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Boston Globe
01-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Boston Globe
Uma Thurman's back in action in ‘The Old Guard 2′ on Netflix
But even by western Mass standards, her family was different. In addition to being a professor at Amherst College, Get Starting Point A guide through the most important stories of the morning, delivered Monday through Friday. Enter Email Sign Up 'I think what gave us the extra bit of weird was the Buddhist factor,' Thurman says. Advertisement It all worked out, of course. After an occasionally awkward girlhood that included an itinerant education in the Pioneer Valley — she attended the Campus School at Smith College, Wildwood Elementary School in Amherst, Amherst Regional Junior High School, and Northfield Mount Hermon, the boarding school in Gill — Thurman moved to New York and quickly established herself as a talented actress of considerable range. Now, at 55, she has appeared in dozens of films, playing everything from ingénue (1988's 'Dangerous Liaisons') to comic book villain (1997's 'Batman & Robin') to mob wife with a black bob (1994's 'Pulp Fiction') to swashbuckling assassin in a tracksuit (2003's 'Kill Bill: Volume 1'). Along the way, she's been nominated for an Academy Award ('Pulp Fiction'); Advertisement Thurman says her upbringing proved to be important in a few ways. She discovered her love of movies while sneaking into 'There I was amongst this troupe of great British actors at [the Italian film studio] And it was at Northfield Mount Hermon, playing Abigail in a production of Arthur Miller's 'The Crucible,' that Thurman was first noticed. An agent from New York saw the show and spoke afterward to its tall, 10th-grade leading lady. 'He said, 'If you come to New York, I'll help you get real acting lessons and send you on auditions,'' Thurman recalls. Initially, though, the roles being offered to an attractive blonde-haired, blue-eyed actress were the opposite of interesting. 'I understood I was going to have very limited options if I didn't really learn how to be a character actress, so I pursued that with ferocity,' Thurman says. 'If you have a humanity inside of you that sees how objectified and looked down upon women are, you don't want to be something that you just don't relate to.' Advertisement Uma Thurman (at right) with Charlize Theron in Netflix's "The Old Guard 2" Eli Joshua Ade/Netflix While she has played plenty of strong, self-possessed female characters in her career, Thurman has not made many action movies — aside from director Quentin Tarantino's two 'Kill Bill' films, in which she wields a lethal sword as The Bride. But in 'Old Guard 2' — a sequel to 2020's ' ''Kill Bill' turned out to be this iconic, trailblazing, singular, cinematic moment, and I've noticed in all cases, when you do something really well, you kind of get asked to burn yourself out in that genre,' she says. 'But you look at someone like Charlize and the way she creates her own work. I wish I had had more of that kind of can see that it can be done and it's people like that who are trailblazers.' Asked if she's been satisfied with the roles she is offered now that she's older, Thurman sighs. 'I heard Jodie Foster say this: 'When you're in your 20s, they say it's going to be over when you're in your 30s. And when you're in your 30s, they say it's going to be over when you're in your 40s.' And so on,' Thurman says. 'You're given multiple death sentences as an actress, as a woman, because of the industry and its focus on youth. Advertisement 'But I think finding good roles is as hard today as it ever was.' Mark Shanahan can be reached at
Wales Online
17-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Wales Online
Glenn Close and Billy Porter to star in The Hunger Games: Sunrise On The Reaping
Glenn Close and Billy Porter to star in The Hunger Games: Sunrise On The Reaping Due for release in November 2026, the sixth film in the fantasy franchise will star Close, 78, as escort Drusilla Sickle, and Porter, 55, as stylist Magno Stift Glenn Close (Image: Netflix ) The Hunger Games: Sunrise On The Reaping is to star Glenn Close and Billy Porter when it is released next year. Due for release in November 2026, the sixth film in the fantasy franchise will star Close, 78, as escort Drusilla Sickle, and Porter, 55, as stylist Magno Stift – who is also her onscreen husband. It comes after Conclave star Ralph Fiennes was cast as villain President Coriolanus Snow in the prequel, which will be an adaption of the fifth book in the series written by Suzanne Collins. The book was published in March 2025 and is a prequel to the original trilogy, which was adapted into the films starring US actress Jennifer Lawrence. Close is best known for her appearances in Fatal Attraction (1988), Dangerous Liaisons (1989), and 101 Dalmatians (1996), where she played Cruella De Vil, while Porter is best known for his performances on Broadway in shows such as Kinky Boots. Article continues below The new film follows a young Haymitch Abernathy, one of the few Hunger Games winners from the same district as the original trilogy's protagonist Katniss Everdeen, played by Lawrence. Played by Zombieland actor Woody Harrelson, Haymitch is first introduced to readers in the original trilogy as the alcoholic mentor to tributes Katniss and Peeta Mellark, played by Bridge To Terabithia's Josh Hutcherson, before they are sent off to fight to the death in a televised arena. The prequel follows Haymitch as he is drawn to fight in the 50th Hunger Games, a violent entertainment set up to maintain control in the fictional country of Panem, and faces double the amount of tributes, two boys and two girls, who are selected from each district. Article continues below The movie will be directed by Francis Lawrence, who also directed the Hunger Games: Catching Fire, Mockingjay Part I, and Mockingjay Part II. The Hunger Games: Sunrise On The Reaping will be released in cinemas on November 20, 2026.
