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    'Love Affairs' Leads Nominations for 2021 Cesar Awards With 13 Nods

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    The movie directed by Emmanuel Mouret dominates the nominations at the upcoming France movie awards with a total of 13 mentions including Best Film and Best Director.

    Feb 11, 2021
    AceShowbiz – Emmanuel Mouret’s “Love Affairs” led the nominations for France’s Cesar Awards, with 13 nods, including for best film, best director, best actress for Camelia Jordana, and best actor for Niels Schneider.
    The movie – “Les Choses Qu’On Dit, Les Choses Qu’On Fait (The Things We Say, The Things We Do)” – also earned nominations for supporting actress Emilie Dequenne and supporting actor Vincent Macaigne, as well as Julia Piaton, who is up for the best female newcomer gong. Mouret’s film also received nominations for best production design, best original screenplay, best cinematography, best editing, and best costume design.
    Francois Ozon’s “Summer of 85” and Albert Dupontel’s “Bye Bye Morons” are close behind “Love Affairs” with 12 Cesar Award nominations, including for best film and best director.
    Meanwhile, the controversial Netflix movie “Cuties” – about an 11-year-old Senegalese girl in Paris, France who joins a risque dance troupe to escape family dysfunction – is up for best first film, as well as a best female newcomer nomination for Fathia Youssouf.
    And Sam Mendes’ “1917” and Todd Haynes’ “Dark Waters” are among the movies up for the Best Foreign Film prize.
    The Cesar Awards are scheduled to take place on 12 March (21) at Paris’ Olympia theatre although it remains to be seen if they will operate as normal or virtually amid the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic.
    The full list of nominations at the 2021 Cesar Awards is as follows:
    Best Film:
    “Adieu Les Cons”, dir: Albert Dupontel
    “Adolescentes”, dir: Sebastien Lifshitz
    “Antoinette Dans Les Cevennes”, dir: Caroline Vignal
    “Les Choses Qu’On Dit, Les Choses Qu’On Fait”, dir: Emmanuel Mouret
    “Ete 85”, dir: Francois Ozon

    Best Director:
    Albert Dupontel, “Adieu Les Cons”
    Maiwenn, “DNA”
    Sebastien Lifshitz, “Adolescentes”
    Emmanuel Mouret, “Les Choses Qu’On Dit, Les Choses Qu’On Fait”
    Francois Ozon, “Summer Of 85”

    Best Actress:
    Laure Calamy, “Antoinette Dans Les Cevennes”
    Martine Chevallier, “Two Of Us”
    Virginie Efira, “Adieu Les Cons”
    Camelia Jordana, “Les Choses Qu’On Dit, Les Choses Qu’On Fait”
    Barbara Sukowa, “Two Of Us”

    Best Actor:
    Sami Bouajila, “Un Fils”
    Jonathan Cohen, “Enorme”
    Albert Dupontel, “Adieu Les Cons”
    Niels Schneider, “Les Choses Qu’On Dit, Les Choses Qu’On Fait”
    Lambert Wilson, “De Gaulle”

    Best Foreign Film:
    “1917”, dir: Sam Mendes
    “La Communion”, dir: Jan Komasa
    “Dark Waters”, dir: Todd Haynes
    “Another Round”, dir: Thomas Vinterberg
    “Eva En Aout”, dir: Jonas Trueba

    Best Supporting Actress:
    Fanny Ardant, “DNA”
    Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, “Summer Of 85”
    Emilie Dequenne, “Les Choses Qu’On Dit, Les Choses Qu’On Fait”
    Noemie Lvovsky, “La Bonne Epouse”
    Yolande Moreau, “La Bonne Epouse”

    Best Supporting Actor:
    Edouard Baer, “La Bonne Epouse”
    Louis Garrel, “DNA”
    Benjamin Lavernhe, “Antoinette Dans Les Cevennes”
    Vincent Macaigne, “Les Choses Qu’On Dit, Les Choses Qu’On Fait”
    Nicolas Maire, “Adieu Les Cons”

    Best Female Newcomer:

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    Melissa Guers, “La Fille Au Bracelet”
    India Hair, “Poissonsexe”
    Julia Piaton, “Les Choses Qu’On Dit, Les Choses Qu’On Fait”
    Camille Rutherford, “Felicita”
    Fathia Youssouf, “Cuties”

    Best Male Newcomer:
    Guang Huo, “La Nuit Venue”
    Felix Lefebvre, “Summer Of 85”
    Benjamin Voisin, “Summer Of 85”
    Alexandre Wetter, “Miss”
    Jean-Pascal Zadi, “Tout Simplement Noir”

