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Ana de Armas makes full transformation into Marilyn Monroe in 1st 'Blonde' trailer
The official trailer for the Netflix film about Marilyn Monroe has dropped and shows the "No Time to Die" actress's full transformation for the iconic role.
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Sam Taylor-Johnson to Direct Amy Winehouse Biopic 'Back to Black': 'This Is a Dream'
"I'm ready, let's go," Taylor-Johnson, who is best known for directing the first film in the Fifty Shades of Grey franchise, wrote on Instagram Monday
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Tina Turner Says She Pulled Herself ‘Above the Destruction and the Mistakes’ in Doc Teaser (Video)
In the first look at the HBO documentary film “Tina,” Tina Turner recalls losing her mother when she was young, having watched her look out the window of their home until one day she wasn’t there and never came back. Turner explains how this memory shaped her and helped the music legend overcome hardship throughout her career. “I wanted her to come for me. I waited. She never did,” Turner says in the trailer. “And it’s all right. You know why? I’m a girl from a cotton field. I pulled myself abov
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Singer Robbie Williams Biopic Ready To Rock; ‘The Greatest Showman’s Michael Gracey Directing For Summer Shoot: Hot EFM Package
EXCLUSIVE: The Greatest Showman director Michael Gracey is set to direct Better Man, a fantastical coming of age story about the unlikely rise of celebrated singer/songwriter Robbie Williams. The package is going out shortly to the Berlin buying crowd, for a film that Gracey wrote along with first-time screenwriters Oliver Cole and Simon Gleeson. The […]
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Madonna to Co-Write and Direct Her Own Movie Biopic: The Focus of It 'Will Always Be Music'
Madonna is taking the director's seat when it comes to making a movie about her life and career
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Jennifer Hudson Stars as Aretha Franklin in First Respect Teaser Trailer
Over two years ago, Jennifer Hudson was tapped by none other than Aretha Franklin herself to star in a biopic about the Queen of Soul. Now, the much-anticipated Respect received its first teaser trailer, which dropped during the BET Awards. In it, there's footage of Hudson performing, getting advice, standing up for herself (Marc Maron…
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Whitney Houston Biopic ‘I Wanna Dance With Somebody’ in the Works From Director Stella Meghie
A biopic on the life of superstar Whitney Houston is starting to take shape, as “The Photograph” director Stella Meghie is set to direct the film “I Wanna Dance With Somebody” with the support of Houston’s estate, an individual with knowledge of the project told TheWrap.Anthony McCarten, the screenwriter behind “Bohemian Rhapsody,” is writing the script that’s meant to cover her prime as a performer, including her work on “The Bodyguard” and her performance of the national anthem at the 1991 Sup
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