“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!’
Maggie Gyllenhaal has done enough sex scenes in her career to know when to say no, but for actresses who are just starting out, she says an intimacy expert might be the best solution. “I have done so many sex scenes in my life; I have learned how to protect myself. I’m good with it. [...]
“I had been told — Rob Marshall, who just directed [Emily Blunt] in ‘Mary Poppins,’ said, ‘When you work with her, you’ll see,'” John Krasinski said during his interview for Variety‘s “Actors on Actors,” of directing his wife in “A Quiet Place.” “And I said, I know, I’m her biggest fan…and he said, ‘Nope, not until [...]
“I’ve loved her from afar,” Sam Elliott told Glenn Close during Variety‘s Actors on Actors about working with Lady Gaga in “A Star Is Born.” “She was just kind of this regular girl on some level, this Stefanie,” he said, noting that he always called her by her first name, not her stage name. “She was stunning [...]
“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.”
Padma Lakshmi reclaims the many names of the uterus for women empowerment at the Power of Women event.
Power of Women honoree Alicia Keys addressed Grammy president Neil Portnow’s controversial “step up” comment and deemed women “agents of change” for their impact on current global movements during Variety‘s Power of Women luncheon Friday.
