Hollywood Reporter
The Hollywood Reporter spoke with the exiting actor whose character viewers have grown to love about their shocking fate — as showrunner Sascha Penn explains why it had to happen.
The Guardian Culture
UFO thriller is on track to become director’s best performing original title in the US, taking just shy of $100m in global revenue after opening weekend Disclosure Day, Steven Spielberg’s thriller in which it is revealed the US has been experimenting on UFOs for almost 80 years, is on track to become his best performing original title in the US.The film, which opened in 77 territories, took $44m (£32.7m) domestically over the three-day weekend for a global total of about $92.9m (£69.4m) with $7.
Variety
Hiam Abbass, who played Marcia Roy in HBO’s “Succession,” will soon be on the big screen in the politically-charged dark comedy “Occupational Hazards,” about a Palestinian family in Jerusalem contending with the risk of forced displacement. Bassel Ghandour (“Theeb,” “The Alleys”) has just completed principal photography in Jordan on the timely satirical film, which takes its cue […]
The Guardian Culture
Exclusive: At an open-air film festival in Rome, the actor shared anecdotes of his time on the set of upcoming superhero film Avengers: DoomsdayOn Sunday night at an open-air cinema in Rome, Sir Ian McKellen showed a crowd of 2,000 film fans advance footage of his appearance in the superhero film Avengers: Doomsday.The film, which is released in December, sees a return for the X-Men played by McKellen and Sir Patrick Stewart into the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The MCU’s 39th feature, it is direc
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Glyndebourne festivalA visual whirlwind accompanies charismatic and stylish performances in William Kentridge’s new staging. In the pit, Jonathan Cohen and the OAE add light and shadeThere is a lot to look at in Glyndebourne’s first production of Monteverdi’s L’Orfeo. Directed by William Kentridge with a set by Sabine Theunissen, this staging is rooted in an artist’s studio and borne along by objects and images. Some are three-dimensional, real-life: ladders, chairs, sketchbooks, a mid-century d
Hollywood Reporter
In between bouts, military flyovers and hype videos on Paramount+, President Trump served as celebrator-in-chief, with tech titans and media moguls all seeking his attention.
Variety
“Only Murders in the Building” has added even more star power to its Season 6 cast. Variety has confirmed that David Tennant (“Doctor Who,” Rivals,”) Nicola Coughlan (“Bridgerton,” “Derry Girls”), Jodie Whittaker (“Doctor Who,” “Broadchurch”), Jim Broadbent, Adrian Lukis, Richard Ayoade, and Kathryn Hunter in recurring guest star roles. As is usually the case with […]
Variety
Lachlan Murdoch has for years downplayed the appeal of streaming when it came to a company like his Fox Corp., which remains one of the biggest suppliers of sports, news and entertainment via the industry’s traditional content “pipes” of broadcast and cable TV. Fox in the past poked fun at rivals who asked consumers to […]
Hollywood Reporter
Lucia Aniello, Erin Foster, David E. Kelley, Bill Lawrence, Lee Sung Jin and Dan Levy gather to discuss awkward actors conversations, the upside of nepotism and the one singer who won't let any of them use her music.
Hollywood Reporter
The $22 billion deal to acquire Roku also gives Fox two of the top free, ad-supported streaming services.
Variety
Anne Schedeen, who played the matriarch of a suburban family hiding a cuddly alien on “ALF,” died at age 77, her family announced Sunday on Facebook. In a statement, Schedeen’s family wrote “She leaves behind an extraordinary legacy of creative energy, whip smart humor, delight in her family, adoration for little dogs, burning hatred for […]
Variety
“KPop Demon Hunters” fans rejoice. Ahead of the film’s one-year anniversary, Lego will release a 825-piece set inspired by Derpy and Sussie Bird. The set will be available for pre-sale globally on LEGO.com and will launch in stores starting Aug. 1. In Netflix’s animated film, Derpy is a supernatural tiger from the underworld whose clumsy […]
Variety
Turns out, Amanda Seyfried’s viral cover of Joni Mitchell’s “California” on “The Tonight Show” wasn’t pure coincidence — the Oscar-nominated actor was once attached to play the singer-songwriter in a biopic. In an interview with British GQ, Seyfried revealed that she learned to play Mitchell’s “Blue” album on dulcimer, piano and guitar during the COVID-19 […]
The Guardian Culture
Hayward Gallery, LondonButcher bags, human sacrifice and cavernous black holes … in a world of dry art this stunning exhibition forces us to confront religion and mortalityIt’s the clinging, transparent PVC that does it, a horribly surgical-looking, synthetic skin covering each of Anish Kapoor’s three paintings – can we call them that? – entitled Plastic Sacrifice I, II, III. They resemble a serial killer’s trophy art. Through the wrapping you gawp at three-dimensional purple and crimson entrail
Variety
Many legends have graced the Actors on Actors set, but few Hollywood dynasties have collided like Mariska Hargitay’s and Jamie Lee Curtis’. The former is the daughter of Jayne Mansfield, the ’50s bombshell who died in an auto accident. Her rich and complicated legacy is the subject of Hargitay’s acclaimed documentary, “My Mom Jayne,” from […]
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Ahead of its much-hyped racing weekend in San Diego running June 19-21, NASCAR is launching a real-world accurate version of the Naval Base Coronado track in Roblox game “Driving Empire.” While NASCAR has previously added virtual versions of its LA Memorial Coliseum and Chicago Street courses, this game update marks the first-ever NASCAR track in-game […]
Variety
As Hollywood continues to wrestle with how to reckon with AI’s omnipresence, the Urbanworld Film Festival has opted for a full-on embrace. The New York-based festival dedicated to championing BIPOC stories — which has seen the likes of Ryan Coogler, Ava DuVernay, Nina DaCosta and Cord Jefferson make their way through its doors since it was […]
Hollywood Reporter
The 26-year-old filmmaker on the shocks, thrills and intense pressure of suddenly becoming Hollywood's most wanted young director — and what he's doing next: "I was becoming numb because it was so unbelievable, my brain couldn't really process it."
Hollywood Reporter
The 26-year-old filmmaker on the shocks, thrills and intense pressure of suddenly becoming Hollywood's most wanted young director — and what he's doing next: "I was becoming numb because it was so unbelievable, my brain couldn't really process it."
Variety
Leading lady Renée Zellweger and director Sharon Maguire reunited on the Tribeca Film Festival stage, celebrating the boundaries they broke together through their work on “Bridget Jones’s Diary” 25 years ago. Sitting in the audience, the film’s transcendence of time was evident. The theater erupted in boisterous cheering when the title card appeared, and there […]