51 m. ago Critics give mixed reaction to Snow White, calling remake ‘awful and enchanting’

The Disney movie is a remake of the popular 1930s animated film Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs.

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4 h. ago Snow White review – Disney’s exhaustingly awful reboot axes the prince and makes the dwarves mo

With tiresome pseudo-progressive additions that tie the whole thing in knots, this is a waste of estimable entertainers like Rachel Zegler and Gal GadotThat title is a description of the page on which new Hollywood ideas get written. Here is a pointless new live-action musical version of the Snow White myth, a kind of un-Wicked approach to the story and a merch-enabling money machine. Where other movies are playfully reimagining the backstories of famous villains, this one plays it straight, but with carefully curated revisionist tweaks. These are all too obviously agonising and backlash-second-guessing, but knowing that at some basic level the brand identity has to be kept pristine. This is particularly evident in the costume design, with which the wicked witch gets a pointy dark crown and skull-hugging black balaclava and Snow White is lumbered with a supermarket-retail tweenie outfit with puffy-sleeved shoulders. Those otherwise estimable performers Rachel Zegler and Gal Gadot ar...

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4 h. ago Rachel Zegler deserves better than the lazy, visually repellent Snow White

This Disney musical offers nothing to the talented ‘West Side Story’ star – who has faced racist abuse since her casting was announced – and features a dud of a performance from Gal Gadot as the Evil Queen

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6 h. ago Snow White star Rachel Zegler says she had to 'prove Latin ethnicity' to 'white movie executives'

The actress said ‘they kept calling to ask if I was legit’

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11 h. ago The White Lotus' Jason Isaacs apologises to Oscar winning actress after sparking sexist backlash for his 'absurd' full

The White Lotus star Jason Isaac has apologised after his 'absurd' comments about his full-frontal nude scene in the HBO series sparked backlash.

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13 h. ago ‘He threw body piercing parties and lay on a bed of nails’: the wild life of body modification guru Fakir Musafar

A new documentary explores how the pioneer of the ‘modern primitive’ subculture used painful BDSM practices to access new spiritual planes – outraging conventional societyIn the opening moments of A Body to Live in, a documentary by American film-maker Angelo Madsen, we are confronted with two black-and-white photographs. Taken in 1944 by the teenage Roland Loomis, they show him stripped to his underwear, his waist heavily restricted by a leather belt, a rope wrapped several times around his neck.Loomis later renamed himself Fakir Musafar and became one of the founders of the modern primitive movement – a subculture that revolves around body modification practices including branding, suspension, contortion and binding. A Body to Live in, which premieres internationally at London’s BFI Flare film festival this week, dissects Musafar’s body of work, which explored the tension between masculinity and femininity, pain and pleasure, spirituality and S&M. Continue reading...

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14 h. ago Snow White star Rachel Zegler hits out at ‘white’ movie bosses after shocking request

‘Snow White’ actor said that ‘white executives’ questioned her Colombian heritage when she was being cast in ‘West Side Story’

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22 h. ago Rachel Zegler hits out at 'white' movie executives after being accused of turning Snow White woke

Rachel Zegler claims white studio executives repeatedly questioned her Latina identity during her casting for Steven Spielberg's 2021 remake of West Side Story.

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23 h. ago Adolescence star Owen Cooper, 15, has already filmed his next TV role alongside White Lotus star

The actor is set to star in romantic comedy-drama Film Club, alongside White Lotus star Aimee Lou Wood (who plays Evie) and House of the Dragon star Ralph Davis. (who portrays Noa).

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25 h. ago Fight over Gaza breaks out at Gal Gadot's Hollywood Walk of Fame event

Gal Gadot's Hollywood Walk of Fame ceremony was hit by warring protestors on Tuesday amid ongoing controversy over her ' woke ' film Snow White.

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26 h. ago Snow White star Rachel Zegler reveals Ariana Grande supported her during cruel trolling

Hollywood icon's Helen Mirren and Ariana Grande have stepped in to support the Snow White star amid ongoing controversy, reaching out privately as backlash surrounding the film continues to spark debate

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27 h. ago Helen Mirren and Ariana Grande ‘reached out’ to Snow White star amid controversy

The film has proven controversial due to the choice of CGI and Rachel Zegler’s casting.

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30 h. ago Rachel Zegler says Ariana Grande reached out to offer support amid Snow White drama

The actor stars as Snow White in the upcoming live action film, premiering in theaters March 21

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35 h. ago Nigel Farage's Reform recruit shared Tommy Robinson video and questioned female police

Stuart Davies, one of 29 defecting councillors gleefully unveiled by Nigel Farage, sparked a backlash by sharing a Tommy Robinson video and also suggested some women should not be police officers

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51 h. ago Rachel Zegler sparks MORE backlash over 'original' Snow White film amid woke controversy

Rachel Zegler has sparked more backlash over the 'original' Snow White film amid drama over her 'woke' live action remake.

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59 h. ago Rachel Zegler is praised for her sweet gesture with a child fan as VIP guest shares video from inside 'secret' screening of Snow White

Rachel Zegler didn't get a Hollywood premiere for Snow White last week, but the actress has been praised for making sure the VIP guests at a 'secret' screening had a day to remember.

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59 h. ago Rachel Zegler praised as 'outstanding' in first reactions to controversy

‘Zegler was great in the lead role, and Gadot was fun,’ one review read

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68 h. ago Gal Gadot promotes 'woke' Snow White at Disneyland after scaled

Gal Gadot joined fellow Disney villains while promoting her much-maligned new film, Snow White, at the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, California on Sunday.

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3 d. ago Critics finally reveal what they think of Snow White as first reviews of Disney's woke remake are released

The first reviews of the new Snow White film were released on Sunday - as controversy over the Disney remake rumbles on.

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3 d. ago Rachel Zegler and Gal Gadot shirked the 'classic signs of connection' with 'forced and uneasy' display at woke Snow White premiere as telling sign reveals how distant they REALLY are

The pair have been embroiled in rumours of a backstage feud due to their oppositing views on the Israeli-Palestine conflict.

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