News about Sam Taylor-Johnson

Sam Taylor-Johnson went from Back To Black to Retour au noir on Monday evening as the latest premiere of her Amy Winehouse biopic got underway in Paris. The director was on the red carpet with cast and crew - among them Marisa Abela , who plays Amy - outside the French capital's L'Olympia ahead of the divisive film's official screening. And she gave social media followers an insight into her preparations for the main event in a series of Instagram posts, shared before she left her Paris hotel.

Sam Taylor-Johnson said she can't believe the 'fascination' people have had with her and her husband Aaron's 24-year age gap. The director, 57, who married her spouse in 2012, three years after they met on the set of Nowhere Boy, is 24 years older than the actor, 33. The couple have a fiercely private relationship and have previously caused controversy within the public due to their age gap. 

Back To Black, the Amy Winehouse biopic, has been released to a cacophony of criticism. You can take your pick of the objections. Marisa Abela doesn't sing as well as Amy (of course she doesn't); the portrayal of Amy's junkie husband Blake Fielder-Civil is too kind; her cab driver father Mitch is too likeable - and so it goes on with everyone having their tuppence worth of memory. I saw an early screening and very much enjoyed the film, especially Marisa's touching performance as Amy, once described as a 'North London Jewish girl with tons of attitude'.

The Amy Winehouse biopic Back To Black hit cinemas on Friday with Marisa Abela in the titular role and Sam Taylor-Johnson directing. Amy died in 2011 at the age of 27 from alcohol poisoning. Her second and last album Back To Black was the best-selling UK album of the 21st century for years. The star's biggest songs feature in the film as well as lesser-known tracks from her debut album Frank. Amid the film's poor reviews , viewers have been taken aback by Marisa's eerily Amy-like vocals and are asking: is Marisa really the one singing? The answer is...yes.

While Marisa and her boyfriend enjoyed a sweet outing, her latest movie Back To Black faced a poor reception from film critics.

'I get all I need from the Daily Mail,' says the saintly Blake Fielder-Civil in Back To Black, Sam Taylor-Johnson's new biopic of that most talented, most troubled of singers, Amy Winehouse. It's the wisest choice in a film that makes a hundred bad ones, among them its decision to portray Fielder-Civil - Winehouse's, let's say, controversial ex- husband - as saintly in the first place.  Here, as played by the overly buff Jack O'Connell, he's a kind of winsome, toe-tapping Jack the Lad who's only incidentally involved in his wife's descent into addiction.

Sam Taylor-Johnson has revealed how 'tough' it was filming the Fifty Shades Of Grey movie.  The filmmaker, 57, helmed the book-to-screen adaptation of E.L. James' popular book of the same name, which was released in theatres back in 2015.  Sam has now revealed it took her 'about four years' to gain back her confidence after facing difficulties with the author while filming. 

Sam Taylor-Johnson has insisted the age difference between herself and husband Aaron is 'never' noticeable in their relationship. The director, 57, who married her spouse in 2012, three years after they met on the set of Nowhere Boy, is 24 years older than the actor, 33. The couple have a fiercely private relationship and have previously caused controversy within the public due to their age gap. 

Director of the new Amy Winehouse biopic Back To Black Sam Taylor-Johnson has been lambasted by friends of the late singer for glamourising her tearaway husband Blake Fielder-Civil. The highly anticipated new movie premiered in London on Monday night, with Ms Winehouse's family present for the first showing of the blockbuster which stars striking Marisa Abela as the troubled songstress. But some who saw the film were stunned by the lack of criticism of Fielder-Civil, 44, who himself admitted that he first introduced the singer into the world of Class A drug abuse which would cause her such harm.

Peter Hoskin REVIEW: Remember Stars in Their Eyes? The telly show with Matthew Kelly?There's more than just a touch of Stars in Their Eyes about Back to Black, Sam Taylor-Johnson's new biopic of that most talented, most troubled of singers, Amy Winehouse . 'Tonight, Matthew,' its lead actress, Marisa Abela , seems to say, 'I'm going to be Amy Winehouse.' The same uplifted hairdo. The same lip piercing and tattoos. The same London drawl and jazzy singing voice.

EMILY PRESCOTT: Mark Ronson has been left out of the picture by the makers of a recent film about Amy Winehouse's life. Jeff Tunke, the Canadian actor who played Ronson in the forthcoming Back To Black biopic, told me: 'I had to wear his jacket and work with director Sam Taylor-Johnson, which was lovely.' Nevertheless, all of his scenes were cut, and his name was deleted from the film's credits on film website IMDb. Amy had a close but turbulent relationship with the producer and DJ, who collaborated on classic tracks such as Rehab and Back To Black, which gives the film its name. He had his own hit with Uptown Funk and wrote the Barbie soundtrack.

After months of rumors over the role, British actor Aaron Taylor Johnson, 33, (pictured) is thought to have been granted the opportunity to play James Bond for the first time. In 2009, the actor, who has been acting since childhood, had his breakthrough role in Nowhere Boy, directed by Sam Taylor Johnson, 57, who married Aaron in 2012. Aaron was 22 when he married Sam in Somerset, England, who was 45 at the time, and the couple, who share four children together, had a striking age difference. Aaron has been nominated for two BAFTA awards as a performer and has also been named Best Supporting Actor at the Golden Globes for Nocturnal Animals.

Is Amy Winehouse getting a touch of the airbrush? Reg Traviss, the singer's fiancé who lived for two years, is entirely absent from the forthcoming biopic Back To Black, which is set to be released on April 12. Amy's father Mitch and record label Sony have banned the film, directed by Sam Taylor-Johnson.

