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Entries in Madonna (178)

Thursday
Nov282024

Happy Thanksgiving... and 1985 Randomness

by Nathaniel R

Dear readers, thank you for the private messages and public comments welcoming me back after my long hiatus. I’m thankful for you. And Happy Thanksgiving if you celebrate. I’m still in the warm-up mindset in terms of my ‘comeback’ and I'm never going to be daily multiple articles a day again -- it's not 2014 and the world has changed -- but I do have a couple plans for 2025 brewing which will and won’t be like past Film Experience shenanigans.

Anyway, back on topic. We hope you’ve enjoyed this 80s party. We’re doing it for about one to two more weeks interspersed with current Oscar discussions of course. There’s still a few more years of top tens to share and two seminal 80s features to discuss – one from 1987 that I promised a write up of for a reader a long long time ago (forgive me!) and one from 1989 that I have personally felt a strong urge to reconsider because it's been a million years since I saw it and I wonder how it's aged. But for this Thanksgiving Weekend intermission ~ let’s talk 1985…

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Thursday
Jan042024

The CDG loves "Barbie" pink but doesn't care for "The Color Purple"

by Cláudio Alves

Don't be sad, Mr. WONKA. Better luck next time.

Once upon a time, the Costume Designers Guild differed from the Academy on the regular. It wasn't even that long ago when three of the Oscar nominees got nothing from their guild, including winner Jacqueline Durran for Little Women. However, since that year, every Academy lineup has been entirely made from CDG-honored titles. It's hard to tell if the trend will continue, but, at the very least, one can surmise that the absence of a film indicates a lack of broad industry support. So, it's bad news for Wonka and The Color Purple. In the former's case, it's especially galling when you notice it was beaten by such critically lambasted projects as Disney's Haunted Mansion and the first Rebel Moon movie.

From Barbie pink to Crown gold, let's explore the complete list of nominations…

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Wednesday
Sep072022

Bakers Dozen Links: Don't Worry Darling, Funny Girl, Telluride, etc...

Vanity Fair checks in with Jane Fonda about her cancer diagnosis and general feeling these days
Gawker a rundown of all the Don't Worry Darling chaos from early rumors to bizarre press conference
Jezebel a funny review of Madonna's "50 Questions with Madonna" video
Coming Soon Have you always wanted to see Michelle Pfeiffer's Catwoman on the big screen? Here's your chance as Batman Returns gets a one day (?) rerelease on "Batman Day" Sept 17th

More after the jump including Lea Michele finally treading the boards at Funny Girl, Telluride Oscar contenders, Jason Momoa's shaved head, Jodie Turner-Smith's new role, and conservative meltdowns over the new Lord of the Rings series on Amazon...

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Tuesday
Aug162022

Was 1958 the all time greatest vintage for iconic women?

by Nathaniel R

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MADGE ❣️❣️❣️❣️❣️❣️❣️❣️❣️❣️❣️
-Sharon Stone

Today is Madonna's birthday which we celebrated over at our official Instagram account (are you following yet? Plz do!) and on Twitter. She's 64 today having been born on this day in 1958 in Michigan. Angela Bassett shares her exact birthday. It got us to thinking about what an incredible vintage 1958 was for women who became inarguable legends in their fields. Then, when Sharon Stone, who is also a '58 baby, shared the pic above we knew we had to discuss this nonscientific observation with you.

1958 is the greatest vintage for producing iconic women. Proof is after the jump...

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Tuesday
Aug092022

Links (The Queens Remix)

Today's link roundup is for the fabulous women of showbiz...

• In Style Melanie Lynskey (yes, she's everywhere lately) is this month's cover profile
ET talks to Diane Keaton about The Godfather (though the occassion was her new movie Mack & Rita)
Coming Soon Margaret Qualley (who is much in demand) and Geraldine Viswanathan (from the Hugh Jackman film Bad Education) have the leading roles in Ethan Coen's first solo movie, which is about a lesbian road trip

More after the jump including Olivia Newton-John, Prey's Amber Midthunder, Cyndi Lauper's next movie-to-musical project, plus Beyonce & Madonna...

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