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Amanda Seyfried was overcome with emotion as her new film, “The Testament of Ann Lee,” directed by Mona Fastvold, shook Venice up with a 15-minute ovation – topping “Frankenstein” as the longest of the festival so far Co-writer Brady Corbet worked the crowd while a visibly emotional Seyfried pumped her fists in the air as the cheers and applause stretched …

Filmmakers Mona Fastvold and Brady Corbet got candid about the challenges of independent cinema while at the Venice Film Festival with their sweeping musical drama “The Testament of Ann Lee.” Their latest collaboration — directed by Fastvold, who co-wrote the script with Corbet — explores the founding leader of the Shakers, a radical religious movement known for worshipping through ecstatic …

Amanda Seyfried tackled a tall task by stepping into the shoes and strict religious beliefs of Shakers founder Ann Lee for her new film, The Testament of Ann Lee, which is not quite a musical nor a straightforward biopic. The film’s writer and co-director Mona Fastvold fielded an obvious question during today’s Venice Film Festival press conference: Why Amanda? “Amanda …

The last time Amanda Seyfried was at the Venice Film Festival to premiere a film was in 2017 for “First Reformed,” playing a parishioner in modern day New York. For her latest trip to the Lido, she’s gone back almost 300 years but has been upped to full-blown religious leader. In “The Testament of Ann Lee,” premiering in Competition on …

Amanda Knox in a hotel in West Hollywood. Mandalit del Barco/NPR hide caption toggle caption Mandalit del Barco/NPR Amanda Knox was just 20 years old in 2007 when she made headlines as the American exchange student in Perugia, Italy, whose British roommate Meredith Kercher was found dead in their apartment. Knox spent four years behind bars, convicted and reconvicted of …

Another grating element is the way the story is overlaid by the kind of irreverent millennial narration, from Van Patten as Knox, which recalls other recent true-crime dramatisations such as Inventing Anna or Apple Cider Vinegar. In trying to ape the style of these other “lighter” shows, it takes away from the severity of the actual case in hand.  The …

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Tabatha Ricci showed off “the art of eight limbs” in her latest win. It was an expert Muay Thai strike that earned Ricci victory Saturday at UFC Abu Dhabi as she cracked Amanda Ribas with a nasty elbow en route to a knockout win. The hard hit to the face had Ribas wincing as she slumped down to the mat, …

Amanda Anisimova enjoyed a stellar Wimbledon campaign up until the final, where she was heavily beaten. The American star produced one of the shocks of the year in the semifinals, when Anisimova knocked out Aryna Sabalenka 6-4, 4-6, 6-4. Advancing to her first major final, Anisimova took on five-time Grand Slam champion Iga Swiatek. Struggling from the very first ball …