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Emma Stone will be attending 73rd Venice Film Festival

Emma Stone will be attending  73rd Venice Film Festival

Emma Stone will be attending 2016 Venice Film Festival to to promote her new movie ‘La La Land’ during 73rd Venice Film Festival in Venice, Italy.

With swoon-worthy trailers saturated in lovely imagery and memorable music, Damien (“Whiplash”)Chazelle’s “La La Land” looks like a cinematic dream come true. Reuniting “Crazy Stupid Love” (and the more forgettable “Gangster Squad”) costars Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone, the film features Gosling playing a jazz pianist and Stone playing the actress he falls in love with. Much singing and dancing follows. Venice artistic director Alberto Barbera had some lofty praise for the film, which will be the opener for the 73rd festival stating that “La La Land” “does not merely reinvent the musical genre, it gives it a brand new start.” Barbera also added that the film is Chazelle’s “definitive, albeit precocious, consecration among the great directors of Hollywood’s new firmament.” Heady praise indeed, and lest you think it’s so much lather, remember that Venice has debuted awards behemoths “Gravity” and “Birdman” in that very slot in recent years.

Why the Venice Film Fest Matters More to Oscar

Why the Venice Film Fest Matters More to Oscar

tumblr_ocdpsfNpha1qzb91ho1_1280After premiering three major Academy Award winners in a row, the world’s oldest film fest is once again Hollywood’s awards-season launchpad.

The past few years, while Toronto bickered with Telluride over which festival could screen which premiere when and where, Venice — after some decidedly lackluster editions — took the high road and worked on improving. The result? It’s back on top after a scorecard that saw successful Oscar wins for Venice premieres three years in a row: Gravity, Birdman and, last year, Spotlight. Hollywood has taken notice. The festival is filled with studio titles this year, which means the red carpet will be filled with A-list talent. The four premieres that already are garnering awards buzz:

 

With Venice proving to be a good luck charm at the Oscars, one young contender seems to be taking the hint. Damien Chazelle is following up his 2014 best picture nominee Whiplash with festival opener La La Land. The musical stars Ryan Gosling as a jazz pianist who falls in love with an aspiring actress (Emma Stone). The Venice committee, after watching the film, immediately offered Lionsgate the opening slot. “I was so honored to get the invitation to open Venice,” says Chazelle. “It’s the kind of place that seems to belong in a dream. That’s the feeling I wanted to capture with this movie: the way things look and sound in a dream, the magic and the romance of it all.”

Chazelle adds that it was a natural choice to follow up his critically acclaimed Whiplash with the challenging genre of the musical. “The thing I love about musicals is that everything is possible. You can combine all the arts — music, dance, painting, theater —  to collectively produce an emotion that can’t be conveyed by words,” he says. “I wanted to try and make a film that told an honest, intimate story but also allowed for that kind of big-screen moviemaking.”

Festival director Alberto Barbera believes that the film, a tribute to old Hollywood musicals, is a natural candidate for the Oscars. “It has all the elements,” he says. “It’s a wonderful story, a classic film. It’s extremely well done with two outstanding lead performances. You have to go back to the ’60s and ’70s to see something that is similar to those performances. It has beautiful music, beautiful dance performances. Everything in the film is definitely outstanding.”

While Lionsgate is planning a big launch at the festival, unfortunately Gosling will not be present, as he couldn’t escape filming duties for Blade Runner 2. Stone will be back in Venice after her 2014 success withBirdman led her to an Oscar nomination.

Read full article on Hollywood Reporter.

Emma Stone’s “La La Land” heading to TIFF 2016

Emma Stone’s “La La Land” heading to TIFF 2016

The Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) has announced its film lineup for its 41st edition and this year’s prorgamme is overflowing with A-list talent. The list of star-studded films includes Ryan Goslingand Emma Stone’s romantic drama La La Land. The 10-day festival kicks off on Sept. 8.

La La Land: Starring Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone, John Legend, and Rosemarie DeWitt

Emma Stone & Jonah Hill To Star & Cary Fukunaga To Direct ‘Maniac’ Dark Comedy Series For Paramount TV & Anonymous

Emma Stone & Jonah Hill To Star & Cary Fukunaga To Direct ‘Maniac’ Dark Comedy Series For Paramount TV & Anonymous

EXCLUSIVE: Emma Stone and Jonah Hill are finalizing deals to star and Cary Fukunaga to direct Maniac, a blockbuster half-hour series package from Paramount TV and Anonymous Content, sources say.

The dark comedy is based on the 2014 Norwegian series about a guy who lives a fantasy life in his dreams but in reality is locked up at an institution. Hill and Stone will both play patients in the institution. I hear the project will be seeking a straight-to-series order, possibly for two seasons, with Fukunaga likely directing all episodes. Search is underway for a writer.

Continue reading Emma Stone & Jonah Hill To Star & Cary Fukunaga To Direct ‘Maniac’ Dark Comedy Series For Paramount TV & Anonymous

Emma Stone in talks to play Cruella de Vil in Disney origin movie

Emma Stone in talks to play Cruella de Vil in Disney origin movie

Who might be the next Cruella de Vil, a.k.a. a spider waiting for the kill? Emma Stone. The Help star is in early talks to play the 101 Dalmatians villain in an origin story at Disney, EW has learned.

The live-action spin-off of the classic 1961 animated film is currently being written by Kelly Marcel (Fifty Shades of Grey) and has no director yet. Andrew Gunn (Freaky Friday) is attached to produce. Stone would be the second actress to play Cruella in a live-action Disney film. (Glenn Close did so in 1996.)

For the uninitiated, Cruella is evil incarnate, as her song indicates. She’s an old school friend of the titular dogs’ co-owner and promptly organizes a plan to steal the pups in order to skin them for their hides.

Stone will appear in the upcoming musical La La Land from Whiplash director Damien Chazelle, alongside Crazy Stupid Love costar Ryan Gosling. The 27-year-old is also in pre-production for Battle of the Sexes as tennis star Billie Jean King.

The Hollywood Reporter first reported the news.

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Hollywood’s “Best Value” stars of 2015

Earlier in the week Forbes announced its list of the most overpaid stars of 2015, with Johnny Depp topping the list of actors who offer the least return on their salary.

Now we have a look at those names on the opposite end of the scale, with Forbes revealing that Chris Evans has offered the best value, with the actor returning $214.20 for every dollar he was paid for his last three movies leading up to June 2015.

Interestingly, the top ten has an even split of five males and five females; check them out here…

5. Emma Stone ($54)

 

Site News: Emma Stone Daily is paparazzi free now!

Site News: Emma Stone Daily is paparazzi free now!

Here at Emma Stone Daily we are all about respecting Emma as an actress and person. We do not wish to support gossip journalism, paparazzi photography, or anything else that might be harmful to Emma Stone. I acknowledge that some people find it amusing to see Emma walking up and down the streets, stopping at a local shops, spending time with his family and as an ordinary person. But as fans, we must learn to respect Emma’s personal feelings about that. And how it must feel to have the line between personal and professional life blurred. Let’s remember that we, as fans and supporters of his work, should draw lines between what is her public life and what is her private life.

Although it may be a fair argument to say that those who choose the limelight that comes with being a celebrity, also choose to have their personal life exploited in the media, I think different. Being a public figure should not have to mean to have all aspects of your personal life being in the media 24/7. Or have everything you do during your down time placed under a microscope for any and everyone to see.

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