Month: August 2020

December 2019. Photo: Bennett Raglin/Getty Images for for Robert F. K J.K. Rowling says she’s returning the Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award given to her in December 2019 after the president of the organization, Kerry Kennedy, criticized Rowling’s transphobic views. “Over the course of June 2020 — LGBTQ Pride Month — and much to my dismay, J.K. Rowling posted deeply troubling transphobic tweets and statements,” Kennedy posted on the organization’s website on August 3, referencing J.K. Rowling’s 3,670-word statement titled “J.K. Rowling Writes About Her Reasons for Speaking Out on Sex and Gender Issues.” “From her own words, I take Rowling’s position to be tha...

Universal’s big-screen adaptation of the Broadway musical Dear Evan Hansen is about to add some A-list talent. Oscar-nominated actress Amy Adams has signed on to join the ensemble of the studio’s adaptation joining Ben Platt, Kaitlyn Dever and Amandla Stenberg. The story follows Hansen, a high schooler with social anxiety. He unintentionally gets caught up in a lie after the family of a classmate who committed suicide mistakes one of Hansen’s letters for their son’s suicide note. Adams will play Cynthia Murphy, the mother to the classmate that commits suicide. Steven Levenson, who wrote the book for the stage musical, wrote the script, and Benj Pasek and Justin Paul wrote the music and penned the original lyrics for the musical and film. Stephen Chbosky will direct, and Marc Pl...

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Director Christopher Nolan has been virtually making the publicity rounds in support of the release of Tenet in movie theaters across several international markets. Though there’s been a lot of discussion about whether it’s responsible or smart for Warner Bros. Pictures to release Tenet in theaters right now, especially in the United States, Nolan hasn’t directly addressed the issue himself. But in a recent interview, the director did discuss the idea of his film being labeled as the savior of movie theaters during this difficult time. Outside of Tenet, the filmmaker behind The Dark Knight Trilogy was inevitably questioned about the casting of his Tenet co-star Robert Pattinson as the latest iteration of The Caped Crusader...