    Best Original Screenplay:
    Albert Dupontel, “Adieu Les Cons”
    Caroline Vignal, “Antoinette Dans Les Cevennes”
    Emmanuel Mouret, “Les Choses Qu’On Dit, Les Choses Qu’On Fait”
    Filippo Meneghetti & Malysone Bovorashy, “Two Of Us”
    Benoit Delepine & Gustave Kerven, “Effacer L’Historique”

    Best Adapted Screenplay:
    Olivier Assayas, “Cu Ban Network”
    Hannelore Cayre & Jean-Paul Salome, “La Daronne”
    Francois Ozon, “Summer Of 85”
    Stephanie Demoustier, “La Fille Au Bracelet”
    Eric Barbier, “Petit Pays”

    Best Cinematography:
    Alexis Kavyrchine, “Adieu Les Cons”
    Antoine Parouty & Paul Guilhaume, “Adolescentes”
    Simon Beaufils, “Antoinette Dans Les Cevennes”
    Laurent Desmet, “Les Choses Qu’On Dit, Les Choses Qu’On Fait”
    Hichame Alaouie, “Summer Of 85”

    Best Editing:
    Christophe Pinel, “Adieu Les Cons”
    Tina Baz, “Adolescentes”
    Annette Dutertre, “Antoinette Dans Les Cevennes”
    Marital Salomon, “Les Choses Qu’On Dit, Les Choses Qu’On Fait”
    Laure Gardette, “Summer Of 85”

    Best Costume Design:
    Mimi Lempicka, “Adieu Les Cons”
    Madeline Fontaine, “La Bonne Epouse”
    Helene Davoudian, “Les Choses Qu’On Dit, Les Choses Qu’On Fait”
    Anais Romand & Sergio Ballo, “De Gaulle”
    Pascaline Chavanne, “Summer Of 85”

    Best Production Design:
    Carlos Conti, “Adieu Les Cons”
    Thierry Francois, “La Bonne Epouse”
    David Faivre, “Les Choses Qu’On Dit, Les Choses Qu’On Fait”
    Nicolas De Boiscuille, “De Gaulle”
    Benoit Barouh, “Summer Of 85”

    Best Animated Feature:
    “Calamity, Une Enfance De Martha Jane Cannary”, dir: Remi Chaye
    “Josep”, dir: Aurel
    “Petit Vampire”, dir: Joann Sfar

    Best Documentary:
    “Adolescentes”, dir: Sebastien Lifshitz
    “La Cravate”, dir: Etienne Chaillou & Mathias Thery
    “Cyrille Agriculteur, 30 Ans, 20 Vaches, Du Lait, Du Beurre, Des Dettes”, dir: Rodolphe Marconi
    “Histoire D’Un Regard”, dir: Mariana Otero
    “Un Pays Qui Se Tient Sage”, dir: David Du Fresne

    Best First Film:
    “Two Of Us”, dir: Filippo Meneghetti
    “Garcon Chiffon”, dir: Nicolas Maury
    “Cuties”, dir: Maimouna Doucoure
    “Tout Simplement Noir”, dir: Jean-Pascal Zadi
    “Un Divan A Tunis”, dir: Manele Labidi

    Best Score:
    Christophe Julien, “Adieu Les Cons”
    Stephen Warbeck, “DNA”
    Matei Bratescot, “Antoinette Dans Les Cevennes”
    Jean-Benoit Dunckel, “Summer Of 85”
    Rone, “La Nuit Venue”

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    Britney Spears Works on Her Own Documentary but Fears Dad Would Take Control of the Film

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    The ‘Hold It Against Me’ hitmaker is reportedly working on a documentary, ‘said in her own words,’ but the singer is afraid her father Jamie would try to wrestle control out of her hands.

    Feb 11, 2021
    AceShowbiz – Britney Spears has reportedly teamed up with a top female filmmaker to make her own documentary about her life.
    The singer took to Instagram to reassure fans of her wellbeing after the controversial documentary “Framing Britney Spears” aired in the U.S., writing, “Each person has their story and their take on other people’s stories !!!! We all have so many different bright beautiful lives Remember, no matter what we think we know about a person’s life it is nothing compared to the actual person living behind the lens !!!”
    The film documented Britney’s mental health struggles and her conservatorship, after her dad Jamie was placed in charge of her life following her breakdown in 2008, and now sources have told the New York Post’s Page Six that the mother-of-two is in the process of working on her own film, “said in her own words.”

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    “But under her current conservatorship, she fears her father could take control of the film to paint himself in a better light,” an insider told the outlet.
    Britney has been battling to have Jamie removed from her conservatorship, with her boyfriend Sam Asghari labelling her dad a “total d**k,” writing on his Instagram Story, “I won’t be going into details because I’ve always respected our privacy but at the same time I didn’t come to this country to not be able to express my opinion and freedom.”
    However, one person who won’t be weighing in on the scandal is Kevin Federline – Britney’s ex-husband and father of her two sons.
    “Kevin has no involvement with regard to Britney and her attorneys asking to remove Jamie as conservator,” his family lawyer Mark Vincent Kaplan told E! News. “He has no other position to state with regard to the conservatorship.”

