Golden Globe nomination.
Playtime will handle worldwide sales on the movie, while Memento will distribute in France. Both banners previously partnered on Robin Campillo’s “Bpm (Beats per Minute),” which won Cannes’ Grand Jury Prize, six Cesar awards, and went on to have a successful commercial run.
Produced by Audiard and Valérie Schermann through their Paris-based banner Page 114, “Paris, 13th District” is in its second week of shooting in Paris and could be delivered as...
Audiard, whose credits include the Palme d’Or winning “Dheepan” and Oscar-nominated “A Prophet,” penned the script with two female auteurs, Léa Mysius (“Ava”) and Celine Sciamma, whose latest film “Portrait of a Lady on Fire” won best screenplay at Cannes 2019 and earned a Golden Globe nomination.
Playtime will handle worldwide sales on the movie, while Memento will distribute in France. Both banners previously partnered on Robin Campillo’s “Bpm (Beats per Minute),” which won Cannes’ Grand Jury Prize, six Cesar awards, and went on to have a successful commercial run.
Produced by Audiard and Valérie Schermann through their Paris-based banner Page 114, “Paris, 13th District” is in its second week of shooting in Paris and could be delivered as...
- 10/8/2020
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Jacques Audiard, the French director of Palme d’Or winning “Dheepan” and Oscar-nominated “A Prophet,” is currently filming his next feature, “Les Olympiades,” near Paris.
Audiard, who enjoys working with a mix of rising and well-seasoned talents behind and in front of the camera, wrote the script of “Les Olympiades” with two female auteurs, Léa Mysius (“Ava”) and Celine Sciamma, whose latest film “Portrait of a Young Lady on Fire” won best screenplay at Cannes 2019 and earned a Golden Globe nomination.
“Les Olympiades” is based on New Yorker cartoonist Adrian Tomine’s “”Killing and Dying,” a collection of graphic short stories. Although the plot is under wraps, the story is expected to deal with adolescence and revolve around female protagonists.
The movie will mark Audiard’s follow-up to “The Sisters Brothers,” a period crime film starring Joaquin Phoenix, John C. Reilly and Jake Gyllenhaal. “The Sisters Brothers” won Audiard the...
Audiard, who enjoys working with a mix of rising and well-seasoned talents behind and in front of the camera, wrote the script of “Les Olympiades” with two female auteurs, Léa Mysius (“Ava”) and Celine Sciamma, whose latest film “Portrait of a Young Lady on Fire” won best screenplay at Cannes 2019 and earned a Golden Globe nomination.
“Les Olympiades” is based on New Yorker cartoonist Adrian Tomine’s “”Killing and Dying,” a collection of graphic short stories. Although the plot is under wraps, the story is expected to deal with adolescence and revolve around female protagonists.
The movie will mark Audiard’s follow-up to “The Sisters Brothers,” a period crime film starring Joaquin Phoenix, John C. Reilly and Jake Gyllenhaal. “The Sisters Brothers” won Audiard the...
- 9/23/2020
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Celebrity Game Face, which is hosted by and exec produced by Kevin Hart and Eniko Hart, is getting another five episodes at E!.
The show, which aired a special in July, will return to the NBCU cable network on August 27 at 10pm.
In the shot-at-home special, which comes from Critical Content and Hart’s Hartbeat Productions, the pair led celeb couples Terry and Rebecca Crews, Sarah Hyland and her fiancé Wells Adams, and Joel and Sarah McHale to battle it out in a range of ridiculous physical challenges that viewers could play along with at home.
The new five episodes will also be shot at home.
The new elebrity pairings include: Tracee Ellis Ross and brother Evan Ross Meghan Trainor and brother Ryan Trainor, Brooklyn Decker and husband Andy Roddick, Rob Schneider and wife Patricia Maya Schneider, Niecy Nash and Wendy Raquel Robinson, Victor Cruz and girlfriend Karrueche Tran, Kelly Osbourne and brother Jack Osbourne,...
The show, which aired a special in July, will return to the NBCU cable network on August 27 at 10pm.
In the shot-at-home special, which comes from Critical Content and Hart’s Hartbeat Productions, the pair led celeb couples Terry and Rebecca Crews, Sarah Hyland and her fiancé Wells Adams, and Joel and Sarah McHale to battle it out in a range of ridiculous physical challenges that viewers could play along with at home.
The new five episodes will also be shot at home.
The new elebrity pairings include: Tracee Ellis Ross and brother Evan Ross Meghan Trainor and brother Ryan Trainor, Brooklyn Decker and husband Andy Roddick, Rob Schneider and wife Patricia Maya Schneider, Niecy Nash and Wendy Raquel Robinson, Victor Cruz and girlfriend Karrueche Tran, Kelly Osbourne and brother Jack Osbourne,...
- 8/13/2020
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Kevin Hart is getting his “Celebrity Game Face” on once again.
E! has ordered five more episodes of the Hart-hosted quarantine game show, which was previously a one-off special on July 6.
These five new episodes will continue to see Hart and his wife his wife Eniko go up against four other celebrity couples in a series of “outrageous at-home challenges.” Among the celebrities participating in these new installments are Tracee Ellis Ross, Meghan Trainor, Niecy Nash, Raven-Symoné and Mayim Bialik.
The games they’ll be playing include “Big Facts,” where partners guess which personal fun facts are true or false, “Read My Lips,” where they guess phrases while wearing noise canceling headphones, and “Booty Shake,” which consists of partners using their best dance moves to empty as many balls out of a box wrapped around their waist in a matter of seconds.
Additionally, Allison Holker and tWitch will return to judge the “Tik Talk” challenge,...
E! has ordered five more episodes of the Hart-hosted quarantine game show, which was previously a one-off special on July 6.
These five new episodes will continue to see Hart and his wife his wife Eniko go up against four other celebrity couples in a series of “outrageous at-home challenges.” Among the celebrities participating in these new installments are Tracee Ellis Ross, Meghan Trainor, Niecy Nash, Raven-Symoné and Mayim Bialik.
