Zendaya Talks Steamy Scenes in Her New Movie 'Challengers,' Reveals How Sexy Things Get

Zendaya has teased a brand-new direction for her career after she finishes playing teenager Rue in the hit HBO series Euphoria.In a wide-ranging interview with ELLE, the Emmy-winning actress, who turns 27 in September, spoke about tackling more “grown-up” roles.“From a character perspective, I want to find things that will push me,” she said. “As I get older, you know, I can’t play a teenager for the rest of my life.”The actress is next set to appear in Luca Guadagnino’s tennis drama Challengers, in which she plays a former champion-turned-coach, who finds herself in the middle of a love triangle between two highly competitive players, portrayed by Josh O’Connor and Mike Faist.“I felt like it was a good step into a more, I guess you could say, ‘grown-up’ role and into that next phase,” Zendaya said of the film.

Angelina Jolie got a new tattoo during a New York City trip. Tattoo artist Mr. K took to social media to share the Eternals star’s new ink on the inside of her middle fingers.To protect his client’s privacy, the artist blurred out the design in the image but shared his excitement after working with the actress.

Brent Lang Executive Editor Rachel Allen has joined Bleecker Street as senior vice president of publicity. She begins her job at the indie studio this week after more than a decade in the public relations industry, including a five year stint at Cinetic Media, where she served as a director of publicity and led campaigns from festival launch to theatrical release and through awards season.

Zendaya was too busy listening to Beyoncé‘s ‘Break My Soul’ when the song first released that she supposedly didn’t engage with her co-stars for a day on the set of Challengers.During an interview with the upcoming film’s star Josh O’Connor, the British actor was surprised by Zendaya, who revealed that she would be conducting the chat for V Magazine.In the latter portion of their chat, the pair spoke about O’Connor’s love for ceramics and ceramicists, with Zendaya saying her co-star “nerds out” on the topic. In response, O’Connor explains that his excitement over ceramics is no different from Zendaya’s love of Beyoncé.O’Connor said to Zendaya: “There was a day when we were shooting and Beyonce’s new track was coming out–and I’m not saying that Beyonce is like your equivalent of my ceramics, but no one could talk to [Zendaya].

Those of us who fell for the fairy-tale romance of cinema worker Jessie and A-list actor Tom in BBC sitcom Starstruck are in for a shock.The new series is set two years on and the lovers are no longer together. Comedian and creator Rose Matafeo returns as Jessie, the New Zealander living in London whose one-night stand with big movie star Tom (Nikesh Patel) blossomed into an unlikely love story.The new season follows Jessie as she embraces her thirties, copes with having a famous ex and finds new love.

Michaela Zee Craig Schulz, the son of “Peanuts” creator Charles M. Schulz, is hopeful a new movie based on the comic strip will happen.

Olivia Newton-John made her presence felt out of the blue. Well, more like, blue form.While speaking to on the one-year anniversary of Newton-John's death, the star's daughter, Chloe Lattanzi, and widower, John Easterling, shared the eerie way the late actress has kept a «supernatural» promise she made years ago.«Two weeks after she passed my phone accidentally took a picture of my dog, and there floating by his head was a little blue orb, the same color as this,» said Lattanzi, 37, while pointing to an aquamarine pendant necklace gifted to her by her late mother before she died. «Mom and I had talked years back.

“How Did This Get Made” is going on the road.Hosts/comedians Paul Scheer, Jason Mantzoukas and June Diane Raphael are conducting a six-shows in six days U.S. tour where they’ll discuss a different flick live from Aug.

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Will Smith has revealed how Steven Spielberg convinced him to star in Men In Black, despite the actor having reservations about the project.Smith starred in 1997 sci-fi action comedy opposite Tommy Lee Jones. The pair portrayed Agent K and Agent J, respectively, who were tasked with investigating a series of alien-related incidents on Earth.The film — which spawned two sequels and a spin-off with Chris Hemsworth and Tessa Thompson — was a critical and commercial success, but Smith needed convincing before taking on the role.During a recent appearance on Kevin Hart’s Peacock TV show Hart To Heart, the actor said he was hesitant to star in the film right after Independence Day — another sci-fi film about aliens.“I kind of understood Men in Black a little bit but I didn’t want to make Men in Black,” Smith said.

Fans of Luca Guadagninio pricked up their ears when the director announced last year that his next film would be a movie about tennis. Guada and tennis? That doesn’t sound like it’d work on paper.

Nick Vivarelli International Correspondent Rome’s Cinecittà Studios are in the midst of a radical overhaul that started in June 2021, when the government-owned facilities, headed by Nicola Maccanico — who is a former Warner Bros. and Sky Italia senior exec — secured a multi-million dollar loan provided by the European Union’s post-pandemic recovery fund to upgrade and expand the studios. Productions that recently set up camp on its iconic backlot, lured in part by Italy’s generous 40% cash-back tax credit, include Roland Emmerich’s gladiator series “Those About to Die,” which is currently shooting, and Luca Guadagnino’s recently wrapped William Burroughs adaptation “Queer” starring Daniel Craig.

Gabby Windey is falling for a new partner… and she’s a girl!

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media Reporter Not this again. After the two years of havoc that COVID inflicted on their business, movie theater owners thought they were past the days of blank marquees. Studios, miraculously, have been releasing films at a regular rate.

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Nick Vivarelli International Correspondent An underhanded move by members of Italy’s right-wing government to try and take over the management of Rome’s Centro Sperimentale Film School is prompting an uproar by its students and a strong show of support from the country’s top directors. Earlier this week, students of the Centro Sperimentale — which is the oldest film school in the world, and among the finest — staged a demonstration in front of the country’s parliament just as a piece of legislation that would change the school’s management was swiftly being approved by a parliamentary committee.

As many predicted, Greta Gerwig‘s “Barbie” cleaned up at the box office this past weekend, with the film sitting just under $500 million worldwide. Will it break the $1 billion dollar barrier like star Margot Robbie predicted in her studio pitch? It certainly looks like it, and in such a tumultuous time for Hollywood, many people are happy about that.

experience as one thing that inspired him to get sober. While speaking to Rachel Bilson on her podcast, the comedian explained how starring alongside Sarah Jessica Parker in the Max series helped him realize that he needed to get sober.«When I was using — this is the most horrifying thing — I was in Hawaii and I was blackout drunk and my agent calls and says, 'They need you in New York,'» Lee, who plays Jackie Nee on the show, said.The change to the filming schedule meant that Lee had to get on a plane and head to New York right away.«So I get on a plane, go to New York.

The Venice Film Festival on Tuesday released a star-studded and A-list heavy lineup of films that will debut at the 2023 Biennale, including the films vying for this year’s Golden Lion. This was done despite the ongoing SAG-AFTRA actors and WGA writers strike.

Nick Vivarelli International Correspondent Venice Film Festival artistic director Alberto Barbera is in a good mood after Tuesday’s lineup announcement managed to stave off the impact of the SAG-AFTRA strike, something which could have been “devastating” to the event, he says. In the end, the only U.S. film that skipped the Lido is Luca Guadagnino’s Zendaya-starrer “Challengers,” which Barbera says was against Guadagnino’s wishes.