The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert premiered to a rapturous, midnight-screening reception at Cannes on May 15, 1994. The tart, feel-good comedy follows a trio of Sydney drag queens — Terrence Stamp, Hugo Weaving and Guy Pearce — who travel by bus (that’s Priscilla) to a gig in the Outback, finding their way into hijinks and eye-popping outfits along the way. The film became a crossover sensation and even won an Oscar for its costumes (this despite having a costume budget of approximately $5,000). Its writer-director Stephan Elliott joins THR‘s It Happened in Hollywood podcast this week to reveal all about this making of the comedy classic on the cusp of its 30th birthday. Here are five facinating takeaways from the episode:
Guy Pearce Was Desperate to Shed his Soap Opera Image
Pearce was 26 and well-known to Australian and U.K. audiences at the time as the star of Neighbors, the popular soap,...
Guy Pearce Was Desperate to Shed his Soap Opera Image
Pearce was 26 and well-known to Australian and U.K. audiences at the time as the star of Neighbors, the popular soap,...
- 2/22/2024
- by Seth Abramovitch
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Real-life BFFs Emily Mortimer (Newsroom) and Dolly Wells (Bridget Jones’s Diary) write and star on Doll & Em (Wednesdays at 10 p.m.), HBO’s latest L.A. meta-comedy about a movie star (Mortimer) who hires her childhood pal (Wells) as an assistant. (Possible alternate title: Curb Your Enthusiasm, Ladies!) But once you clear the velvet rope, it’s apparent that Doll and Em is, at its heart, a portrait of female friendship rather than a Hollywood confidential.
The comedy — which is partly improvised, but never reaches laugh-out-loud levels of funny — debuts with back-to-back episodes, and good thing, considering the premiere is a bit anemic.
The comedy — which is partly improvised, but never reaches laugh-out-loud levels of funny — debuts with back-to-back episodes, and good thing, considering the premiere is a bit anemic.
- 3/19/2014
- by Amy Wilkinson
- EW.com - PopWatch
Leeza Gibbons and fiance Steven Fenton have married. The couple - who announced their engagement in November 2010 - wed in a candlelit ceremony on Wednesday, reports People. The intimate event took place at the Montage Hotel in Beverly Hills, where they had their first blind date nearly three years ago after being introduced by mutual friends. The wedding was officiated by the Hollywood Confidential host's 21-year-old daughter Lexi and 19-year-old son Troy, who became (more)...
- 4/22/2011
- by By Jennifer Still
- Digital Spy
Leeza Gibbons has reportedly gotten engaged to boyfriend Steven Fenton. According to People, the Hollywood Confidential host and Fenton started dating two years ago. The 40-year-old revealed that she plans to marry Fenton, 53, outside of her home in Los Angeles. "I have a ring but we decided that I won't wear it until we have a private exchange of vows," she said. The chatshow host added (more)...
- 11/16/2010
- by By Mike Moody
- Digital Spy
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