‘The Color Purple’ Director Blitz Bazawule & Fantasia Barrino On Helping The Traumatized Celie Find Her Voice: “Anyone Who Writes To God Has An Imagination” – Contenders Film L.A.

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Martin Scorsese has revealed that Robert De Niro wanted the whole of Killers of the Flower Moon to be filmed in the Osage language.Scorsese revealed the news during a Q&A session with fellow filmmaking legend Steven Spielberg after a screening of the film last week (November 14) at the DGA Theatre in Los Angeles.The recently released film – which is led by Leonardo DiCaprio, De Niro and Lily Gladstone – is based on a non-fiction book of the same name published in 2017. It tells the true story of a series of murders of Osage Native Americans over the rights for the oil under their land in Oklahoma.The film includes several scenes in which the Osage language is spoken, and De Niro in particular enjoyed learning it so much that he asked the director whether the whole film could be made in that dialect.Scorsese said: “By the way, a lot of the Osage language is lost, but they’re putting it back together, so to speak.

Todd Gilchrist editor In a year in which evaluating the contributions of writers became a major point of contention across the entertainment industry, Variety is especially pleased to announce its list of 10 Screenwriters to Watch. Some among them are scribes whose work has already made waves — cultural as much as commercial — with others on the precipice of transforming this year’s awards season and the broader landscape of film for years to come.

EXCLUSIVE: President Joe Biden will make his first Los Angeles fundraising swing next month, with a Dec. 8 event featuring a lineup of co-hosts including Steven Spielberg and Kate Capshaw, Michael Smith and James Costos, Shonda Rhimes, Rick Caruso and Peter Chernin and Megan Chernin.

Coleen Rooney has revealed that her dad, Tony, was present for the birth of all four of her children, while her eldest son Kai also cut the cord after the birth of his brother, Cass.The proud mum of four boys, and wife of ex-footballer Wayne Rooney, spoke about her birthing stories with podcast host Giovanna Fletcher. Coleen explained that she was induced on all four of her babies, and her father came into the room for the final moments to experience his grandsons coming into the world.

Clayton Davis Senior Awards Editor Danielle Brooks and Taraji P. Henson, standout performers from Blitz Bazawule’s daring re-imagining of Alice Walker’s beloved novel “The Color Purple,” are vying for recognition in a fiercely competitive supporting actress race. Following three consecutive days of screenings in Los Angeles, the film has garnered enthusiastic applause from voters, critics and industry professionals, sparking burning questions about the potential award prospects for Brooks as the fiercely independent Sofia or Henson as the sultry blues singer Shug Avery.

Heather Morris is opening up about her murder mystery podcast, her former Glee costars, and Beyoncé and Taylor Swift!

On Thursday night, Oscar season was in full swing and Hollywood was, dare we say, busy. Among the numerous events and screenings was a press and industry reception for “The Holdovers” in Century City.

J. Kim Murphy Dua Lipa is “ready to start the next chapter” after launching her single “Houdini.” The three-time Grammy winner shared her excitement to release new music while speaking on the red carpet at Variety’s Power of Women Presented by Lifetime on Thursday evening. A new album is expected sometime next year, though no official release plans have been announced.

Fantasia Barrino is opening up about her 2010 overdose in a new cover story.

Zack Sharf Digital News Director Matt LeBlanc honored his late “Friends” co-star Matthew Perry with a new tribute posted to Instagram in which LeBlanc called his time with Perry “among the favorite times of my life.” Perry died unexpectedly on Oct. 28 at 54 years old. LeBlanc issued a joint statement on Perry’s death shortly after with “Friends” cast members Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow and David Schwimmer.

Fantasia Barrino did when the original “Color Purple” star approached her in 2021 to play Celie, an abused and uneducated Southern Black woman at the turn of the 20th century, in a big-screen musical reimagining of the classic film and Alice Walker’s novel. Sixteen years ago, when she was in her early 20s, Barrino had played the role on Broadway, but it had been a traumatic rather than triumphant experience. “My life was in shambles,” Barrino, now 39, says, explaining how draining it was to portray Celie’s harrowing journey for eight shows a week.

It’s that time of the year when Manchester city centre transforms into a Christmas wonderland. The Christmas Markets are finally up and running, welcoming hordes of shoppers to buy food, drink and presents from the picture perfect wooden huts.

EXCLUSIVE: Luchina Fisher, the filmmaker behind Netflix’s forthcoming documentary short The Dads, has signed with CAA for representation.

Clayton Davis Senior Awards Editor Warner Bros. will be juggling a lot in the Oscar race for best original song. As confirmed by an FYC advertisement sent to Critics Choice Association members, along with the multiple tracks from “Barbie” by Billie Eilish, Dua Lipa, Mark Ronson and Andrew Wyatt, the studio will also handle several numbers from their two upcoming holiday movie musicals: “The Color Purple” and “Wonka.” The upcoming adaptation of the musical “The Color Purple” will screen in front of its first official audience of industry voters and journalists next week.

, mind you—might be dating. But Witherspoon's team clearly doesn't play around with this type of thing, once again moving at the speed of light to publicly deny the rumors in a exclusive.“This story is completely fabricated and not true,” Witherspoon's representative told the outlet.Memorably, the Big Little Lies actor and producer was also that she might be dating Tom Brady, as did the star quarterback himself.But can you blame fans for wondering who Reese Witherspoon might date next? The rumors about she and Costner started swirling on Wednesday in large part thanks to fans, who fueled the speculation online.At the end of March, Witherspoon announced after 11 years of marriage in a .

Caroline Brew editor “Willy Wonka, Wonka,” Timothée Chalamet blurts out, interrupting Bowen Yang in a promo for the “Saturday Night Live” show he is hosting this week. The reason why? “Sorry, the actors strike just ended, I can finally promote my movie,” he explains. The historic 118-day strike ended at 12:01 a.m.

Helen Mirren‘s American Cinematheque tribute has a new date.

Stranger Things) and a hit movie franchise (Enola Holmes), has her own beauty line (Florence by Mills), is a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador, and is to the . And while some might call her a girl, we call her a .In her speech at this year's awards, which took place in New York on November 7, Brown reflected on her acting journey as well as the women who inspire her, including Coco Gauff, fellow honoree and the soccer players of England's Lioness Club. And yes, the guy she likes: Jacob Bongiovi, the son of rock star Jon Bon Jovi and his wife of 34 years, Dorothea Hurley.Our Global Woman of the Year is building an empire.

apparent drowning. According to the Daily Mail, she was one of the “first to arrive” at his funeral, and “kept to herself” during the private ceremony, which took place Friday.Aniston and the rest of her former castmates, including Lisa Kudrow, 60, Courteney Cox, 59, and David Schwimmer, 57 — all dressed in black — were seen arriving as a group outside.