Sifting through old photos and recordings inspired the star of ‘Punky Brewster’ (now revived on Peacock) to direct Hulu’s ‘Kid 90,’ executive produced by Sean Penn along with Leonardo DiCaprio’s Appian Way, about her youth.

Four years ago, Soleil Moon Frye cracked open what she calls her vault, a collection of Tupperware containers filled with journals, photos, ephemera and hundreds of hours of audio and video recordings.

Moon Frye, 44, wasn’t sure what she’d discover by digging through the items that had been in storage 20-plus years or how it would make her feel. Especially because so much of her life had been documented since the age of 7, when she was cast on Punky Brewster, a role that made her a beloved child star and part of a peer group that navigated fame eons before social media. “I had such a joyful, beautiful, happy life in so many ways,” says Moon Frye, “and then there were experiences that were incredibly painful. I truly opened Pandora’s box.”

At age 14, after receiving a video camera, Moon Frye carried it everywhere, pointing it at the faces of friends like Leonardo DiCaprio, Mark Wahlberg, Will Smith, Mark-Paul Gosselaar, Brian Austin Green and Stephen Dorff, while capturing trips to Magic Mountain and adventures on mushrooms.

Some of those videos are now part of a documentary she directed, kid 90, that hits Hulu on March 12, with DiCaprio’s Appian Way team (Jennifer Davisson and Philip Watson) listed as executive producers. “We were just a group of real friends who had very authentic relationships and incredible adventures,” says the mother of four who also stars on Peacock’s Punky Brewster revival. In kid 90, Moon Frye doesn’t shy away from difficult subjects including drug use, sexual assault, suicide (close friend Jonathan Brandis hanged himself in 2003) and her breast-reduction surgery. Revisiting her youth — as seen in the images she shares here — was life-changing. “It makes me super emotional because reliving it transformed my relationships, my marriage, everything,” she says. “I believe that I had left this chronological blueprint as a way for me to find my way back home.”

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Apple Studios’ hot Martin Scorsese project “Killers of the Flower Moon” has added four new cast members, set to play opposite Leonardo DiCaprio and “Certain Women” star Lily Gladstone.

Indigenous actors Tantoo Cardinal, Cara Jade Myers, JaNae Collins and Jillian Dion will all take key roles in the project, based on David Grann’s bestseller about the serial murders of members of the oil-wealthy Osage Nation in 1920s Oklahoma.

Cardinal, a preeminent indigenous actress (“Dances with Wolves,” “Godless”), will play the role of Lizzie Q, mother to Gladstone’s character Mollie Burkhart. Myers, Collins and Dion will play the roles of Mollie’s sisters — Anna, Reta, and Minnie. Jesse Plemons was also previously announced as a co-star.

Scorsese is producing and directing the project from a script by Eric Roth. Imperative Entertainment’s Dan Friedkin and Bradley Thomas are also producers, with DiCaprio’s Appian Way Productions.

Cardinal was born in Ft. McMurray, Alberta. She is of Dene, Cree, Metis and Nakota heritage, and has more than 100 film and TV credits to her name. She’s spent her career paving the way for recognition of Native American performers in the industry. Cardinal is a member of the Order of Canada, the country’s second highest civilian honor, and a recipient of the Governor General’s Arts Award, the highest civilian honor for arts in Canada. In 2017, she was awarded the Academy of Canadian Cinema and TV Earle Grey Award for Lifetime Achievement. She is repped by Murray Gibson at RED Talent Management.

Myers is an enrolled member of the Wichita Tribe. Born in Phoenix, Cara was raised in the small Arizona town of Prescott Valley. She has appeared on film and TV in “Rutherford Falls,” “Masters of Fear,” “This Is Us,” “Hermione Granger & The Quarter Life Crisis” and “Ward of the State.” Film credits include “Proximity.” She is repped by Chris Roe Management.

Collins is an enrolled member of the Fort Peck Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes from Poplar, Montana but is also half Apsáalooke (Crow). She studied acting at the University of New Mexico under Paul Ford, and later at Upright Citizens Brigade. Unrepresented and independent, JaNae’s film/TV credits include “Longmire,” “Fukry,” “Kindred Spirit” and “Gunfight at La Mesa”.

