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      Vanessa Kirby Recalls Crying Her Eyes Out Watching Live Birth for 'Pieces of a Woman' Preparation

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      Having to portray a woman left grief stricken by her stillborn baby, the young Princess Margaret of ‘The Crown’ reveals she was given a chance to sit in on a birthing experience at Whittington Hospital.

      Jan 5, 2021
      AceShowbiz – Actress Vanessa Kirby was so in awe of the process of childbirth she held her breath as she observed a woman in labour as research for her new movie.
      In “Pieces of a Woman”, Vanessa portrays Martha, who is left grief stricken after her baby is stillborn, and she felt daunted by her first scenes, which depicted her character giving birth.
      As “The Crown” star has never had children of her own, the actress contacted officials at London’s Whittington Hospital and asked if she could sit in on a birthing experience – and was stunned when an expectant mother agreed.
      “I walked in in my scrubs. We had asked permission and unbelievably she said yes. Not sure I would. Some random actress in there…,” Vanessa remarked to The Sunday Times Culture magazine.
      “Anyway, I sat next to her on the bed and vaguely waved. I was in awe. Her mother was there too. I hardly breathed for six hours.”

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      Asked if she offered encouragement, Vanessa exclaimed, “No! Can you imagine? ‘Go on, girl!’ No, I was silent. It was a greater achievement than I’ve seen anybody do. There were forceps.”
      “At one point she looked at me. Halfway through a difficult contraction. I blew her a kiss. Why? So embarrassing.”
      Although she didn’t know the family, Vanessa found the experience of watching the mum welcome her son very moving.
      “When he was actually born, the nurses brought me round to see him come out. I was crying my eyes out,” she recalled. “All colour came back to the mother. It was holy. And then I was introduced, and they went, ‘Oh God, Princess Margaret!'”
      Vanessa portrayed a young Princess Margaret in the first two seasons of Netflix’s royal drama “The Crown”.

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      Patty Jenkins Gets Candid About Warner Bros.'s Initial Mistrust Over Her 'Wonder Woman' Vision

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      When addressing her internal war with the studio over the blockbuster movie, the ‘Wonder Woman 1984’ director admits they just wanted her to be a symbol of empowerment without any power.

      Jan 5, 2021
      AceShowbiz – Patty Jenkins battled with Warner Bros. bosses over her vision for “Wonder Woman”, because they just wanted a female to direct the blockbuster.
      The filmmaker reveals studio chiefs didn’t even want to read her script for the hit film and initially refused to take her suggestions seriously until she made it clear she wasn’t just going to be a symbol of empowerment without any power.
      “They wanted to hire me like a beard,” she said on Marc Maron’s “WTF” podcast. “They wanted me to walk around on set as a woman, but it was their story and their vision.”
      “They didn’t even want to read my script. There was such mistrust of a different way of doing things and a different point of view… When I first joined ‘Wonder Woman’, it was like, ‘Uh, yeah, OK, but let’s do it this other way’. But I was like, ‘Women don’t want to see that. Her being harsh and tough and cutting people’s heads off… I’m a Wonder Woman fan, that’s not what we’re looking for!’ ”

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      But she can understand why some executives were nervous about “Wonder Woman”, “They were all freaked out by all the female superhero films that had failed, the smaller ones that had failed, and also Christopher Nolan was making the ‘Dark Knight’ thing, so I think they were just trying to figure out what they were doing with DC at that time,” she added.
      “During that period of time, there were so many scripts and I could see the writing on the wall. This was an internal war on every level about what ‘Wonder Woman’ should be.”
      The film went on to become a huge hit for the studio, breaking records around the world, and Jenkins’ sequel, which was released on Christmas Day (December 25), has also been acclaimed. She is now working on a third film with “Wonder Woman” star Gal Gadot.

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      Report: Michael Keaton to Return as Batman for DCEU Films

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      NY Times writer Brooks Barnes confirms that the star of Tim Burton’s 1989 movie ‘Batman’ is going to replace Ben Affleck in future films of a non-Batman-centric saga.

      Jan 5, 2021
      AceShowbiz – Michael Keaton, not Ben Affleck, is going to be the main Batman of DCEU going forward, according to reports. Words are the 69-year-old actor is going to be wearing the cowl again for future films in a non-Batman-centric saga, after Affleck dropped out of the franchise in 2019.
      In a recent interview with Warner Bros. chief Walter Hamada, New York Times stated that “Warner Bros. will have two different film sagas involving Batman – played by two different actors – running at the same time.” One of them is starring Robert Pattinson.
      When asked to confirm if he meant a new actor will play Batman in the second franchise, writer Brooks Barnes replied on Twitter that he was referring to Keaton.

      NY writer Brooks Barnes confirmed Michael Keaton would return as Batman in DCEU films.