The games they’ll be playing include “Big Facts,” where partners guess which personal fun facts are true or false, “Read My Lips,” where they guess phrases while wearing noise canceling headphones, and “Booty Shake,” which consists of partners using their best dance moves to empty as many balls out of a box wrapped around their waist in a matter of seconds.
Additionally, Allison Holker and tWitch will return to judge the “Tik Talk” challenge,...
- 8/13/2020
- by Will Thorne
- Variety Film + TV
A game show like no other. We're, of course, talking about E!'s special event series, Celebrity Game Face. After a successful premiere last month, Celebrity Game Face is returning with all-new episodes and all-new celebrity contestants. The first of five additional episodes will premiere Thursday, Aug. 27 at 10 p.m. and will once again be led by executive producer and host Kevin Hart and wife Eniko Hart. Like in the premiere episode, the Harts will guide three teams of celebrity pairs through a wild and Lol-worthy game night. And, from what we see in the new teaser above, it's going to be a booty shaking good time! Challenges featured include "Big Fact," "Read My Lips" and...
- 8/13/2020
- E! Online
The soft glamor of Jessie Ware’s What’s Your Pleasure? radiates with the persistence of a sparkling disco ball in a foggy club. It’s melancholic luxury, like heavy drops of mascara-stained tears. It is also, undeniably, the British pop star’s best album yet: a sumptuous tribute to both peak- and post-disco as well as the black, brown and LGBTQ people the genre resonated with most deeply.
On Pleasure, the best songs sound like the final breath of euphoria before the harsh glow of the bar’s fluorescent...
On Pleasure, the best songs sound like the final breath of euphoria before the harsh glow of the bar’s fluorescent...
- 7/2/2020
- by Brittany Spanos
- Rollingstone.com
Lionsgate U.K. has taken theatrical rights to “The Father,” Florian Zeller’s movie adaptation of his hit stage play of the same name, starring Anthony Hopkins and Olivia Colman. Embankment Films, which executive produces the film, is handling worldwide sales (ex-France) and did the U.K. deal.
Principal photography started in the U.K. earlier this month on the film, which also stars Mark Gatiss, Imogen Poots, Rufus Sewell and Olivia Williams.
Lionsgate U.K. has the British theatrical rights. Broadcaster Channel 4 has the free-tv rights after Film4 invested in the movie.
Hopkins stars in the title role as a mischievous, independent man who, as he ages, refuses all assistance from his daughter Anne (Colman). Yet such help has become essential, following Anne’s decision to move to Paris with her partner. As Anne’s father tries to make sense of his changing circumstances, he begins to doubt his loved ones,...
Principal photography started in the U.K. earlier this month on the film, which also stars Mark Gatiss, Imogen Poots, Rufus Sewell and Olivia Williams.
Lionsgate U.K. has the British theatrical rights. Broadcaster Channel 4 has the free-tv rights after Film4 invested in the movie.
Hopkins stars in the title role as a mischievous, independent man who, as he ages, refuses all assistance from his daughter Anne (Colman). Yet such help has become essential, following Anne’s decision to move to Paris with her partner. As Anne’s father tries to make sense of his changing circumstances, he begins to doubt his loved ones,...
- 5/29/2019
- by Stewart Clarke
- Variety Film + TV
From his melancholic Oscar-nominated turn in “Chicago” to feuding with Will Ferrell in “Step Brothers,” John C. Reilly is the rare American actor to oscillate from dramatic roles to broad comedies. His wife, Alison Dickey, has always hoped to unite those two modes. “We’ve been together a long time,” said Dickey. An independent producer, she met Reilly when she was working as Sean Penn’s assistant on the set of “Casualties of War” in 1989. “I’ve seen the whole trajectory of his career. I’m so well aware of what he’s capable of doing. I always feel somewhat satisfied and somewhat unsatisfied after I watch a film of his, just in terms of wanting to get the whole palette.”
Eventually, she decided to do something about it. While developing her own projects, Dickey scouted for talent on the festival circuit. It was her enthusiasm for Mark and Jay Duplass...
Eventually, she decided to do something about it. While developing her own projects, Dickey scouted for talent on the festival circuit. It was her enthusiasm for Mark and Jay Duplass...
- 9/21/2018
- by Eric Kohn
- Indiewire
David Manson, who has served as executive producer of the Netflix series House of Cards, Ozark and Bloodline, has signed a two-year overall deal with Paramount Television to develop new projects and work on select existing ones for the studio via his Sarabande Productions banner.
The first potential series developed under the deal will be an adaption of Jacques Audiard’s César Award-winning 2001 French film Read My Lips with writer Nic Sheff. Sheff brought the project to Paramount TV and will work on the adaption with Manson. The series tells the unexpected love story between ex-convict Paul and deaf secretary Carla as they help one another navigate the worlds of blue and white-collar crime. The roles of Paul and Carla were played by Vincent Cassel and Emmanuelle Devos in the film.
“We are big fans of David and have connected over our shared vision for identifying cinematic and prestigious projects,...
The first potential series developed under the deal will be an adaption of Jacques Audiard’s César Award-winning 2001 French film Read My Lips with writer Nic Sheff. Sheff brought the project to Paramount TV and will work on the adaption with Manson. The series tells the unexpected love story between ex-convict Paul and deaf secretary Carla as they help one another navigate the worlds of blue and white-collar crime. The roles of Paul and Carla were played by Vincent Cassel and Emmanuelle Devos in the film.
“We are big fans of David and have connected over our shared vision for identifying cinematic and prestigious projects,...
- 4/30/2018
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Frank Ocean did not waste his dirty 30!
The Blonde singer threw a spectacular drag bash for his birthday over Halloween weekend that was clearly so fun, they had to keep things going!
Ocean stepped out at Toca Madera in West Hollywood, California, to continue his birthday celebration with an intimate dinner, an eyewitness tells Et. According to the eyewitness, Ocean wore a "Read My Lips" T-shirt, while he and his guests enjoyed Mexican cuisine, including the restaurant's signature Churro Ice Cream Sandwich.
