Greta Gerwig: Celebs Rumors

Shakira has shared her thoughts on Barbie, revealing that her two sons “hated it” because “they felt that it was emasculating”.The artist was asked in an interview with Allure if she had seen the Greta Gerwig-directed film, which came out last summer, to which she said that she had.“My sons absolutely hated it. They felt that it was emasculating,” she said. “And I agree, to a certain extent.

Ncuti Gatwa makes his first appearance as the 15th Doctor in the science-fiction series “Doctor Who,” he isn’t wearing any pants. In a 60th-anniversary special released in December, the previous Doctor — played by series icon David Tennant — subverts the show’s long-standing practice of regeneration: Instead of simply transforming into the next Doctor, he literally splits in half, bringing Gatwa’s Doctor into the world alongside him.

Pat Saperstein Deputy Editor UPDATE: Canadian filmmaker Xavier Dolan, whose film “Mommy” received the Cannes Jury Prize in 2014, will head the jury of Un Certain Regard at the Cannes Film Festival. Joining him on the jury will be “Cuties” director Maïmouna Doucouré, “The Mother of All Lies” helmer Asmae El Moudir, “Phantom Thread” actor Vicky Krieps and film critic Todd McCarthy. “I am humbled and delighted to return to Cannes as President of the Un Certain Regard Jury,” he said in a statement.

Rebecca Rubin Senior Film and Media Reporter A24‘s political thriller “Civil War” is resonating not just in red states and blue but overseas, too. Alex Garland’s film, starring Kirsten Dunst as a photojournalist who traverses a violently divided United States, has grossed $45.7 million in North America and $20 million internationally. Global ticket sales stand at $67.3 million through Monday, and it’s projected to cross $70 million on Tuesday.

“We’re in a crisis situation,” Picturehouse Managing Director Clare Binns concluded this morning when quizzed on the current challenges facing British cinemas during an appearance at the UK’s British Film & High-End TV Inquiry. 

Netflix has added a film with a near-perfect Rotten Tomatoes score which has an opening scene fans have hailed 'iconic' - although it leaves some 'screaming.'

When America Ferrera heard she had been nominated for Best Supporting Actress at this year’s Academy Awards, for her role as Gloria in Greta Gerwig’s blockbuster Barbie, she couldn’t believe it at first. "There was a moment where I wasn’t sure if I had made it up," America admitted. "And then my phone started blowing up so I figured that I must have heard it right." Three of those people calling were her co-stars in one of her early movies, The Sisterhood Of The Traveling Pants, made back in 2005 – Blake Lively, Amber Tamblyn and Alexis Bledel.The trio all jumped on a group video call to congratulate their friend.

EXCLUSIVE: M88 has signed actor Simu Liu (Shang-Chi) for representation.

Dua Lipa is making her mark on the big screen!

Becoming the highest-grossing film of 2023 and crossing the $1 billion mark, it’s hard to argue that “Barbie” wasn’t one of last year’s most significant cultural cinematic landmarks, even if it missed out at the most recent Oscars. Many actors have revealed they were part of the film, only to be cut, Olivia Colman, Saoirse Ronan, and possibly more, but there was another actually in the movie who didn’t really receive her moment.

Taylor Swift is praising Ryan Gosling‘s Saturday Night Live monologue where Emily Blunt joined him to sing an “All Too Well” cover.

Ryan Gosling announced during his opening monologue on “Saturday Night Live” that he has had to “break up” with his “Barbie” character Ken — but not before one final sendoff. “I’m here because of my new movie, ‘The Fall Guy’ with Emily Blunt,” Gosling, 43, told the cheering crowd. “So don’t worry, I’m not going to make any jokes about Ken because it’s not funny.

Ryan Gosling is opening up about his performance of “I’m Just Ken” at the 2024 Oscars!

Zack Sharf Digital News Director Ryan Gosling visited “The Tonight Show” ahead of his latest hosting stint on “Saturday Night Live” and was asked about his internet-breaking live performance of “I’m Just Ken” at the Oscars last month. Asked by host Jimmy Fallon if it was an immediate yes when the Academy called him up to request he perform the “Barbie” original song live during the ceremony, Gosling said his answer was “100% no.” “There’s a lot of ways that could go wrong,” Gosling said. But the performance went very right.

