
Jada Yuan
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**former** culture writer @washingtonpost. Author of UNLEASHING OPPENHEIMER. 1st @nytimes 52 Places Traveler. IG: alphajada. DMs open, [email protected]
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Ryan Coogler chokes back tears as he says, “It’s tough to be here and not think about Minnesota. My heart is there right now… I can’t be here and not think about Renee.” He is was last at National Board of Review in 2014 for “Fruitvale Station,” about the killing of Oscar Grant
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Brazilian director Klebee Mendonça Fillho and star Wagner Moura during the standing ovation for THE SECRET AGENT, the longest and most enthusiastic of any I’ve seen so far — 15 minutes (with speeches) and tons of French ladies shouting “Bravo! from the balcony #cannes2025
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Cried through the first take of this video. Our arts team was decimated, most arts reporters, most critics, in the mass layoffs at The Washington Post. It's a sad day for anyone who cares about the arts — now for action, looking for work, ways to still support artists.
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Stellan Skarsgard, new supporting actor Oscar nominee, told me his first job was picking potatoes when he was 7. Also, his favorite movie was his son Alexander’s, PILLION. “I don’t have a problem seeing him do BDSM. When he acts badly I have a big problem.” #Oscars
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Laura Dern says, “I don’t want to get emotional” before talking about David Lynch. “When we lost him, I thought, ‘How will I ever feel that again, your director holding a camera right next to you, who knows you as your family?’”Said shooting IS THIS THING ON? was healing #nyff
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Eva Victor says Ayo Edeberi was the one at Globes who told them Julia Roberts loved “Sorry, Baby,” and then they turned around and Julia was there.💀 Eva doesn’t know if their movie already has more views because “HBO doesn’t tell me a damn thing.” National Board of Review Eva Victor
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Gillian Anderson accepts Queer Palm for TEENAGE SEX, reads speech from dir. Jane Schoenbrun: “To me, queerness [is] an ongoing promise that I make to live as if a better … more magical world might be possible instead of shitty straight one we’re always surrounded by.” #cannes
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In December, I asked Ryan Coogler what movie this year moved him most, other than his own, and he said HAMNET. He and Chloe Zhao are friends and super supportive of each other’s work, which is why they kept surfing to his reactions during her win #GoldenGlobes
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Asked how motherhood has changed her acting — a q she knew was coming — Jennifer Lawrence says, “Ok, fine.” Adds that her kids have opened her up emotionally, that she never knew she could feel so much. “I highly recommend having a kid if you want to be an actor.” #Cannes2025
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Palme d’Or winner Cristian Mungiu (for FJORD): “Today the society is split, it's divided, it's radicalized, and… this film is a pledge against any kind of fundamentalism.” He says we often talk about tolerance and inclusion in Europe but we need to actually mean it. #cannes
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