Marisa Abela stuns in a classy black gown as she leads stars at NYC premiere of Amy Winehouse biopic Back To Black after taking on role of iconic late singer
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"Back to Black": The life of Amy Winehouse
A new movie dramatizes the life and music of British singer Amy Winehouse, the charismatic, multiple-Grammy-winner whose struggles with drugs and alcohol led to her death at the age of 27. Correspondent Seth Doane talks with director Sam Taylor-Johnson about capturing a complex life on film; and with actress Marisa Abela, who describes how she inhabited the role of Winehouse from the inside out.
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'Back to Black' review: Awful Amy Winehouse biopic gets a no, no, no!
As expected, director Sam Taylor-Johnson’s woeful film “Back to Black” doesn’t play as the gripping battle of musical genius vs. personal demons it fancies itself to be.