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18 hours ago
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Chloë Sevigny Joins Jennifer Garner, Regina Hall in ‘Five-Star Weekend' Peacock Series
Chloë Sevigny is the latest addition to Peacock's upcoming series adaptation of the Elin Hilderbrand novel 'The Five-Star Weekend.' The series was originally announced in January with Garner in the lead role, while Hall's casting was announced last week. The official description for the series states: More from Variety WWE Money In The Bank 2025 Livestream: Here's How to Watch the Event Online Regina Hall Joins Jennifer Garner in 'Five-Star Weekend' Series at Peacock 'Love Island USA' Contestant Yulissa Escobar Dismissed After Racist Posts Surface 'Hollis Shaw (Garner), a famed food influencer known for her delicious recipes, impeccable taste, and warm demeanor suffers a devastating loss. Unable to move forward, the death starts to expose the cracks in Hollis's picture-perfect life—her strained marriage, her complicated relationship with her daughter, and her growing pursuit of validation from her followers. In an effort to overcome grief and find herself again, Hollis gets the idea to host a weekend away at her house on Nantucket with three friends from different stages in her life: her childhood, her twenties, thirties, and one surprise fifth star. Set against a luxurious and coastal backdrop, they will mature in ways they could never imagine as boundaries are pushed and secrets are exposed.' Sevigny will appear in the series regular role of Tatum McKenzie. In television, Sevigny is known for her many collaborations with Ryan Murphy. She appeared in multiple seasons of 'American Horror Story' as well as the second season of 'Feud' at FX. She most recently worked with Murphy on the second season of 'Monster' at Netflix, playing Kitty Menendez. Her other notable roles include starring in the film 'Boys Don't Cry' and the HBO series 'Big Love.' She earned an Oscar and Golden Globe nomination for her work in 'Boys Don't Cry' and a Golden Globe win for 'Big Love.' She has also starred in TV shows like 'Bloodline,' 'The Girl From Plainville,' and 'Russian Doll.' Sevigny is repped by WME, Circle of Confusion and Narrative. Bekah Brunstetter serves as creator, writer, and executive producer on 'The Five-Star Weekend,' with Beth Schacter also writing and executive producing. Garner will executive produce in addition to starring. Sue Naegle and Ali Krug executive produce via Dinner Party Productions, with Hilderbrand also executive producing. UCP is the studio. Dinner Party is currently under an overall deal with UCP. Best of Variety 25 Hollywood Legends Who Deserve an Honorary Oscar New Movies Out Now in Theaters: What to See This Week Emmy Predictions: Animated Program — Can Netflix Score Big With 'Arcane,' 'Devil May Cry' and the Final Season of 'Big Mouth?'
Yahoo
14-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Chloë Sevigny talks indie films, new movie Bonjour Tristesse
Over a career spanning 30 years, Chloë Sevigny has defined herself as a champion of independent film. Witness a short list of notable movies: Kids (1995); Boys Don't Cry (1999); The Brown Bunny (2004); Broken Flowers (2005); and Beatriz at Dinner (2017). Her newest, the limited release Bonjour Tristesse, likewise proves that small can be beautiful. From writer-director Durga Chew-Bose, it's based on Françoise Sagan's 1954 novel of the same name. Another film adaptation was released in 1958, starring Deborah Kerr and Jean Seberg. The new movie is set on the French seaside. Teenager Cécile (Lily McInerny), her father (Claes Bang) and his girlfriend (Naïlia Harzoune) are spending languid summer days captured with suitable sun-washed cinematography. But things change when Sevigny's character, longtime family friend Anne, arrives. She's quite literally a buttoned-up fashion designer, wearing a crisp white shirt, pearl earrings and a tidy updo. Feeling threatened, Cécile devises a plan to drive Anne away. But she doesn't expect what happens next. Sevigny spoke to Postmedia about Bonjour Tristesse, her love of independent film, and the idea of joining a blockbuster franchise like Marvel. Q: What do you think this story says about women's relationships? A: Cécile is growing into womanhood, but she doesn't quite understand it yet. And she's very threatened by this woman coming into her life. I was thinking a lot about my mother and how she would be lovingly critical in the way that she just wants me to have the opportunities that are available to me, to take full advantage of them. How she comes from a different generation, and what she deems as a way of getting something that one would want. So I think it's more interesting, this kind of generational relationship. Q: In this movie, Anne over-parents Cécile. But I remember you in Kids — your character there was very under-parented. How do you think the teenage years then compare to now? A: It's funny when people say that about Jenny from Kids, because I always imagined her as a