Elsa Zylberstein, the French actor-producer whose timely movie “Simone: Woman of a Century” was recently released in the U.S., has signed with CAA for representation.
The actor’s performance as Simone Veil, an Auschwitz survivor who became a feminist icon and human rights activist, earned critical praise and struck a chord with French audiences, becoming one of the highest-grossing French films of 2022.
Distributed by Samuel Goldwyn Films in the U.S., Olivier Dahan’s biopic sheds light on how Veil became a revered figure within France’s male-dominated political world after surviving the camps, championing the 1975 law that legalized abortion in France. The Holocaust Museum in L.A. will host a special screening of the movie on Nov. 29 in the presence of Zylberstein. A similar event is also being organized in Washington, D.C.
The actor has also launched production vehicles in France and the U.S. to develop...
The actor’s performance as Simone Veil, an Auschwitz survivor who became a feminist icon and human rights activist, earned critical praise and struck a chord with French audiences, becoming one of the highest-grossing French films of 2022.
Distributed by Samuel Goldwyn Films in the U.S., Olivier Dahan’s biopic sheds light on how Veil became a revered figure within France’s male-dominated political world after surviving the camps, championing the 1975 law that legalized abortion in France. The Holocaust Museum in L.A. will host a special screening of the movie on Nov. 29 in the presence of Zylberstein. A similar event is also being organized in Washington, D.C.
The actor has also launched production vehicles in France and the U.S. to develop...
- 11/14/2023
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Helen Mirren received the life achievement award at the 2022 SAG Awards in Santa Monica, CA, on Sunday night! Kate Winslet and Cate Blanchett presented Mirren with the special honor following a career retrospective of the 76-year-old actor's nearly six-decade career. "Lifetime achievement sounds so grand, but I suppose I'm still alive, so by that measure I'm eligible," Mirren began her acceptance speech. "But honestly, any achievement that I've succeeded in is the result of my mantra . . . 'Be on time and don't be an ass.'"
The living legend admitted that she struggled knowing what to say during her speech. "I've been angsting about what to say tonight, and I waited for inspiration. And then it came," she said. "To all those people with whom I have shared my professional life: the actors. I will talk about actors, oh my God, what a brilliant idea. So original. I like to think inside the box.
The living legend admitted that she struggled knowing what to say during her speech. "I've been angsting about what to say tonight, and I waited for inspiration. And then it came," she said. "To all those people with whom I have shared my professional life: the actors. I will talk about actors, oh my God, what a brilliant idea. So original. I like to think inside the box.
- 2/28/2022
- by Princess Gabbara
- Popsugar.com
Exclusive: Grey Gardens writer-director Michael Sucsy has formed his HungryDuck production shingle by optioning Peter Radar’s Simon & Schuster novel Playing to the Gods.
Sucsy has written the script and will direct as well as produce the feature. The project will be taken out for financing shortly.
The pic is envisioned as The Favourite meets Amadeus. It tells the true story of French stage superstar Sarah Bernhardt, a pioneer in the culture of exotic, eccentric celebrity who became the world’s first A-list actress. Pitted in a rivalry is up-and-coming Italian adversary, Eleonora Duse, whose modern, naturalistic style and ability to disappear into roles without chewing the scenery revolutionized the theater. Their competition for queen of the stage ignited the most tumultuous theatrical showdown of the 19th century.
In his debut film Grey Gardens, Sucsy directed Jessica Lange to a Best Actress Emmy Award and Drew Barrymore to a...
Sucsy has written the script and will direct as well as produce the feature. The project will be taken out for financing shortly.
The pic is envisioned as The Favourite meets Amadeus. It tells the true story of French stage superstar Sarah Bernhardt, a pioneer in the culture of exotic, eccentric celebrity who became the world’s first A-list actress. Pitted in a rivalry is up-and-coming Italian adversary, Eleonora Duse, whose modern, naturalistic style and ability to disappear into roles without chewing the scenery revolutionized the theater. Their competition for queen of the stage ignited the most tumultuous theatrical showdown of the 19th century.
In his debut film Grey Gardens, Sucsy directed Jessica Lange to a Best Actress Emmy Award and Drew Barrymore to a...
