3 h. ago 'Snow White review is in – it should be a hit but one major star is the weak link'

Daily Star reporter Ed Gleave took a trip to see the new Snow White flick that's been embroiled in controversy after Disney decided to use CGI dwarves instead of real actors

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3 h. ago Snow White review: This painful and pallid remake was cursed from the start

Disney executives, it is reasonable to assume, did not whistle while they worked on Snow White, the latest live-action remake of one of old Walt's classic animations.

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3 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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3 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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5 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 Snow White star Gal Gadot's Walk of Fame ceremony disrupted by protesters

Dozens of protesters gathered outside the El Capitan Theater for the Snow White star, who has been a vocal supporter of the Israeli military

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13 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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21 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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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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25 h. ago Gal Gadot’s Hollywood Walk of Fame ceremony interrupted by pro

The ‘Snow White’ star’s ceremony was halted for 15 minutes

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25 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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26 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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29 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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31 h. ago Disney's woke Snow White is slapped with trigger warnings about a 'woman deliberately poisoned' and 'girl surrounded by ominous trees'

The two hundred-million-pound movie has been plagued by controversy from replacing dwarf actors with CGI and its lead star panning the original Disney cartoon for its 'sexist' romance plot.

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50 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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51 h. ago New Snow White movie featuring real dwarf called Quigg after Disney backlash

Disney has featured a real dwarf in its live action remake of the iconic princess fairy tale, Snow White, following backlash for using computer generated actors

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57 h. ago Disney's Snow White: Inside live action stars Rachel Zeigler and Gal Gadot's troubled relationship

They play enemies on-screen and ‘tension’ is said to exist between the stars off-screen too

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58 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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58 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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60 h. ago Snow White row: Actors with dwarfism to protest outside Disney over ‘unacceptable’ remake

Little people are angry that dwarfs have been replaced with CGI ‘magical creatures’ in Disney’s $250m remake of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

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