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      James Corden Slammed for 'Offensive' Gay Portrayal in 'The Prom'

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      The ‘Into the Woods’ star is heavily criticized for his stereotypical, ‘appalling and terminally bland’ performance as gay Broadway actor Barry Glickman in Ryan Murphy’s Netflix movie.

      Dec 2, 2020
      AceShowbiz – James Corden’s performance in “The Prom” has drawn the ire of movie critics. The actor/comedian has sparked backlash for his “offensive” portrayal of a gay character in the Netflix musical film, which is directed by Ryan Murphy.
      In the upcoming movie, “The Late Late Show with James Corden” host plays gay Broadway actor Barry Glickman whose star is fading. Calling it miscasting, some critics believe that the role should have gone to Nathan Lane.
      Vanity Fair’s Richard Lawson wrote in his review, “Corden, who is straight, is so bad in ‘The Prom’-somehow both appalling and terminally bland.” He described the British star’s performance as “flitting and lisping around in the most uninspired of caricatures, misses all potential for nuance, and thus never finds even a hint of truth in the role.”
      Newsweek critic Samuel Spencer dubbed Corden’s stereotypical performance “offensive,” while The Hollywood Reporter critic David Rooney agreed that the “Cats” star plays “a flaming gay stereotype” and “channels the mannerisms without the joy.” As the result, “It’s a flat performance without much heart.”

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      The Telegraph critic Tim Robey opined, “In a cast full of talented queer actors in the younger parts, it’s a massive problem to have Corden in gay-face front and center.” He took issue with a particular scene “when he grabs Emma’s (Jo Ellen Pellman) hand and whisks her to the mall for a makeover.” He explained, “It’s an insult the film doesn’t even consider, stereotyping the young lesbian as fashion-clueless and the gay man as a bustling Queer Eye nightmare who made this reviewer embarrassed to be batting for the same team.”
      Digital Spy critic Ian Sandwell blamed Murphy for making “a major error in the casting of James Corden as the musical’s gay male lead character.” He argued, “The result sees Corden camp it up to the point of being regressive and offensive, hitting every gay stereotype along the way.”
      Among the many critics, however, TV Guide writer Damian Holbrook begged to differ, praising Corden’s performance as “fantastic.” When a Twitter user asked him in disbelief, “The pussy from Cats is fantastic?” he replied, “I know!”
      Neither Corden nor Murphy has responded to the backlash.
      “The Prom” centers on fading Broadway stars who are determined to make a high school student’s prom dream come true as part of PR stunt to resurrect her public image. The star-studded cast also includes Meryl Streep, Nicole Kidman, Keegan-Michael Key, Andrew Rannells and Kerry Washington among others. The movie will be available for streaming on Netflix beginning December 11.

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      Lily Collins Relies on Imagination to Play Herman J. Mankiewicz's Secretary in 'Mank'

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      Though she couldn’t find much about Rita Alexander, the ‘Emily in Paris’ star could not help but honored to have gotten a chance to share Rita’s role in the making of ‘Citizen Kane’.

      Dec 2, 2020
      AceShowbiz – Actress Lily Collins had to rely on her imagination to bring her portrayal of “Citizen Kane” screenwriter Herman J. Mankiewicz’s secretary to life onscreen, because there was so little known about Rita Alexander.
      “The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones” star features opposite Gary Oldman as the famed Hollywood scriptwriter in David Fincher’s new movie “Mank”, which chronicles the tumultuous development of Orson Welles’ 1941 cinematic masterpiece, but she struggled to find out more about Alexander’s life from press clippings and the history books before cameras started rolling.
      “I really couldn’t (find much about her), there was very little research to be done, unfortunately,” Collins told U.S. breakfast show “Today”.
      “I saw, I think, maybe two photos of her and from my research there were a few blurbs, but otherwise I had to leave it up to some imagination.”

