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Fred Savage Lee Daniels The Wonder Years

THE WONDER YEARS WITH A WHOLE NEW POINT OF VIEW

At last! A network comedy to look forward to! Back in the 80’s, The Wonder Years family comedy was a big hit – basically until the kids grew up. It took place in suburban America in the rapidly changing 1960’s. Now the series star, Fred Savage, (he played Kevin) has teamed up with Lee Daniels and some of the original series creators to bring back the show featuring a middle class black family living in Montgomery, Alabama, in those turbulent times. And it WILL still be a comedy! It’s in the early planning stages- no casting yet- but ABC is excited about it – and we hope it happens soon.

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By Janet / July 8, 2020
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Domestic Violence Lawsuit Lee Daniels Madonna Sean Penn

SEAN PENN CLAIMS HE WAS NEVER VIOLENT WITH MADONNA – OR ANY OTHER WOMEN

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The fact that Sean Penn is suing Lee Daniels for ten million dollars for claiming he’s a wife beater is a FASCINATING turn of events. Daniels had offhandedly commented to The Hollywood Reporter that Empire star Terrence Howard’s record of violence against women was no worse than Marlon Brando’s or Sean Penn’s – in other words “no big deal.” We’re SHOCKED that Penn, who seemed to enjoy his bad boy rep, took offense. Penn claims that although he’s had problems with the law, he’s never been CONVICTED of domestic violence. We remember the violent episode many years ago that ended his marriage to Madonna. She told her close friends about it but never discussed it in public. Granted, the hot -tempered actor may not have been ARRESTED for domestic violence – but he knows in his heart he’s GUILTY. The women in question preferred to avoid public embarrassment by calling attention to his behavior. Or maybe they were AFRAID. It certainly would be interesting if Madonna were called to testify in this case – would she tell the truth?

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SEAN PENN CLAIMS HE WAS NEVER VIOLENT WITH MADONNA

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By Janet / September 22, 2015
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John Cusack Lee Daniels Matthew McConaughey Movies Nicole Kidman The Paperboy Zac Efron

THE PAPERBOY: TENNESEE WILLIAMS ON STEROIDS

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The audience walking out of a recent screening of Lee Daniels’ “The Paperboy” didn’t know WHAT to think. Some were repelled by the white trash vulgarity of the oversexed sweaty characters and others were mesmerized. Some seemed EMBARRASSED to admit they liked it! In the movie, it’s 1969 in Florida and Matthew McConaughey plays a reporter with a lurid dark side and Zac Efron is his sex-obsessed younger brother. John Cusack plays the most revolting character of all – a deranged prisoner who might be innocent of murder. Nicole Kidman is the desperate floozy who wants to marry her prison pen pal. Mix all this up with thick southern accents (especially Macy Gray the narrator) swamp dwellers, and racial tension, and you have a poisonous stew. But the movie is funny at times, surprisingly compelling, and you cannot take your eyes away. Some might call it lowbrow, but it’s entertaining.

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By Janet / October 15, 2012
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Nicole Kidman The Paperboy Zac Efron

NICOLE KIDMAN WILL DO ALMOST ANYTHING FOR A MOVIE, BUT SHE WON’T DO THAT!

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“Precious” director Lee Daniels put Nicole Kidman through the wringer while filming “The Paperboy.” She not only had two explicit sex scenes, but a scene where she pees on Zac Efron after he’s bitten by a sting ray. And the whole movie takes place in the steamy Florida swamps in the early 70’s. Daniels says he shocked the actress when he insisted that Nicole would understand her character (the town hussy who has a pen-pal relationship with a convict) better if she did her OWN hair and makeup. To illustrate, he placed her in a room full of women who wrote to men in prison. AND he required that she “jiggle,” so she had to GAIN fifteen pounds! Nicole did as she was told until she got to the part in the script where her character had to use the N-word. She flatly refused. No WAY. Eventually, director Daniels relented.

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By Janet / September 30, 2012
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