Can you feel the Kenergy? Following the success of the 2023 film “Barbie,” Greta Gerwig recently played coy about the possibility of a Ken movie starring Ryan Gosling. During an interview on Sunday, “60 Minutes” correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi asked Gerwig if “there ever was a Ken Movie.” Gerwig stated she couldn’t comment on that but … Read more
Early on in the meta French comedy “The Second Act,” which was opening the 77th edition of the Cannes Film Festival on Tuesday night, a father (Vincent Lindon) and daughter (Léa Seydoux) are sitting in his car and chatting about her boyfriend. But just a few lines into the scene, Lindon cracks and refuses to … Read more
“Barbie” blues? Greta Gerwig has addressed her Oscars snub for Best Director. “Of course I wanted it for Margot [Robbie],” Gerwig, 40, told Time for its Women of the Year profile. Greta Gerwig attends the Oscars nominees luncheon at the Beverly Hilton Feb. 12 in Beverly Hills. Getty Images “But I’m just happy we all … Read more
In her own world, Barbie can accomplish just about anything. But in the real world, “Barbie” was dealt a significant setback Tuesday morning: Though Greta Gerwig’s colorful comedy skewering the patriarchy was the biggest blockbuster of last year and set a record for the highest-grossing movie ever directed by a woman, Gerwig failed to receive … Read more
Not good Kenough. Ryan Gosling is showing his support for his “Barbie” co-star Margot Robbie and the film’s director Greta Gerwig after they were both snubbed in the Best Actress and Best Director Oscar categories respectively. “I am extremely honored to be nominated by my colleagues alongside such remarkable artists in a year of so … Read more
America Ferrera is ecstatic about her “Barbie” Oscar nomination but admitted it’s “disappointing” that her co-star, Margot Robbie, and the hit film’s director, Greta Gerwig, were snubbed by the Academy. Ferrera, 39, reacted to her best actress in a supporting role nomination in a statement to The Post on Tuesday, saying, “I’m stunned and so … Read more
And the snub goes to … The 2024 Oscar nominations are here, and the snubs are brutal – including Margot Robbie, Leonardo DiCaprio and more. Many of the nominations were expected: “Oppenheimer” got a total of 13 nods – including “Best Actor” for Cillian Murphy, “Best Supporting Actor” for Robert Downey Jr. and “Best Director” … Read more
Nobody pulled a Riseborough. Last year, the actress Andrea Riseborough employed a new kind of Oscar bid: Instead of waging a costly, monthslong awards campaign for her performance in the microbudget indie “To Leslie,” her team waited until the weeklong Oscar-voting window opened, then leveraged a group of famous friends that included Edward Norton, Gwyneth … Read more
Life in plastic is back to being fantastic. “Barbie” director Greta Gerwig said Wednesday that she agrees with Jo Koy‘s joke that her box office hit was based “on a plastic doll with big boobies.” The joke came during Koy’s opening monologue for Sunday’s award ceremony, where he stated that: “‘Oppenheimer’ is based on a … Read more
It was almost not Kenough. Director Greta Gerwig revealed Sunday that she was forced to defend Ryan Gosling’s big “I’m Just Ken” musical number in the hit “Barbie” after studio execs questioned the necessity of the scene. “It just said in the script, ‘And then it becomes a dream ballet and they work it out … Read more
This Barbie has no flatulence. The blockbuster “Barbie” movie’s soundtrack includes colorful hits from Lizzo, Nicki Minaj, Ice Spice, and Billie Eilish, but director Greta Gerwig also revealed that the film was originally intended to include a “fart opera.” “We’ve always tried to get in a proper fart joke and we’ve never done it,” Gerwig … Read more
C’mon Barbie haters — let’s go party. “Barbie” director and co-writer Greta Gerwig isn’t letting negative responses to the blockbuster film get to her — and she wants complainers to just relax and have a good time, she revealed in a new interview with the New York Times. “Certainly, there’s a lot of passion. My hope for … Read more
She’s plastic, but this was not fantastic. “Barbie” director Greta Gerwig has revealed her refusal to CGI a certain body part of the famous doll in the upcoming film, calling the very idea “terrifying.” “There was a big discussion in the beginning,” Gerwig, 39, told the hosts of Australian talk show “The Project.” “Everyone said, … Read more
Telling the story of life in plastic didn’t immediately sound fantastic to filmmaker Greta Gerwig. The 39-year-old actress and director admitted to being nervous about taking on the Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling-fronted “Barbie” movie. “It was terrifying. I think there’s something about starting from that place where it’s like, ‘Well, anything is possible,’” Gerwig … Read more