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      Oscar Nominees Warned There's No Option to Attend 2021 Ceremony via Zoom

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      The committee behind the Academy Awards has issued a notice, informing the 2021 nominees that they won’t be able to attend the upcoming ceremony via video link.

      Mar 20, 2021

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      Oscar nominees have been warned that connecting to the Academy Awards via video link is “not an option.”

      The ceremony will take place next month (Apr21) as an in-person event, with organisers opting to treat it as an “active movie set,” with various coronavirus safety measures in place.

      In a letter sent out to over 200 nominees on the shortlists on Thursday (18Mar21), producers detailed the “great lengths” they were going to in a bid to stage a “safe and enjoyable” evening.

      While producers Steven Soderbergh, Jesse Collins, and Stacey Sher acknowledged some may be uneasy about it being an in-person event at Los Angeles’ Union Station – albeit with “additional show elements live from the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood” – they sought to offer reassurance.

      They wrote, “Of course, your first thought is CAN THAT BE DONE SAFELY? The answer is YES, IT CAN. We are treating the event as an active movie set, with specially designed testing cadences to ensure up-to-the-minute results, including an on-site COVID safety team with PCR testing capability.”

      Guests attending from outside of Los Angeles will receive further “specific instructions”, which will vary from those already living in the city. And those who are “unable to attend because of scheduling or continued uneasiness about travelling” were told “there will not be an option to Zoom in for the show.”

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      “We are going to great lengths to provide a safe and ENJOYABLE evening for all of you in person, as well as for all the millions of film fans around the world, and we feel the virtual thing will diminish those efforts,” they added.

      The producers encouraged winners to make speeches “personal” but keep them short and expressed their hope that the ceremony, which takes place on 25 April, will have a “feeling of casual exchange and good humour.”

      And they want to set the tone with a “pre-show gathering” immediately before the ceremony.

      “The good news is you should be pretty relaxed by show time because you will have been at a pre-show gathering in the Union Station courtyard for the previous ninety minutes with your fellow nominees and their guests (ONLY nominees and their guests will be attending the show, by the way. Oh, and the presenters!),” they continued.

      The letter also touched on the night’s dress code, stressing casual attire would not be welcomed.

      “You’re wondering about the Dress Code (as well you should). We’re aiming for a fusion of Inspirational and Aspirational, which in actual words means formal is totally cool if you want to go there, but casual is really not,” the note concluded. In addition to having a smaller guest list this year, it was previously announced that both the annual Oscar Nominees Luncheon, which takes place in the lead up to the ceremony, and the post-event Governor’s Ball have been cancelled for this year.

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      Sharon Stone Recalls Rejecting 'Basic Instinct' Producer's Advice to Sleep With Co-Star

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      The Golden Globe Award-winning actress also remembers slapping the movie’s director Paul Verhoeven after watching her infamous leg-crossing scene for the first time.

      Mar 19, 2021

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      “Basic Instinct” may be one of Sharon Stone’s most popular films to date, but filming for the movie has also left her with some bad experiences as a woman working in the industry. In her upcoming memoir “The Beauty of Living Twice”, the actress is looking back at the time she shot the 1992 erotic thriller.

      In an excerpt from the book obtained by Vanity Fair, the 63-year-old recalls being told by one of the producers to sleep with a co-star to build a chemistry. “I had a producer bring me to his office, where he had malted milk balls in a little milk-carton-type container under his arm with the spout open,” she shares. “He walked back and forth in his office with the balls falling out of the spout and rolling all over the wood floor as he explained to me why I should f**k my costar so that we could have onscreen chemistry.”

      But Sharon stood up for her own self, turning down the producer’s suggestion. “Why, in his day, he made love to Ava Gardner onscreen and it was so sensational! Now just the creepy thought of him in the same room with Ava Gardner gave me pause,” she writes. She recalls thinking, “You guys insisted on this actor when he couldn’t get one whole scene out in the test…. Now you think if I f**k him, he will become a fine actor? Nobody’s that good in bed.”

      She continues, “I felt they could have just hired a co-star with talent, someone who could deliver a scene and remember his lines. I also felt they could f**k him themselves and leave me out of it. It was my job to act and I said so.” As a result, Sharon says she was labeled “difficult.”

