Ridley Scott’s “Gladiator II” is full of a memorable action scenes, from a bloody showdown featuring CGI baboons to Paul Mescal outsmarting a charging rhino in the Roman Colosseum. But one sequence that is sure to leave audiences with the most questions is a rather insane set piece in which the Colosseum is filled with […]

Josh Brolin appeared on the “In Depth With Graham Bensinger” podcast to promote his new memoir, “From Under the Truck,” and remembered a tense moment on the set of Ridley Scott’s “American Gangster” in which he nearly fought co-star Denzel Washington. Brolin played a detective in the 2007 crime drama, while Washington headlined the movie […]

Cher did not hold back during an interview with The Times while promoting her new memoir, “Cher: The Memoir Part 1.” The icon was reflecting on her Oscar-winning movie career when she revealed: “There are only two directors I didn’t like: Peter Bogdanovich and the guy from ‘The Muppets.'” She worked with the former on 1985’s […]

Miley Cyrus scored her 12th top 10 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 with “Used to Be Young,” which was released in August 2023 as part of the digital reissue of her eighth studio album “Endless Summer Vacation.” The song finds Cyrus looking back at her youth as she sings: “You tell me time has […]

Lindsay Lohan appeared on Bravo’s “Watch What Happens Live” as part of her press tour for the upcoming Netflix holiday movie “Our Little Secret” and earned big applause when she revealed how she playfully fired back at the CEO of Disney while attending the world premiere of “The Parent Trap” in 1998. Lohan was just […]

Matthew McConaughey recently told Australian tennis player Nick Kyrgios on the latter’s “Good Trouble” podcast that he abandoned Hollywood and moved his family to Texas when the industry refused to let him branch out of romantic comedies. The Oscar winner was a titan of the genre at the time, with films like “The Wedding Planner,” […]

Denzel Washington revealed to Esquire magazine as part of a recent cover story that he is 10 years sober. He cut off alcohol at 60 years old after a 15-year drinking pattern that started in the late 1990s. Washington said he never got “strung out” on alcohol but was more or less drinking daily for […]

Ryan Reynolds and Shawn Levy revealed on the “Deadpool & Wolverine” director’s commentary (via Games Radar) that the film’s ending changed thanks to a note from Blake Lively and less than two days of reshoots. Lively appeared in the movie as the voice of Lady Deadpool. Reynolds and Lively have been married since 2012 and […]

Denzel Washington revealed to Esquire magazine as part of a new cover story that he got bitter after losing the best actor Oscar to Kevin Spacey in 2000. Washington was already a three-time Oscar nominee and one-time winner when his performance as Rubin Carter in “The Hurriance” landed him in the Oscar for best actor […]

Conan O’Brien revealed to Eric Idle on a recent episode of the “Conan O’Brien Needs a Friend” podcast (via Entertainment Weekly) that Robin Williams cold called him after NBC fired him as host of “The Tonight Show.” O’Brien took over the late night show from Jay Leno in 2009, but he was infamously fired after […]

“The View” co-host Sunny Hostin is speaking out against Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski’s decision to meet with President-elect Donald Trump ahead of his return to the White House. The “Morning Joe” co-anchors visited Trump and members of his team at Mar-a-Lago on Friday, Nov. 15. It was the first time in seven years that […]

Rebecca Hall said in an interview with The Observer that she does not regret working with Woody Allen despite apologizing once for starring in “A Rainy Day in New York.” Hall has made two movies with Allen: “Vicky Cristina Barcelona” and “Rainy Day,” the latter of which she only filmed on for one day. Hall […]

Ben Affleck is not worried about AI taking over Hollywood. Speaking to “Squawk on the Street” co-anchor David Faber during a recent interview at this month’s 2024 CNBC Delivering Alpha investor summit, Affleck declared that “movies will be one of the last things, if everything gets replaced, to be replaced by AI.” “AI can write […]

Judy Garland’s daughter Lorna Luft has joined the chorus of moviegoers raving about “Wicked” ahead of the musical’s theatrical release. Luft’s mother, of course, is an icon of cinema having played Dorothy Gale in 1939’s “The Wizard of Oz.” “Wicked” serves as a musical prequel to that story, with some of the events of “The […]

David Joyner might not be the most recognizable name to television fans, but his work as the actor inside the suit of Barney certainly is. Joyner played the benevolent purple dinosaur on “Barney & Friends” for a decade from 1991 to 2001. On a recent episode of the “Generation Barney” podcast (via Entertainment Weekly), he […]

Eva Longoria decided to leave the U.S. amid the COVID pandemic, and she has no plans of returning now that Donald Trump has been elected to serve a second term as president. She told Marie Clarie for its November cover story that she splits time between homes in Spain and Mexico; the globalization of entertainment […]

T.J. Miller is reversing course on Ryan Reynolds and expressing interest in returning to the “Deadpool” film franchise. Speaking on SiriusXM’s “The Bonfire” (via Entertainment Weekly), Miller revealed that he recently chatted with his former co-star. Two years ago, Miller said on the “The Adam Carolla Show” that he didn’t think Reynolds liked him and […]

Denzel Washington revealed in a video interview with Gayety that he kissed a man on the lips while filming “Gladiator II,” but the scene was cut out from the theatrical cut of the long-awaited sequel. The Oscar winner stars in Ridley Scott’s film as Macrinus, a wealthy powerbroker in Rome who keeps a stable of […]

Dwayne Johnson said a screening of “Oppenheimer” in Imax inspired him to make sure his new Christmas action movie, “Red One,” would be able to play in the premium large format. Johnson sat in the same Imax screening room that Christopher Nolan uses to screen his movies and was blown away by “Oppenheimer.” Naturally, Johnson […]