

STARLET is at once provocative, haunting, unpredictable, and surprisingly sweet. Featuring a pair of exceptional debut performances by Dree Hemingway (great granddaughter of Ernest and daughter of Mariel) and 85 year-old Besedka Johnson who received a Special Jury Recognition for her performance at SXSW. Director Sean Baker continues in the naturalistic style of his previous films, the award-winning and Spirit Award nominees PRINCE OF BROADWAY and TAKE OUT, capturing the rhythms of everyday life with an authenticity rarely seen in cinema. Jane attempts to befriend the caustic older woman in an effort to solve her dilemma and secrets emerge as their relationship grows. After a confrontation between the women at Sadie's yard sale, Jane uncovers a hidden stash of money inside a relic from Sadie's past. Sadie, a widow, passes her days alone, tending to her flower garden. Jane, an aspiring actress, spends her time getting high with her dysfunctional roommates, Melissa and Mikey (Stella Maeve and James Ransone), while caring for her Chihuahua, Starlet. STARLET explores the unlikely cross-generational friendship between 21 year-old Jane (Dree Hemingway), and the elderly Sadie (Besedka Johnson), two women whose worlds collide in California's San Fernando Valley. Send us feedback.An unlikely friendship forms between twenty-one-year-old Jane and the elderly Sadie after Jane discovers a hidden stash of money inside an object at Sadie's yard sale. These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'starlet.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors.

2022 Designers Dolce and Gabbana presented their Spring-Summer 2023 collection curated by Kim Kardashian against the backdrop of a film showing Kardashian, styled as a starlet, sensually eating a plate of pasta.Ĭolleen Barry, ajc, 24 Sep. 2022 Designers Dolce and Gabbana presented their Spring-Summer 2023 collection curated by Kim Kardashian against the backdrop of a film showing Kardashian, styled as a starlet, sensually eating a plate of pasta.Ĭolleen Barry, Fortune, 25 Sep.
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2022 Netflix's Marilyn Monroe biopic Blonde landed on the streamer last Friday, bringing Ana de Armas' performance as the '50s starlet from movie theaters to the small screen. 2022 Though the celeb craze for the brand began almost 10 years ago, our Frankies Bikinis summer timeline starts with Euphoria starlet, Miss Ferreira who welcomed the start of spring break back in March by posting a hot pic dump straight from Brazil. 2022 Lively’s bikini shot was taken in a suitably exotic location-the backdrop is palm trees and a pool filled with inflatables-but the Hollywood starlet has been spied in a more unlikely destination in recent months: the stands at Wembley Stadium.Īlice Cary, Glamour, 25 Aug. Maureen Lee Lenker, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Sep. 2022 Marsha Hunt, the bright-eyed starlet who stood out in such films as These Glamour Girls, Pride and Prejudice and Raw Deal before her career came unraveled by the communist witch hunt that hit Hollywood, has died. 2022 Norma Jeane's subsequent time in orphanages and foster care is mostly implied, glossed over in favor of smash-cutting straight to Marilyn the starlet: dimpled, gleaming, platinum to the root. Recent Examples on the Web The good-looking - not the model, the starlet or the one-in-a-million stunner - but the person whose appearance is pleasant, familiar, likable.
