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4 days ago
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'Coyote Ugly' Star, 48, Stuns in Rare Red Carpet Appearance
'Coyote Ugly' Star, 48, Stuns in Rare Red Carpet Appearance originally appeared on Parade. Actress Piper Perabo made a rare red carpet appearance for the New York premiere of her upcoming Prime series, Butterfly, on August 5. The Daily Mail reported that Perado, who has starred in projects like Coyote Ugly, Cheaper by the Dozen, and Yellowstone, walked the August 5 red carpet in a flowy pale pink dress. She accessorized the look with silver high heels, a silver bracelet, and a matching clutch purse. Butterfly, which premieres on August 13, also stars as U.S. intelligence operative, David Jung, who lives in South Korea. During an August 5 interview on New York Live TV, Perabo noted that she plays one of the thriller's villains, Juno. Perabo said she was thrilled to be cast as a villain, as she does not "usually get to play" antagonistic roles. "I think it's so relaxing to play a villain. Especially when you are the bad boss villain. You have people to bring the car out. You have people to carry all the bad guy stuff," said the actress. The 48-year-old also shared that Kim approached her to join the cast of Butterfly, which is based on a graphic novel by Arash Amel. Perabo explained that she and Kim "are old friends," after co-starring in the 2005 film, The Cave. "It was so fun. We did an action movie together years ago and it was so fun when he called me and said, 'Do you want to go to Korea? And do something crazy?' And I thought, 'Yes!'" said Perabo during the interview. Perabo gained popularity in her early 20s after starring as Violet Sanford in Coyote Ugly, which premiered in 2000. Perabo suggested she had some difficulty adjusting to fame after the movie's release in a September 2016 interview with E! Insider. "It was all a little too much. It was a little scary. When you're young that's a lot of light," said Perabo while speaking to the publication. 'Coyote Ugly' Star, 48, Stuns in Rare Red Carpet Appearance first appeared on Parade on Aug 6, 2025 This story was originally reported by Parade on Aug 6, 2025, where it first appeared. Solve the daily Crossword
6 days ago
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Piper Perabo celebrates 25 years of 'Coyote Ugly' with throwback photo
Piper Perabo is celebrating the 25th anniversary of " Coyote Ugly." The actress took to Instagram and shared a series of stills from the film, including a group shot with her, Bridget Moynahan, Tyra Banks, Isabella Miko and Maria Bello. "25 years ago today #CoyoteUgly opened in theaters," she wrote. "Sending love to everyone who ever danced on a bar, followed their dreams, or just likes a wild song." She also shared photos with Melanie Lynskey and Leanne Rimes, who sings the film's anthem, "Can't Fight The Moonlight," which was penned by Dianne Warren. Perabo portrayed Violet Sanford in the hit 2000 film, an aspiring songwriter who moves to New York and works at the Coyote Ugly bar. The film also starred Adam Garcia and John Goodman. At San Diego Comic-Con last month, Perabo told The Hollywood Reporter that "there has been some discussion" about a "Coyote Ugly" sequel. "Some things are being discussed," she said. "I can't really say, but people that were doing it are talking about some stuff."
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14-05-2025
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Piper Perabo on Her Eco-Anxiety Rom-Com ‘Peak Everything' and Speaking Out Against Trump: ‘I'm Not Concerned About Career Blowback'
It's a pretty stressful time to fall in love. The ice caps are melting. Autocracy is on the rise. The world is on fire. Piper Perabo gets it. 'This hum of anxiety is constant right now,' she admits. 'The way we're going to solve these problems is by talking about them. And as artists, we can have these conversations in different ways.' More from Variety Carlos Saldanha Wraps Principal Photography on Sea-Crossing Drama '100 Days' (EXCLUSIVE) Cannes Competition Starts With an Instant Sensation as 'Sound of Falling' Premieres to Rave Reviews and Palme d'Or Buzz 'Sound of Falling' Review: Shattering, Century-Spanning Tapestry of Female Unrest Shoots Mascha Schilinski Into the Big Leagues Perabo's newest film, 'Peak Everything,' is a 'meet cute' for a culture in desperate need of valium. It's the story of Adam (Patrick Hivon), a depressed kennel owner who is freaked out by the climate crisis. He becomes infatuated with Tina, a call center operator, after she gives him a ring to see how he's enjoying the therapeutic solar lamp he ordered. Their relationship blossoms after he takes a trip to meet her in person, only to discover that Tina isn't some carefree dream girl. Perabo credits writer and director Anne Émond with creating a character who is more nuanced than the ones she played in earlier movies. 'When I was younger, I played these kind of archetypal, sort of dream girls who walks into the picture and there's nothing wrong with them,' she says. 