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☆ Robin Williams wrote a letter to a school principal urging they 'rethink' the expulsion of a 'Mrs. Doubtfire' child star
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-04 | by ( Eve Crosbie | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Read previewOne of the child stars of "Mrs. Doubtfire" revealed that Robin Williams went to bat for her after she was expelled for taking time off to star in the blockbuster comedy film. "Mrs. Doubtfire" starred Williams as a divorced dad who hatches an elaborate plan to imitate a female housekeeper so he can work for his estranged wife and see his children. "I got thrown out of high school on 'Doubtfire,'" Jakub told her costars. I was attending high school in Canada, then I left for four months to go film the movie." Speaking to Business Insider last year on the 30th anniversary of the movie, "Mrs Doubtfire" director Chris Columbus said that he and Williams began discussing the possibility of a sequel in 2014.

Persons: —, Doubtfire, Robin Williams, Williams, Lisa Jakub, Sally Field's, Mara Wilson, Matthew Lawrence, Jakub, Robin, Sally Field, Lawrence, hadn't, Chris Columbus Organizations: Service, Business, Fox, University of Southern, LA Locations: Canada, University of Southern California, Columbus

☆ Michael Showalter on 'the Idea of You' Controversial Ending, 'Wet Hot'
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-04 | by ( Caralynn Matassa | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +12 min

Michael Showalter kept acting long after he realized he didn't want to do it anymore — mostly because he needed to eat. Showalter got his start in college doing sketch comedy as a member of The State (formerly The New Group). Fast forward roughly two decades and Showalter has found himself right where he was always meant to be. But as I grew older, it was a combination of I wasn't getting cast in things, but I also wasn't really needing to get cast in things. Is there any one moment where you realized acting wasn't what you loved doing?

Persons: Michael Showalter, Showalter, Michael Ian Black, Joe Lo Truglio, Thomas Lennon, Ken Marino —, he'd, didn't, wasn't, Baxter, he's, Sally Field, Kumail Nanjiani, Zoe Kazan, Oscar, Nanjiani, Jessica Chastain, Tammy Faye, Elizabeth Holmes, Amanda Seyfried, Holmes, Jennifer Westfeldt, Lee's, Anne Hathaway, Reid Scott, Ella Rubin, Nicholas Galitzine, Claudette Godfrey, Daniel Boczarski, You've, you've, … It's, Ivanov, Kevin Kline, I'm, Adam Jason Finmann, gee, Hayes, Alisha Wetherill, Nicholas, Nick, Cathy Schulman, He's, It's, Anne, Bernie Telsey, Maria Organizations: The, Business, MTV, Globe, BI, SXSW, Knitting Factory, Amazon, Netflix Locations: New Jersey, Austin, Hollywood , California

☆ Michelle Yeoh explains the sweet reason she gave Emma Stone’s Oscar to Jennifer Lawrence
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-12 | by ( Marianne Garvey | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —Michelle Yeoh acknowledges she may have confused Emma Stone at the Oscars on Sunday. Yeoh and fellow best actress Oscar winners Sally Field, Jennifer Lawrence, Charlize Theron and Jessica Lange were all on stage to present the award for the category. After Yeoh announced Stone had won for her performance in “Poor Things,” she handed the Oscar statuette to Lawrence, who gave it to Stone. I confused you, but I wanted to share that glorious moment of handing over Oscar to you together with your best friend Jennifer!! Emma Stone accepts the best actress in a leading role award for "Poor Things" from Jennifer Lawrence.

Persons: CNN — Michelle Yeoh, Emma Stone, Yeoh, Oscar, Sally Field, Jennifer Lawrence, Charlize Theron, Jessica Lange, Stone, ”, Lawrence, Emma, Jennifer !, Bae Jamie Lee Curtis, Kevin Winter, Jamie Lee Curtis, “ Organizations: CNN Locations: “

☆ After viewers accused Emma Stone of snubbing Michelle Yeoh onstage at the Oscars, Yeoh says she was 'confused'
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-12 | by ( Palmer Haasch | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Read previewMichelle Yeoh attempted to clear the air after claims that Emma Stone snubbed her onstage when Yeoh presented her with the best actress award at the Oscars Sunday. In footage from the event, Stone approaches Yeoh onstage, moving to accept the statue from her. AdvertisementSome watching at home accused Stone of rudely snubbing Yeoh when she accepted the award. Yeoh wrote in a caption of a photo from Sunday night's awards show. Stone, who played the peculiar Bella Baxter in the film, was considered a frontrunner, though not the favorite, for the best actress award.

