Anne Hathaway’s career in Hollywood began 23 years ago with a family movie about every teen girl’s ultimate fantasy — her geeky character discovered she was actually royalty.Now 41, the actress has delivered a second dose of impossible escapism with “The Idea of You,” an, ahem, steamier, R-rated flick clearly made for the older millennials who obsessed over “The Princess Diaries” back in the aughts.Her latest fizzy project instead realizes the dream of every bored woman in their thirties and forties: She plays an exhausted single mom who has a fling with a famous, 24-year-old British boybander. And why not? What fun.Anyway, I suspect that aspirational viewers of “The Idea of You,” a decadent diversion that’s based on the popular novel by Robinne Lee, would much rather jet set around Europe with Harry Styles than live in a moldy 300-year-old palace and cut ribbons.
Who is Hollywood producer Carol Baum who slammed Sydney Sweeney?
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according to the Daily Mail.“She’s not pretty, she can’t act,” Baum reportedly said. “I don’t get Sydney Sweeney.”The film producer referred to Sweeney’s recent rom-com “Anyone But You,” in which she stars opposite Glen Powell.“I wanted to know who she is and why everybody’s talking about her,” Baum reportedly told the audience, calling the film “unwatchable.”Who is Baum to make these comments? Here’s everything to know. Carol Baum, 81, nee Carol Friedland, grew up in New Jersey.
She began her career in the world of book publishing, where she helped turn Stephen King’s “The Shining” into a film. “I had a job in the film business early on, a tiny company called the Producer’s Circle. But, my job in New York was to find manuscripts before they were published and decide whether they were going to be movies.
That was my job,” she said during an April 2 interview on the podcast “Industry Standard With Barry Katz.” She’s married to novelist and screenwriter Tom Baum (“Journey to the Center of the Earth”). During that same podcast, she said, “I married my high school sweetheart,” and they’ve been married for 60 years. She described her upbringing in South Orange, New Jersey, in the 1950s.
“You were geared to marry…not to be a producer, not to be a businesswoman. Not to do any work at all. The women in that town did not work,” Baum said.
She said she got her love of movies from her grandmother, and described her upbringing as being very “American Graffiti.” The couple have two adult sons, Will and Henry Baum, as well as three grandchildren. Baum has produced 34 movies to date, and she’s a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. She’s a former vice president at 20th Century Fox and co-president of Sandollar
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he told the New York Times in an interview published on Tuesday.“That’s people wanting what’s on the screen off the screen, and sometimes you just have to lean into it a bit — and it worked wonderfully.”Last August, Sweeney opened up about the flick in an interview with Variety, saying, “It’s a rom-com. That’s what people want! Glen and I don’t really care.
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Sydney Sweeney apologizes for having ‘great’ breasts after Hollywood producer’s scathing comments
claimed that she “isn’t pretty” and “can’t act.”The “Euphoria” alum, 26, rocked the tongue-in-cheek outfit in images taken during her tropical vacation with pals.“Sorry for having great t-ts and correct opinions,” the shirt reads, as shared a carousel of snaps on Instagram Saturday.In photos shared with her 19.6 million followers on the platform, Sweeney is seen soaking up the sun rays with two gal pals.The “Immaculate” actress showed off her toned body in a brown bikini, before enjoying some live music from a mariachi band on the beach.Naturally, the outfit received a lot of attention from eagle-eyed fans on the platform.“Are you really sorry tho?” one fan wrote, referring to her choice of clothing.Another penned, “That shirt says it all, greetings to haters haha,” while a third simply added, “Let the clothes talk!”Last week, Carol Baum, whose work includes “Father of the Bride” and its sequel, launched a scathing attack on the two-time Emmy-nominated actress during a discussion at a screening of her 1988 film “Dead Ringers.”“She’s not pretty, she can’t act,” Baum said. “I don’t get Sydney Sweeney.”The film producer referred to Sweeney’s recent romcom “Anyone But You,” in which she stars opposite Glen Powell, to critique her acting skills.“I wanted to know who she is and why everybody’s talking about her,” Baum reportedly told the audience, calling the film “unwatchable.”Baum went on to slam Sweeney’s appearance, telling the audience that she couldn’t come up with a reason for why Sweeney’s career had taken off.“I said to my class, ‘Explain this girl to me.
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went after the 26-year-old “Madame Web” actress onstage at the Jacob Burns Center in Pleasantville, NY.“I said to my class [at the University of Southern California], ‘Explain this girl to me,’ ” Baum told the crowd. “ ‘She’s not pretty, she can’t act.
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Carol Baum claiming the actress is “not pretty” and “can’t act.”“How sad that a woman in the position to share her expertise and experience chooses instead to attack another woman,” a spokesperson for the “Madame Web” star told The Post on Wednesday.“If that’s what she’s learned in her decades in the industry and feels is appropriate to teach to her students, that’s shameful. To unjustly disparage a fellow female producer speaks volumes about Ms Baum’s character,” they added.