'That's not very real. With the rise of female filmmakers like Anne, this sort of dream girl opens up into a real person with a complicated life that's not easy to untangle.' Ahead of 'Peak Everything's' premiere in Cannes' Directors Fortnight, Perabo talked about making the off-beat indie, as well as the 25th anniversary of the film that made her a star, 'Coyote Ugly.' What appealed to you about 'Peak Everything'? It was so charming. I had just gotten home from filming an Amazon series called 'Butterfly' in Korea for six months — I play a villain, and it's very action-oriented. And I was reading scripts. I had never heard of Anne Émond, but I fell for the script. In this moment we're all living through, with this concentration of power and authoritarianism and technology and the climate crisis, here was this story that was re-humanizing the movie experience. It's a small love story where two people meet over the phone. I like a superhero movie, but these days I need movies where it's two people having a conversation. Your character starts off as this bubbly, charming, standard female love interest. Then you realize at a certain point that Tina has this rich, complicated, messy life. For one thing, she's married with kids. Midway through this movie Adam drops me off at my house and I say, 'I think we should say goodbye here.' That's when Tina's husband bends down and knocks on the car door, and all of a sudden, you kind of shift over into her world. As you enter the house, it's a mess. Dinner is not on. The flowers on the table are dead. Nobody's fed the fish, nobody's fed the dog. My husband's just worried about getting beer. The love story crumples and we leave this magical world really quickly. When you when you really fall in love with someone, you fall in love with a real person,. It's only in the movies that you fall in love with a dream girl. You use your celebrity to highlight environmental issues. This is a comedy, but it deals with the anxiety many people feel about the health of the planet. What was it like to talk about serious subjects in a funny and sweet way? I didn't do the film because of its stance on environmentalism, but there was a joyfulness in the story. I find that with activism, a kind of doom and gloom can alienate people, especially with the climate movement. It's so overwhelming and it's feels so difficult to solve. If you get really dark about it, less people want to join and take action, whereas if there's some joy with any movement, it's more welcoming. It's hard though, because with entertainment, people are looking for an escape. Thinking about the climate crisis is not very escapist. During the first Trump term, you said, 'Silence is consent.' What do you think about the entertainment industry's response to Trump's second term? I can't speak for the entertainment industry, but for myself, during the first term, I was in shock. Now we're more practiced and have had a decade since Trump was first elected to organize and build relationships between causes. I didn't enter activism until the first Trump administration. Now, I've got buddies all over the place that I can call. When I started, many friends had never phone-banked before. Now that's common. But it seems like there's a lot of fear in Hollywood. Have you faced career repercussions for speaking out? I'm not concerned about career blowback, because my job as a citizen is as important, if not more important, than my job as an artist. One elevates the other. It's been interesting to watch how certain entertainment companies have made an about-face or stayed silent. But when the artists start speaking out en masse, it does lead to corporate change. I'm really proud of anyone who chooses to use their power of free speech. It's the 25th anniversary of 'Coyote Ugly' this August. Why has the film endured? It's a musical, and Americans love musicals. But it also an artist's Cinderella story, and that's so appealing. It's about going after your dreams and having them come true — and you get a date out of it. Now, that's pretty great. Best of Variety New Movies Out Now in Theaters: What to See This Week Emmy Predictions: Talk/Scripted Variety Series - The Variety Categories Are Still a Mess; Netflix, Dropout, and 'Hot Ones' Stir Up Buzz Oscars Predictions 2026: 'Sinners' Becomes Early Contender Ahead of Cannes Film Festival
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14-05-2025
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Piper Perabo on Her Eco-Anxiety Rom-Com ‘Peak Everything' and Speaking Out Against Trump: ‘I'm Not Concerned About Career Blowback'
It's a pretty stressful time to fall in love. The ice caps are melting. Autocracy is on the rise. The world is on fire. Piper Perabo gets it. 'This hum of anxiety is constant right now,' she admits. 'The way we're going to solve these problems is by talking about them. And as artists, we can have these conversations in different ways.' More from Variety Carlos Saldanha Wraps Principal Photography on Sea-Crossing Drama '100 Days' (EXCLUSIVE) Cannes Competition Starts With an Instant Sensation as 'Sound of Falling' Premieres to Rave Reviews and Palme d'Or Buzz 'Sound of Falling' Review: Shattering, Century-Spanning Tapestry of Female Unrest Shoots Mascha Schilinski Into the Big Leagues Perabo's newest film, 'Peak Everything,' is a 'meet cute' for a culture in desperate need of valium. It's the story of Adam (Patrick Hivon), a depressed kennel owner who is freaked out by the climate crisis. He becomes infatuated with Tina, a call center operator, after she gives him a ring to see how he's enjoying the therapeutic solar lamp he ordered. Their relationship blossoms after he takes a trip to meet her in person, only to discover that Tina isn't some carefree dream girl. Perabo credits writer and director Anne Émond with creating a character who is more nuanced than the ones she played in earlier movies. 