rachel shukert

I don’t read a lot of young adult fiction, but when I found out my friend Rachel Shukert was penning a trilogy of novels about young Hollywood starlets in the 1930s, I knew it was right up my alley. Known for her two hilarious memoirs, Have You No Shame and Everything Is Going to Be Great, as well as the fantastic recaps of the ill-fated Smash on Vulture, Shukert brings an astounding voice to her writing, one that is both irreverently raucous and sweetly endearing. Starstruck, Shukert’s first foray into fiction, embodies all of her traits, and it’s a fantastic look at the Golden Age of Hollywood.

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Princess Margaret

British "It" girl Juno Temple has been cast as the late Princess Margaret in Girls' Night Out, a fictionalized story of how the two princesses left Buckingham Palace for a night to celebrate the end of World War II in the streets with the common folks. 

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amanda seyfried lovelace

Yesterday we brought you the fifteen movies we're most excited about at this year's Sundance Film Festival, but it seems we forgot one big one: Lovelace, the biopic about Linda Lovelace and her starring turn in the classic '70s porno Deep Throat. Stills from the film have been trickling online in the fast few months (and there's something about that phrase that makes me a little uncomfy considering the subject matter of the film), but a new image of Amanda Seyfried in the titular role's groovy hairdo popped up this morning.

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juno temple

Standing at a petit 5’2” and topped off with a wild, wavy blonde mane, 23-year-old actress Juno Temple is not your average young Hollywood starlet.

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"I've been a drama queen since the moment I popped out."

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