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Storm Reid in 2018; Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic(LOS ANGELES) — Storm Reid is opening up about some of the backlash she faced when starring in the 2018 Disney movie A Wrinkle in Time.

In an interview with InStyle magazine, Reid, who was cast as protagonist Meg in the film, said she encountered racist Internet trolls following the announcement that she’d been cast.

“Some people had problems with me playing Meg because they’d loved her as a Caucasian girl for so long,” said Reid. “They were uncomfortable to have that shift, but the only way to create change in our world is through people willing to be uncomfortable.”

However, the Euphoria actress noted that with some of the initial negativity, there was also plenty of heart-warming praise from young fans.

“When the film came out, little girls would come up to me and say, ‘Thank you for allowing me to see a girl who looks like me save the world,’ ” she said. “That’s when I realized my career was bigger than myself.”

Based on the classic 1962 novel by Madeleine L’Engle, A Wrinkle in Time, directed by Ava Duvernay, also starred Reese Witherspoon, Mindy Kaling and Oprah Winfrey. Reid said it made it big difference knowing she had four Hollywood role models supporting her.

“It’s a blessing to have amazing women like Ms. Ava, Ms. Reese, Ms. Mindy, and Ms. Oprah in my corner championing me,” she said. “I try to make them proud, but I know I’m not always going to do or say everything the right way. I’m not perfect, but the goal shouldn’t be for me to be perfect.”

The November issue of InStyle, featuring Storm Reid, is available on newsstands and digitally on October 23.

By Candice Williams
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MGM(NEW YORK) — Looking for a new home?  There’s a charming, three-story Victorian-style home for sale about half-an-hour southeast of Pittsburgh.  It’s over 100 years old with beautiful, original hardwood floors, gorgeous ornate woodwork and nearly two acres of land.

And pay no mind to that dry well in basement, or all those moths flitting around.

That’s right — the Buffalo Bill house from The Silence of the Lambs is for sale.  And we are, of course, kidding about the moths, and the infamous well in the basement in which the Oscar-winning 1991 movie’s notorious serial killer imprisoned his victims.  The home at 8 Circle Street in Perryopolis, PA, does have a basement, but it’s completely ordinary. 

The rest of the home is anything but, however.  The charming five-bedroom, one bath vintage property, located a stone’s throw from the Youghiogheny River, even features a swimming pool and a caboose — who doesn’t love a caboose? — with a detached three-car garage that used to be a general store.  All yours for a listing price of $298,500.

And if you’re remembering that in the movie, Buffalo Bill lived in Illinois, not Pennsylvania, you’re correct.  However, the film was shot primarily outside of Pittsburgh and in West Virginia.

Let’s hope the home finds a buyer faster than it did the last time it was offered for sale.  It reportedly sat on the market for about a year after it was last offered in 2015 for $300,000, before finally selling in 2016 for a substantially discounted $195,000.

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(NEW YORK) — Radha Blank is sharing her life with the masses in the new Netflix film The Forty-Year-Old Version.

Directed, produced, written and starring Blank, the film — which was the winner of the Directing Prize at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival — follows Radha as an up-and-coming NY playwright searching for a breakthrough before she turns 40. Blank tells ABC Audio that she was definitely hesitant about putting her real life on display.

“The character is named Radha Blank. So, I’m pulling from a lot of personal stories,” she says. “My family’s legacy as artists are in the film. We’re shooting in my apartment. And so, I am very exposed in the film.”

Blank reveals that being so exposed even made her have some second thoughts.

“And there were moments when I was like, ‘Oh, maybe we should have gotten another apartment, or maybe I should have lost another 30 pounds before we started filming,'” she explains.

Yet, it was the “things that scared” her that Blank says “probably [made] the film feel authentic.”

“And so when I go into the edits, even though I had… those fears or concerns, I’ve looked at the material as the director, who is kind of standing outside of the project saying, ‘This is what we need, you know?'” she says. “So, yeah, those fears were there. But ultimately, whatever is going to serve the storytelling I’m willing to kind of throw in there.”

The Forty-Year-Old Version, also starring Peter Kim and Oswin Benjamin, is now available on Netflix.

By Candice Williams
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