Even the world's biggest stars aren't exempt from criticism—especially from their daughters. "This one time, she said to me, 'Mom, that [outfit] is totally inappropriate. No one will take you seriously as a director—you can't wear that,' " Madonna said last night at the Ziegfeld Theatre, where the Cinema Society was hosting its second New York screening of her Wallis-and-Windsor biopic W.E. If clothes make the director, they also make the star—and according to Andrea Riseborough, who plays Wallis Simpson, it was the fashion of the film that helped her bring to life the character she plays on screen. "There was one brooch that reminded me so much of the Duchess—it actually belonged to her," she told Style.com before the screening. "It was kind of evoking her spirit throughout the whole filming." Maybe it was a good luck charm, too: This morning, costume designer (and longtime Madonna stylist) Arianne Phillips was nominated for an Oscar for her work. Directing done, it's back to the day job for Madonna. She's currently preparing for her Super Bowl halftime performance. "I am really nervous," she admitted. But as one of her stars, actor James D'Arcy, reminded us, she's a pro—it's her partners who should be nervous. "Dancing for one of the most famous dancers in the world with very little dance experience—that was the sweatiest it got," he said of filming one of the movie's sequences. "At one point, I made myself dance with her for three seconds just to say I had danced with Madonna."—Kristin Studeman read more..
Sunday, 29 January 2012
Monday, 23 January 2012
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"Madonna is coming, everyone; Madonna is here," Parker Posey yelled as she made her way down the red carpet last night at the Museum of Modern Art, where the Cinema Society and the Weinstein Company were hosting a screening of Madge's new film W.E. But Posey needn't have bothered. The barrage of camera flashes and screams of fans more than sufficed to announce the blonde one's delayed arrival. "I've been a huge fan ever since I was a little girl," Chloë Sevigny gushed. Patti Smith, Valentino, Donna Karan, and Julian Schnabel were also in the crowd. Before making her way into the screening room, a Roberto Cavalli-clad Madonna told Style.com how the idea for the melodrama, centered around the 1930's affair between Wallis Simpson (Andrea Riseborough) and King Edward VIII (James D'Arcy), came about: "It's a really long story, but it's something that was cooking in my brain for a long time," said the Material Girl, who confirmed she would continue doing films. "I was living in England and had an obsession with the royal family, starting with Queen Victoria, and also I was very interested in pre-war England." During his introduction, Harvey Weinstein said, "If Joe Smith had made the film it would still be heralded," to which Madonna politely replied, "Thank you, Harvey, but I would never want to be Joe Smith." Not hardly. The pop superstar has just been confirmed as the Super Bowl half-time act. Later, as MoMA PS1's Klaus Biesenbach walked into the Piaget-sponsored after-party at Crown, he asked Weinstein, "Are you happy?" Weinstein's response: "Yes, Patti Smith got up and gave her a standing ovation."—Kristin Studeman read more..