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| | Kristin Chenoweth on 'One Million Moms' Wicked boycott: it's out of hate | | Added 38 hours ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Kristin Chenoweth hit a new level of #Goals for me when she declared she doesn?t get up before 11am, and doesn?t speak before noon. I have the night owl tendencies to justify the first part, but not the golden, operatic singing voice like Kristin?s to justify the second. So it goes. It?s also been a delight to watch Kristin, the OG Glinda when Wicked opened on Broadway in 2003, be such a visible presence on the premiere trail for the movie adaptation that is currently defying box office gravity. The show is a huge part of her life ? hell, she even named her memoir A Little Bit Wicked ? and she is still proud of it. Which is why Kristin recently piped up (presumably after 12pm), against a boycott of the movie. Long-time haters One Million Moms have started a petition asking parents not to see Wicked because of its magical and LGBTQ content. Witches and sorcery and gay people, oh my!
Kristin Chenoweth is clapping back at One Million Moms after the organization started a boycott of the Wicked movie.
The conservative group?s latest petition asks parents to pledge to not see Jon M. Chu?s movie musical due to it ?pushing the LGBTQ agenda on families, particularly children.?
?Of course, the musical contains a tremendous amount of witchcraft and sorcery, and that content prompts most parents to avoid taking their children to see Wicked. But the film also shows not-so-discrete crossdressing and men crushing on men, which parents may not expect,? the petition states. ?Instead of an uplifting Broadway musical about friendship and family, talents and resources were used to create a dark movie that also pushes wokeness.?
Chenoweth, who originated the role of Glinda in the Broadway musical of Wicked in 2003, responded to One Million Moms? petition, writing in a comment on Instagram, ?Everyone knows the ?one million Moms? are a mere few hundred. Maybe. it?s called entertainment. Artistry. I am a Christian woman or originated the role of Glinda and all the silliness that these women spew out of hate. No no no. I can?t help it : i try to love em anyways. For they don?t get it. For anyone who wants to see girl power, then go so WICKED. Onstage or in a movie theater.?
The movie adaptation of the beloved stage musical stars Arianda Grande as Galinda and Cynthis Erivo as Elphaba. Wicked, which tells the untold story of the witches of Oz, has been met with box office success since opening in theaters Nov. 22, scoring the highest opening for a Broadway adaptation.
[From The Hollywood Reporter]
Bless their hearts, the title of One Million Moms? petition reads, ?Warning: ?Wicked? Not Only Includes Witchcraft But Also LGBTQ Content!? Plus the line quoted above about parents naturally opting not to take their kids to see Wicked because of the sorcery! It?s the legitimate fear of witchcraft content that kills me. As for the LGBTQ content in Wicked, which the petition says ?blindsided? them, I can see how the themes of a 20-year-old musical based on a 30-year-old novel written by an out and proud author (and family man!) really must have caught them off guard. (Note: previous line to be read with sarcasm.) If you read the entire petition, which I did so you didn?t have to, OMM seem to coalesce their grievance around the idea that the filmmakers are sneaking these ?woke? themes (of magic and gay feelings) into a children?s film. To which my response is, who said Wicked was a children?s film? The book is squarely for the young adult audience, and I always thought the musical hit that sweet spot as well? Somewhere between a Disney musical and Spring Awakening is where I see Wicked. If these parents are being ?blindsided,? they haven?t done their homework and are probably just assuming that Wicked is just like The Wizard of Oz. Which, incidentally, I?d love to know if they consider to be a wholesome film for children, because it still has plenty of witches and sorcery. Or is it ok to have the dark arts in a movie so long as they?re depicted as BAD with no gray areas?
Anyway, thank you to Kristin the Good Witch, for using all of her 4?11? to stand up for girl power, artistry, and love over hate. Now, who gets to have the fun of telling these small-minded moms that nearly all of the musicals they love come from the genius of gay artists? Also, here?s hoping none of these moms picked up the Wicked Barbies with packaging that linked to an adult website!
