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Idina Menzel To Appear in Lifetime's "Beaches"

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Idina Menzel To Appear in Lifetime's "Beaches"#1
Posted: 7/28/16 at 1:15pm

She will play the character of CC Bloom, famously done by Bette Midler. http://www.ew.com/article/2016/07/28/idina-menzel-beaches-lifetime-bette-midler I'm not thrilled by this.

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"Noel [Coward] and I were in Paris once. Adjoining rooms, of course. One night, I felt mischievous, so I knocked on Noel's door, and he asked, 'Who is it?' I lowered my voice and said 'Hotel detective. Have you got a gentleman in your room?' He answered, 'Just a minute, I'll ask him.'" (Beatrice Lillie)

Updated On: 7/28/16 at 01:15 PM

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Idina Menzel To Appear in Lifetime's #2
Posted: 7/28/16 at 1:18pm

I hope to god we get to her Idina sing Otto Titsling. Not because I'm sure it would be great, but merely for my own curiosity.

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Idina Menzel To Appear in Lifetime's #3
Posted: 7/28/16 at 1:22pm

gleek4114 said: "I hope to god we get to her Idina sing Otto Titsling. Not because I'm sure it would be great, but merely for my own curiosity."

My exact thought, after, "Will she do Wind Beneath My Wings??" (Yes.)

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Idina Menzel To Appear in Lifetime's #4
Posted: 7/28/16 at 1:23pm

I feel like so many reviews are going to evaluate her performance with the question "Does she buy a titsling or does she buy a brassiere?"

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Idina Menzel To Appear in Lifetime's #5
Posted: 7/28/16 at 1:24pm

Guess this means no more hope for the stage adaptation?

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Idina Menzel To Appear in Lifetime's #6
Posted: 7/28/16 at 1:25pm

Oh, you know your career has hit its summit when you're offered AND you accept a Lifetime movie. Ouch!

An HBO movie is one thing. HBO movies are industry acclaimed and A ranking actors appear in them. Then there's Lifetime. Even Lifetime series reference Lifetime movies as sappy jokes.

Idina needs to find better representation. To be merely offered a Lifetime movie is a career slap-in-the-face.

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Idina Menzel To Appear in Lifetime's #7
Posted: 7/28/16 at 1:27pm

This is great news!! I can't wait for it!

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Idina Menzel To Appear in Lifetime's #8
Posted: 7/28/16 at 1:30pm

Can I assume Cheno will play the Barbara Hershey part?

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Idina Menzel To Appear in Lifetime's #9
Posted: 7/28/16 at 1:34pm

Longtime Idina lover here, but yawn.

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Idina Menzel To Appear in Lifetime's #10
Posted: 7/28/16 at 1:36pm

Time to find a new agent Idina!!

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Idina Menzel To Appear in Lifetime's #11
Posted: 7/28/16 at 1:37pm

This seems like a terrible idea.

Why? Just why?

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Idina Menzel To Appear in Lifetime's #12
Posted: 7/28/16 at 1:39pm

I just need her to sing "Let It Go" to Hillary in the hospital and I can die happy.

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Idina Menzel To Appear in Lifetime's #13
Posted: 7/28/16 at 1:53pm

While a Lifetime movie isn't considered a career highlight, Idina has yet to prove herself as a capable dramatic actress (and I'm a fan). She's not going to be offered a starring role in an HBO movie or big budget Hollywood flick. I would think she would need to do more supporting roles, or small independent films first, and frankly, I'm surprised she hasn't. I haven't heard officially that her TV pilot wasn't picked up, but if it wasn't, I suspect, beyond the lame premise, that the powers that be didn't think she could carry a show.

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Idina Menzel To Appear in Lifetime's #14
Posted: 7/28/16 at 1:55pm

Lifetime isn't the joke it used to be. Their original content is on the upswing, especially Unreal, and are going through a major rebranding. I'd hardly consider it a slap in the face.

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Idina Menzel To Appear in Lifetime's #15
Posted: 7/28/16 at 2:02pm

BroadwayNYC2 said: "Lifetime isn't the joke it used to be. Their original content is on the upswing, especially Unreal, and are going through a major rebranding. I'd hardly consider it a slap in the face.

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You must not follow their ratings...

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Idina Menzel To Appear in Lifetime's #16
Posted: 7/28/16 at 2:02pm

I have rarely seen the success of an animated movie tied as closely to one of the voice actors as Idina was to Frozen. I am surprised if her film/tv bankability didn't surge from that gig.

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Idina Menzel To Appear in Lifetime's #17
Posted: 7/28/16 at 2:14pm

I'm all for this.

Current Avatar: Cynthia Erivo, bringing down the house in The Color Purple.

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Idina Menzel To Appear in Lifetime's #18
Posted: 7/28/16 at 2:39pm

With Frozen 2 coming out girl is doing juuuuuust fine.

And UNREAL is bringing a lot of acclaim to the network. Kind of lik My Crazy Ex-Girlfriend and the Cw.

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Idina Menzel To Appear in Lifetime's #19
Posted: 7/28/16 at 3:00pm

BrodyFosse123 said: "Oh, you know your career has hit its summit when you're offered AND you accept a Lifetime movie. Ouch!

An HBO movie is one thing. HBO movies are industry acclaimed and A ranking actors appear in them. Then there's Lifetime. Even Lifetime series reference Lifetime movies as sappy jokes.

Idina needs to find better representation. To be merely offered a Lifetime movie is a career slap-in-the-face."

Tell that to Alfre Woodard, who was nominated for an Emmy for their Steel Magnolias remake (or to Queen Latifah, who was in that same remake and then did an HBO film the next year). Tell that to Cicely Tyson and Vanessa Williams, who did The Trip to Bountiful for the network. Tell that to Kristen Wiig, or Joan Allen, or Shirley MacLaine, or Susan Sarandon, or any other host of actresses who have done Lifetime movies over the years and seen considerable success and/or acclaim for them. Just because Lifetime makes some silly movies doesn't mean they're all total crap. They tend to do at least one "prestige" film per year.

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Idina Menzel To Appear in Lifetime's #20
Posted: 7/28/16 at 3:22pm

The question is though why are they doing this at all? They are not gonna top the original. This is such a stupid idea.

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Idina Menzel To Appear in Lifetime's #21
Posted: 7/28/16 at 3:52pm

Alessio2 said: "The question is though why are they doing this at all? They are not gonna top the original. This is such a stupid idea."

Networks/Producers don't remake things to improve them, they do it to make $$$$. I thought everyone knew that...

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Idina Menzel To Appear in Lifetime's #22
Posted: 7/28/16 at 4:26pm

Agreed. Surprised they didn't link up with the stage version and just use some of the songs, etc.

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Idina Menzel To Appear in Lifetime's #23
Posted: 7/28/16 at 5:12pm

Saw a tweet that Julianna Marguiles was involved & then the tweet was deleted. That would be fun casting!

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