İ Care A Lot

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Törende I Care A Lot adlı yapımdaki performansıyla müzikal ya da komedi dalında en iyi kadın oyuncu ödülünü kazanan Rosamund Pike'ın ilginç kıyafeti çok konuşuldu. Pike, Instagram sayfasında da bu kırmızı elbisesiyle çekilen bir video paylaştı.

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Ne izlesem okusam dinlesem

Film tutkunlarına bu hafta, Rosamund Pike’ın Altın Küre’de yarışan performansıyla merak ettiğimiz suç komedisi “I Care A Lot” ve Salma Hayek ile Owen Wilson’ı buluşturan bilimkurgu “Mutluluk”; dizi tutkunlarına da seyirciyi 80’ler Londra’sına ışınlayacak “It’s A Sin” ve Netflix’in yeni animesi “High-Rise Invasion”, haftanın ekran tavsiyeleri. Çağdaş İran şiirinin unutulmaz ismi Furuğ Ferruhzâd’ın hayatını sahneye taşıyan “Furuğ” haftanın oyunu, Kiran Millwood Hargrave’in ödüllü distopik feminist romanı “Kadınlar Adası” da haftanın kitabı...

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