While accepting the final statuette at Wednesday night’s Crystal + Lucy Awards, future “Captain Marvel” star Brie Larson chose not to devote her stage time to the expected topics of #MeToo and the Time’s Up movement. She also had no interest in thanking her family or “talking about her publicist.” Instead, she wanted to address “an […]
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Barbra Streisand’s “A Star Is Born” is being reborn online with scenes she’d cut from the 1976 movie. Long known as a perfectionist, Streisand tinkered with the film to restore an exchange between the star-crossed lovers played by her and Kris Kristofferson and an instrumental take on the Oscar-winning tune “Evergreen.” The romantic drama, coming […]
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This previously published list has been updated to include Incredibles 2. Trying to rank all 20 Pixar films in order of quality is like trying to rank your children by how much you love them. None of these movies is bad, but when you’ve made 20 films, one of them has to be No. 20 […]
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Avocados ruin everything: Millennials’ financial prospects, proposals, the environment, and now, Joy Behar’s hand. The View co-host told viewers on Tuesday that she spent a night in the hospital this weekend following a gruesome run-in with a knife and an avocado pit. “Saturday night, on my way to the event at the retreat, I stabbed myself in the hand […]
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Jon Bernthal is negotiating to join Matt Damon and Christian Bale in Ford V. Ferrari, the James Mangold-directed Fox drama about the battle between the two premiere car makers to win Le Mans in 1966. Bernthal is in talks to play Lee Iacocca, a key marketing exec at Ford during the 60s and later a symbol of the resilience of the American auto […]
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So, apparently Ariana Grande is engaged to Pete Davidson. If it feels like Grande and Saturday Night Live comedian Davidson have only been dating for approximately 24 hours, that’s because in human years, they have been. However, it appears celebrity years move much faster According to TMZ, Davidson and Grande got engaged on June 11. If you’re wondering, […]
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Judge Richard Leon of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia said at a hearing that he has found, after a six-week trial, that the deal does not violate antitrust law and can proceed. Leon discouraged the government from asking him to put his own ruling on hold pending appeal, and said that […]
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If fans were excited to see Matt Damon‘s cameo in “Ocean’s 8,” they’ll be very disappointed. The all-female heist movie was released on Friday, but viewers will note that Damon’s cameo landed a spot on the cutting room floor instead of on the big screen. “[Picking the cameos] is an eclectic process of: How does […]
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Jennifer Lopez works hard to look the way she does, and the star shared a few snaps of her fitness routine on Instagram recently to give fans a peek at what it takes for her to stay in Vegas-ready shape. Wearing a strappy sports bra and black-and-white patterned tights, the singer hit the gym, sharing footage […]
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ABC’s’ “Celebrity Family Feud” returned with a bang offering a standoff between the Kardashian family and Kanye West’s family, which got surprisingly heated at times. The first spot of friction came when the families were introduced. Kim Kardashian West, despite giving the family name some recognition, opted to side with her husband and his cousins […]
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Awards shows rarely shy away from political comments, with winners often using their time onstage to address hot-button issues, and there was no exception at the 2018 Tony Awards on Sunday night. Robert De Niro earned a standing ovation from the audience when he walked onstage toward the end of the Tonys and stated, “Fuck […]
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“Solo: A Star Wars Story” may soon hold a dubious honor: becoming the first “Star Wars” movie to lose money. Even the prequel trilogy, which received negative reviews and earned scorn from longtime fans, did gangbusters at the box office; unlike those three films, “Solo” hit theaters just five months after its predecessor and within […]
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Cops and robbers have been some of the most durable subjects for TV since the inception of broadcast television: Jack Webb’s Dragnet was the original docudrama. And Netflix is no exception, with great shows like Orange Is The New Black, Narcos, and Peaky Blinders tackling everything from the emotional connections between gang members to the struggles of surviving prison. But, when […]
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The Hollywood Reporter’s chief theater critic, David Rooney, shares his choices, while awards analyst Scott Feinberg names his predictions to win in the top categories ahead of the June 10 ceremony. It’s been a thin season for new work on Broadway but a robust one for revivals. That means there’s little competition for the frontrunners […]
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Jared Leto’s performance as the Joker is one of the lowest points in the Warner Bros. franchise known as the DC Extended Universe, which includes “Man of Steel” and “Justice League.” His appearance in “Suicide Squad” was largely panned by fans and critics alike, yet he is still being considered for a comeback in a […]
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Hollywood stars and other public figures were quick to take to social media to weigh in on the shocking death of famed chef Anthony Bourdain. He was 61. Bourdain — who hadn’t posted anything on social media for four days — was in Strasbourg, France working on an upcoming episode for his award-winning CNN original series […]
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Charles Krauthammer, the beloved and brilliant Fox News Channel personality who gave up a pioneering career in psychiatry to become a Pulitzer Prize-winning political analyst, on Friday revealed the heartbreaking news that he is in the final stages of a losing battle with cancer. The 68-year-old’s incisive takes on politics of the day have been […]
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Visual effects have become so advanced that many times it’s difficult to tell what is real and what is created in post-production. Digital effects can be used to create digital doubles of actors, create entire environments, or make any of these things disappear from any given shot. When it comes to Hollywood’s biggest blockbusters, you’d […]
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It’s half past eight in the morning and Maggie Siff is absolutely surrounded by dogs. She calls this, the off-leash hours at Brooklyn’s Prospect Park, “my happiest time of the day.” Taking in the scene does feel like a hit of dopamine: Warm golden light shines down on lush green fields filled with dozens of […]
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“I love being a part of this industry,” George Clooney said as he accepted the American Film Institute’s Life Achievement Award tonight at a gala dinner at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood. “I’m very proud of the changes I’m seeing in this industry. They’re much overdue.” He also thanked his parents, who were present, calling […]
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The star-studded, female-fronted Ocean’s 8 should have no trouble winning this weekend’s box-office crown with a domestic debut in the $35 million-$40 million range, toppling holdover Solo: A Star Wars Story. From Warner Bros. and Village Roadshow, Ocean’s 8 is a spinoff of the Ocean’s Eleven film series and is among a slew of gender-swapping reboots and remakes being plotted by Hollywood studios. The pic […]
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