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EXCLUSIVE: Heading into the weekend, Disney‘s Snow White was being nicknamed Snow Woke in vitriol online circles, which begged the question how this princess movie would fare at the box office in a Trumpian era country that’s divided by blue and red states.

Lily Allen and Miquita Oliver have defended Rachel Zegler for her leading role in Snow White, criticising Jonah Platt for blaming the actor for the film’s poor performance.The two spoke about the latest Disney live-action remake in a new episode of the Miss Me? podcast, and explored how the leading actor has been getting a huge negative response – in part due to voicing her support for Palestine.The film has had a disastrous opening in cinemas, making just $42.2million in the US, well below expectations considering the film’s estimated $240–270million budget. It would also achieve one of the lowest scores ever on IMDb (Internet Movie Database), currently sitting at 1.6 out of 10 from user-submitted ratings.As well as some criticising Zegler for her political views, some backlash has come due to her being a Latina actor cast in the role, which in past iterations has been a character described as having “skin as white as snow”.Among the critics was Jonah Platt, the son of the film’s producer Marc Platt, who hit out act the actor as being “narcissistic” and “dragging her personal politics in the middle of promoting a movie — for which she signed a multi-million dollar contract to get paid and do publicity for”.

Wicked: For Good premiered at CinemaCon – here’s what you can expect from the forthcoming sequel to the 2024 blockbuster.Per Variety Fair, the clip made its debut at the week-long media event, which concludes today (April 3). Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo appeared onstage to introduce the trailer for the film, which is due for release November 21.“It has been quite a year since we joined you here last year,” Erivo said to the crowd, per the CinemaCon X/Twitter account.

Universal closed out its CinemaCon presentation Wednesday with an emotional first look at Jon M. Chu’s Wicked: For Good, the second part of his Oscar-winning musical fantasy. Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo were onstage with Chu and producer Marc Platt.

over the latter’s “Snow White” controversy. The original post that the “Hamilton” actress displayed on her Instagram was a quote saying, “Narcissism is not something to be coddled or encouraged.”After that initial post, DeBose said in a follow-up, “I post quotes all the time and thought this one was meaningful.

Selome Hailu Reese Witherspoon has shared a first look at Lexi Minetree as Elle Woods in “Elle,” Amazon Prime Video’s upcoming “Legally Blonde” prequel series. The series recently began filming, Witherspoon announced on Instagram.

In the photo above, Lexi Minetree is making her official debut as Elle Woods in the Legally Blonde prequel Elle as Prime Video begins production on the original series.

Gerard Butler joins his co-star Nico Parker at 2025 CinemaCon held at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace on Wednesday (April 2) in Las Vegas.

Ariana DeBose denies that she is taking sides in the alleged feud between her West Side Story co-star Rachel Zegler and the Platt family.

William Earl Ariana DeBose has clarified that she did not know she was quoting a criticism of her “West Side Story” co-star Rachel Zegler when she posted a quote reading “Narcissism is not something to be coddled or encouraged” in a since-deleted Instagram post Tuesday. “I post quotes all the time and thought this one was meaningful.

on X, formerly Twitter.Lennon stated that while he agrees “the vilification” of the 23-year-old actress “went too far,” he said Zegler “also acts like a spoiled ungrateful and disconnected brat. So it’s no surprise.”The musician has since deleted his tweet.In a previous post that’s also been deleted, Lennon called Zegler and her co-star Gal Gadot “exceptionally beautiful women.”“Some of y’all are bugging,” he added.The Post has reached out to reps for Lennon and Zegler for comment.Zegler first sparked controversy in 2022, when she said the 1937 “Snow White” film is dated and called Prince Charming a stalker.“The original cartoon came out in 1937 and very evidently so.

Disney’s Rachel Zegler-Gad Gadot starring Snow White, is, of course headed to an estimated loss after call global home entertainment, TV and Disney+ ancillaries of $115M.

EXCLUSIVE: Gabrielle Policano (Baby Girl), Jacob Moskovitz (Y2K) and Chandler Kinney (Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin) have joined the series regular cast of Prime Video‘s Legally Blonde prequel series Elle, executive produced by the film franchise’s star Reese Witherspoon.