“I’m Just Ken” at this year’s Oscars, but was persuaded to do so because of his daughters’ love for Barbie.The Canadian actor, who starred alongside Margot Robbie in the summer hit film, initially told the Academy he wasn’t interested in the live performance because anything could happen.“100 percent no,” Gosling said during his appearance Thursday night on the Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon.“There’s a lot of ways that could go wrong.”Gosling, 43, eventually agreed to put on the show, complete with backup dancers, musician Mark Ronson, and a surprise appearance by legendary “Guns N’ Roses” guitarist Slash.The performance has garnered hundreds of millions of views on social media, Spotify and Apple Music.Gosling earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor for his role in the Greta Gerwig film.The father of two later shared what his daughters thought when he brought them to the dress rehearsal for his now-viral performance.“Dad’s Ken-ning again,” Gosling joked. The Golden Globes winner shares the two girls with “The Place Beyond the Pines” co-star Eva Mendes.Gosling brought his daughters, 7 and 9 years old, to set to watch him play the Mattel doll-inspired character to give them context for what their father had been up to.“It was their interest in Barbie and their disinterest in Ken that sort of started all of this,” the Ken actor admitted.“It’s really been a team effort, and they were on the film and they came to set when I filmed the number,” Gosling said.

Lucy Boynton made a fleeting cameo in Barbie, but it turns out that her role was initially supposed to be larger.

Elsa Keslassy International Correspondent In what looks to be another robust year in the making, the 77th edition of the Cannes Film Festival will bring together several iconic filmmakers, including Francis Ford Coppola with “Megalopolis” starring Adam Driver, George Miller with “Furiosa” starring Anya Taylor-Joy, as well as George Lucas who will be feted with an honorary Palme d’Or. Kevin Costner will also be on hand with the first installment of his Western epic “Horizon, an American Saga.” Hollywood may have a lighter presence due to a combination of factors – including last year’s actors and writers strikes, which created production delays, as well as a tough economy — but this year’s festival will see no shortage of glamor and stars on the red carpet.

French industry and press are gathered this morning at the UGC Normandie theatre in Paris where Thierry Frémaux is about to lay out the official selection for this year’s Cannes Film Festival. Scroll down for an updated list of titles. 

Ava Max is starting her new musical era!

EXCLUSIVE: Judy Craymer would just love it if Barbie filmmaker Greta Gerwig could just make herself available to complete the Mamma Mia! movie trilogy.

The 77th Cannes Film Festival (May 14-25) will open with Quentin Dupieux‘s French-language comedy road movie Le Deuxième Acte (The Second Act).

Elsa Keslassy International Correspondent The 77th edition of the Cannes Film Festival will kick off with Quentin Dupieux‘s “The Second Act,” a star-studded surreal French comedy headlined by Léa Seydoux, Vincent Lindon, Louis Garrel and Raphaël Quenard, Variety has learned. The anticipated movie is produced by Hugo Selignac at Chi-Fou-Mi, a Mediawan company, and is represented in international markets by Kinology.

EXCLUSIVE: Sony Pictures has raised Maia Eyre to SVP of Creative Development at Columbia Pictures.

Zack Sharf Digital News Director Shakira graces the cover of Allure magazine and holds nothing back when asked about her thoughts on “Barbie,” the Greta Gerwig-directed blockbuster that topped the 2023 box office with $1.4 billion worldwide and earned eight Oscar nominations, including best picture. The music icon said she somewhat agreed with her two sons who strongly disliked “Barbie,” suggesting that it was a piece of pop culture that robbed “men of their possibility to be men.” “My sons absolutely hated it,” Shakira said. “They felt that it was emasculating.

