Julia Garner Is Asked If She's Playing Madonna in New Biopic

Julia Garner is answering all your burning questions.

Daniel Radcliffe is gearing up to play “Weird Al” Yankovic in a new Roku Channel biopic about the life and career of the man behind the Grammy-winning parodies.

Daniel Radcliffe is gearing up to play "Weird Al" Yankovic in a new Roku Channel biopic about the life and career of the man behind the Grammy-winning parodies.In new photos from the set of  taken earlier this month in Los Angeles, the 32-year-old star, dressed in a camouflage short-sleeved button-up with a pair of plain black jeans and checkered Vans slip on shoes, is hardly recognizable in Yankovic's infamous curly 'do and mustache combo, as he's seen making his way through the film's set with an iced coffee in hand. According to a tongue-in-cheek release for the upcoming biopic, the film «holds nothing back, exploring every facet of Yankovic's life, from his meteoric rise to fame with early hits like 'Eat It' and 'Like a Surgeon' to his torrid celebrity love affairs and famously depraved lifestyle.»The movie also promises to bring «audiences on a truly unbelievable journey through Yankovic's life and career, from gifted child prodigy to the greatest musical legend of all time.»Yankovic, who serves as a writer for the biopic, said he was «thrilled» to have Radcliffe portray him in the story about his life.«I am absolutely thrilled that Daniel Radcliffe will be portraying me in the film,» Yankovic gushed. «I have no doubt whatsoever that this is the role future generations will remember him for.»«When my last movie UHF came out in 1989, I made a solemn vow to my fans that I would release a major motion picture every 33 years, like clockwork.

Shonda Rhimes’ limited Netflix series about Anna Delvey above the typical true-crime drama is the designer fashions the characters wear onscreen. Like, which Delvey watched to learn English, and, directed by David Frankel, who helms two of the series’ episodes, is as much about the fashion as it is about a young woman who pretended to be a German heiress to con her way through the rich and elite of New York City.

No thank you. Playing the faux German heiress Anna Delvey on Inventing Anna has made star Julia Garner realize that fame is often more trouble than it’s worth.

Julia Garner understands how “dangerous” fame can be.

Inventing Anna sees Ozark star Garner playing fraudster Anna Delvey – whose real name is Anna Sorokin – in a new Netflix series about her life.The show tells the true story of how Sorokin scammed banks, businesses and acquaintances out of money under the fake guise of her being a wealthy German heiress.In 2019, she was convicted of crimes including grand larceny, and sentenced to four to 12 years in prison. She was initially released in 2021, but was then taken back into custody for violating the terms of her visa.Earlier this month Sorokin wrote an open letter about her feelings on the show, to which Garner has now responded.In a new interview with Entertainment Tonight, Garner said: “I respect whatever Anna does in terms of whether she wants to watch the show or doesn’t want to watch the show.“That’s her choice and that’s totally fine.

Critics might have found fault with Shondra Rhimes‘ admittedly bloated Anna Delvey miniseries “Inventing Anna,” but after early screenings, it was obvious to any member of the media it was going to be a smash. That prediction has easily come to pass with the limited series landing at the top spot of the streaming service the entire weekend.

Julia Garner is having quite a year!First, the actress returned to the screen in her Emmy-winning role as Ruth Langmore on, capping off the first episodes of the crime drama's fourth and final season with a meme-worthy scream and a promise to exact revenge on the drug kingpin who murdered her cousin, Wyatt.«It's always funny because… by the time it comes out, I forget like, how intense it was,» Garner told ET recently of the revelations that set up 's final episodes, due out later this year.«You’re just going to have to wait,» she teased. «It gets more intense. It gets very intense. The ending of season [4A], the first half, was just the beginning of the intensity, that ending.»While fans wait for more , Garner can next be seen playing a completely different but equally compelling role: convicted fraudster Anna Delvey, in Shonda Rhimes’ true-crime limited series, . A far cry from Ruth's Southern drawl, the actress had to master a complicated accent in order to portray the German expat, who pretended to be an heiress as she conned hundreds of thousands of dollars out of New York’s high society and financial institutions. Garner first started by learning “a German accent and then Russian and then put it all together,” she explained, adding that she had to subtly layer in a British accent. And because Anna spent so much time in New York City and interacting with Americans, “musically it shouldn’t sound European.

Inventing Anna is Netflix's newest release this week and the cast list includes some prominent actors.

NEW YORK -- Julia Garner admits to feeling “intimidated” when she met Anna Sorokin — who posed as a German heiress in New York society named Anna Delvey — and was later convicted of fraud.Garner portrays Sorokin in the new Shonda Rhimes series for Netflix, “Inventing Anna,” debuting Friday. What surprised Garner at that prison meeting? Sorokin was likable.“I just really wanted to get her energy,” said Garner. “What was coming across — that I didn’t expect — was how bubbly she was, how charming.”Garner walked away with insight into just how Sorokin was able to pull off her schemes.“When I got out of that visit, I was like, ’Wow, that’s why she was so close in getting everything that she wanted.

Angelique Jackson When a story about a faux-heiress called “Anna Delvey” first appeared in New York Magazine in May 2018, actor Julia Garner was among the voracious readers who pored over journalist Jessica Pressler’s account of how Anna Sorokin, a twentysomething Russian-born German woman, had scammed her way into the top branches of New York business and society by pretending to have a $60 million fortune.“I had the same reaction that the whole world had,” Garner recalls, telling Variety she read the piece, titled “Maybe She Had So Much Money She Just Lost Track of It,” the week it published. “Then two months later, when I heard that it was going to be a series, I was not surprised about it at all.

By Julia Garner is in costume as the fashion-savvy, society wannabe and con artist Anna Delvey when I sit down with in Marrakech, Morocco. And we're not just anywhere in one of Africa's busiest and most popular cities—we're at La Mamounia, a world class resort that is an important setting for .

Julia Garner is speaking out in response to the comments that the real Anna Delvey made about the new Netflix series Inventing Anna.

After earning two back-to-back Emmys for her scene-stealing supporting role on “Ozark”, Julia Garner is stepping into the lead as convicted fraudster Anna Delvey in Shonda Rhimes’ limited, true-crime series, “Inventing Anna”. The series should earn more awards attention for the 28-year-old star, who met with Delvey in order to learn how to embody the captivating yet perplexing persona of the German expat who pretended to be an heiress as she conned hundreds of thousands of dollars out of some of New York’s high society and financial institutions.

Michael Jackson’s legendary life is setting the biopic treatment.

, Julia Garner is stepping into the lead as convicted fraudster Anna Delvey in Shonda Rhimes’ limited, true-crime series,. The series should garner more awards attention for the 28-year-old star, who worked closely with Delvey to embody the captivating yet perplexing persona of the German expat who pretended to be an heiress in order to con New York’s social elite and financial institutions out of millions. While Delvey, whose real name is Anna Sorokin, sold the rights of her story to Netflix and even met with Garner when she was still in prison serving out her sentence, she recently wrote in an essay for revealing that “it doesn't look like [she’ll] be watching  anytime soon.” “Even if I were to pull some strings and make it happen, nothing about seeing a fictionalized version of myself in this criminal-insane-asylum setting sounds appealing to me,” Delvey, who is now in ICE custody after violating the terms of her visa, wrote. “I was hoping that by the time came out, I would've moved on with my life.

The final days of Playboy Playmate, model, and actress Anna Nicole Smith will be captured in a new biopic with “GLOW” star Betty Gilpin.