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2 hours ago
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Ava Phillippe, Sam Morelos Cast in Tommy Dorfman's ‘Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up With Me' (Exclusive)
Tommy Dorfman's film adaptation of Mariko Tamaki's graphic novel Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up With Me has cast Ava Phillippe and Sam Morelos in the lead roles, The Hollywood Reporter can reveal. Toronto-based film and television production company Wildling Pictures and L.A.-based MXN Entertainment told THR that director Dorfman, best known for her role in Netflix's 13 Reasons Why, has found her stars in Phillippe — daughter of Reese Witherspoon and Ryan Phillippe — and Morelos (That '90s Show). More from The Hollywood Reporter Charli XCX Starrer '100 Nights of Hero' to Close Venice Critics' Week 'In the End, Everything Will Be Okay' With 'Money Heist' Star Esther Acebo Boarded by Citizen Skull (Exclusive) Netflix Greenlights K-Pop Drama 'Variety' Starring Son Ye-jin and Jo Yu-ri Based on Tamaki's best-selling graphic novel, Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up With Me follows Laura Dean, the most popular girl in school and Freddie Riley's dream girl. 'She has it all — charm, confidence, and charisma,' a plot synopsis reads. 'But there's one problem: Laura Dean keeps breaking up with her. The story follows Freddie's journey to finding the courage to end her toxic relationship and regain her self-love, with the help of her best friends and a psychic.' Dorfman said about the casting: 'While searching for our Freddie, Sam came into the room with a grounded, eccentric, and timeless character encompassing all of Freddie's wonder, heart, and artistry. It was clear from that moment that she was the right person to bring this story to life.' 'Similarly, Ava's effortlessness as Laura Dean and the chemistry between them as actors was electric. I couldn't be more thrilled to work with both rising stars on my sophomore film.' Dorfman's recently launched Good Girl Productions has boarded as co-producer of the film with Wildling Pictures and MXN Entertainment. The company, focused on telling stories that 'challenge and shift our perspective of the human experience — and deepen our own human experience as a result of them,' has launched in partnership with Tricky Knot, an entertainment financing and development company. Tricky Knot is co-financing Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up With Me through its partnership with Dorfman's banner. Matt Code at Wildling Pictures added: 'We are thrilled to have Ava and Sam onboard this heartwarming and funny adaption of Mariko Tamaki's story. This film is a fresh and important exploration of love and friendship. Tommy and Good Girl Productions are the perfect partners for this project, bringing immense passion to the adaptation. Together with our partners at MXN, we look forward to working with this wonderful team to bring this story to the big screen.' Tamaki's powerful commentary on the teenage LGBTQIA+ experience and Rosemary Valero-O'Connell's illustrations received global recognition, with Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up With Me named one of Time's 100 Best Young Adult Books of All Time. She has also written for both Marvel and DC Comics, and is currently an executive story editor on season two of Apple's Monarch: Legacy of Monsters and served as a co-producer on season two of Goosebumps for Disney+. Best of The Hollywood Reporter The 40 Greatest Needle Drops in Film History The 40 Best Films About the Immigrant Experience Wes Anderson's Movies Ranked From Worst to Best Solve the daily Crossword
Daily Mail
2 days ago
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- Daily Mail
Reese Witherspoon's daughter Ava Phillippe lands her first lead role in new romantic comedy
Reese Witherspoon 's daughter is following in her famous mother's footsteps, and has landed her first leading role. Ava Phillippe, 25, whose dad is Witherspoon's ex-husband Ryan Philippe, has already had small parts in Doctor Odyssey and Ransom Canyon. On Monday, it was revealed that the young star has been cast as the title character in Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up With Me. The script is based on the best-selling graphic novel by Mariko Tamaki, The Hollywood Reporter revealed. That 90s show actress Sam Morelos will co-star as Frederica 'Freddie' Riley. The story is set at a high school where Phillippe's Laura is the most popular girl in school and Freddie's dream girl. 'She has it all — charm, confidence, and charisma,' a synopsis of the plot reads. 'But there's one problem: Laura Dean keeps breaking up with her. The story follows Freddie's journey to finding the courage to end her toxic relationship and regain her self-love, with the help of her best friends and a psychic.' I Wish You All The Best director Tommy Dorfman will helm the project. 'While searching for our Freddie, Sam came into the room with a grounded, eccentric, and timeless character encompassing all of Freddie's wonder, heart, and artistry. It was clear from that moment that she was the right person to bring this story to life,' she said in a statement. 'Similarly, Ava's effortlessness as Laura Dean and the chemistry between them as actors was electric. I couldn't be more thrilled to work with both rising stars on my sophomore film.' Phillippe shared her excitement at the announcement posting a copy of the THR article in her Instagram Stories and adding her own good news. 'IT'S HAPPENING!' she wrote, 'Can't wait to break your hearts,' tagging Dorfman and Morelos in the post. She also shared some of Laura's looks which include pink hair and a photo of the character in a school uniform, with the word 'liar' written across it. 'Ava Phillippe is Laura Dean' was written at the top of the composite. The star's friends expressed their congratulations.
