Stay updated with breaking news from Sylvia Simon. Get real-time updates on events, politics, business, and more. Visit us for reliable news and exclusive interviews.
The 15-year-old hadn't even met her on-screen mom until the day before they kicked off filming for the big screen adaptation of Judy Blume's famous novel.
Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret is now streaming online on Starz. 11-year-old Margaret navigates new friends, feelings, and adolescence.
Critics tend to accentuate the positive in year-end lists, but cheerleading aside, 2023 wasn’t a great year for mainstream movies, either creatively or commercially.
In this year’s earnest and charming “Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret,” titular preteen Margaret (“Transparent” star Abby Ryder Fortson) pleads with the divine about the vagaries of growing up, which in her case include the prospect of moving to a new town as well as her desperate wish to speed through puberty into womanhood.
Read the letters 'Are You There God?' stars Kathy Bates and Abby Ryder Fortson wrote to each other in character.