      Sharon doesn’t reveal the name of the producer who made such suggestion and which co-star that the producer suggested she should sleep with.

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      While she managed to protect herself at the time, Sharon reveals being manipulated into stripping down for that infamous leg-crossing scene. She says she agreed to take off her panties believing that her private part would not be visible on camera. But she was shocked and left angered after seeing the scene for the first time.

      “After we shot ‘Basic Instinct’, I got called in to see it. Not on my own with the director, as one would anticipate, given the situation that has given us all pause, so to speak, but with a room full of agents and lawyers, most of whom had nothing to do with the project,” she writes. “That was how I saw my vagina-shot for the first time, long after I’d been told, ‘We can’t see anything-I just need you to remove your panties, as the white is reflecting the light, so we know you have panties on.’ ”

      The Catherine Tramell depicter says that she “slapped” director Paul Verhoeven “across the face” following the screening and called her lawyer, Marty Singer, who said she could get an injunction. “First, at that time, this would give the film an X rating. Remember, this was 1992, not now, when we see erect penises on Netflix. And, Marty said, per the Screen Actors Guild, my union, it wasn’t legal to shoot up my dress in this fashion. Whew, I thought,” she explains her rage.

      “After the screening, I let Paul know of the options Marty had laid out for me. Of course, he vehemently denied that I had any choices at all. I was just an actress, just a woman; what choices could I have?” she further claims. “But I did have choices. So I thought and thought and I chose to allow this scene in the film. Why? Because it was correct for the film and for the character; and because, after all, I did it.”

      Noting that sexual exploitation has been a common practice in the industry for a long time, Sharon remarks, “Sex, not just sexuality onscreen, has long been expected in my business.”

      Sharon’s memoir will be available March 30 via publisher Knopf.

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      Report: 'Thor: Love and Thunder' Finds Valkyrie's Love Interest in 'Game of Thrones' Alum

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      Words are Lena Headey is added to the cast for the upcoming Marvel movie to romance Tessa Thompson’s character, who will be hailed as the king of New Asgard.

      Mar 19, 2021

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      Valkyrie could be finding her significant other in “Thor: Love and Thunder”. Rumor has it that the movie is adding Lena Headey to play Tessa Thompson’s onscreen love interest in the Taika Waititi-directed movie.

      It should be noted though that the tidbit came from 4chan and has been reposted on the r/MarvelStudiosSpoilers subreddit, which means that this casting news should be taken with a grain of salt. The report also didn’t divulge Headey’s alleged character, but should the report be true, she’ll possibly portray the queen to Valkyrie, who will be hailed as the king of New Asgard in the upcoming movie.

      It was previously confirmed that Valkyrie is bisexual and that this would be addressed in the fourth “Thor” movie. This way, she would be Marvel Studios’ first LGBTQ superhero. “She’s bi,” Thompson tweeted in October 2017 in response to a fan who asked about the character’s sexuality. She continued, “And yes, she cares very little about what men think of her,” gushing, “What a joy to play!” Waititi then liked her tweet.

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      As for Headey, she’s no stranger to playing queen, having portrayed Cersei Lannister, the ruthless Queen of the Seven Kingdoms of Westeros, on HBO’s hit series “Game of Thrones”. She nabbed multiple awards and nominations for the role, including five Emmy nominations for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series. The 47-year-old actress also starred on “Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles” series, which ran from 2008 until 2009, and in 2014’s movie “300: Rise of an Empire”.

      “Thor: Love and Thunder” is currently in production in Australia. Besides Thompson, the movie brings back Chris Hemsworth as the titular God of Thunder and Natalie Portman as Jane Foster, who will become the Mighty Thor and gain similar powers to Thor.

      The movie is scheduled for a May 6, 2022 release in the United States.

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      Ringo Starr Looks Forward to Seeing Peter Jackson's Version of 'Let It Be' Documentary

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      During a Zoom interview, the Beatles drummer compares the upcoming ‘The Beatles: Get Back’ and the ‘miserable’ movie Michael Lindsay-Hogg made 51 years ago about his band.

      Mar 19, 2021

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      Ringo Starr is glad director Peter Jackson revisited The Beatles’ “Let It Be” era for a new documentary because Michael Lindsay-Hogg’s 1970 film sucked the fun out of the band.

