Jackie Kennedy has been a favorite role for actresses the past half-century. Click on to see who’s donned the pink suit and pillbox hat to play one of America’s most famous First Ladies.
The real Jackie Kennedy (1929-1994) was born Jacqueline Bouvier and married the future President Kennedy in 1953, 10 years before he was assassinated in Dallas.
Divine “Eat Your Makeup” (1968).
Yes, the drag queen later famous for John Waters movies such as “Hairspray” impersonated Jackie in this tasteless reenactment of the JFK assassination, from Waters’ first 16 mm short.
Jacqueline Bisset
“The Greek Tycoon” (1978).
This drama was loosely based on the former First Lady’s relationship with Greek shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis.
Blair Brown
“Kennedy” (1983).
This NBC miniseries starring Martin Sheen as the title character was pegged to the 20th anniversary of the JFK assassination.
Stephanie Romanov
“Thirteen Days” (2000).
This political thriller about the Cuban missile crisis starred Kevin Costner...
The real Jackie Kennedy (1929-1994) was born Jacqueline Bouvier and married the future President Kennedy in 1953, 10 years before he was assassinated in Dallas.
Divine “Eat Your Makeup” (1968).
Yes, the drag queen later famous for John Waters movies such as “Hairspray” impersonated Jackie in this tasteless reenactment of the JFK assassination, from Waters’ first 16 mm short.
Jacqueline Bisset
“The Greek Tycoon” (1978).
This drama was loosely based on the former First Lady’s relationship with Greek shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis.
Blair Brown
“Kennedy” (1983).
This NBC miniseries starring Martin Sheen as the title character was pegged to the 20th anniversary of the JFK assassination.
Stephanie Romanov
“Thirteen Days” (2000).
This political thriller about the Cuban missile crisis starred Kevin Costner...
- 6/6/2018
- by Scott Collins
- The Wrap
Marshmallow lovers, get ready to add this new cafe to your travel bucket list.
Chicagoans and owners of Xo Marshmallow Lindzi Shanks and Kat Connor will be opening their very own cafe dedicated to the sugary treat after successfully raising enough funds on Kickstarter. Set to open in early June, the shop, which will be located in Chicago’s Rogers Park neighborhood, will feature several flavors of marshmallows, an espresso bar, s’mores station and specialty marshmallow desserts like rice crispy treats. The menu will also offer other unique creations like taco s’mores, marshmallow cones and unicorn hot chocolate.
Chicagoans and owners of Xo Marshmallow Lindzi Shanks and Kat Connor will be opening their very own cafe dedicated to the sugary treat after successfully raising enough funds on Kickstarter. Set to open in early June, the shop, which will be located in Chicago’s Rogers Park neighborhood, will feature several flavors of marshmallows, an espresso bar, s’mores station and specialty marshmallow desserts like rice crispy treats. The menu will also offer other unique creations like taco s’mores, marshmallow cones and unicorn hot chocolate.
- 5/16/2017
- by Jessica Fecteau
- PEOPLE.com
“I was 17 when my mother disappeared,” Kat Connor (Shailene Woodley) tells us in the opening narration of White Bird in a Blizzard. “Just as I was becoming nothing but my body — flesh and blood and raging hormones — she stepped out of hers and left it behind.” It’s a poetic yet somewhat simplistic comparison, and it captures the conflicting impulses in Gregg Araki’s evocative, gorgeous, occasionally maddening film.White Bird is a coming-of-age tale that hops between the disappearance of Kat’s mother Eve (played by the great Eva Green, displaying a nutty blend of fierce allure and tense chill) and Kat’s own sexual awakening. The timeline hopscotches back and forth over a three-year period. We see the dysfunction at home, as the glamorous Eve seems so out of place in her static, sexless suburban marriage to seemingly straitlaced office drone Brock (Christopher Meloni); we see Kat start...
