Greenwich Village’s folk scene took a backseat to the New York Knicks on Monday night when Elle Fanning visited Madison Square Garden with her boyfriend Gus Wenner.
The actress, 26, was sitting courtside as the basketball giants took on their East Coast rivals, the Philadelphia 76ers, in Game 2 of the Eastern Conference first-round playoffs.
Fanning, who is currently starring alongside Timothée Chalamet in the upcoming Bob Dylan biopic, A Complete Unknown, appeared to be taking advantage of a free night to go on a date with Wenner.
The pair were on hand to watch the Knicks earn a late 104-101 victory against the 76ers in a game also attended by director Spike Lee, actor Ben Stiller and comedian Chris Rock.
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Greenwich Village’s folk scene took a backseat to the New York Knicks on Monday night when Elle Fanning visited Madison Square Garden with her boyfriend Gus Wenner.
The actress and her boyfriend were sitting courtside as the basketball giants took on East Coast rivals the Philadelphia 76ers in Game 2 of the Eastern Conference first-round playoffs.
The team lost both games in New York, and the Knicks rallied in the final 30 seconds on Monday night.
Fanning plays Dylan’s artist ex-girlfriend Sylvie Russo in James Mangold’s new film, which details the folk legend’s arrival in New York City as an unknown musician in 1961 and his subsequent fame and notoriety.
Sylvie is a thinly veiled version of the late artist Suze Rotolo, who began dating the legendary 82-year-old in 1961 when they were teenagers and split in 1964 after her abortion and affair with Joan Baez.
Suze, who died of lung cancer at age 67 in 2011, inspired several of Bob’s songs, including Boots of Spanish Leather, Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right; and Tomorrow is a long time.
Rotolo inspired Dylan to paint, sing about the civil rights movement, and introduced him to the writings of French poet Arthur Rimbaud and German playwright Bertolt Brecht.
She was immortalized after appearing with her then-boyfriend on the cover of his second album, The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan, in 1963.
Chalamet previously showed off her singing voice in Paul King’s 2023 musical prequel, Wonka, and Woody Allen’s 2019 romantic comedy, A Rainy Day in New York, which also starred Fanning.
Edward Norton, Monica Barbaro, Boyd Holbrook, Nick Offerman, Dan Fogler and Joe Tippett also star in A Complete Unknown, a lyric from the reclusive singer-songwriter’s 1965 hit Like A Rolling Stone.
Two-time Oscar winner Cate Blanchett previously played the young, electric-age Bob Dylan, aka Jude Quinn, in Todd Haynes’ critically acclaimed 2007 experimental drama I’m Not There.
Fanning, who currently stars alongside Timothée Chalamet in the upcoming Bob Dylan biopic, A Complete Unknown, in which she plays his artist ex-girlfriend Sylvie Russo.
Actor Ben Stiller and comedian Chris Rock appeared in good spirits as they chatted during the game.
However, A Complete Unknown will be produced by Bob himself.
Dylan (born Robert Zimmerman) will bring his Rough and Rowdy Ways World Tour to Ameris Bank Amphitheater in Alpharetta, GA on June 21.
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame member is truly a national treasure and has received 10 Grammy Awards, an Academy Award, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, a Pulitzer Prize Special Citation, and the Nobel Prize in Literature.
Selena Gomez put on a display of love with her boyfriend Benny Blanco while attending the game between the New York Knicks and the Philadelphia 76ers at Madison Square Garden.