Emma Watson portrayed a character inspired by Alexis Neiers on screen in The Bling Ring in 2013.
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Nothing busts canons quite like living in interesting times. In our ongoing Inflection Point series, we look back at the films that have taken on new relevance due to our ongoing cultural and political upheaval.
Some beloved, some undiscovered, these titles deserve newfound consideration as film criticism evolves to meet the moment. In 2017, sociologist David Showalter published an essay on the influence of reality television on contemporary politics.
Emma Watson portrayed a character inspired by Alexis Neiers on screen in The Bling Ring in 2013.
Alexis Neiers, who inspired the character Emma Watson played in The Bling Ring, spoke out against the actress seven years after the film’s release.The 29-year-old slammed Watson, 30, for criticizing her alter-ego. “The problem I had is with the comments she made about me and the role, despite the fact that she already knew that I was a convicted … like, the heroin part, the drug addiction part had already come out,” she explained during a Thursday, July 30, Instagram Live with Ziwe Fumudow.
With the announcement of this year’s lineup, the 77th edition of the Venice Film Festival has promised both major changes to itself along with its position as the first major festival to make a physical return following the onslaught of the coronavirus pandemic.
Mykki Blanco has claimed they’ve not been paid for their guest spot on Teyana Taylor’s ‘WTP’, a song taken from the singer’s second album ‘K.T.S.E.’ (2018).Blanco explained that they felt the need to go public and urge fans not to stream the song due to financial troubles resulting from coronavirus‘ stranglehold on the live music industry.“The reason I have gone public with this is not to bad mouth [Teyana Taylor], but her ENTIRE team and Universal [Music Group] have treated me WITH SO MUCH
Rapper Mykki Blanco has shared a statement accusing Teyana Taylor's team of refusing to pay Blanco for her feature on Taylor's 2018 song "WTP." In the statement posted Friday on Instagram, Blanco wrote: "These people have been flippant, rude, they have lied, delayed, found me 'harmless' and 'inconsequential.'" She went on to ask fans not to stream "WTP," writing "everything associated with this song and these people is ANTI- LGBTQ
In the final season of animated Hollywood satire BoJack Horseman, Princess Carolyn – a hugely successful movie agent who also happens to be a pink cat – has a pitch for a film: a retelling of Robin Hood from Maid Marian’s perspective, to be directed by Sofia Coppola. The idea is presented as a punchline, and highlights the show’s ability to lay bare the industry’s hunger for profit above all else.
Sofia Richie and Scott Disick are reportedly working things out after their split just a few months ago.
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Two more stars have been added to the cast of Michael Bay‘s pandemic movie, Songbird.
They say a picture is worth a thousand words, but in Sofia Richie and Scott Disick‘s case, this snap has us needing just seven: are these two back together or what?!
Anthony D'Alessandro Editorial Director/Box Office EditorRiverdale‘s KJ Apa and Pretty Little Liars: The Perfectionists‘ Sofia Carson have landed the lead roles as star-crossed lovers in the Adam Goodman and Michael Bay pandemic thriller production Songbird which started filming last Wednesday in Los Angeles.Told from street level through the eyes of the characters, Songbird takes place two years into the future, as a lockdown has been re-implemented after a more serious virus continues to
Also Read: KJ Apa Admits 'Riverdale' Cast Did a 'Terrible Job of Keeping' Jughead's Fake Death a Secret (Video)“Songbird” is directed by Adam Mason (“Into the Dark”) and is being self-financed by Invisible Narratives, which is led by former Paramount production chief Adam Goodman and former Disney exec Andrew Sugerman.Bay is producing, as is Goodman for his Invisible Narratives production banner along with Eben Davidson.
Dave McNary Film ReporterKJ Apa and Sofia Carson will star in pandemic thriller “Songbird,” joining previously announced cast Demi Moore, Bradley Whitford, Craig Robinson, Jenna Ortega, Paul Walter Hauser and Peter Stormare.“Songbird” producers announced July 8 that they had launched principal photography in Los Angeles — the first film to shoot in the city since the start of coronavirus-induced lockdown.