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| | Kristin Chenoweth: I don't like to get up before 11 & I don't like to speak before 12 | | Added 21 days ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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It was a sweet moment when Idina Menzel and Kristin Chenoweth ? Broadway?s original Elphaba and Glinda, respectively ? walked the red carpet together at the LA premiere of Wicked. But then I fell in love with Kristin even more when I saw that she had showed up earlier at the NY premiere, and posed for photos standing smack between new stars Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande at a separate NY screening. Do you get it?? They wouldn?t be there without her, LOL!! I?m not even being sarcastic when I say I love Kristin for it; she is the OG, after all, with classically trained pipes that have always been a) seemingly destined to voice Glinda, and b) kind of incomprehensible to come out of such a pint-sized frame. Anyway, I say get it, girl! But Kristin hasn?t only been stalking haunting following the yellow-bricked Wicked promo trail; she also has a new holiday partnership with HomeGoods. She helped the retailer launch their ?Deck the Everything Day? on November 1, and just spoke to Us Weekly about her holiday (and other) rituals:
Not normally one to decorate before Thanksgiving, Chenoweth tells Us she made an exception this year. ?I want a reason to smile. So, I will be getting out my tree November 1 and start decorating it and make myself feel better and I?m not going to feel bad about it,? she shares. ?And I want to encourage [fans], don?t feel guilty. Get out there, go to HomeGoods, get all your crap and come home and decorate.?
Us: When was the last time you did laundry?
Chenoweth: A few days ago? [Laughs] Maybe a couple months ago!
Us: What time do you wake up in the morning?
Chenoweth: I don?t like to get up before 11, and I don?t like to speak before noon. I?m a night owl. I entertain at night.
Us: What?s your favorite song to sing in the shower?
Chenoweth: Bette Midler?s ?The Rose.? [Singing] ?Some say love, it is a river ?? It?s not that challenging. It?s, like, five notes.
Us: What was the last show you streamed?
Chenoweth: Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story. I?ve binged the whole thing. I met Chloe [Sevigny] one time. She?s amazing. Javier Bardem is amazing, and the two boys [Cooper Koch and Nicholas Alexander Chavez] are amazing. I don?t even know who they are.
Us: What?s your go-to DoorDash order?
Chenoweth: Olive Garden. Stars are just like us in this instance! I had it two nights ago. I had the endless salad and the spaghetti.
Us: What?s one task that you keep putting off?
Chenoweth: Getting my nails done. I hate it. It?s so time-consuming. But look at these nubs. I got to go.
[From Us Weekly]
Preferring not to wake up before 11am? Oh, bless you Kristin! And #JusticeForNightOwls! Seriously, we night owls can get such a bad rap, but it?s just sliding the hours of operation until later. And of course Kristin adds an extra layer with the not-talking until 12pm. I?m sure she?s arrived at that rule after decades of working as a professional singer (and yes, I am now imagining Kristin in the shower belting out ?The Rose.?). It reminds me of Bryan Cranston when he was playing LBJ in All The Way on Broadway; the show was so demanding vocally that he didn?t speak at all on Mondays, his one day off a week. Though I may not be an artist of the vocal arts like Kristin or Bryan, I?m still planning on adopting a practice of not speaking for at least an hour after getting up. But mainly because I?m a night owl operating in an early bird world and am perennially startled/disgruntled/bitter when the alarm goes off in the morning. It?s best for everyone if I refrain from verbalizing any thoughts in those deeply emotional first moments of alertness.
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| | Kristin Chenoweth regrets not suing CBS for injury on Good Wife set | | Added 697 days ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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| | Kristin Chenoweth reduced her migraines by cutting back on caffeine and sugar | | Added 5 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Kristin Chenoweth and NFL Hall of Famer Terrell Davis took place in a conference called the Migraine World Summit. It?s an online summit sponsored by several pharmaceutical companies and other companies treating migraines meant to raise awareness. Both Kristen and Terrell are migraine sufferers, and they described how debilitating and awful it can be. I thankfully don?t get migraines but I have friends who do and it sounds like the worst. Kristin described her first migraine, at the age of 25, and Terrell said that the migraines were so painful when he was a child that he considered suicide. At times he had several migraines a week but hes been careful and hasn?t had a migraine in a year. Kristen said that she?s also been able to reduce the frequency of her migraines but cutting back on sugar and caffeine. A lack of sleep can still trigger them for her.
