PEOPLE's strange covers, Cillian Murphy's fashion and silence, improbable names of 'Near or Far', terrible theatre sound, will Netflix original films improve, on Emma Stone and Austin Butler, and more
The section on Emma Stone and Austin Butler and their parents is interesting, and had me re-read the section of the Vogue interview with Zendaya where she talked about the being the 'breadwinner' for her family, and how she wished she could have gone to school. Zendaya has clearly avoided the classic child star problems, but it made me wonder about her relationship with her parents.
Thank you for the movie theatre sound discussion!!! I have been saying this for what feels like 10 year (which garners an eye roll from my partner lol)
When I saw the 2nd LOTR movie, about 1/2 in something happened and the movie stopped. In my memory the film burnt but I might have retroactively made that up. In any case no one at the theatre knew how to set it up to play from where we left off so they STARTED IT BACK FROM THE BEGINNING!!!!! 😭😭😭
I jumped the gun posting about People magazine in the daily chat earlier! Should have saved my comment for here. Anyway, agreed, the photo looks ridiculous and flattened like everyone is seriously a cardboard cutout. I hadn’t thought about it in reference to KP’s photoshop gaffe but their explainer article is interesting from that perspective!
I think Cillian is a terrific actor. He is many things... But, to me, fashion icon is not one of them. Props to his stylist Rose Forde and to him getting that Versace deal.
Excited about the next episodes of Near or Far.
The changes on Netflix's film division seem interesting.
Oh man, I think I know where the name is leading to! My cousin is about to give birth to her first child and it has given us plenty of time to tell stories about ALL the misprounuciation around our names lol. I have the double misfortune to have a western name that's hard to pronounce for Asians and a difficult Asian name for western people. (At some point in HS, I was just waiting for a French teacher to pronounce my Chinese and official name as 'oui', which eventually did happen lol). But yeah, we (the cousins)all collectively said, western name first, Chinese name second (and if it has two characters, write them as one word) on the birth certificate. It's easier for future paperwork and maybe, hopefully, later, easier for job interviews. It's a bittersweet feeling (for me), to always put your cultural heritage second, but on the other hand, I want my cousin's xiao longbao to already have an easier life than we did...
This was such a fascinating read! Learned a lot, thank you for sharing about movie theatre sound, fashion deals and child stars! I need to watch Near and Far—sounds and looks incredible!
The People cover looks comically hilarious! Lastly, I agree—why the FUCK isn’t Andra Day getting more work?
The Hollywood Complex was really disturbing to see some of the most untalented children with the most delusional parents who were willing to shell out a lot of money or even join Scientology (and shell out a lot of money). The 2 kids that seemed to have the best chance was the very pretty girl who went back home after a year and the blond kid who was a talented actor and even though he never became famous is still working in small roles and BTS. Most of the others had horrible stage parents that were just trying to live out their own completely delusional dreams
Vanessa Hudgens has also been on Broadway in the revival of Gigi which was never going to work because try selling the story of a child being groomed to become a sex worker to young people nowadays. You. Can't. Although I maintain that The Night They Invented Champagne is a classically great musical ditty.
Given that deepfakes are only going to get better (we really are not putting that toothpaste back in the tube), I appetite People’s disclaimer, however glaringly obvious from a million miles away that it was a composite photo. I hope it’s the standard at least for legit media. The airbrushing is low key hilarious and reminds me of whatever in the filter is happening on Palm Royale, which I am being forced to watch against my will. Seeing the de-aged faces and filter blur takes me right out of anything the show is trying to do. It’s super weird to my eye. Yet another reason I love older movies as I wrote in another comments section—real faces and real teeth! We may have crossed the Rubicon on both in modern day Hollywood.
Finally got around to the mailbag after days of hosting following by days of intensive taxes. Thank you for the great answer to my question Sarah. And as usual, a great mailbag!
I'm behind on Duana's show. It's still exciting to know more!
Maybe the theatre will have more actors while TV is saturated? Andra Day might have to find a good play or musical. Vanessa Hudgens is very talented.
Can someone tell me who's sitting at the table with Michael J. Fox? I'm squinting. The heavy photoshopping is obscuring her identity. The covers are Spring at Hallmark movie channel.
