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Yahoo
05-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Dakota Johnson Is Finally Directing Her First Feature-Length Movie With 'Cha Cha Real Smooth' Creator!
In 2022, Dakota Johnson starred alongside Vanessa Burghardt in the rom-com Cha Cha Real Smooth, playing a young mother to a teenage daughter on the autism spectrum. Now, the pair plans to work together again, with Dakota stepping behind the camera this time. The announcement came at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival. Dakota, who co-owns TeaTime Pictures, began discussing her production company's upcoming projects and revealed how she intends to direct her first feature, which was written by Vanessa. "The girl who plays my daughter [in Cha Cha Real Smooth], Vanessa Burghardt, she is an autistic actress and musician and brilliant person, and we have been working with her on developing a script," she said at the Kering Women in Motion event. (via Deadline) "She's written a script, and it's really special, and it's about a young woman with autism. I feel very protective of her and her story in her mind; she's just an unbelievable woman. I just don't think I could allow anyone else to direct it. So we'll see." Dakota and former Netflix development executive Ro Donelly launched TeaTime Pictures in 2019. During the Kering's Women in Motion conversation, she spoke alongside Ro and said she wants to "make my own movies because I want more from this industry." "I want more from my experience as an artist. I felt so thirsty for more conversation and more creativity and more collaboration," she added. Loser Baby marked Dakota's first directorial short, but following its premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival last year, the work wasn't picked up as a TV show. The short film, set in Los Angeles, centered around queer friends, exploring their relationships, friendships, and personal identities. According to , Dakota expressed frustration that "nobody" wanted to make it. "And I was like, 'Why? That's such a global conversation, and it should be talked about all the time,' but whatever. So it was a proof of concept that just is sitting there, proofing," she stated. Dakota is currently at Cannes to promote Splitsville, a rom-com she co-produced and stars in. She plays a woman named Julie, who's in an open relationship and helps her male friend get over a breakup. Other cast members include Adria Arjona and Michael Angelo Covino. Splitsville made its debut at the festival on May 19. It remains to be seen if and when Dakota will actually begin production for Vanessa Burghardt's script. In the meantime, you can look forward to seeing the actress in various works. First, her romantic drama, Materialists, is set to come out on June 13. Dakota depicts a young New York City matchmaker who is torn between her ex, portrayed by Chris Evans, and a new match, played by Pedro Pascal. Then, she is going to star in Verity, directed by Michael Showalter. The highly anticipated film adaptation of Colleen Hoover's hit book isn't expected to premiere until 2026. Looking for more , , and news? Follow us on so you never miss a thing!
RTÉ News
27-05-2025
- Entertainment
- RTÉ News
Paul Mescal dons monochrome look for Cannes film premiere
Paul Mescal made a glamorous appearance at the 78th Cannes Film Festival last night, where he attended the premiere of his newest film, The History of Sound. Established in 1946, and running this year from Tue, May 13, 2025 – Sat, May 24, 2025, the festival has been one of the most watched events in the celebrity and fashion calendar, with some of fashion history's most memorable looks appearing on the steps of the Palais des Festivals. Mescal had landed in the chic French city days before his event, attending the Kering Women in Motion gala alongside Charli XCX, Nicole Kidman, Salma Hayek and more. Styled by Felicity Kay, his ensemble was typically eye-catching: a Gucci suit with a pale cream shirt accented with a gold hoop. The look certainly set the tone for what the Aftersun star would wear for his premiere. Also styled by Kay, Mescal stepped out in a monochromatic black outfit by Gucci, pairing a sharply tailored black blazer with flared black trousers and a matching black shirt that had a loose, retro-inspired tie detail. He finished his look with black dress shoes and a gold earring. Also walking the red carpet for the premiere was singer Gracie Abrams, who is believed to be dating Mescal, and who wore an elegant black midi-length dress by Chanel, with beaded straps and a matching shawl. Supermodel Coco Rocha turned heads in her red carpet look, wearing a design by Inout Ravzan that was made to resemble multiple shirt collars. She paired that with towering hair and statement earrings.
Buzz Feed
22-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Buzz Feed
Taraji P. Henson Talks New Ventures After Hollywood Treatment
Back in 2023, Taraji P. Henson memorably broke down in tears as she opened up about constantly fighting for equal pay in Hollywood. 'I'm just tired of working so hard, being gracious at what I do, [and] getting paid a fraction of the cost,' she said as she opened up about her treatment in Hollywood as a Black woman. 'I'm tired of hearing my sisters say the same thing over and over. You get tired.' Fast forward to today, and Taraji has opened up about the subject again during a recent talk at the Kering Women in Motion event at Cannes. After revealing that she recently took a month off of acting and relocated to Bali, Taraji recalled feeling 'discouraged' by her treatment in Hollywood. 'I was just frustrated and it was making me bitter, and I'm not a bitter person,' she said, per Variety. 'I made a promise to myself that if I ever got there, it's time to walk away. I'm not serving myself or the audience or the characters I play. Thank God I did that. I came back refreshed and with a new perspective.' Taraji went on to note that she'd spent years being 'graceful in getting paid less than.' 'Not anymore though!' she said, adding that when she returned from Bali, she focused on non-acting ventures — like her hair care brand, TPH — instead of 'relying on that check from Hollywood.' Good for you, Taraji! You can catch her in the upcoming Netflix drama film Straw, which comes out on June 6.
