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The Beverly Hills Cop franchise actor and SNL alum will be bestowed with the Cecile B. DeMille award at the Golden Globes in January.

EXCLUSIVE: John Cusack has signed with APA for representation after less than half a year with Gersh. 

Hollywood career, having even been named in the Forbes 100 most influential people list last year.The A-lister has admitted in a recent interview that she was "groomed" into becoming a "bombshell-type" actress, leaving her feeling like she had no escape from such a fate.Scarlett spoke on the Table for Two podcasts on Tuesday, where she touched on her early acting career.The actress used the opportunity to claim that she felt that she was "groomed" as a teenager to become a Hollywood "bombshell".The Black Widow star was only 19 when she was cast as the sophisticated Nola Rice in Woody Allen's psychological thriller Match Point.Having starred in this and movies like Girl With the Pearl Earring and Lost in Translation, Scarlett said she continuously saw herself playing the object of male desire during a time she was trying to cultivate star power in the industry.She explained: "I did ‘Lost in Translation’ and ‘Girl With the Pearl Earring,’ and by that point, I was 18, 19 and I was coming into my own womanhood and learning my own desirability and sexuality."I was kind of being groomed, in a way, to be this what you call a bombshell-type actor."I was playing the other woman and the object of desire and I suddenly found myself cornered in this place.

played so many “provocative” roles when she was young is because she was “groomed” to do so. “I kind of became, like, an ingénue,” Johansson told host Bruce Bozzi in an episode released on Tuesday, December 13.  “Young girls like that are really objectified and that’s just a fact, so I think whatever box they’re put into, it sort of sets you on this trajectory for how your life will go. Now, obviously, women really are able to choose their own path,” she said.  said that as she got older, she realized she was being typecast, but there wasn't much she felt she could do.

Two months after claiming she was 'pigeonholed' as 'hypersexualized' early in her career, two-time Oscar nominee Scarlett Johansson now says she was 'groomed' in as a teenager to become a Hollywood 'bombshell.''I think it was because of that trajectory I had been sort of launched towards - I really got stuck,' the 38-year-old former child star said in the new podcast Table for Two on Tuesday.'I was kind of being groomed, in a way, to be this what you call a bombshell-type of actor.' Choices: Two months after claiming she was 'pigeonholed' as 'hypersexualized' early in her career, two-time Oscar nominee Scarlett Johansson now says she was 'groomed' in as a teenager to become a Hollywood 'bombshell' (pictured November 2)Scarlett was only 19 in 2004 when she began her role as the older, more sophisticated, and sexy Nola Rice in blacklisted director Woody Allen's psychological thriller Match Point.In his 2020 memoir Apropos of Nothing, the 87-year-old filmmaker wrote that Johansson was 'not only was she gifted and beautiful, but sexually she was radioactive.'The native New Yorker's character is murdered with a shotgun by her lover (Jonathan Rhys Meyers) after confessing she became pregnant during their torrid affair in the morally-bankrupt movie.Scarlett said 'playing the other woman and the object of desire' left her feeling 'cornered in this place like I couldn't get out of it.'  The 38-year-old former child star said in the new podcast Table for Two with Bruce Bozzi (L) on Tuesday: 'I think it was because of that trajectory I had been sort of launched towards - I really got stuck.

It seems somehow surprising that Oscar-winning filmmaker Alejandro González Iñárritu and lauded veteran cinematographer Darius Khondji had never worked together before collaborating on Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths. But when they finally did come together on what would become Mexico’s entry for the Best International Feature Oscar, there was an instant melding of the minds and a true feeling of kinship, with each telling me they felt as if they’d discovered a brother they’d never met.

John Dartigue, a 22-year Warner Bros executive who rose to VP Publicity and supervised campaigns for such hits as The Fugitive and The Dark Knight and after starting his career at United Artists and working on the first 10 James Bonds pics, has died. He was 82.

Writer-director Noah Baumbach’s latest film White Noise is his most ambitious project yet, with a production budget reportedly north of $100 million and a wacky plot featuring elaborate car chases and a fully staged train crash.