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    ‘Twilight’s Kiss’ Review: A Hidden Romance, Late in Life

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    Filmmakers Look at Woody Allen Abuse Allegations in Four-Part Series

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    Viggo Mortensen Spills How Son's Comment About 'X-Men' Script Convinced Him to Turn Down Wolverine

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    During a chat on ‘Happy Sad Confused’ podcast, the ‘Lord of the Rings’ star opens up about his meeting with director Bryan Singer to talk about him taking on the mutant role.

    Feb 10, 2021
    AceShowbiz – “Lord of the Rings” star Viggo Mortensen turned down the chance to play Wolverine in the “X-Men” movies, because he didn’t want to be attached to one character for a decade.
    Mortensen famously met with director Bryan Singer about taking on the role in 2000’s “X-Men”, but admits he came away convinced signing on for multiple movies would be a bad idea.
    “The thing that bothered me at the time was just the commitment of endless movies of that same character over and over,” he told the “Happy Sad Confused” podcast. “I was nervous about that.”
    And Viggo’s comic book-loving son, Henry, helped him make his decision, “I did take Henry to the meeting I had with the director as my sort of good luck charm and guide. In the back of my mind I was thinking he could learn something too, because I did let Henry read the script and he goes, ‘This is wrong, that’s not how it is’.”

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    Mortensen reveals Singer went out of his way to explain why he was leaving certain things out of the movie, “The rest of the meeting was him explaining in detail to Henry why he was taking certain liberties.”
    And he thinks Henry’s input might have helped in a small way, “There were some things… I mean they straightened most of them out.”
    Viggo has no regrets about passing on the role, because Hugh Jackman picked up the part of Wolverine and the “Eastern Promises” star cannot imagine anyone else doing it better.
    “I think he did great,” he says. “I’m sure no one could imagine anyone doing it better than he did anyway.”
    Jackman played Wolverine in nine movies over 17 years before retiring as the character after 2017’s “Logan”.

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    John Legend and Diane Warren Double Up Oscars Nomination Chance With 2 Songs on 2021 Shortlist

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    The final list of nominations for the 93rd Academy Awards will be unveiled on March 15, while its ceremony is set to take place at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, California on April 25

    Feb 10, 2021
    AceShowbiz – John Legend and Diane Warren have doubled up on their chances of scoring Oscar nominations for Best Original Song after each landing two tracks on the 2021 shortlist.
    Officials at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences released the latest contenders for nine categories on Tuesday (February 09), with Warren’s “lo Si (Seen)” from “The Life Ahead” and “Free” from “The One and Only Ivan” both making the Best Original Song cut – giving the prolific songwriter hope of finally claiming gold after previously snagging 11 nominations.
    “Never Break” from “Giving Voice” and “Make It Work” from “Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey” earn recognition for Legend, who was previously honoured with an Oscar for “Selma” track “Glory”.
    Meanwhile, Leslie Odom Jr.’s “Speak Now” from “One Night in Miami…”, Mary J. Blige’s “See What You’ve Done” from “Belly of the Beast”, and “Judas and the Black Messiah” tune “Fight for You” by H.E.R., Dernst Emile II and Tiara Thomas are also in the running, as are Sacha Baron Cohen’s “Wuhan Flu” from “Borat Subsequent Moviefilm” and “Husavik” from “Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga”, penned by Savan Kotecha, Rickard Goransson and Fat Max Gsus, Emile Mosseri’s “Rain Song” from “Minari”, Robert Glasper’s “Show Me Your Soul” from “Mr. Soul!”, “Turntables” by Janelle Monae from “All In: The Fight for Democracy”, Daniel Pemberton and Celeste’s “Hear My Voice” from “The Trial of the Chicago 7”, “Green” by Abraham Marder for “Sound of Metal”, and “Mulan” soundtrack “Loyal Brave True” by Jamie Hartman, Harry Gregson-Williams, Rosi Golan and Billy Crabtree complete the 15-strong list.

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    Meanwhile, Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross are inching closer to Oscar nods this year after their work on “Mank” and “Soul”, with Jon Batiste, were added to the Best Original Score shortlist.
    Also vying to make the final nominations announcement are Emile Mosseri for “Minari”, Ludwig Goransson for “Tenet”, Daniel Pemberton for “The Trial of the Chicago 7”, and Alexandre Desplat for “The Midnight Sky”, with soundtracks for “Da 5 Bloods”, “The Invisible Man”, “Ammonite”, “Blizzard of Souls”, “Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey”, “The Little Things”, “Mulan”, “News of the World” and “The Life Ahead (La Vita Davanti a Se)” making up the rest of the contenders.