More: Brad Pitt Makes Surprise Appearance at Frank Ocean's Fyf Performance
Over the weekend, Ocean strutted his stuff alongside drag queen Gia Gunn, while rocking incredible sparkly pants.
Check out the social media posts below for some of the best moments.
More: Justin Timberlake Says Frank Ocean Should Have Won Album of the Year at the GRAMMYs
Frank Ocean, you make 30 look so good!
Watch the video below for how more celebs celebrated Halloween weekend...
The Blonde singer threw a spectacular drag bash for his birthday over Halloween weekend that was clearly so fun, they had to keep things going!
Ocean stepped out at Toca Madera in West Hollywood, California, to continue his birthday celebration with an intimate dinner, an eyewitness tells Et. According to the eyewitness, Ocean wore a "Read My Lips" T-shirt, while he and his guests enjoyed Mexican cuisine, including the restaurant's signature Churro Ice Cream Sandwich.
More: Brad Pitt Makes Surprise Appearance at Frank Ocean's Fyf Performance
Over the weekend, Ocean strutted his stuff alongside drag queen Gia Gunn, while rocking incredible sparkly pants.
Check out the social media posts below for some of the best moments.
More: Justin Timberlake Says Frank Ocean Should Have Won Album of the Year at the GRAMMYs
Frank Ocean, you make 30 look so good!
Watch the video below for how more celebs celebrated Halloween weekend...
- 10/31/2017
- Entertainment Tonight
In Tonie Marshall’s corporate drama Number One (Numero Une), a business exec tries to crash through the glass ceiling and become the first woman to lead a major French company, doing damage to herself and others along the way. It’s an intriguing premise that, despite a sharp turn from the always-watchable Emmanuelle Devos (Read My Lips), gets muddled in too many characters, plot points and a feminist message that can seem both confused and slightly archaic. Still, this is a solid, topical enough outing to merit international pickups after world premiering at the Toronto Film Festival.
Devos plays Emmanuelle, a...
Devos plays Emmanuelle, a...
- 9/9/2017
- by Jordan Mintzer
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
By Jose Solís.
Emmanuelle Devos puts her sunglasses on. We are sitting in a room surrounded by marble busts and large windows, and she finds the light too bright. There surrounded by art pieces and posters of her new film Moka, she has never looked more like a movie star. And yet, her effortless grace and warm smile make her equally earthy. She speaks in a soft voice, laughs a lot, and has bright answers to all my questions. She was in New York to celebrate the opening of Frédéric Mermoud’s Moka, in which she plays Diane, a woman trying to avenge the death of her child at the hands of a merciless driver. She comes to believe she found the culprit and it turns out to be Marlène, played by Nathalie Baye. What follows is a psychological game in which we see Diane become both appalled and attracted by this woman.
Emmanuelle Devos puts her sunglasses on. We are sitting in a room surrounded by marble busts and large windows, and she finds the light too bright. There surrounded by art pieces and posters of her new film Moka, she has never looked more like a movie star. And yet, her effortless grace and warm smile make her equally earthy. She speaks in a soft voice, laughs a lot, and has bright answers to all my questions. She was in New York to celebrate the opening of Frédéric Mermoud’s Moka, in which she plays Diane, a woman trying to avenge the death of her child at the hands of a merciless driver. She comes to believe she found the culprit and it turns out to be Marlène, played by Nathalie Baye. What follows is a psychological game in which we see Diane become both appalled and attracted by this woman.
- 6/13/2017
- by Jose
- FilmExperience
Spoiler Warning: Details about Friday’s episode of RuPaul’s Drag Race are revealed below.
Well I’m glad I buckled my seat belt — that was a bumpy ride!
I was tickled pink (as I usually am!) by the fact that Trinity Taylor was not eliminated. She got all Olympic gymnast on us and Fought for her right to remain in the competition with one of the best lip sync numbers I have ever seen. In. My. Life. And trust me, darlings, I get around. This is not my first gay rodeo.
I was disappointed to see Charlie Hides leave last week.
Well I’m glad I buckled my seat belt — that was a bumpy ride!
I was tickled pink (as I usually am!) by the fact that Trinity Taylor was not eliminated. She got all Olympic gymnast on us and Fought for her right to remain in the competition with one of the best lip sync numbers I have ever seen. In. My. Life. And trust me, darlings, I get around. This is not my first gay rodeo.
I was disappointed to see Charlie Hides leave last week.
- 4/22/2017
- by Carson Kressley
- PEOPLE.com
Workplace thrillers have become a specialty of French cinema in recent years, with films like Laurent Cantet’s Human Resources, Jacques Audiard’s Read My Lips, Pascal Bonitzer’s Right Here Right Now and the Vincent Lindon starrer The Measure of a Man turning regular day jobs into situations of high anxiety, whether of the legal or criminal kind.
The latest addition to the lineup is the intense executive drama Corporate, which stars the tightly wound Celine Sallette as an Hr manager who finds herself on the company firing line when one of her employees commits suicide. Inspired by events and practices abundant...
The latest addition to the lineup is the intense executive drama Corporate, which stars the tightly wound Celine Sallette as an Hr manager who finds herself on the company firing line when one of her employees commits suicide. Inspired by events and practices abundant...
- 4/12/2017
- by Jordan Mintzer
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
2017-03-31T13:10:22-07:00Colbert Skewers Pence, Nunes, Trump and the Gang
"For the past week everybody everywhere has been wondering about Devin Nunes’ secret intelligence source at the White House," Stephen Colbert said at the top of Thursday night’s The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. “Nunes has refused to reveal who it was, out of concern that if his source was exposed, he’ll have to come up with a new reason to cancel all the Russia hearings.”
Earlier in the day, The New York Times revealed that two people met with Nunes, the California Republican chairman of the House Intelligence Committee: Ezra Cohen-Watnick, senior director for intelligence at the National Security Council, and Michael Ellis, a lawyer who had worked on national security issues at the White House.
