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Today — 22 January 2025Main stream

‘SNL’ Gave Scarlett Johansson a ‘Heads Up’ About Colin Jost Making a ‘Vagina Joke’ About Her, but She Was Still ‘Genuinely So Shocked’ By It on Air

22 January 2025 at 00:11
Colin Jost joined Jimmy Fallon on “The Tonight Show” and was asked about whether or not he got in trouble with his wife, Scarlett Johansson, after that shocking “Weekend Update” on the “Saturday Night Live” Christmas episode (which aired Dec. 21). Jost and Michael Che always mark the holiday by swapping non-PC jokes that neither […]

Yesterday — 21 January 2025Main stream

Robert Pattinson Got ‘Almost Turned Off’ From Acting Amid COVID and Strikes: ‘Every Actor for Two Years’ Was Saying ‘Nothing’s Cool’ About New Scripts

21 January 2025 at 22:47
Robert Pattinson admitted in an interview with Vanity Fair that he nearly convinced himself that cinema was dying and it was time to maybe stop acting as Hollywood struggled in the wake of the COVID pandemic and two major labor strikes. But then came a few movies like Oscar contender “The Brutalist,” directed by his […]

Naomi Watts Nearly Quit Hollywood After ‘Flunking Auditions’ for 10 Years and Her Agent Saying ‘You’re Too Intense.’ Then She Met David Lynch: I Was ‘Desperate’

21 January 2025 at 21:36
Naomi Watts revealed on “Live With Kelly and Mark” (via Entertainment Weekly) that she nearly quit acting before she met the late David Lynch, who cast her as the lead in 2001’s “Mulholland Drive.” The film’s critical acclaim and global success turned Watts into a star after “10 years” of “flunking auditions.” Lynch died on […]

Joy Behar and ‘The View’ Hosts Criticize Trump’s Inauguration Speech for ‘Godlike Complex’: ‘If He’s Sending All Criminals Away, Where Is He Going?’

21 January 2025 at 16:46
“The View” hosts Joy Behar, Sunny Hostin, Anna Navarro and Alyssa Farah Griffin appeared on the Jan. 21 episode of the ABC daytime talk show to discuss Donald Trump’s presidential inauguration (Whoopi Goldberg is out this week due to a previously planned work commitment). The four women took issue with Trump’s polarizing inauguration speech, in […]

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44 Great Movies That Flopped at the Box Office: ‘Furiosa,’ ‘Better Man’ and More

17 January 2025 at 20:10
Whether U.S. audiences just aren’t familiar with British pop star Robbie Williams or moviegoers don’t want to see a musical headlined by a CGI chimp, Paramount’s “Better Man” become a historic box office flop with just $1.9 million grossed in its nationwide debut. That’s one of the worst openings ever for a studio movie. And […]

Adam McKay Says ‘Don’t Look Up’ Was ‘Hated’ by ‘Critics and Cultural Gatekeepers’ but Seen by an Estimated ‘400 Million to Half a Billion’ People on Netflix

16 January 2025 at 23:20
Adam McKay said in an interview with NME that his satirical comedy “Don’t Look Up” was seen by an estimated “400 million to half a billion” people on Netflix despite being “hated” by “the critics and the cultural gatekeepers.” The director was talking about the L.A. fires and climate change when the topic of “Don’t […]

Cameron Diaz Trolls Trump by Saying ‘Elon Musk Is Our President,’ Shares New Rule for Acting Career: ‘No More Rom-Coms, Only Mom-Coms’

16 January 2025 at 21:15
Cameron Diaz’s return to acting after 11 years in Netflix’s “Back in Action” means she’s also on her first movie press tour in more than a decade. Joining co-star Jamie Foxx for a video interview with Complex, the “Charlie’s Angels” favorite threw some shade at president-elect Donald Trump by saying it’s actually Elon Musk who […]

Stephen King Is ‘Not Voting in the Oscars’ and Says ‘They Should Cancel Them’: ‘No Glitz With Los Angeles on Fire’

16 January 2025 at 18:51
Stephen King announced on his Bluesky profile that he will not be voting for the Oscars this year due to the L.A. fires. He also believes the Oscars ceremony should be canceled amid the devastation in Los Angeles. The show remains set for Sunday, March 2, at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood. “Not voting in […]

Harrison Ford Got Cast in ‘Blade Runner’ After Playing Han Solo, but the Financiers Asked Ridley Scott: ‘Who the F— Is Harrison Ford?’ 

