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Janelle Monae hopes she's asked to record a Bond theme. The 38-year-old singer has admitted she's a huge fan of the 007 franchise and she feels her music would work perfectly as the theme to one of the movies because her work is already "cinematic" and she understands "big band orchestration". She told the Guardian newspaper: "I love the score of a lot of the James Bond films. 'Goldfinger' is one of my favourites, and 'You Only Live Twice' is another. So they can definitely call me!" She added: "My music has always been cinematic, so I’ve always understood cinema and big band orchestration, st...
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Janelle Monae does not expect to return for 'Knives Out 3'. The 37-year-old actress had a key role as twin sisters Helen and Andi Brand in the whodunnit sequel 'Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery' but is aware that the cast is likely to change completely for the third film, with the exception of Daniel Craig's sleuth Benoit Blanc. Janelle told ET Canada: "I would be honoured (to do 'Knives Out 3'). But Rian (Johnson) is not going to cast (you) if you've already done 'Knives Out' with the exception of Daniel Craig, because he has to be the detective Benoit Blanc that comes in." The 'Moonlight' s...
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Lupita Nyong'o "doesn't mind" rumours she dated Janelle Monae. The 'Black Panther' actress has addressed speculation she dated her close friend - who she first met at the 2014 Met Gala - and admitted she can see why the rumours started in the first place. She told Rolling Stone magazine: “She has magnetism that they were obviously picking up on. She is that enigmatic. "I was not surprised. And I don’t mind being associated with her in any capacity.” 'Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery' star Janelle came out as pansexual in 2018, while Lupita is currently dating boyfriend Selema Masekela. She ha...
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Janelle Monae refuses to “go into detail” about her private life. The 37-year-old singer announced in 2018 that she identifies as pansexual – meaning that she is attracted to people regardless of their gender – and while she is currently thought to be single, little is known about her love life and has an “agreement” with herself that she will keep it out of the public eye. She told Rolling Stone magazine: “I have a policy and agreement with myself — that is a part of my life that I want to keep private. I can talk about my identity, I can talk about my sexuality. I can talk about all things J...
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Janelle Monae brought things "full circle" by honouring Karl Lagerfeld at the Met Gala. The 'Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery' actress wore Chanel when she first attended the star studded event in 2011 with the fashion icon by her side and she wanted to pay tribute to that on Monday (01.05.23) night. Speaking before the gala, she told PEOPLE magazine: "I went with Karl, so this is sort of full circle for us to be honoring him. I'm really excited about what we'll do." She arrived in a black and white Thom Browne tuxedo suit made up of fancy embellishments and a mismatch of patterns. She then u...
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Janelle Monae feels rewarded that audiences are enjoying 'Glass Onion'. The 37-year-old star features in the sequel to 'Knives Out' as Helen Brand and has earned awards recognition for her work but she insists that the opportunity to work on the movie is an honour. Janelle told Collider: "There is no awards committee that owes me anything. My reward has already come with the work itself. "I'm rewarded every time I think about working with Rian Johnson. That's the reward. When I'm working with Daniel (Craig), Kate (Hudson), Edward (Norton), Leslie (Odom Jr.), Kathryn (Hahn), Madelyn (Cline), Je...
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Janelle Monáe says that her "queer identity" has an influence on her career. The 37-year-old star was the recipient of the SeeHer award a the Crtics' Choice Awards on Sunday (16.01.23) - which is presented to a woman who advocates for gender equality - and reflected in her acceptance speech that she hopes to "shed light" on the "human experience" with her work. She said: "This is a deeply personal choice for me because I grew up to working-class parents. My mother was a janitor, my father was a trash man, and my grandmother was a sharecropper in Aberdeen, MS. "It's personal because I am nonbin...
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Janelle Monae says being open about her non-binary gender is “honouring” her “truth”. The 'Glass Onion’ star - who uses both she/her and they’/them pronouns - admitted she doesn’t know “all the answers” but is loving exploring her identity. The 37-year-old performer told the SiriusXM radio show ‘The Jess Cagle Show’ on Thursday (12.01.23): "I think it's all about just honouring your truth and your authenticity, and whatever that may look like. I'm not this arrogant person that thinks I have all the answers, so I think for me, it's about making sure I'm also saying to people, 'Further investiga...
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Rian Johnson was "dragged kicking and screaming" to the big twist in 'Glass Union: A Knives Out Mystery'. In Netflix's new Benoit Blanc adventure - which stars Daniel Craig as the detective - there is a mid-movie reveal involving Janelle Monae's character Andi, who has actually been murdered with Monae playing her identical twin sister Helen posing as her sibling to find her killer. Speaking to The Wrap, Johnson said: "I guess the primary thing was, it can't just be seeing it from a different angle. "It has to be enough of a basic perspective shift that there's a new tension that's introduced ...
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Austin Butler didn't see his family for three years while working on 'Elvis'. The 31-year-old actor played the King of Rock and Roll in Baz Luhrmann's biopic and said he was so committed to the part that he went years without seeing his loved ones with filming taking place in Australia. In conversation with Janelle Monae for Variety's 'Actors on Actors' series, Austin recalled: "During 'Elvis', I didn't see my family for about three years. I was prepping with Baz, and then I went to Australia. "I had months where I wouldn't talk to anybody. And when I did, the only thing I was ever thinking ab...
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