She’s a writer, producer, director and Oscar-nominated documentarian, and Ava DuVernay soon will be a Casting Society career honoree.
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Lots of excellent movies premiered at the Venice Film Festival this year, like “Poor Things,” “Maestro,” and “Priscilla.” But while those films already have awards buzz swirling around them, don’t forget about Ava DuVernay’s “Origin,” a complex drama about a journalist grappling with tremendous tragedies in her life and the global journey she embarks on.
Continue reading ‘Origin’ Trailer Draft: Ava DuVernay’s Acclaimed Drama With Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor Starts Expanding January 19 at The Playlist.
.She’s a writer, producer, director and Oscar-nominated documentarian, and Ava DuVernay soon will be a Casting Society career honoree.
Hulu has released the trailer for the upcoming series “Death and Other Details,” which premieres on Jan. 16 with its first two episodes. The ten-episode murder mystery stars Violett Beane, Mandy Patinkin, Lauren Patten, Rahul Kohli, Angela Zhou, Hugo Diego Garcia, Pardis Saremi and Linda Emond.
Taylor Swift, and described her ‘Eras Tour’ as “incredible”.The actor looked back at her friendship with the pop star during the latest episode of The Graham Norton Show last week, and expressed her love of the shows Swift is delivering as part of her ongoing tour.When asked by the host how many of the tour dates she had attended, Stone responded “Three, so far,” and revealed that the first was during the opening night of the show last March, which took place in her home state of Arizona.She also shared that the singer’s choreographer for the ‘Eras Tour’ was also the same person who helped design and choreograph the moves for the hit film La La Land, which she took the lead for back in 2016.“It was incredible to see,” the actor said of the first Arizona show.A post shared by The Graham Norton Show (@thegrahamnortonshowofficial)Elsewhere in the interview with Graham Norton, the actor recalled the origins of her longtime friendship with Swift and shared that the two first met back in 2008. “We met at this thing that they had called the Young Hollywood Awards in L.A., and we just kept in touch ever since and became great friends,” she explained.She was also asked by the host whether Swift’s song ‘When Emma Falls In Love (Taylor’s Version) (From The Vault)’ was inspired by her and one of her past relationships.This came after some fans speculated that the 2023 track was about Stone’s previous relationship with Succession star Kieran Culkin, whom she dated from 2010 until 2011.
Lawmen Bass Reeves trailer has just arrived. The series is the new one from Yellowstone and Tulsa King creator Taylor Sheridan and will be released onto the Paramount+ streaming service very soon.
TV presenter Susanna Reid has opened up about a 'scary' dash to the hospital she had where she admitted to drinking eight coffees in one day to cope with the early 3:45 am start, while working on Good Morning Britain.The 53 year old revealed that she was admitted to the hospital earlier this year after losing her voice and shocked medical professionals when she revealed her high amount of caffeine consumption. Speaking about the incident with woman&home, the GMB host admitted that she has now "tried to cut down a bit". Recalling the incident she said: “Losing my voice earlier this year was a bit of a scare.
Alix Earle opened up in a tell-all podcast episode about some of the biggest relationship drama she’s been involved in over the last year.
Jordan Moreau Netflix has released the first trailer for Zack Snyder‘s “Rebel Moon — Part Two: The Scargiver,” the finale to his two-part sci-fi epic that released last week. The final, action-packed installment will stream on Netflix on April 19, 2024. “Rebel Moon — Part One: A Child of Fire” was released just a few days ago on Dec.
Clayton Davis Senior Awards Editor Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor has made some changes in her life. We’ve all grown to know her as the two-time Emmy nominated actress from “When They See Us” and “Lovecraft Country” and her Oscar-nominated performance in “King Richard,” all of which came under her initial professional name: Aunjanue Ellis. When the first promotional materials were released for her new film “Origin” from writer and director Ava DuVernay, a natural question began circulating regarding the hyphenated addition of “Taylor” to her professional name.
