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The celibate, dancing Shakers were once seen as a threat to society – 250 years later, they’re part of the sound of America

Director Mona Fastvold’s new film, “The Testament of Ann Lee,” features actor Amanda Seyfried in the titular role: the English spiritual seeker who brought the Shaker movement to America. The trailer literally writhes with snakes intercut amid scenes of emotional turmoil, religious ecstasy, orderly and disorderly dancing – and sex.…

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I've watched 40 new movies this year and these are my picks for the 10 best films of 2025 that you can watch right now.

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Amanda Seyfried calls socialism a ‘gorgeous idea’ following backlash over Charlie Kirk comments

‘I know it doesn’t work perfectly,’ says actor

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Motherhood Is Filled With Agony. So Are the Best Films of the Year

Filmmakers on the simmering maternal trauma that dominates this year's awards frontrunners.

Marie Claire

The Testament of Ann Lee review: Amanda Seyfried sizzles as the evangelical heroine

5/5 The Brutalist co-writer Mona Fastvold directs a wild song-and-dance tribute to the founder of the Shaker movement

Evening Standard

Amanda Seyfried urged Mona Fastvold to consider English actress for The Testament of Ann Lee

Amanda Seyfried urged Mona Fastvold to cast "somebody English" in The Testament of Ann Lee because she didn't want to let her down.

BANG Premier

The Testament of Ann Lee review – strikingly strange portrait of radically ecstatic Shaker leader

Amanda Seyfried plays the 18th-century missionary who took her radical message to the New World, in Mona Fastvold’s elusive film

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Amanda Seyfried's singing in The Testament of Ann Lee was 'stressful' and 'hard'

Hollywood actress Amanda Seyfried has admitted singing for her role in new movie The Testament of Ann Lee was "stressful" and "hard" because she had to tap into her character's "grief and desperation".

BANG Premier

Aid groups weigh how much more they can help if FEMA reduces its disaster response

With concern and confusion over how the federal government will respond to disasters this summer, aid groups are readying to expand the ways they help communities after hurricanes, fires and other storms

The Independent UK

Amanda Seyfried starring in musical Ann Lee

Amanda Seyfried will play the lead role in the musical 'Ann Lee', which tells the story of the the religious leader and founding member of the Shaker Movement.

BANG Premier

A Christmas that changed me: the miracle of my last months with my mother

As a family, we put more effort than usual into our celebrations that year, as Mum struggled with cancer. It taught me something indelible and important

The Guardian - UK

Haitian students play drums and strum guitars to escape hunger and gang violence

Children across Haiti's capital are playing drums, bass guitar and piano to drown out the trouble that erupts around them daily

The Independent UK

Sean Penn’s Disaster-Relief Charity Ended Up a Money Mess

CORE saved American lives during the pandemic. Employees say it has also failed to shield them from alleged sexual harassment or address financial mismanagement.

Businessweek

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