* The line-up for this year’s Cannes Film Festival, which will be the 67th edition of the fest (my first one was the 60th!), has been announced. Ryan Reynolds will be debuting his first directorial feature, Lost River (formerly titled How to Catch a Monster) in the Un Certain Regard section, and the opening film is Grace of Monaco, starring Nicole Kidman. Also on the list though, is Foxcatcher, starring Steve Carell and Channing Tatum (a wrestling tale I’m really looking forward to), Maps with Robert Pattinson and Mia Wasikowska, David Cronenberg’s Maps to the Stars and Tommy Lee Jones’ frontier drama The Homesman, starring Meryl Streep and Hilary Swank. This year’s dose of fun will come…
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Idina Menzel in If/Then
Idina Menzel has been enjoying the after-effects of a viral moment in the 21st Century. Ever since John Travolta botched her name while introducing her at the Oscars, she’s been everywhere. It helps that Frozen, the animated movie she lends her voice to, is also riding a wave of positive news, having just become the highest-earning animated film of all time (knocking off Toy Story 3 from the top spot). For fans of Wicked and Rent, Idina Menzel has been a name long revered, synonymous with agile vocal ability (the kind you want to try emulate in the shower, but can never, ever achieve) and theatrical dreams. Her recurring role…
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Entertainment Express: Frozen, BAFTAs, Phil Everly, The Grammys, Inside Llewyn Davis
Hello from New York City, where the new year has been a wet, sloshy and cold one so far… * Frozen – an apt title for this past weekend’s weather patterns in NYC – has swooped back into the number 1 spot at the box office, 6 weeks after it opened in North America. It’s also brought in over $600 million worldwide, making it the biggest Disney Animation Studio success, after The Lion King. Olaf the Snowman would be squealing in delight. * The BAFTA nominations are coming on Wednesday, but in the meantime, the institute has named its Rising Star nominees – a great barometer of young stars to watch: Dane…
