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Alana Haim and Mamoudou Athie on Bringing 'The Drama' to the Twisted Romance's Other Complicated Couple

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2 days ago

Alana Haim and Mamoudou Athie on Bringing 'The Drama' to the Twisted Romance's Other Complicated Couple

The film 'The Drama' explores complex relationships and secrets among couples and friends leading to a wedding crisis.
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1 week ago

How Ryan Gosling Became This Generation's Tom Hanks

An actor must be engaging and charming to carry a film alone, as seen in Ryan Gosling's performance in Project Hail Mary.
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1 week ago
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How a Dexter' Star Is Singing Her Way Through Spanish Harlem

Luna Lauren Velez maintains her Puerto Rican roots while thriving in Hollywood, known for roles in 'New York Undercover' and 'Dexter'.
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1 week ago
NYC LGBT

How a Dexter' Star Is Singing Her Way Through Spanish Harlem

Luna Lauren Velez maintains her Puerto Rican roots while thriving in Hollywood, known for her roles in 'New York Undercover' and 'Dexter'.
Television
fromVulture
4 days ago

What Dan Bucatinsky Watches (and Listens to) With His Kids

Dan Bucatinsky reflects on his dual role as an actor and father, highlighting the changes in his children's interests over the years.
Film
fromVulture
1 week ago

James Tolkan, Back to the Future's Mr. Strickland, Dead at 94

James Tolkan, known for roles in Top Gun and Back to the Future, has passed away at the age of 94.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
1 week ago

Post your questions for Paul Dano

Paul Dano's acting has received both criticism and praise, showcasing his versatility in various roles across film and television.
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fromAnOther
1 week ago

How Actor Megan Northam Uses Music to Get Into Character

Megan Northam uses music to connect with characters, drawing from personal experiences and emotions during her acting roles.
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fromTasting Table
1 week ago

Marlon Brando Loved This Cereal So Much He Turned It Into An Alter Ego - Tasting Table

Marlon Brando, known for his iconic film roles, had a legendary appetite and humorously nicknamed himself 'Branflakes' after his love for cornflakes.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
1 week ago

Barry Keoghan says online abuse means he doesn't want to go outside' any more

Online abuse about appearance is severely impacting Barry Keoghan's life and career, leading him to avoid public events and consider retreating from acting.
Independent films
fromEsquire
1 week ago

In 'The Madison,' Kevin Zegers Found Himself Again

Kevin Zegers fought for the role of Cade Harris in The Madison, ultimately finding it a perfect fit after overcoming personal struggles.
Music
fromJezebel
3 weeks ago

How I Believe Charli XCX Can EGOT by 2027

Charli XCX is pursuing acting roles across multiple film projects while expressing interest in potentially leaving music, positioning herself for a possible EGOT achievement by 2027.
Film
fromBustle
1 month ago

Michelle Randolph Makes It Hot To Care This Much

Michelle Randolph rose from California modeling to acting, gained prominence in 1923 and Landman, and debuts in the studio film Scream 7.
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fromEsquire
1 month ago

Is Patrick Ball Telling the Most Important Story On 'The Pitt'?

A father's lesson about the freedom to fail shaped Patrick Ball's life and fuels his empathetic portrayal of an addicted doctor seeking redemption.
Film
fromFilmmaker Magazine
1 month ago

"I Feel Like It's Very Sacred, What Happens Between the Camera and You": Samantha Smart, Back To One, Episode 380

Charliebird, written, produced, and led by Samantha Smart, won the 2025 Tribeca top prize and stars Gabriela Ochoa Perez as Charlie.
fromAlternative Medicine Magazine
1 month ago

Morgan Fairchild Film, TV Star and More!

Morgan Fairchild is one of America's best-known actresses. Daytime soap opera fans may remember her in Search for Tomorrow in the mid-70s. Her breakout television performance as Constance Weldon Carlyle in Flamingo Road (Golden Globe Best Actress nomination), was followed by Racine, one of her favorite roles, in Paper Dolls. Ms. Fairchild also starred in long-running television shows including Falcon Crest and Dallas.
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fromBustle
1 month ago

June Squibb On Starring In Broadway's 'Marjorie Prime' & Life At Age 28

Creatives fear AI, but learning to work with it can reveal benefits for storytelling, memory, and aging-related themes.
Television
fromwww.scientificamerican.com
1 month ago

The secret to authentic Russian accents on Heated Rivalry

Dialect coaching balances authentic accent and character believability; coaches may intentionally reduce accent perfection to create a natural, authentic-sounding character voice.
fromVulture
1 month ago

What We Know About Rosalia's Sparkly-Neck-Brace-Wearing Euphoria Character

There was a bridge, which was a surprise to me. There was a connection that I didn't see coming.
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#anthony-hopkins
Television
fromFilmmaker Magazine
1 month ago

