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No matter how hard we tried, we couldn\u2019t keep pushing this movie aside – and\u00a0Tea with Mussolini<\/i>\u00a0breaks through for this episode for you! The film is one of Cher\u2019s few post-Oscar films and stars the icon opposite acting legends Maggie Smith, Judi Dench, Joan Plowright, and Lily Tomlin – all cast as ex-pat women raising a young man during WWII Italy. While the film was an arthouse hit in the early summer and earned Smith a Supporting Actress BAFTA prize, this costume drama was left forgotten come Oscar time.<\/p>\n
This week, we\u2019re unpacking the reemergence of Cher in the late 90s, from\u00a0If These Walls Could Talk<\/i>\u00a0to the megasmash success of\u00a0\u201cBelieve\u201d to her iconic Grammy Record of the Year competition. We also get into the 1999 Supporting Actress and the Globes Musical\/Comedy field, the only absent dame from\u00a0Tea With the Dames<\/i>, and director Franco Zeffirelli.<\/p>\n
Topics also include Cher shouting about her Picasso, movies that use\u00a0\u201cSmoke Gets In Your Eyes\u201d, and the trauma of AOL Instant Messenger.<\/p>\n
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