Lucille Ball: Last News

Nicole Kidman revealed that director Aaron Sorkin asked her over Zoom if she would be interested in playing Lucille Ball for the movie Being The Ricardos.'Yes, I would love to do anything with you,' the 54-year-old actress remembered replying while promoting the film on Wednesday on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.Nicole said after she read the script she was completely consumed and captivated by the story of Lucille and Desi Arnaz. She also said that Aaron was specific that he didn't want her to do an impersonation of Lucille Ball, which was not something she was interested in doing.

“It was a scary goddamn week,” explains a trio of “I Love Lucy” showrunners in a fictional present-day documentary. Aaron Sorkin’s snappy, slick, crowd-pleasing biopic, “Being the Ricardos,” through unfailing comedic precision yet uneven dramatic tension, recounts those terrifying seven days during October 1953, when news broke of Lucille Ball being a member of the Communist Party.

Nicole Kidman and her "Being the Ricardos" co-star Javier Bardem opened up about what it was like to get to know the real-life characters they embody, Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz.  The duo stars in the upcoming movie from writer Aaron Sorkin that details a particularly eventful week in the life of the couple who were married on-screen and off while working on the show "I Love Lucy" from 1951 to 1957.To promote the film’s Dec. 10 release, the duo has been discussing in-depth what it was like to both learn about their real-life counterparts as well as capture the unparalleled chemistry they had together.  "I mean, all of it.

Being The Ricardos opposite Javier Bardem, who plays husband Desi Arnaz.However, Kidman’s casting new was met with backlash from fans of Ball, who took to social media to voice their frustration that the actor’s appearance doesn’t suit the part.Sorkin spoke out in support of Kidman. “The fact of the matter is when Nicole, as Lucille Ball, plays Lucy Ricardo, I think she does an incredible job of mimicking Lucy,” he told The Hollywood Reporter. Lucille and Desi’s daughter Lucie Arnaz has also praised Kidman’s performance, and even recorded a special message on Instagram after seeing the full film.“It’s friggin’ amazing,” Lucie said.

Nicole Kidman and Javier Bardem were fully prepared to become Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz.The actors take on the role of the iconic couple and comedy legends in. ET's Nischelle Turner spoke with Oscar winners at the New York Premiere at Jazz at Lincoln Center on Thursday, where they shared the toughest part of transforming into Ball and Arnaz.«I think that demystifying [her], that's where I was lucky that [director] Aaron Sorkin felt so confident in what he'd written, and what he was doing was the story he wanted to tell,» Kidman expressed.

star of the upcoming Lucille Ball biopic “Being the Ricardos,” in theaters Dec. 10 and on Amazon Prime Video Dec.

Nicole Kidman is hard at work promoting her new movie!

She has mighty big shoes to fill as she is portraying one of the most legendary actresses of all-time in Lucille Ball.AndNicole Kidmanat least has the look perfectly right.The 54-year-old American-born Australian actress looked the spitting image of the iconic I Love Lucy star as she was featured in one of the character posters for Being The Ricardos released by Amazon Studios on Thursday. Incredible: Nicole Kidman (left)looked the spitting image of the iconic Lucille Ball (right) as she was featured in one of the character posters for Being The Ricardos released by Amazon Studios on ThursdayNicole had the perfect signature red hair with old Hollywood curls as she contrasted her porcelain skin with a swipe of bright ruby red lipstick.

the Hollywood Reporter last week. Sorkin said he had lunch with Ball’s children, Lucie Arnaz and Desi Arnaz Jr., before he began shooting the highly-anticipated biopic “Being the Ricardos.”“We all had lunch together, and she [Lucie] said to me, ‘I know my mother wasn’t an easy woman.

She has mighty big shoes to fill as she is portraying one of the most legendary actresses of all-time in Lucille Ball.AndNicole Kidmanat least has the look perfectly right.The 54-year-old American-born Australian actress looked the spitting image of the iconic I Love Lucy star as she was featured in one of the character posters for Being The Ricardos released by Amazon Studios on Thursday. Incredible: Nicole Kidman (left)looked the spitting image of the iconic Lucille Ball (right) as she was featured in one of the character posters for Being The Ricardos released by Amazon Studios on ThursdayNicole had the perfect signature red hair with old Hollywood curls as she contrasted her porcelain skin with a swipe of bright ruby red lipstick.