girl who went to (a private school) and had a really good family. I think it's because you don't see her household, and in New York at that time there were kids from different upbringings coming together. But how things have changed? I imagine social media and all of that is rather challenging. Even for me it's hard, as far as comparing and despairing. I find the immediacy with which we have to respond to people — vis-a-vis texting or emailing or all these other ways we talk — quite stressful. So I think it's harder to just be in the moment. Q: What draws you to independent films? A: They're just the opportunities that have come my way. I'm just looking for distinct voices, original voices, something new. To me this felt like a (Éric) Rohmer film or a (Pedro) Almodóvar film. I felt this was like a foreign film written in the English language, which I don't come across often. Also, this character is something that I haven't played often. I thought Durg was a really interesting new voice in movies, and I just wanted to be there to help support her. Q: Would you consider joining a franchise like Marvel? A: Oh, I would love to do that. Q: What do you have in mind? A: I'm trying to think of what my son is into. He's into all these superhero movies and Mario Bros. and Frozen. I like all these new live-action movies. Like, the new Lilo & Stitch, I'm excited for. I think all the new Star Wars stuff is exciting. I thought The Mandalorian was great. Q: I read that you were approached for a role in Legally Blonde — is that true? A: I think I might have auditioned for the Selma Blair part. And I think they were interested in me for it, but I don't know why it didn't happen. There were a lot of those movies being made in the '90s, those more poppy teen films. And I was already on this indie trajectory. I think that now people look back and see it was a real divide. Like, why didn't she do more mainstream movies? And I don't know. I guess I didn't think that was something for me at that time. Now I look back, and I'm like, 'Oh, those movies were fun. I could have done them.' Q: What do you do when you're not working? A: My kid is turning five next week, so whenever I'm not working, I spend a lot of time with him. After school, we go to the local playground and we have a really nice community. Yesterday there was a whole gang of us over there just hanging out with our kids. It's just nice having a community of like-minded parents and being able to walk to the corner and get something to eat and somebody else watches your kid. We're so lucky to have that, so I like to develop those relationships. This interview was edited for length and clarity. Bonjour Tristesse is now in theatres and will be available to rent on June 13.
Yahoo
24-04-2025
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‘The Conners' star Lecy Goranson on the final season tribute to Roseanne, her bond with costar and mentor John Goodman, and how she really feels about ‘2 Beckys'
She may be remembered as one-half of 'Two Beckys,' but The Conners star Lecy Goranson will always be the Becky Conner, as the actress who originated the role of Roseanne and Dan Conner's oldest child on Roseanne when she was just 14 years old. Through the 1988-97 original series (minus a few of seasons off while she attended college and Sarah Chalke was recast as the character), the one-season Roseanne reboot in 2018, and the just-completed seven-season Roseanne sequel, Goranson's Becky ran off against her parents' wishes to marry her high school boyfriend, Mark (Glenn Quinn), became a widow (after Quinn died in 2002 and his role was not recast), battled alcoholism, became a single mother, and pursued an advanced degree after giving up her dream of college when she eloped with Mark. More from GoldDerby Everything to know about 'Jurassic World Rebirth' in theaters July 2 Ari Graynor to submit as Lead Actress for 'Monsters: The Lyle & Erik Menendez Story' (exclusive) How the 'Conclave' team recreated the top-secret Vatican ceremony to elect a new pope Eric McCandless/Disney via Getty Images In The Conners series finale — spoiler alert — Becky's years of surviving a lot of trauma and working a lot of unsatisfying, low-wage jobs leads to her finally being rewarded with a dream gig that includes a big paycheck and health insurance that means a chance for a better life for her and daughter Beverly Rose. Goranson, who has also spent time working in New York theater, movies like Boys Don't Cry and How to Make an American Quilt, and has guest-starred on TV outside the Conners universe on Sex and the City, Damages, and Inside Amy Schumer, talked to Gold Derby about Becky's journey across a timeline that has run off and on for 37 years. She shared her thoughts on The Conners final season storyline that paid homage to the late Roseanne Conner, played by ousted original series star Roseanne Barr: the evolution of Becky's relationship with her father; and Goranson's close working relationship with costar, mentor, and friend John Goodman — and how she really felt about the 