OMG, Ansel Elgort is in the West Side Story remake and I can’t. [Dlisted]
Jenelle Eason’s sister called Jenelle “trailer trash.” [Starcasm]
Gabrielle Union looked amazing in Monte Carlo. [Red Carpet Fashion Awards]
Harvey Weinstein’s lawyers keep quitting, lol. [The Blemish]
Yes, Taylor Swift’s whole message these days is a mess. [LaineyGossip]
Green Book didn’t win any MTV Movie Awards, so there. [Pajiba]
I can’t even follow this train of thought, it gave me a headache. [Towleroad]
Zendaya is so much more dressed-up than Jake Gyllenhaal & Tom Holland. [Tom & Lorenzo]
Kirsten Dunst’s new show looks amazing & weird. [Jezebel]
Zendaya’s outfit is amazing in those pics. If I could I would dress like that every day.
It’s not my style, but she’s just the cutest. Everything I’ve seen her in just looks GOOD. I’d look ridiculous in that outfit, but on her I appreciate it.
She’s really cute, but the outfit would look better without the hideous jacket (there are 10 buttons on the cuffs alone!). Maybe just have a white shirt and keep the black checked pattern only on a vest. But SHE always looks cute.
He’s too tall for the leading lady.
Omg THATS who is playing Tony????? Eek.
He looks like a douchebag 🤷
Zendaya and Jake and Tom all look good to me. Not drastically different levels of dressiness. I love her outfit, and she is just so pretty.
Why must West Side Story be remade, and why is Steven Spielberg the person to do it?
Because no one tells the story of an inter-racial teenage couple like an old white man. /s
Well, there goes any trace of excitement I might’ve had about a West side story movie 🙄
Well, Elgort isn’t my favorite but it’s not like the original Tony was a brilliant thespian/dancer to begin with.
There’ s a reason the only 3 actors people are able to associate with this movie are Natalie Wood, Rita Moreno and Chakiris.
Theirs are bigger shoes to fill.
I doubt anyone could name the guy who played Tony without an internet search.
I’m not sure Elgort will be the weakest link here.
Yes, I made a similar comment below. Richard Beymer was horribly miscast as Tony in the original movie. Some people were upset when Larry Kert from the original Broadway show wasn’t cast.
Kert was already too old when he did the Broadway role, so doing close-ups in a film was right out. Beymer was OK, though I have no idea why they cast a non-singer who was not famous OR a terrific actor. Wood I can understand; she was pretty famous by then, and in Hollywood of the time there were no qualms about casting a white person in an ethnic role. At least Moreno and a few of the Sharks and their girls were actual Puerto Ricans (Chakiris and lead dancer Gus Trikonis are Greek; a couple of the Sharks were African American and Filipino).
I think this remake is gonna blow – there was NO REASON to do it (except for Spielberg’s ego). If they don’t use Jerome Robbins’ incredible original choreography, it will blow even harder.
@maisie, Years ago I read Arthur Laurents’ autobiography. I recall him dishing on the whole casting Beymer thing. Maybe Beymer had slept with someone who wanted him for the part?
Seeing that Justin Peck’s onboard, it won’t be the Robbins choreography. But at least sineoclose to his work.
Supposedly Jerry didn’t do much of the Shark choreography anyhow.
Well, that’s a good point. I like Russ tamblyn in it as well. Beymer is def the weak link.
I even think Natalie wood is just okay. That movie is all Rita Moreno IMO.
Jeez, who is playing Anita? Whoever she is she’ll have a hard time making anyone forget Moreno. And I just realized: in the Broadway musical “America” is sung only by the girls. Will Spielberg cheat and use the expanded version used in the original film?
Ariana DeBose (Hamilton, A Bronx Tale: The Musical, Summer: The Donna Summer Musical) is playing Anita. She is a broadway star and an incredible dancer so I think she’ll be great. A latina WOC. Rita is also an executive producer and will be playing a female version of the Doc role in the film. The cast is actually really amazing. The girl playing Maria is gorgeous and such an incredible singer. She’s the most unknown of them all – she had a singing YouTube channel before this I think? And was in local musicals or something. I love that they gave it to a talented unknown rather than a sub-par known entity.