      “The Lord of the Rings” filmmaker worked through close to 60 hours of footage shot during recording sessions for The Fab Four’s 12th studio album for his upcoming “The Beatles: Get Back” documentary – and Ringo insists it’s a much better film than the one Lindsay-Hogg made 51 years ago, because it doesn’t focus on disputes among bandmates.

      “I didn’t feel any joy in the original documentary; it was all focused on one moment which went down between two of the lads [Paul McCartney and George Harrison],” Ringo said during a Zoom interview with the media, while praising Jackson for his focus on The Beatles’ Apple Corps rooftop concert in 1969.

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      “The rooftop concert was also only about seven to eight minutes long,” he added. “With Peter’s [documentary] it’s 43 minutes long. It’s about the music and a lot of joy.”

      “I had several talks with Peter about how I felt [about original film]. I thought it was miserable. I said, ‘There was lots of laughter, I was there, we were laughing, we were having fun. We were playing and doing what we do.’ ”

      “Peter kept coming into L.A. with his iPad and he’d show me sections. He said, ‘Look what I’ve found here’, and he showed us laughing and having fun as a band. There was a lot of joy in making those records, those tracks, so I’m certainly looking forward to seeing the whole thing.”

      “The Beatles: Get Back” is scheduled for release on August 27.

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      ‘Groomed’ Review: Confronting Patterns of Abuse

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      In this distressing documentary, a filmmaker confronts her own lingering trauma as she explores how perpetrators prime victims for abuse.Gwen van de Pas was a preteen swimmer in Holland when she met the man who would become her assistant swim team instructor, her caring confidante and soon after, her sexual abuser. Now a filmmaker living in San Francisco, van de Pas explores the traumatic experience in the documentary “Groomed.”The film (streaming on Discovery+), which van de Pas directed, has a strong pedagogic drive, laying out the steps perpetrators often take to “groom” victims — target, befriend and prime them — for sexual abuse. Van de Pas calls on experts, psychologists and a convicted sex offender for interviews, but the most illuminating examples come from her own story. In one harrowing sequence, she returns to her childhood bedroom to find the fawning letters her abuser wrote to her, and rereads them with an adult’s eye.As the film lays bare the intricacies of grooming, van de Pas chronicles her personal journey toward closure. In interviews, she recalls how she blocked out troubling memories for years, until the encounters began appearing in her dreams. She meditates on the meaning of justice and explores her hesitancy to report the abuse. Cathartic conversations with family members and other survivors lend comfort and clarity.Much of “Groomed” was filmed with a crew, and the subjects often appear in soft focus and cool hues. But the most affecting scenes clearly arose too suddenly for a production team. Early one morning, van de Pas calls her partner on Skype to relay upsetting news. She weeps in bed as her partner, on his way to work, sits down, stunned. The documentary is deliberate in ending on an uplifting note, but it is such intimate moments of pain that linger on.GroomedNot rated. Running time: 1 hour 22 minutes. Watch on Discovery+. More

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      Marvel Boss Echoes Chris Evans' Reaction to His Possible Return as Captain America

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      Kevin Feige has responded to the comments made by the Steve Rogers depicter regarding the Captain America rumors following the conclusion of Phase Three of Marvel Cinematic Universe.

      Mar 19, 2021

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      Kevin Feige has shot down rumours that Chris Evans will be returning as Captain America.

      It was reported earlier this year that Chris was on the brink of reprising his role as Steve Rogers/Captain America in at least one more Marvel project. Evans took to social media at the time to cool the speculation and Kevin has also seemingly dismissed the reports.

      The Marvel Studios boss told Entertainment Weekly, “I rarely answer no to anything anymore because things are always surprising me with what happens, but that rumour, I think, was dispelled rather quickly by the man himself.”

      Anthony Mackie, whose character Sam Wilson/Falcon was handpicked by Evans’ alter ego to wield Captain America’s shield, says he has “no idea” what’s going on with a possible Marvel return for the “Knives Out” star.

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      In an interview to promote the upcoming Disney+ series “The Falcon and the Winter Soldier”, the 42-year-old actor said, “I was actually fishing (when the report came out).”

      “When I came back in to get some shrimp, the dude at the dock was like, ‘Hey, man! Did you see this s**t?’

