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Hollywood is casting more light-skinned actors for major roles in movies to appeal to Chinese audiences following the Communist Party allowing more foreign films in the country, according to a report on Tuesday. Since 2012, US filmmakers apparently became aware of the aesthetic preferences of Chinese movie-goers — who place a higher premium on light …
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“The Crown” has found its Princess Diana. Elizabeth Debicki will play the Princess of Wales in seasons five and six of “The Crown,” the Netflix series announced Sunday. Debicki will join a new cast for the series that includes Imelda Staunton as Queen Elizabeth, Lesley Manville as Princess Margaret and Jonathan Pryce as Prince Philip. …
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Today showbiz thinks nice is slow biz. Like another movie about Mother Teresa or another movie like Anthony Hopkins and Jonathan Pryce’s “The Two Popes”? Naah. Now they’re sniffing around for — ready? — a Pablo Escobar impersonator. Nice Pablo, A-1 Colombian drug lord, narco terrorist, might still be running the Medellín cartel if not …
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Netflix said it tapped its longtime content chief Ted Sarandos to run the streaming giant alongside its founder Reed Hastings — just in time to deal with fears that growth will slow. Hastings said the promotion of the 20-year Netflix veteran — known for pushing the company to produce its own shows — won’t affect …
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Margot Robbie will star in a female-led version of “Pirates of the Caribbean” for Disney with “Birds of Prey” writer Christina Hodson on board to write the script. Disney is in early development of the untitled project. The Robbie-Hodson collaboration is being developed separately from another “Pirates of the Caribbean” reboot that was unveiled in October …
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“Hadestown” star André De Shields, 74, waited a lifetime for the part. “It wasn’t until ‘Hadestown’ that the request came to be smart, to be intelligent, to be a master of language, to be a griot, to be a storyteller, to be a keeper of faith . . . that’s what I’ve been looking for my entire …
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If Craig T. Nelson had played his cards right, he could’ve landed the plum role of patriarch Jay Pritchett on “Modern Family” instead of Ed O’Neill. A new book on the Emmy-winning series reveals that both Nelson, 76, and O’Neill, 74, were considered for the role, and co-creators Christopher Lloyd and Steve Levitan, as well …
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Streaming giant Netflix gave its top brass a hefty pay day in 2019. Netflix founder and chief executive Reed Hastings saw his compensation jump 7 percent to $38.6 million last year, versus pay of $36.1 million in 2018, according to a regulatory filing Wednesday. Hastings’ No. 2, Ted Sarandos, the company’s chief content officer, got …
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Margot Robbie is apparently one of the names in the frame to play Joe Exotic in the upcoming “Tiger King” miniseries. While Kate McKinnon has already signed to play Carole Baskin, Robert Moor, the host of the podcast “Joe Exotic: Tiger King” says while Sam Rockwell’s name has been mentioned for Joe in the casting …
Hollywood is casting more light-skinned actors for major roles in movies to appeal to Chinese audiences following the Communist Party allowing more foreign films in the country, according to a report on Tuesday. Since 2012, US filmmakers apparently became aware of the aesthetic preferences of Chinese movie-goers — who place a higher premium on light …
