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Related Articles From silver screen star to Monegasque royalty, Kelly is a real-life Cinderella story — and her wardrobe continues to captivate the public.
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Violet Goldstone, WWD, 22 Nov. 2024
To escape the horrors of his imprisonment, Molina imagines movies starring Aurora as a classic silver screen diva, including a role of the spider woman, who kills her prey with a kiss.
—Katcy Stephan, Variety, 21 Nov. 2024
Suddenly, all across the page and silver screen, teenagers were fighting for their lives in apocalyptic settings.
—Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 20 Oct. 2024
The show even made its debut at the Venice Film Festival, further underlining the increasingly amorphous delineation between the small and silver screen.
—Emma Specter, Vogue, 11 Oct. 2024
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Violet Goldstone, WWD, 22 Nov. 2024
To escape the horrors of his imprisonment, Molina imagines movies starring Aurora as a classic silver screen diva, including a role of the spider woman, who kills her prey with a kiss.
—Katcy Stephan, Variety, 21 Nov. 2024
Suddenly, all across the page and silver screen, teenagers were fighting for their lives in apocalyptic settings.
—Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 20 Oct. 2024
The show even made its debut at the Venice Film Festival, further underlining the increasingly amorphous delineation between the small and silver screen.
—Emma Specter, Vogue, 11 Oct. 2024
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The Last Showgirl actress, 66, recreated her famous aerobics scene from her 1985 film Perfect, which also stars John Travolta, on the latest episode of The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon — only the pair's new version featured several saucy twists!Kimberlee Speakman, People.com, 9 Jan. 2025
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Rivka Reyes, who played bassist Katie in the film, shared a video montage from the wedding to TikTok on Monday, January 6, and amongst the revelers were several more actors.Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 9 Jan. 2025
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The Palisades Charter High School, which has become recognizable to millions as a location where multiple movies and television series have been filmed inside its halls and exterior, is seeking a temporary campus after 40 percent of the property was scorched in the ongoing Palisades Fire.Kevin Dolak, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Jan. 2025
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Combined, Focus and parent studio Universal landed a leading 32 nominations as distributor for such movies as The Brutalist (nine), Anora (seven), Wicked (seven), Nosferatu (five), The Wild Robot (three) and Monkey Man (one).Nancy Tartaglione, Deadline, 15 Jan. 2025
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Insta 360 claims the Flow 2 Pro will set a new benchmark for smartphone filmmaking with stabilizers.Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 16 Jan. 2025
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Miike Takashi and Saka Misako Miike Takashi delves into his philosophy on the art and craft of filmmaking.Leo Barraclough, Variety, 15 Jan. 2025
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Mickey 17 Release Date: March 7, 2025 Bong Joon Ho's first film since winning Best Picture with Parasite in 2020 is finally making its big screen debut after multiple delays.Billie Melissa, Newsweek, 2 Jan. 2025
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The 1994 big screen version of Farewell My Concubine, adapted from the 1985 novel of the same name, starred the late Leslie Chung, Gong Li and Zhang Fengyi.Lawrence Yee, People.com, 25 Dec. 2024
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“Silver screen.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/silver%20screen. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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