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<p>Keke Palmer’s first scene in <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/jordan-peeles-nope-will-blow-you-away"><em>Nope </em>is spectacular</a>. It’s the kind of “Oh wow, that’s a star…” commanding moment reserved for the likes of Julia Roberts, Denzel Washington, lately Andrew Garfield or Florence Pugh, and the <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/mamma-mia-here-we-go-again-is-such-pure-joy-youll-cry">entire cast of <em>Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again</em></a>.</p>
<p>As Emerald Haywood, she catapults onto the screen, running late for a safety presentation on a film set she’s supposed to give on behalf of the Hollywood horse-training business she runs with her brother OJ (<a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/why-daniel-kaluuya-should-win-the-oscar-for-judas-and-the-black-messiah">Daniel Kaluuya</a>) after their father died in a freak accident on their ranch.</p>
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Photo Illustration by Luis G. Rendon/The Daily Beast/Getty
This is a preview of our pop culture newsletter The Daily Beast’s Obsessed, written by senior entertainment reporter Kevin Fallon. To receive the full newsletter in your inbox each week, sign up for it here.
Keke Palmer’s first scene in Nope is spectacular. It’s the kind of “Oh wow, that’s a star…” commanding moment reserved for the likes of Julia Roberts, Denzel Washington, lately Andrew Garfield or Florence Pugh, and the entire cast of Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again.
As Emerald Haywood, she catapults onto the screen, running late for a safety presentation on a film set she’s supposed to give on behalf of the Hollywood horse-training business she runs with her brother OJ (Daniel Kaluuya) after their father died in a freak accident on their ranch.
