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Anne Hathaway copied her ‘Devil Wears Prada’ look at New York Fashion Week by “accident”. The ‘Brokeback Mountain’ star didn’t mean to pay homage to Andy Sachs last month when she sat front row at the Michael Kors’ show next to Anna Wintour, the editor in chief of US Vogue and the rumoured inspiration for Meryl Streep’s character Miranda Priestly in the 2006 movie. While appearing on the ‘Today’ show on Wednesday (12.

Zack Sharf Digital News Director Carla Gugino recently told BuzzFeed that her beloved role in Robert Rodriguez’s 2001 family action film “Spy Kids” was “physically totally impossible.” The actor was 27 years old when she filmed the movie and played Ingrid Cortes, the mother of two spies. By Gugino’s math, the character didn’t add up. “It is so funny because I was 27,” Gugino recounted.

caught up at the Versace runway show at , and this may be the closest thing to a sequel that we're (though a girl ).The were filmed chatting ahead of the event, with Wintour expressing a touch of concern for comfort in her form-fitting red leather corset dress. “Can you breathe?” Wintour can be heard asking the 41-year-old actor in the clip, which was shared on by Women's Wear Daily.“Very easily.

Selome Hailu NBC has renewed both of its freshman dramas, “Found” and “The Irrational,” for second seasons. “Found,” which premiered on Oct. 3, follows Gabi Mosely (Shanola Hampton), a public relations specialist and former kidnapping victim whose crisis management team searches for people who have gone missing.

The Marrakech International Film Festival has unveiled the 10 cinema figures who will participate in its In Conversation With program at its 20th edition running from November 24 to December 2.

Guy Lodge Film Critic The list of Oscar-winning directors for short films who have gone on to major careers in the feature-length realm is shorter than you might imagine. Andrea Arnold, Martin McDonagh and Claude Berri achieved arthouse success; David Frankel made multiplex hits like “The Devil Wears Prada” and “Marley & Me.” But perhaps only Taylor Hackford, a winner in 1979 for an affecting little mockumentary titled “Teenage Father,” became a full-scale Hollywood brand — a name associated with a certain temperature of sleek studio gloss and versatile genre smarts.

EXCLUSIVE: Brian King (Somebody Somewhere) has been tapped for a key recurring role opposite Jesse L. Martin in NBC drama series The Irrational, from Arika Lisanne Mittman.

Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle Editor Stanley Tucci may not be searching much longer. The actor-foodie says he’s “pretty confident” that he’ll find a new home for his cooking and travel show, “Searching for Italy.” CNN canceled the two-season series in December when the network ended its development of original documentary programming. “We’re talking to different companies,” Tucci told me at the premiere of his new Amazon Prime Video series, “Citadel.” “We’ll find out in a few weeks.” The series received seven Emmy nominations, winning for outstanding hosted nonfiction series in 2021 and 2022. 

Sophia Scorziello editor Bryan Cranston and Allison Janney are set to star in “Everything’s Going to Be Great,” an upcoming film from Scottish director Jon S. Baird. The film will also star Benjamin Evan Ainsworth (“The Haunting of Bly Manor”) and Jack Champion (“Avatar: The Way of Water”). Principal photography is set to begin Friday in Toronto. Cranston is known for playing antihero Walter White in the HBO television series “Breaking Bad.” Recently, he’s starred in the legal drama series “Your Honor” and David Frankel’s “Jerry and Marge Go Large.” Janney played the mother of Tonya Harding in the biopic “I, Tonya.” She previously in the political drama series “West Wing” and the CBS sitcom “Mom.”

NBC has picked up drama pilot The Irrational, starring Jesse L. Martin, to series.

K.J. Yossman The first images from COVID-themed comedy feature “Who Invited Charlie?” have been unveiled and they show Rosie (Jordana Brewster) frantically applying hand sanitizer as the pandemic takes hold.Directed by Xavier Manrique (“Chronically Metropolitan”), the film, which was previously titled “Charlie In The Pandemic,” tells the story of a New York City family who decamp to the Hamptons to hide out the pandemic.