When she was 25 years old, Chenoweth experienced her first migraine while rehearsing for a show in a room with fluorescent lights in New York.
?I started getting what I call ?kaleidoscope eyes,? ? Chenoweth said during her presentation to the crowd. ?Then, I started getting really nauseous and a pounding headache.?
Four months after her first migraine, Chenoweth was diagnosed. Though she admits migraines have caused her ?to lose some time? in her life, dealing with them now has become easier as she has learned what triggers her.
?[Doctors] told me to avoid sugar and caffeine,? she said. ?The past two years, I really have cut way, way back in that department and I have noticed a difference. The dragon that I keep chasing is sleep. I?m always in a different time zone or on a plane. None of these things are conducive to a person who has a migraine. That?s been my biggest challenge, sleep.?
On top of avoiding sugar and caffeine, Chenoweth says her faith helps.
?Everybody has their own belief, and I encourage and want that,? she said. ?I do take pause and I say, ?Dear God, help me get through this.?
Davis got his first migraine when he was only 9 years old. After finishing football practice, he realized he was having trouble seeing.
?It was staring into the sun and then trying to focus on something,? he explained during the event. ?I remember my heart started pounding because I thought, at the time, I was going to go blind.?
Davis? mom picked him up from practice and as soon as he got home, he started getting a pounding headache.
That headache was so different than any headache I?ve ever had at the time,? he said. ?It was so debilitating, so intense. I didn?t know what had happened at the time or if we would come back or if that was a one time deal.?
The pain at the time was so bad that Davis, 46, remembers having suicidal thoughts.
?I didn?t want to live through that period,? he said. ?Suicide crossed my mind. I didn?t plan it but the only thing I could think of was just ending it. That was my first experience and, subsequently, after that it came back a few weeks later. Sometimes it was weekly, sometimes it was two times a week, three times a week. It was tough to deal with.?
Davis told PEOPLE that he hasn?t had a migraine in the past year.
?Over the years, we started to dial things in and tried to really hone in and we started to be really efficient in how we dealt with this thing,? he said.
[From People]
I can?t imagine what that?s like to randomly have a splitting migraine and not be able to function. One of my friends gets them and all she can do it lay down in a dark room until it passes. Also I?m not a believer but I?ve still prayed like that in dark times for help. Kristin has been open about her faith and that must be a comfort to her. It seems like a lot of things would be helped by cutting out caffeine and sugar. My mom is always telling me to do that but I feel like I have to have some vices. Im so sorry to those of you who have migraines and hope you can get some relief.
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Honored to speak at @migrainesummit with @kchenoweth to #raiseacurtain on migraine. It takes true grit to live with this monster, and I give a #milehighsalute to those who do. __________________________________________ #migraine #migraineawareness #nfl #health #wellness #migraines
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| | Kristin Chenoweth pressured on talk show to say if she had a problem with Weinstein | | Added 7 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Reading the articles about the all women attacked, harassed, threatened and stalked by Harvey Weinstein has been difficult. I don’t have a story that’s any worse than anyone else’s but like so many other women it’s brought up some painful truths about my past. I don’t want to talk or think about it and have been eating my feelings. So that’s why I have as much respect for the women who chose to stay silent as I do for the women who speak out. We all have our own journey and way of dealing with things.