Following his tragic passing last month, the family of Michael Latt and the CAA Foundation today announced the formation of the Michael Latt Legacy Fund.
EXCLUSIVE: Ava DuVernay is handing out a big screen holiday gift on Christmas Day, but you can get a sneak peek right now.
Made In Chelsea star Ruby Adler has shut down relationship rumours and confirmed her 'single' status in a recent Instagram Story.The reality TV star, 28, was with her on-and-off again boyfriend Reza Amiri-Garroussi for a decade before splitting for good in 2021. She then moved on with beau Nicholas Sinclair but the pair broke up in September and Ruby sparked further romance rumours when she went on a date with Australian newcomer JJ van der Vliet in the Sydney spin-off series.
Slipknot‘s former singer Anders Colsefni will play his first show with his band Painface in almost a decade next year – and Corey Taylor is going.The band will be performing at the Patio Nightclub in Las Vegas on January 27 and Taylor is set to watch it. He replaced Colsefni as Slipknot’s frontman in 1997.Painface have played sporadic shows since they reformed in 2010 but haven’t played a gig, they estimate, since 2015.Taylor took to X/Twitter to share his excitement for the show, writing: “Hope to see everyone at this show on Jan.
Variety’s Directors on Directors series is pretty great, and many interesting combos have been paired together. The most recent is Michael Mann, the director of this season’s “Ferrari,” starring Adam Driver, and Ava DuVernay, the filmmaker behind the upcoming drama, “Origin” featuring Aunjanue Ellis and Jon Bernthal.
Deadline’s Read the Screenplay series spotlighting the year’s most talked-about scripts continues with the ambitious Ava DuVernay-directed drama Origin, with the script also written by DuVernay inspired by Pulitzer Prize winner Isabel Wilkerson’s groundbreaking book Caste: The Origin of Our Discontents.
EXCLUSIVE: As they should, the Black List will be celebrating its 20th anniversary with some of Hollywood’s most acclaimed artists and a cinema institution next year.
Ava DuVernay and Michael Mann go way back. In 2003, DuVernay was a publicist on the set of Mann’s “Collateral.” Watching the auteur shoot in her old stomping grounds of East Los Angeles gave her the idea to pick up the camera. “That made me think, ‘Wow, this is possible,’” recalls DuVernay, sitting opposite the Oscar-nominated Mann to discuss where their careers have taken them in the 20 years since.
There’s an argument to be made that thought-provoking writer/director Alex Garland is the most influential sci-fi filmmaker of his generation. He wrote Danny Boyle’s “28 Days Later“(2002) and “Sunshine” (2007), Mark Romanek’s “Never Let Me Go” (2010), and “Dredd” (2012), and then he made the jump to directing with daring movies like “Ex-Machina,” “Annihilation” and the horror “Men” (not to mention the excellent futurism drama, “Devs” for FX).
Let’s Be Clear With Shannen Doherty” podcast Monday where the co-stars discussed thenotorious tension between the leads of the show. “There was a competitiveness with Alyssa,” Doherty, 52, explained. “I heard she addressed it in her book.
Kanye West jumped on stage at the 2009 VMAs and interrupted Taylor Swift’s speech for the Best Female Video category, but it will never be forgotten. Swift slammed West and Kim Kardashian during her Time’s Person of the Year interview, but two days before that, his ex, Amber Rose, shared her thoughts on the VMA moment, which she witnessed in person.Swift won the award for ‘You Belong With Me,’ beating out Beyoncé‘s ’Single Ladies (Put a Ring On It).
in a legal battle, a resurfaced 2022 Men’s Journal interview with Hauser saw the actor recalling his early days in Hollywood, when he worked with and befriended other up-and-comers, including Ben Affleck and Matt Damon (Hauser appeared in “Good Will Hunting”). Taylor Sheridan was also in their circle. According to Men’s Journal, they got into a fight the second time they met.