“Eighth Grade” writer/director Bo Burnham and star Elsie Fisher discussed portraying the ambivalence of the internet in their new film.
“This is a good portrayal of what the internet is. It’s not always smiles or obsessing on emojis. It’s its own thing. It’s not bad or good; it’s both,” Fisher said at the Variety Studio presented by AT&T at the Sundance Film Festival.
Plus find out where Burnham and Fisher came up with their main character’s catch phrase, ‘Gucci!’
Alfonso Cuarson, in addition to serving as writer, director, and producer, was also the DP on best picture nominee “Roma.” For Variety‘s Artisans series, he explained why he knew the movie couldn’t be “a nostalgic, old-school black and white.”
“I obviously misspoke in that situation,” Rebel Wilson said at the premiere of “Isn’t It Romantic,” acknowledging her recent Twitter gaffe in which she claimed to be the first plus-size woman to star in a romantic comedy. “I was so sincerely sorry for doing so because my intention was never to offend anyone. It was [...]
“Lorena,” a four-part documentary series from Amazon Studios, wants the world to see Lorena Bobbitt in a different light. In 1993, the 24-year-old woman became a tabloid fixture and late-night punchline for cutting off her husband’s penis with a knife. Although she alleged that she was raped and abused by her partner John Wayne Bobbitt, [...]
“As I look out at this room of hundreds of women, I can’t help but feel inspired and totally safe knowing that this is Mike Pence’s personal hell.”
One of Motown’s biggest legends, Smokey Robinson, hit back at criticism over not Jennifer Lopez’s Motown tribute at Sunday’s Grammy Awards.
Viola Davis’ full Power of Women speech praised the work of #MeToo founder Tarana Burke.
