No nudes is good news, says Julia Roberts, who explained in an interview for her British Vogue cover debut why she avoids baring all on-camera.
The 56-year-old Roberts said to screenwriter Richard Curtis that she wants to champion other women who feel pressured to strip on camera.
“You know, not to be criticizing others’ choices, but for me to not take off my clothes in a movie or be vulnerable in physical ways is a choice that I guess I make for myself.”
It may be genetic. Roberts said she did her family tree with Finding Your Roots star Dr. Henry Gates and discovered, “I am DNA cousins with Gloria Steinem.”
She also revealed that she didn’t want to strip off for the sake of her children.
“You know, it’s not really what I do. So if you are going ask me to do it, you have to...
The 56-year-old Roberts said to screenwriter Richard Curtis that she wants to champion other women who feel pressured to strip on camera.
“You know, not to be criticizing others’ choices, but for me to not take off my clothes in a movie or be vulnerable in physical ways is a choice that I guess I make for myself.”
It may be genetic. Roberts said she did her family tree with Finding Your Roots star Dr. Henry Gates and discovered, “I am DNA cousins with Gloria Steinem.”
She also revealed that she didn’t want to strip off for the sake of her children.
“You know, it’s not really what I do. So if you are going ask me to do it, you have to...
- 1/12/2024
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
The American Film Institute announced today the Official Selections of AFI Awards 2015, celebrating the year’s most outstanding achievements in the art of the moving image.
In addition to the 20 honorees of 2015, AFI also recognizes Mad Men with an AFI Special Award, acknowledging its landmark contributions to America’s cultural legacy across nine years. In the history of AFI Awards, no other television program has earned as many honors.
An almanac documenting works of excellence, AFI Awards is also the only national honor for the entertainment community’s creative teams as a whole, recognizing the collaborative nature of the art form. Honorees are selected based on works that advance the art of the moving image, enhance the rich cultural heritage of America’s art form, inspire audiences and artists alike and make a mark on American society.
“Since AFI’s founding in the White House Rose Garden 50 years ago, its...
In addition to the 20 honorees of 2015, AFI also recognizes Mad Men with an AFI Special Award, acknowledging its landmark contributions to America’s cultural legacy across nine years. In the history of AFI Awards, no other television program has earned as many honors.
An almanac documenting works of excellence, AFI Awards is also the only national honor for the entertainment community’s creative teams as a whole, recognizing the collaborative nature of the art form. Honorees are selected based on works that advance the art of the moving image, enhance the rich cultural heritage of America’s art form, inspire audiences and artists alike and make a mark on American society.
“Since AFI’s founding in the White House Rose Garden 50 years ago, its...
- 12/16/2015
- by Melissa Thompson
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Mini news conference, Toronto, Sept. 2013 Steve McQueen’s brutal but brilliant film “12 Years a Slave” based on the diaries of a freeman captured and made a slave is hard to watch. It brings up all the pain and suffering inflicted on Africans kidnapped and taken to America to work as slaves, who for nearly four hundred years endured torture, rape and suppression by their white masters. Dr. Henry Gates, an advisor on the film reminds us that 35% of all African American men descended from a white man, a third of all black men have a great-great grandfather from slavery. Rape or cajoled sexuality was common. Michael Fassbender’s character, plantation owner Mr. Epps fits that description. We spoke...
- 10/17/2013
- by Anne Brodie
- Monsters and Critics
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