It took 13 puppeteers to bring AppleTV+’s titular robot “Sunny” to life. Joanna Sotomura, the American performer who embodies the ominously helpful bot, flew to Tokyo where the series was filmed to meet the robotics team two weeks before filming began.  “We had our robot dojo space. I would do the rehearsals and scenes as […]

Courtney B. Vance is a Tony- and Emmy-winning actor and the president of the SAG-AFTRA Foundation. To Vance, legendary actor James Earl Jones was known as “Jimmy.” The two first met in the 1980s while starring in August Wilson’s drama “Fences,” which went on to win the Pulitzer Prize and four Tony Awards, including Jones’ […]

The prestigious EGOT club just gained two new members: Songwriters Benj Pasek and Justin Paul. The duo, who already have an Oscar for “La La Land” and a Tony and Grammy award for “Dear Evan Hansen” and “The Greatest Showman,” secured their EGOT (the home run of winning an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony award) […]

FX’s “Shōgun” dominated the Creative Arts Emmys on Sunday, taking home 15 trophies during the second half of the two-part ceremony held at the Peacock Theatre in downtown L.A. FX’s costume drama entered the weekend leading in overall nominations with a tally of 25 Emmy nominations this year. Overall, FX dominated the weekend with 27 […]

Angela Bassett is now an Emmy winner. Bassett won the award for outstanding narration on National Geographic’s nature documentary “Queens” on Saturday, the first night of the Creative Arts Emmys. Following her triumph, Bassett came backstage to the press room, where a reporter asked her what the win meant to her. “We don’t work for […]

J Stevens’s drama “Really Happy Someday” is one of the many titles in search of distribution at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival. Premiering Sunday night, the film stars Breton Lalama, Khadijah Roberts-Abdullah, Xavier Lopez and Ali Garrison. The captivating story centers around Z (Lalama), before his transition, as a rising musical theater star struggling […]

“Saturday Night Live,” was the big winner on the first night of the Creative Arts Emmys, earning six Emmys, followed by Ron Howard’s “Jim Henson: Idea Man,” “The Oscars” and the animated series “Blue Eye Samurai,” which collected four trophies apiece. The Television Academy handed out Creative Arts Emmys on Saturday in nonfiction and nonscripted […]

SPOILER ALERT: This article discusses plot points in “The Deliverance,” now playing on Netflix. “Nothing says evil like black sclera contact lenses.” That was the key to Glenn Close’s devil-possessed transformation in Lee Daniels’ “The Deliverance.” In addition to the special lenses, Close spent four hours in the makeup chair, with special effects makeup artist Jason Collins […]

Lloyd Lee Choi’s feature adaptation “Lucky Lu” will begin filming in New York City later this year. Based on Choi’s live-action short, “Same Old,” “Lucky Lu” tells the story of a Chinese delivery driver in New York City who discovers his e-bike has been stolen. With his family en route after many years apart, Lu […]

Street takeovers rule in the first look at rapper Quavo’s new movie “Takeover.” The film also stars Billy Zane, Lamonica Garrett, Serayah and Martin Sensmeier. Zane plays Gamal Akopyan, the leader of an international heist ring, who uses street takeovers to get away with mass robberies. When his latest heist goes awry, he must do whatever […]

With the “Drag Race México” Season 2 finale upon us, the show has already been greenlit for a third installment. World of Wonder, the multi-platform media company behind the global “Drag Race” franchise, re-upped the show following the success of its second season, which garnered a 40% increase in viewership over its first season. “The […]

“Whiplash” is headed to Beverly Hills. In celebration of the film’s 10th anniversary, “Whiplash: In Concert,” conducted by Oscar-winning composer Justin Hurwitz, will debut on Nov. 9 and 10 in Beverly Hills at the Saban Theatre. Hurwitz will lead an 18-piece jazz band that will accompany a screening of the original film. In a statement […]

How did the organizers of this year’s Sundance Film Festival: Asia mark their return to Taiwan? By growing the festival in every way possible. For the second year in a row, Sundance Film Festival: Asia returned to Taipei. The expansion of the festival’s programming was a reflection of Taiwan’s efforts to boost filmmaking in the […]

Laurence Fishburne’s latest film “Slingshot” has an ending which he calls “a beautiful surprise.” The film, in theaters now, sees him playing the lead of a three-man crew to one of Saturn’s moons. Fishburne plays Captain Franks. Along with fellow astronauts John (Casey Affleck) and Nash (Tomer Capone), the trio hope to find a new renewable […]

“Beetlejuice Beetlejuice” costume designer Colleen Atwood will be honored with Variety’s Creative Impact in Costume Design award at the SCAD Savannah Film Festival. Atwood, who has worked on “Chicago,” “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street” and “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice,” has worked on over 80 films and has won four Academy Awards for her work […]

SPOILER ALERT: This article discusses plot points in “Alien: Romulus,” now playing in theaters. In case you haven’t heard, Fede Álvarez’s “Alien: Romulus” is terrifying, and yes, it does feature a chestbursting scene. But this is Álvarez, the director behind “Don’t Breathe” and the “Evil Dead” reboot. Not only is it terrifying, but his take on the […]

Putting together NBC’s “The Voice” is no easy task.  Behind the scenes of the live show, now in its 13th year, its trusty team is a well-oiled machine that ensures that the highest level of production is delivered to the audience tuning in each week. Amid the rotation of judges and contestants, the department heads […]

Season 2 of HBO’s “Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty” continues to follow the rivalry between the Los Angeles Lakers and the Boston Celtics as they fight for the NBA championships. For Emmy-nominated cinematographer Todd Banhazl, ASC. shooting the playoffs was important, but capturing the emotion inside the game was essential. Speaking with […]

Last year, United Talent Agency was one of the first agencies in Hollywood to achieve the Human Rights Campaign Equality 100 award as leaders in the LGBTQ workspace inclusion. Not only is it a positive environment for its queer agents, but those agents also have the autonomy in who they want to represent. “We’ve built […]