      “I’ve been going to the same guy to get my bait for like 20 years and all of a sudden now he’s a fan. He had no idea who I was. Now he’s a fan.”

      Anthony continued, “Marvel’s so secretive, and it’s so ridiculous about what we know and what we don’t know.”

      “I have no idea. The dude at the dock selling me shrimp knows more about what’s going on with Marvel than I do.”

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      ‘After the Murder of Albert Lima’ Review: Justice His Own Way

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      In this true crime documentary, a man ventures with two bounty hunters into Honduras to avenge the killing of his father. But the film struggles to fit the crime.How far would you go for justice? For the Florida native Paul Lima, the answer is to Honduras and back.In February 2000, Lima’s father, the lawyer and businessman Albert Lima, traveled to the tiny Honduran island Roatán to settle a debt. He never returned. A decade prior, Albert had given a loan of $84,000 to Martin Coleman, the father of his friend, for the family’s bakery. But when Coleman’s father died and his brothers began managing the bakery, regular loan payments stopped being made. When Albert went to the island to take control of the business, two of Martin’s brothers — Byron and Oral — savagely beat, then shot him. In the subsequent years, one of Albert’s killers has remained free, prompting his son to action.Paul decides to travel to Roatán with two bounty hunters: Art Torres and Zora Korhonen — to apprehend Oral. But their mission is far from easy. Directed by Aengus James and streaming on Crackle, “After the Murder of Albert Lima” is a darkly comedic true-crime documentary where the most exciting elements wane under it’s main subject’s overzealousness for drama.Paul’s plan to apprehend Oral is hilariously inept. Paul wants the bounty hunters to drug and kidnap Oral while armed guards surround the bar he frequents. They arrive for the mission without weapons, handcuffs, or even duct tape. For five days they use inconspicuous camera pens while James employs guerrilla filmmaking to not only gather evidence but also capture the action. But Paul’s compulsive desire often pushes him to put himself and his bounty hunters at risk.When the director matches Adam Sanborne’s propulsive score to the trio’s peril, he attaches an artificiality to their real efforts. It makes Paul’s arduous journey for closure not nearly as fulfilling as the film’s cathartic ending. And in its quest for entertainment value, this documentary loses sight of the actual grief and hurt a devastated son would feel.After the Murder of Albert LimaNot rated. Running time: 1 hour 37 minutes. Watch on Crackle. More

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      ‘Wojnarowicz’ Review: A Revolutionary Provocateur

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      A documentary on the artist David Wojnarowicz shows the ways that the rebel was a prophet, and honors him appropriately.The artist David Wojnarowicz escaped one American hellscape to find himself smack-dab in the middle of another. In a 1985 short film he made with Richard Kern, “You Killed Me First,” Wojnarowicz, then in his early 30s, portrays a version of his own alcoholic, abusive father. The grindhouse-style underground movie depicts a real event — that father feeding his children’s pet rabbit to them for dinner.Directed by Chris McKim, this exemplary documentary on the artist (which is also a mini-chronicle of the East Village art scene of 1970s and ’80s New York) takes advantage of Wojnarowicz’s penchant for self-documentation, drawing on the cassette journals he began keeping even before he was a fully formed creator. The documents Wojnarowicz maintained in this period, during which his art became inextricable from his activism, guide the viewer into the second American hellscape Wojnarowicz experienced: the AIDS epidemic.Wojnarowicz’s insistence that the Reagan administration was practically gleeful in ignoring the disease while simultaneously stigmatizing its victims provoked a number of controversies, over arts funding and more. The work he produced, often in collaboration with or under the influence of the photographer Peter Hujar, his mentor, is still bracing and fiercely clear-eyed on political and moral issues that persist to this day. Wojnarowicz died of AIDS in 1992, at age 37.The movie eschews contemporary talking-head interviews, instead showing speakers such as Fran Lebowitz, a close friend of Wojnarowicz and Hujar, as they were in the late ’70s and early ’80s. This is a strategic move, designed to make the movie’s final scene — in which several survivors of the artist and the era, now much older (a couple more frail than others), are shown attending a 2018 Whitney retrospective of Wojnarowicz’s oeuvre — more powerful. It works. Shatteringly.WojnarowiczNot rated. Running time: 1 hour 48 minutes. Watch on Kino Marquee. More