Dion is a Canadian-born actress of Plains Cree, Metis and French-Canadian descent, raised in a Dene/Metis household. After attending an open call during the Gathering of Nations in Albuquerque she was cast in the mini-series “Into the West.” Dion has appeared on “Motherland: Fort Salem,” and “Legion.” She belongs to the Saddle Lake Cree Nation. She is repped by Skye Matheson at KC Talent Management.

Imperative is behind projects such as the Clint Eastwood’s film “The Mule,” “All the Money in the World,” and the acclaimed Ruben Ostlund film “The Square.” They wrapped production on Ostlund’s follow-up “Triangle of Sadness” and produced Apple’s forthcoming “In WithThe Devil” starring Taron Egerton.

“Killers of the Flower Moon” joins a slew of upcoming Apple original films including Brie Larson’s “Lessons in Chemistry,” Ridley Scott’s “Kitbag,” Will Smiths’ “Emancipation,” and the Sundance sensation “CODA.”

Source: Variety

During an appearance on The Ellen Degeneres Show, Bella Murphy proved that being the daughter of a famous comedian comes with some pretty serious perks, like getting to meet one of Hollywood’s biggest heartthrobs in your own living room.

The father-daughter duo went on the show to discuss working together on Coming 2 America, the sequel to Eddie Murphy’s seminal 1988 film and what it was like growing up with a celebrity for a parent. “I forgot that famous people sometimes show up to my dad’s parties, so I was very unprepared,” the 19-year-old revealed to host Ellen DeGeneres. “I was in the dining room in my pajamas, and then all of a sudden Jimmy Kimmel started walking through the door, and then all these other big celebrities. And then Leonardo DiCaprio walked through the door and I started freaking out.”

Bella went on to explain, “I think my dad knew that Leonardo DiCaprio was coming but he didn’t tell me because he wanted it to be a surprise.” At this point, Murphy chimes in, “All my daughters of all ages love Leonardo DiCaprio.” Bella continued, “I immediately ran upstairs to tell my sister, Zola, and we came downstairs and I just lingered around him all night like a weirdo and stared at him.” But the comedian assured his daughter, “I’m sure he’s used to that.” Degeneres added, “He’s very used to women lingering around him. He is such a great guy though, he’s just the sweetest guy and he’s funny and he’s smart. I’m sure he was great with you.” Bella said, “ Yeah. He was awesome, such a nice person.”

I love how much Eddie Murphy’s daughters love @LeoDiCaprio. pic.twitter.com/MoaORKXC6J

— Ellen DeGeneres (@TheEllenShow) March 2, 2021

Leonardo DiCaprio encouraged his 19.5 million Twitter and 18 million Facebook followers to reduce their meat consumption to fight the climate crisis. DiCaprio shared an image of a Beyond Burger with a statistic about the positive carbon impact of every American replacing one beef burger with a plant-based option once per week, which would be the equivalent of taking 12 million cars off the road. “Every single person can help the planet and reduce climate change with one small choice every week,” DiCaprio said.

DiCaprio is an early investor in Beyond Meat and is an environmental advocate who uses his celebrity status to bring awareness to the negative environmental impact of animal agriculture. “Livestock production is a major contributor to carbon emissions,” DiCaprio said on the heels of his 2017 investment in Beyond Meat. “Shifting from animal meat to the plant-based meats developed by Beyond Meat is one of the most powerful measures someone can take to reduce their impact on our climate.”

Every single person can help the planet and reduce climate change with one small choice every week. Join me and @BeyondMeat in our mission to rethink the future of food. #BeyondMeatPartner pic.twitter.com/Fgt1qSkIbm

— Leonardo DiCaprio (@LeoDiCaprio) March 4, 2021

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I understand how retentive you are
I understand maybe I’ll never get a chance to have you but my alacrity of you never demise
I’ll surmount every step you take and I’ll drown
Cause all you want matters
I decided to trust myself my enigmatic heart always sunken into you
My tenebrous thoughts clench in to your infatuation
Scrupulously I lurk
In alias world I created for centuries I wasn’t aware

– By Alice

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Osage cultural leaders met with director Martin Scorsese and lead actor Leonardo DiCaprio on Monday evening at Woolaroc.