"I Want To Be More Honest and More Authentic, Both With Myself and With My Roles": Ben Mehl, Back To One, Episode 378

Ben Mehl pursued acting despite legal blindness from Stargardt disease, performing on screen and stage while teaching and emphasizing truth and trust in his work.
Television
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

I'm loving this era I've been thrust into': Denise Welch on depression, daytime TV and her dramatic renaissance

Denise Welch, at 67, has experienced a career renaissance, gaining acting roles, fashion acclaim, and renewed public attention after long struggles with depression and addiction.
#catherine-ohara
fromFortune
2 months ago
Film

How Catherine O'Hara went from Gilda Radner's understudy to cultural icon with her own language as Moira Rose | Fortune

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2 months ago
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How Catherine O'Hara went from Gilda Radner's understudy to cultural icon with her own language as Moira Rose | Fortune

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fromFilmmaker Magazine
2 months ago

"Knowing Yourself Is a Big Part of Your Package as an Actor": Astrid Rotenberry, Back To One, Episode 377

Astrid Rotenberry plays Catherine Kelly in Netflix's His and Hers; her authentic, affecting performance reflects her focus on trust, childhood influences, and combating self-doubt.
Television
fromIndependent
2 months ago

Tom Vaughan-Lawlor: 'I could never work with my wife - the idea of being mean or cruel to her, I couldn't do it'

Tom Vaughan-Lawlor relies on his wife Claire to coax him into social life and experiences a strong duality between public performance and private introspection.
fromThe New Yorker
2 months ago

Gus Kenworthy Lived an Olympic Version of "Heated Rivalry"

If alpine skiing is about getting down a trail as fast as possible, freestyle skiing is about what you do along the way: flips, twists, and other high-wire shenanigans more typically associated with gymnastics or, in the world of winter sports, snowboarding. The 2014 Olympic Games, in Sochi, were the first to introduce the freestyle discipline of slopestyle, in which competitors make their way down a purpose-built course of rails and jumps, performing tricks as they go.
fromFilmmaker Magazine
2 months ago

"...As Long as You're Telling the Truth": Jordan Lage, Back To One, Episode 376

Jordan Lage is an award-winning actor, writer, director and founding member of the Atlantic Theater Company, which celebrates its 41st anniversary this year. He studied acting at New York University under the tutelage of playwright David Mamet and actor William H. Macy and then taught acting and playwriting at the Atlantic Theater Acting School for nearly 30 years. Best known for his work performing the plays of David Mamet's, he
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fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

Soon after my baby's birth came a bottle of champagne from Alan': readers remember Alan Rickman

Alan Rickman was a gifted actor known for commanding villain roles, dry humor, expressive silences, and a warm, playful off-screen personality.
fromFilmmaker Magazine
2 months ago

"Real True Empowerment Is Your Own Prep": Carolyn Michelle, Back To One, Episode 375

Carolyn Michelle is an actress, producer, educator, and entrepreneur. Her credits include: Brilliant Minds, And Just Like That, The Chi, Russian Doll, House of Cards, and the role of Vanessa, opposite Kathleen Chalfant's Ruth, in Sarah Friedland's celebrated indie film Familiar Touch. On this episode, she talks about her deep roots with that project, and what she told Friedland she needed to bring that character to life.
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fromFortune
2 months ago

Shark Tank's 'Mr. Wonderful' Kevin O'Leary learned the hard way that movie sets don't work like boardrooms on Marty Supreme | Fortune

Kevin O'Leary acted in Marty Supreme, contributed character notes and watch choices, and found film sets are not democratic despite his usual control.
Film
fromFilmmaker Magazine
2 months ago

"Everyone Should Be After Greatness": Kimball Farley, Back To One, Episode 374

Kimball Farley is a versatile rising actor gaining recognition for transformative performances and significant upcoming film projects in 2026.
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

Actor and writer Paterson Joseph: Tilda Swinton asked me a question that changed everything that came next'

Born in Willesden, north-west London, in 1964, Paterson Joseph is an actor and writer. A graduate of Lamda, he worked with the Royal Shakespeare Company before moving into TV and film, with roles including Alan Johnson in Peep Show and Keaty in The Beach. He published his award-winning debut novel, The Secret Diaries of Charles Ignatius Sancho, in 2022. His children's book, Ten Children Who Changed the World, is out now.
Television
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

Miranda Otto: It can be a gift when things go absolutely the wrong way'

Your latest role is Queen of the Cuttlefish, in The Pout-Pout Fish; if you could be a fish for a day, which one would it be and why? The blue groper at Clovelly beach because it's like an institution, and people go there to see it. I just think it's cool that there's a local fish that people actually go and see and talk about it's a special fish.
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fromSlate Magazine
3 months ago