The music producer, 48, who worked with the beloved British singer up until her death in July 2011, says he read the script when he picked up the gong for Best Song at Sunday night's Critics' Choice Awards. Prior to its unveiling, the film has sparked skepticism, with many accusing the initiative of "exploiting the singer's legacy" and "capitalizing off her trauma." Sam Taylor-Johnson, Ronson, wrote: "I know Sam well and I read the script and I think it did a good job." I think she had this whip-smart razor sense of hum, one of her many gifts, and they were really nice in the film. I'm looking forward to seeing it.'

JAN MOIR: A judge has said children must not be brought up as coddled snowflakes, unable to walk across a street themselves - but is it already too late for all that? Judge Rupert Lowe was speaking out after finding out how a divorced father refused to let his children (ages eight and nine) walk 100 meters from his vehicle to their mother's house in Gloucester. Rather, Extra-Careful Dad broke a restraining order by bringing the precious little darlings within 30 meters of their mother's front door.

Director Sam Taylor-Johnson has revealed the biggest obstacle along the way to create the film, as the release date for the controversial new Amy Winehouse biopic Back To Black nears. There's no mistaking the singer's emetic appearance, sweeping thick eyeliner, and individual tattoos, and finding someone to play Amy was undoubtedly the most difficult challenge. Marisa Abela, 27, was portrayed in the film's trailer on Thursday, fully transforming into the tragic late singer who died from alcohol poisoning at the age of 27 in 2011.

Fans' hearts seemed to collectively shrink when Sam Taylor-Johnson's Amy Winehouse biopic was revealed in 2022. On Thursday, the first full trailer for the Marisa Abela-fronted film was released ahead of its release in the United Kingdom in April, with scenes showcasing the late actor's rise to fame, ill-fated love, and personal struggles separating the two characters. Mitch Winehouse, the actor's father, who plays Eddie Marsan, sparked controversy when it was revealed that he is endorsing the film, which has been criticized for 'ghoulish' portrayals of the actor's heroin use and also filming her funeral.

Sam Taylor-Johnson shared a slew of loved-up snaps with her husband Aaron Taylor-Johnson on Wednesday, taking to Instagram. In 2009, the director, 56, and actor 33, met on the set of Nowhere Boy, when he was 18 and she was 42 years old and married in June 2012. The couple posed together underneath a palm tree and took several photos with their arms wrapped around each other for several shots.

The actor, 33, met the filmmaker, 58, on the set of Nowhere Boy in 2009 and shared daughters Wylda Rae, 12, and Romy Hero 11.

Aaron Taylor-Johnson is gearing up for his action hero moment. Sony unveiled the first trailer for "Kraven the Hunter," the newest in a series of Spider-Man films focusing on Spider-Man villains. In the bloody and action-packed trailer, Taylor-Johnson plays the titular hunter. Sergei Kravinoff, an erratic big game hunter determined on saving the world (and hunting down his father, played by Russell Crowe), appears in the film. Ariana DeBose appears in the film as Calypso, a voodoo priestess, and Kraven's love interest. Many fans couldn't help but mention how good Taylor-Johnson looks in the trailer (and it turns out, for the most part of the film, he sheds shirts in favour of a tiny vest). "Kraving my Hunter," Sam Taylor-Johnson's wife joined the fun on Instagram and writing, "Kraving my Hunter." Taylor-Johnson wrote, "Two years of my life went into inventing and bringing this iconic villain to the big screen." Can't wait for you to finally see it in theatres."

EDEN CONFIDENTIAL: Katharine married her husband, the Duke, a first cousin of Queen Elizabeth, at St James' Palace, where her daughter, Lady Helen Taylor, 59, unveiled a portrait of her at a concert by the Future Talent group. Nicholas Robinson founded the Duchess Foundation to assist young people and those from low-income families in discovering music. Future Talent alumnus Rob Burton, 23, an award-winning saxophonist and BBC Young Musician finalist, painted the portrait. 'It's an honor to paint the portrait of someone who has played such a role in my growth,' Burton says.

When they met on a film set and romance blossomed, she was 42 and he was 18 years old. Sam Taylor-Johnson, Fifty Shades Of Grey director Sam Taylor-Johnson, and her partner, James Bond actor Aaron, have proved that an age difference of 24 years is no barrier to love. Sam, 56, and Aaron, 32, were seen walking together in London in sporty attire.

According to Winehouse's bass player, Dale Davis, Marisa Abela, who plays Amy Winehouse in Back To Black - Sam Taylor-Johnson's forthcoming biopic about the late singer, has captured her down to a tee. 'I'm reminded of Amy in certain situations, especially when she speaks,' he tells me.' 'I'm actually transported back to a time before computers.' In that sense, it's evocative in that respect.'

DEN CONFIDENTIAL: Princes William (left) and Harry, as well as actress Elle 'the Body' Macpherson, have all played chukkas at London's last remaining polo ground. But now, the divots are flying at the exclusive Ham Polo Club (right), after the proposal to build a new all-weather stadium to encourage the royal sport to be played during the winter was rejected by planners. It came as a result of a backlash from its well-heeled neighbors, including Lady Annabel Goldsmith (inset), the socialite mother of Tory minister Lord Goldsmith who influenced the name of Annabel's nightclub in Mayfair. More than 200 protesters protested the proposal, fearing that it would have a disastrous effect on the Thames' banks, within sight of the Grade I-listed Ham House, where films including The Young Victoria were shot. The development of a 5ft close board fence in the nascent all-weather arena was largely responsible for the scheme, so interrupting views. For a winter version of polo, which is similar to indoor football, where players bounce a leather ball off the boundary as part of the game, the fence is needed.