- 10/24/2014
- by Bilge Ebiri
- Vulture
Skin Deep: Araki Weathers a 4th Decade in Filmmaking
Gregg Araki’s latest ode to youthful alienation, White Bird in a Blizzard, is his most restrained and grounded work to date. It’s a quiet and astute film that derives its mystery from the err of human assumption and like most, or arguably all, of Araki’s work, this posits a naïve protagonist trying to come to terms with an unthinkably harsh world.
Unraveling slowly as 17-year-old Kat Connor (Shailene Woodley) dissects and rationalizes the world and the people around her following the disappearance of her mother, Eve (Eva Green). Kat is at a precipice, literally escaping the baby fat that marginalized and repressed her in early adolescence to emerge into an adult world unprepared, grappling with a sexuality she’s not entirely comfortable with or certain of. She’s also indirectly trying to relate this to her relationship...
Gregg Araki’s latest ode to youthful alienation, White Bird in a Blizzard, is his most restrained and grounded work to date. It’s a quiet and astute film that derives its mystery from the err of human assumption and like most, or arguably all, of Araki’s work, this posits a naïve protagonist trying to come to terms with an unthinkably harsh world.
Unraveling slowly as 17-year-old Kat Connor (Shailene Woodley) dissects and rationalizes the world and the people around her following the disappearance of her mother, Eve (Eva Green). Kat is at a precipice, literally escaping the baby fat that marginalized and repressed her in early adolescence to emerge into an adult world unprepared, grappling with a sexuality she’s not entirely comfortable with or certain of. She’s also indirectly trying to relate this to her relationship...
- 10/24/2014
- by Robert Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
White Bird in a Blizzard
Written & Directed by Gregg Araki
USA, 2014
Just in case the title wasn’t enough of a hint, White Bird in a Blizzard provides enough ponderous dialogue and artsy flourishes to reveal itself as the pretentious mess that it is. Unsure whether it’s an indie mind-screw or a conventional potboiler, Blizzard splits the difference, interspersing clumsy dream sequences with a laughably-predictable mystery plot. This film actually seems determined to squash any chance for dramatic tension. On that count, at least, it succeeds wildly.
Shailene Woodley continues her reign of terror with a third lackluster offering in 2014. In contrast to Divergent and The Fault in Our Stars, she gets to play a bad girl in White Bird in a Blizzard, though the results are similarly mediocre. Things start with a 17 year-old Kat Connor (Woodley) recalling the day her unstable mother, Eve (Eva Green), disappeared without a trace.
Written & Directed by Gregg Araki
USA, 2014
Just in case the title wasn’t enough of a hint, White Bird in a Blizzard provides enough ponderous dialogue and artsy flourishes to reveal itself as the pretentious mess that it is. Unsure whether it’s an indie mind-screw or a conventional potboiler, Blizzard splits the difference, interspersing clumsy dream sequences with a laughably-predictable mystery plot. This film actually seems determined to squash any chance for dramatic tension. On that count, at least, it succeeds wildly.
Shailene Woodley continues her reign of terror with a third lackluster offering in 2014. In contrast to Divergent and The Fault in Our Stars, she gets to play a bad girl in White Bird in a Blizzard, though the results are similarly mediocre. Things start with a 17 year-old Kat Connor (Woodley) recalling the day her unstable mother, Eve (Eva Green), disappeared without a trace.
- 10/24/2014
- by J.R. Kinnard
- SoundOnSight
White Bird in a Blizzard is the latest film from Gregg Araki, the same director who gave us Mysterious Skin, The Doom Generation and Smiley Face. It’s another excellent effort from the talented filmmaker and stars Shailene Woodley in what could be her best role to date.
The young actress steps into the part of Kat Connor, a 17-year-old girl who is just discovering her sexuality for the first time when her mother Eve (Eva Green) disappears without a trace. At first, she shows little concern over the disappearance, as the family household has long since become a very repressed one, and her father Brock (Christopher Meloni) looks to be at a complete loss in dealing with this frightening situation. But, as time goes on, Kat comes to realize how deeply affected she was by her mother suddenly vanishing and becomes obsessed with finding out the truth behind the disappearance.