Douglas McGrath, the director and writer whose work spanned film, stage and television and earned him a Tony nomination for Beautiful: The Carole King Musical and an Oscar nomination for the Bullets Over Broadway screenplay he co-authored with Woody Allen, died suddenly yesterday in New York City. He was 64.

EXCLUSIVE: Shelley Duvall (The Shining) is gearing up to return to screens via The Forest Hills — an indie horror-thriller from writer-director Scott Goldberg, which marks her first project in 20 years. (The first behind-the-scenes still featuring the actor can be found above.)

Mindy Kaling Michael R. Jackson is, in a word, dazzling. His Broadway musical, “A Strange Loop,” is a breakthrough masterpiece whose plot I won’t describe here because it’s so inventive that my summary wouldn’t do it justice. But what I can say is that it’s a musical about a writer … well, trying to write. The star of “A Strange Loop” is Usher, a “young overweight-to-obese homosexual and/ or gay and/or queer, cisgender male writer,” as he says in his opening song, working to find his way in the world, deciphering the many destructive (and often extremely funny) voices in his head. Watching Michael’s Pulitzer- and Tony Award-winning musical, I felt like someone had shone a light on the creative process of writing in a way it had never been examined before. For years, many neurotic writers have been able to see themselves in the protagonists of Woody Allen movies or Charlie Kaufman’s “Adaptation” or, hell, even “The Shining.” I never completely got it. But I actually identify with Usher, a funny, tortured, pop-culture-fluent brown man trying to impress his parents, discover his voice, vanquish his shame and have sex occasionally. Michael managed to capture all the moments of artistic self-doubt and relentless self-examination and somehow make it joyful, funny and relatable.

TV shows. One of his earliest acting roles included starring in the popular 1997 ITV drama, Cold Feet. The success of the show, which sadly came to an end in 2003, acted as a springboard for James.

Elsa Keslassy International Correspondent After “Midnight in Paris,” Woody Allen will return to the French capital for his 50th movie which he’s described as a “poisonous romantic thriller” with a pair of French stars, Valerie Lemercier (“Aline”) and Niels Schneider (“Love Affair(s))”. The untitled film, the plot of which is being kept under wraps, will start filming next month and will be entirely in French with a budget in the $10-million range. Allen has described the film to be similar to “Match Point,” in that it would be “exciting, dramatic and also very sinister.”  Allen sparked headlines earlier this week after Spanish newspaper La Vanguardia ran a story reporting that the New York-based filmmaker had told them he was planning on retiring. Allen’s representative then issued a statement saying that the director had “no intention of retiring.”

It was reported over the weekend that Woody Allen announced his own retirement, but now he’s speaking out to say that he’s not actually retiring.

Woody Allen is walking back the claims that he is planning to retire.A representative for the director, 86, released a statement Monday clarifying what he said in an interview with Spanish newspaper La Vanguardia where he was quoted as saying, 'My idea, in principle, is not to make more movies and focus on writing.''Woody Allen never said he was retiring, nor did he say he was writing another novel. He said he was thinking about not making films as making films that go straight or very quickly to streaming platforms is not so enjoyable for him, as he is a great lover of the cinema experience,' the statement read.

Woody Allen has been quick to deny rumours of his retirement that came out of an interview he gave to a Spanish magazine, saying his next film would be his last.

Filmmaker Woody Allen is clarifying comments that his forthcoming project, his 50th movie, will be his last. According to Spanish newspaper La Vanguardia, the  director said that he plans to focus on writing a novel and retire from moviemaking. However, Allen's team released a statement on Monday claiming he does not plan to retire from filmmaking just yet. «Woody Allen never said he was retiring, nor did he say he was writing another novel.

Woody Allen is not bringing his career as movie director to an end.

La Vanguardia on Saturday about his next move.“My idea, in principle, is not to make more movies and focus on writing,” he said.He noted that he plans to work more on publishing and writing books, rather than films.His forthcoming feature is titled “Wasp 22,” and will be filmed in Paris next month with a French cast. Allen compared the new movie to his 2005 flick “Match Point,” describing it as “exciting, dramatic, and also very sinister.”However, Allen’s reps shot down retirement rumors in a statement to IndieWire, saying: “Woody Allen never said he was retiring, nor did he say he was writing another novel.