“The rest of the story hasn’t changed,” Colbert said. “It was legal wiretaps of foreign...
"For the past week everybody everywhere has been wondering about Devin Nunes’ secret intelligence source at the White House," Stephen Colbert said at the top of Thursday night’s The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. “Nunes has refused to reveal who it was, out of concern that if his source was exposed, he’ll have to come up with a new reason to cancel all the Russia hearings.”
Earlier in the day, The New York Times revealed that two people met with Nunes, the California Republican chairman of the House Intelligence Committee: Ezra Cohen-Watnick, senior director for intelligence at the National Security Council, and Michael Ellis, a lawyer who had worked on national security issues at the White House.
“The rest of the story hasn’t changed,” Colbert said. “It was legal wiretaps of foreign...
- 3/31/2017
- by EG
- Yidio
There was more than enough politics for Stephen Colbert to talk about last night and he hit up nearly everyone in the administration. From his rants about the intelligence source of Devin Nunes, to the new “job” that Ivanka Trump now has as well as new jobs from Trump’s sons Eric and Donald Jr. being “in charge of the National Hair Gel Reserve,” it was an anything goes kind of night. Of course Colbert also poked jabs at Vladimir Putin’s “Read my Lips” flub by saying,“It’s the reason Vlad lost Jeopardy’s War Criminals Week.” But perhaps the highlight of the
Stephen Colbert Thinks that Mike Pence is Very Naughty...
Stephen Colbert Thinks that Mike Pence is Very Naughty...
- 3/31/2017
- by Nat Berman
- TVovermind.com
Russian President Vladimir Putin has condemned allegations of Russia interfering with the U.S. election as “fictional, illusory, provocations and lies.” He made the comments on Thursday, when speaking at a panel session in the Russian city of Archangel, according to CNN. When asked directly if Russia helped get Donald Trump elected as president, Putin responded: “Read my lips. No,” according to CNN. The U.S. House and Senate have launched individual intelligence committees to explore possible ties between Russian officials and members of Us President Donald Trump’s campaign team. Also Read: Judge Napolitano Stands By Wiretapping Claim in...
- 3/30/2017
- by Brian Flood
- The Wrap
Arms dealers are the bad guys in Ryan Bonder’s respectable crime drama which unfolds to a northern soul soundtrack
An intriguing anomaly: a London-set crime thriller boasting just enough storytelling heft and idiosyncratic style to merit investigation. Writer-director Ryan Bonder takes a borderline preposterous set-up – brooding Canuck Adam (Tygh Runyan) hides out as a Tate cloakroom clerk in a doomed bid to escape his arms-dealing family – then develops it to keep generating fresh perspectives on both the city and his characters. Thematically, it’s more Jacques Audiard than Nick Love: Adam’s relationship with a deaf dancer (Noémie Merlant) echoes Read My Lips (2001), the piano playing 2005’s The Beat That My Heart Skipped. (Again, it’s crime versus culture: we intuit that the brother who shows up is trouble from his brusque handling of Adam’s vinyl collection.) Not every gamble pays off – certain narrative backalleys remain under-illuminated...
An intriguing anomaly: a London-set crime thriller boasting just enough storytelling heft and idiosyncratic style to merit investigation. Writer-director Ryan Bonder takes a borderline preposterous set-up – brooding Canuck Adam (Tygh Runyan) hides out as a Tate cloakroom clerk in a doomed bid to escape his arms-dealing family – then develops it to keep generating fresh perspectives on both the city and his characters. Thematically, it’s more Jacques Audiard than Nick Love: Adam’s relationship with a deaf dancer (Noémie Merlant) echoes Read My Lips (2001), the piano playing 2005’s The Beat That My Heart Skipped. (Again, it’s crime versus culture: we intuit that the brother who shows up is trouble from his brusque handling of Adam’s vinyl collection.) Not every gamble pays off – certain narrative backalleys remain under-illuminated...
- 9/22/2016
- by Mike McCahill
- The Guardian - Film News
This is a reprint of our review from the 2015 Cannes Film Festival. The last decade or so has seen Jacques Audiard establish himself as one of the best, and best known, French filmmakers currently working. He first gained international attention with 2001’s “Read My Lips,” and then with the terrific “The Beat That My […]
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- 5/2/2016
- by Oliver Lyttelton
- The Playlist
Dheepan
Directed by Jacques Audiard
France, 2015
Philadelphia Film Festival
Dheepan (Jesuthasan Antonythasan) is a Tamil fighter. He flees war-torn Sri Lanka with Yalini (Kalieaswari Srinivasan) and Illayaal (Claudine Vinasithamby), posing as his wife and daughter. The makeshift family arrives in France and Dheepan finds work as a caretaker for an apartment building that is also a drug front.
Jacques Audiard’s follow-up to Rust and Bone took home the Palme d’Or at this year’s Cannes Film Festival. Dheepan thrives on silence. A nearly wordless opening showing the eponymous character’s tragic departure, the desperate meeting of Dheepan, Yalini, and Illayaal, and the voyage west is particularly effective. Audiard jumps smoothly through time and forces the audience to catch up with only the barest context, producing a beautifully mysterious prologue.
The director gets phenomenal performances from the three leads, who are all essentially non-actors (Antonythasan has one other credit...
Directed by Jacques Audiard
France, 2015
Philadelphia Film Festival
Dheepan (Jesuthasan Antonythasan) is a Tamil fighter. He flees war-torn Sri Lanka with Yalini (Kalieaswari Srinivasan) and Illayaal (Claudine Vinasithamby), posing as his wife and daughter. The makeshift family arrives in France and Dheepan finds work as a caretaker for an apartment building that is also a drug front.
Jacques Audiard’s follow-up to Rust and Bone took home the Palme d’Or at this year’s Cannes Film Festival. Dheepan thrives on silence. A nearly wordless opening showing the eponymous character’s tragic departure, the desperate meeting of Dheepan, Yalini, and Illayaal, and the voyage west is particularly effective. Audiard jumps smoothly through time and forces the audience to catch up with only the barest context, producing a beautifully mysterious prologue.
