Michael Cera’s ‘Barbie’ fight scene was hampered by COVID

As they say in Hollywood quite often, “Who knew?”

Even months after the fact, these days, the standard question every filmmaker seems to get is something about “Barbie” or #Barbieheimer, or maybe it’s just Piers Morgan. Filmmaker Werner Herzog was on Piers Morgan Uncensored recently, for some reason, to discuss his life and career, but also because it’s Morgan, “woke culture” in Hollywood, Putin, Israel, Hamas, and because it’s hard-hitting journalism, hypnotizing chickens.

the 2024 SAG Awards at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles on Saturday night.Pity the doll. “Barbie” lost everything: actress (Robbie), supporting actor (Ryan Gosling) and ensemble — SAG’s best picture equivalent, which many predicted it would eek out.Nope. Its Malibu dreams have been crushed.“Oppenheimer” emerged victorious — again — and will almost definitely win best picture in two weeks.“Poor Things”? Poor movie.

The cast of Barbie has arrived at the 2024 SAG Awards at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles!

Barbie.During a recent appearance on Piers Morgan Uncensored, the German filmmaker was asked by host Morgan whether he was “in the Barbie camp or the Oppenheimer camp” as the 2024 Oscars approach.“I have not seen Oppenheimer yet, but I will do it. Barbie, I managed to see the first half-hour,” Herzog responded.“I was curious and I wanted to watch it because I was curious.

John Cena knows how to wrestle. And he put that skill to good use when he decided to take a role in Barbie despite his agency saying the role of a mermaid was “beneath” him.

“Barbie” fans already know the story: John Cena bumped into Margot Robbie while out to dinner in London while she was shooting Greta Gerwig‘s film, and she offered him a role in the movie. And Cena agreed, leading to the creation of the one and only Kenmaid.

Zack Sharf Digital News Director John Cena revealed on “The Howard Stern Show” that an agency advised him not to appear in Greta Gerwig’s “Barbie” in a cameo as a mermaid Barbie. The WWE icon and action star was told appearing in “Barbie” might impact future leading roles. Cena refused to listen.

Zack Sharf Digital News Director Greta Gerwig finally commented on the “Barbie” Oscar snubs heard around the world, telling Time magazine that it’s wonderful she’s still nominated for an Academy Award despite missing out on a best director nomination. Gerwig is nominated for adapted screenplay thanks to “Barbie.” Controversy has surrounded the 2024 Oscar noms ever since Gerwig was snubbed for best director and Margot Robbie was snubbed for best actress. Robbie is also still Oscar nominated this year for best picture as one of the “Barbie” producers.

The race for the Costume Design Academy Award is still up in the air, but no matter what happens, Holly Waddington and Jacqueline Duran will always have their 2024 Costume Designer Awards wins. The pair took Excellence in Period Film for “Poor Things” and Excellence in Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film for “Barbie,” respectively.

Oscars snub for Best Director.“Of course I wanted it for Margot [Robbie],” Gerwig, 40, told Time for its Women of the Year profile. “But I’m just happy we all get to be there together.”Gerwig became the first female director to have their movie hit $1 billion at the global box office in August. “Barbie” is up for eight Oscars, including Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Picture.

Can you even hear a guild awards ceremony if it occurs after the Academy Awards? Thanks to the WGA strike, we’re about to find out. The nominees were announced this morning for the 2024 WGA Awards which will take place on April 14.

Michael J. Fox left no dry eyes in the room at the 2024 BAFTAs.

The list of actors who almost appeared in Greta Gerwig’s “Barbie” is becoming almost as long as the star-studded cast of the Best Picture nominated film. So far, we know actors like Saoirse Ronan and Timothée Chalamet were either cut from the film or weren’t able to shoot their scenes, Ben Affleck was recently touted for an action scene that never happened.

battling Parkinson’s disease for decades, presented the award for best film to “Oppenheimer” at the star-studded ceremony held at London’s Royal Festival Hall.Fox, 62, used a wheelchair to get up on the stage before standing at the podium.“There’s a reason why they say movies are magic, because movies can change your day. They can change your outlook, and sometimes even your life,” the “Back to the Future” star said.Fox’s appearance tugged at heartstrings as a slew of celebrities, including Cate Blanchett, Ryan Gosling, and Margot Robbie, were seen rising out of their seats to cheer and clap for him.The “Stuart Little” alum attended the BAFTAs with his wife of 35 years, Tracy Pollan.It’s not the first standing ovation Fox has received in recent months.In January, the five-time Emmy winner received a standing ovation at the National Board of Review gala in New York as he accepted an award for the documentary film, “Still.”Fox, who publicly revealed his Parkinson’s diagnosis in 1998, has been open about his ongoing battle with the degenerative central nervous system disorder.“One day I’ll run out of gas.

K.J. Yossman Emma Stone thanked her mother for giving her life and her “Poor Things” screenwriter Tony McNamara for the line “I must go punch that baby” when she accepted her leading actress BAFTA award on Sunday evening. “Tony, thank you for the line ‘I must go punch that baby.’ It was life-changing for me,” Stone said on stage, while also thanking director Yorgos Lanthimos, her fellow cast and crew and her dialect coach Neil Swain.

Jenelle Riley Deputy Awards and Features Editor One of the most reliably charming presences on the circuit all season has been Robert Downey Jr. as he speaks about “Oppenheimer,” particularly Christopher Nolan.

Christopher Nolan has revealed the reason why his longtime collaborator Michael Caine didn’t appear in Oppenheimer.The Oscar-nominated film took the box office by storm last year, and saw Cillian Murphy take on the role of the titular theoretical physicist who helped develop the first nuclear bomb.The project marked Murphy’s sixth time working with the renowned director, and first time taking on the lead role following supporting slots in Batman Begins and Dunkirk.However, Oppenheimer did not feature an appearance from another one of the director’s longtime collaborators: Michael Caine.The London actor has featured in eight of his films including The Dark Knight, Inception, Dunkirk, The Prestige and Interstellar, and speaking at the British Film Institute chairman’s dinner, Nolan shed light on why he didn’t take on a role in the 2023 blockbuster.Accepting the BFI Fellowship, Nolan explained that he was willing to have Caine in the movie, but the actor jokingly turned it down, saying: “OK, enough is enough” (via Variety).Discussing his reaction to Caine sitting Oppenheimer out, Nolan said: “I had to go off on my own. OK, I haven’t got Michael Caine, I’d better get Matt Damon, Robert Downey Jr, Kenneth Branagh, Emily Blunt, Florence Pugh, Josh Hartnett, Cillian Murphy, Tom Conti, and hoped that all those greats would add up to one Michael Caine.”He later added: “So many people have helped me, so many people have been there for me, in so many different ways.

With the Oscars fast approaching, the cast of “Barbie” is on one final press tour to drum up hype for its eight nominations. And oh boy, the secrets that have tumbled out of their mouths on this latest go-around.

Jenelle Riley Deputy Awards and Features Editor Though Helen Mirren’s voice is unmistakable in “Barbie,” she also shot a scene as herself for the blockbuster. “It was a very funny scene with Olivia Colman sort of playing drunk and us clashing about who is the real grande dame of British actresses,” Mirren reveals with a laugh.