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Hollywood for Grownups
Hollywood reporter Merle Ginsberg has written about celebrities, film, TV, music and fashion for publications including The New York Times, Hollywood Reporter, Rolling Stone, The Daily Beast, Cosmopolitan and more. Each week she’ll cover celebrity news for AARP’s Hollywood for Grownups column.
Colman Domingo Breaks Out
After his next film, prison reformation drama Sing Sing (July 12), Colman Domingo, 54, will start singing for real — like a canary. Lights Out: Nat ‘King’ Cole, a musical he both cowrote and starred in at L.A.’s Geffen Playhouse (2019), is finally getting the big-screen treatment. You might not know it, but Domingo has starred in several stage musicals including Summer: The Donna Summer Musical on Broadway, while performing singing stints in New York cabarets — all on top of being an accomplished playwright. Still, despite his Emmy (for Euphoria) and two Tonys, Domingo could not get a Lights Out film deal until his Oscar nom this year for Rustin. Now we hear he’s reupped crooning lessons with biopic coaches — and is also consulting pal Bradley Cooper (A Star Is Born) on how to pull off that rare quadruple role: Like Cooper with Star, Domingo not only cowrote, but will star, sing and also direct Lights Out, his directorial debut. This is what you call striking while the Oscar nom’s hot.
Jennifer Garner’s Back in Action
She’s been pumping up ex-husband Ben Affleck of late amidst his marital problems— but Jennifer Garner, 52, has also been pumping up herself, for real. The former badass action star of TV’s Alias and Marvel’s Daredevil (2003, on which she met Affleck) and spinoff Elektra (2005), Garner has been putting her martial arts skills back into action — after 19 years. Since her kickass assassin days, the actress has gone on to play mostly wholesome moms. But after many rumors — and a lot of training — Elektra returns to form in Marvel’s Deadpool & Wolverine (July 26), with Hugh Jackman and Ryan Reynolds. Sources say Garner stepped up by training hard last summer — jogging, weights, doing longer, more frequent sessions with longtime trainer Beth Nicely. Yes, Garner loves to share recipes via her Instagram “Pretend Cooking Show” — salads, vegan dishes, healthy snacks — but she had to ditch her mom’s cornbread recipe for a few months. “She’s loved getting back into literal fighting shape,” says one longtime friend. “But this is her last action hurrah. It takes a lot of hours and energy. She wants to put more time into Once Upon a Farm, her plant-based baby food brand. I wouldn’t be surprised if Jen becomes the next Gwyneth.”
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