The actor’s vocals so impressed the film’s director that he used the live recordings, instead of those prerecorded in a studio. Here’s a look at other actors who have hit their own high notes in musical biopics.
Category: Actors and Actresses
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36 Things That Stuck With Us in 2024
The movie scenes, TV episodes, song lyrics and other moments that reporters, critics, editors and visual journalists in Culture couldn’t stop thinking about this year.
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Sobhita Dhulipala and Naga Akkineni, Well-Known Indian Film Stars, Wed in ‘Intimate’ 300-Person Ceremony
Sobhita Dhulipala and Naga Chaitanya Akkineni bonded over their South Indian roots and a shared language that felt like home. They married in an “intimate” ceremony of 300.
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Hallmark’s First ‘Mr. Christmas’ Goes Home for the Holidays
And he’s single.
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Nicole Kidman on Watching ‘Babygirl’ and the Loss of Her Mother
Between her experience on “Babygirl” and her mother’s death, the star has come to understand a lot about women in unfulfilled lives.
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It’s Ariana Grande vs. Selena Gomez at the Oscars (in Fans’ Minds)
Stan armies are waging war over which pop star is the “better” actor. Movie lovers used to awards-season maneuvering haven’t seen anything like this.
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Golden Globes 2025: Snubs and Surprises From the Nominations
Female directors were well-represented, while “Dune: Part Two” and “Sing Sing” didn’t do as well as expected.
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Hulu’s “English Teacher” Co-star, Stephanie Koenig, and Her Three Wedding Rings
Two proposals, a wedding and three family heirlooms later, the co-star of Hulu’s “English Teacher” is learning to love jewelry.
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Miho Nakayama, Japanese Music and Movie Star, Dies at 54
A top-selling pop singer as a teenager in the 1980s, she also had an award-winning career as a dramatic actress.
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Silvia Pinal, Golden Age Star of Mexican Cinema, Is Dead
She found outsize success in her native land and gained international recognition for her work with the acclaimed Spanish surrealist director Luis Buñuel.
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‘Wicked’ Alumnae Class Notes: What They Learned at Shiz University
Only the women who’ve played Elphaba and Glinda in the show’s two decades onstage understand why the roles are so taxing — and so rewarding, too.