Stand-up Hollywood Citizen Cynthia Erivo Says See DEVIL WEARS PRADA for #AFIMOVIECLUB

by Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent

While most viewers are familiar with Cynthia Erivo from HARRIET, just about everyone in the Known Watching World heard her ballad at the 92nd Oscars, in that rounded fairy-tale golden cape-dress with the haute couture swagger. And while you can enjoy her singing performance here, first Cynthia hips us to the fancy-fingered realm known as Fashion Vogue ways.  This film is the near-real story of victorious, glorious, Dame Anna Wintour’s handling of breakaway editor Grace Mirabella. Or it is loosely upon whom DEVIL WEARS PRADA took life.

The Meryl inhabits this leading-role version of Wintour, DBE; and a young goof named Anne Hathaway – who plays the Assistant Most Likely to Write a Revenge Book Later – becomes a star before our eyes as she loses the Nathaniel Hawthorne Scarlet F in couture during this cinematically heightened haute couture photoplay.

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WHAT: Cynthia Erivo announces today’s AFI Movie Club selection: THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA. The film was honored with an AFI AWARD in 2006 – recognizing it as one of the most outstanding and culturally significant movies of the year – and stars 2004 AFI Life Achievement Award recipient Meryl Streep!

DID YOU KNOW? Meryl Streep’s Oscar^®-nominated performance was partially inspired by Clint Eastwood and Mike Nichols. Her character’s look was inspired by supermodel Carmen Dell’Orefice and politician Christine Lagarde. View this exclusive AFI Archive video of Streep talking about acting.

WHERE: AFI.com/MovieClub

Your AFIMOVIECLUB (That’s the Hashtag, Non?)

AFI Movie Club is a newly launched free program to raise the nation’s spirits by bringing artists and audiences together – even while we are apart. AFI will shine a spotlight on an iconic movie each day, with special guests announcing select AFI Movies of the Day in short videos posted on AFI.com and social media platforms. Audiences can “gather” at AFI.com/MovieClub to find out how to watch the featured movie of the day with the use of their preexisting streaming service credentials. The daily film selections will be supported by fun facts, family discussion points and exclusive material from the AFI Archive to enrich the viewing experience. Audiences can continue the conversation online using the hashtag #AFIMovieClub. Learn more at AFI.com and follow us on social media at Facebook.com/AmericanFilmInstitute, youtube.com/AFI, twitter.com/AmericanFilm and 

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We were always hoping it would be retitled THE DEVIL WEARS NADA, of course remade in Blue. 😉

[Blows a virtual kiss… darling… to you gorgeous closet hounds at home! – Anon Fashion Editor]

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