“The Devil Wears Prada.”It was only until Weisberger’s book received the film adaptation treatment in 2006 that Wintour started to finally pay attention.Amy Odell, writer of Anna: The Biography, described what went down when the fashion editor tried to remember who worked for her.“On May 21, 2002, Women’s Wear Daily reported that ‘The Devil Wears Prada’ had sold to Doubleday for a reported $250,000. When Anna learned about the book, she said to [managing editor Laurie] Jones, ‘I cannot remember who that girl is,’” Odell penned, according to Entertainment Weekly.The biography noted that Wintour went to a private screening of “The Devil Wears Prada” at the Paris Theater in New York City in 2006 before the flick premiered on June 30.

Paramount+ today unveiled first-look photos for its upcoming film Jerry and Marge Go Large, starring Bryan Cranston and Annette Bening, also announcing that it will premiere exclusively on the platform in the U.S. on June 17. The film will roll out on Paramount+ in Australia, Canada and Latin America and in additional markets, when the service becomes available there later this year. It will be distributed by Paramount Global Content Distribution in remaining international markets.

The full Tribeca Film Festival lineup of 109 feature films from 40 countries and 88 world premieres for the 2022 event that takes place June 9-18 has been announced. It’ll be interesting to see if some of the films at the festival will end up being popular breakouts, land major studio/streamer distribution, or eventually move on to get recognized during awards season.

The Tribeca Festival has unveiled its 2022 lineup of 109 feature films from 40 countries and 88 world premieres including  Joachim Back’s Corner Office starring Jon Hamm and Somewhere in Queens, directed by Ray Romano starring Romano and Laurie Metcalf.

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.

EXCLUSIVE: Cast has been set on comedy Charlie In The Pandemic, with Reid Scott (Veep,), Jordana Brewster (Fast & Furious), Adam Pally (Happy Endings), and Dylan Penn (Flag Day) set to lead the project.

Matt Donnelly Senior Film WriterRainn Wilson and Larry Wilmore are joining Annette Bening and Bryan Cranston in an upcoming Paramount Plus lotto hack project.“Jerry and Marge Go Large,” announced recently as one of the first original films at the ViacomCBS streaming platform, is from director David Frankel.The film tells the remarkable true story of how retiree Jerry Selbee (Cranston) discovered a mathematical loophole in the Massachusetts lottery and, with the help of his wife, Marge (Bening),

Matt Donnelly Senior Film WriterParamount Plus is betting the house on “Jerry and Marge Go Large,” the true story of a lotto-scamming couple to be played by Bryan Cranston and Annette Bening.Director David Frankel (“The Devil Wears Prada,” “Marley and Me”) will direct the tale of a retired Michigan couple who helps revitalize their community by deftly gaming the Massachusetts lottery.Emmy nominee Brad Copeland (“Arrested Development,” “Wild Hogs”) penned the script for the project, one of

Following their rebranding in March, Paramount+ is continuing to build on its film development slate as it has set Bryan Cranston and Annette Bening to star in Jerry And Marge Go Large for the streamer. The film is inspired by the true story of a retired Michigan couple who help revitalize their community by playing the Massachusetts lottery. The film will be directed by  David Frankel with principal production starts this July in Georgia.

Anne Hathaway wasn't the studio's first choice for the lead role in the hit movie "The Devil Wears Prada" based on the book by Lauren Weisberger.  20th Century Fox’s first choice to play fashion magazine assistant Andy Sachs was actress Rachel McAdams, according to director David Frankel. The cast reunited after 15 years for a virtual sitdown with Entertainment Weekly and Frankel revealed McAdams turned down the part three times.

15-year reunion with Entertainment Weekly, where it was revealed that actress Rachel McAdams was actually the first choice for the role of Andy.Director David Frankel said that prior to casting Hathaway, the studio initially wanted to cast a well-known actress to play the part. McAdams turned it down three times.

Runway, Anne Hathaway almost didn't book the lead role in . And just like her movie counterpart, she finally got the gig thanks to a supportive word from Meryl Streep.In a new oral history of the film, which just turned fifteen years old, many of the stars and producers spoke to about putting the classic fashion world satire together.

Mean Girls star Rachel McAdams was almost in Devil Wears Prada! While chatting with Entertainment Weekly, the film’s director David Frankel opened up about The Devil Wears Prada. While it is common knowledge to movie buffs that Anne Hathaway was not the first choice for the role, but according to Rachel, she was about the ninth choice! Prior to Anne, actresses who were approached with the role included Scarlett Johansson, Natalie Portman, Kate Hudson and Kirsten Dunst.

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