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      Despite the lack of resources, Collins is excited to have played a part in having Alexander’s role in the making of “Citizen Kane” documented on film.
      “I just love the fact that we get to shine a light on this incredible woman who is really responsible for aiding Mankiewicz in his confidence, and kind of (gives him) that little kick in the butt that he needed to rise to the occasion sometimes when he got in his own head, so we really owe, I think, a great gratitude to Rita, so I was really honoured to get to tell her story.”
      Production on “Mank” took place late last year (19), while Collins was still working on her Netflix drama series “Emily in Paris”, and she had to spend two weekends flying back and forth between France and the U.S. to juggle the two projects.
      “It was quite strange,” she shared of switching between roles. “I had to fly back to Los Angeles twice during filming (of ‘Emily in Paris’) for 24-hour periods on the weekend to do camera tests, fittings, rehearsals (for ‘Mank’).”
      “But luckily, Emily is bright, bold and a little bit obvious, and American, and then Rita is in a black and white world, she’s British, she’s more still and subtle, so the two characters couldn’t be more different, but it definitely was an interesting time to fit both in at the same time. But I’m honoured to have been able to do both.”

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      How to Pretend You’re in Tokyo

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      #masthead-section-label, #masthead-bar-one { display: none }What to WatchBest Movies on NetflixBest of Disney PlusClassic Holiday MoviesHoliday TVBest Netflix DocumentariesCredit…Noriko Hayashi for The New York TimesHow to Pretend You’re in TokyoThat Tokyo trip will have to wait for the millions of people who canceled flights and hotel bookings. But there are ways to bring you closer to this sometimes impenetrable, always fascinating, city.Credit…Noriko Hayashi for The New York TimesSupported byContinue reading the main storyBy More

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      Elliot Page, Oscar-Nominated ‘Juno’ Star, Announces He Is Transgender

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      #masthead-section-label, #masthead-bar-one { display: none }What to WatchBest Movies on NetflixBest of Disney PlusClassic Holiday MoviesHoliday TVBest Netflix DocumentariesAdvertisementContinue reading the main storySupported byContinue reading the main storyElliot Page, Oscar-Nominated ‘Juno’ Star, Announces He Is Transgender“Hi friends, I want to share with you that I am trans, my pronouns are he/they and my name is Elliot,” Page wrote in a statement that he posted on Tuesday.“My joy is real, but it is also fragile,” Elliot Page wrote in a statement announcing he is transgender.Credit…Rich Polk/Getty Images for IMDbBy More

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      George Clooney Turning Down Movie Role to Avoid Infecting Asthmatic Son With Covid-19

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      The ‘Ocean’s Eleven’ actor cites family’s health as he opens up about the real reason why he had to back out of the upcoming Steven Soderbergh movie this year.

      Dec 1, 2020
      AceShowbiz – George Clooney had to drop out of a Steven Soderbergh movie to make sure he didn’t bring COVID-19 home and infect his asthmatic son.
      The Oscar winner was looking forward to jetting off to make the movie “Kill Switch” with Don Cheadle and the filmmaker, but had to turn to the job down for the sake of his family’s health.
      “I’ve got a son with asthma,” Clooney tells Deadline. “It’s not like I can just go taking any chances.”
      “I had to drop out of the Soderbergh film that he was shooting because of that, which was a bummer because it’s a great part. It looks like I would have gotten to work with Don Cheadle and everybody again. It really looked like fun.”

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      “Kill Switch”, which has since been retitled “No Sudden Move”, features Cheadle, Benicio Del Toro, David Harbour, Amy Seimetz, Jon Hamm, Ray Liotta, Kieran Culkin, Brendan Fraser, and Matt Damon among others.
      Cheadle, Soderbergh, Clooney, and Damon all worked together on “Ocean’s Eleven”, “Ocean’s Twelve”, and “Ocean’s Thirteen”.
      Clooney is dad to three-year-old twins Alexander and Ella with wife Amal.
      In a GQ interview recently, the actor admitted he never wanted to get married and have children until he met wife Amal. “For 36 years, I was the guy that if some kid popped up and started crying, I’d be like, ‘Are you f**king kidding me?’ And now suddenly I’m the guy with the kid, you know?” he said
      “I was like, ‘I’m never getting married. I’m not gonna have kids,’ I’m gonna work, I’ve got great friends, my life is full, I’m doing well.”