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☆ Vanity Fair Oscars Party: Billie Eilish, Christopher Nolan, Steven Spielberg, mix, dine on In-N-Out and dance the night away.
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-11 | by ( Alli Rosenbloom | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —Oscars celebrations were in full swing on Sunday night and no post-show event was more packed with the glittery crowd than the annual Vanity Fair party. By the dance floor, Cardi B greeted Bailey and asked the new mom how her baby was doing. Nearby, Lizzo and her boyfriend scoped out the dance floor and were later seen twisting their arms to take a shot together. Kardashian wore a beige, waist-cinching gown as she fluttered around the party with Baltimore Ravens wide receiver O’Dell Beckham Jr.Kim Kardashian arrives at the Vanity Fair Oscars party. Stefanie Keenan/VF24/WireImage for Vanity Fair/Getty ImagesSam Rockwell, Justin Theroux and Jason Bateman gathered on the dance floor and were greeted by Olympian Shawn White and Nina Dobrev.

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☆ Celebrities 'snubbing' presenters while accepting awards is the internet's new hyper-fixation
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-11 | by ( Olivia Singh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Read previewAwards season has officially ended, but not before people online found yet another thing to obsess over: how celebrities interact with presenters when they accept their trophies. (Business Insider has reached out to Downey Jr. and Stone but did not receive an immediate response.) These reactions are indicative of the heightened standards that celebrities are held to, even in high-stress environmentsEmma Stone accepting the award for best actress at the 2024 Oscars. Downey Jr. snubbing Quan made him look stuck up and egotistical. Downey Jr. shook hands and hugged Quan in the press room at the Oscars, and Swift embraced Dion backstage at the Grammys.

Persons: —, Jimmy Kimmel, Ryan Gosling's, Ken, Messi, Robert Downey Jr, Oscar, Lewis Strauss, Christopher Nolan's, Oppenheimer, Huy Quan, Downey, Quan, shiv ✯ kotfm, I’m, Huy’s, titnXbvTMb, Jacob Throneberry, Emma Stone, Michelle Yeoh, Charlize Theron, Jessica Lange, Jennifer Lawrence, Sally Field, Yeoh, Cillian Murphy, Downey Jr Organizations: Service, Business, Marvel

☆ 2024 Review: Oscars hits and misses including best moments, performances and speeches
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-10 | by ( Brian Lowry | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

The Oscars faced the double whammy of starting an hour earlier and the switch to Daylight Savings Time. Video Ad Feedback See who Host Jimmy Kimmel thanked in his opening monologue at the Academy Awards 01:04 - Source: CNNBrevity (relatively, anyway). A clip of late Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny is played onstage during the 96th Annual Academy Awards in Hollywood, California on March 10, 2024. Even with “Oppenheimer” nearly blotting out the sun, seven of the 10 best-picture nominees went home with at least something, with “Maestro,” “Past Lives” and “Killers of the Flower Moon” being the three that left empty-handed. Becky G performs during the 96th Academy Awards.

Persons: Ryan Gosling’s, “ Oppenheimer, ”, Christopher Nolan’s, Emma Stone, Lily Gladstone, Jessica Lange, Michelle Yeoh, Charlize, Theron, Jennifer Lawrence, Sally Field, Richard Harbaugh, A.M.P.A.S, Joy Randolph, He’s, Ken, Ryan Gosling, “ I’m, Ken ”, Emily Blunt, Barbie, Gosling, Jimmy Kimmel, Kimmel, helpfully, Alexey Navalny, Patrick T, Fallon, Jonathan Glazer’s, Mstyslav, Sen, Katie Britt, Donald Trump’s, “ Maestro, Hayao Miyazaki’s, John Cena’s, Becky G, Stewart Cook, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Danny DeVito, Michael Keaton Organizations: CNN, Savings, International Alliance, Alliance, Television Producers, Getty Locations: Hollywood , California, AFP, Gaza, Russian, Mariupol, Ukraine

☆ How, when and where you can watch the 2024 Oscars
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-09 | by ( Tom Page | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

Yes, it’s Oscars weekend. Comparisons are already being made to 1998 and 2004, when “Titanic” and “The Return of the King” steamrolled their respective competition on their way to a record 11 Oscars each. Emily Blunt (as Kitty Oppenheimer) with writer, director, and producer Christopher Nolan and Cillian Murphy (as J. Robert Oppenheimer) on the set of "Oppenheimer." The host and presentersJimmy Kimmel on stage at the Oscars in 2023. Gladstone and Stone split the Golden Globes, Stone won the BAFTA and Glastone won the SAG award, leaving this contest finely poised.

