Reese Witherspoon’s Hello Sunshine Launches Gen Z–Focused Brand Sunnie

Reese Witherspoon’s Hello Sunshine Launches Gen Z–Focused Brand Sunnie

Reese Witherspoon announced Sunnie, a Gen Z-focused spin-off of her Hello Sunshine label, at the Cannes Lions festival on Wednesday. Witherspoon described Sunnie as “a celebration” of young women’s creativity, curiosity and agency, “giving them the tools and community to navigate life’s challenges while embracing their authentic selves.” The multi-platform brand will feature collaborations with…

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‘Lost for Words’ Is a Hopeful Cinematic Journey Through Nature and Its Reduced Vocabulary

‘Lost for Words’ Is a Hopeful Cinematic Journey Through Nature and Its Reduced Vocabulary

After revisions to the Oxford Junior Dictionary, a widely used children’s dictionary, led to the removal of such nature words as “acorn,” “bluebell” and “otter” in favor of such technology-centric words as “attachment,” “broadband,” and “voice-mail,” writer Robert Macfarlane and illustrator Jackie Morris reacted with their book The Lost Words: A Spell Book (2017). It helped to create…

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Scarlett Johansson, Jonathan Bailey and ‘Jurassic World Rebirth’ Cast Stun London at World Premiere

Scarlett Johansson, Jonathan Bailey and ‘Jurassic World Rebirth’ Cast Stun London at World Premiere

London took cover from some signature Jurassic World dinos Tuesday night as the cast of Gareth Edwards‘ Rebirth ushered in a brand new installment. The movie’s leads Scarlett Johansson, Mahershala Ali, Jonathan Bailey and Rupert Friend, as well as the director and film producers were in attendance at the glitzy world premiere taking place at the Odeon…

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‘Before/After’ Explores Transformation as Two Men Bond Over Baldness (Exclusive KVIFF Trailer)

‘Before/After’ Explores Transformation as Two Men Bond Over Baldness (Exclusive KVIFF Trailer)

Before/After (Avant/Après), French-Estonian writer, director and actor Manoël Dupont’s debut feature about two men who bond over their baldness and travel to Istanbul for a hair transplant surgery, will world premiere in the Proxima Competition of the 59th edition of the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (KVIFF) next month. The film is about Jérémy and…

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BritBox Greenlights Contemporary Adaptation of Agatha Christie’s ‘Tommy & Tuppence’

BritBox Greenlights Contemporary Adaptation of Agatha Christie’s ‘Tommy & Tuppence’

BritBox has green-lit a six-part contemporary adaptation of Agatha Christie‘s Tommy & Tuppence. The series, following adaptations of Towards Zero and Murder Is Easy, will be produced by Lookout Point (Happy Valley, Gentlemen Jack), part of BBC Studios, in association with Agatha Christie Limited. Phoebe Eclair-Powell will write the show in her first drama series…

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Peter Chan’s Noir Drama ‘She’s Got No Name’ Debuts in Shanghai After “Experimental” Two-Part Overhaul

Peter Chan’s Noir Drama ‘She’s Got No Name’ Debuts in Shanghai After “Experimental” Two-Part Overhaul

A mystery has been resolved this week at the Shanghai International Film Festival as Peter Chan’s re-worked version of She’s Got No Name helped open the event, before going on an almost-immediate limited release on 120 screens spread across this vast city. The acclaimed Hong Kong filmmaker’s decision to split the film – which made…

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Shanghai Hidden Gem: ‘Wild Nights, Tamed Beasts’ Offers a Dark Twist on Growing Old

Shanghai Hidden Gem: ‘Wild Nights, Tamed Beasts’ Offers a Dark Twist on Growing Old

Wang Tong taps into shared global concerns over an aging population in his feature debut Wild Nights, Tamed Beasts — but the filmmaker also showcases just how far contemporary Chinese filmmakers are willing to push the boundaries of genre. The film is part-thriller, part-twisted romance, part-dark, social commentary-driven drama, with the distinctive fringe-of-society shadows that…

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