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Perth Now
5 days ago
- Business
- Perth Now
Sean Baker demands 'full control' over film projects
Sean Baker wants "full autonomy" over all of his films. The 54-year-old filmmaker enjoyed huge success as the director of 'Anora', the romantic-comedy drama movie, in 2024, and Sean has now confirmed that his next project will be "in the same wheelhouse". During an appearance on the 'It Happened in Hollywood' podcast, Sean shared: "Don't expect a Marvel film. It's not going to happen. "I'm intentionally going to stay in the same wheelhouse and with the approximate same budget. I think that I enjoy working in this space of 100 percent independent." 'Anora' won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival in 2024, while it also earned five Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actress (Mikey Madison), Best Original Screenplay, and Best Film Editing. And Sean doesn't have any intention of changing his approach to film-making. He said: "I'm not working for even a mini studio. I'm making my film independently and then going the old school route of hopefully a bidding war or somebody licensing the movie. "I think that's the only way to have full autonomy and control over your vision. So it'll be that. Expect more of the same." Sean is currently "exploring some ideas" for his next film project. Asked about his next movie, Sean replied: "I'm not sure yet. I'm still exploring some ideas." Earlier this year, Sean warned that a film's production shouldn't be "too controlled". The acclaimed filmmaker explained that his creative process has hardly changed over the years. Sean - whose previous directing credits include 'Four Letter Words', 'Tangerine' and 'Red Rocket' - told The Talks: "I try to keep it small, I try to keep us always in a sort of guerilla, indie, shoot from the hip sort of mentality, keeping open to serendipity and happy accidents. The only way to do that is to be controlled — you have a job to do, and you're spending people's money, and you have a limited amount of time — but you can't be too controlled. "So what I always like to say is: you control 90 percent but then you leave 10 percent up to the film gods, because those happy accidents are what make these movies. You have to be open to real life! You try for minimal lighting, you try for real location, you take the actors and you throw them into real life and see what happens. I try my best to retain that." Sean believes that his past success has actually complicated his work. He explained: "It does get harder because I'm a higher profile now. It's a little bit harder. But I also work with an incredible crew that really understands that sort of DIY film-making and wanting to stay on the fringe and stay out of the Hollywood machine."
Yahoo
25-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Amid Political Creator Boom, Megyn Kelly Launches Podcast Network (Exclusive)
One of the most successful hosts to jump from cable TV to the news and politics creator ecosystem is launching a podcast network of her own. Former Fox News primetime star Megyn Kelly says that she is launching MK Media, a video and audio podcast network that will work with creators and journalists in the news and entertainment space. The first three shows will be hosted by journalist and 2Way founder Mark Halperin, Daily Mail culture columnist Maureen Callahan, and influencer and political commentator Link Lauren, and others will follow. More from The Hollywood Reporter Older Viewers Fuel YouTube Move to No. 1 Among TV Distributors in February Amy Irving Opens Up About Her Love Life on 'It Happened in Hollywood' Podcast: "I Have a Thing for Directors" ABC News Pivots Podcast Slate to Focus on True Crime, 20/20 Shows in the Works (Exclusive) 'I'm thrilled to launch MK Media and to use our platform to help sane, reasonable, good-humored people build their own followings in this new media space,' says Kelly. 'I am a huge fan of Mark's, Maureen's and Link's and I know our audience will be as excited as I am to hear more from them.' Kelly adds that she expects to have other names joining MK Media soon, as it contemplates expanding into other genres beyond news and entertainment. Halperin, a veteran of ABC News and Bloomberg, will host Next Up, a news show. 'America is filled with quality sandboxes; I can say without fear of contradiction that the Megyn Kelly sandbox is as good as it gets these days,' Halperin said in a statement. 'I'd point out that I'm thrilled to play Dr. Phil to Megyn's Oprah, but that metaphor might be lost on some.' Callahan previously wrote for Vanity Fair and the New York Post, and will host the entertainment and culture-focused show The Nerve. 'What an unexpected joy getting to know (and love) Megyn Kelly. But for her to give me my own show, on her new network, is beyond anything I could have anticipated,' Callahan added. 