'Two Beckys' recasting. Gold Derby: Those last moments of the finale, with John Goodman breaking the fourth wall and saying good night to the audience … it was so emotional and capped what was the perfect blend of everything the show has been. How did those final moments unfold for the rest of the cast? Lecy Goranson: Well, you know, it was pretty tricky up until the end what the tone was going to be. And that's always been the case with our show. We've always kind of danced around, I mean, I think what's so wonderful about it is really committing to the comedy and committing to the emotional stuff as well. But I think wrapping it up was tricky because [we were] making sure the audience had a sense that the Conners were moving on and that they had lives, that there was hope in their lives, but also, you know, being sincere about our legacy and the fact that there was some finality to it for us as actors and for us as actors playing the characters. So it really was kind of a tricky thing. And for the [executive producers], it was a hard decision. You know, do we end on a really high note or do we end on kind of a more melancholy note? (Disney/Christopher Willard) Do you feel satisfied that they were able to get the tone right? I do. I mean, I hesitate saying that, because I wish the show would go on and on, and there's still a kid in me and maybe not just a kid, but also an adult in me that … I just was so happy doing the show, so fulfilled as an artist and an actor, challenged every day. It never got old or boring, which I think is so strange considering the amount of years that we were working on the show, but which is an incredible thing, to (a) like what you do, (b) to love it, and (c) to not, you know, get bored or tired of it. But, yeah, you know, there was a time where we weren't sure we were going to get another season, even [this] kind of truncated season. And so I think all of us really appreciated this time to kind of work things out and have not maybe full endings for every character, because we all, I think, agreed that there was a spirit of the Conners moving on and having full lives. I felt like it was very intelligently done and really hit the right tone. We really did get to see all the core characters moving forward individually and as a family, which was so satisfying for the audience. But I think it felt especially deserving for Becky to get the happy ending, the opportunities for a better future, where she landed a dream job that she loves and that will allow her to help other people. Was it a big payoff for you, especially after adult Becky has dealt with so much drama and trauma, and has worked hard to change her life for herself and for Beverly Rose? Absolutely. I mean, as we know, it's still life, right? Even if we get a big job, it has its own series of consequences. And I think as we get older, we know to both celebrate those big victories and also be conscious of them, because it's still life, and there are going to be bumps in the road no matter what. But, I love that there was kind of like a full circle moment for Becky. She kind of got derailed at a certain point. And I think the death of her husband really derailed her more, you know? One thing that I love about Becky's kind of final bow is that it wasn't about a relationship. We see her in a good relationship, but her real victory is that job that she worked for. And I think that's a real thing with a lot of women, that we don't put relationships first … we also put careers first. And I really appreciate that, She made something happen just for herself. And it was based, like you said, on hard work, and a lot of struggle. And it was also based on a sincere want to try to heal others, because of the path that she went on. My late mother was a psychologist, and she always spoke about the wounded healer. A lot of people who have hard times in life and come through it do want to help others. And I just think that's such a beautiful message. And the fact that she's getting healthcare benefits and a pension is really more than winning the lottery. It's true success. And you can just kind of see that she's in a good relationship as well, and that her daughter will be in a better place. And so it's pretty wonderful. ABC Photo Archives/Disney via Getty Images One of the most deeply emotional, and, I think, best storylines from the original series was how Becky and Dan's relationship was so up and down as Becky grew up and fell in love with Mark. She was devastated when her parents shocked her with the news that they didn't have a college fund for her. Dan felt especially guilty about that when his bike shop failed. And then Becky ran off and married Mark, partly as a reaction to that, which hurt and angered Dan. But during this final season, it felt like they got the chance to work out some of their lingering issues, thanks to discussions about the pharmaceutical lawsuit. How did you feel about Becky's relationship with her dad and how it evolved by the end of ? Becky is a daddy's girl. She always has been. I think John [Goodman] and I resemble each other more than the rest of the family, arguably. I feel like there's been a lot of, like you mentioned (about) the old Roseanne series and in this one, there's been so many powerful Dan and Becky scenes. And you really see their struggle together … I think there's a trust that allows both of them to sometimes be more emotional and more reactive and maybe express more emotion. I do think that instead of holding a grudge or something when they're at odds, I really do think that it's more about a trust that they have in order to kind of go through some of these things. And I think we see that when Becky puts the blame on Dan (for Roseanne's death), you know, 'how come you didn't see the signs of her addiction, and where were you?' And you know, 'you were the one who was checked out.' Dan takes a lot, and he's really, I think they're both very tough people. And that just makes their relationship so strong and allows them to be really vulnerable. ABC Photo Archives/Disney via Getty Images As you said, you've had some incredible scenes with John throughout the years. How would you describe your relationship with him? Is he a father figure? Has he been? I don't really see him so much as a father figure, [more] as a mentor and a friend. I feel close to John; John's very introverted. I can be very introverted. But again, there is kind of an understanding that we have, and I think, for both of us, we have a lot of respect for each other. We have a lot of mutual respect. Then when we have those scenes, we know that it's going to be in a certain space. That's one thing that I will really truly miss as an actor, not just as a person who loves John, but as an actor, because John has a way of making everyone around him a better actor. I can safely say that he has made me a better actor. And how does he do that? Through being present and through listening and through trust. There was a real possibility that might not have happened after the controversy that led to the cancellation of the reboot. In this final season of , you all had the chance to bring the Roseanne character back into the storyline in a pretty big way with the pharmaceutical lawsuit. Did that feel especially appropriate as a way to end the story of the Conner family on TV? Yeah, I just think it was a wonderful congruence of a great plot, a very kind of classic Conners plot line of the little guy standing up to the big guy, and having the situation already there in the world of the show, and then aligning those two things and also making it a memoriam to (Roseanne) and something to honor her and her legacy on the show. Because as we all know, she's the one that really brought us all together in the first place. And it's been really difficult emotionally for us and for the writers for sure to walk that line of when and how do we speak of her? And there are times honestly that, as Becky, I'll feel in a scene, like, this is a good time to say 'I miss mom,' or, you know, her presence and her lack of presence has always been there. And so to acknowledge that I think was both inevitable and right. Adam Rose/Disney via Getty Images After you left to attend Vassar in Season 5, future star Sarah Chalke stepped in to play Becky, then then you returned when your college schedule permitted, and 'Two Beckys' became a running joke. You and Sarah appeared to be comfortable sharing the role, even teaming up . How do you look back at the 'Two Beckys' now? You know, I was never a big fan of being recast. I know that's a weird thing, but I'm more, like, as much as in certain projects, maybe I would be interested in a more meta universe. But with our show, that wasn't really … as much as I appreciate and I love Sarah Chalke, and I love working with her, and I'm really happy that she started her career in that way, and I understand that part of walking away from a project is that that it gives people an opportunity to recast … it wasn't my personal favorite thing to go back and forth. Because to me, part of the power of the show was its realism. And I felt like the more that the realism broke, the less kind of consistent it was. But if I was, you know, the sitcom queen of the universe, I probably wouldn't have you take anything as a memento from set? Yeah, I took some of Becky's clothes. She has like this green jersey that she wears around the house that I kind of wanted to take, like comfort wear from Becky, so I took that and her Chicago Bears work shirt from the diner. Just a couple of things, so if I'm missing people, I could put them on and cuddle up with my dog and cat and maybe have a good cry or eat some ice cream, have some kind of Bridget Jones fantasy. Best of GoldDerby Everything to know about the 'Malcolm in the Middle' revival: Returning cast, first photo, streaming info ... Pedro Pascal could join these 25 performers in the last 25 years who received Emmy attention after being killed off For 'The Pitt' breakout star Patrick Ball, the show's success is 'beyond my wildest dreams' Click here to read the full article.
