Visits: 22 Name: Jayme Lawson Age: 23 Hometown: Washington, D.C. Now Lives: A studio apartment in the Crown Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn. Claim to Fame: Despite never having acted in a film before, Ms. Lawson is generating Oscar buzz for …
Louise Linton, Wife of Steven Mnuchin, On Her New Movie ‘Me You Madness’
Visits: 17 The next year, she got a part in “The Echo,” a low-budget horror movie, but the film’s director later said she was only cast after her first husband, the Beverly Hills lawyer Ronald Richards, wrote a check. “We …
Academy Museum Gives Debbie Reynolds Her Due as a Costume Conservator
Visits: 43 LOS ANGELES — For decades, Debbie Reynolds begged Hollywood to help her preserve and exhibit her vast collection of golden age costumes. “These pieces are cultural touchstones that still carry the energy of the stars who performed in …
Why I Love Women Who Wallop
Visits: 34 Like many women, I have spent a lot of time thinking about how to move through the world. How to walk with confidence but not too much swing. How to stand with my shoulders back without sticking out …
Hollywood’s New Dialect Coaches Address Racism
Visits: 55 Tré Cotten got his big film industry break this year in “One Night in Miami,” the first feature directed by Regina King. Mr. Cotten is an expert in voice and speech training and a self-described “research nerd,” adept …
Sacha Baron Cohen on the ‘Borat’ Sequel and Playing Abbie Hoffman
Visits: 253 Borat uses the flower bed in front of the Trump hotel at Columbus Circle as a men’s room. Sacha Baron Cohen plays the cello and is planning to take some Zoom classes from the masters. Borat keeps his …
13 Shows and Movies We’re Excited to Stream in September 2020
Visits: 47image courtesy hboIncluding Dan Levy’s first on-screen project after Schitt’s Creek, Coastal Elites. By Pahull Bains Date August 27, 2020 icon-facebook icon-twitter We’ve got a lot of time on our hands right now. Here are all the movies and …
Beyoncé’s ‘Black Is King’: Let’s Discuss
Visits: 76 When Beyoncé took a speaking role as Nala — the eventual queen — in the 2019 remake of “The Lion King,” she decided to delve beyond Disney’s Hollywood version of Africa. She added a new, gospel-charged song, “Spirit,” …
Family-Friendly Movies Made by Diverse Filmmakers
Visits: 38 For parents trying to figure out how to talk to their children about racism, film can be a useful tool for generating empathy. But many family-friendly movies with diverse casts are told from a white perspective, for a …