William Earl Jonah Platt, the son of “Snow White” producer Marc Platt, has laid blame for the Disney remake’s lackluster box office performance on its star Rachel Zegler, who he accused of “narcissism” for “dragging her personal politics into the middle of promoting a movie.” The 38-year-old Platt, best known as the host of the podcast “Being Jewish” and to film and television audiences for his two-episode role in Netflix’s “Uncoupled” and his performance as Tip Tribby in “Being the Ricardos,” posted a since-deleted response to an Instagram commenter that had shared reporting that Platt’s father flew to New York City to “reprimand” Zegler during the film’s promotional cycle. Per a Variety report, producer Marc Platt’s meeting with the film’s star was a failed attempt to get the actor to delete a social media post reading “and always remember, free palestine.” “Yeah, my dad, the producer of enormous piece of Disney IP with hundreds of millions of dollars on the line, had to leave his family to to fly across the country to reprimand his 20 year old employee for dragging her personal politics into the middle of promoting the movie for which she signed a multi-million dollar contract to get paid and do publicity for,” Jonah Platt wrote.

Jonah Platt is speaking out in defense of his father!

Snow White star Rachel Zegler worked with a “social media guru” paid for by Disney after Instagram posts about President Donald Trump, according to reports.An article by Variety looked into reports of struggles behind the scenes on the production, many of which centred around lead Zegler. The Oscar nominee is outspoken on social media regarding her political point of view, drawing criticism from those who disagree.

EXCLUSIVE: A24 is adding to its partnership with megastar Zendaya and her film on the life of singer Ronnie Spector, with Barry Jenkins coming on board to direct with with Dave Kajganich tapped to write an original screenplay. Zendaya will play the legendary songstress and according to sources, the star and Jenkins, who’d been looking to work together for some time, agreed on a version of Spector’s story that could immerse audiences in what the singer’s life with the troubled producer Phil Spector felt like rather than a traditional cradle to the grave biopic.

“Snow White” star Gal Gadot because of her outspoken support for Israel, according to a bombshell new report. The 39-year-old Israeli actress, who served in the Israel Defense Forces, received an influx of death threats when her “Snow White” co-star Rachel Zegler, 23, shared a pro-Palestinian message on social media, per Variety.In an August 2024 thread on X thanking fans for their support of the unveiled first trailer for the live-action remake of Disney’s 1937 animated classic, she added, “and always remember, free palestine.” Zegler’s remarks “made the rounds” at Disney, as Variety put it, reportedly leaving many at the House of Mouse shocked that Zegler would infuse a political statement into her promotion of the $270 million film.Concern reached such a fever pitch that an executive at Disney allegedly contacted Zegler’s team to convey their distress, while “Snow White” producer Marc Platt reportedly went to New York to speak with the “West Side Story” actress in person.Death threats against Gadot “spiked” after Zegler’s “free palestine” post, according to Variety, leaving Disney no choice but to pick up the bill for additional security to protect the “Wonder Woman” star.“She didn’t understand the repercussions of her actions as far as what that meant for the film, for Gal, for anyone,” one insider told the outlet of Zegler.The Post reached out to Gadot’s rep for comment.The young actress again found herself in hot water over a social media post following Donald Trump’s election victory in November.

have exploded in recent weeks. However, a new report claims outspoken star Rachel Zegler’s social media posts have roiled the House of Mouse internally for months.After Zegler fired off a series of missives that disparaged President Donald Trump, the studio went so far as to hire a “social media guru” to closely scrutinize her online activity, according to Variety.In November 2024 — three months after the 23-year-old actress was criticized for commenting “and always remember, free palestine [sic]” on a trailer for her PG-rated family movie — she piled on, posting “F–k Donald Trump” and “May Trump supporters and Trump voters and Trump himself never know peace.”Disney did not want to alienate the 49.8% of Americans who voted for Trump that month from seeing its $270 million movie, so it reportedly enlisted an overseer for Zegler.“After a back and forth, she began working with a social media guru paid for by Disney to vet any posts before the film’s March 21 bow,” the report said.The worried studio also implored the “West Side Story” star to take down her Palestine post.

Tatiana Siegel On Aug. 12, 2024, three days after Rachel Zegler hit the stage at Disney’s D23 fan event to introduce the first official trailer of “Snow White,” she thanked supporters effusively in an X post for driving the teaser to 120 million views in 24 hours. One minute later, she added an afterthought in the same thread: “and always remember, free palestine.” That addendum, which amassed 8.8 million views, nearly four times the number for the the initial post, quickly made the rounds, with many inside the studio expressing shock that the “Snow White” star would commingle the promotion of its $270 million tentpole with any kind of political statement.

Tom Everett Scott (That Thing You Do, The Summer I Turned Pretty) has joined the cast of Prime Video‘s Legally Blonde prequel series Elle, executive produced by the film franchise’s star Reese Witherspoon.