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How Production Designer Maria Caso Recreated 1930s Los Angeles in ‘Penny Dreadful: City of Angels’

In the final installment of <em>Variety</em> Artisans presented by HBO, production designer Maria Caso discussed how she recreated 1938 Los Angeles in “Penny Dreadful: City of Angels” as well as her favorite…

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‘How to Build a Girl’ Star Beanie Feldstein on Perfecting Her English Accent

Perfection is rarely achieved in movies, but this heaven-sent concert doc hits the sweet spot. Over two days in January 1972, the Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin — she was 29 at the time — sweeps into the New Temple Missionary Baptist Church in Watts in front of a congregation and testifies to God in song. The blessed thing took nearly half a century to come out because director Sydney Pollack failed to sync the image with the sound. Then digital angels stepped in, and glory, glory, hallelujah!

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Chloe Bennet, Tenzing Norgay Trainor and Albert TsaiVariety Studio at Toronto International Film Festival, Presented by AT&T, Day 3, Canada - 08 Sep 2019

Toronto Film Festival

Chloe Bennet on How ‘Abominable’ Rejects Traditional Gender Roles

Perfection is rarely achieved in movies, but this heaven-sent concert doc hits the sweet spot. Over two days in January 1972, the Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin — she was 29 at the time — sweeps into the New Temple Missionary Baptist Church in Watts in front of a congregation and testifies to God in song. The blessed thing took nearly half a century to come out because director Sydney Pollack failed to sync the image with the sound. Then digital angels stepped in, and glory, glory, hallelujah!

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Toronto Film Festival

Meryl Streep on How ‘The Laundromat’ Shines Light On Corrupt Real-World Political Systems

Perfection is rarely achieved in movies, but this heaven-sent concert doc hits the sweet spot. Over two days in January 1972, the Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin — she was 29 at the time — sweeps into the New Temple Missionary Baptist Church in Watts in front of a congregation and testifies to God in song. The blessed thing took nearly half a century to come out because director Sydney Pollack failed to sync the image with the sound. Then digital angels stepped in, and glory, glory, hallelujah!

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Renée Zellweger on playing Judy Garland

Toronto Film Festival

Renée Zellweger On How She Transformed Into Judy Garland

Perfection is rarely achieved in movies, but this heaven-sent concert doc hits the sweet spot. Over two days in January 1972, the Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin — she was 29 at the time — sweeps into the New Temple Missionary Baptist Church in Watts in front of a congregation and testifies to God in song. The blessed thing took nearly half a century to come out because director Sydney Pollack failed to sync the image with the sound. Then digital angels stepped in, and glory, glory, hallelujah!

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Malgorzata Szumowska, Raffey Cassidy and Michiel HuismanVariety Studio at Toronto International Film Festival, Presented by AT&T, Day 1, Canada - 06 Sep 2019

Toronto Film Festival

‘The Other Lamb’s’ Cult Look Was Inspired by An Ohio College

Perfection is rarely achieved in movies, but this heaven-sent concert doc hits the sweet spot. Over two days in January 1972, the Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin — she was 29 at the time — sweeps into the New Temple Missionary Baptist Church in Watts in front of a congregation and testifies to God in song. The blessed thing took nearly half a century to come out because director Sydney Pollack failed to sync the image with the sound. Then digital angels stepped in, and glory, glory, hallelujah!

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Toronto Film Festival

Charlie Hunnam Cold-Called His Way Into ‘True History of the Kelly Gang’

Perfection is rarely achieved in movies, but this heaven-sent concert doc hits the sweet spot. Over two days in January 1972, the Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin — she was 29 at the time — sweeps into the New Temple Missionary Baptist Church in Watts in front of a congregation and testifies to God in song. The blessed thing took nearly half a century to come out because director Sydney Pollack failed to sync the image with the sound. Then digital angels stepped in, and glory, glory, hallelujah!

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Noemie Merlant and Adele HaenelVariety Studio at Toronto International Film Festival, Presented by AT&T, Day 1, Canada - 06 Sep 2019

Toronto Film Festival

How Adèle Haenel and Noémie Merlant ‘Found Their Dance’ in ‘Portrait of a Lady on Fire’

Perfection is rarely achieved in movies, but this heaven-sent concert doc hits the sweet spot. Over two days in January 1972, the Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin — she was 29 at the time — sweeps into the New Temple Missionary Baptist Church in Watts in front of a congregation and testifies to God in song. The blessed thing took nearly half a century to come out because director Sydney Pollack failed to sync the image with the sound. Then digital angels stepped in, and glory, glory, hallelujah!

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Anthony McCarten, Fernando Meirelles, Jonathan Pryce and Juan MinujinVariety Studio at Toronto International Film Festival, Presented by AT&T, Day 4, Canada - 09 Sep 2019

Toronto Film Festival

The Story Behind ‘The Two Popes’ And Researching The Catholic Church

Perfection is rarely achieved in movies, but this heaven-sent concert doc hits the sweet spot. Over two days in January 1972, the Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin — she was 29 at the time — sweeps into the New Temple Missionary Baptist Church in Watts in front of a congregation and testifies to God in song. The blessed thing took nearly half a century to come out because director Sydney Pollack failed to sync the image with the sound. Then digital angels stepped in, and glory, glory, hallelujah!

