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Johnell Gipson

Johnell Gipson has been writing about the entertainment industry since 2013, and joined Showbiz Cheat Sheet in 2020. He loves learning about the people that inspire and entertain us and sharing that information, which is often delivered in his articles as little-known celebrity facts and behind-the-scenes movie trivia.

Johnell earned his bachelor’s degree in English from Georgia State University. In his spare time, he enjoys watching interviews with artists and entertainers — some of which provide interesting ideas for articles his readers enjoy. See more from Johnell on Muck Rack and his online portfolio.

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Scarlett Johansson Says Playing Black Widow For the Last Time Feels ‘Bittersweet’

After all of this time playing the same role, Johansson is understandably ready to move on to other projects. However, she’s also built lifelong friendships with many people on Marvel’s creative team. Now that the time has come for her to take on new roles in different franchises, Johansson admits that the feeling of moving on is “bittersweet.”
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‘Loki’: Marvel’s Creative Team Explains Why They Made Him Fall in Love With Another Version of Himself

During episode 3, it becomes clear that Loki, who is played by Tom Hiddleston, is attracted to Sylvie, played by Sophia Di Martino. His interest in her is a bit unusual given the fact that she’s a variant of him, which would mean that Loki is falling in love with himself. Despite how odd the budding romance might seem to viewers, the Loki creative team assures that the decision was very intentional, and recently explained why they thought it would be great for Hiddleston’s character.
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Nobody in the Fashion World Wanted To Help Make ‘The Devil Wears Prada’ Because They Feared Anna Wintour’s Wrath

Even though The Devil Wears Prada was a huge success commercially and critically, the film’s production team had a very hard time getting information about the inner workings of Vogue. Many of the fashion industry professionals they reached out to refused to consult with them for the project out of fear of being blackballed by Wintour. In fact, many of the locations that the crew had in mind for filming were also off-limits, as property owners didn’t want to be associated with the movie.
Celebrity

‘The Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard’ Star Salma Hayek Recalls Intense Racism She Experienced Early in Her Career — ‘You Were Born on the Wrong Side of the Border’

Even though Salma Hayek’s experienced sustained success in recent years, her road to the top has not been easy. As a Mexican-American woman actor, she’s faced a ton of discrimination within the movie business and had to fight for every opportunity she’s gotten. In fact, much earlier in her career, Hayek was told by studio executives that she was “born on the wrong side of the border,” and informed that she’d never be able to get a role that didn’t portray her as a maid or a drug dealer’s love interest.
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Why Anna Wintour Completely Redecorated Her ‘Vogue’ Office After ‘The Devil Wears Prada’ Came Out

Even though the Devil Wears Prada production team never explicitly states that the movie is based on Anna Wintour, there are many clues that make it clear where the inspiration came from. In fact, the office that Streep’s character, Miranda Priestly, works in was decorated to look exactly like Wintour’s. When The Devil Wears Prada was released back in 2006, Miranda’s office so much like Wintours that she had her entire office redecorated.
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Tom Hiddleston Reveals the Biggest Questions He Wants To Ask Loki

Because Loki is a shapeshifter that rarely lets the audience know what his long-term aspirations are, it’s easy to understand why it’s so hard to figure out what he values. Now that he’s starring in his very own Disney+ series, Loki, Hiddleston has seen more sides of the trickster that he’s never noticed before. In response, he realizes that he’s got a bunch of questions for Loki that he wishes he could ask him.
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‘The Devil Wears Prada’: Meryl Streep Reveals That Her Miranda Priestly Performance Was Inspired By Clint Eastwood — ‘He Never Raises His Voice, Ever’

When The Devil Wears Prada first came out, many people thought Streep’s character was inspired by Vogue editor Anna Wintour. However, Streep has denied this assessment on numerous occasions, insisting that she drew inspiration from men that she observed in positions of power. More specifically, Streep admits that Miranda’s quiet, intimidating aura was modeled after Clint Eastwood, one of Hollywood’s most powerful players.
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Gisele Bundchen Initially Had No Interest in Starring in ‘The Devil Wears Prada’ with Meryl Streep — ‘I Don’t Want To Play a Model’