Prolific filmmaker Woody Allen has announced that his forthcoming project, his 50th movie, is set to be his last. Announcing the news to the Spanish newspaper La Vanguardia, the  creator revealed that he plans to focus on writing a novel and retire from moviemaking. «My idea, in principle, is not to make more movies and focus on writing,» Allen told the publication. Allen's upcoming film,, is set to start production in Europe this year. Allen, 86 years old, has won 12 Academy Awards throughout his career and is known for films such as  and several others. However, Allen's career has not been without controversy.

Woody Allen is planning to retire from filmmaking. The 86-year-old director - who has directed 49 and won four Academy Awards since starting his career back in the 1960s - is set to take a step back from movie making after he completes the shooting of 'Wasp 22' in Paris so he can concentrate on writing novels. He said: "I don't know if I will write more memoirs, I don't think so.

Woody Allen announced Sunday that he will be retiring from filmmaking after completing his 50th feature.The 86-year-old actor, writer and director plans to retire from movies to focus on writing, according to the Spanish newspaper La Vanguardia. 'My idea, in principle, is not to make more movies and focus on writing.'The director, who has denied sexual abuse allegations lodged against him by his daughter Dylan Farrow, is currently at work on his 50th and final film, titled Wasp 22.The movie, which he compared to his late-career work Match Point, is being filmed entirely in French.  The end: Woody Allen announced Sunday that he will be retiring from filmmaking after completing his 50th feature; seen in 2019 in San Sebastian, SpainAllen told La Vanguardia that he wanted to spend his twilight years writing.Production on his final film is set to begin in a couple of weeks.

Woody Allen is bringing his career as movie director to an end.

with the Spanish newspaper La Vanguardia timed to the release of a book of short comic stories and essays. “Now I’m thinking more of a novel.”No cast or plot details have been revealed for “Wasp 22,” which will shoot in Paris almost entirely in French, but Allen said it will be similar to his 2005 film “Match Point,” which starred Scarlett Johansson and Jonathan Rhys Meyers: “exciting, dramatic and also sinister.”The Oscar-winning filmmaker’s career has faced public backlash after his daughter Dylan Farrow resurfaced allegations that he had molested her when she was 7 years old — he has repeatedly denied the accusations, including in a 2020 memoir “Apropos of Nothing,” and no criminal charges were filed after an investigation at the time.The case has also been explored in a damning 2021 HBO docuseries “Allen v.

Anna Marie de la Fuente Woody Allen has announced his retirement from filmmaking. While in Europe to work on his 50th film, Woody Allen told Spanish newspaper La Vanguardia that he intended to retire from making movies and to dedicate more time to writing during his twilight years. What is now set to be his final film is set in Paris and will be shot entirely in French in a couple of weeks. Allen described his upcoming film to be similar to “Match Point,” in that it would be “exciting, dramatic and also very sinister.” Allen recently wrote his fifth collection of humor pieces, “Zero Gravity,” which will be published Sept. 27 by Alianza in Spain. In the U.S., it was published by Arcade and distributed by Simon & Schuster.

the director admitted that his passion for filmmaking has started to fade, and that he no longer finds it enjoyable.Speaking to Alec Baldwin over Instagram Live, he said: “A lot of the thrill is gone,” said Allen. “Now you do a movie and you get a couple of weeks in a movie house, and then it goes to streaming or pay per view.

Mira Sorvino says she learned the “craft” of acting from her late father Paul Sorvino. The ‘Romy and Michelle’s High School Reunion’ star revealed the ‘Goodfellas’ star - who passed away in July 2022 aged 83 - would “ break down” her acting in school productions and it made her into the star she is today. The 54-year-old actress told Closer US’ ‘My Life in 10 Pictures’ featurette that her father would “break down my performance and tear them apart,” before saying “but I learned my craft from him.