Cats composer Andrew Lloyd Webber's ruthless verdict on 'ridiculous' film adaptation

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The 72nd Berlin Film Festival kicks off in physical form today with M. Night Shyamalan leading the main competition jury. Also notable among panelists is Oscar nominee Ryusuke Hamaguchi whose Drive My Car this week became the first Japanese movie ever nominated for the Best Picture Academy Award. Hamaguchi was actually on a plane heading to Berlin when the nominations were announced, and only learned of the results upon landing.

It has been six years since Britain’s first female-only prison stopped housing inmates.Holloway Prison opened in 1852 but later became an all-female institution at the start of the 20th century.And the eerie jail gained notoriety after hosting five female executions - including the last woman to be hanged in Britain in 1955.Many suffragettes - including Emmeline Pankhurst - were also hauled to Holloway after defying the law in pursuit of their right to vote.Some went on hunger strike and were even force-fed - making the prison symbolic for women’s struggle for liberation.And it was Europe's largest female prison and could house 500 inmates before closing in 2016.

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Cats composer Andrew Lloyd Webber opened up in a recent interview with the U.K.’s Sunday Times, during which he slammed the 2019 film adaptation of his beloved Broadway musical. “The problem with the film was that Tom Hooper decided that he didn’t want anybody involved in it who was involved in the original show,” Webber said of Cats’ director.

Taylor Swift's folklore made its debut atop the Billboard 200 albums chart this week, with its lead single "Cardigan" skyrocketing straight to No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 songs chart.

Cats composer Andrew Lloyd Webber’s support of the 2019 star-studded adaptation.Speaking to The Sunday Times, the 72-year-old England native slammed director Tom Hooper’s take on the Broadway hit. “The problem with the film was that Tom Hooper decided that he didn’t want anybody involved in it who was involved in the original show,” Webber said in the interview posted on Sunday, August 2.

. “The problem with the film was that Tom Hooper decided, as he had with Les Mis, that he didn’t want anybody involved in it who was involved in the original show," Lloyd Webber says of the Oscar-winning director. «The whole thing was ridiculous.”The film, which starred Idris Elba, Taylor Swift, Rebel Wilson, Judi Dench, James Corden and more, was widely panned by critics.

Andrew Lloyd Webber, the composer of the original musical, he shared the same sentiment of critics when it came to the big-screen adaptation. In other words, he thought the movie had some problems — to say the least.“The problem with the film was that Tom Hooper decided that he didn’t want anybody involved in it who was involved in the original show,” Webber told The Sunday Times in a recent interview.

Andrew Lloyd Webber is the latest star to distance himself from the critically maligned movie adaptation of Cats, describing the film as “ridiculous.”The big screen version of Lloyd Webber’s stage hit was released in December 2019 to a flurry of poor reviews and baffled, often horrified reactions from viewers.With an all-star cast featuring the likes of Idris Elba, Taylor Swift, Jennifer Hudson and Dame Judi Dench, the film reportedly cost around £72 million to make but took just £5 million in its opening weekend.It then made around £29 million in its first two weeks, leaving it on track for a loss of around £76 million, industry experts told Variety last year.

Cats movie, but that didn’t stop him throwing shade its way yet again. The 72-year-old, who composed the famous Broadway musical, wasn’t happy with the Tom Hooper directed movie adaption, which ended up being widely panned by critics despite its stellar cast.

Cats.The 2019 film, which featured an all-star cast made up of Idris Elba, Dame Judi Dench, Taylor Swift, James Corden and Rebel Wilson, was panned by fans and critics alike upon its release.In a new interview with The Sunday Times, Lloyd Webber said: “The problem with the film was that [director] Tom Hooper decided that he didn’t want anybody involved in it who was involved in the original show.”He added that “the whole thing was ridiculous.”It’s not the first time Lloyd Webber has spoken out about the film.

Andrew Lloyd Webber is telling everyone how he really feels about the movie adaption of Cats.

Taylor Swift’s cinematographer Rodrigo Prieto has detailed how the pair made the magical video for new single Cardigan during coronavirus-induced lockdown.T-Swift wrote and directed the rustic video, which serves as a teaser for the themes of her hit new album Folklore – which debuted at number one in the charts.The clip sees Taylor playing a piano in a candlelit cabin, a beautiful forest and on choppy seas.Speaking to Rolling Stone, Prieto explained: ‘She had the whole storyline, the whole notion of going into the piano and coming out into the forest, the water, going back into the piano.’‘We needed to be safe, for her sake and for our sake as a crew during the shoot, but also for the future of filmmaking.‘Because we want to keep working

Antonio Banderas who also worked with Parker on Evita also shared his sadness at the director’s passing.Elsewhere Ben Stiller honoured the late director saying: ‘So sad to hear of Alan Parker’s passing. What a great director who made what I consider ‘real’ movies. He inspired so many filmmakers: Fame, Midnight Express, Mississippi Burning .

Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorActors and directors took to social media to pay tribute to British director Alan Parker, who died  Friday. The filmmaker behind “Evita, “The Commitments” and “Bugsy Malone” was 76.Parker’s first feature film was 1976’s “Bugsy Malone.” He directed over 25 films, and his last film was “The Life of David Gale” starring Kevin Spacey and Kate Winslet.

Greg Evans Associate Editor/Broadway CriticAlan Parker, who died today at 76, was remembered today by colleagues and friends, with Andrew Lloyd Webber calling his Evita collaborator “one of the few directors to truly understand musicals on screen” and Matthew Modine, who starred in Parker’s 1984 drama Birdy, praising the director as a “great artist” who “transformed” the actor’s life.And Rocketman director Dexter Fletcher explained the pivotal role Parker played in his life by casting the then-nine-year-old Fletcher as “Babyface” in 1975’s Bugsy Malone.In a statement, Fletcher said:Sir Alan inadvertently changed my life at the age of 9 when he stuck me at the end of a line of 30 kids, passing a baseball bat, all whilst saying ‘Give this to

Alexandra Del Rosario Associate Editor/Nights & WeekendsThe nominees for the 2020 MTV VMAs were unveiled Thursday, with Lady Gaga and defending artist of the year Ariana Grande topping the list with nine VMA noms apiece. Following the two singers are The Weeknd and Billy Eilish, bringing in six nominations each.

Andreas Wiseman International EditorFleabag creator Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Oscar-winner Olivia Colman and producer Francesca Moody (Fleabag) are launching The Theatre Community Fund, which will provide grants to UK theatre professionals who have been struggling economically during the coronavirus pandemic.Donors will contribute through initial lump sums and, innovatively, through fixed, confidential percentages of their incomes over the next two years.

Broadway shows are on hiatus until at least Jan. 3.