Given my own level of secrecy around this, I would never presume to even ask even my best friend why she’s using the #metoo tag. That is something that is highly personal and it’s hers to tell when and if she’s ready. That’s why it’s incredibly galling to hear that an obnoxious talk show host, a guy named Richard Madeley, asked Kristin Chenoweth point blank during an interview on Good Morning Britain if she’d ever had a problem with Weinstein. They were discussing the issue in general and somehow, in his ineptitude as a person and interviewer, Madeley thought that was appropriate question. Then, when Kristin said “I really don’t want to comment on that at this point” he said “It sounds like a yes.” THE NERVE! To her credit she recovered like a champ (although yelling and walking out would have been completely understandable) and talked about the issue of sexual harassment in so many industries. Then Madeley pressured her further. I don’t know much about this guy but he seems to have a reputation as a giant ass. Here’s some of what they said. The questions attributed to SR are from Susanna Reid, the cohost, and you can watch the video below.
SR: We?re talking to you on a day when there are more allegations of sexual harassment coming out over in Hollywood. You?ve been in a Harvey Weinstein musical. You were in a position where you had to serenade him at the Tonys a couple of years ago. What would you like to say in the wake of these allegations?
KC: First of all I?m deeply hurt for the women. I like to see them coming out strong and not being victims. I hate for any woman or man this has ever happened to. I don?t know of somebody who hasn?t had situations they?ve had to get out of. I find myself doing like a weird arm fart noise and a booger. I just try to be funny but the truth is we shouldn?t have to do that stuff.
RM: Did you have a problem with him?
KC: You know what, I really don?t want to comment on that at this point. I see that [interrupted]
RM: It sounds like a yes.
KC: What I would like to say is that there can be good that comes from it. I think this is the beginning? I think we’ll see it in music and fashion and all kinds of things. Sometimes chaos happens before order.
RM: Why do you think everybody connives(?) at it though. I?m not in any way casting aspersions or blame, but why do you think this was an open secret in Hollywood?
KC: I?m not sure. I?d like to know that of myself in many other situations with many other people. Why do I shy away from it?
RM: Is it embarrassment?
KC: Maybe it?s a little bit of shame. We?re not just talking about women. There?s men who have had this too. I think this is the beginning. Let?s look at good men like you [points to RM] in the business who have given us good behavior and respect towards women. JJ Abrams I was in a play with him yesterday. Respectful. Bryan Fuller, respectful. There?s lots of men in our industry who are not that. That?s what I?m going to try to focus on.
[From video of Good Morning Britain]
British Celebitches, is this guy the budget Piers Morgan? (Incidentally Piers Morgan is on that show too.) I would cancel him based on this alone and he seems to do this kind of thing frequently. He’s a neo-con who complains that not enough is being done with Brexit and he recently made a bad Weinstein “joke.” All love and respect to Kristin for dealing with this asshat.
This is Kristin’s face right after this douchebag questioned her again, the part where he asked why it was an open secret. She just did this for a second and then regained composure immediately like a pro. I really like how she changed focus to the fact that there are good men in Hollywood, she even pointed to Madeley to appeal to his narcissism. She didn’t want to talk in depth about this and the interviewer treated it like an interrogation.
Here’s the video. I’m definitely a fan of Chenoweth’s now.
Kristin Chenoweth handling all Harvey Weinstein questions with class and tact.??? #GMB
— Jenna Pedder (@JNAPDR) October 18, 2017
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| | Kristin Chenoweth to Be Inducted into Hollywood Bowl Hall of Fame | | Added 10 years ago | Source: Celebrity Gossip |
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Honored for her talent and body of work, Kristin Chenoweth will be inducted into the Hollywood Bowl Hall of Fame this year.
The star of stage and screen will perform with the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra with fellow inductees and special guests and be inducted on June 21st at 8:00pm.
According to the organization, "[T]he Hollywood Bowl Hall of Fame celebrates those consummate creators and performers, who, through their talent and effort, have established themselves as true superstars - with appearances on screen, stage, recordings, and at the Bowl - whose contributions to the arts have made them part of the fabric of American culture."
Later this week, fans can hear the vocal talents of Ms. Chenoweth as Gabi in "Rio 2," which hits theaters on April 11th.
