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Last spring, Selena Gomez lived in Paris for two months to film the musical Emilia Perez with Zoe Saldana. The multi-hyphenate couldn’t quite shake how good her life felt there, and she infused her love for the city into the rollout for her new single “Love On.” “I felt like I can be a normal human being there,” she tells Rolling Stone. “I fell in love with everything about it and the life that I lived there for two months.” Gomez had begun working on “Love On” before she left for Paris and felt the song…

Oscar-nominated filmmaker - who directed Gomez's buddy Taylor Swift in Amsterdam - takes reins of upcoming project The Selena Gomez-starring Linda Ronstadt biopic has found its director: Oscar-nominated Silver Linings Playbook and American Hustle filmmaker David O. Russell. Variety reports that Russell will helm the film, which Gomez teased — and Rolling Stone confirmed — via social media earlier this week. In that Instagram post, Gomez simply posted a photo of Ronstadt’s 2013 memoir Simple…

A voice that effortlessly traversed genres, from rock to country, opera to mariachi. Earning 11 Grammy Awards and selling over 50 million albums, this is the story of Linda Ronstadt, a music legend whose journey will soon be brought to life on the big screen by none other than Selena Gomez. The 31-year-old actor is set to depict the renowned singer in an upcoming film produced by James Keach and John Boylan, who also happens to be Ronstadt's manager. All about Linda Ronstadt biopic starring Selena Gomez(Selena…

Pop singer and actor Selena Gomez is to portray the massively successful US singer Linda Ronstadt in a new biopic.Currently in pre-production, the film is being produced by James Keach, who has worked on a number of music-related film projects including producing Oscar-winning Johnny Cash biopic Walk the Line and documentaries on Ronstadt, David Crosby and Glen Campbell. Also producing will be John Boylan, Ronstadt’s manager.A note on Boylan’s website says Gomez and Ronstadt, who both have Mexican heritage, “recently…

Hollywood pop singer and actor Selena Gomez is all set to play Linda Ronstadt in an upcoming biopic. As per Variety, a US-based media outlet, Gomez teased the role Tuesday night by posting a picture of Ronstadt`s 2013 memoir `Simple Dreams` on her Instagram story. The music biopic is currently in pre-production, with producers including Ronstadt`s manager, John Boylan, and James Keach, who produced the 2019 documentary `Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice.` The other cast of the biopic has still not been announced.…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeSelena Gomez will star as folk rock trailblazer Linda Ronstadt in an upcoming biopic. The former Disney Channel actor and singer, 31, teased the casting announcement on her Instagram Story on Tuesday (9 January) with a photo of her reading Ronstadt’s 2013 memoir, Simple Dreams. The untitled project is said to be in pre-production, according to Variety, with the 77-year-old “Blue Bayou”…

Fans speculated the news after Gomez posted an Instagram Story of the legendary singer's memoir Selena Gomez will portray Linda Ronstadt in an upcoming biopic, Rolling Stone confirms. Fans began to speculate online about the potential casting after Gomez posted an Instagram Story of Ronstadt’s 2013 memoir Simple Dreams (in another story, she also announced she’s taking a break from social media). The biopic is currently in pre-production, with Ronstadt’s manager, John Boylan, and James Keach…

Image: HBOEveryone who has seen episode three of The Last of Us has been absolutely weepy about the romance at its center. “Long Long Time”—named after Linda Ronstadt’s 1970 hit, which plays a key part in the story—sent the internet into collective hysterics over its tender old men surviving during the apocalypse. But while the song is suddenly everywhere in the wake of the show, the singer will not be receiving any additional profits from its renewed popularity.While Spotify tweeted that streams of “Long,Long Time” had…

This story contains some spoilers for the third episode of HBO’s “The Last of Us.” Linda Ronstadt has a simple and earnest message for the folks discovering her music after the latest episode of “The Last of Us”: She hopes you enjoy it.The third installment of HBO’s post-apocalyptic drama, aptly titled “Long, Long Time” for the pivotal role that Ronstadt’s hit ballad plays in the episode, tells the story of Bill (Nick Offerman) and Frank (Murray Bartlett) and the life they lived together. Their relationship, according to…