My Favorite Movie Scenes of 2025 Include One That Tarantino Would Hate

Matthew Lillard's brief monologue in The Life of Chuck displays extraordinary emotional range and transforms the film's apocalyptic opening into a showcase of acting.
Film
fromwww.esquire.com
3 months ago

Paul Newman at 100: Private Photos Capture Legendary Career and Family

Paul Newman combined extraordinary acting, philanthropic entrepreneurship, devoted family life, and enduring charitable legacy through Newman's Own and SeriousFun camps.
fromBustle
3 months ago

Exclusive: 'Stranger Things' Star Nell Fisher Recalls First Meeting Sadie Sink

It's obviously important to be able to balance being a normal kid and having a social life outside of this crazy world, while also pursuing what you love,
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fromwww.amny.com
3 months ago

AEW star Hook on wrestling roots, acting passion and rise across two industries amNewYork

Hook honors his father Taz's legacy while forging his own AEW career, aligning with Samoa Joe, pursuing acting, and seeking championship gold.
Film
fromRoger Ebert
3 months ago

The Great Performances of 2025 | Features | Roger Ebert

The selection spotlights standout 2025 film performances across diverse genres, with one-entry-per-film rules producing a selective snapshot of acting excellence.
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fromThe New Yorker
3 months ago

The Best Performances of 2025

Artificial creations provoked debate while flesh-and-blood actors delivered extraordinary, genre-spanning performances amid an industry leaning toward the synthetic.
Television
fromThe New Yorker
3 months ago

Kumail Nanjiani Lets It Out of the Bag

Kumail Nanjiani mourns his 17-year-old cat Bagel while returning to standup with a new Hulu special blending personal loss, anxiety, and career reflections.
fromwww.theguardian.com
3 months ago

Joely Richardson looks back: Natasha's death was life-changing. She was a figurehead to me'

I remember this as a happy day, but my eyes tell a different story. They look a little mistrustful. In my arms is my brother Carlo we have different fathers; his is Italian actor Franco Nero. That day was Carlo's christening, and it was obvious from my hand position that I'm not used to standing like that. Someone's gone: Put your arms out! We're taking a picture of you holding the baby! The whole thing looks awkward.
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fromwww.nytimes.com
3 months ago

The Year's Best Actors on How They Conjure Emotions on Cue

Performing emotions on cue requires intensive preparation, varied techniques, and sustained effort—combining methodical practice, intuition, and practical strategies to generate authentic feeling.
Television
fromFilmmaker Magazine
3 months ago

Podcast interview: Actor Cassandra Freeman

Cassandra Freeman built a versatile acting career across film, television, and stage, grounding her craft in intuition, African performance traditions, and prayer.
fromwww.theguardian.com
3 months ago

Russell Crowe's 20 best roles sorted!

Russell Crowe's hair-raising performance as Hermann Goring in Nuremberg is the latest example of the veteran actor's high-risk, high-reward approach. He has a knack for taking on difficult, baggage-laden roles that could have gone spectacularly badly only to deliver the goods and make you want to stand up and yell bravo! You'll struggle to find many other actors working today with an oeuvre as eclectic, varied and downright impressive as the Wellington-born star's. Here are his 20 greatest performances.
Film
fromKotaku
3 months ago

Fallout TV Ghoul Star Walton Goggins Is Never Playing The Games

Walton Goggins has time to play sexy DILFs on Saturday Night Live and the Grinch in Walmart's Black Friday ad, but not sit down and mess around with VATs in one of the games his hit Fallout TV show is based on. Not only has Goggins never played a Fallout game in the past. He doesn't plan to do so in the future either. I don't blame him, either. It's just really funny how emphatic he is about it.
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fromFilmmaker Magazine
4 months ago

Podcast Actor Interview: Feodor Chin

Feodor Chin sustains a versatile acting career across film, television, theater, gaming, animation, and audiobooks while prioritizing character purpose and voiceover work.
Film
fromIndieWire
4 months ago

'Marty Supreme' Review: Timothee Chalamet's Legendary Performance Anchors an Exhilarating American Epic About the True Cost of Greatness

Timothée Chalamet fuses relentless entrepreneurial self-promotion with committed artistry, making performances feel like persuasive pitches that build his modern movie-star brand.
fromIrish Independent
4 months ago

Irish actress Ruth Codd reveals she has had second leg amputation

Hi guys, so I have some good news and some bad news. Good news, we've had a full circle moment, I'm back making TikTok content in my parents' house, bad news, I can't do it in front of that lovely blue floral wallpaper anymore, due to the fact that, that room is upstairs, and I've just had my second below knee amputation. So unfortunately, those facilities are not available to me at the current moment in time, yes, so lots of unpack there for everyone involved.
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fromIndependent
4 months ago