The director gets phenomenal performances from the three leads, who are all essentially non-actors (Antonythasan has one other credit...
- 11/3/2015
- by Neal Dhand
- SoundOnSight
Projects are casting all over the country and whether you’re a screen or stage actor looking for background work or a leading role in an Off-Off-Broadway production, Backstage casting notices have you covered. Check out these nine to see which you’d like to audition for! Legoland California Resort, 2015 Holiday SEASONCasting directors are seeking actors, dancers, singers, and improv performers for various roles in several shows happening for the festive “Holiday Snow Days & Winter Nights” event. Submissions are being sought from Los Angeles, San Diego, and Carlsbad, Calif. “Beauty And The Beast Vs. The Zombies Of Doom”This comedic play mashes up the classic folktale with the flesh rot of a zombie apocalypse for a San Francisco audience. Auditions for all roles are Oct. 16 and 17 in San Fran with early December performances. “Can You Read My Lips”A short film about a famous DJ who meets a deaf girl...
- 9/18/2015
- backstage.com
The last decade or so has seen Jacques Audiard establish himself as one of the best, and best known, French filmmakers currently working. He first gained international attention with 2001's "Read My Lips," and then with the terrific "The Beat That My Heart Skipped" in 2005. But it was 2009's prison epic "A Prophet" that really made his name by winning the Grand Prix at Cannes, picking up an Oscar nomination and becoming a cult hit worldwide. 2012's melodrama "Rust and Bone" continued the trend, with stellar reviews and awards buzz, bringing him to his largest audience yet, thanks to the presence of megastar Marion Cotillard. His follow-up, however, marks something of a return to his roots, a lower-budget drama starring a cast of unknowns, while simultaneously feeling like new territory. Perhaps not coincidentally, it's also absolutely terrific, and one of the strongest things he's made so far, a film containing all Audiard's strengths and.
- 5/21/2015
- by Oliver Lyttelton
- The Playlist
French filmmaker Jacques Audiard was well on his way to international acclaim. He won best screenplay at Cannes for 1996’s “A Self-Made Hero,” while "Read My Lips" and "The Beat That My Heart Skipped," were two of the best French films of the early aughts. But it wasn’t until 2009 that he was back at Cannes and won the Grand Prix with his arresting crime film “A Prophet,” a stunning drama some might argue should have won the Palme d’Or. The picture was also nominated for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 82nd Academy Awards and thus thrust the director into a new stratosphere. Following “Rust And Bone” in 2012, Audiard is back in Palme d’Or contention with “Dheepan” a drama about a Tamil freedom fighter who flees to Europe near the end of the Sri Lankan Civil War. With a makeshift family hoping to claim asylum, they...
- 5/19/2015
- by Edward Davis
- The Playlist
It's rare for us to picture a style that works for both a Halloween haunted house and a romantic getaway with the lover in your life. Ciara may be pulling off the impossible with this long, black Givenchy look—one part sweet dreams, one part nightmare...and somehow there's a little sexy in the mix too. But strange as this may sound, we actually wish the "Read My Lips" singer's look was either scarier or sexier. As it stands, there's one toe dipped in the sleepwear category (thanks to the long length and lace inserts) and another in the Elvira arena. A little more cleavage and a little less sweetness would make this a more solid style decision. Obviously we vote for...
- 10/2/2014
- E! Online
Katherine Heigl was confronted by an entertainment journalist about reports that she is “difficult to work with” in July, and the “State of Affairs” star addressed the awkward question this week by citing a quote from co-star Alfre Woodard. “Alfre just took my mom's face in her hands and went ‘Read my lips: F–k those assholes!'” Heigl told Entertainment Weekly. “And it's Alfre, so you believe her.” See video: Watch Trailers for NBC's New Shows: Katherine Heigl's ‘State of Affairs,’ Kate Walsh's ‘Bad Judge,’ More Heigl returns to television this fall for the first time since leaving “Grey's Anatomy.
- 9/11/2014
- by Greg Gilman
- The Wrap
Katherine Heigl kind of disappeared for a while. She was busy raising two kids, loving on rescue dogs, and starring in the occasional ensemble movie or sleep aid commercial. This fall, she returns in a big way with the NBC drama State of Affairs, playing a hardened CIA analyst tasked with keeping the President (played with great steeliness by Alfre Woodard) informed of the most pressing threats to national security.
While Heigl might have been lying low the last several years, stories of her supposedly bad reputation took flight. Rumors of her “difficult nature”—a phrase, by the way, that...
While Heigl might have been lying low the last several years, stories of her supposedly bad reputation took flight. Rumors of her “difficult nature”—a phrase, by the way, that...
- 9/11/2014
- by Karen Valby
- EW - Inside TV
Christopher Nolan
In the early 20th century, when the public’s love affair with cinema began, we were first introduced to this beguiling new art form through its stars, and this is exactly how the powers that be wanted it. When the Hollywood studios ran the film industry like a tightly controlled, upper-class bordello, the emphasis was placed on the faces you could see, the actors, and a films director existed in some theoretical dark corner of the silver screen, practicing some ethereal cinematic wizardry that the plebeian film fan could never even hope to understand. As the Hepburns’, Davis’, Borgarts’, and Gables’ of the world began to age though, and their box office power diminished, the studios were briefly forced to let the inmates run the prison, handing over the keys to the pesky directors. Suddenly, the auteur was born.
While technically speaking, Auteur Theory, the belief that a...
In the early 20th century, when the public’s love affair with cinema began, we were first introduced to this beguiling new art form through its stars, and this is exactly how the powers that be wanted it. When the Hollywood studios ran the film industry like a tightly controlled, upper-class bordello, the emphasis was placed on the faces you could see, the actors, and a films director existed in some theoretical dark corner of the silver screen, practicing some ethereal cinematic wizardry that the plebeian film fan could never even hope to understand. As the Hepburns’, Davis’, Borgarts’, and Gables’ of the world began to age though, and their box office power diminished, the studios were briefly forced to let the inmates run the prison, handing over the keys to the pesky directors. Suddenly, the auteur was born.