'I can't wait to get going over on The Nerve, digging into pop culture, celebrity scandals, and all the stories that captivate, aggravate and fascinate.' Lauren previously worked as a communications advisor to the presidential campaign of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., and has gained a following on platforms like TikTok. He will host the news-focused show Spot On. 'Megyn is a powerhouse whose work ethic and journalism inspire me,' Lauren added. 'This venture is a win not only for me, but for my existing audience and those who've been dismissed by the mainstream media. My goal is to always deliver the news in a way that's fact-based and entertaining—that's what you'll get from Spot On and I can't wait to hit the ground running to make this show a success.' Steve Krakauer, executive producer of The Megyn Kelly Show and AM Update, will oversee the MK Media shows. Kelly launched her daily podcast in 2020, before switching to a live radio format in a deal with SiriusXM the following year. She has since added a video version that streams on YouTube and is spliced and shared on social platforms, where its clips garner hundreds of millions of views each month. Earlier this year she also launched a 15-minute news show called AM Update with Megyn Kelly. The podcast network speaks to the growing influence of news and politics podcasts, with right-leaning talent having particular success. And it also speaks to the growing importance of video podcasts, with YouTube becoming a bona fide juggernaut in the space (Kelly has 3.5 million subscribers on the platform), and now counts more than one billion monthly active users. At the same time, top podcast talent and other star hosts have had success leveraging their reach to incubate and launch new shows. Call Her Daddy host Alex Cooper launched The Unwell Network, while HBO host Bill Maher last year launched his own network based on his Club Random podcast. Kelly has authority in the news and politics space, and like other conservative-leaning creators is seeking to gain a foothold in the entertainment and pop culture space. Best of The Hollywood Reporter How the Warner Brothers Got Their Film Business Started Meet the World Builders: Hollywood's Top Physical Production Executives of 2023 Men in Blazers, Hollywood's Favorite Soccer Podcast, Aims for a Global Empire
The Independent
05-03-2025
- Entertainment
- The Independent
Hollywood star left Kate Winslet ‘with a lot of bruises' after sex scene
Patrick Wilson has said he's 'sure' Kate Winslet was left with bruises after they filmed sex scenes together for Little Children. The Hard Candy actor, 51, starred alongside Winslet in Todd Field's 2006 suburban melodrama, which follows an unhappy housewife, Sarah, (Winslet) as she launches into an affair with a man on her street (Wilson). Wilson revealed that one scene in particular, where he and Winslet's characters have sex in a laundry room, would be very different if it were shot with intimacy co-ordinators today. Speaking to The Hollywood Reporter's It Happened in Hollywood podcast, he said both he and Winslet were fully nude aside from modesty coverings, which were kept out of shot. '[Kate] was so cool and gracious and just a gamer – just like, 'Let's go for it,'' he recalled. 'There was never one awkward or weird moment. Never one. I loved it.' Wilson addressed rumours that Kate had bruised her bum during filming for the scene, as he explained that no body doubles were used, adding: 'I'm sure there were lots of bruises.' 'Put it this way, I haven't done a scene like that since post #MeToo and intimacy coordinators,' Wilson admitted. 'I do feel a little bit like a dinosaur when it comes to [having appeared in] those kinds of love scenes,' he added. It comes after Winslet admitted last year that she wished she'd had intimacy co-ordinators 'every single time I had to do a love scene or be partially naked or even a kissing scene' in her career. Speaking to The New York Times Magazine, Winslet expressed relief that younger actors no longer have to accept the same norms that she dealt with. 'I would have benefited from an intimacy coordinator every single time I had to do a love scene or be partially naked or even a kissing scene,' Winslet said. 'It would have been nice to have had someone in my corner because I always had to stand up for myself.' She added that there were several times in her career when she'd wanted to take a stand but felt like she was unable to, giving examples such as: 'I don't like that camera angle. I don't want to stand here full-frontal nude. I don't want this many people in the room. I want my dressing gown to be closer.' Winslet explained that having somebody else to advocate for her needs would have helped, as she feared becoming branded as difficult to work with. 'When you're young, you're so afraid of p***ing people off or coming across as rude or pathetic because you might need those things,' she said. 'So, learning to have a voice for oneself in those environments was very, very hard.'