The young actress steps into the part of Kat Connor, a 17-year-old girl who is just discovering her sexuality for the first time when her mother Eve (Eva Green) disappears without a trace. At first, she shows little concern over the disappearance, as the family household has long since become a very repressed one, and her father Brock (Christopher Meloni) looks to be at a complete loss in dealing with this frightening situation. But, as time goes on, Kat comes to realize how deeply affected she was by her mother suddenly vanishing and becomes obsessed with finding out the truth behind the disappearance.
- 10/24/2014
- by Ben Kenber
- We Got This Covered
Shailene Woodley has already conquered the Ya crowd with the double-hitter of the Divergent franchise and The Fault In Our Stars, so it’s somewhat surprising (but also thrilling) to see her expand into much darker, riskier territory with White Bird in a Blizzard.
In the ’80s-set indie drama, Mysterious Skin director Gregg Araki’s first serious offering since that 2004 stunner, the actress stars as Kat Connor, a teen whose sexual awakening arrives just as her aloof, unhinged mother Eve (Eva Green) vanishes into thin air. Fearlessly baring all, both physically in the uncommonly raw and real sex scenes, and dramatically throughout the often emotional narrative, Woodley is absolutely riveting here. It’s far and away her best work since The Descendants.
Of course, those hailing White Bird in a Blizzard as a return to great drama for the young actress would be working on a faulty assumption – the film...
In the ’80s-set indie drama, Mysterious Skin director Gregg Araki’s first serious offering since that 2004 stunner, the actress stars as Kat Connor, a teen whose sexual awakening arrives just as her aloof, unhinged mother Eve (Eva Green) vanishes into thin air. Fearlessly baring all, both physically in the uncommonly raw and real sex scenes, and dramatically throughout the often emotional narrative, Woodley is absolutely riveting here. It’s far and away her best work since The Descendants.
Of course, those hailing White Bird in a Blizzard as a return to great drama for the young actress would be working on a faulty assumption – the film...
- 10/23/2014
- by Isaac Feldberg
- We Got This Covered
After a pair of characteristically way-out works (Smiley Face, Kaboom), New Queer Cinema provocateur Gregg Araki returns to the somber tenor of Mysterious Skin with White Bird in a Blizzard. Like Skin, which starred Joseph Gordon-Levitt, White Bird finds Araki adapting a novel with the help of a talented young performer. Set in a California suburb as the 1980s became the '90s, White Bird follows 17-year-old Kat Connor (Shailene Woodley, in Depeche Mode T-shirts and Converse kicks) as she deals with the sudden disappearance of her belligerent mother (Eva Green). Recruiting the vamp-like Green to play Woodley's long-depressed mom (the actresses are only 12 years apart in age) isn't Araki's only idiosyncratic casting: Gabourey Sidi...
- 10/22/2014
- Village Voice
By now, devoted cinephiles likely know what to expect going into a Gregg Araki movie: sex-crazed teens, an overabundance of nudity (sometimes pretty, sometimes not), a dream-like story wrapped snugly in a nightmare and a killer soundtrack. However, it would be lazy to call his work trashy — Araki is a brilliant director who finds a great deal of meaning in stories of teenage angst and sexual desire, and is perhaps the finest example of coming-of-rage cinema (please watch "Mysterious Skin" now). While his latest film, "White Bird in a Blizzard," is his most mature, it never deviates far from his comfort zone. Set in the late ‘80s, "White Bird in a Blizzard" revolves around Kat Connor (Shailene Woodley) and her dysfunctional family, who are living crappily ever after. Her dad Brock (Christopher Meloni) is a pushover, and her mom Eve (Eva Green) is an alcoholic who hates her family and...
- 10/20/2014
- by Chase Whale
- The Playlist
A new clip from Gregg Araki‘s “White Bird in a Blizzard” has debuted, giving us an insight into the mother-daughter duo played by stars Eva Green and Shailene Woodley. Based on the 1999 novel by Laura Kasischke, “White Bird in a Blizzard” stars Woodley as a college-bound suburban California (as opposed to Ohio in the book) girl named Kat Connor, whose mother, Eve (Eva Green), suddenly abandons their family. Initially unaffected, Kat is soon led to believe that something evil may have caused her disappearance. Eve and Kat’s relationship isn’t the most healthy one between a mother and daughter, with [...]
