Doctor Strange director on casting controversy: 'I am listening and learning'
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Doctor Strange director Scott Derrickson has weighed in on the uproar over Tilda Swinton’s casting as the Ancient One in the forthcoming Marvel movie.
“Raw anger/hurt from Asian-Americans over Hollywood whitewashing, stereotyping & erasure of Asians in cinema. I am listening and learning,” Derrickson wrote on Twitter this week.
Swinton is playing the powerful sorcerer in Doctor Strange, a character who has traditionally been depicted as an elderly Asian man in the source comics. For the film version, the Ancient One will be of Celtic descent.
A movie no one will ever see is set to have a display at this year’s Cannes Film Festival.
100 Years – The Movie You Will Never See, starring John Malkovich and directed by Robert Rodriguez, will be showcased at the Cannes Film Festival this month. The film, first announced in November, was made in conjunction with Louis XIII cognac and won’t arrive in theaters (or whatever theaters are called in the future) for another hundred years, on Nov. 18, 2115.
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Speaking to Uproxx before the release of Captain America: Civil War, directors Joe and Anthony Russo said the two-part Avengers film is expected to undergo a name change soon.
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Pearl Jam hit Madison Square Garden in New York on Monday for the second of two sold-out performances, and brought along a special guest: Sting, who helped singer Eddie Vedder and the band perform The Police’s classic “Driven to Tears.”
They’re back together again.
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The Flash needs a new director.
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The Hollywood Reporter was first to report the news.
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On Thursday’s episode of Late Night with Seth Meyers, host Seth Meyers had guest Iggy Azalea explain teen slang to the adults in his audience.
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After days of teasing, Kesha’s first single in three years has arrived. Called “True Colors,” the collaboration with Zedd includes the defiant chorus: “All my life, one page at a time/ I’ll show you my, my true colors/ No, I won’t apologize for the fire in my eyes/ Let me show you my, my true colors/ It ain’t no rainbow.”
“It’s here!!!!” Kesha wrote on Twitter in announcing the track’s debut.
Add Bono to the list of people who love Sing Street.
The U2 lead singer released a statement on Wednesday to promote the ’80s-set indie film about a burgeoning rock band.
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