Daily Mail
24-05-2025
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- Daily Mail
Tommy Dorfman files to divorce Elise Williams after two years of marriage
Five months after strongly suggesting that she had split from Elise Williams, Tommy Dorfman has officially filed for divorce. Dorfman, 33, met Williams on the dating app Hinge that year in 2021 and the pair became engaged after just two months of dating. They went on to secretly marry in late 2023 in Malibu, with Dorfman not publicly revealing the nuptials until May 2024. In late December Dorfman shared a 2024 recap with 20 images from the year with the caption: 'Heartbreak feels good in a place like this,' hinting that she and Williams had split. While Dorfman has not spoken publicly about the split since People reported that she filed for divorce May 16 in New York Cit y. Dorfman was previously married to Peter Zurkuhlen from 2016 to 2021, but they still remain friends. Dorfman came out as non-binary in 2017, four years before coming out as transgender in 2021 in an interview with Time. She said: 'For a year now, I have been privately identifying and living as a woman - a trans woman,' while adding why she decided to keep her male birth name Tommy. The actress continued: 'I'm not changing my name. I'm named after my mom's brother who passed a month after I was born, and I feel very connected to that name, to an uncle who held me as he was dying. This is an evolution of Tommy. I'm becoming more Tommy.' Giving more details about her and Williams's fast-paced relationship in her May 2024 Vogue essay Dorfman said they didn't move in together until months later. She said: 'We got engaged two months into dating. To our credit, we waited a full 12 months before moving in together, so you can't say we U-Hauled (though one might argue taking in a Great Dane puppy at our six-month mark was a smidge irresponsible). 'That's the thing about falling in love though; your responsibility barometer isn't always where it should be. Love, for us, required that nauseating combination of naivete, delusion, and fate.' She called Williams, 'a self-respecting and grounded human,' adding, 'she likes her life, and her privacy.' Dorfman said that for Williams, 'fame, or even fame by association, was never aspirational for her; she dedicated the first half of her 20s to educating, interior design projects, and writing.' She continued: 'On the other hand, I had never been more public-facing than in our first year together: from fashion weeks to beauty campaigns to the Met Gala. Those first few months illustrated our lifestyle differences and became a testing ground for how we would relate to the outside world.' Dorfman is yet to publicly comment on the split yet but she will be embarking on a tour for her new book Maybe This Will Save Me. The tour kicks off in New York City on May 28 with a performance and discussion with Real Housewives Of New York star Jenna Lyons. The tour will continue to Los Angeles on May 30 with Kaia Gerber, then San Francisco June 5 with Chloe Benjamin and Atlanta June 11 with ER Anderson.
Daily Mail
23-05-2025
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- Daily Mail
Tommy Dorfman files to divorce Elise Williams after two years of marriage... and months after hinting at their split
Just five months after strongly suggesting she split from Elise Williams, Tommy Dorfman has officially filed for divorce. The 33-year-old Dorfman - who came out as a transgender woman in July 2021 - met on Hinge that year and got engaged after just two months of dating. The couple secretly tied the knot in late 2023 in Malibu, with Dorfman not publicly revealing the nuptials until May 2024. Dorfman shared a 2024 recap post in late December, with 20 images from the year, the first of which was her in a bathtub, with the caption, 'Heartbreak feels good in a place like this,' taken from Nicole Kidman 's now-famous AMC Theatres ad, hinting that she and Williams had split. While Dorfman didn't speak publicly about the split since then, People reports that she filed for divorce May 16 in New York City. From A-list scandals and red carpet mishaps to exclusive pictures and viral moments, subscribe to the DailyMail's new Showbiz newsletter to stay in the loop. Dorfman was previously married to Peter Zurkuhlen from 2016 to 2021, though they still remain friends. The 13 Reasons Why star came out as non-binary in 2017, four years before coming out as transgender in 2021 in an interview with Time. 'For a year now, I have been privately identifying and living as a woman—a trans woman,' she said, while adding why she decided to keep her male birth name Tommy. 'I'm not changing my name. I'm named after my mom's brother who passed a month after I was born, and I feel very connected to that name, to an uncle who held me as he was dying. This is an evolution of Tommy. I'm becoming more Tommy,' she said. She met Williams in 2021, and while they got engaged just two months after meeting, Dorfman said in her May 2024 Vogue essay that they didn't move in together until months later. 'We got engaged two months into dating. To our credit, we waited a full 12 months before moving in together, so you can't say we U-Hauled (though one might argue taking in a Great Dane puppy at our six-month mark was a smidge irresponsible),' she said. 