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One name won’t be called at this year’s Oscars: the host’s. After Kevin Hart’s hosting stint proved to be the shortest-lived in history, the Academy Awards are hurtling toward a Feb. 24 airdate without a famous name steering the ship. Rumor has it that with options dwindling, Oscar-show producer Donna Gigliotti and co-producer Glenn Weiss will forgo a […]

Sony Pictures is getting the wheels in motion for the next installment in the “Ghostbusters” franchise, and it knows who it’s going to call to direct: Jason Reitman. Sources tell Variety that Reitman, whose father, Ivan, directed the first two “Ghostbusters” movies, will direct the latest pic in the famous franchise. Reitman has also co-written a screenplay with […]

Calling all sci-fi and supernatural fans! Hollywood has created another show based on the “Roswell High” book series: “Roswell, New Mexico” debuts on The CW on Jan. 15, 2019. The extraterrestrial drama — which is being released nearly 20 years after the hit teen-targeted show “Roswell” premiered on The WB — follows the daughter of […]

After auditioning more than 30K people from around the world, Steven Spielberg’s West Side Story has found its Maria in fresh face 17-year old New Jersey High School student Rachel Zegler who will make her film debut opposite Ansel Elgort as Tony. Rounding out the principal Shark roles are Broadway veterans Ariana DeBose as Anita and David Alvarez as Bernardo. Theater performer Josh Andrés Riverahas been cast as Chino. […]

As awards season scandals pile up, dwelling on its historical inaccuracies, or the race (or boneheaded past actions) of its writer and director, misses the deeper value of an Oscar-worthy film, writes the NBA great and Hollywood Reporter columnist. Historical movies are never about history. Nor are they meant to be. Current historical films like First […]

“The final season is taking a long time because it’s the biggest thing we’ve ever done. Even though it’s six episodes, it took us how many more shooting days — it was nearly a full year in Belfast prepping and then actually shooting it. “I think it’s quite extraordinary what the crew and actors have […]

Time may be a flat circle, but for True Detective, the last seven years have often played out like a roller-coaster ride through the pop-culture Zeitgeist. Nic Pizzolatto’s crime drama was first born way back in early 2012, when HBO gave it a straight-to-series order amid intense interest from other networks. Its arrival five years ago this […]

Settling into a seat at a theater in New York City’s Chelsea district last night, Sopranos creator David Chase was asked how he felt about celebrating the show’s 20th anniversary. “Confused,” he murmured, after a pause. “I never expected this to happen.” But two decades after it premiered, the mythology and power of The Sopranos remains. To mark that milestone and weigh […]

Henry Winkler is emerging as one of Hollywood’s hottest actors at the tender age of 73. The actor, who is back in the spotlight thanks to HBO’s Barry, is making a move into film and has closed a deal to join the cast of Wes Anderson’s latest production, The French Dispatch. Dispatch, which is already shooting in France, […]

If you’ve turned on your TV in the past week, there’s a high probability that you’ve heard of The Masked Singer. A remake of the popular South Korean show, King of Mask Singer, it’s like if The Voice went on a dystopian party cruise with Yo Gabba Gabba and an episode of E! True Hollywood Story. Or, as Vulture’s Kathryn VanArendonk so […]

He arrives exactly on schedule, not a minute early, not a minute late, and comes dressed in character: Armani cashmere shirt, translucent Alain Mikli eyeglasses and, of course, a Kangol cap. There are no formalities, no handshakes, no, “Hi, nice to meet you, I’m Samuel L. Jackson.” He simply strolls into the restaurant in midtown […]