    Members of the Academy will now vote on the entries which will land on the final nominations list, which will be unveiled on March 15, ahead of the ceremony on April 25.

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    Jared Leto's Joker Gets Creepy Makeover in First-Look Pics of Zack Snyder's 'Justice League'

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    The director also shares details of the sequence in which the Batman villain will appear and its significance to show the Caped Crusader’s hatred toward the Clown Prince of Crime.

    Feb 10, 2021
    AceShowbiz – After teased by Zack Snyder on his social media page, the first official look at Jared Leto’s Joker in his upcoming version of “Justice League” has been unveiled in full. Courtesy of Vanity Fair, the two pictures reveal the character’s creepy transformation.
    The first of the black-and-white snaps give a close-up look at Joker’s face, which appears to have some scratches on the forehead, below his eye and his chin area. Another image gives an eerie vibe as it shows the Batman villain looking fully insane while sitting in a long, narrow space.

    He sports long hair which is slicked back and left hanging on his shoulders, while wearing a hospital gown, which appears to be badly stained. He also wears surgical gloves while sitting on a stool, which is the only furniture seen in the plain room.

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    Leto’s Joker also sports a bulletproof vest festooned with grimy law enforcement badges. “He has tons of badges,” according to Snyder, who describes the badges as “his trophies.”
    Speaking to the site, Snyder admits that adding Joker to the movie has always been one of his main obsessions when he’s offered a chance to complete his own take on the 2017 movie. “The Joker is really the only thing that I thought of in retrospect,” he says. “But I will say that it was always my intention to bring Joker into that world.”
    [SPOILER ALERT!] In “The Snyder Cut”, Leto’s Joker will appear in a dream sequence set on a ruined Earth after the alien tyrant Darkseid invades and decimates the planet. It is Bruce Wayne’s (Ben Affleck) dream that reveals what will happen if the superheroes fail to stop the onslaught.
    “The cool thing about the scene is that it’s Joker talking directly to Batman about Batman,” Snyder says of the scene and its significance. “It’s Joker analyzing Batman about who he is and what he is. That’s the thing I also felt like fans deserved from the DC Universe. That is to say, the Jared Leto Joker and the Ben Affleck Batman, they never really got together. It seemed uncool to me that we would make it all the way through this incarnation of Batman and Joker without seeing them come together.”
    He continues, “The scene explains why Bruce had the Joker card taped to his gun that you see in ‘Batman v Superman’,” which suggests Batman’s sidekick Robin’s death at the hands of Joker. While noting that there won’t be another Batman film by him, Snyder says he always wanted to show “how they became like this … how he hurt him in a way that no one has, really. Other than losing his parents, it was probably the most significant personal injury to his life.”
    “Zack Snyder’s Justice League” is set to be released on HBO Max on March 18.

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    Octavia Spencer Joins Ryan Reynolds and Will Ferrell in New 'Christmas Carol' Adaptation

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    The ‘Fruitvale Station’ actress has been added to the cast ensemble of the upcoming big-screen adaptation of the classic holiday story by the famed Charles Dickens.

    Feb 10, 2021
    AceShowbiz – Octavia Spencer is set to join Ryan Reynolds and Will Ferrell in “Spirited” – a new take on Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol”.
    The Oscar-winning actress has joined the cast of the Apple TV+ movie, which will update and reimagine the classic story as a musical.
    The project is helmed by Sean Anders and John Morris, who are directing from their own screenplay. The duo have previously collaborated with Will on the 2015 movie “Daddy’s Home”.
    Insiders suggest that Reynolds will play the Scrooge-like lead who receives visits from the ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Future while Ferrell is expected to play Present.

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    Spencer is apparently close to a deal to play Ryan’s good-natured co-worker who helps Present teach the man kindness during the festive season. She is expected to do her own singing in the AppleTV+ flick.
    Anders and Morris are producing the movie with Will’s Gloria Sanchez banner, Ryan’s production company Maximum Effort and Mosaic.
    The holiday story has been adapted many times for film, stage, and opera. One comedy movie fronted by Bill Murray came out in 1988 and a musical featuring Colin Baker was released in 2015. There was also a 2009 animated movie starring the likes of Jim Carrey, Gary Oldman, Colin Firth, and Robin Wright.
    Meanwhile, Octavia Spencer was last seen in movie “The Witches” which is led by Anne Hathaway in 2020. She also lent her voice to Robert Downey Jr.’s “Dolittle”, Tom Holland and Chris Pratt’s “Onward”, and Melissa McCarthy’s “Superintelligence”.
    Her other next movie releases include superhero comedy “Thunder Force” and sci-fi thriller “Invasion”.

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