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@Variety’s Co-Editor-in-Chief and Co-President. Actors on Actors EP. Author of Apprentice in Wonderland & Ladies Who Punch. Email: ramin.setoodeh@variety.com
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Sadly, the Stars of ‘Heated Rivalry’ Turned Down Actors on Actors — And Here’s Why Original

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By Ramin Setoodeh Verified
| Variety Verified
In all the years that I’ve produced Variety‘s Actors on Actors conversations, I’ve resisted the temptation to divulge how exactly the sausage gets made. When fans gripe on social media, for instance, about how our magazine didn’t pair two obviously compatible actors together, I haven’t taken to X to explain that we really tried, but one (or both!) of the actors turned down what seemed like an undeniable idea. Sometimes, the reasons a pairing didn’t work out are scandalous.
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Cannes kicks off with Peter Jackson and lack of Hollywood stars

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By Elsa Keslassy Verified, Ramin Setoodeh Verified
| MSN Verified
The 79th edition of the Cannes Film Festival, which launched on Tuesday night, is missing big studios movies and Hollywood stars. But at least it had a visitor from Middle Earth. Peter Jackson, the director of the "Lord of the Rings," touched down in the South of France to accept an honorary Palme d'Or ahead of the opening night movie, "The Electric Kiss," a French romantic comedy set in the 1920s.
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Cannes Kicks Off With Peter Jackson Tribute, a Political Jane Fonda and James Franco Returning From Cancellation

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By Elsa Keslassy Verified, Ramin Setoodeh Verified, Brent Lang Verified
| Yahoo Lifestyle Australia Verified
The 79th edition of the Cannes Film Festival, which launched on Tuesday night, is missing big studio movies and Hollywood stars. But at least it had a visitor from Middle Earth. Peter Jackson, the director of the “Lord of the Rings,” touched down in the South of France to accept an honorary Palme d’Or ahead of the opening night movie, “The Electric Kiss,” a French romantic comedy set in the 1920s.
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