Michelle Williams to Star in Todd Haynes' Peggy Lee Biopic, 'Fever'

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EastEnders' Zoe Slater had one of the most explosive range of storylines on the hit BBC soap during her time. If it wasn’t finding out Kat Slater was her real mother, it was falling pregnant with Dirty Den’s baby in a ploy to keep boyfriend Dennis Rickman around.

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Billie Eilish is in early talks to be an executive producer on a Peggy Lee biopic, Fever.The film, set to be helmed by Carol director Todd Haynes, will star Michelle Williams as Lee.According to Billboard, Eilish is in early talks to executive produce the film alongside her mother Maggie Baird, and Darkroom founder and CEO Justin Lubliner.Last year, Eilish took part in an online panel celebrating the life and career of the late Peggy Lee, marking the centennial of the singer’s birth.Lee, who

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The artistic sensibilities of filmmaker Todd Haynes and Michelle Williams seem perfectly matched. And the collaborations have happened—the two previously partnered on “I’m Not Here,” and “Wonderstruck,” but these were all minor supporting parts.

 Serena Williams  opened up her waterfront home in Florida for the March cover of Architectural Digest.The 23-time Grand Slam singles champion purchased the 14,500-square-foot property five years ago, enlisting the help of her sister,  Venus Williams,  to help turn the estate into her dream home.“I was moving away from Venus for the first time in my life, so I wanted it to be really meaningful,” Serena told Architectural Digest in their March cover story.

Building her résumé! Billie Eilish is in talks to executive produce a Peggy Lee biopic with two people near and dear to her heart, Deadline reports.

Adam B. Vary Senior Entertainment WriterMichelle Williams is on board to portray another entertainment icon, in the Peggy Lee biopic “Fever” for director Todd Haynes, Variety has confirmed.

Michelle Williams is playing Peggy Lee!

Also Read: Jessica Chastain Replaces Michelle Williams in HBO's 'Scenes From a Marriage'Witherspoon would still be attached as a producer on “Fever,” however, as would Marc Platt and Pamela Koffler and Christine Vachon via their production banner Killer Films.Peggy Lee, born Norma Deloris Egstrom, was an iconic jazz and pop singer who throughout her career dating back to the 1940s recorded over 1,100 songs and composed 270 tracks.

EXCLUSIVE: The long-in-development Peggy Lee biopic Fever, not only looks to have found a new studio to call home but a new star to play the legendary singer. Sources tell Deadline MGM is in talks to come aboard the Peggy Lee biopic Fever, with Academy Award-nominee Todd Haynes set to direct and four-time Academy Award nominee Michelle Williams on board to star.

Serena Williams is revealing what it was like working with iconic director Spike Lee for her new Michelob ULTRA Super Bowl ad.

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Writing the script for 1977's Star Wars, George Lucas drew inspiration from late-romantic symphonies by Richard Wagner and Antonín Dvorák and the ravishing film scores of Erich Wolfgang Korngold (1938's The Adventures of Robin Hood).