While technically speaking, Auteur Theory, the belief that a...
- 7/18/2014
- by Christopher Lominac
- Obsessed with Film
Ever since her breakout role as a deaf office worker, Carla, in Jacques Audiard's audacious caper flick Read My Lips, Emmanuelle Devos has risen to become one of the top French actresses of our time, working with auteur filmmakers such as Arnaud Desplechin and Alain Resnais and rubbing shoulders with Catherine Deneuve and Gerard Depardeu. The thing is, I can't think of another actress who made a career out of her frumpiness more successfully than Devos. And she happens to be a favorite of mine.In Martin Provost's biopic of a post-war French writer Violette Leduc, Devos delivers another gold-star performance, again using her arguably unremarkable physical attributes as a weapon.The film starts with Violette's black market smuggler days during WWII, when she is helplessly in...
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- 6/12/2014
- Screen Anarchy
Here is last week’s caption pic winner. This week’s caption pic is at the bottom of the page.
“I know six things in this picture that will no longer be blue”
Thanks to David for this week’s winning caption!
Weekend Birthdays! Karl Urban (above) is 42, Harvey Fierstein is 62, Sandra Bernhard is 59, Michael Cera is 26, Nancy Sinatra is 74, Julianna Marguiles is 48, and Bonnie Tyler is 63. Pretty Boy In Underwear Guitar Swinging is a lost art. Thank you for preserving it, Bonnie.
Megan Mullally will join Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick on Broadway in Terrence McNally‘s It’s Only A Play.
Out director Bill Condon has been chosen to direct the live-action version of Beauty & The Beast. Thanks for nothing, Maleficent
Wanda Sykes will host this year’s Trevor Live, with musical guests including Rob Thomas, Jeremy Jordan and Cheyenne Jackson , and presenters Neil Patrick Harris, Lucy Liu and Ellen Page.
“I know six things in this picture that will no longer be blue”
Thanks to David for this week’s winning caption!
Weekend Birthdays! Karl Urban (above) is 42, Harvey Fierstein is 62, Sandra Bernhard is 59, Michael Cera is 26, Nancy Sinatra is 74, Julianna Marguiles is 48, and Bonnie Tyler is 63. Pretty Boy In Underwear Guitar Swinging is a lost art. Thank you for preserving it, Bonnie.
Megan Mullally will join Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick on Broadway in Terrence McNally‘s It’s Only A Play.
Out director Bill Condon has been chosen to direct the live-action version of Beauty & The Beast. Thanks for nothing, Maleficent
Wanda Sykes will host this year’s Trevor Live, with musical guests including Rob Thomas, Jeremy Jordan and Cheyenne Jackson , and presenters Neil Patrick Harris, Lucy Liu and Ellen Page.
- 6/6/2014
- by snicks
- The Backlot
Violette , in French, subtitled in English, follows the strange and compelling story from the World War II years through the 1960s of trailblazing bisexual French feminist novelist Violette Leduc (Emmanuelle Devos, Kings and Queen) and her struggle to find her voice as a writer. Scarred by both a childhood trauma and a loveless marriage, as an adult, she became rather crazy.
Here Violette finds a complex and difficult mentor in her friend and benefactress, Simone de Beauvoir (Sandrine Kiberlain), and gains entry to a world of literary giants after a very difficult literary passage.
A parade of great French writers from Camus to Genet is brought to life by a magnificent ensemble cast.
Director Martin Provost (Séraphine, winner of 7 César Awards) vividly and unsentimentally recreates the heady intellectual atmosphere of Paris from the 1940s to the 1960s.
Devos gives one of the most impassioned, over the top crazy (i.e., good!!) performances of her lauded career in the title role, portraying an uncompromising, though totally confused, female artist’s journey from darkness, confusion, weirdness to light and finally literary success.
Devos won her first César Award for her performance as partially deaf Carla in Jacques Audiard's Read My Lips and her second César for Xavier Giannoli’s In the Beginning. She has been praised for many other performances including Arnaud Desplechins A Christmas Tale, Alain Resnais' Wild Grass and Audiard’s The Beat That My Heart Skipped. She will soon begin filming Neil Labute’s The Geography of Hope alongside Vera Farmiga, Ethan Hawke and Ed Harris.
Sandrine Kiberlain is perfect as the famously severe Simone de Beauvoir who is Violette's instructress and mentor.
Sandrine Kiberlain, fresh off her Best Actress win at the 2014 Cesar Awards for 9 Month Stretch, is one of France’s most respected actresses, and has appeared in over fifty films including Alain Resnais' final film Life of Riley, as well as with top French directors such as Jacques Audiard (A Self-Made Hero), Benoît Jacquot (Seventh Heaven, La Fausse Suivante de Marivaux) and Claude Miller (Betty Fisher and Other Stories).
With always interesting sets shot in French period grey tones, Violette is a stunning masterwork that casts an interesting, thought provoking spell.
This is an intimate and powerful true story of the relationship between two extraordinary women in an extraordinary time. If, like me, you thought you “knew” this period, this film will give you much food for thought. It is especially insightful as to the role of French intellectual women and their trials in this most interesting period of French history.
The film premiered at Toronto International Film Festival 2013 in Official Selection where it was acquired for U.S. by Adopt Films. Its U.S. premiere will be at the Los Angeles Film Festival, will open in New York June 13 and in L.A. June 27 followed by its national rollout.
