‘Penguin Bloom’ Review: Naomi Watts Elevates an Otherwise Flat Drama with a Magpie’s Help

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Piers Morgan and Susanna Reid on Good Morning Britain today. Of course, GMB host Piers couldn't resist teasing her on the Wagatha Christie drama and joked that she was "used to skating on thin ice".

NeNe Leakes revealed that she felt “forced” out of “The Real Housewives of Atlanta” by Bravo weeks after announcing she decided to leave the show. The reality star, 52, took to Twitter on Saturday to respond to a fan who asked about her exit, specifically inquiring as to whether or not the network had grand plans for a spinoff show focused on her life.

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After Game of Thrones ended, in the summer of 2019, fans were looking forward to watch Naomi Watts in a Game of Thrones prequel. The King Kong star was roped in to play a crucial character in the prequel set 5,000 years before the members of the Lannister House walked into Winterfell and set the ball rolling for the events of the GoT.

Bruce Haring pmc-editorial-managerA part of Chicago Avenue in Minneapolis where George Floyd died will be renamed in his honor, city officials have decided. The city will refer to the blocks between 37th and 39th streets as George Perry Floyd Jr.

The Real Housewives of Atlanta is going to be a lot less dramatic with OG star NeNe Leakes announcing she won’t be back for season 13. The 52-year-old confirmed she’s leaving RHOA via her Youtube Channel on Sept. 17. But while some Atlanta peaches might be glad to have their feuding frenemy gone, Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star Garcelle Beauvais would love it if NeNe joined her cast. With the recent departure of Denise Richards, 49, who quit after two seasons, there is an open spot!

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Naomi Watts said co-starring with a live magpie in Penguin Bloom at first gave her the jitters. "That made me nervous.

“Penguin Bloom” may star Naomi Watts, Andrew Lincoln and Jacki Weaver, but it’s the film’s scene-stealing birds that are nabbing all the attention — including from the stars themselves.

Gregg Goldstein Naomi Watts and director Phillip Noyce are joining forces for the thriller “Lakewood,” set to begin filming Sept.

Rarely does a logline predict a viewer's response as accurately as in Glendyn Ivin's Penguin Bloom. If the following summary sounds to you like a good way to spend an hour and a half —nursing a rescued bird helps a newly paralyzed mother move past self-pity and rejoin her happy family — you'll be moved.

“Mom’s not the same person she once was,” narrates adolescent Noah Bloom (Griffin Murray-Johnston) over the coda of “Penguin Bloom.” He continues, “She’s not the person she wanted to be, but for me, she’s so much more than that.” This is ultimately the place at which any movie centered around the experience of living with a disability should arrive, acknowledging that the paralyzing fall endured by Sam Bloom (Naomi Watts) does not mark the end of life as she knew it but rather a reconstitution

Mike Fleming Jr Co-Editor-in-Chief, FilmEXCLUSIVE: As a most unusual Toronto International Film Festival in memory gets underway today with the usual acquisitions and media crowd unable to make it across the Canadian border for gala premieres, Endeavor Content has come up with an inventive alternative for three acquisitions titles its agents will attempt to sell over the next week.

Naomi Watts left fans open-mouthed after sharing an unbelievable video to Instagram in which she’s totally unrecognisable. The Australian star, 51, who is known for her natural beauty, looked anything but in her latest social media post. However, the horrifying results thankfully aren’t permanent as it was just a filter changing up her look. Not that it made her appearance any less scary.