The Essentials With Sara Sampaio: Erewhon Smoothies, ‘Love Island’ and Going Blonde

From Runway to Silver Screen: Sara Sampaio on Embracing Chaos, Comedy and Her ‘Superman’ Debut

The beauty of being blonde for a role is Sara Sampaio is actually able to watch herself on screen.  “It felt like a little disconnect,” says the natural brunette. “So I was actually able to enjoy it.” The 24-year-old Portuguese model-turned-actor makes her major screen debut in the new “Superman” movie, playing Eve Teschmacher, girlfriend of Lex Luther, who ends up instigating a rather pivotal plot point. Eve presents as a selfie-snapping craz…

The Essentials With Sara Sampaio: Erewhon Smoothies, ‘Love Island’ and Going Blonde

As a model who has covered countless magazines and walked fashion week runways from New York to Milan, Sara Sampaio is no stranger to the transformative power of hair and makeup. But she always had one rule: “I’d never color my hair.” That is, until she landed the onscreen role of Eve Teschmacher in James Gunn’s Superman film. “When I was modeling, I would always joke that I’d only go blonde for a role,” Sampaio tells Observer. “Then, obviously,…

Review: James Gunn’s ‘Superman’ is the hero we need in a cynical age

A new DC Cinematic Universe has taken flight with James Gunn’s “Superman.” While critics from both sides of the political aisle argue over whether the film is “woke” (it’s not), I want to highlight a more meaningful — and largely overlooked — message at the heart of the story: the power of kindness in a cynical, chronically online world. Based on the knee-jerk backlash the movie has inspired online, it’s a message we clearly need.Some have calle…

P-R Film Review: New 'Superman' makes for cluttered comeback

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Director, James Gunn, Blames Superman’s Underperformance Globally On “Anti-American Sentiment,” Not What He Said Directly Before Its Release

With Superman not exactly soaring globally, director James Gunn is trying to figure out where to place the blame. The DC Comic Book Universe got a reboot when Superman hit theaters on July 11. It’s the first movie in what is being hailed as the “James Gunn Era” of DC. You might be familiar with that name, since he directed a couple of stellar Marvel movies… most notably the entire Guardians of the Galaxy trilogy. DC snatched him away from Marvel…

James Gunn blames ‘anti-American sentiment’ for Superman’s low international box office performance

… a light on the American women fighting for reproductive … Independent is trusted by Americans across the entire political spectrum … also battling with disapproval of Americans on the global stage. … certain amount of anti-American sentiment around the world …