Behind him was Tessa Thompson and
several other actresses who've appeared in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and they had a request: their own Avengers movie.
Not exact matches
The
actress / singer dropped off the movie scene for
several years in order to pursue her musical career and
other ventures, then came back with a bang for a supporting role in Whip It, a comedy drama following an ex-pageant queen's experiences on a roller derby team.
In the course of her «search,» Arquette interviews
several of her colleagues, among them Whoopi Goldberg, Diane Lane, Teri Garr, Holly Hunter, Vanessa Redgrave, Charlotte Rampling, Meg Ryan, and Sharon Stone, all of whom have their own personal horror stories about insensitive producers and casting directors who tend to think of over-40 (and sometimes over-30)
actresses as being suitable only for mother, «
other woman,» and «hero's girlfriend» roles — when they bother to cast these
actresses at all.
Meanwhile, Feud's
several nominations will pit Alfred Molina against Stanley Tucci in the supporting actor, TV movie or limited series category, while Judy Davis and Jackie Hoffman will compete against each
other — as well as Laura Dern, Regina King, Michelle Pfeiffer, and Mary Elizabeth Winstead — in the corresponding supporting
actress race.
Had it been any
other actress, and not a former star's return to screen after
several years off, it would've been easily overlooked.
Sarah Tither - Kaplan, a former acting student at the film school Franco founded, claims that during a nude orgy scene she filmed with Franco and
several other women three years ago, the star «removed protective plastic guards covering
other actresses» vaginas while simulating oral sex on them».
Maggie Gyllenhaal — «The Honorable Woman» Felicity Huffman — «American Crime» Jessica Lange — «American Horror Story: Freak Show» Queen Latifah — «Bessie» Frances McDormand — «Olive Kitteridge» Frances O'Connor — «The Missing» There are
several of these
actresses here who, in any
other year, would walk this: Queen Latifah's role - of - a-career in «Bessie,» McDormand's in «Olive,» and even Gyllenhaal's in «Honorable Woman» are all strong contenders to win.
We should celebrate the fact that the race for Best
Actress was packed this year with
several amazing performances by Julianne Moore, Reese Witherspoon, Felicity Jones and
others.
But at its glorious center is a transfixing performance from Rita Blanco, an award winning
actress from Portugal that's worked with Canijo in
several other film projects (she can also be seen in a small role in Michael Haneke's Amour).
In 2007, film critic Jonathan Romney described Starr's new silent film Theda: «In a 40 - minute black - and - white film Theda British artist Georgina Starr, best known for her series of works inspired by the 1965 thriller Bunny Lake is Missing, pays tribute to this stormiest of divas and undertakes an archeology of gestural art of the silent - era
actress (Theda Bara), drawing on the styles of
several other now forgotten grande - dames, such as Barbara La Marr and Maud Allan... the film is divided into three parts «prelude», «act» and «epilogue»... but «prelude» is the real coup: in a long single take, Starr runs through the codified expressive repertoire of the Theda - era performer with such precision that any ironic distance evaporate.
Dzama will additionally preview a new video inspired by the endeavor, titled A Flower of Evil, which features the
actress, author, and comedian Amy Sedaris as the artist himself, as well as
several other characters in costumes made by Dzama.