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      The Best Movies and TV Shows Coming to Amazon, HBO Max, Hulu and More in December

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      #masthead-section-label, #masthead-bar-one { display: none }What to WatchBest Movies on NetflixBest of Disney PlusClassic Holiday MoviesHoliday TVBest Netflix DocumentariesAdvertisementContinue reading the main storySupported byContinue reading the main storyThe Best Movies and TV Shows Coming to Amazon, HBO Max, Hulu and More in DecemberEvery month, subscription streaming services add a new batch of titles to their libraries. Here are our picks for December.By More

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      ‘Disco’ Review: Devoted to Dancing (and More)

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      In the Norwegian drama “Disco,” the second-time feature director Jorunn Myklebust Syversen demonstrates a strong feel for pulsing bass, neon lighting and discomfiting close-ups but a somewhat vaguer sense of character and theme.The movie centers on a teenager named Mirjam (Josefine Frida), a highly competitive championship dancer. She is also seriously committed to her Christianity, or at least grew up thinking she had to be. She listens to audio of English-language sermons. Her stepfather, Per (Nicolai Cleve Broch), is a pastor at a modern church that more obviously resembles an indie coffee bar and attached performance space. Mirjam pitches in and sings devotional pop music.[embedded content]Outwardly hip, Per is controlling at home, manipulating his wife, Vanja (Kjaersti Odden Skjeldal), and Mirjam, and wanting his family to distance themselves from Vanja’s brother, a wealthy televangelist whom Per regards as a fraud. (The brother is shown leading an ostensibly cancer-healing ceremony on TV and participating in a homophobic ritual later on.)The movie’s placid surfaces conceal signs of repression and discord. Mirjam appears to have bulimia, and there’s an unspoken history of sexual abuse within her family. Mirjam goes to an island religious camp where children, on the pretense of expelling demons from their bodies, breathe into bags until they pass out.Still, all of this simmering tension doesn’t develop into much. By the time it is over, “Disco” has crossed the line that separates being productively ambiguous from being simply cryptic.DiscoNot Rated. In Norwegian, with subtitles. Running time: 1 hour 34 minutes. Rent or buy on Amazon and Google Play. More

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      Maggie Smith to Take Lead in Film Version of 'A German Life'

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      Developed by screenwriter-playwright Christopher Hampton, the one-woman show about Nazi Joseph Goebbels’ secretary will be opera director Jonathan Kent’s movie debut.

      Dec 1, 2020
      AceShowbiz – Dame Maggie Smith is set to star in the film version of her one-woman show about Nazi Joseph Goebbels’ secretary, Brunhilde Pomsel.
      Developed by screenwriter-playwright Christopher Hampton, who was awarded an Oscar for the screen adaptation of “Dangerous Liaisons”, Smith previously played the role in “A German Life” at The Bridge Theatre in London’s West End.
      The project will be opera director Jonathan Kent’s movie debut.

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      “A German Life” is based on a series of interviews that Pomsel gave when she was 103. The screen version came about due to concerns over the COVID-19 pandemic, which has closed theatres throughout the world.
      “What with COVID, Maggie decided that she didn’t really want to go back and do it again on stage, which was a great shame because it meant that an enormous number of people hadn’t seen it and her great performance,” Hampton told Variety.
      He adds, “What I’ve been doing is writing it as a screenplay about this woman in her retirement home in 2013 talking about her life. The film script was more difficult to write than the stage play. Sometimes she looks out the window and sees characters, but otherwise, it’s all just her through the course of the day talking about her memories.”
      Additionally, Hampton shared that he finished his long-gestating stage play about Jimmie Lee Jackson, the African-American civil rights activist and a deacon in the Baptist church in Alabama. “The death of Jimmie Lee Jackson led to the Selma to Montgomery marches. In 2010, the policeman was finally tried and sentenced to six months in jail. I’ve been working on this on-and-off for some time. I went to Alabama four or five years ago, while the guy who killed Jackson was still alive. Finally, after doing all this research, I wrote it this summer, and it turned out to be sort of unpleasantly relevant [with the Black Lives Matter demonstrations],” he said.

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