Daily Tribune
21-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Tribune
Nicole Kidman laments ‘incredibly low' number of women-directed films
AFP | Los Angeles Australian megastar Nicole Kidman expressed disappointment Sunday over the 'incredibly low' number of successful films directed by women, despite ongoing efforts to support and mentor female-led projects. Speaking at the Cannes Film Festival as she received the Kering Women in Motion award, Kidman highlighted the persistent gender gap in the film industry. "The number of women-made films among the highest-grossing is incredibly low," she said. In 2017, Kidman pledged to work with at least one female director every 18 months, citing a lack of choice at the time. 'You would go, 'OK, could a woman direct this?' There just wasn't a number of names that you could consider,' she noted. Since then, the Oscar-winning actress has collaborated with 27 female directors—far exceeding her original pledge, averaging one every 3.5 months. Of the 22 films competing in Cannes' main competition this year, only seven are directed by women. Kidman also praised Mascha Schilinski's 'The Sound of Falling,' a German-language drama exploring intergenerational trauma among women on a farm. The film has emerged as an early critics' favourite. 'To have Sound of Falling heard on the world stage—that's fantastic,' she said. While Kidman ruled out writing a full script herself, she revealed that she often wakes up at 3:00 a.m. to write personal reflections. 'It's a very ripe time for things to happen because you're in that slightly removed state from reality,' she explained. 'I wake up and I'll write something—be it a dream, or something circulating in my mind.'
Yahoo
19-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Dakota Johnson Plans To Direct First Feature From Script By ‘Cha Cha Real Smooth' Actress Vanessa Burghardt
Dakota Johnson plans to direct her first feature, from a script written by Cha Cha Real Smooth actress Vanessa Burghardt. Speaking at the Kering Women in Motion conversation event alongside her TeaTime Pictures producing partner Ro Donnelly on Monday at Cannes, Johnson said: 'The girl that plays my daughter [in Cha Cha Real Smooth], Vanessa Burkhart, she is an autistic actress and musician and brilliant person, and we have been working with her on developing a script. She's written a script, and it's really special, and it's about a young woman with autism. I feel very protective of her and her story in her mind, she's just an unbelievable woman. I just don't think I could allow anyone else to direct it. So we'll see.' More from Deadline Dakota Johnson Talks Romantic Experiments In Cannes Comedy 'Splitsville', Upcoming 'Materialists' And 'Juicy' Colleen Hoover Adaptation 'Verity' Cannes Film Festival 2025 In Photos: Wes Anderson, Guillermo del Toro, 'The Phoenician Scheme' & 'The Richest Woman In The World'Premieres &More Neon's Palme D'Or Whisperer Tom Quinn Reveals Keys To Cannes And Oscar Success: "I'm Happy To Share A Playbook" Johnson directed her first short, Loser Baby, which premiered at TIFF last fall. She admitted to extreme disappointment when that 'proof of concept' was not picked up as a television show, saying, 'It's a short film about queer friends living in Los Angeles and their relationships and their complications and their friendships and their sexuality and their identity, and nobody wanted to f–king make it. And I was like, 'Why? That's such a global conversation, and it should be talked about all the time,' but whatever. So it was a proof of concept that just is sitting there, proofing.' Johnson is at Cannes with the Michael Angelo Covino-directed Splitsville, which she co-produced and in which she stars as a woman in an open relationship who tries to help a male friend recover from a breakup. It will premiere at the French festival on Monday night. During the Kering Women in Motion conversation, Johnson also revealed that she has a 'no a__hole' policy at TeaTime Pictures. 'I love every person that works on the set. And the way that we we build our sets is really vibe-based, really energy-based.' In June she is set to appear in Celine Song's Materialists, in which Johnson's New York matchmaker character is caught between a new love interest (Pedro Pascal) and an old flame (Chris Evans). And next year, Johnson will star in new Colleen Hoover adaptation Verity, directed by Michael Showalter. Best of Deadline Sean 'Diddy' Combs Sex-Trafficking Trial Updates: Cassie Ventura's Testimony, $10M Hotel Settlement, Drugs, Violence, & The Feds 'Nine Perfect Strangers' Season 2 Release Schedule: When Do New Episodes Come Out? Everything We Know About Ari Aster's 'Eddington' So Far
