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Bombshell is in cinemas from January 16.
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-andcomer Florence Pugh whose performance as youngest sister Amy steals the show. She moves masterfully between innocent girl and blossoming young woman. An unmissable story filled with love, friendship, heartbreak and sisterhood. Rebekah Hebenton
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ollywood heavyweights Charlize Theron, Nicole Kidman 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 working experience with them.” In 2016, the network boss was fired after more than 20 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 of sexual harassment.” Charlize is proud of the film’s message. “When women come together and unify, they’re so much stronger.”
New Zealand Woman’s Weekly
GRACE UNDER FIRE J Jane F Fonda d and d Lily Lil T Tomlin li are 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 adjust to their new lives now they’re no longer a twosome. There’s also a rumour of a longanticipated cameo from their 9 to 5 co-star Dolly Parton!
Season six of Grace and Frankie hits Netflix this week.
Ever has E the th activist, ti i t JJane (82) h 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 the sense of urgency.” Jane is also enlisting her celebrity friends, with Lily (80) joining her at a protest over the holiday period.
