Friday, May 29, 2020
Thursday, May 28, 2020
New Interview of Dakota with Glamour
These days a simple movie night can turn into an overwhelming existential crisis. Do you finally get around to watching that new critically acclaimed series everyone's been talking about? Or turn on a beloved favorite for the hundredth time? With so many streaming services and on-demand options available, something meant to be fun has become just another stressor in our lives.
But an unlikely hero has emerged to help: Dakota Johnson.
The actor says she, too, was tired of "content overload." So she and Ro Donnelly, her cofounder in the production company TeaTime Pictures, started creating easily digestible top 10 lists on Instagram of all the things they're connecting with at the moment. "With the pandemic and having everyone at home, we launched the lists sooner than expected so that we could help people decide what to watch easier," Johnson says. "That's the goal of it: to make choosing content a little bit more easy."
Considering Johnson is so adept at recommending what to watch, I hit her up for our latest installment of Your Fave's Faves to ask what queue-worthy content she suggests. She also shared what she's been reading and buying lately, as well as some behind-the-scenes tidbits about her new movie The High Note, available on demand May 29, in which she plays a personal assistant to a famous singer (played by the brilliant Tracee Ellis Ross). Johnson and Ross have an easy chemistry that'll pair so well with a glass of wine and your comfiest blanket. See? I told you Dakota Johnson was great at picking your next movie night. See more of her selects, below.
The best thing about her character in The High Note
Her ambition and drive seem a little bit otherworldly. I identify with the drive to keep going, no matter how many times you're told no.
Dakota will be on "Late Late Show With James Corden" on June 3rd, 2020
Dakota Johnson to appear on the June 3 Late Late Show With James Corden https://t.co/qTHtOa60Z4— Headline Planet (@headlineplanet) May 28, 2020
Wednesday, May 27, 2020
Monday, May 25, 2020
New Interview of Dakota with GMA News
LOS ANGELES — Dakota Johnson, Tracee Ellis Ross, Janelle Monae and Hong Chau recently talked to us on a video call about their latest projects and coping with the pandemic and isolation.
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Dakota Johnson and Tracee Ellis Ross, both daughters of celebrities, are both featured in the film, “The High Note.”
Not only does Ross, the daughter of the legendary singer Diana Ross and Robert Ellis Silberstein, sing for the first time in public at age 47 in the movie. She also recorded six original songs for the film and debuted her first song, “Love Myself,” the lead single off the soundtrack of the movie, which she described as simply just appropriate during these challenging times.
Johnson, the 30-year-old daughter of Don Johnson and Melanie Griffith who shot to fame with her portrayal of Anastasia Steele in the erotic “Fifty Shades of Grey” franchise, is featured in the movie as Maggie Sherwood, a personal assistant.
Saturday, May 23, 2020
New Interview of Dakota with Inquirer
LOS ANGELES—Dakota Johnson was sitting in the den of her LA home, with a piano behind her—an apt setting since she plays on one in her new film, “The High Note.”
In the Focus Features film directed by Nisha Ganatra, Dakota plays Maggie, an overworked personal assistant to Tracee Ellis Ross’ pop superstar, Grace Davis. Maggie herself has dreams of becoming a music producer even as she is stuck running errands.
Also starring in the feel-good movie are Kelvin Harrison Jr., Ice Cube, Zoe Chao, Bill Pullman and Eddie Izzard.
In our video call, Dakota, who is dating Coldplay’s Chris Martin, also talks about her own relationship to music, her shared kinship with Tracee (the diva Diana Ross’ daughter), the pandemic crisis and a film project that excites her.
In playing a personal assistant, did you tap your own personal details? You were probably surrounded by personal assistants, beginning with your parents.
No, not really. The writer, Flora Greeson, was an assistant, so a lot of the circumstances came from her. The part that was important to me of filling out the human aspect of Maggie was her ambition, strength, drive and attention to expanding her talent.
Friday, May 22, 2020
Dakota will appear on “Stir Crazy” Digital Series
Dakota will appear on “Stir Crazy” next week, either on Tuesday or Thursday on Comedy Central's YouTube and Facebook pages. The serie is hosted by Josh Horowitz.
Thursday, May 21, 2020
Wednesday, May 20, 2020
Zoë Chao mentions Dakota with HFPA
How would you describe Katie, the character you play in The High Note, and her relationship with Maggie, played by Dakota Johnson?
Katie was based on screenwriter Flora Greeson’s best friend in real life. She is a doctor and Maggie’s roommate, she is her touchstone and sounding board, she is Maggie’s connection to the world outside of the music industry and she keeps Maggie grounded. It was really special working with Dakota, because we did a chemistry read together, and from the first second we met, it felt like we were old friends and our friendship has extended beyond the project.
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