- 12/11/2018
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
As Divas no Brasil / Divas in Brazil In As Divas no Brasil / Divas in Brazil, Brazilian author Evânio Alves narrates numerous little-known stories — some tragic, some humorous, some downright bizarre — about international film, music, stage, and even opera and ballet (female) stars during their visit to the South American nation. According to Alves, the reasons for the divas' visits to Brazil have been varied. For instance, Madonna's reasons for dropping by have been professional (record-breaking shows a few years ago), personal (she was dating Brazilian model Jesus Luz), and socially conscious (as a representative of the Ngo "Success for Kids"). Eleonora Duse and Vivien Leigh performed The Lady of the Camellias on the Rio de Janeiro stage; the former in the mid-1880s, the latter in the early 1960s. Margot Fonteyn danced at Rio's Teatro Municipal, while Marlene Dietrich performed a cabaret act that, as attested by images found in Divas in Brazil,...
- 3/30/2012
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
James Franco admitted he hates a lot of his movies. Robert Duvall questioned David Fincher's shooting style. And Ryan Gosling opened up about getting fired by Peter Jackson. It was an especially candid Hollywood Reporter Roundtable when six of the year's most awards-worthy actors—Franco ("127 Hours"), Duvall ("Get Low"), Gosling ("Blue Valentine"), Jesse Eisenberg ("The Social Network"), Colin Firth ("The King's Speech"), and Mark Ruffalo ("The Kids Are All Right")—got together Nov. 5 at Siren Studios in Hollywood for an hourlong discussion. Do you remember the specific moment when you decided to be an actor? Robert Duvall: I come from a military background, and, actually, my parents kind of pushed me into acting, which is the reverse of what it's supposed to be. I tried it on an academic level in a small college in Illinois, and it kind of worked out. Then I went in the Army anyway,...
- 12/15/2010
- backstage.com
The staff of New York City's Drama Book Shop assembled this list of inspiring biographies and memoirs of theater and film people. From the legendary Eleonora Duse to the wild-living Jack Nicholson, the subjects of these books offer diverse views of a life in the performing arts."Tennessee Williams in Provincetown" by David Kaplan (Hansen Publishing Group)No matter how much drinking and carousing he indulged in the night before, Tennessee Williams would get up the next morning at the crack of dawn, sit down at his trusty typewriter, and go right to work again. That's how gifted young playwrights become icons, of course, and how titles like "The Glass Menagerie," "A Streetcar Named Desire," and "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" become part of the American cultural vernacular. And that's just one of the many inspiring things I learned about Williams from this concise, fast-moving, and eminently readable book.
- 7/21/2010
- backstage.com
We asked the staffs of the Drama Book Shop in New York and Samuel French in Los Angeles for their picks of the top 10 books every actor should own. Here are their choices. The Drama Book Shop, New York1. "Stella Adler on Acting" by Stella AdlerAdler fuses multiple techniques and methods to create an approach to acting that is all-encompassing, rich, and multilayered. Perfect for the professional and novice alike.2. "Auditioning" by Joanna Merlin A former casting director for Hal Prince and a working actor, Merlin gives exceptional advice from her experience on both sides of the audition table. What she does best is address the many ways in which actors sabotage themselves and the many things they can do to harness their personal power to deliver the best audition possible. This book is uplifting and demystifies the sometimes scary process of auditioning.3. "How to Get the Part…Without Falling Apart...
- 1/28/2010
- backstage.com
Oscar-winning actress Nicole Kidman has been offered the 'role of a lifetime' to star in a new Steven Spielberg project as silent film legend Sarah Bernhardt. The beauty of The Hours has a packed schedule of filming over the next few months, having signed to appear in The Stepford Wives, Bewitched and Baz Luhrmann's Untitled Alexander The Great Project. But after meetings with the Minority Report director - a close pal of her ex- husband Tom Cruise - Kidman is convinced taking the part of the French cinema star could be a career high. The new biopic, entitled The Rivals, will trace the intense rivalry between Bernhardt - the undisputed queen of the silent era - and the pretender to her throne Eleonora Duse, who fought over parts and lovers during their long feud.
- 9/15/2003
- WENN
Variety reports that Steven Spielberg has personally made a seven-figure buy of a spec script by Robin Swicord entitled The Rivals, about the rivalry between legendary 19th century actresses Sarah Bernhardt and Eleonora Duse. Word has it Spielberg has an eye towards directing the project, possibly after finishing Terminal with Tom Hanks and Catherine Zeta-Jones. Dan Jinks and Bruce Cohen, the duo behind American Beauty, are slated to produce the film for DreamWorks.
- 5/22/2003
- IMDbPro News
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