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Billie Eilish will make her feature acting debut in Sarah Polley’s adaptation of Sylvia Plath’s The Bell Jar, with Polley directing and writing the screenplay. Focus Features will distribute the project, produced by Joy Gorman Wettels of Joy Coalition alongside Plan B Entertainment and StudioCanal.
Grammy-winning Billie Eilish is in advanced talks to star in Sarah Polley’s film adaptation of Sylvia Plath’s The Bell Jar for Focus Features, marking her feature acting debut as Polley’s project advances.
Deadline reports Billie Eilish is in advanced talks to make her feature acting debut as Esther Greenwood in an adaptation of Sylvia Plath's The Bell Jar, directed by Sarah Polley, with Focus Features financing and distributing in the U.S. The project is produced by Joy Gorman Wettels (Joy Coalition), Plan B Entertainment, and StudioCanal, with Polley as screenwriter. No music contribution from Eilish is planned at this stage.
'The Studio' on Apple TV+ has received 23 Emmy nominations, including for its cast and crew, with Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg planning Season 2 featuring guest star Sarah Polley as a writer and Ron Howard expressing eagerness to return. The show is praised for its sharp writing and star-studded guest appearances, and the creators aim to build on its success with more high-profile guest stars and creative ideas.
Filmmaker Sarah Polley was pranked by her 11-year-old child on April Fools' Day with a letter claiming that her Oscar for best adapted screenplay was given by mistake and needed to be returned to the Academy. The letter was signed by the former president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, David Rubin. Polley shared the hilarious prank on Twitter, assuring her followers that she gets to keep the Oscar.
Canadian filmmaker Sarah Polley received a letter stating that she had won her Oscar in error and needed to return it to the Academy. However, she later discovered that the letter was an April Fool's prank from her 11-year-old child. The letter stated that the Academy had realized their mistake on the night of the Oscars but wanted to avoid another La La Land/Moonlight blunder. Polley won the Oscar for best adapted screenplay for Women Talking. The letter asked her to return the award to California and said it would go to the rightful winner, All Quiet on the Western Front.
Celebrities including Martha Stewart and Sarah Polley participated in April Fools' Day pranks this year. Polley's 11-year-old daughter wrote a letter to her, pretending to be from the Academy, requesting that she return her Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay. Meanwhile, Stewart shocked her camera crew by collapsing and appearing with a towel covered in fake blood during a filming segment. Other celebrities, including Heidi Klum and Chris Pratt, also participated in pranks for the holiday.
Canadian filmmaker Sarah Polley was pranked by her 11-year-old child on April Fools' Day with a letter claiming that the Oscar she won for Best Adapted Screenplay for Women Talking was given by mistake and needed to be returned to California. The letter asked her to keep the award for one more week before returning it to the "rightful" winner, All Quiet on the Western Front. Polley quickly realized it was a joke, but made it clear she wasn't impressed.
Sarah Polley's daughter played an April Fools' Day prank on her by forging a letter from the Academy stating that she must return her Oscar for best adapted screenplay for Women Talking to give it to the actual winner, All Quiet on the Western Front. Polley shared the letter on Twitter, but it was just a joke. All Quiet on the Western Front earned nine Oscar nominations and four wins, but not for its screenplay.
Sarah Polley's 11-year-old daughter played an April Fools' Day prank on her by posing as the Academy and asking her to return her Oscar for best adapted screenplay for "Women Talking." The letter, which was actually written by Polley's daughter, instructed her to send the Oscar to the rightful winner, "All Quiet on the Western Front." Twitter users praised the young girl's writing skills, and even the director of "All Quiet on the Western Front" got in on the joke.
Canadian filmmaker Sarah Polley received a letter demanding she return her recently won Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay for "Women Talking" on April Fools' Day. The letter was actually a prank by her 11-year-old daughter, who joked that the award was given in error and should be returned to Los Angeles to be given to the rightful winner, "All Quiet on the Western Front." Despite the letter's reassurance that it wasn't a joke, Polley's Twitter followers played along and praised her daughter's clever prank.