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- 9/19/2014
- by Alfonso Espina
- UpandComers
Eva Green plays a seemingly normal mother who one day ends up missing, throwing the life of her daughter (Shailene Woodley) into chaos in the drama White Bird in a Blizzard. Shailene Woodley is Kat Connor, a teenage girl who is very close to her mother, Eve Connor (Eva Green). When Eve vanishes without a […]
Read Eva Green is Missing in the Trailer for White Bird in a Blizzard on Filmonic.
Read Eva Green is Missing in the Trailer for White Bird in a Blizzard on Filmonic.
- 8/26/2014
- by Alex
- Filmonic.com
Shailene Woodley and her costar, Shiloh Fernandez, have no time for talking as they get hot and heavy in a sneak peek from the new film White Bird in a Blizzard. Set in 1988, the movie tells the story of Kat Connor (Woodley), a teenage girl whose mother (Eva Green) disappears, throwing her life into chaos. But in this clip we just see Woodley and Fernandez kissing (and more) in various locations while Depeche Mode's classic "Behind the Wheel" plays. Directed by Gregg Araki, the film also stars Christopher Meloni as Woodley's father, Angela Bassett, Jacob Artist and Gabourey Sidibe.
- 6/16/2014
- by Zakiya Jamal
- PEOPLE.com
Shailene Woodley and her costar, Shiloh Fernandez, have no time for talking as they get hot and heavy in a sneak peek from the new film White Bird in the Blizzard. Set in 1988, the movie tells the story of Kat Connor (Woodley), a teenage girl whose mother (Eva Green) disappears, throwing her life into chaos. But in this clip we just see Woodley and Fernandez kissing (and more) in various locations while Depeche Mode's classic "Behind The Wheel" plays. Directed by Gregg Araki, the film also stars Christopher Meloni as Woodley's father, Angela Bassett, Jacob Artist and Gabourey Sidibe.
- 6/16/2014
- by Zakiya Jamal
- PEOPLE.com
Shailene Woodley and Shiloh Fernandez take part a montage of Pda-filled moments in the first released clip from Gregg Araki‘s ’80s set coming-of-age drama “White Bird in a Blizzard” Based on the 1999 novel by Laura Kasischke, “White Bird in a Blizzard” follows a college-bound suburban Ohio girl named Kat Connor (Woodley) after her mother, Eve (Eva Green), suddenly abandons their family. Kat is initially unaffected by her mother’s absence and continues her life with her father (Christopher Meloni). But when she starts getting haunted by nightmares about her mother’s cries for help, she is led to believe that something [...]
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- 6/10/2014
- by Alfonso Espina
- UpandComers
Currently reeling from the success of her teen-targeted sci-fi flick "Divergent," Golden Globe-nominated actress Shailene Woodley can now take pleasure in the fact that Gregg Araki's "White Bird in a Blizzard," the indie film in which she starred and that recently premiere at Sundance, has now just been acquired by Magnolia Pictures for all North American rights."White Bird in a Blizzard" features Woodley as Kat Connor, an emotionally and sexually repressed teenager in 1988 whose mother mysteriously disappears just as Kat heads for college. The cast includes a slew of notable talent as Christopher Meloni, Shiloh Fernandez, Gabourey Sidibe, Thomas Jane, Angela Bassett and Eva Green as Woodley's troubled mother."We are longtime admirers of the singular Gregg Araki, who brings his unique vision to this funny, sexy and haunting film," said Magnolia President Eamonn Bowles. "Shailene Woodley truly shines with a bold and fearless performance that showcases the depth.