The discussion centered on the film adaptation of David Grann’s bestselling book, “Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Indian Murders and the Birth of the FBI.” Principal Chief Geoffrey Standing Bear and Chad Renfro organized the meeting, according to a prepared release. Renfro is the Osage Nation’s ambassador to the film.

“… the meeting was an opportunity for Mr. Scorsese to speak directly to members of the community about the film. It was also an opportunity for Mr. Scorsese and Mr. DiCaprio to hear from the community as the production ramps up to shoot this spring.”

The meeting marks Scorsese’s return to Oklahoma after the film was put on pause last year due to the COVID pandemic.

According to the release, Scorsese gave a brief introduction at the meeting and Osage elder Mongrain Lookout said a prayer in the Osage language.

In attendance were: Standing Bear, Renfro, George Stabler, Pawhuska District Head Committeeman; Dr. Steven Pratt, Hominy District Head Committeeman; Archie Mason, Grayhorse District Head Committeeman; Lookout and his wife; George Shannon, advisor to the Hominy District; Marvin Stepson; Sonny Abbott; Angela Pratt, Speaker of the Osage Nation Congress; Brandy Lemon, Community Consultant to the film and ON Congresswoman; Eddy Red Eagle Jr., advisor to the Pawhuska District; Kathryn Red Corn; Johnny Williams, advisor to Standing Bear and Robin West, Pawhuska District Head Cook. Marianne Bower, the film’s Co-Producer and researcher and Adam Somner, the assistant director, also attended the meeting.

All attendees signed a non-disclosure agreement and are not allowed to speak about the meeting or the film. 

“Mr. Scorsese made a presentation of the overall intention of the film, particularly highlighting the themes of trust and betrayal, how ultimately the story of Mollie Kyle and Ernest Burkhart is a microcosm of the wider betrayal of the Osage people,” according to the release.

Scorsese also spoke of his plan to include details of Osage culture to paint a full, truthful picture of the time and the people. Scorsese and his team are currently working with advisors from the community, and plan to engage with more as the preparation work gets seriously underway, according to the release.

DiCaprio and Scorsese both spoke about the story’s continuing relevance as America faces a “reckoning with our past” and that it was necessary to face the facts of the story honestly, according to the release.

“Several members of the community spoke, sharing their concerns, stories and thoughts with the film team,” according to the release.  “Mr. DiCaprio asked several questions which sparked thoughtful conversation that will inform the script and his character.”

Scorsese and DiCaprio seemed grateful for the opportunity to hear from the community.

The proceedings followed COVID safety rules, with the production’s COVID safety team running the event, according to the release. All attendees were wearing KN95 masks and sitting spaced 6-8 feet apart. The space was disinfected before and after the meeting and outfitted with multiple air purifiers. All members of the production team are under a strict testing regime as part of the production and tested negative prior to the meeting, according to the release.

Source: Osagenews.org

Maybe I’ll do it and don’t even care
Once in a lifetime

Perennial eden
Visages my impregnable dream
That I felt I was understood by the vision for first time in my life

I’m not aware how to feel
But I keep it

– By Alice

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Chloe Zhao’s new movie, Nomadland, just hit Hulu and it’s earning the director a lot of praise. In fact, Zhao is expected to earn an Oscar nomination for helming the film. The success of Zhao’s new movie is only getting us more excited for her first entry into the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Eternals is expected to be released later this year, and Zhao just shared some of her inspirations for the MCU film, including The Revenant, which earned Leonardo DiCaprio his long-awaited first Oscar.

“Well, there’s multiple films for Eternals. I had to assign a few because of the scale of the film. But I think for the action sequences, which I just had such a great time working on with such a great team, I wanted to reference The Revenant a lot,” Zhao told The Playlist. “The Revenant is a film that I love so much. And I think we’ve watched The Revenant so many times, every meeting when we come to our action sequences because most of those sequences are shot on location. And I love how immersive and the way how you feel the dash and sequences in The Revenant. It’s definitely a film that we aspire to. And Marvel really, really supported that idea and really went for it.”

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