Its international sales agent, Doc & Film has licensed the film to Adopt for U.S., Madman for Australia and New Zealand. Argentina has sold to Cdi Films, Brazil Imovision, Canada Métropole Films Distribution, Denmark Camera Film A/S, France Universcine and Diaphana, Germany Kool Filmdistribution, Iceland Heimili Kvikmyndanna - Bio Paradis, Italy Movies Inspired, Netherlands Contact Film, Norway As Fidalgo Film Distribution, Poland Aurora Films, Slovak Republic Film Europe Media Company, Sweden Folkets Bio, Switzerland Xenix Filmdistribution Gmbh, Taiwan Swallow Wings Films Co.,Ltd., U.K. Soda Pictures...
Here Violette finds a complex and difficult mentor in her friend and benefactress, Simone de Beauvoir (Sandrine Kiberlain), and gains entry to a world of literary giants after a very difficult literary passage.
A parade of great French writers from Camus to Genet is brought to life by a magnificent ensemble cast.
Director Martin Provost (Séraphine, winner of 7 César Awards) vividly and unsentimentally recreates the heady intellectual atmosphere of Paris from the 1940s to the 1960s.
Devos gives one of the most impassioned, over the top crazy (i.e., good!!) performances of her lauded career in the title role, portraying an uncompromising, though totally confused, female artist’s journey from darkness, confusion, weirdness to light and finally literary success.
Devos won her first César Award for her performance as partially deaf Carla in Jacques Audiard's Read My Lips and her second César for Xavier Giannoli’s In the Beginning. She has been praised for many other performances including Arnaud Desplechins A Christmas Tale, Alain Resnais' Wild Grass and Audiard’s The Beat That My Heart Skipped. She will soon begin filming Neil Labute’s The Geography of Hope alongside Vera Farmiga, Ethan Hawke and Ed Harris.
Sandrine Kiberlain is perfect as the famously severe Simone de Beauvoir who is Violette's instructress and mentor.
Sandrine Kiberlain, fresh off her Best Actress win at the 2014 Cesar Awards for 9 Month Stretch, is one of France’s most respected actresses, and has appeared in over fifty films including Alain Resnais' final film Life of Riley, as well as with top French directors such as Jacques Audiard (A Self-Made Hero), Benoît Jacquot (Seventh Heaven, La Fausse Suivante de Marivaux) and Claude Miller (Betty Fisher and Other Stories).
With always interesting sets shot in French period grey tones, Violette is a stunning masterwork that casts an interesting, thought provoking spell.
This is an intimate and powerful true story of the relationship between two extraordinary women in an extraordinary time. If, like me, you thought you “knew” this period, this film will give you much food for thought. It is especially insightful as to the role of French intellectual women and their trials in this most interesting period of French history.
The film premiered at Toronto International Film Festival 2013 in Official Selection where it was acquired for U.S. by Adopt Films. Its U.S. premiere will be at the Los Angeles Film Festival, will open in New York June 13 and in L.A. June 27 followed by its national rollout.
Its international sales agent, Doc & Film has licensed the film to Adopt for U.S., Madman for Australia and New Zealand. Argentina has sold to Cdi Films, Brazil Imovision, Canada Métropole Films Distribution, Denmark Camera Film A/S, France Universcine and Diaphana, Germany Kool Filmdistribution, Iceland Heimili Kvikmyndanna - Bio Paradis, Italy Movies Inspired, Netherlands Contact Film, Norway As Fidalgo Film Distribution, Poland Aurora Films, Slovak Republic Film Europe Media Company, Sweden Folkets Bio, Switzerland Xenix Filmdistribution Gmbh, Taiwan Swallow Wings Films Co.,Ltd., U.K. Soda Pictures...
- 5/31/2014
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
David Attenborough on wildlife in pubs and nightclubs, getting a kick out of the NFL – and danger at the Grammy Awards
"It's just after midnight in traditional British socialising grounds … " intones the unmistakeable voice of veteran wildlife documentary maker David Attenborough as he narrates a typical British night out. The hilarious observations about drinking and mating are the latest offering from Cassette Boy.
Playing at the Grammy Awards can be a dangerous activity, as our clip of Taylor Swift shows. Meanwhile, actor Scarlett Johansson has quit as an ambassador for Oxfam amid a row over her support for SodaStream, which has a factory in the Jewish settlement of Maale Adumim. We've got the full version of her latest SodaStream ad – an edited version will be aired in the Super Bowl break after broadcaster Fox refused to broadcast "four offensive words" at the end – "Sorry, Coke and Pepsi".
To get you...
"It's just after midnight in traditional British socialising grounds … " intones the unmistakeable voice of veteran wildlife documentary maker David Attenborough as he narrates a typical British night out. The hilarious observations about drinking and mating are the latest offering from Cassette Boy.
Playing at the Grammy Awards can be a dangerous activity, as our clip of Taylor Swift shows. Meanwhile, actor Scarlett Johansson has quit as an ambassador for Oxfam amid a row over her support for SodaStream, which has a factory in the Jewish settlement of Maale Adumim. We've got the full version of her latest SodaStream ad – an edited version will be aired in the Super Bowl break after broadcaster Fox refused to broadcast "four offensive words" at the end – "Sorry, Coke and Pepsi".
To get you...
- 1/31/2014
- by Janette Owen
- The Guardian - Film News
If you're like us, you have fond ... well, maybe not-so-fond ... memories of having the pants scared off you 25 years ago by "Friday the 13th: The Series." If you don't remember, gather 'round while we fill you in about TV days of yore.
Back in the day, Saturday nights used to have original programming. And from fall 1987 to spring 1990, the call for CBS was this little gem of a horror show. It had nothing to do with the movie franchise of the same name. No, this series was like ... "Warehouse 13" meets "Tales from the Crypt."
The premise is that Micki inherits an antique shop from her uncle and, along with her partner Ryan, has to go about procuring cursed antiques that cause the owners to perform evil deeds (usually killing people).
If you'd like to check it out, Chiller is airing an eight-hour marathon for Friday, Dec. 13, starting at 9 a.
Back in the day, Saturday nights used to have original programming. And from fall 1987 to spring 1990, the call for CBS was this little gem of a horror show. It had nothing to do with the movie franchise of the same name. No, this series was like ... "Warehouse 13" meets "Tales from the Crypt."
