Emma Stone’s ‘Bugonia’ Holds Screening in L.A. Where Audiences Must Shave Their Heads to Attend

Emma Stone’s ‘Bugonia’ Holds Screening in L.A. Where Audiences Must Shave Their Heads to Attend

Have hair? No entry. For Yorgos Lanthimos‘ upcoming film Bugonia, a special screening is being held in Los Angeles on Monday, where attendees must be either bald or shave their heads to watch it. The moviegoers who participate will match Emma Stone‘s bald-headed character in the film. DoLA’s Instagram posted the requirements, with a caption…

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Yorgos Lanthimos Jokes He Needs an AI Avatar to Get Out of Promoting His Films: “Do I Have to Say the Same Thing a Thousand Times?”

Yorgos Lanthimos Jokes He Needs an AI Avatar to Get Out of Promoting His Films: “Do I Have to Say the Same Thing a Thousand Times?”

Yorgos Lanthimos might be on board with AI, after all. The Oscar-nominated filmmaker, director of movies The Favourite, Poor Things and Kinds of Kindness, jokingly told BFI London Film Festival attendees on Saturday that he’s willing to send out a computer-generated avatar of himself if it helps him get out of promotional duties. Lanthimos spoke…

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‘Bugonia’ Review: Emma Stone and Jesse Plemons Battle Over Doomed Humanity in Yorgos Lanthimos’ Loopy Dark Comedy About Our Planet in Peril

‘Bugonia’ Review: Emma Stone and Jesse Plemons Battle Over Doomed Humanity in Yorgos Lanthimos’ Loopy Dark Comedy About Our Planet in Peril

Buried way down in the end credits is an acknowledgment that Yorgos Lanthimos’ Bugonia is based on the film Save the Green Planet! Audiences familiar with that 2003 Korean sci-fi comedy, written and directed by Jang Joon Hwan, will be at a distinct disadvantage in terms of surprises. But for anyone coming fresh to the…

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Disability Advocate, AGC Studios Boss, ‘Poor Things’ Producer, Berlinale Boss Set for Locarno Pro

Disability Advocate, AGC Studios Boss, ‘Poor Things’ Producer, Berlinale Boss Set for Locarno Pro

The 2025 edition of the Locarno Film Festival’s Locarno Pro industry strand is promising a jam-packed schedule of events in the Swiss lakeside town next month. Comedian and disability advocate Maysoon Zayid (You Don’t Mess With the Zohan, General Hospital) will kick-start the event on Aug. 7 with a session entitled “Somewhere Over the Rainbow: Making Movies…

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#Yorgos Lanthimos on ‘Poor Things,’ His Friendship with Emma Stone, Unleashing Mark Ruffalo and Why He Doesn’t Like Labels

#Yorgos Lanthimos on ‘Poor Things,’ His Friendship with Emma Stone, Unleashing Mark Ruffalo and Why He Doesn’t Like Labels

His friendship with Emma Stone, unleashing new sides of Mark Ruffalo and Colin Farrell, his next film and the limitations of language. Those were just some of the topics that Poor Things director Yorgos Lanthimos discussed during an onstage interview organized by the British Film Institute (BFI) in London on Wednesday evening. “I don’t really…

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#Oscars: Christopher Nolan, Bradley Cooper, Emma Stone Nominated for Multiple Awards

#Oscars: Christopher Nolan, Bradley Cooper, Emma Stone Nominated for Multiple Awards

Christopher Nolan, Bradley Cooper, Martin Scorsese and Emma Stone were among those nominated in multiple categories for the 96th Academy Awards when Oscar nominations were announced Tuesday. Oppenheimer led the 2024 Oscars pack with 13 total nominations. This included three for filmmaker Nolan, who was nominated for best picture, director and adapted screenplay. Following closely…

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#Emma Stone, Mark Ruffalo, Willem Dafoe Praise ‘Poor Things’ Filmmaker Yorgos Lanthimos: “He’s a Beautiful Director”

#Emma Stone, Mark Ruffalo, Willem Dafoe Praise ‘Poor Things’ Filmmaker Yorgos Lanthimos: “He’s a Beautiful Director”

The cast and crew of Yorgos Lanthimos‘ Poor Things made their way onto one final red carpet ahead of the film’s theatrical release. Stars Emma Stone, Mark Ruffalo, Willem Dafoe, Ramy Youssef, Margaret Qualley and Kathryn Hunter, among others, joined Lanthimos and screenwriter Tony McNamara for the New York City premiere of the film on…

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