“Kiss my grits,” her character, Flo, was known to say. But that high-profile role was just one facet of a long, busy stage and screen career.
Category: Movies
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A TikTok Trend That Gets at the Complex Legacy of ‘Hamilton’
By recreating a snippet of the number “Best of Wives and Best of Women,” these funny shorts serve as both tribute and critique.
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He’s the Reason ‘Severance’ Sounds So Good
George Drakoulias won over a reluctant Tom Petty, transformed the Black Crowes and was name-checked by the Beastie Boys. This year, he was up for an Emmy.
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Stuart Craig, Who Designed the Movie World of Harry Potter, Dies at 83
A three-time Oscar winner for production design, he was one of the few people to work on all eight Potter films and their three “Fantastic Beasts” spinoffs.
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Hollywood Actors and Directors Pledge to Boycott Israeli Film Institutions
In an open letter, Javier Bardem, Olivia Colman and other stars pledged not to work with Israeli film companies that, in their view, “are implicated in genocide.”
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Jacques Charrier, Movie Star Who Wed Brigitte Bardot, Dies at 88
Their marriage made news in France, but they were an unhappy couple, and it didn’t last. Years later, they attacked each other in dueling memoirs.
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80 Movies to See This Fall: ‘Deliver Me From Nowhere,’ ‘Wicked: For Good’ and More
From the Springsteen biopic to the Timothée Chalamet table-tennis tale, there’s so much to look forward to.
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The Battle to Make ‘One Battle After Another’
Leonardo DiCaprio, Sean Penn, Regina Hall and the rest of the cast talk about filming a politically charged movie in a fraught year.
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‘The Conjuring: Last Rites’ Sets a Surprise Box Office Record
The horror sequel took in roughly $83 million over the weekend in the United States and Canada, about 65 percent more than anticipated.
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‘Father Mother Sister Brother’ Takes Top Prize at Venice Film Festival
The film, directed by Jim Jarmusch, details three stories of three families. “The Voice of Hind Rajab,” about a Palestinian girl in a car under fire by the Israeli military, won second place.
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With ‘Christy,’ Can Sydney Sweeney Rebrand as a Serious Actress?
The biopic about a pioneering female boxer has sparked Oscar chatter. But voters must forget a distracting year of cultural flash points.
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With ‘Christy,’ Can Sydney Sweeney Rebrand as a Serious Actress?
The biopic about a pioneering female boxer has sparked Oscar chatter. But voters must forget a distracting year of cultural flash points.