@SKF – oh that seems promising then. This could end up being really good!
@maisie – not only is America only sung by the girls, but the order of some songs is different. I think notably Gee Officer Krupke comes AFTER the rumble, and Cool comes before it. The movie switched the two, thinking that “cool” seemed to fit better with the post-rumble atmosphere. I hope they keep those changes.
They’ve filled those roles with two Broadway stars and a talented unknown.
Anita will be played by Ariana DeBose (Hamilton, A Bronx Tale: The Musical, Summer: The Donna Summer Musical) who is an amazing triple threat and a Latina WOC.
Bernardo will be played by David Alvarez (Billy Elliot: The Musical) who seems fantastic.
Maria will be played by Rachel Ziegler who is a total unknown. She’s a 17 year old from New Jersey. She’s stunning, Latina, she has major pipes (she was a wedding singer and made YouTube videos of herself singing big songs before) and she used to star in local musicals and won some awards for that. She actually seems like an amazing find. She has a charismatic smile for starters. Let’s see!
Rita is an executive producer and will be in the film playing a Puerto Rican feminised version of Doc (the candy store owner).
I can’t either with Ansel Egore
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Ansel Elgort always looks high, or just spaced out, or sleepy, or…dumb.
In the featured links there is a post of Avril Lavigne shopping with her rich Texan boyfriend and is it strange that as a Canadian, I am overjoyed that he is wearing a Tragically Hip t-shirt with a maple leaf on it???!! LOL!
They all want to be us!
That must be it!! 🙂
This is my favorite thing in the list of MTV Award nominations for the category of best fight: “RBG” — Ruth Bader Ginsburg vs. Inequality
My second favorite thing is the list of real-life heroes. Some strong women there.
Can’t believe Harvard fired that husband and wife from their jobs as Faculty Deans at Winthrop House. That’s f*cked up. Also, that Harvard fired BOTH people when only the husband was repping Weinstein. But no one should have been fired. I totally agree with their statement. More intellectual debate over emotion-based extremism please.
Maybe Ansel Elgort’s casting is Spielberg replicating all aspects of the original West Side Story, including the HORRIBLE miscasting of Richard Beymer as Tony. He was controversial when he was cast, physically yuck and uniformly considered the weakest actor in the movie. Natalie Wood should have won Best Actress that year for pretending to be in love with him.
I thought it said “Kirsten Dunst’s new *shoes* look amazing & weird”. I kept scrolling up and down the page trying to find her amazing and weird shoes. LOL
The show does look interesting.
Why? Why do we need a West Side Story remake? The original was lovely. Some movies don’t need to be remade
Agreed, who is going to top Rita????!!!
NO ONE, It’s unfair to make anyone try, too. Same with Bernardo – George Chakiris’s performance and dancing are so iconic no one will be able to eclipse him.
They should just ask Rita. She could still do it. She’s still amazing.
I think Ansel Elgort is adorable, but not necessarily right for West Side Story. Did you see Maddie Ziegler of Dance Moms / Sia video fame is in this! BLECH! Supposedly the remake is going to be more like the Broadway version than the movie version. This photo reminds me of a Gap ad.
Actually, the Gap DID do TV ads based on the original film’s staging of “America,” “Mambo” and “Cool” – think it was in the early naughties. Gonna be hard for Spielberg to top even these.
https://youtu.be/PwMzn25Iqs0
Maisie, fun! I take it back. The movie doesn’t even look as good as a Gap ad.
Rita will be in it but not as Anita.
My first thought without even reading the article: so this is who they cast for the Richard Beymer character??
Nope. Just….nope. Not now, not ever.
No to the remake, and never to Elgort. Just seeing his face makes me shudder.