RTÉ News
16-06-2025
- Entertainment
- RTÉ News
Glenn Close and Billy Porter to star in The Hunger Games: Sunrise On The Reaping
The Hunger Games: Sunrise On The Reaping is to star Glenn Close and Billy Porter when it is released next year. Due for release in November 2026, the sixth film in the fantasy franchise will star Close, 78, as escort Drusilla Sickle, and Porter, 55, as stylist Magno Stift – who is also her onscreen husband. It comes after Conclave star Ralph Fiennes was cast as villain President Coriolanus Snow in the prequel, which will be an adaption of the fifth book in the series written by Suzanne Collins. The book was published in March 2025 and is a prequel to the original trilogy, which was adapted into the films starring US actress Jennifer Lawrence. Close is best known for her appearances in Fatal Attraction (1988), Dangerous Liaisons (1989), and 101 Dalmatians (1996), where she played Cruella De Vil, while Porter is best known for his performances on Broadway in shows such as Kinky Boots. The new film follows a young Haymitch Abernathy, one of the few Hunger Games winners from the same district as the original trilogy's protagonist Katniss Everdeen, played by Lawrence. Played by Zombieland actor Woody Harrelson, Haymitch is first introduced to readers in the original trilogy as the alcoholic mentor to tributes Katniss and Peeta Mellark, played by Bridge To Terabithia's Josh Hutcherson, before they are sent off to fight to the death in a televised arena. The prequel follows Haymitch as he is drawn to fight in the 50th Hunger Games, a violent entertainment set up to maintain control in the fictional country of Panem, and faces double the number of tributes, two boys and two girls, who are selected from each district. The movie will be directed by Francis Lawrence, who also directed the Hunger Games: Catching Fire, Mockingjay Part I, and Mockingjay Part II. will be released in cinemas on 20 November.
Yahoo
19-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Glenn Close turns 78: a look back
Actress Glenn Close, known for her roles in "Fatal Attraction," "Dangerous Liaisons," "101 Dalmatians," "Damages," and "Hillbilly Elegy," turns 78 on Wednesday. Here's a look back at her career through the years.
See - Sada Elbalad
11-03-2025
- Entertainment
- See - Sada Elbalad
"Cruel Intentions" Canceled after One Season
'Cruel Intentions" long journey to TV has ended rather brutally. The 'Cruel Intentions' TV series at Amazon Prime Video has been canceled after just one season. The series originally debuted on the streamer in November 2024. It served as a TV update to the 1999 film of the same name, which was itself based on the classic novel 'Dangerous Liaisons.' A TV show based on the movie was set up at IMDB TV (a.k.a Freevee) in 2021 before being formally ordered at Prime Video in late 2023. The Amazon series starred Sarah Catherine Hook, Zac Burgess, Savannah Lee Smith, Sara Silva, John Harlan Kim, Khobe Clarke, Sean Patrick Thomas, and Brooke Lena Johnson. Sara Goodman and Phoebe Fisher served as co-showrunners, writers, and executive producers. Neal H. Moritz and Pavun Shetty of Original Film also executive produced along with Roger Kumble. Moritz produced the original film, which was written and directed by Kumble. Bruce Mellon along with Andrea Iervolino and Monika Bacardi of Iervolino & Bacardi Entertainment were producers. The series was produced by Sony Pictures Television, Amazon MGM Studios, and Original Film. Per the official description, the show 'follows the elite students of Manchester College, a Washington, D.C.-adjacent university, where reputation means everything, fraternities and sororities are the gold standard, and two ruthless step-siblings, Caroline Merteuil (Hook) and Lucien Belmont (Burgess), will do anything to stay on top of the cutthroat social hierarchy. After a brutal hazing incident threatens the entire Greek Life system, they'll do whatever is necessary to preserve their power and reputation – even if that means seducing Annie Grover (Smith), the daughter of the Vice President of the United States. Hearts will be broken, loyalties will be tested, and secrets will be revealed in this modern-day royal court that is Manchester College.' Amazon does not typically release viewership information regarding their shows, so it is difficult to gauge exactly how many people tuned in to 'Cruel Intentions.' However, the series failed to make an appearance on the Nielsen Top 10 Streaming charts and also failed to find much love with critics. On Rotten Tomatoes, the series held a 24% critical approval rating with 10 reviews counted. Prior to this version of the show, NBC ordered a pilot for a followup to the movie in 2016 with Sarah Michelle Gellar, one of the movie's original stars, attached to reprise her role as Kathryn Merteuil. However, it ultimately didn't make it to series. Prior to that, Fox's attempted a 'Cruel Intentions' prequel series, which was canceled before making it to air. Three episodes of that show were eventually assembled to become the direct-to-video movie 'Cruel Intentions 2' in 2001. In 2004, Sony Pictures produced a second direct-to-video sequel, 'Cruel Intentions 3.'