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| | Kristen Chenoweth Stops by the "Late Show with David Letterman" | | Added 10 years ago | Source: Celebrity Gossip |
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Stopping by for a chat, a tanned and toned Kristin Chenoweth arrived at the "Late Show with David Letterman" in New York City on Tuesday (April 1).
The "Rio 2" star wore a gray, black, and white patterned one piece, showing off her long legs with some black pumps.
Promoting her new animated family flick, the 45-year-old actress tweeted afterwards, "Just finished letterman. So fun."
Hitting theaters on April 11th, "Rio 2" follows Blu, Jewel, and their kids as they head to the Amazon where Blu faces off against the vengeful Nigel.
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| | Kristin Chenoweth in Roberto Cavalli at the Oscars: budget Oscar statuette? | | Added 10 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Kristin Chenowith attended the Oscars in Roberto Cavalli last night. I was hesitant to make her a headliner in a post, but Kristen clearly wanted to be noticed. She’s dressed as an Oscar statuette. Was this intentional theming, or did Kristen simply like the dress? We’ll never know. The dress is — to be perfectly blunt — tacky and overdone. I think some sleeker details could have been used instead of layers of lattice work. The tulle fabric of the train softens the look a little bit, but it’s not enough to redeem the dress.
Kristen recently went for her new pixie cut to varied reactions. I think if her hair was still long, she could have softened up her look with some retro curls. She’s so cute that I hate to rip her apart for anything, but this dress is a disaster.
Camila Alves wore a soft Pink Gabriela Cadena gown with a side of Best Actor Matthew McConaughey. Camila is a model by trade, so she knows how to work this dress without letting herself be swallowed up. There is a lot of fabric here! I’m curious to see how the dress would have looked without sleeves.
Jada Pinkett Smith wore a Pink Atelier Versace gown with tons of details. The dress featured a halter neck, a high thigh slit, a train, and many folds of drapey fabric. The look is overwhelming, which is complicated by Jada getting matchy-matchy with her eyeshadow and lipstick. Her flat-ironed hair with a center part is a very severe look, and I already think of Jada as being a “severe” person. Jada switched up her outfit for the Vanity Fair party. This is Roberto Cavalli dress, and it is so “Joan Collins in Dynasty.”
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| | Kristin Chenoweth: American Country Awards Hostess Hottie | | Added 12 years ago | Source: Celebrity Gossip |
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Getting ready for her second round of hosting duties, Kristin Chenoweth arrived at the Kristin Chenoweth in Las Vegas, NV on Monday (December 10).
The pint-sized blonde beauty looked stunning in a chic floor-length blue dress as she worked The Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino red carpet before heading in to take the stage with her co-host Trace Adkins.
Expressing her excitement for tonight?s main event, Chenoweth said, ?I'm excited to return to the ACA stage with Trace and his big personality and even bigger boots," adding, "We had a blast last year and I plan to pull out all the stops to make sure everyone has a good time!"
The two-hour special will feature performances from some of the biggest names in country music including Keith Urban, Jason Aldean, Luke Bryan and Lady Antebellum.
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| | Kristin Chenoweth & Jake Pavelka: A Happy Pair | | Added 12 years ago | Source: Celebrity Gossip |
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Making for a surprising Hollywood pair, it looks like Kristin Chenoweth and former ?Bachelor? Jake Pavelka are now an official item.
Coyly speaking about their fairly new romance, ?The Good Wife? actress told People mag, ?We have been spending a little time together.?
Although Kristin admits fitting dates into her schedule can sometimes be difficult, she explained that after suffering a head injury on set earlier this year, she is more focused on her happiness.
"A lot of people know that I got hurt in July," Chenoweth said, adding, "I am doing so much better but I think it slowed me down and I've realized life is short. I want to do things that make me happy."
The 44 year-old Hollywood beauty, and Pavelka, 34, reportedly met back at an event in October and have since been spotted out together, most recently a local caf near Jake?s Texas home.
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