first, let's catch you up on some of the top entertainment headlines
and we got to talk about Madonna Hannah, you know, I love Madonna yes,
from inventing anna to material Girl
Julia Garner reportedly being tapped to play Madonna
in Universal's upcoming biopic about the pop icon
variety,
reporting that the Emmy winning actor has
been considered a frontrunner among other candidates
and that included Florence Pugh, euphoria is Alexa Demi and bebe Rexha
Garner's team is considering is considering and expected to accept the offer.
The production team was looking for a skilled singer and dancer.
The biopic will follow the queen of Pop from her early
days in new york city all through her 1990 smash hit
vogue. The Madonna herself going to direct the film,
she has said, she hopes to quote,
convey the incredible journey that life has taken me on as an artist, as a
musician and a dancer trying to make her away in this world,
production timeline and other principal cast still yet
to be known at this particular moment.
So we know that the tryouts for this were increase incredibly intense,
You're going through massive dancing
in front of Madonna, you had to go through days of the dialogue with Madonna as well
and they have had
Yes, exactly.
There's been so many times that they've tried to get a Madonna show
and production up off the ground and it never works because one,
it never got the blessing of Madonna now that
Madonna is actually directing this is all the more
exciting on this and you would have to think
if Madonna is in charge of directing this,
she is going to cast this thing so incredibly well and if you've watched,
if you've watched Inventing anna, you know how amazing Julia garner isn't this?
So I actually think it's somebody and I know you're
the same boat with me who loves Madonna loves Madonna.
This is a good cast.
I like,
I like this can't wait and I will say
working for Madonna I would imagine it's very intimidating,
especially when she's directing you play her but if anyone's gonna do it,
I do think she was amazing in inventing anna.
I mean transformed herself into that character.
Yeah, no pressure on her having to basically portray Madonna in front of Madonna.
Madonna's like yeah, no, that didn't happen.
And like you mentioned these auditions have lasted for months,
almost a year by the way, months on end.
Alright, let's bring in the clown, all you joker fans out there,
this story is going to make you smile because the
joker too has officially been confirmed by Warner Brothers Studios
director Todd phillips revealing on instagram. The film is called
joker
for leah does
foliage o which is french for shared madness.
It's also a phrase commonly used to describe
when multiple people share a similar delusion,
you've learned something new every day, Joker grossed over $1 billion 2018,
it earned 11 Oscar nominations including by the way, best actor,
which star Joaquin phoenix took home
phillips did also include a shot of phoenix reading the screenplay exciting.
However deadline reports, the actor hasn't quite finalized his deal just yet.
He is the perfect joker after I saw that movie and
by the way the movie is amazing and
you're not even a comic book person when I watched
that and I was like so riveted by his performance.
Um you would have to hope that Joaquin phoenix would be a part of this.
I can't imagine him not being but also at the same time,
like does he like doing Sequels?
Like Sequels sometimes are a little bit different.
I don't know, I mean and also if you cast somebody other than Joaquin phoenix,
are you already sort of at a disadvantage because it's not
the person who won the best actor award in that role?
So I almost feel like
I don't know how this is gonna happen, I really hope I'm with you,
Joaquin phoenix is a part of this as well.
But the director had always sort of indicated
he wanted multiple movies of the joker in this
and he's Joaquin phoenix is so selective with his roles and
I wasn't even thinking that he might not do this,
but
the only reason why I'm sort of nervous and trepidatious,
look there still could be a chance that he gets it.
I just think that if you make the announcement that you're having a sequel,
I think you announced that he's part of it as well.
So the fact that he hasn't been announced yet on this,
I don't know, I'm a little bit nervous on this. All right.
Meanwhile Matthew McConaughey leading the charge in
Washington when it comes to gun control.
The actor and native of Vivaldi texas
met with lawmakers on Tuesday to discuss
gun reform legislation and then delivered an
impassioned and at times emotional remarks over
at the White House press briefing room,
he said gun owners are fed up and
encouraging americans to come to this issue together.
Take a listen,
it's come to the common table that represents
the american people find a middle middle ground.
The place where most of us americans live anyway,
especially on this issue
because I promise you America, you and me who
we are not as divided as we were being told we are
21 people in McConaughey's hometown,
including 19 Children killed in a mass shooting at an elementary school last month.
And as the actor stepped into the White House,
the president is now heading to Hollywood.
That's because President biden will be featured
on Wednesday's episode of Jimmy Kimmel live.
This will mark his first in studio late night appearance as President.
Now biden stopped by the Tonight show with
jimmy Fallon in december of last year virtually.
But let's go back to a Matthew McConaughey. I mean that speech
oh my God in your heart,
you basically got the most famous person from Vivaldi
to talk about what was happening in your body.
And we mentioned that last hour
bringing the shoes
of one of the victims and that was how they were able to identify
that victim because of how many bullets had hit almost all of those Children.
And you saw Camilla alves,
Matthew McConaughey's wife holding those shoes on her lap.
It was just so tearful and so amazing.
And I know Hollywood gets a lot of bad rap, especially when it comes to politics.
A lot of people say don't get politicians mixed up in Hollywood,
but this was an amazing moment where every single person
probably watched my Matthew McConaughey's speech and was like,
I'm in agreement with you because everything he said was spot on.
It was so true. No matter what side of the aisle you're on.
He even mentioned in that speech when he was in Vivaldi just a few days ago,
he still felt in his car.
He still felt felt the shock and grief that this town, his hometown
is going through and I think you're right just
bringing those green Converse sneakers that you know,
belong to this little girl.
Just absolutely heartbreaking