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  • Elle Fanning’s ‘About Ray’ Trailer Shows Transgender Transition Challenges

    Elle Fanning, Naomi Watts, and Susan Sarandon star in the new movie “About Ray,” showing how one teen’s transition from a girl named Ramona to a boy named Ray affects his entire family. The Weinstein Company just released the first trailer, which opens with a frank discussion on mood swings and menstrual cycles, and leads to questions like this:

    Susan Sarandon’s Dolly: “Why can’t she just be a lesbian?”
    Naomi Watts’ Maggie: “Because she’s not a lesbian, Mom, she’s a … boy.”

    The trailer shows Ray getting into a fight with other kids while his mom struggles not only with the fear that he may change his mind later in life, but with the fact that she has to track down his absent father to get his consent for the transition.

    Here’s the synopsis from The Weinstein Company:

    ABOUT RAY tells the stirring and touching story of three generations of a family living under one roof in New York as they must deal with the life-changing transformation by one that ultimately affects them all. Ray (Elle Fanning) is a teenager who has come to the realization that she isn’t meant to be a girl and has decided to transition from female to male. His single mother, Maggie (Naomi Watts), must track down Ray’s biological father (Tate Donovan) to get his legal consent to allow Ray’s transition. Dolly (Susan Sarandon), Ray’s lesbian grandmother is having a hard time accepting that she now has a grandson. They must each confront their own identities and learn to embrace change and their strength as a family in order to ultimately find acceptance and understanding.”

    Here’s the powerful, emotional — but also warm and funny — trailer:


    We should all have parents as wonderful and accepting as Ray’s mom! “About Ray” opens September 18. It looks like it’s going to be a great showcase for both Elle Fanning and Naomi Watts, and — who knows — we may see their names come up around Oscar time.

    Watch the trailer.

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  • Best of Late Night TV: Tom Hanks and Mila Kunis Have Sex Talk; January Jones Plays Pie Golf (VIDEO)

    If you’re like us and value your sleep, you probably nodded off into your Ambien dreamland before the party started on post-prime time TV. Don’t worry; we’ve got you covered. Here’s the best of what happened last night on late night.

    Monday night marked James Corden’s debut as the new “Late Late Show” host, replacing Craig Ferguson. Tom Hanks and Mila Kunis were his first guests, and you can see they redesigned the set so they’re all just sitting next to each other. Mila went on record to say she loved being pregnant and loves being a mom. Bold stance! James told a story where he thought he and his wife were being followed by paps but the photog was really shooting Ashton and Mila. The three of them talked about their kids, and Tom said he is the new face of “manspreading.”

    In the second video, James introduced himself and the band, stayed humble and self-deprecating, and paid homage to Craig. He promised to look after the show for him. James’ laugh is quite something.

    In the third video, Tom and James re-enacted every Tom Hanks movie in just under seven minutes. Classic! He could start rivaling Fallon with these bits. January Jones of “Mad Men” was on “The Tonight Show” and she and Jimmy Fallon played a new game called Pie Golf, along with Bubba Watson. Jimmy and Bubba had to land their shots or January would smash a pie in their faces. Very Betty Draper of her! Jimmy Kimmel is back in L.A. after his week in Austin and he talked to Chelsea Clinton about her time in the White House, her daughter, social media, and her love for action movies. She and Jimmy also did a Serve a Year PSA to get more young people to volunteer a year of their lives to national service. Jesse Tyler Ferguson was on Seth Meyers talking about “Modern Family” and seeing the show’s kids grow up. The gorgeous (blonde!) Christina Hendricks was also on “Late Night with Seth Meyers” and talked about the end of “Mad Men.” They filmed it several months ago but now that the fans will see it, she knows it’s really almost over. She knows how the series ends but she’s looking forward to seeing the episodes herself. She is happy with the conclusion of Joan’s story too, which is encouraging – especially since she didn’t think it would ever be good enough. Ben Stiller was on “Late Show with David Letterman” and talked about teaching his son stripper etiquette. It’s funny – his son is learning to read so he reads aloud what he sees, and one time it was when they were passing a strip club, so he read “live nude dancers.” So Ben and his son had to have an awkward chat.
    Naomi Watts was on “Conan,” talking about how her whole family sometimes gets around NYC on bicycles and how her kids help cover her in fake blood for movie scenes. Can you believe she and Liev Schreiber have been together for 10 years now? They are both so lucky. Nick Kroll was also on “Conan,” talking about his favorite “Kroll Show” characters and his one celebrity impression.

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  • Best of Late Night TV: Chris Hemsworth’s Musical Beers and Naomi Watts’ Crazy Hometown (VIDEO)


    If you’re like us and value your sleep, you probably nodded off into your Ambien dreamland before the party started on post-prime time TV. Don’t worry; we’ve got you covered. Here’s the best of what happened last night on late night.

    It’s a meeting of the minds the likes of which you’ve never seen! Hugh Jackman, Chris Hemsworth and a bunch of cast members from “Saturday Night Live” joined forces on “The Tonight Show” for a game of Musical Beers, and it was highly competitive. Also, Hugh and Chris spent the entire time wearing fake mullets.

    Naomi Watts used to live in Wales (Who knew? Actually, Wikipedia) and it turns out the town has a completely unpronounceable name. We kid you not: Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch. Watch this “Jimmy Kimmel Live” clip to hear her say it.

    Jada Pinkett Smith is in “Magic Mike XXL,” which means she basically spent her entire time on set with a bunch of shirtless bros. Her hilarious reaction can be found in this clip from “Late Night with Seth Meyers.”

    “Conan” is back in the USofA, and his first interview on home turf was with Adam Sandler, who chatted about his SNL days with Chris Farley and Chris Rock. Sigh, memories!


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  • Shailene Woodley Is on the Run in Final ‘Insurgent’ Trailer (VIDEO)

    InsurgentThings are heating up for Tris and her fellow outsiders in the latest and final trailer for “Insurgent.”

    In this sequel to “Divergent,” Tris (Shailene Woodley) and her loverman Four (Theo James) are on the run from Jeanine Matthews (Kate Winslet), the head of the Erudite faction who’s willing to kill Tris, Four, and anyone else who threatens the status quo. In between all the running and jumping and shooting, Tris takes a sec to cut off her long locks. “I wanted something different,” she tells Four, and hey, who hasn’t felt that way once in a while?

    In addition to Woodley, James, and Winslet, we also get a peek at Octavia Spencer as Johanna, Miles Teller as Peter, and Naomi Watts as Evelyn.

    “Insurgent” opens March 20.

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