'When I was younger, I played these kind of archetypal, sort of dream girls who walks into the picture and there's nothing wrong with them,' she says. 'That's not very real. With the rise of female filmmakers like Anne, this sort of dream girl opens up into a real person with a complicated life that's not easy to untangle.' Ahead of 'Peak Everything's' premiere in Cannes' Directors Fortnight, Perabo talked about making the off-beat indie, as well as the 25th anniversary of the film that made her a star, 'Coyote Ugly.' What appealed to you about 'Peak Everything'? It was so charming. I had just gotten home from filming an Amazon series called 'Butterfly' in Korea for six months — I play a villain, and it's very action-oriented. And I was reading scripts. I had never heard of Anne Émond, but I fell for the script. In this moment we're all living through, with this concentration of power and authoritarianism and technology and the climate crisis, here was this story that was re-humanizing the movie experience. It's a small love story where two people meet over the phone. I like a superhero movie, but these days I need movies where it's two people having a conversation. Your character starts off as this bubbly, charming, standard female love interest. Then you realize at a certain point that Tina has this rich, complicated, messy life. For one thing, she's married with kids. Midway through this movie Adam drops me off at my house and I say, 'I think we should say goodbye here.' That's when Tina's husband bends down and knocks on the car door, and all of a sudden, you kind of shift over into her world. As you enter the house, it's a mess. Dinner is not on. The flowers on the table are dead. Nobody's fed the fish, nobody's fed the dog. My husband's just worried about getting beer. The love story crumples and we leave this magical world really quickly. When you when you really fall in love with someone, you fall in love with a real person,. It's only in the movies that you fall in love with a dream girl. You use your celebrity to highlight environmental issues. This is a comedy, but it deals with the anxiety many people feel about the health of the planet. What was it like to talk about serious subjects in a funny and sweet way? I didn't do the film because of its stance on environmentalism, but there was a joyfulness in the story. I find that with activism, a kind of doom and gloom can alienate people, especially with the climate movement. It's so overwhelming and it's feels so difficult to solve. If you get really dark about it, less people want to join and take action, whereas if there's some joy with any movement, it's more welcoming. It's hard though, because with entertainment, people are looking for an escape. Thinking about the climate crisis is not very escapist. During the first Trump term, you said, 'Silence is consent.' What do you think about the entertainment industry's response to Trump's second term? I can't speak for the entertainment industry, but for myself, during the first term, I was in shock. Now we're more practiced and have had a decade since Trump was first elected to organize and build relationships between causes. I didn't enter activism until the first Trump administration. Now, I've got buddies all over the place that I can call. When I started, many friends had never phone-banked before. Now that's common. But it seems like there's a lot of fear in Hollywood. Have you faced career repercussions for speaking out? I'm not concerned about career blowback, because my job as a citizen is as important, if not more important, than my job as an artist. One elevates the other. It's been interesting to watch how certain entertainment companies have made an about-face or stayed silent. But when the artists start speaking out en masse, it does lead to corporate change. I'm really proud of anyone who chooses to use their power of free speech. It's the 25th anniversary of 'Coyote Ugly' this August. Why has the film endured? It's a musical, and Americans love musicals. But it also an artist's Cinderella story, and that's so appealing. It's about going after your dreams and having them come true — and you get a date out of it. Now, that's pretty great. Best of Variety New Movies Out Now in Theaters: What to See This Week Emmy Predictions: Talk/Scripted Variety Series - The Variety Categories Are Still a Mess; Netflix, Dropout, and 'Hot Ones' Stir Up Buzz Oscars Predictions 2026: 'Sinners' Becomes Early Contender Ahead of Cannes Film Festival
Yahoo
14-05-2025
- Entertainment
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Piper Perabo on Her Eco-Anxiety Rom-Com ‘Peak Everything' and Speaking Out Against Trump: ‘I'm Not Concerned About Career Blowback'