'That's the thing about falling in love though; your responsibility barometer isn't always where it should be. Love, for us, required that nauseating combination of naivete, delusion, and fate,' Dorfman added. She called Williams, 'a self-respecting and grounded human,' adding, 'she likes her life, and her privacy.' 'We got engaged two months into dating. To our credit, we waited a full 12 months before moving in together, so you can't say we U-Hauled (though one might argue taking in a Great Dane puppy at our six-month mark was a smidge irresponsible),' she said Dorfman said that for Williams, 'fame, or even fame by association, was never aspirational for her; she dedicated the first half of her 20s to educating, interior design projects, and writing.' 'On the other hand, I had never been more public-facing than in our first year together: from fashion weeks to beauty campaigns to the Met Gala. Those first few months illustrated our lifestyle differences and became a testing ground for how we would relate to the outside world,' Dorfman said. Dorfman hasn't publicly commented on the split yet, though she will be embarking on a tour for her new book Maybe This Will Save Me. The tour kicks off in New York City on May 28 with a signing and discussion with Real Housewives of New York star Jenna Lyons. The tour continues in Los Angeles on May 30 with Kaia Gerber, then San Francisco June 5 with Chloe Benjamin and Atlanta June 11 with E.R. Anderson.
Yahoo
22-05-2025
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Tommy Dorfman Files to Divorce Elise Williams After Nearly 2 Years of Marriage
Tommy Dorfman has filed for divorce from Elise Williams after nearly two years of marriage The former couple met on the Hinge dating app in 2021 and got engaged just two months into their relationship. Dorfman later revealed that the two secretly eloped in late 2023 The news of their split comes five months after Dorfman seemingly hinted at their breakup in a post shared to Instagram in late December 2024Tommy Dorfman and Elise Williams are going their separate ways. On Friday, May 16, Dorfman, 33, filed to divorce Williams in New York City after nearly two years of marriage, per online records viewed by PEOPLE. PEOPLE has reached out to Dorfman's reps for comment. The former couple first met on the Hinge dating app in 2021. In a 2024 essay for Vogue, the 13 Reasons Why alum revealed that the two got engaged after just two months of dating — a milestone she first publicly announced in August 2022, during an appearance on Rachel Bilson's Broad Ideas podcast. At the time, she kept Williams' identity a secret and simply revealed that she had fallen in love with "a gay girl" after being previously married to her ex-husband, Peter Zurkuhlen. Despite their speedy engagement, Dorfman wrote in her Vogue essay that the former couple "waited a full 12 months before moving in together" though they took in a Great Dane puppy after six months of knowing each other. "That's the thing about falling in love though; your responsibility barometer isn't always where it should be. Love, for us, required that nauseating combination of naiveté, delusion and fate," she wrote at the time. In May 2024, the Love, Victor actress revealed in a since-deleted Instagram post and in Vogue that the two secretly eloped at the end of 2023. "I married my best friend and didn't tell anyone except @hunterabrams who came and photographed us towards the end of last year," she wrote in the caption of her Instagram post. "we bought our own dresses @doverstreetmarketnewyork where i used to work before acting, and it was perfect. also thank you @liamnhess and @guiducci ♡" she wrote on Instagram. Dorfman later wrote in Vogue that she and Williams were "sitting perched above the shoreline in Malibu," joking about same-day marriages when the thought of eloping became serious. After a quick Google search, they discovered California offered same-day wedding services and confidential marriage records, leading to them tying the knot before heading to a concert later in the evening. "I fell in love with someone who doesn't fetishize me," Dorfman said at the time of the relationship with her fiancée and of the pressure of being a trans woman in the dating world. The news of their split comes less than five months after Dorfman seemingly hinted at their breakup in a post shared to Instagram. Alongside a carousel of images highlighting some of her "random memories" in 2024, the actress gave some "vague context" to the corresponding snaps in her caption. Never miss a story — sign up for to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories. "1: heartbreak feels good in a place like this (i wrote this entirely original line)," Dorfman wrote of a bare-faced selfie, referencing Nicole Kidman's iconic AMC commerical. In another slide, she shared a photo of her dog Fiona and wrote that her pet was "managing better than i" in their new home where they lived "just the two of us." Other photos included a mirror selfie in which Dorfman showed off her leg. In reference to the picture she wrote, " i sent this to a boy and got no response so that's good." Read the original article on People
