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‘That makes it okay’: Elizabeth Banks defends controversial Cocaine Bear scene

‘There were conversations about, should we age up these characters?’ Banks said

The Independent UK

Confidential settlement agreement reached in case over Ernie Banks’ estate

CHICAGO — Almost eight years later to the day of legendary Chicago Cubs player Ernie Banks’ passing, a confidential settlement was agreed upon over his estate, according to a news release.

Chicago Tribune

Cocaine Bear: True story of infamous bear who consumed duffel bag of cocaine and got Hollywood treatment

Animal overdosed after it ate 70 pounds of drugs thrown out of plane by infamous smuggler, Graeme Massie writes

The Independent UK

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Cocaine Bear: Trailer released for wild Elizabeth Banks film

The outrageous film is about a bear “on a coke-fueled rampage for more blow... and blood.”

Evening Standard

‘Pitch Perfect: Bumper in Berlin’ review: The a cappella adventures continue with Adam Devine’s man-child Bumper

The original “Pitch Perfect” movie came out 10 years ago, full of winking bombast about competing collegiate a cappella groups with their love of pop music and an eye on The Big Show — aka their quest for glory, to borrow from the title of the nonfiction book upon which…

Chicago Tribune

Dear Elizabeth review – fist-chewingly creepy comedy

Arrested Development star Tony Hale plays a socially challenged man who attempts to exploit a college friendship with the film star Elizabeth Banks

The Guardian - UK

Dear Elizabeth review – famous name decorates warm-hearted loser comedy

Hapless Sid tries inviting famous one-time pal Elizabeth Banks to his college reunion. Nothing goes to plan – but the film retains real warmth

The Guardian - UK

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Call Jane review – timely, if occasionally jarring, abortion drama

Elizabeth Banks and Sigourney Weaver are charismatic in Phyllis Nagy’s directorial debut, about a group of women in the 60s providing abortions outside the law

The Guardian - UK

'The White Lotus,' 'The Good Nurse': What to see or skip this weekend

The Emmy-winning HBO series "The White Lotus" returns to HBO on Sunday, a pair of Oscar winners team up for the Netflix serial killer drama "The Good Nurse" and Elizabeth Banks stars as an activist in the abortion drama "Call Jane," all of which are among the week's new streaming…

Tribune News Service

‘Call Jane’: Elizabeth Banks film portrays crucial time for abortion in Chicago’s history

In nuanced drama about the real-life underground network that served women in the ’60s and ’70s, the actor plays a housewife spurred into action.

Chicago Sun-Times

Call Jane director Phyllis Nagy on the pre-Roe v Wade activists who inspired her movie with Elizabeth Banks

The filmmaker had no idea just how relevant her movie, about a woman seeking an abortion in the 1960s, would become

Evening Standard

Ray Liotta shared details about upcoming project days before tragic death

The Hollywood actor died aged 67 on Thursday.

Daily Record

Ray Liotta dead aged 67 as tributes paid to Hollywood actor and Goodfellas star

The actor was enjoying a purple patch of work with a number of projects in recent times including the Elizabeth Banks-directed Cocaine Bear - parts of which were filmed in Wicklow, Ireland last summer

Irish Mirror

Ray Liotta shared exciting career news with fans days before death aged 67

Ray Liotta has died 'in his sleep' in the Dominican Republic, where he was shooting the film Dangerous Waters

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The Independent UK

Cocaine Bear: Final Ray Liotta film had just announced official release date

The Elizabeth Banks-helmed movie is set to come out on 24 February 2023

The Guardian - US

Abortion on screen: how film and TV depictions have changed over time

Screenwriters have been quietly raising the alarm over a shift in access to abortions in the US, showing both the difficulties and the history that’s led us here

Chicago Sun-Times

2 upcoming films look back at the Jane Collective, the South Side’s underground abortion provider in the ’70s

A documentary and a dramatic film starring Elizabeth Banks premiered at the recent Sundance Film Festival.

The Guardian - US

Call Jane review – abortion drama is sensitive if not revelatory

Screenwriter Phyllis Nagy’s film on the pre-Roe underground abortion network features strong performances but never rises to a rousing battle cry

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