Kristen Stewart has said she will “most likely never” do a Marvel movie because they’re “a fucking nightmare”.The actress recently appeared on the Not Skinny But Not Fat podcast, where she spoke about her dissatisfaction with the Marvel moviemaking system.“I will likely never do a Marvel movie … it sounds like a fucking nightmare, actually,” she began. Whilst she clarified she wasn’t opposed to starring in big movies, “because I like people to watch them when I’m in them,” she said the “the system would have to change” for her to be in a Marvel movie.“You would have to put so much money and so much trust into one person … and it doesn’t happen,” she continued.

Kristen Stewart opened up about the very slim chances of seeing her within the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

Add Kristen Stewart to the list of actors you won’t see in a Marvel movie anytime soon.

Regarding MCU dream castings, don’t expect Kristen Stewart to join the brand any time soon, except for one caveat: that Greta Gerwig directs the movie. IndieWire reports (via the “Not Skinny But Not Fat” podcast) that the “Love Lies Bleeding” actress shot down any hope fans of her have of Stewart signing on for a Marvel project.

Katcy Stephan Ryan Gosling and Apple Original Films exec Jessie Henderson have launched General Admission, a production company with the objective to collaborate with world class filmmakers to create bold theatrical and streaming events within all genres. In introducing their new venture, the duo has signed a three-year first-look film deal with Amazon MGM Studios. Under the pact, Amazon MGM Studios will have a first look on narrative features, some of which Gosling will star in, that General Admission intends to produce for both theatrical and streaming.

Sharon Stone is opening up about a pitch for a Barbie film she had in the 1990s that didn’t go well with studio executives then.

Barbie film failed in the ’90s, long before the release of the 2023 hit starring Margot Robbie.In the latest episode of Dana Carvey and David Spade’s Fly on the Wall podcast this Wednesday (20 March), the Basic Instinct star said she was “thrown out” by an undisclosed studio for suggesting a story about the iconic doll.Detailing her pitch for the film, Stone said: “All the big people are chasing her [Barbie] around… it’s about the power of being Barbie and what Barbie could do in the world because she’s so powerful.”The Total Recall star, who switched her focus from acting to art during the COVID lockdown, recalled the studio’s negative reaction to the pitch.“I went to the studio to try and make Barbie in the 1990s with a producer, a friend of mine, and I had the then-CEO of Mattel on my side.

Zack Sharf Digital News Director Sharon Stone surprised fans in January when she revealed on Instagram that she tried and failed to pitch a “Barbie” movie in the 1990s, decades before Greta Gerwig and Margot Robbie would make their own “Barbie” movie to the tune of $1.4 billion worldwide (the highest-grossing film of 2023) and eight Academy Award nominations. Stone said she got “laughed out of the studio” back then, and she recently dropped some new info about her axed “Barbie” movie while visiting Dana Carvey and David Spade’s “Fly On The Wall” podcast.

The Sims, is reportedly in production.The film adaptation is set to be produced by LuckyChap Entertainment, with principals Margot Robbie, Tom Ackerley and Josey McNamara to produce alongside Vertigo Entertainment.The screenplay is set to be co-written by Briony Redman and the film’s director, Kate Herron, best known for directing the first season of Loki.The game’s publisher, Electronic Arts, is also set to have some involvement in the creation and production of the feature film.The Sims is a life simulation video game, in which the player controls an avatar, making them work, build houses, develop relationships, skills and personality traits.The first version of the game was released in 2002, and within two years had sold more than 6.3million copies world wide.Several expansion packs and sequel games later, the franchise has sold nearly 200million copies world-wide, becoming one of the best-selling video games of all time.

It’s been a week since the 96th Oscars came to a rushed close and it turned out to be a big “whew” for The Academy. Despite some unfortunate discourse over Jonathan Glazer‘s acceptance speech, this awards season ended with no serious controversies, no embarrassing upsets, and an uptick in television ratings (whether it’s enough for ABC to pay big bucks for the telecast remains to be seen).

Noah Baumbach and Wes Anderson have a podcast on the way!

Fresh on the heels of Laura Dern, Billy Crudup, and Riley Keough joining its cast, Deadline has news of even more castings for Noah Baumbach‘s upcoming film for Netflix. And be prepared, there’s a lot of names here, most significantly Baumbach’s partner Greta Gerwig.