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Gregg Goldstein Oscar- and Emmy-winning actress Patricia Arquette was cast in her latest, most challenging role by an unlikely group: her colleagues. “For many years, the crews I worked with were always saying, ‘You should direct,’” Arquette says of helming her first feature, the Toronto world premiere “Gonzo Girl.” “Or actors in a scene would say, ‘Was that good? Should I ask for another take? Do you think there’s anything I should try?’ You get to a point where you’ve learned a lot about the nuts and bolts of how filmmaking works, and a lot of directors just aren’t as familiar with the process of acting as an actor is.” The star, who’ll be feted with TIFF’s Share Her Journey Groundbreaker Award on Sept.
10, is far from alone. It’s hard to remember a season when so many notable actors have stepped behind the camera for the first time.
In Toronto, five world premiere sales titles boast actor-turned-director debuts: Arquette’s coming-of-age tale “Gonzo Girl,” based on the semi-autobiographical novel from writer Hunter S. Thompson’s young assistant; Chris Pine’s comedy “Poolman,” starring Pine as a pool cleaner who uncovers a “Chinatown”-style conspiracy; Kristin Scott Thomas’ drama “North Star,” featuring Thomas as the mother of three sisters (Scarlett Johansson, Sienna Miller and Emily Beecham) with romance issues; Anna Kendrick’s serial killer study “Woman of the Hour,” with Kendrick as an actor who meets the film’s deadly protagonist on “The Dating Game”; and Finn Wolfhard and Billy Bryk’s slasher movie spoof “Hell of a Summer.” Not to be outdone, the Venice Film Festival has first features from six actors: Jack Huston’s boxing drama “Day of the Fight,” Micaela Ramazzotti’s Italian drama “Felicità,” Anaïs Tellenne’s
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Muse performed tracks from their seminal 2003 album ‘Absolution’ for the first time since 2016 at their arena show in Dublin yesterday (September 27).The trio kicked off their autumn run of UK and Ireland shows at the 3Arena on Wednesday, where they performed three ‘Absolution’ tracks.As per Setlist.FM, Muse played ‘Butterflies & Hurricanes’ for the first time since 2017, along with opening track ‘Intro’ leading into ‘Apocalypse Please’ for the first time since 2016.Introducing the 20-year-old ‘Butterflies & Hurricanes’, frontman Matt Bellamy said that the band hadn’t played the track for a long time, before asking the crowd to “bear with us” as “we might fuck this one up”.You can watch footage of both performances below.After the show, Muse posted to Instagram to thank fans for an “amazing start to this run of shows”.Check out the full setlist from the first night of Muse’s autumn arena tour below.‘Will of the People’‘Interlude’‘Hysteria’‘Psycho’‘Butterflies & Hurricanes’‘Won’t Stand Down’‘Compliance’‘Thought Contagion’‘Intro’‘Apocalypse Please’‘Time Is Running Out’‘The 2nd Law: Isolated System’‘Resistance’‘You Make Me Feel Like It’s Halloween’‘Madness’‘We Are Fucking Fucked’‘The Dark Side’‘Supermassive Black Hole’‘Plug In Baby’‘Behold, the Glove’‘Uprising’‘Prelude’‘Starlight’‘Kill or Be Killed’‘Knights of Cydonia’The Devon trio released new album ‘Will Of The People’ last year and finished up a summer tour of the UK and Europe with Royal Blood back in June.Muse are due to play Manchester’s AO Arena Friday night (September 29), before they play two shows at London’s O2 Arena in early October. Support across all shows comes from Nova Twins.
Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame ceremony will be streamed live for the first time in November, as Disney+ has picked up rights to let viewers see the event as it happens, a marked change from the years in which music fans had to wait weeks to see an edited broadcast. The Disney+ livestream will go out coast-to-coast from Brooklyn’s Barclays Center on Nov. 3 at 8 p.m..
a cryptic photo on her Instagram Story Tuesday, which showed someone with long black fingernails clutching a US passport.The Post has contacted a rep for a person who is believed to be Tay’s manager.Another post made to Tay’s Story on Tuesday claimed that her father, Christopher J. Hope, is the person behind her false death announcement.“My abusive racist misogynistic woman beating father faked my death,” white text placed against a black background along with a professional headshot of Hope, who’s an attorney, read.
An NHS boss has spoken out publicly for the first time since Lucy Letby was found guilty of murder. The 33-year-old was convicted of the murder of seven babies and the attempted murder of six others at the neonatal unit at the Countess of Chester Hospital.
This is Day 76 of the SAG-AFTRA strike.
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Deborra-Lee Furness accidentally spoke out for the first time since her split from Hugh Jackman on Tuesday.
Usher is opening up about the huge announcement.
Natalia Bryant stunned while making her runway debut during Milan Fashion Week.
Camila Morrone’s career is booming. The American-Argentinean actress recently starred in “Gonzo Girl,” a film that premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival, and places Morrone in the midst of some of the best and most seasoned actors in the industry.
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The stars stepped out for the 2023 TIFF Tribute Gala & Awards during the Toronto Film Festival over the weekend!
Matt Donnelly Senior Film Writer Anna Wintour was running over an hour late. It was an anomaly for the regimented and exalted editor of Vogue, who typically works through lunch but dined that day with her old friend Bruce Bozzi. Tucked away at the Italian spot Via Carota in New York’s West Village, she was unusually candid about showing up for personal relationships while creatively navigating Condé Nast. They weren’t alone.
Thania Garcia Zach Bryan has the No. 1 album in the United States for the second week in a row, while Jimmy Buffett’s 1985 album launched to No. 4 following the performer’s death on Sept.
BTS vocalist V has performed his new single ‘Love Me Again’ live for the first time.Last week, the K-pop singer accompanied the release of his debut solo album ‘Layover’ with a special episode on Naver’s NPOP show. Naver has since uploaded V’s performances of his songs ‘Rainy Days’, ‘Love Me Again’ and ‘Slow Dancing’ on YouTube.The performance opens with V singing his pre-release single ‘Rainy Days’ from a music studio set, before transitioning to an art studio-inspired stage filled with drawings and paintings as he performs ‘Love Me Again’, flanked by four backup singers.Finally, V performs ‘Slow Dancing’ from a foggy stage, with dancers joining in for the song’s instrumental break.
Rebecca Rubin Film and Media Reporter Patricia Arquette, Lulu Wang, Finn Wolfhard, Barry Jenkins, Camila Morrone, Willem Dafoe and Colman Domingo mixed and mingled at Variety and Chanel’s annual female filmmaker dinner during the Toronto Film Festival. At the glamorous event, held on Saturday night at Soho House and hosted by Variety co-editor-in-chief Ramin Setoodeh, VIP attendees nibbled on tuna tartare, striploin steak and heirloom tomato salad as they toasted the recipients of Chanel’s Women Writers’ Network. The year-round program is designed to advance the careers of women and non-binary alumni of the TIFF Writers’ Studio.
SAG-AFTRA’s presence at TIFF continued into Saturday with a special picket outside Amazon offices here in Toronto with Canada’s commercial actors union ACTRA, who’ve been in a 501 day contract lockout with the country’s advertising agency’s org.
Willem Dafoe had nothing but praise for Patricia Arquette when speaking about her directorial debut, “Gonzo Girl”.
Brent Lang Executive Editor When Patricia Arquette decided to make her feature film directing debut with “Gonzo Girl,” she made a promise to her cast. “I told them that I would always edit everything for the acting — even if the camera work wasn’t the best in that take or some thing didn’t match from a continuity perspective,” she says a week before the movie’s big premiere at the Toronto Film Festival. “I don’t think someone has ever edited my performance directly for the acting, so I wanted to do this greedy, delicious thing for my ensemble.