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      This, however, doesn’t necessarily mean that Affleck is forever out of the DCEU. In the same article, Barnes reported that both the “Justice League” star as well as Keaton will be appearing in The Flash stand-alone film, which is set for release in theaters in 2022. The upcoming movie “will link the two universes and feature two Batmans, with Mr. Affleck returning as one and Michael Keaton returning as the other,” so he wrote.
      As reported back in July 2020, Affleck has signed a deal with Warner Bros. to re-team up with the filmmaker in the latter’s future projects that are backed up by HBO Max, AT&T and WarnerMedia. It’s not specified what these projects are, but it’s said that they can range from cameos, miniseries and full-length feature films through HBO Max.
      Affleck starred as the Caped Crusader in “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice” (2016) and “Justice League” (2017). He additionally made a cameo appearance as the character in “Suicide Squad” (2016). He was going to star in a standalone Batman film with him at the helm. After stepping down from the directing duty in 2017, he bid farewell to the character in January 2019, with Pattinson being tapped to take on the lead role in “The Batman”, which is directed by Matt Reeves.
      As for Keaton, he earned critical acclaim for his dramatic portrayal of the Gotham hero in Tim Burton’s “Batman” (1989) and “Batman Returns” (1992). He has since branched out to a superhero film from rival studio Marvel, starring as the villain Vulture in 2017’s “Spider-Man: Homecoming”.

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      Sia Admits Maddie Ziegler Casting as Autistic Teen in Her Movie Is 'Actually Nepotism'

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      The ‘Cheap Thrills’ hitmaker continues to defend the casting of the ‘Dance Moms’ star to play an autistic teen in new movie ‘Music’ despite the girl not being autistic herself.

      Jan 5, 2021
      AceShowbiz – Sia has once again defended her casting of Maddie Ziegler in her film “Music”, hailing the move “nepotism.”
      The “Cheap Thrills” hitmaker recently faced controversy because of the casting of her frequent collaborator as an autistic girl (Music) who moves in with her newly-sober half-sibling Zu (Kate Hudson) – despite the fact the 18-year-old star isn’t autistic herself.
      And after passionately defending the casting on Twitter, Sia once again opened up about the controversy during an interview on Australia’s The Sunday Project, explaining, “I realised it wasn’t ableism. I mean, it is ableism I guess as well, but it’s actually nepotism because I can’t do a project without her. I don’t want to. I wouldn’t make art if it didn’t include her.”

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      Maddie – who has starred in many of Sia’s music videos, including the promos for “Elastic Heart” and “Chandelier” – feared people would think she was “making fun” of autistic people.
      “I bold-facedly said, ‘I won’t let that happen,’ ” Sia insisted, but added that she’s come to realise she cannot “protect” Maddie from criticism.
      “Last week, I realised I couldn’t really protect her from that, which I thought I could. We sent it off to the Child Mind Institute and she received 100 per cent as performance accuracy. I realise that there are some things I can’t protect her from as much as I try,” Sia sighed.
      The movie originally starred Shia LaBeouf who co-starred with Maddie Ziegler in Sia’s “Elastic Heart” music video, but the “Honey Boy” actor was ditched by the singer following abuse allegations made by former girlfriend FKA twigs.

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      Elton John Allegedly Signs Deal With Netflix for New Documentary

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      The upcoming project titled ‘The Pillars of Hercules’ has reportedly been developed by the Rocket Man’s longtime guitarist Davey Johnstone for a long time.

      Jan 5, 2021
      AceShowbiz – Sir Elton John has reportedly signed up for a special NETFLIX documentary.
      The music legend was the subject of one of the top films of 2019 when Taron Egerton played him in the “Rocketman” biopic, and it has now been confirmed he’s set to give fans an even deeper insight into his crazy life with a new documentary, which is believed to include many of the parts left out of the movie.
      According to Britain’s The Sun newspaper, “The Pillars of Hercules” – inspired by Elton’s middle name, Hercules – will cover events set in the ’70s, including never-before-seen backstage footage of the singer and the late Beatles legend John Lennon.
      Elton’s long-time guitarist Davey Johnstone has been working on the documentary for years and is now hoping to do a deal with Netflix.
      “(The documentary features) stories within the Elton John Band which weren’t shown in the Rocketman biopic. Davey has Elton and his husband David Furnish’s seal of approval,” a source told the newspaper.

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      Davey previously put the documentary on hold for six years to avoid it clashing with both the “Rocketman” movie and Elton’s Farewell concert tour as he didn’t want fans to be inundated with new content out of fear nothing would “do well.”
      He told the Greatest Music of All Time podcast, “It was entirely right that I should do that as I did not want to get in the way of those projects.”
      “If it is too diluted then nothing does well. I had a lovely conversation with David (Furnish) the other day in which they were really happy that I was going ahead and doing it again.”
      “Quite honestly I would never do anything, especially of a documentary nature, about anything we did without them being OK with it. So with this documentary we are in the throes right now of putting together all the last things we need.”
      “There are two more interviews we are looking to get and we will probably be finished with all the recording by late January and then we will go into editing and we will be ready about Easter.”

