We are lucky to be in a world where LGBTQ+ filmmakers and stories have a wide-reaching spotlight. From dramas to genre films, representation is wonderful.
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With our nation increasingly divided, several media gurus over the July 4 break decreed that Hollywood owed filmgoers a “feel-good-about-America” movie. Something unifying and patriotic, like a contemporary Yankee Doodle Dandy.
When I did some research, I concluded that they had a point. With the exception of those by-the-numbers World War II action movies, the industry has never been proficient at patriotism.
I therefore decided to bite the bullet and rerun the 80-year-old Warner Bros film. It was enlightening: As an old-fashioned song-and-dance extravaganza, Yankee Doodle Dandy turned out to be wicked fun. As an exercise in patriotism, however, its message was borderline anarchy.
Maybe the times back then (the early 1940s) were as disorienting as they are today. Why would Warner Bros and producer Hal Wallis cast its gangster superstar James Cagney (Public Enemy) as a family-loving patriot? Cagney had famously slammed a grapefruit into a co-star’s face. To further confuse things, the studio then hired a Hungarian (Michael Curtiz) to direct him.
Fred Astaire, who danced a lot better, had turned down the role probably because George M. Cohan, the film’s real-life protagonist, was depicted in the screenplay as an egocentric hustler who hit on underage girls. He also often danced in blackface and, occasionally, when critics slammed his shows, would buy newspaper ads with positive reviews (they were fakes).
In 1942, jobs were still scarce because of the Great Depression and voters were nervous about a two-front war with Germany and Japan. Some of its biggest stars had been summoned to the battlefront.
Cohan knew that his career, too, was in decline. Departing from his formula musicals, he’d written and starred in a political
We are lucky to be in a world where LGBTQ+ filmmakers and stories have a wide-reaching spotlight. From dramas to genre films, representation is wonderful.
Rolling Stones frontman Sir Mick Jagger has celebrated his 79th birthday after recovering from COVID-19. The 'Gimme Shelter' singer marked the milestone on Tuesday (26,07. 22) while on tour with his band in Dusseldorf, Germany, for the band’s European 60th anniversary tour.
Anna Tingley If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Variety may receive an affiliate commission. It’s been a busy week for Brad Pitt, who has walked at least four carpets in the past five days while on the European leg of the press tour for his movie “Bullet Train.” But in the process of promoting the upcoming action-comedy, the 58-year-old actor has unwittingly promoted a new summer uniform, and it’s one we can all get behind: the linen suit.If anyone can convince someone to wear a two-piece suit amid unprecedented heat waves it’s Pitt, who wore a different variation of the same linen ensemble, custom-made by the designer Haans Nicholas Mott, for this week’s packed slate of press events.
Brad Pitt is blessing us with a major summer fashion moment. The 58-year-old actor has been serving up lewks all week on the European promotional tour for his new film,, rocking everything from cozy pastels, to stylish black, to a breeze-flowing skirt. Fittingly (and functionally) for the season, he paired each and every ensemble with a pair of coordinating sunglasses. Let us revisit his style statements of the week, shall we? Pitt kicked things off with an eye-catching orange ensemble in Paris, France, at a photo call on Saturday, July 16.
Brad Pitt has praised his good friend Sandra Bullock, joking that she would "drop everything" for the actor.MORE: Brad Pitt 'files lawsuit against Angelina Jolie' as she sells her stake in Chateau MiravalSpeaking to HELLO! at the UK premiere for his new movie Bullet Train, the actor was in a jovial spirit as he called their friendship "old time Hollywood; Brad recently made a cameo in her 2021 action flick The Lost City, and Sandra appears in Bullet Train.WATCH: Brad Pitt talks to HELLO! at the Bullet Train premiere"Sandy is an angel for me," Brad admitted. "I can call her for anything - she will drop her holiday for me.
Brad Pitt swapped his trousers for a skirt at the Berlin premiere of his new film, Bullet Train. The award-winning actor, 58, wore a brown linen jacket with a matching knee-length skirt.
Legendary Hollywood actor Brad Pitt delighted fans as he rocked a skirt on the red carpet for the premiere of his new film Bullet Train in Berlin on Tuesday. The 58 year old father of six looked in high spirits as he posed on the red carpet in a brown linen skirt that showed off the various tattoos on his legs. Brad, who shares six children with ex Angelina Jolie - Maddox, 20; Pax, 18; Zahara, 17; Shiloh, 16, and twins Vivienne and Knox, 17, teamed the skirt with a matching brown shacket worn over a pink shirt, and on his feet he wore combat boots to edge up the look.
Naman Ramachandran British music exports soared 13.7% to a high of £590.8 million ($709 million) in 2021, the highest total on record, per the latest analysis from British Phonographic Industry (BPI), the trade body for independent and major record labels in the U.K.The 2021 total is the highest since the BPI began its annual survey of record label overseas income in 2000 and was driven by a record number of U.K. artists, nearly 400, each achieving 100 million-plus global streams. These include superstars like Adele, Dua Lipa, Dave and Ed Sheeran, and several emerging artists, including Glass Animals, PinkPantheress and Rex Orange County.
Brad Pitt and Joey King are back on the Bullet Train press tour.
Brad Pitt is making a bold and breezy fashion statement. The 58-year-old actor rocked a bright orange monochromatic look at the Paris photo call for his new film,, on Saturday. Pitt paired the casual linen suit and a v-neck tee with coordinating aviators and a gold chain around his neck as he posed for the photo op. The star appeared happy and relaxed as he waved to fans, flashing a thumbs up, and smiling in a selfie alongside his co-stars, Joey King, Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Brian Tyree Henry.A post shared by Joey King (@joeyking)Pitt plays Ladybug in the David Leitch-directed comedic thriller, an assassin who is attempting to get back on the job after a case of burnout., set on a high-speed train racing through Japan, hits theaters on Aug.
Marina Ovsyannikova, the Russian journalist who daringly interrupted a live TV broadcast to protest her country’s invasion of Ukraine, was briefly detained by Russian authorities for a second time over the weekend.
Leighton Meester and Adam Brody are uniting on screen!
Yu Hojin wows the “America’s Got Talent” judges with a stunning magic trick in a sneak peek clip.