Year in Review: 2021 Entertainers of the Year

by Team Experience

Olivia Colman photographed by Amelia Troubridge from The Guardian

In our final "Team Experience Year in Review" post before the 10th annual Team Experience Awards and Nathaniel's own Film Bitch Awards (both in January), we wanted to pay tribute to the stars who worked overtime to keep us smiling, crying, laughing, and altogether wide-eyed in 2021. We asked contributors to cite ten choices as "Entertainer of the Year". The catch was the celebrity in question had to have had more than one project during the year. Quantity and Quality.

Names that didn't quite make the list but are nevertheless worthy of our sincere gratitude include actors Olivia Colman (Landscapers, Mitchells vs the Machines, The Lost Daughter, The Electrical Life of Louis Wain), Bradley Cooper (Nightmare Alley, Licorice Pizza), Vicky Krieps (Old, Next Door, Bergman Island), and auteurs Ryusuke Hamaguchi (Drive My Car, Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy), and Ridley Scott (House of Gucci, The Last Duel). Technically speaking both Jamie Dornan and Oscar Isaac  made the following list but since we already sufficiently highlighted them yesterday in "Thirst Traps of the Year" we've ceded their spots to others. Spread the wealth is always our motto...

"ENTERTAINERS OF THE YEAR"
(a dozen wonders in no particular order) 

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Magic Mike's Last Link

• Stabroek News "Not a King but a Queenmaker" interesting take on King Richard
• Thrillist Esther Zuckerman talks to Paul Thomas Anderson about shooting a key scene in Licorice Pizza inside her childhood home
• Deadline Penelope Cruz teaming with Pedro's production company for a four-part documentary series on the global problem of child marriages
• Vulture on that impossible tracking shot in The French Dispatch
• InStyle Rita Moreno looks back on her career before hitting the big 9-0

More after the jump including Zendaya, Sondheim and New York City, C'mon C'mon, and the return of Magic Mike... 

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Barbie's Dream Link

• Coming Soon Ryan Gosling will play Ken to Margot Robbie's Barbie in the movie by Greta Gerwig. Still trying to figure out what they could do with this that Toy Story didn't already do brilliantly
• Gr8ter Days Peter Scolari (Bosom Buddies, Girls) has passed away
• / Film Raised by Wolves season 2 coming in 2022
• People Jamie Lee Curtis speaks about her journey having a trans daughter, Ruby

More after the jump including an exciting movie project for Kate Winslet, Harriet Walter, a role Oscar Isaac passed on, and Timothée Chalamet and Zendaya giggling...

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Yes No Maybe So: Spider-Man No Way Home

Hello, Peter! The internet has gone stark raving mad dissecting the first trailer for Spider-Man No Way Home, for easter eggs. We're less interested in trying to figure it out (we like to be surprised!) and more in what it's promising us. The familiar Tom Holland/Zendaya chemistry, mystical mayhem courtesy of Doctor Strange, and an attempt to relive the glory days of Sam Raimi's original Spidey trilogy (2002-2007).

We're in but let's do the Yes No Maybe So™ as we watch the trailer together after the jump...

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YNMS: "Dune" (2021)

By Ben Miller

One of the most anticipated films of the year is Denis Villeneuve’s adaptation of Frank Herbert’s epic science fiction saga Dune.  We already had a Pink Floyd-scored teaser, a series of poster releases and a Venice Film Festival premeire date, but now we have a full trailer.  There is a lot to this trailer, so let’s play our Yes, No, Maybe So™ game ...

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