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In the faux aristocracy that is Hollywood, a Blake Lively should not have reason to meaningfully cross paths with a Justin Baldoni. Lively, best known for playing Serena van der Woodsen in the CW series “Gossip Girl,” is an ingénue of teen-soap television, who has parlayed a career as a film actor into a permanent … Read more
The last time I talked to Colman Domingo, in 2021, his life was completely different. At fifty-one, he was a successful character actor, the kind whose face you might recognize from a flashy supporting role on TV—say, a con man turned post-apocalyptic dictator on “Fear the Walking Dead,” or Zendaya’s rehab sponsor on “Euphoria.” After … Read more
With the death of the director Richard Foreman, at eighty-seven, on January 4th, an era came to an end. You might define that era as a time of American aesthetic swagger, when artists such as Foreman, Mabou Mines, Meredith Monk, and Robert Wilson enjoyed international attention, helping make late-twentieth-century New York a performance mecca. Or … Read more
Vanessa Redgrave once compared Jesse Eisenberg to the poet Percy Bysshe Shelley, because of his “inquiring mind.” Seventeen minutes into my recent lunch with Eisenberg, in Chelsea, I had yet to ask him a question, but he’d peppered me with plenty of his own. Where was I from? How did I know So-and-So? Did I … Read more
In March 2013, former President Goodluck Jonathan launched a N3 billion initiative called “Project Nollywood” to revitalise Nigeria’s film industry. At that time, Nollywood was experiencing growth in production and sales but continued to face criticism for its low-quality content. ‘Project Nollywood’ aimed to provide grants for film scripts, support capacity development, and improve industry … Read more
Dame Maggie Smith, who died on Friday, at the age of eighty-nine, was one of a generation of female British actors who carved out a long career on the stage, in the movies, on television, and, in a final unexpected turn, on TikTok. Recently, a clip featuring a conversation between Dame Maggie and Dames Joan … Read more
Wine and cheese. Peanut butter and jelly. Socks and Crocs. And, of course, Brad Pitt and George Clooney. Among all the randomness of the universe, there are some pairings that just make sense — complementing one another by happy accident but so perfectly compatible it’s as if they were designed that way. So given how … Read more
Inside Onam Celebrations: Dulquer, Mohanlal, Keerthy & Other Actors Embrace the Festive Spirit Read original article here Denial of responsibility! Pioneer Newz is an automatic aggregator of the all world’s media. In each content, the hyperlink to the primary source is specified. All trademarks belong to their rightful owners, all materials to their authors. If … Read more
Two Winnipeg-spawned filmmakers who have both offered up surreal visions of the Prairie city — albeit almost 20 years apart — talked to a Toronto International Film Festival crowd this week about the reception to their latest movies and what it’s like to try to present Winnipeg to the world in film. Guy Maddin and Matthew Rankin … Read more
Actor and content creator Bhuvan Bam, who is known for his work in the series ‘Taaza Khabar‘ and ‘Dhindora‘, recently surpassed 5 billion views on his YouTube channel. Despite not uploading any new content for the past nine months, the content creator-turned-actor is delighted that his videos are still being watched.During a conversation with Hindustan … Read more
