Anne Hathaway supports Margot Robbie’s ‘Barbie’ movie being made instead of hers

Ethan Shanfeld In Hollywood, 2023 was a year defined by the “Barbenheimer” box office craze and the dual strikes that shut down the industry for months. Taylor Swift and Beyoncé dominated live music, and translated their blockbuster world tours into moviegoing events that bolstered the fall box office. Artificial intelligence became Hollywood’s next hot button issue, and the outbreak of violence in the Middle East divided the industry.

Eileen, a film we caught earlier this year at Sundance. Thomasin McKenzie and Anne Hathaway lead the cast of the film which is directed by William Oldroyd.Eileen is based on the book of the same name Ottessa Moshfegh and follows a peculiar young woman whose dreary life stretches on toward unending misery.

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Marisa Tomei has a new project lined up. The actress is set to star in “You’re Dating a Narcissist!” an upcoming romantic comedy co-starring Sherry Cola and Ciara Bravo.

The Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts is out with the nominations for its 13th annual AACTA International Awards, and some familiar awards-season faces lead the pack.

The nominees for the 2024 Golden Globes have been announced! The list of TV shows, miniseries, and films that are competing for one of the most prestigious honors in Hollywood is flush with not only LGBTQ actors, producers, and songwriters, but plenty of programs and movies that appeal to the community.It’s going to be a very gay Golden Globes, and we can’t wait to see who wins!The following list isn’t a complete rundown of every nominee this year who identifies as part of the LGBTQ community, just some of the most prominent and beloved. Colman Domingo — RustinColman Domingo isn’t just a first-time Golden Globe nominee – he may soon become an Oscar nominee for the first time as well.

didn’t party. Oscar winner Anne Hathaway revealed that she felt “lucky” that her “Barbie” film never got unboxed. “What’s so exciting about what Greta [Gerwig] and Margot [Robbie] and that phenomenal team [did] is they hit a bullseye,” Hathaway explained during an appearance on the “Happy Sad Confused” podcast Monday.“The bullseye caused the entire world to reach this level of ecstasy,” the “Devil Wears Prada” actress continued.

Way back in 2017, Hathaway was considering playing Barbie for Sony Pictures, with Alethea Jones circling to direct. The Oscar-winner says now, in hindsight, it’s a “lucky thing” that never happened.

Zack Sharf Digital News Director Anne Hathaway appeared on the latest “Happy Sad Confused” podcast and called it “lucky” that her iteration of the “Barbie” movie never got off the ground considering the phenomenon that Margot Robbie and Greta Gerwig’s “Barbie” became over the summer. Back in July 2017, Hathaway was announced as the star of Sony’s “Barbie” movie. Comedian Amy Schumer was originally cast, but Hathaway took over the role after Schumer departed.

Anne Hathaway is opening up about the Barbie movie that she was going to make with Amy Schumer and why she feels “lucky” that Margot Robbie got to make her version instead.

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Les Misérables and endlessly quotable turn in The Devil Wears Prada, but—from a fashion perspective, at least—she’s now firmly in her .While on the press circuit for William Oldroyd’s adaptation of Ottessa Moshfegh’s Eileen, the (and her super-stylist, ) have leaned into an aesthetic reminiscent of the The Lion, The Witch & The Wardrobe’s White Witch (in the best possible way).Exhibit A: the she wore on her way into the Kelly & Mark studio back in November, its white eco-leather embellished with Swarovski crystals. Upping the outfit’s frosty feel: Bulgari jewellery and silver Jimmy Choo sandals (the cold never bothered her anyway).Incorporating Swarovski crystals and Bulgari jewellery into a single look for a visit to Kelly & Mark……and putting another spin on winter whites later than same day.And for an appearance later that same day? Anne shrugged Anna Quan’s Athena blazer over the Australian label’s Paris dress and slipped on a pair of pristine Christian Louboutin heels.

As 2023 draws to a close, the Barbenheimer phenomenon still resounds as the year’s most important film event. Two highly anticipated blockbusters, poised in a head-to-head battle in the thick of summer movie season, from two of Hollywood’s premier directors; no wonder the double feature became so highly meme-able.

Anne Hathaway and Emily Blunt are giving us all the nostalgia!

Margot Robbie revealed Tuesday that one of the producers for the film “Oppenheimer” once tried to convince her to push the release date of ‘Barbie” back. “One of your producers, Chuck Roven, called me, because we worked together on some other projects. And he was like, ‘I think you guys should move your date,’ ” Robbie, 33, told Cillian Murphy during their chat on Variety’s Actors on Actors.

Emily Blunt asks Anne Hathaway. “This is so embarrassing,” Hathaway replies, “because I remember every second of the first time I met you. I’m so much more into you than you are into me.

Anne Hathaway is opening up about her unbreakable bond with her husband Adam Shulman. The 41-year-old Hollywood star gave a sweet explanation of her matching tattoo with the producer, revealing to Drew Barrymore that there is a meaning behind it.ANNE HATHAWAY LOOKS STUNNING IN GOLD SEQUIN ENSEMBLE AND DIAMOND EARRINGSANNE HATHAWAY IS BECOMING A POP STAR IN UPCOMING FILM ‘MOTHER MARY’ANNE HATHAWAY’S BEAUTY SECRETS FOR A YOUTHFUL-LOOKING SKINDuring her recent appearance on The Drew Barrymore Show, the actress was asked about the tattoo of the letter ‘M’ she has on her left wrist, with Anne explaining that she shares the ink with her husband.“We have this thing, it’s actually a tattoo, and the idea is that individually we’re whole but together we’re more,” she said during the interview.

In addition to starring as the lead Barbie in the massive blockbuster “Barbie,” Margot Robbie is also a producer on the film. This meant, way before Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach were attached, Robbie was out there trying to find a home for this film, as well as trying to find the right storytellers to bring it to life.

Anne Hathaway handled a near wardrobe malfunction like a pro!