Just a bit ago, I learned that Robert Douglas Dalton—best known as Roman Polanski’s long-time lawyer—had died.
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Melanie Lynskey has dealt with nasty body shaming for years!
In a new interview with The Hollywood Reporter published on Wednesday, the actress opened up about the brutal behind-the-scenes experience of filming the 2000 movie Coyote Ugly. She played “the best friend from Jersey,” AKA Gloria, in the film, but her time on set was not all it was cracked up to be. The female stars were all put on a “regimen,” and despite severely restricting her diet, she was still deemed too big for the role! Melanie shared:
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Her body was a constant point of contention, especially when various costume designers or hair and makeup people would point out her so-called flaws, she noted:
Geez. That’s so rude! And at size four?! So ridiculous!!! Terrible comments like these were coming from just about everyone, she insisted:
The backlash took a massive toll on her, the now-45-year-old continued:
Melanie wasn’t the only one experiencing this kind of intense scrutiny. The New Zealand-born star recalled witnessing leading lady Piper Perabo face backlash for her body, as well, adding:
And to think, 22 years later and Melanie is STILL dealing with this same s**t!! Back in January, the performer told Rolling Stone that a member of the Yellowjackets‘ production team asked her ahead of filming the hit series:
Ugh. So uncalled for. And have y’all seen her? She’s gorgeous and her body does not need fixing! Especially not at the request of some production employee!!
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Jason Ritter’s wife continued to face negativity as the show premiered and viewers found an issue with her interpretation of adult
Just a bit ago, I learned that Robert Douglas Dalton—best known as Roman Polanski’s long-time lawyer—had died.
Elijah Wood is the latest actor to join season 2. Showtime revealed the newest cast member will have “a season-long guest arc” as Walter, when the Emmy-nominated drama returns with new episodes.
is the hit survival drama that unfolds over two timelines: one in the past, when the high school soccer team’s plane crashed in the Canadian Rockies, forcing the stranded teenage girls to do anything to survive; and another in the present, picking up with four adults, who managed to make it out alive nearly 25 years earlier. After an explosive debut, which earned seven Emmy nominations, Showtime renewed the series from creators Ashley Lyle and Bart Nickerson for another season. And as anticipation builds for the new episodes, here’s everything we know about season 2: Season 1 starred an ensemble cast, with Melanie Lynskey and Sophie Nélisse as the adult and teenage versions of Shauna, respectively; Tawny Cypress and Jasmin Savoy Brown as the adult and teenage versions of Taissa; Juliette Lewis and Sophie Thatcher as the adult and teenage versions of Natalie; as well as Christina Ricci and Sammi Hanratty as the adult and teenage versions of Misty.Other initial survivors included assistant coach Ben Scott (Steven Krueger), the late coach’s two sons, Travis (Kevin Alves) and Javi (Luciano Leroux), as well as team members Jackie (Ella Purnell), Van (Liv Hewson), Lottie aka the Antler Queen (Courtney Eaton), Akliah (Keeya King), Laura (Jane Widdop) and Mari (Alexa Barajas). While Laura died trying to take off in a small prop plane early on and Jackie froze to death during the season 1 finale, fan-favorite Van survived being mauled by a wolf.
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Melanie Lynskey says her Emmy nod is “meaningful for a lot of reasons”. The ‘Yellowjackets’ star is excited to be up for Best Lead Actress In A Drama Series at the upcoming ceremony - which will take place on September 12 - because she was “past the point” for something like that to happen to her. The 45-year-old actress told PEOPLE magazine: "I think that Emmy nomination is more meaningful for a lot of reasons.
reported Wednesday.“If there’s a student who goes to school and hears mean comments and students bullying her for being fat, how would she feel?” Taleb, who will sue the magazine for defamation, told The AP. “This article is an insult not only to me but a violation of the rights of all Iraqi and Arab women.”The article, titled, “Why women are fatter than men in the Arab world,” used a photo of Taleb onstage at an arts festival for its featured image.While the article, published in late July, sought to investigate possibilities for the obesity gap between men and women in the Middle East, as been criticized by Taleb and others for body shaming women, using the word, “fat,” six times.
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about the intense pressure to be thin in Hollywood, recently that she was body-shamed on the set of Coyote Ugly, even as she was already severely restricting her food intake. And in a new interview, she's reflected on the toll society's thin-obsession took on a friend: the late Brittany Murphy.Though denied rumors of an eating disorder, she lost a significant amount of weight as she transitioned from teen actor to adult movie star, and became profoundly thin and frail toward the as her health declined.
Controversial moments from the 2000s-era reality show staple — involving Banks, 48, and former judge Janice Dickinson, 67, and their treatment of modeling participants — have resurfaced on Twitter.A segment from the third season has reappeared and shows New York contestant Kelle Jacob — who is black — being criticized in a “horrendous” fashion because of her darker complexion. “The way they treated Kelle was horrendous. I thought she was so beautiful and her complexion was amazing.
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Melanie Lynskey's memories from the set of aren't all fond ones. While working on the film, which was released 22 years ago this week, Lynskey says she was body shamed. «All the girls had this regimen they had to go on.
Christina Ricci wishes she could redo the '90s because she regrets so many of her choices. The 42-year-old actress made her movie debut as a child star in the 1990 movie Mermaids and followed it up with '90s classics such as Casper, The Addams Family, and Now and Then. Despite her professional success in that decade, Ricci confessed to her Yellowjackets co-stars Melanie Lynskey, Juliette Lewis, and Tawny Cypress in a joint interview that she is filled with regret about her mistakes during that time of her life.
told The Hollywood Reporter. "I was already starving myself and as thin as I could possibly be for this body, and I was still a [size] four."Melanie, who was 23 years old when she filmed the iconic movie, said one of the crew members was particularly harsh on her and other actresses."There were already people putting a lot of Spanx on me in wardrobe fittings and being very disappointed when they saw me, the costume designer being like, 'Nobody told me there would be girls like you,'" she said.
Melanie Lynskey joined her fellow "Yellowjackets" co-stars for a new interview where the actress discussed the body shaming she experienced early in her career while filming "Coyote Ugly." Lynskey played Gloria in the 2000 comedy about a songwriter Violet Sanford (played by Piper Perabo) who gets a job at an NYC bar run by women. Tawny Cypress, Juliette Lewis and Christina Ricci were the others participating in the interview with The Hollywood Reporter where Lynskey discussed her experience filming "Coyote Ugly." When describing the beginning of her career playing the "best friend from Jersey" in "Ugly Coyote" she told the outlet. "I was already starving myself and as thin as I could possibly be for this body, and I was still a (size) four." Lynskey continued and said "that were already people putting a lot of Spanx on me in wardrobe fittings and being very disappointed when they saw me, the costume designer being like, ‘Nobody told me there would be girls like you.’ Really intense feedback about my physicality, my body, people doing my makeup and being like, ‘I’m just going to help you out by giving you a bit more of a jawline and stuff." "Yellowjackets" star Melanie Lynskey opened up about the body shaming she faced while filming "Coyote Ugly." ( David Livingston/Getty Images) Lynskey said that while she was working on the film, the feedback was constantly "you're not beautiful." She talked about the difficulty of hearing the things she did when she was in her early twenties.
Coyote Ugly. Body-shaming female celebrities is nothing new, but it can still be jarring to hear the specifics, especially when they come from an era before the word “body-shaming” was even a thing. “It was ridiculous.