It's a pretty stressful time to fall in love. The ice caps are melting. Autocracy is on the rise. The world is on fire. Piper Perabo gets it. 'This hum of anxiety is constant right now,' she admits. 'The way we're going to solve these problems is by talking about them. And as artists, we can have these conversations in different ways.' More from Variety Carlos Saldanha Wraps Principal Photography on Sea-Crossing Drama '100 Days' (EXCLUSIVE) Cannes Competition Starts With an Instant Sensation as 'Sound of Falling' Premieres to Rave Reviews and Palme d'Or Buzz 'Sound of Falling' Review: Shattering, Century-Spanning Tapestry of Female Unrest Shoots Mascha Schilinski Into the Big Leagues Perabo's newest film, 'Peak Everything,' is a 'meet cute' for a culture in desperate need of valium. It's the story of Adam (Patrick Hivon), a depressed kennel owner who is freaked out by the climate crisis. He becomes infatuated with Tina, a call center operator, after she gives him a ring to see how he's enjoying the therapeutic solar lamp he ordered. Their relationship blossoms after he takes a trip to meet her in person, only to discover that Tina isn't some carefree dream girl. Perabo credits writer and director Anne Émond with creating a character who is more nuanced than the ones she played in earlier movies. 'When I was younger, I played these kind of archetypal, sort of dream girls who walks into the picture and there's nothing wrong with them,' she says. 'That's not very real. With the rise of female filmmakers like Anne, this sort of dream girl opens up into a real person with a complicated life that's not easy to untangle.' Ahead of 'Peak Everything's' premiere in Cannes' Directors Fortnight, Perabo talked about making the off-beat indie, as well as the 25th anniversary of the film that made her a star, 'Coyote Ugly.' What appealed to you about 'Peak Everything'? It was so charming. I had just gotten home from filming an Amazon series called 'Butterfly' in Korea for six months — I play a villain, and it's very action-oriented. And I was reading scripts. I had never heard of Anne Émond, but I fell for the script. In this moment we're all living through, with this concentration of power and authoritarianism and technology and the climate crisis, here was this story that was re-humanizing the movie experience. It's a small love story where two people meet over the phone. I like a superhero movie, but these days I need movies where it's two people having a conversation. Your character starts off as this bubbly, charming, standard female love interest. Then you realize at a certain point that Tina has this rich, complicated, messy life. For one thing, she's married with kids. Midway through this movie Adam drops me off at my house and I say, 'I think we should say goodbye here.' That's when Tina's husband bends down and knocks on the car door, and all of a sudden, you kind of shift over into her world. As you enter the house, it's a mess. Dinner is not on. The flowers on the table are dead. Nobody's fed the fish, nobody's fed the dog. My husband's just worried about getting beer. The love story crumples and we leave this magical world really quickly. When you when you really fall in love with someone, you fall in love with a real person,. It's only in the movies that you fall in love with a dream girl. You use your celebrity to highlight environmental issues. This is a comedy, but it deals with the anxiety many people feel about the health of the planet. What was it like to talk about serious subjects in a funny and sweet way? I didn't do the film because of its stance on environmentalism, but there was a joyfulness in the story. I find that with activism, a kind of doom and gloom can alienate people, especially with the climate movement. It's so overwhelming and it's feels so difficult to solve. If you get really dark about it, less people want to join and take action, whereas if there's some joy with any movement, it's more welcoming. It's hard though, because with entertainment, people are looking for an escape. Thinking about the climate crisis is not very escapist. During the first Trump term, you said, 'Silence is consent.' What do you think about the entertainment industry's response to Trump's second term? I can't speak for the entertainment industry, but for myself, during the first term, I was in shock. Now we're more practiced and have had a decade since Trump was first elected to organize and build relationships between causes. I didn't enter activism until the first Trump administration. Now, I've got buddies all over the place that I can call. When I started, many friends had never phone-banked before. Now that's common. But it seems like there's a lot of fear in Hollywood. Have you faced career repercussions for speaking out? I'm not concerned about career blowback, because my job as a citizen is as important, if not more important, than my job as an artist. One elevates the other. It's been interesting to watch how certain entertainment companies have made an about-face or stayed silent. But when the artists start speaking out en masse, it does lead to corporate change. I'm really proud of anyone who chooses to use their power of free speech. It's the 25th anniversary of 'Coyote Ugly' this August. Why has the film endured? It's a musical, and Americans love musicals. But it also an artist's Cinderella story, and that's so appealing. It's about going after your dreams and having them come true — and you get a date out of it. Now, that's pretty great. Best of Variety New Movies Out Now in Theaters: What to See This Week Emmy Predictions: Talk/Scripted Variety Series - The Variety Categories Are Still a Mess; Netflix, Dropout, and 'Hot Ones' Stir Up Buzz Oscars Predictions 2026: 'Sinners' Becomes Early Contender Ahead of Cannes Film Festival