BBC News
12-04-2025
- Entertainment
- BBC News
The Cure: Designer Andy Vella on creating art for the goth rockers
Designer Andy Vella has been creating album covers for more than 40 years, with his work to be found in millions of homes around the world. "The weird thing I get is whenever I design a new album or a new logo for The Cure someone sends me a tattoo that they've just had done of it," he explains."I've seen pictures of Robert Smith's silhouette from Boys Don't Cry on people's backs, on their arses, on their legs, on their arms."I met [comedian] Greg Davies and he said, 'Did you do Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me?' and he got on his knees and bowed to me. I was so embarrassed and he just said: 'Oh my God, I grew up with that on my wall.'"For his latest record sleeve, Vella has used his much-lauded design skills for a project run by the charity War Child, as part of its fundraising efforts to help children caught up in conflict zones. Vella's career in design has seen him work with various musicians and authors over the years, from Jeff Buckley to Margaret Atwood, but it is his work with acclaimed goth rockers The Cure, often in collaboration with lead singer Robert Smith, for which he is best is also where his career began, soon after the band formed in Crawley in the still studying at art school, Vella was approached by on-off Cure guitarist Porl Thompson who wanted him to photograph another group he was playing in."He said, 'You've got a reputation at the college that you're really good at photography'... and by chance he showed Robert my work and then suddenly at the age of 18 I was being asked to design a record sleeve [for The Cure]," he record was the band's doom-laden third album Faith. Vella would later return to create the covers for some of The Cure's most iconic records, including the 1989's Disintegration, The Head on the Door from 1985 and last year's chart-topping Songs of a Lost World. Whenever he's working on a new design, Vella says he looks for "something that just makes you tap into what they're doing and you just riff on that"."With Robert, his lyrics are so inspiring... All you have to do is read one line quite often and suddenly you've got the start of something really great."It was this and the expansive brooding sound of Songs of a Lost World which saw Vella and Smith hit upon the design for the record, which features a stone statue head lying on its side."The Cure sounded just as brilliant and massive as they did back in the 80s... so the album had to have something large, something incredibly poignant and solid to represent that," Vella says. Even so, he admits the final look of a record can come about from something unexpected, as happened with the cover for 1987's Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss the band were on tour in Brazil, Vella was asked to fly out to Rio de Janeiro to get his design for the new album approved - despite the fact he was still working on the photo of a pair of heavily painted lips decided upon and the handwritten lettering printed on a separate sheet of clear plastic, he was experimenting with the layout in a taxi on the way to the airport when "we went over this sleeping policeman [speed bump] and the acetate just jumped to the middle of the sleeve"."Now I would always say don't put type in the middle of the sleeve, and especially the top, but it just stuck in place so I stuck it down with Sellotape thinking, 'well it's an option'," he says."I showed it to Robert when I got to Rio and he said: 'I love that, that's brilliant! I love the way you've placed the type.'"You can be really arty-farty about things but I think sometimes it's quite nice to let the universe take over," Vella adds with a laugh. For his latest record sleeve, Vella has created a cover for War Child's Secret 7" sees 700 creatives, such as designer Sir Paul Smith, sculptor Antony Gormley and Radiohead artist Stanley Donwood, all forming one-of-a-kind untitled record sleeves for a song by one of seven different artists - this year including Sophie Ellis-Bextor, The Cure, Gregory Porter and Scissor 700 records are then put on display at London's NOW Gallery, in Greenwich Peninsula until the start of June when they are auctioned off, with all the proceeds going to is only when the sale is over that buyers discover the song that they've purchased and which designer was behind the cover. It is not the first time Vella has taken part in Secret 7" having previously created record sleeves for the likes of The Rolling Stones, St Vincent and The Chemical it still left him a little stressed."There's just too much pressure! One year I was in there and I was next to [father of British pop art] Peter Blake," he says."It's a really amazing cause and you want to create something brilliant so that you raise a load of money for War Child."The charity started up in response to the Bosnian genocide. The Help Album, which it released in 1995, featured artists including Oasis, Radiohead, Suede and Portishead. War Child now works in more than a dozen countries helping children living in warzones. Describing the process of putting together his creation, Vella says it involved "going through the painstaking thing of creating about 20 iterations, all crap", before "suddenly you have that amazing Eureka moment".That Eureka moment led to a cover he considers to be "quite deep" and "very meaningful" - although of course he won't reveal which song he created it says the project is something he's proud to be part of."It's such an amazing, powerful cause, helping children in war-torn countries. It just shows you as well how music and art can bring people together." Secret 7" is on display at NOW Gallery, Greenwich Peninsula until 1 June with the 700 record sleeves then being sold in a global online auction on the project website in aid of War Child.