She has mighty big shoes to fill as she is portraying one of the most legendary actresses of all-time in Lucille Ball.AndNicole Kidmanat least has the look perfectly right.The 54-year-old American-born Australian actress looked the spitting image of the iconic I Love Lucy star as she was featured in one of the character posters for Being The Ricardos released by Amazon Studios on Thursday. Incredible: Nicole Kidman (left)looked the spitting image of the iconic Lucille Ball (right) as she was featured in one of the character posters for Being The Ricardos released by Amazon Studios on ThursdayNicole had the perfect signature red hair with old Hollywood curls as she contrasted her porcelain skin with a swipe of bright ruby red lipstick.

irate “I Love Lucy” fans argued that Debra Messing would have been a better choice.Kidman made the claim during a Q&A in Los Angeles on Saturday night, following a preview screening of the film, which is set for general release on Dec.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorAaron Sorkin’s “Being the Ricardos” took over Westwood Village on Saturday night as both press and SAG-AFTRA members lined the streets around the Bruin Theater, keen to get their eyes on Nicole Kidman as Lucille Ball and Javier Bardem as Desi Arnaz.Kidman received a standing ovation as she joined Bardem, Sorkin, Nina Arianda, Tony Hale and J.K. Simmons for the post-screening Q&A..“I had massive trepidation about a month prior, and Aaron had to get on the phone and send me emails saying, ‘You’ve got this,'” Kidman revealed when asked if she knew she had it in her to play the comedian.

Being The Ricardos.Lucille and Desi’s daughter Lucie Arnaz has praised Kidman’s performance, and even recorded a special message on Instagram after seeing the full film.“It’s friggin’ amazing,” Lucie said.

upcoming biopic “Being the Ricardos.”However, fans are still mad over the Oscar winners’ castings and how actress Debra Messing isn’t playing the iconic star. Viewers first got a taste of Messing’s resemblance to the “I Love Lucy” actress during a 2020 episode of “Will & Grace.”“Being the Ricardos” dropped a new trailer Wednesday that got fans talking — and Messing devotees grumbling.“Nicole Kidman as Lucille Ball makes ZERO SENSE in a world where Debra Messing exists,” a fan wrote on Twitter.Another person responded to the casting, saying, “debra messing has the uncanny resemblance and comedic chops but they really cast nicole kidman because she’s more of a name.

Being the Ricardos will have a lot of explaining to do! The film offers a behind-the-scenes look at what it was like making the classic sitcom I Love Lucy — but it’s not really about the TV series.

Behind the laughs, Lucille Ball’s life was very complicated.

Nicole Kidman and Javier Bardem are bringing a famous couple to life! The actors wow with their transformations into Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz in the first full-length trailer for , which Amazon Studios released on Wednesday.Aaron Sorkin's flick follows the famous pair during one critical production week of their sitcom, , which comes at a time when they're being threatened by shocking personal accusations, a political smear, and cultural taboos.The trailer shows Kidman and Bardem playing Lucy and Desi, who perform scenes from throughout the movie while also grappling with the drama that's taken over their lives.«Why is this coming out now? Lucille Ball's a threat to the American way of life? Does the FBI have any case against Lucy?»

Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz’s “I Love Lucy,” according to the upcoming biopic “Being the Ricardos.”“I did this show so Desi and I could be together,” says Nicole Kidman, 54, as Ball in the minute-long first teaser for the upcoming Aaron Sorkin film.

Nicole Kidman is Lucille Ball!

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorJohn Rich has written music with everyone from Gretchen Wilson to Jon Bon Jovi. For the show he’s about to launch on Fox Business Network, the musician says he’s cribbing notes from Barbara Walters.Rich has been studying Walters’ interviews with luminaries like Johnny Carson, Frank Sinatra and Lucille Ball.