The premise is that Micki inherits an antique shop from her uncle and, along with her partner Ryan, has to go about procuring cursed antiques that cause the owners to perform evil deeds (usually killing people).
If you'd like to check it out, Chiller is airing an eight-hour marathon for Friday, Dec. 13, starting at 9 a.
- 12/13/2013
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
Logan Marshall-Green (Prometheus), Cannes Film Festival Best Actor Winner and Cesar Award nominee Olivier Gourmet (The Son) and Laura Carmichael (“Downton Abbey”) have joined the all-star cast of Madame Bovary featuring Mia Wasikowska (Alice In Wonderland, Jane Eyre), Ezra Miller (The Perks Of Being A Wallflower, We Need To Talk About Kevin), Academy-Award nominee Paul Giamatti (Cinderella Man, Sideways), Rhys Ifans (The Amazing Spider-man) and Henry Lloyd-Hughes (Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire, Anna Karenina).
Principal photography on the film commences on September 30th on location in Normandy, France.
Madame Bovary tells the tragic story of Emma (Wasikowska), a young beauty who impulsively marries a small-town doctor to leave her father’s pig farm behind. But after being introduced to the glamorous world of high society, she soon becomes bored with her stodgy mate and seeks excitement and status outside the bonds of marriage.
Sophie Barthes (Cold Souls) directs...
Principal photography on the film commences on September 30th on location in Normandy, France.
Madame Bovary tells the tragic story of Emma (Wasikowska), a young beauty who impulsively marries a small-town doctor to leave her father’s pig farm behind. But after being introduced to the glamorous world of high society, she soon becomes bored with her stodgy mate and seeks excitement and status outside the bonds of marriage.
Sophie Barthes (Cold Souls) directs...
- 9/30/2013
- by Melissa Thompson
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Vincent Cassel is set to lead Partisan, replacing previously attached Oscar Isaac. Protagonist to handle international sales.
French actor Vincent Cassel is set to lead Partisan, Ariel Kleiman’s debut feature which will shoot in Australia in October.
Protagonist Pictures has come on board to handle international sales on the film, which was written by Kleiman and Sarah Cyngler.
Cassel will play a charismatic and troubled man called Gregori, who has raised a communal family within the world of his lavish compound. The story is told through the eyes of 11-year-old Alexander who starts to question Gregori’s deadly teachings.
Cassel’s international credits include Mesrine, for which he won the César for Best Actor, Irreversible, Read My Lips, The Crimson Rivers, Brotherhood Of The Wolf, L’Appartement and La Haine, as well as Black Swan, Eastern Promises, Ocean’s 12 and Ocean’s 13. His upcoming work includes Beauty and the Beast.
Warp Films Australia...
French actor Vincent Cassel is set to lead Partisan, Ariel Kleiman’s debut feature which will shoot in Australia in October.
Protagonist Pictures has come on board to handle international sales on the film, which was written by Kleiman and Sarah Cyngler.
Cassel will play a charismatic and troubled man called Gregori, who has raised a communal family within the world of his lavish compound. The story is told through the eyes of 11-year-old Alexander who starts to question Gregori’s deadly teachings.
Cassel’s international credits include Mesrine, for which he won the César for Best Actor, Irreversible, Read My Lips, The Crimson Rivers, Brotherhood Of The Wolf, L’Appartement and La Haine, as well as Black Swan, Eastern Promises, Ocean’s 12 and Ocean’s 13. His upcoming work includes Beauty and the Beast.
Warp Films Australia...
- 8/27/2013
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Celebrating a crop of new music, Ciara released two new video snippets for her songs "Livin It Up" and "Read My Lips" on Thursday (July 11).
The 27-year-old songstress recently released her fifth album, self-titled Ciara earlier this month through Epic Records.
Lending some additional starpower to the record is Nicki Minaj, who appears on two tracks with the R&B singer.
Check out the video clips of "Livin It Up" and "Read My Lips" below and stay linked to GossipCenter for updates on the full versions.
The 27-year-old songstress recently released her fifth album, self-titled Ciara earlier this month through Epic Records.
Lending some additional starpower to the record is Nicki Minaj, who appears on two tracks with the R&B singer.
Check out the video clips of "Livin It Up" and "Read My Lips" below and stay linked to GossipCenter for updates on the full versions.
- 7/12/2013
- GossipCenter
Ciara, "Ciara" (Epic Records)
The lead single from Ciara's self-titled fifth album, "Body Party," is an oozing, seductive R&B track that deserves rousing applause – especially when the 27-year-old matches the song with daring and sensual dance moves that scream Janet Jackson, Aaliyah and others that have come before her, as she did at the recent Bet Awards.
The bedroom groove is easily the best of the 11 tracks that make up "Ciara." There are others that shine, too: The bouncy "Livin' It Up," one of two songs to feature Nicki Minaj, has an empowering feel; the mid-tempo "Read My Lips" is appealing and Ciara's sweet tone rides nicely over the semi-electronic beat of "Overdose."
Still, the album doesn't feel special. While it's much better than her last two releases – the weak "Fantasy Ride" and the subpar "Basic Instinct" – the album is made up of fillers that have you...
The lead single from Ciara's self-titled fifth album, "Body Party," is an oozing, seductive R&B track that deserves rousing applause – especially when the 27-year-old matches the song with daring and sensual dance moves that scream Janet Jackson, Aaliyah and others that have come before her, as she did at the recent Bet Awards.
The bedroom groove is easily the best of the 11 tracks that make up "Ciara." There are others that shine, too: The bouncy "Livin' It Up," one of two songs to feature Nicki Minaj, has an empowering feel; the mid-tempo "Read My Lips" is appealing and Ciara's sweet tone rides nicely over the semi-electronic beat of "Overdose."
Still, the album doesn't feel special. While it's much better than her last two releases – the weak "Fantasy Ride" and the subpar "Basic Instinct" – the album is made up of fillers that have you...
- 7/8/2013
- by AP
- Huffington Post
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