Los Angeles Times
05-02-2025
- Entertainment
- Los Angeles Times
Oscars flashback: Hilary Swank goes 2 for 2
Even when an Oscar moment is meant to focus on the best actresses in the business … it often becomes about the actors. Early in the opening monologue for the 77th Academy Awards, held at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood on Feb. 27, 2005, host Chris Rock struck a chord with at least a few actors in the audience. He compared Tom Cruise with Jude Law and then asked, 'Who is Jude Law? Why is he in every movie I have seen in the last four years? … He's in everything.' It was a callout that much later in the show Sean Penn, who was onstage to read out the nominees for lead actress, decided to address. Going off-script, Penn said, 'Forgive my compromised sense of humor, but I did want to answer [Rock's] question about who Jude Law is. He's one of our finest actors.' Only then did he pivot to focus on the women: 'What Jude and all talented actors know is that for every greatly talented actor, there are five actresses who are nothing short of magic. And the Academy's favorite five this year are…' After that segue, it was time for a small bit of history to be made, when Hilary Swank earned her second Oscar. By winning that award, Swank became the first woman in academy history to win for playing a boxer, in 'Million Dollar Baby.' (She'd already become the first nominated.) After giving husband Chad Lowe a hug in the audience (they would divorce two years later), Swank took the stage to accept the award. It was her second win on her second nomination; she'd won her first Oscar in 2000 for 'Boys Don't Cry.' 'I don't know what I did in this life to deserve all this,' she said in her Nebraska twang. 'I'm just a girl from a trailer park who had a dream.' She gave Lowe thanks, calling him 'my everything,' and made sure to thank the cast and crew from 'Million,' which had already earned co-star Morgan Freeman an Oscar for his role in the film and would shortly thereafter earn director-producer Clint Eastwood two more Oscars (for directing and best picture). Swank also thanked her mother 'for believing in me from the beginning; my dad for support,' then saved special thoughts for Eastwood, calling him her 'mo chuisle,' an Irish phrase meaning 'pulse of my heart' that was used in the film. Surely, Annette Bening, who also was nominated in the category for playing an actor in 'Being Julia,' was having déjà vu. She and Swank had been opposite one another in the lead actress nominee list in 2000. At that time, Bening was up for 'American Beauty,' and Swank won it then too, for 'Boys Don't Cry.' Bening has been nominated five times for an Oscar (1991, 2000, 2005, 2011, 2024) with no wins; all of them were leading nominations except one, in the supporting category. 'I would think it would feel really great [to win], but I certainly know what it's like not to win,' she told Rolling Stone ahead of the 2024 Oscars ceremony. 'I've been there and I've done that, and that's also not so bad.' Also up for the award were first-time nominee Catalina Sandino Moreno, who played a drug mule in 'Maria Full of Grace'; fellow first-timer Imelda Staunton, who played the title character, an abortion provider, in 'Vera Drake'; and Kate Winslet, for playing a woman who's had her memories erased in 'Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.' Winslet is a seven-time nominee (1996, 1998, 2002, 2005, 2007, 2009 and 2016), which includes her one win in the category in 2009 for 'The Reader.' Winslet missed a nomination this year for her biopic 'Lee,' based on American photographer Lee Miller.
