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AN UNRECOGNISABLE CHARLIZE
THERON PLAYS AGAINST TYPE
ollywood heavyweights
Charlize Theron, Nicole
HKidman and Margot
Robbie have teamed up to tell
the true story of the women
who brought down former
head of Fox News Roger Ailes.
Bombshell was double duty
for Charlize as she served as
both star and producer on what
she calls “a dream job”.
“I won the lottery on this
one,” the 44-year-old says.
“We’ve had this conversation
about how rare it is where
you get to work with so many
women… to not just see them
on a red carpet but to have a
TEXT: REBEKAH HEBENTON was fired after more than 20 of sexual harassment.” adjust to their new lives now the sense of urgency.”
working experience with them.”
In 2016, the network boss
women accused him of sexual
harassment. In the film, Charlize
plays journalist Megyn Kelly,
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then one of the biggest stars
on the network, who stunned
America when she spoke out.
Charlize admits she initially
struggled to portray the anchor
because of their political
differences. “I was somewhat
averse to who she was.”
But it was an origin story, of
sorts, that needed to be told.
“A lot of those women
don’t like calling themselves
feminists,” she says. “Megyn
hates the word ‘feminist’. And
yet here they are, they’re the
ones that kind of catapulted us
into this moment where we’re
having a serious conversation
about the nuance and the grey
Charlize is proud of the film’s
message. “When women come
together and unify, they’re so
much stronger.”
Bombshell is in
cinemas from
January 16.
GRACE UNDER FIRE
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Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin areF
returning for the penultimate
season of their hit show Grace
and Frankie.
After Grace (Jane Fonda)
revealed in season five she
secretly married Nick (Peter
Gallagher), the ladies must
they’re no longer a twosome.
There’s also a rumour of a long-
anticipated cameo from their
9 to 5 co-star Dolly Parton!
FILM
LITTLE WOMEN
RATING G
Director Greta Gerwig takes
on Louisa May Alcott’s classic
novel Little Women, and her
retelling is sure to be a hit
with lifelong fans as well as
those who’ve never read it.
Greta gathered an all-star
cast, including Meryl Streep,
Laura Dern, Emma Watson and
Saoirse Ronan to portray the
March family, but it’s up-and-
comer Florence Pugh whose
performance as youngest sister
Amy steals the show. She
innocent girl and blossoming
moves masterfully between
young woman. An unmissable
story filled with love, friendship,
heartbreak and sisterhood.
Rebekah Hebenton
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TV
Season six of Grace
and Frankie hits
Netflix this week.
E th ti i t J (82) h
Ever the activist, Jane (82) has
been using her time between
shooting to protest climate
change in the US capital.
“There is a collective crisis,
requires collective action,”
she says. “I decided to use
my celebrity to try to raise
Jane is also enlisting her
celebrity friends, with Lily (80)
joining her at a protest over
the holiday period.