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Toronto Film Festival

Dev Patel Related to David Copperfield’s ‘Awkwardness’

Perfection is rarely achieved in movies, but this heaven-sent concert doc hits the sweet spot. Over two days in January 1972, the Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin — she was 29 at the time — sweeps into the New Temple Missionary Baptist Church in Watts in front of a congregation and testifies to God in song. The blessed thing took nearly half a century to come out because director Sydney Pollack failed to sync the image with the sound. Then digital angels stepped in, and glory, glory, hallelujah!

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Jamie DornanVariety Studio at Toronto International Film Festival, Presented by AT&T, Day 3, Canada - 08 Sep 2019

Toronto Film Festival

Jamie Dornan Talks Filming Intimacy Scenes On ‘Endings, Beginnings’: ‘It’s Very Freeing’

Perfection is rarely achieved in movies, but this heaven-sent concert doc hits the sweet spot. Over two days in January 1972, the Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin — she was 29 at the time — sweeps into the New Temple Missionary Baptist Church in Watts in front of a congregation and testifies to God in song. The blessed thing took nearly half a century to come out because director Sydney Pollack failed to sync the image with the sound. Then digital angels stepped in, and glory, glory, hallelujah!

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Casey Wilson, Michael McKean, Adam Pally and June Diane RaphaelVariety Studio at Toronto International Film Festival, Presented by AT&T, Day 3, Canada - 08 Sep 2019

Toronto Film Festival

Casey Wilson Makes Her Directorial Debut with ‘Daddio’

Perfection is rarely achieved in movies, but this heaven-sent concert doc hits the sweet spot. Over two days in January 1972, the Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin — she was 29 at the time — sweeps into the New Temple Missionary Baptist Church in Watts in front of a congregation and testifies to God in song. The blessed thing took nearly half a century to come out because director Sydney Pollack failed to sync the image with the sound. Then digital angels stepped in, and glory, glory, hallelujah!

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Jason Lei Howden, Samara Weaving and Daniel RadcliffeVariety Studio at Toronto International Film Festival, Presented by AT&T, Day 4, Canada - 09 Sep 2019

Toronto Film Festival

Daniel Radcliffe On The Challenges Of Acting With Guns Nailed To Your Hands

Perfection is rarely achieved in movies, but this heaven-sent concert doc hits the sweet spot. Over two days in January 1972, the Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin — she was 29 at the time — sweeps into the New Temple Missionary Baptist Church in Watts in front of a congregation and testifies to God in song. The blessed thing took nearly half a century to come out because director Sydney Pollack failed to sync the image with the sound. Then digital angels stepped in, and glory, glory, hallelujah!

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Tom HanksVariety Studio at Toronto International Film Festival, Presented by AT&T, Day 3, Canada - 08 Sep 2019

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Tom Hanks: What Mr. Rogers Would Tell Children in 2019

Perfection is rarely achieved in movies, but this heaven-sent concert doc hits the sweet spot. Over two days in January 1972, the Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin — she was 29 at the time — sweeps into the New Temple Missionary Baptist Church in Watts in front of a congregation and testifies to God in song. The blessed thing took nearly half a century to come out because director Sydney Pollack failed to sync the image with the sound. Then digital angels stepped in, and glory, glory, hallelujah!

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Unjoo Moon, Tilda Cobham-Hervey and Evan PetersVariety Studio at Toronto International Film Festival, Presented by AT&T, Day 1, Canada - 06 Sep 2019

Toronto Film Festival

What The Real Helen Reddy Thought of Her Bio-Pic ‘I Am Woman’

Perfection is rarely achieved in movies, but this heaven-sent concert doc hits the sweet spot. Over two days in January 1972, the Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin — she was 29 at the time — sweeps into the New Temple Missionary Baptist Church in Watts in front of a congregation and testifies to God in song. The blessed thing took nearly half a century to come out because director Sydney Pollack failed to sync the image with the sound. Then digital angels stepped in, and glory, glory, hallelujah!

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Noah Baumbach and Adam DriverVariety Studio at Toronto International Film Festival

Toronto Film Festival

‘Marriage Story’: Noah Baumbach and Adam Driver on the Most Difficult Scenes to Shoot

Perfection is rarely achieved in movies, but this heaven-sent concert doc hits the sweet spot. Over two days in January 1972, the Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin — she was 29 at the time — sweeps into the New Temple Missionary Baptist Church in Watts in front of a congregation and testifies to God in song. The blessed thing took nearly half a century to come out because director Sydney Pollack failed to sync the image with the sound. Then digital angels stepped in, and glory, glory, hallelujah!

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