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See Brendan Fraser's painstaking transformation for The Whale in time-lapse video
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2023 Oscars heat index: BAFTAs ignite burning love for Austin Butler over Brendan Fraser
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The Whale's Brendan Fraser, our latest Oscars predictions, and more in EW's The Awardist
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The Whale ending explained: Brendan Fraser breaks down Charlie and Ellie's final scene
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Read The Whale's moving script page that allowed Brendan Fraser to build the 'spine' of the film
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Brendan Fraser shines in overwrought The Whale, and a fireplace shines in Adult Swim's WTF The Fireplace
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Brendan Fraser's emotional performance will move you to tears in new trailer for The Whale
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Darren Aronofsky just wants to be perfect with a Black Swan musical: 'We're working on it'
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The Whale director Darren Aronofsky says fatphobia controversy 'makes no sense'
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The Whale scores best limited opening of the year
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Brendan Fraser tears up discussing his kids and The Whale: 'I have as much love as I'll ever need'
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Brendan Fraser reveals how The Whale pushed his body and mind 'toward the danger' for his art
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The Whale star Brendan Fraser says he would 'absolutely' transform again for another role
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Chris Hemsworth nearly didn't reveal the 'pretty shocking' health news he learned while filming Limitless
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Watch Brendan Fraser's emotional comeback in first trailer for The Whale
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Dwayne Johnson wants Mummy Returns costar Brendan Fraser to win an Oscar for The Whale: 'I want him to go all the way'
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The Whale writer says Brendan Fraser film shows 'opposite' side of Hollywood fatphobia
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Darren Aronofsky says he 'tried to research' obese actors for The Whale before hiring Brendan Fraser
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Brendan Fraser continues awards season dominance with another win for The Whale performance
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Brendan Fraser says The Whale prosthetics gave him 'sense of respect' for people with larger body types
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The Whale review: Brendan Fraser shines in a overwrought, underbaked drama
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Brendan Fraser gets emotional over Whale awards victory, his first trophy 'since grade 4'
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Chris Hemsworth talks being a scientific 'guinea pig' in his Nat Geo series Limitless
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The mightiest movies at the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival
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Brendan Fraser receives standing ovation at 'The Whale' premiere at Venice Film Festival
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Taylor Swift, Weird Al Yankovic film, Squid Game star's directorial debut join TIFF 2022 lineup
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2023 Oscars predictions: Brendan Fraser, Viola Davis, Avatar, and more contenders to watch
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Brendan Fraser to star in Darren Aronofsky's The Whale, about man with compulsive eating disorder
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Brendan Fraser says he might not take another role as deep as The Whale: 'I gave it everything'
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Brendan Fraser's transformative Whale performance wins major pre-Oscars award
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Brendan Fraser transforms into recluse affected by obesity in The Whale first look
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Ana de Armas' Marilyn Monroe film Blonde joins Adam Driver, Timothée Chalamet in Venice lineup
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Jared Leto reunites with Requiem for a Dream director Darren Aronofsky for film Adrift
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Darren Aronofsky says Warner Bros. wanted Freddie Prinze Jr. to play Batman in his reboot
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It breaks box office records in second weekend as mother! flops
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Jennifer Lawrence got a savagely comic note from Amy Schumer after her breakup
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mother! Honest Trailer tackles 'kookoo-bananas-nuttzo-cray' film
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Will Smith to host new Darren Aronofsky National Geographic series One Strange Rock
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Jennifer Lawrence says reading mother! reviews was 'not healthy'
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mother! director Darren Aronofsky responds to F CinemaScore
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mother! studio defends Jennifer Lawrence movie after audience revolt
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Darren Aronofsky answers our mother! burning questions
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Darren Aronofsky wanted Joaquin Phoenix for his unmade Batman movie
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Jennifer Lawrence's mother! earns rare F CinemaScore
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Jennifer Lawrence gets put through the torture-porn wringer in mother!: EW review
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Jennifer Lawrence's 'WTF' mother! hailed in first reviews
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It, mother!, and 20 other movies to see this September
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Jennifer Lawrence asks fans to identify 'pathetic' Charlottesville protestors
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Darren Aronofsky: mother! is close to Black Swan 'in spirit'
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12 Mysterious Images From the mother! Trailer — and What They Might Mean
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From mother! to Breathe, these fall festival films could shift the Oscar race
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Annette Bening named Venice Film Festival jury president, ending 10-year male streak
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Oh mother! See the poster for Darren Aronofsky's upcoming movie
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Natalie Portman's Jackie trailer recreates JFK assassination
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Jennifer Lawrence, Darren Aronofsky film finally confirmed
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Darren Aronofsky teams with JR on Paris art installation during U.N. Climate Change Conference
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