15 January 2025 at 23:05
Ridley Scott sat down with GQ magazine for a retrospective video interview and revealed that the financiers on “Blade Runner” originally questioned his decision to cast Harrison Ford in the lead role. Ford was already Han Solo in “Star Wars” at the point in his career, in addition to being picked by Steven Spielberg to […]

Timothée Chalamet Got a $73 Fine After Riding a Bike to the ‘A Complete Unknown’ London Premiere to Beat Traffic; He Didn’t Park It Properly

15 January 2025 at 21:52
Timothée Chalamet’s global press tour for “A Complete Unknown” went viral when he rode an electric Lime bike into the London premiere of the acclaimed Bob Dylan movie. But it turns out, Chalamet did not park the bike properly, and he was met with a £60 fine, he revealed while promoting the movie in France […]

Renée Zellweger Stopped Acting for Six Years Because ‘I Was Sick of the Sound of My Own Voice’: It Was Regurgitating the ‘Same Emotional Experiences’

15 January 2025 at 20:13
Renée Zellweger said in an interview with her longtime “Bridget Jones” co-star Hugh Grant for British Vogue that it was the sound of her voice that led her to stop acting for more than half a decade in the 2010s. At that point in her career, Zellweger was already a three-time Oscar nominee and a […]

Keke Palmer Says ‘I Wasn’t in the Same Conversations as Victoria Justice, Selena Gomez or Miley Cyrus’ as a Teen Star: I Was the ‘Black Girl on the Network’

15 January 2025 at 18:20
Keke Palmer recently opened up to The Cut about how she learned rather quickly as a young actor in Hollywood that “people were putting limitations on me.” Palmer headlined the popular Nickelodeon show “True Jackson, VP,” for three seasons totaling 53 episodes, from 2008 to 2011. She was 15 years old when the show premiered […]

MCU Writer Originally Said ‘F— No. Absolutely Not’ About Doing a ‘Secret Wars’ Movie, Then Changed His Mind in Less Than 24 Hours: ‘I Have an Idea’

14 January 2025 at 23:13
The Russo Bros. recently revealed to Empire Magazine that it was their longtime Marvel screenwriter Stephen McFeely who came up with the idea that lured them back to the MCU after “Avengers: Endgame” to helm the upcoming “Avengers” movies “Doomsday” and “Secret Wars.” However, McFeely originally turned down the chance to write more Marvel movies […]

Bill Hader Had Anxiety Attacks at ‘SNL,’ Says Lorne Michaels Came to His Dressing Room to Tell Him to ‘Calm the F— Down. Just Have Fun. Jesus Christ’ 

14 January 2025 at 22:34
“Saturday Night Live” creator Lorne Michaels is the subject of Susan Morrison’s upcoming biography “Lorne: The Man Who Invented Saturday Night Live,” a lengthy excerpt from which was published by The New Yorker and reveals Michaels’ hot and cold relationship with the ever-changing cast over the years. Michaels may be the boss of “SNL,” but […]

Ridley Scott Set Aside Bee Gees Biopic Over Paramount Deal Issues: ‘They Didn’t Like My Deal. I’m Expensive, but I’m F—ing Good’

14 January 2025 at 19:50
Ridley Scott revealed in a new interview with GQ magazine that his planned Bee Gees biopic at Paramount Pictures was set aside following some deal issues with the studio. Variety reported in February 2024 that Scott had boarded the movie, which GQ reports “was scheduled to begin shooting in early 2025” but has now hit […]

Whoopi Goldberg Says ‘I Stand Behind’ Carrie Underwood and ‘Have to Support’ Her Right to Perform at Trump’s Inauguration: ‘I Won’t Be Watching’

14 January 2025 at 17:35
Whoopi Goldberg showed some support to Carrie Underwood on “The View” (via Entertainment Weekly) amid backlash against the “American Idol” winner and country music star for her decision to perform “America the Beautiful” at Donald Trump’s inauguration on Jan. 20. The EGOT winner has been outspoken against Trump for years but said she stands behind […]

Mandy Moore’s Family Is Staying With Hilary Duff After House Burned Down in L.A. Fires: ‘They Are the Most Beautiful, Selfless People’

14 January 2025 at 14:34
Mandy Moore and her family were taken in by fellow actor Hilary Duff and her husband Matthew Koma after their home burned down in the L.A. fires, Moore’s brother-in-law Griffin Goldsmith revealed in a heartfelt Instagram post (via People). Duff and Koma also helped launch the GoFundMe campaign for Goldsmith’s family after they lost their […]

Ben Stiller Once Saw an Article Urging Hollywood to ‘Stop Putting Ben Stiller in Comedies,’ Left ‘SNL’ After Four Episodes Because ‘I Got Too Nervous’

13 January 2025 at 22:16
Ben Stiller was the latest guest on The New York Times’ “The Interview” podcast and admitted that he still doesn’t understand why he became such a popular comedy movie star in the late 1990s and 2000s. His self-directed work in 1996’s “The Cable Guy” was followed by the one-two punch of 1999’s “There’s Something About […]

Lucy Liu Says She Confronted Bill Murray on ‘Charlie’s Angels’ Set Over ‘Unacceptable’ Insults Because ‘I’m Going to Protect Myself’ When ‘Something Isn’t Right’

13 January 2025 at 19:46
Lucy Liu made headlines in 2021 when she appeared on an episode of the Los Angeles Times’ “Asian Enough” podcast and revealed that Bill Murray allegedly made “unacceptable” and “inexcusable” insults to her on the “Charlie’s Angels” set. Now four years later, the actor was asked by The Guardian why she decided to speak out about Murray’s conduct […]

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