Jennifer Lawrence attended the premiere of Bread & Roses, which she produced. Malala Yousafzai was also there! [Just Jared]
Jennifer Lawrence’s dress at the premiere was a vintage Christian Lacroix Fall 2006 Haute Couture. Very fancy maternity-wear! [RCFA]
Andrew Scott came out to support Paul Mescal, aw. [LaineyGossip]
A late review for Alien: Romulus… has the franchise fallen off a cliff? [Pajiba]
John Duff has a new single. [Socialite Life]
Eve Hewson, so pretty but such bad style. [Go Fug Yourself]
An explainer for the 4B Movement. [Jezebel]
Is anyone watching Lucky 13? [Seriously OMG]
Summer House star is becoming a wellness podcaster. [Starcasm]
Moscow Mitch McConnell is back to as the Senate Majority Leader. [Hollywood Life]
What films have held up well? Dirty Dancing is absolutely up there. [Buzzfeed]
She looks so different
She has that “surprised” look that people get after eyelid surgery.
She has the same confused/dumb look that Ariana’s been sporting lately.
she looks like a young pregnant woman with a toddler at home.
I think this is the best she’s looked in awhile. I guess some people just enjoy taking shots at a pregnant woman.
I think it’s just the hair + weight from the pregnancy. She’s filled out a bit in the face, understandably. I have a similar facial shape, and it goes straight to the jaw and cheeks when you gain anything.
She looks like she is about to cry
Some women feel sick throughout their entire pregnancies. Maybe she wasn’t feeling well?
Maybe it’s promoting a movie about women’s rights in a country that has just voted for a known abuser and feeling deeply sad about that.
The abortion plot line in Dirty Dancing aged extremely well as did the film in general. One hick though was that Baby was 17 and Johnny 25.
Both 16 candles and Breakfast club aged quite poorly imo.
I think Heathers aged well and JD was always a psycho. Mean Girls did not for the reasons mentioned in the Buzzfeed but also their depiction of female Asian Americans as harlots. I love that Ashley Park from Emily in Paris played Gretchen on Broadway and wished they had picked an Asian woman for the movie musical.
I’ve always appreciated that the abortion plotline was just about the reality. There’s no moralizing or hand wringing.
I feel the same about the abortion subplot in Fast Times.
I doubt either could be made now.
If anything, what I found surprising was Baby’s old-fashioned, conservative father to show so much understanding and compassion towards the dancer. I do think the age gap was quite common at the time. Many middle-class girls would look forward to get married right after finishing high school, to a guy who was at least holding a well-paid, steady job; meaning some guy already in his 20s. Even for disadvantaged girls, marrying young was often a quicker way out of crammed poverty. So, adult men and post pubescent girls would look at each other in a sexual way with society’s approval. I might be wrong, but think 18 as statutory age was only introduced in the 70s.
As to your last line, no. Without googling, I remember that Errol Flynn got arrested/brought in for questioning for statutory rape. There’s always been legal limits, although they vary by state.
@ Aurora – The strong subtext of Baby’s family was assimilated Judaism, and all the actors were Jewish. He was conservative in the sense of following societal norms and obeying the law, but as a man of medicine and Jewish faith, he’d have no cultural, religious, or scientific reason to oppose abortion. And before anyone slams me, I’m not suggesting Judaism is “yay abortion” but it’s about context and personal circumstances.
I adore Eve Hewson. I am excited about Bad Sisters 2. The GoFugYourself comments on Eve Hewson’s bizarre choice of outfit don’t disappoint. Love the U2 references. It was just the laugh I needed today.
Completely worth reading those comments.
I’m glad I watched the first season before I knew who Eve was so I could fall in love with her untainted by my thoughts on Bono.
The Alien franchise really just needs to stick to games for awhile before trying anything big screen. The reason Alien and Aliens work is because they don’t compete genre-wise. One is a mostly cerebral horror with some gore elements, while the latter is an action thriller. You can see where Alien 3/Resurrection tried to follow this concept by each going different direction (character focused tragedy vs sci-fi horror with satirical elements), even as they fell short in a lot of ways. Everything after that is an iteration, so unless it comes with a really strong story, it’s just not going to be interesting or workable.
Appreciated the link to the 4B movement. That was well-written & informative. I’ve kept my head buried in the sand this past week+ & hadn’t heard of it.
I don’t understand why people give films the same name as existing totally unrelated films. Bread and Roses is a very good and quite political Ken Loach film starring Adrien Brody, from around 25 years ago. Lack of imagination?