- 4/11/2014
- by Ziyad Saadi
- Indiewire
By now, devoted cinephiles likely know what to expect going into a Gregg Araki movie: sex-crazed teens, an overabundance of nudity (sometimes pretty, sometimes not), a dream-like story wrapped snugly in a nightmare and a killer soundtrack. However, it would be lazy for someone to call it trash cinema—there’s a lot of feeling in his films (please watch "Mysterious Skin" now). Araki is a brilliant director who finds a great deal of meaning in stories of teenage angst and sexual desire, and is perhaps the finest example of coming-of-rage cinema. His latest film, "White Bird in a Blizzard," is his most grownup film to date, but never deviates far from his comfort zone. Set in the late ‘80s, "White Bird in a Blizzard" revolves around Kat Connor (Shailene Woodley) and her incredibly dysfunctional family who are living crappily ever after. Her dad Brock (Christopher Meloni) is a pushover,...
- 1/25/2014
- by Chase Whale
- The Playlist
Gregg Araki's last film was a sci-fi sex romp. Now, he sends The Descendants' Shailene Woodley into thriller territory – but can't resist dwelling on the sexual side of the plot
The fallout from Ka-boom, Gregg Araki's bumptious sex sci-fi of 2010, is a colourful, but turgid coming-of-age story masquerading as a thriller.
The Descendants' Shailene Woodley plays Kat Connor, a teenage suburbanite whose mum (Eva Green) goes missing after months of steadily sliding into a boozy depression. Mum was bored with keeping house for her stick-in-the-mud husband (Christopher Meloni), so the police have been called, but it may not have been necessary. Momma Connor may have just have upped and decided to treat herself to a new life.
White Bird in a Blizzard is based on the novel by Laura Kasischke, even if Araki doesn't seem that bothered by the book's central mystery. Instead he enjoys hanging...
The fallout from Ka-boom, Gregg Araki's bumptious sex sci-fi of 2010, is a colourful, but turgid coming-of-age story masquerading as a thriller.
The Descendants' Shailene Woodley plays Kat Connor, a teenage suburbanite whose mum (Eva Green) goes missing after months of steadily sliding into a boozy depression. Mum was bored with keeping house for her stick-in-the-mud husband (Christopher Meloni), so the police have been called, but it may not have been necessary. Momma Connor may have just have upped and decided to treat herself to a new life.
White Bird in a Blizzard is based on the novel by Laura Kasischke, even if Araki doesn't seem that bothered by the book's central mystery. Instead he enjoys hanging...
- 1/23/2014
- by Henry Barnes
- The Guardian - Film News
Director Gregg Araki isn.t what one might call a popular filmmaker, though he has a populous and vocal fanbase that have stuck close to him during his 16-year long career. With the upcoming White Bird in a Blizzard, he moves back into dramatic territories after two wildly different trips into offbeat comedy with Kaboom andSmiley Face. And this oddly-paced first look seen above teases just enough information to easily draw me into this potentially horrifying family story. In the center of White Bird is Kat Connor (Shailene Woodley), a young woman who finds her life is thrown into an uproar following the mysterious disappearance of her mother Eve, played by Eva Green. We see her physically disappear in the trailer, via The Film Stage. She fades from view and we.re stuck wondering just what in the hell was happening in the clip that opened the preview. Kat walks...
- 12/14/2013
- cinemablend.com
Director: Peter Landesman; Screenwriter: Peter Landesman; Starring: Zac Efron, Paul Giamatti, Tom Welling, Billy Bob Thornton, James Badge Dale, Marcia Gay Harden; Running time: 94 mins; Certificate: 15
50 years have passed since the assassination of President Kennedy, during which time all manner of conspiracy theories have emerged and been repeatedly raked over. This indie drama featuring Zac Efron takes a very different angle by examining the direct aftermath rather than trying to piece together the events leading up to it, but it's done with no clear sense of direction.
The natural climax of the JFK story is, here, the opener. Paul Giamatti is Abraham Zapruder, the man who filmed the now infamous footage of the President being gunned down in Dallas. His shock is palpable and so, too, is the highly charged atmosphere at Parkland hospital where the action swiftly moves. Efron is the young doctor, Charles 'Jim' Carrico, who is first...