Fox News
10-02-2025
- Entertainment
- Fox News
'Sunset Boulevard' star left Hollywood before she could be 'thrown away' by industry
Nancy Olson Livingston was 22 when "Sunset Boulevard" was released in 1950 and made her a sought-after actress. The movie, which starred Gloria Swanson and William Holden, earned 11 Oscar nominations, including one for best actress in a supporting role for Olson Livingston. It tells the tale of Norma Desmond (Swanson), an aging screen siren who refused to accept that her stardom had faded. Olson Livingston, now 96, said it made her realize she didn't want fame. "Movie stars were sad creatures," the actress told Hollywood Reporter's "It Happened in Hollywood" podcast. "I understood [the character] Norma Desmond, and I understood Marilyn Monroe. And I wanted a life." "I knew that movie stars had a period of time, and then they were thrown away," Olson Livingston shared. "What more did I need to know than about Norma Desmond?" "I'm a doctor's daughter from the Midwest," said Olson Livingston. "I said, 'How many movie stars are happily married, have children, are part of larger families, aunts, uncles, cousins,' which was my life? Nobody. So, I couldn't imagine existing in the world." According to the outlet, Olson Livingston did appear in more movies during the '50s. But by the mid-'60s, she began to prioritize having a life beyond the set. "I moved to New York, and I said, 'I do not want to be a movie star,'" Olson Livingston recalled. "And they said, 'You've got no more money. We're gonna renew your contract with a much larger… amount of money." "I'm a doctor's daughter from the Midwest. I said, 'How many movie stars are happily married, have children, are part of larger families, aunts, uncles, cousins,' which was my life? Nobody. So, I couldn't imagine existing in the world." Olson Livingston said that at the time, she was working 11-hour days, six days a week. She was married to Broadway lyricist Alan Jay Lerner, and they shared two daughters. Fame no longer sounded exciting. WATCH: 'SUNSET BOULEVARD' STAR NANCY OLSON LIVINGSTON RECALLS DARING SCRIPT, MEETING MARILYN MONROE AND WALT DISNEY "I said, 'I'm sorry. I cannot be a movie star,'" said Olson Livingston. "I was so tired." Olson Livingston's marriage to Lerner lasted from 1950 to 1957. In 1962, she married longtime Capitol Records executive Alan W. Livingston, with whom she shared a son. "That's a happy part of my life… my children and grandchildren," she said. Looking back at "Sunset Boulevard," Olson Livingston told the outlet that she didn't expect to win an Oscar. "I did not win," she said. "I felt very rewarded being nominated, and that was quite enough." "Sunset Boulevard" won three Academy Awards: for the score, production design and screenplay. "Gloria Swanson and [director] Billy Wilder, the picture, everything should have won," she said. According to the outlet, Olson Livingston officially retired from acting in the mid-'80s. She went on to detail her life in Hollywood for her 2022 memoir, "A Front Row Seat." In the book, Olson Livingston described what it was like meeting many fellow stars from Hollywood's golden era. When Fox News Digital asked her at the time what it was like meeting Marilyn Monroe, Olson Livingston replied, "Bizarre." "She came from a very unhappy childhood," she explained about Hollywood's most famous sex symbol. "Her survival depended on her own being. It depended on being a movie star. "And she allowed them to make her over the top in her sexuality, in her beauty, in her everything. I met her several times [in] those years. She was [always] clinging to a man and looking up at them… and [she] would speak to them as if she were a little girl, and he was her daddy." Olson Livingston's last film was 1955's "Battle Cry" before she immersed herself in a new role — motherhood. However, it was Walt Disney who brought her back to Hollywood for 1960's "Pollyanna," starring Hayley Mills. "I was in Mallorca waiting to pick up my children who were visiting their father and their new stepmother," she explained. "They said, 'Walt Disney is on the phone.' I thought, 'Really? That's ridiculous.' But that was Walt Disney... friendly… He said, 'We have nothing, but stars… we want you.'" "I never asked how much the salary was," Olson Livingston insisted. "I just thought it would be an interesting experience that would be different from anything else I'd ever experienced before. And it was." "I walked on the Disney lot… and it was like I was walking on the streets of a small town," Olson Livingston continued. "Everybody knew each other. Everybody knew each other's names. Everybody called Mr. Disney Walt… It was fun making the film, and they were all gifted performers. It became a huge hit."