Even though the film was packed with Hollywood heavyweights such as Meryl Streep, Anne Hathaway, and Stanley Tucci, 'The Devil Wears Prada' also featured some familiar faces—such as supermodel Gisele Bundchen—who aren’t known for acting. Despite her natural on-screen personality, Bundchen was actually not interested in starring in the movie when she was first offered the role. In fact, the only way she’d agree to star in the movie was if she wasn’t playing a model.
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‘The Devil Wears Prada’: Meryl Streep on Playing Miranda Priestly — ‘She Behaved Like Horrible, Powerful People Behave’

Even though 'The Devil Wears Prada' garnered impressive performances from all of its lead actors, Streep’s was singled out as particularly great. A rude, repugnant, editor-in-chief driven to win at all costs, Streep’s character demands excellence from everyone in her orbit and isn’t afraid to hurt their feelings in the process. Years later, Streep has taken a look back on the iconic role, sharing her thoughts on the character’s inner workings.
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Anne Hathaway Felt ‘Intimidated, But Cared For’ While Working With Meryl Streep on ‘The Devil Wears Prada’

The Devil Wears Prada is one of the most iconic movies of the mid-2000s. Even though all of the film’s stars provided great performances, Streep’s stands out in particular. Playing Miranda Priestly, a powerful, domineering fashion magazine editor, she terrorizes her colleagues and peers with her icy demeanor and sharp-tongued one-liners. Streep’s performance in The Devil Wears Prada was so good that she intimidated many people on the set, including Anne Hathaway. 15 years after the film’s release, Hathaway revealed exactly how she felt while working with the award-winning actress.
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Scarlett Johansson Reveals If Her Daughter Will Watch ‘Black Widow’

Just as her character, Black Widow, has evolved over the course of the years, Scarlett Johansson has as well. When she first joined the MCU she was still an up-and-coming actor known for starring in independent films and stageplays. Today, she’s one of the highest-paid actors in the world and lives a relatively private life with her husband, Colin Jost, and her daughter. Johansson is normally pretty quiet about her personal life, but she talked about her daughter—and whether or not she’ll be watching her upcoming Marvel film Black Widow—during a recent interview.
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‘Black Widow’: Scarlett Johansson Reveals Why She ‘Never Wanted To Do an Origin Story’ About Natasha Romanoff

Unlike other heroes in the Avengers such as Iron Man and Thor, Black Widow never got an origin story of her own. Marvel’s upcoming film, Black Widow, picks up right after the events of Captain America: Civil War, so it’s technically not considered an origin movie. However, this isn’t necessarily a bad thing, as Johansson recently revealed that she never wanted to do one.
Entertainment

‘Fast & Furious’: Vin Diesel and Paul Walker Used To Play ‘World of Warcraft’ Together To Unwind After Shoots

For several years, Vin Diesel and Paul Walker formed one of the most formidable on-screen tandems in Hollywood. The two actors anchored down the Fast & Furious franchise, which has become one of the most successful film franchises of all time. The two developed a close bond while working on the franchise together, and Diesel still speaks glowingly of Walker every chance he gets. Diesel recently looked back on some of the intimate moments he and Walker shared while filming earlier Fast & Furious films. Specifically, he recalled playing a popular video game, World of Warcraft with Walker in between their shoot days.
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Scarlett Johansson Says Training For ‘Black Widow’ Was Way Harder Than Previous Marvel Films — ‘Everything Is More Painful’

Since being cast in the 2010 blockbuster Iron Man 2, Scarlett Johansson has played the Marvel superhero Black Widow for over 10 years. This role established her as one of the highest-paid actors in Hollywood, but all of that success didn’t come easy. In order for Johansson to get in shape for the role, she has to go through an extremely rigorous training program. And while it might’ve been easier for her to do some of the workouts when she first started over a decade ago, she recently admitted that training for the upcoming film Black Widow was much more difficult.
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‘Fast & Furious’: Vin Diesel Says His Feud With Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson Was the Result of ‘A Lot of Tough Love’

The Fast & Furious film series is one of the most successful and recognizable franchises in the world. Starring actors such as Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, and Dwayne Johnson, the movies have grossed over $6 billion at the box office. The franchise established both Diesel and Johnson as two of the highest-paid actors in Hollywood, but the two actors developed a toxic relationship in the process. Today, Diesel looks back on their tumultuous relationship and admits that their bad blood was caused by the “tough love” he showed Johnson while working on Fast & Furious films.