50 years have passed since the assassination of President Kennedy, during which time all manner of conspiracy theories have emerged and been repeatedly raked over. This indie drama featuring Zac Efron takes a very different angle by examining the direct aftermath rather than trying to piece together the events leading up to it, but it's done with no clear sense of direction.
The natural climax of the JFK story is, here, the opener. Paul Giamatti is Abraham Zapruder, the man who filmed the now infamous footage of the President being gunned down in Dallas. His shock is palpable and so, too, is the highly charged atmosphere at Parkland hospital where the action swiftly moves. Efron is the young doctor, Charles 'Jim' Carrico, who is first...
- 11/22/2013
- Digital Spy
First-time writer-director Peter Landesman hopes to showcase the emotional and physical struggles that American citizens and officials struggled to deal with in his new drama, Parkland.
Parkland recounts the chaotic events that occurred in Dallas, Texas on November 22, 1963, as it follows the assassination of JFK (Brett Stimely), as he was riding in a parade with his wife, Jacqueline Kennedy (Kat Steffens). The story weaves together the perspectives of a handful of ordinary individuals suddenly thrust into extraordinary circumstances immediately following the president’s death.
Among those who first-handily contended with the murder were such civilians as the young doctors and nurses at Parkland Hospital who tried to save Kennedy, including Dr. Malcom Perry (Colin Hanks) and Dr. Charles ‘Jim’ Carrico (Zac Efron); an unwitting cameraman, Abraham Zapruder (Paul Giamatti), who captured what became the most watched and examined film in history; and Robert Oswald (James Badge Dale), the brother of...
Parkland recounts the chaotic events that occurred in Dallas, Texas on November 22, 1963, as it follows the assassination of JFK (Brett Stimely), as he was riding in a parade with his wife, Jacqueline Kennedy (Kat Steffens). The story weaves together the perspectives of a handful of ordinary individuals suddenly thrust into extraordinary circumstances immediately following the president’s death.
Among those who first-handily contended with the murder were such civilians as the young doctors and nurses at Parkland Hospital who tried to save Kennedy, including Dr. Malcom Perry (Colin Hanks) and Dr. Charles ‘Jim’ Carrico (Zac Efron); an unwitting cameraman, Abraham Zapruder (Paul Giamatti), who captured what became the most watched and examined film in history; and Robert Oswald (James Badge Dale), the brother of...
- 10/3/2013
- by Karen Benardello
- We Got This Covered
History hasn't let us think about the blood.
It was all over Jackie Kennedy, the Secret Service Agents and especially the doctors and nurses crowded into that emergency room at Parkland Hospital in Dallas.
"Parkland" is a fascinating insider's view of those fateful two days in November 1963, when a president was murdered, his assassin was gunned down in custody and generations of conspiracies were born.
Journalist-turned-filmmaker Peter Landesman and a cast of character actors get across the chaos, confusion, the "rush to judgment" and the fearful but determined people who were on the front lines, eyewitnesses to and participants in history.
Zac Efron is the tired and overawed resident on duty when JFK is frantically wheeled in. Colin Hanks (father Tom Hanks' company produced the film) is the chief surgeon, Dr. Malcolm Perry, summoned from a meeting to join him.
"What is that, a trach?" Dr. Perry says, pointing...
It was all over Jackie Kennedy, the Secret Service Agents and especially the doctors and nurses crowded into that emergency room at Parkland Hospital in Dallas.
"Parkland" is a fascinating insider's view of those fateful two days in November 1963, when a president was murdered, his assassin was gunned down in custody and generations of conspiracies were born.
Journalist-turned-filmmaker Peter Landesman and a cast of character actors get across the chaos, confusion, the "rush to judgment" and the fearful but determined people who were on the front lines, eyewitnesses to and participants in history.
Zac Efron is the tired and overawed resident on duty when JFK is frantically wheeled in. Colin Hanks (father Tom Hanks' company produced the film) is the chief surgeon, Dr. Malcolm Perry, summoned from a meeting to join him.
"What is that, a trach?" Dr. Perry says, pointing...
- 10/3/2013
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Pop2it
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