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      Elisabeth Rohm Lands Lead Role in Sandy Hook Massacre TV Movie

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      The former ‘Law and Order’ actress has been tapped to portray a mother heartbroken by the loss of her son in the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre back in 2012.

      Jan 2, 2021
      AceShowbiz – Actress Elisabeth Rohm is set to portray a heartbroken mother searching for hope after losing her son in the Sandy Hook massacre in a new TV movie.
      The former “Law & Order” star will also direct and executive produce the project, based on Scarlett Lewis’ memoir, “Nurturing Healing Love: A Mother’s Journey Of Hope and Forgiveness”, reports Deadline.com.
      The film will follow Lewis’ journey of love and survival after the unimaginable death of her boy Jesse, who was one of 20 children killed by a lone gunman in the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre in Connecticut in 2012. Six adults were also slaughtered in the tragedy.

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      Jesse is said to have helped save the lives of nine other kids after shouting to his fellow students to run, when the gunman’s weapon temporarily jammed as he entered their classroom, and his bravery, along with the message of “Norurting Helin Love” (Nurturing Healing Love), which he had scrawled on the family’s kitchen chalkboard days before his death, inspired Lewis as she embarked on the heartbreaking new chapter of her life.
      In a statement announcing the project, Lewis said, “I’m very excited about this partnership and even more elated to spread my beloved son’s message of courage. We all have the capacity for the courage Jesse showed on that day. It’s the courage to be kind and gentle, to do the right thing, to forgive, to step outside of our own pain. That’s the courage to choose love.”
      The film is the latest on Rohm’s slate – she will make her directorial debut with “Girl in the Basement”, another movie inspired by real-life events of a woman imprisoned in her family home.

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      Riz Ahmed Credits His Role as Deaf Drummer for Making Him Appreciate Sound of Silence

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      The ‘Nightcrawler’ actor enjoys the sound of silence more after playing a drummer who begins to lose his hearing in a new movie called ‘Sound of Metal’.

      Jan 2, 2021
      AceShowbiz – Riz Ahmed is learning to appreciate silence in his life after playing a deaf drummer in his new Amazon film, “Sound of Metal”.
      The actor grew up in a very noisy household and admits he has often found himself running away from quiet moments because he needed sound in his life.
      But after facing his fears for the new project, Riz admits he’s now looking forward to a more quiet life.
      “Growing up in a noisy household with a lot of people in a small house, silence was just not part of my life,” he says. “I think I’m someone who kind of runs away from silence. Actually making this film made me realise that and allowing that (silence) into my life a little more.”

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      Ahmed was fitted with inverted hearing aids, which emitted white noise, for his latest role, adding, “They would block out all noise to an extent where I couldn’t hear myself.”
      And he studied deaf people to perfect the role, adding, “I did learn that dinner time with a deaf family is very loud if you’re a hearing person because of people banging on tables to get attention for that vibrational communication across the dinner table.”
      “I hope this film opens people’s eyes to some beautiful aspects of deaf culture.”
      “Sound of Metal” also stars the likes of Olivia Cooke, Paul Raci, Lauren Ridloff, and Mathieu Amalric. It premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival last year before heading to Amazon streaming service.

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      Kingsley Ben-Adir Locked Himself in Room for Days Before Malcolm X Audition

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      The British actor reveals he spent days isolating himself in his room before auditioning for the role of the civil rights icon in Regina King’s directorial debut ‘One Night In Miami’.

      Jan 2, 2021
      AceShowbiz – Actor Kingsley Ben-Adir locked himself away for three days to clear his mind as he prepared to audition for the role of civil rights icon Malcolm X in “One Night In Miami”.
      The rising British star wanted to fully focus his attention on bringing Malcolm to life onscreen in Regina King’s directorial debut, so he stayed put in his room before putting his performance on tape – and the “Watchmen” actress loved it.
      “Regina and I spent two weeks going back and forth on Skype,” he told The Hollywood Reporter of their rapport. “We had some really long conversations about Malcolm.”

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      However, Ben-Adir reveals that wasn’t the role he was initially approached for – King had originally wanted him to try out for the character of Cassius Clay before he became Muhammad Ali, but the part just didn’t speak to him.
      “I didn’t respond to him,” he explained. “But the debate between Malcolm X and Sam Cooke really jumped off the page, and I said to my agent, ‘If anything happens and Malcolm becomes available, I’d love to put that on tape.’ ”
      “Riverdale” star Eli Goree was subsequently cast as boxing great Clay for the movie, which co-stars Leslie Odom Jr. as soul singer Cooke and Aldis Hodge as American football legend Jim Brown.
      The forthcoming film is an adaptation of Kemp Powers’ acclaimed stage play of the same name, and is set in February, 1964, on the night Clay became world heavyweight champion following a shock victory over Sonny Liston.

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