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☆ Awards for Acting Categories That Don't Exist at the Oscars
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-18 | by ( Wesley Morris | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Best Attempt to Change Hearts and MindsAunjanue Ellis-Taylor, “Origin"There is a kind of acting that falls outside technique. Maybe you need training to achieve it — but technical soundness is not what you leave a movie theater thinking about. This is heart acting, by folks who manage to get right inside your chest. I struggled with the cogency of Wilkerson’s theory but not with the passion that Ellis-Taylor musters in acting its development. Now I’m following her into ideas I don’t fully believe for one reason: because she does.

Persons: Aunjanue Ellis, Taylor, Sally Field, Hilary Swank, Ellis, Isabel Wilkerson, ”, we’ve, what’s, Taylor’s, Taylor musters, I’ve Locations: India, South Los Angeles

☆ ‘Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour’ Movie Review: Look What We Made Her Do
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-13 | by ( Wesley Morris | More About Wesley Morris | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +3 min

We could talk, I suppose, about all Taylor Swift’s done for the economy, friendship bracelets, seismology and Travis Kelce. Nor is her show — produced as discrete segments devoted to nine of Swift’s 10 albums — the cultural gymnasium Madonna requires. Swift plays to her enhanced strengths: candied pitch, arresting stature, toothsome songwriting, winking, the very idea of play. Rapt in a movie theater, I felt the song’s heart-wrung pique in a new way. Some of that comes from watching Swift’s face register the ache, tsking recrimination.

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☆ Google Promised to Defund Climate Lies, but the Ads Keep Coming
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-02 | by ( Nico Grant | Steven Lee Myers | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

In October 2021, Google promised to stop placing ads alongside content that denied the existence and causes of climate change, so that purveyors of the false claims could no longer make money on its platforms, including YouTube. And yet if you recently clicked on a YouTube video titled “who is Leonardo DiCaprio,” you might have found a ramble of claims that climate change is a hoax and the world is cooling after a Paramount+ ad for the film “80 for Brady,” starring Lily Tomlin, Jane Fonda, Sally Field and Rita Moreno. Before another video that purported to detail “how climate activists distort the evidence,” some users saw an ad for Alaska Airlines. These are not aberrations, according to a coalition of environmental organizations and the Center for Countering Digital Hate. In a report released on Tuesday, researchers from the organizations accused YouTube of continuing to profit from videos that portrayed the changing climate as a hoax or exaggeration.

“Spoiler Alert” opened in U.S. theaters Dec. 2. “Women Talking” opened in select U.S. theaters Dec. 2. “The Whale” opens in U.S. theaters Dec. 9. “Babylon” opens in U.S. theaters Dec. 23. “I Wanna Dance With Somebody” opens in U.S. theaters Dec. 23.

“Spoiler Alert,” the new film based on entertainment journalist Michael Ausiello’s heartbreaking 2017 memoir, certainly doesn’t have a storybook ending. The film, directed by Michael Showalter (“The Big Sick”), closely follows “Spoiler Alert: The Hero Dies,” which Ausiello wrote in the wake of his husband Kit Cowan’s death from colorectal cancer, at age 42. Even watching the movie now, it’s still a bit of a head trip to see it.”From left, Ben Aldridge, Jim Parsons, Sally Field and Bill Irwin in "Spoiler Alert." But, in general, these moments — and even the comedic stylings of Sally Field — aren’t able to distract from the inherent sadness of “Spoiler Alert” for very long. “I want them to have their own experience seeing the movie,” Ausiello said of audience members.

☆ ‘80 for Brady’ trailer’s got game
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-18 | by ( Lisa Respers France | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

Sally Field, Jane Fonda, Rita Moreno and Lily Tomlin star as a group of octogenarians who are hardcore Tom Brady fans who travel to Super Bowl LI. “That’s like 80 in people years.”“We’re 80 in people years,” Fonda’s character says. And, naturally, Brady makes an appearance. Brady told Variety he enlisted his friends and former Patriot teammates Rob Gronkowski, Danny Amendola and Julian Edelman to make cameos as themselves. Anytime I get my friends involved in things that I’m doing, it makes it that much more enjoyable for me.”

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