The section on Emma Stone and Austin Butler and their parents is interesting, and had me re-read the section of the Vogue interview with Zendaya where she talked about the being the 'breadwinner' for her family, and how she wished she could have gone to school. Zendaya has clearly avoided the classic child star problems, but it made me wonder about her relationship with her parents.
Lainey don’t leave me hanging on the seventh room. Please do a deep dive on who you think is currently ‘in’. Also, who has been downgraded.
Thank you for the movie theatre sound discussion!!! I have been saying this for what feels like 10 year (which garners an eye roll from my partner lol)
When I saw the 2nd LOTR movie, about 1/2 in something happened and the movie stopped. In my memory the film burnt but I might have retroactively made that up. In any case no one at the theatre knew how to set it up to play from where we left off so they STARTED IT BACK FROM THE BEGINNING!!!!! 😭😭😭
I jumped the gun posting about People magazine in the daily chat earlier! Should have saved my comment for here. Anyway, agreed, the photo looks ridiculous and flattened like everyone is seriously a cardboard cutout. I hadn’t thought about it in reference to KP’s photoshop gaffe but their explainer article is interesting from that perspective!
I think Cillian is a terrific actor. He is many things... But, to me, fashion icon is not one of them. Props to his stylist Rose Forde and to him getting that Versace deal.
Excited about the next episodes of Near or Far.
The changes on Netflix's film division seem interesting.
Oh man, I think I know where the name is leading to! My cousin is about to give birth to her first child and it has given us plenty of time to tell stories about ALL the misprounuciation around our names lol. I have the double misfortune to have a western name that's hard to pronounce for Asians and a difficult Asian name for western people. (At some point in HS, I was just waiting for a French teacher to pronounce my Chinese and official name as 'oui', which eventually did happen lol). But yeah, we (the cousins)all collectively said, western name first, Chinese name second (and if it has two characters, write them as one word) on the birth certificate. It's easier for future paperwork and maybe, hopefully, later, easier for job interviews. It's a bittersweet feeling (for me), to always put your cultural heritage second, but on the other hand, I want my cousin's xiao longbao to already have an easier life than we did...
This was such a fascinating read! Learned a lot, thank you for sharing about movie theatre sound, fashion deals and child stars! I need to watch Near and Far—sounds and looks incredible!
The People cover looks comically hilarious! Lastly, I agree—why the FUCK isn’t Andra Day getting more work?
The Hollywood Complex was really disturbing to see some of the most untalented children with the most delusional parents who were willing to shell out a lot of money or even join Scientology (and shell out a lot of money). The 2 kids that seemed to have the best chance was the very pretty girl who went back home after a year and the blond kid who was a talented actor and even though he never became famous is still working in small roles and BTS. Most of the others had horrible stage parents that were just trying to live out their own completely delusional dreams
Vanessa Hudgens has also been on Broadway in the revival of Gigi which was never going to work because try selling the story of a child being groomed to become a sex worker to young people nowadays. You. Can't. Although I maintain that The Night They Invented Champagne is a classically great musical ditty.
Given that deepfakes are only going to get better (we really are not putting that toothpaste back in the tube), I appetite People’s disclaimer, however glaringly obvious from a million miles away that it was a composite photo. I hope it’s the standard at least for legit media. The airbrushing is low key hilarious and reminds me of whatever in the filter is happening on Palm Royale, which I am being forced to watch against my will. Seeing the de-aged faces and filter blur takes me right out of anything the show is trying to do. It’s super weird to my eye. Yet another reason I love older movies as I wrote in another comments section—real faces and real teeth! We may have crossed the Rubicon on both in modern day Hollywood.
Finally got around to the mailbag after days of hosting following by days of intensive taxes. Thank you for the great answer to my question Sarah. And as usual, a great mailbag!
I'm behind on Duana's show. It's still exciting to know more!
Maybe the theatre will have more actors while TV is saturated? Andra Day might have to find a good play or musical. Vanessa Hudgens is very talented.
Can someone tell me who's sitting at the table with Michael J. Fox? I'm squinting. The heavy photoshopping is obscuring her identity. The covers are Spring at Hallmark movie channel.
Amazing mailbag this week! Hoping for more amazing original NF content.
Any explanation for why I'm no longer receiving emails for new mailbags? My notification settings are set up properly. 😞
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