Macy’s 4th of July Spectacular is set to air live from New York City tonight on NBC, and as part of the celebration, the chain department store has enlisted some famous entertainers to take the stage as part of the big event!
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deepfake look. The thirsty orange wigs plopped atop the heads of Minto and Carey do not help with the aesthetic authenticity. The storytelling is unnecessarily convoluted, with flashbacks and time jumps on top of the drifting between fantasy and reality, and the acting is dismal.
Mother and daughter Redgrave, Vanessa and Joely, are typically great, if under-utilized, but de Paolis and Smith are far from believable in their roles. De Paolis, in particular, does not manage to convey any emotional or human honesty in adult Wendy. Indeed, her character has always felt different and set apart by the promise of Peter and Neverland, and while this somewhat works for the younger Wendies who are, after, all, children (even if teenage Wendy is really pushing it on the childlike wonder and innocence for a New York City teen growing up in in the ‘90s).
Wendy continues to hold onto this fantasy well into adulthood, and her insistence upon it drives a wedge between her and her family. Still, de Paolis’ depiction of Wendy is inconsistent, often inappropriately outsized or erratic, and Smith, as a teenager resisting her mother’s personal lore, is the same. The film is dedicated to mothers and daughters, but the relationships between all the mothers and daughters are so strained and strange as to defy real human behavior.
It’s impossible to connect with these characters or their journey in this inauthentic, airless, and tortuously tangled film. The execution of “The Lost Girls” is so shoddy it makes one think that there’s no possible way to update the Peter Pan story, though Behn Zeitlin’s underrated 2020 film “Wendy” would suggest otherwise. Zeitlin kept the story rooted in childhood, which allows for wonder, belief and impulsive,
.Macy’s 4th of July Spectacular is set to air live from New York City tonight on NBC, and as part of the celebration, the chain department store has enlisted some famous entertainers to take the stage as part of the big event!
Ground-breaking France-based British theater director Peter Brook, who revolutionized 20th-century theater, has died at the age of 97-years-old in Paris.
Let’s forget for a paragraph that “Fourth of July” is co-written and directed by Louis C.K, whatever that latter fact means to you. Set largely at a family reunion in Maine, this story is about a son breaking the patterns that parents can engrain in us, especially when it comes to withheld emotions.
Zawe Ashton revealed her pregnancy while walking the red carpet at the Mr. Malcolm’s List premiere and then changed up her look for the after party!
Joe Otterson TV ReporterThe upcoming Apple series “The Changeling” has added Future Islands frontman Samuel T. Herring to the cast, Variety has learned.The role will mark Herring’s acting debut. He joins previously announced series lead LaKeith Stanfield in the series, along with cast members Adina Porter and Clark Backo.“The Changeling” is based on the book of the same name by Victor LaValle.
EXCLUSIVE: Another star-studded package looks to have hit the market right before the holiday weekend. Sources tell Deadline that Rebel Wilson and Charles Melton are attached to star in K-Pop: Lost in America for producers Lynda Obst and CJ Entertainment’s Miky Lee. South Korean filmmaker JK Youn is directing and was written by Jeff Kaplan & Ian Springer, with a current draft by Karen McCullah & Kirsten “Kiwi” Smith.
Gene Maddaus Senior Media WriterDirector Paul Haggis, now under house arrest on sexual assault charges in Italy, has gotten a trial date for his rape lawsuit in New York.The trial is set to begin on Oct. 11, before Judge Sabrina Kraus in Manhattan.
Kelly Ripa is a doting mother to three grown-up children, and her youngest Joaquin flew the nest in September to attend college in Michigan.MORE: Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos celebrate joint venture togetherThe Live with Kelly and Ryan star often meets up with the 19-year-old despite the distance, and when she does she brings fans along on the trip too.Recently, the down-to-earth star shared several photos of them together after they met in April, but hilariously was left unimpressed with the teen! Posing in the kitchen, Kelly pulled a mock unimpressed face as she stood next to the teenager, writing in the caption: "Yeah I get it. You're bigger than me...
Kim Kardashian heads to the Today show to give a lengthy interview on Tuesday morning (June 21) in New York City.
The Better Call Saul stars are stepping out for the 2022 Tribeca Film Festival.
New York City Center’s Encores!, which recently announced that its acclaimed production of Into The Woods is planning a Broadway transfer, has set revivals of The Light in the Piazza, Dear World and Oliver! for its 2023 season.
Writer/Producer/Director Theodore Melfi has a different take than those who think independent filmmaking is becoming an endangered species, and in fact he tells me right now we are in “a golden age of independent film”. That may be one of the reasons he is bullish about both films he has at this week’s Tribeca Festival in New York City – independently produced movies he is helping shepherd along. On Corner Office which stars Jon Hamm he is an Executive Producer, and on American Dreamer he is the screenwriter as well as a producer of the comedy that stars Peter Dinklage, Shirley MacLaine, and Matt Dillon. Both are for sale and the bottom line is Melfi truly believes the audience will dictate whatever the perfect form of distribution is, whether it be theatrical, streaming, digital VOD, or a combination of all three.
Following its Venice Film Festival bow and seven César Awards including for Best Film, Lost Illusions was the top weekend title at two core NYC arthouses — taking $10,850 of its estimated $13,579 three-day gross from Film Forum and Film at Lincoln Center.
Eva Marcille had simple goals that proved lofty to achieve while filming season 2: nap and relax.«I mean, let's just hang out and chill,» she says to ET of her mission ahead of arriving at Dorinda Medley's Massachusetts estate, Blue Stone Manor, for seven days of bonding time with her fellow (ex) 'Wives (filmed last fall). «However, when a Housewife gets with another Housewife, drama will soon ensue...»Joining Eva and Dorinda in the Berkshires for the week-long getaway (a follow-up to season 1's island adventure) were 's Vicki Gunvalson and Tamra Judge, ' Taylor Armstrong and Brandi Glanville, plus The Real Housewives of New York City OG Jill Zarin and Eva's fellow former peach-holder, 's Phaedra Parks."Andy [Cohen, executive producer of the franchise] actually calls me when I was on vacation and I had a couple cocktails, so I wasn't sure if he was telling me what I was hearing or if it was the alcohol talking, but he told me that I would be hosted by Dorinda and I would love her," Eva recalls.
R. Kelly, the R&B superstar known for his anthem “I Believe I Can Fly”, deserves at least 25 years behind bars for sexually abusing women and girls, prosecutors said in a memo filed Wednesday in advance of his sentencing later this month.