Ability to play the acoustic guitar? Check. Long, flowing blond hair? Check. Canadian heritage? No, but we’d buy it, so…check. Heart-breaking tale of adoption that fueled her songwriting for decades? Not so much, but there are enough similarities between the two that we can see why Taylor Swift is rumored for the role of Joni [...]
Honky cats, we don’t know how many times we have to tell you to get back, but we are not kidding around this time! Based on comments he made to the L.A. Times, Elton John is angling for his “number one” choice Justin Timberlake to play him in the upcoming biopic Rocketman, a film that [...]
Lady Gaga and Amy Winehouse have more than a few things in common: gorgeous voices, singular style, massive hair game. Are those similarities enough to suggest Gaga would be be a good choice to play Amy Winehouse in a potential biopic? According to Amy’s Dad Mitch Winehouse, yes. “I have heard that Lady Gaga is [...]
For anyone captivated by the fairytale wedding, public life and tragic death of Princess Diana, a Hollywood biopic seemed like only a matter of time. The matter of who should play the People’s Princess, however, seems like a matter of personal opinion. According to IndieWire, The Help‘s Jessica Chastain will be portraying the late Princess [...]
Hollywood is right to bank on our collective love of porn stars, but porn star biopics? That’s going to take an Oscar-worthy performance!
Matt Damon and Ben Affleck are teaming up once again, and not just in our dreams where we revert to our inner boy-crazy eighth graders. Reuniting for their first joint venture since Good Will Hunting, Affleck and Damon will partner up for a biopic of recently captured crime boss Whitey Bulger. The two will direct [...]
And so our hopes for another Justin Timblerlake album fade further and further into the distance. Deadline reports that Justin Timberlake will star in Spinning Gold, a biopic of record executive Neil Bogart, the man who launched the careers of KISS, Donna Summer, The Village People and many other ’70s superstars. Well, at least the [...]
Sorry Lindsay, but Michelle Williams’ Marilyn Monroe Vogue cover is all the modern Marilyn we need. Starring in the upcoming biopic My Week With Marilyn about the tumultuous filming of Monroe’s 1957 film The Prince and the Showgirl, Michelle looks eerily similar to the Some Like It Hot actress for the magazine’s cover. So much [...]
The announcement of Penn Badgley’s Jeff Buckley biopic has some people questioning whether Penn’s skills extend beyond looking dapper and being the loneliest of boys (both of which he does very well). “I haven’t begun vocal lessons, but I’m taking guitar lessons. I’m obviously, like, throwing myself 200 percent into it,” Badgley reassures New York [...]
