Annette Bening gives an excellent performance in the new seven-episode Peacock miniseries Apples Never Fall, but she shows up all the lesser acting around her to a distracting degree. She plays Joy Delaney, one half of a star pair of married tennis coaches whose academy attracted top players and made “the Delaneys” a force to … Read more
Apples Never Fall, starring Sam Neill, Annette Bening and Alison Brie and adapted from the Liane Moriarty novel of the same name, is the latest trashy, bingeable thriller to hit the small screen. In the vein of its predecessors Big Little Lies and Nine Perfect Strangers, it’s a story of long-held secrets suddenly and dramatically … Read more
How well do you know your family? A new mystery series on Peacock explores the secrets we hide from those we love most. Alison Brie (as Amy Delaney): “Happy retirement, Mom and Dad.” Conor Merrigan Turner (as Logan Delaney): “We love you!” Everything is not what it seems in Peacock’s newest drama, “Apples Never Fall.” … Read more
Photography by Dennis LeupoldStyling by Erin WalshHair by Ted GibsonMakeup by Rob Rumsey Video by Chad Van Horn Styling assistant Carlyn RosarioDigitech Kevin LeupoldPhoto assistants Sho Stewart, Thomas BlancoVideo by Chad Van HornLocation via Natural Retreats Alison Brie may have manifested the opportunity to work with Annette Bening. As Brie recalls it, she was in … Read more
Annette Bening SBIFF Tribute Canceled Due to Illness – The Santa Barbara Independent Annette Bening as Diana Nyad in ’Nyad’ | Photo: Liz Parkinson for Netflix Unfortunately, the Annette Bening tribute that was scheduled for this evening, Friday, February 16, has been canceled due to illness. We received a statement from the Santa Barbara … Read more
The Sun Valley Film Festival in Idaho announced it will honor actress Annette Bening and filmmaker David O. Russell as this year’s Vision Award recipients on Friday, March 1. The film festival celebrates with a slate of film and television premieres at the original ski Shangri-la from February 28 through March 3. The SVFF Vision … Read more
In the final moments of Netflix’s “Nyad,” the 64-year-old title character fulfills her lifelong dream of swimming 110 miles from Cuba to Florida and then immediately greets her crowd of supporters with a few impassioned remarks that begin with the simple advice to “never, ever give up.” When it comes to the 2024 Best Actress … Read more
The Kids Are All Right’s Julianne Moore and Annette Bening Reunite in Variety’s Actors on Actors The two actresses give a masterclass in Lisa Cholodenko’s award-winning comedy. For this year’s Variety video series Actors on Actors, Annette Bening (who recently starred in Nyad) and Julianne Moore (who recently starred in May December) sit down to talk about … Read more
‘All the world’s a stage’ proves a fitting life motto for Annette Bening, an actress who loves to challenge, learn from, and heal herself through her craft. Having started acting in a Shakespearean theater company, she has blossomed on stage and screen by disarming audiences through an illustrious career of memorable roles. Whether she’s playing … Read more
Annette Bening has been nominated for an Academy Award four times, once for supporting actress for “The Grifters,” and three times for actress for “American Beauty,” “Being Julia,” and “The Kids Are Alright.” Regarding the first two actress Oscar nominations, Bening lost both times to Hilary Swank, who won for “Boys Don’t Cry” and “Million … Read more
