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Is ‘Tony’ a True Story? Filmmaker and Star on How the Biopic Was Made
E ven when he was alive, there was a sense of lore that surrounded Anthony Bourdain. He had the allure of someone with a true mythology, which he offered up…
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‘Tony’ Isn’t a Biopic. It’s Superhero Coming-of-Age Fan Fiction.
Anthony Bourdain summed up his late teens in a typically eloquent, withering fashion: “I was,” he wrote in his bestselling memoir Kitchen Confidential, “a spoiled, miserable, narcissistic, self-destructive and thoughtless…
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John Legend to Play Harry Belafonte in Upcoming Paul Simon Biopic
Belafonte served as advisor to Simon, who toured with South African musicians during Apartheid The multitalented John Legend will play the multitalented Harry Belafonte in an upcoming film dramatizing Paul…
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Sean Penn Wants to Make Jan. 6 Cop Biopic Starring Bradley Cooper
If he can get away with it, Sean Penn is planning on directing a biopic about the early life of a policeman who was present at the Jan. 6 insurrection.…
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Amanda Seyfried Learned to Play Joni Mitchell’s ‘Blue’ for Biopic
Amanda Seyfried said she felt like a “bona fide musician” after learning to play the entirety of Joni Mitchell’s masterpiece, Blue, while prepping for a since-shelved project about the iconic…
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FKA Twigs to Star in Josephine Baker Biopic
FKA Twigs is set to star in a biopic about Josephine Baker, the iconic American-born entertainer who rose to fame in Paris in the roaring 1920s. The news was announced…
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See Young Anthony Bourdain in ‘Tony’ Biopic Trailer
Anthony Bourdain‘s 2000 memoir, Kitchen Confidential, turned him from a nobody chef into a superstar authority figure, thanks to his sardonic witticisms, the insider-y way he let readers in on…
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‘Michael’ Pacing Toward Record-Breaking Week for Musical Biopic
Despite the controversy surrounding its release, Michael is on pace to break the box office record for a musical biopic in its opening week. According to Lionsgate, which distributed the…
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How’s the Michael Jackson Biopic? It’s Bad
It was the casual giraffe cameo that broke me. You will have your own OMG WTF moment of no return, your own personal crossing of the Rubicon, regarding Michael, the…