The eccentricities of Dumbledore actor Michael Gambon from the woman who was his 'earwig'

Acting is like quicksilver. It's difficult to pin down exactly what makes one actor great and another merely good. As a critic, you can run the gamut of the thesaurus and it's still hard to capture a truly great performance with your pen. What, then, of an actor's whole oeuvre? How do you convey their career in a meaningful way, so mercurial is the talent, so ephemeral is the product they leave behind, especially when major parts of their career are on the stage?
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fromBusiness Insider
4 months ago

Morgan Freeman, 88, says a 95-year-old actor inspired the mindset that keeps him from retiring

"There is a saying about old age - 'Keep moving' - and what Clint Eastwood, 95, says: 'Don't let the old man in,'" he said. "The way to do that is to keep getting up in the morning, keep working out in the gym, keep taking your vitamins, keep taking your prescribed meds, and keep moving. Keep moving. That is the secret to it all."
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fromwww.theguardian.com
5 months ago

She called me a silly boy! Lovely lady!' Your treasured memories of Prunella Scales

Prunella Scales combined warmth, generosity, distinctive comic talent and vocal versatility, leaving personal and professional impressions through kindness, memorable performances, and remarkable vocal characterizations.
Television
fromwww.theguardian.com
5 months ago

Shobna Gulati: If I could choose to bring something extinct back to life? A 1970s disco'

Shobna Gulati is a British actress and author known for stage and screen roles, caregiving for her mother, and candid personal reflections.
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5 months ago

Jemima Kirke: How could a Jew be in support of this kind of murder in Gaza when our identity has been defined by the Holocaust?'

Jemima Kirke is a magnetic, rule-defying actress who cultivated a mystique, rose to fame in Girls, and embraces villainous roles with an art-and-fashion background.
Film
fromKqed
5 months ago

Tessa Thompson Is in Deliciously Malicious Form in 'Hedda'

A 1950s-set Hedda Gabler adaptation recasts the scheming heroine as a brilliant, bored manipulator whose actions drive a tense, elegantly staged social drama.
Film
fromVulture
5 months ago

Angry Jennifer Lawrence Is Back

Jennifer Lawrence delivers a vitriolic, enthralling, chaotic performance as Grace in Die My Love, culminating in a raw domestic meltdown.
#diane-keaton
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fromTODAY.com
6 months ago

Molly Ringwald and Daughter Mathilda Make Rare Public Appearance Together

Molly Ringwald and her daughter Mathilda Gianopoulos attended a New York City premiere together in coordinated white satin outfits, highlighting Mathilda's emerging acting career.
fromThe New Yorker
6 months ago

"The Smashing Machine" Pulls Its Punches

The Smashing Machine, which Safdie both wrote and directed, portrays Mark (the character, as distinguished from the real-life Kerr) from the time of his first bout in the Ultimate Fighting Championship, in 1997, to 2000. The period begins with victories and growing fame-though his achievements are shadowed and threatened by substance-abuse issues and conflict with his girlfriend, Dawn Staples (Emily Blunt)-and peters out with his climactic defeat in a big-money tournament that owes its high financial stakes to his earlier success.
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fromConsequence
6 months ago

FKA twigs Announces New Album EUSEXUA Afterglow, Shares "Cheap Hotel"

With EUSEXUA explained as "a love letter to the techno rave scene and how it can initiate change within," this new album "expands on the feelings that come after experiencing EUSEXUA, transmuting them into a soundtrack for the hours after the rave and extending that high into the afters," according to a press release. " Afterglow is a record steeped in the reverence of techno, but the beats now are fractured and derelict, and playful most importantly.
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fromIndependent
6 months ago

Mary Kenny: The Brenda Fricker I knew was a seemingly happy schoolgirl, but sadly, that was not her reality

It's possible, maybe probable, that the harrowing events of her life helped the Oscar winner become such a great actress I was at school with Brenda Fricker - we were in the same class at Loreto, St Stephen's Green - and I remember her as a sweet-natured young girl with a halo of golden curls. She was, in my recollection, favoured by the nuns as she always won prizes at feiseanna, and shone at drama and elocution.
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fromVulture
6 months ago

'I Look in the Camera. And I Hump My Ass Off.'

Fame permeates life, but presence exists only at home and before the camera, where the camera both masks and prompts an actor's need for openness.
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fromFilmmaker Magazine
6 months ago

Josh Pais on "Lose Your Mind: The Path to Creative Invincibility"

Committing to embodied presence frees performers and creators from overthinking, enabling spontaneous creativity and confidence through a four-step system and breath-based practices.
Television
fromwww.esquire.com
6 months ago

Sabrina Impacciatore on The Paper Season 2, Esmeralda's Origins, and a White Lotus Return

Sabrina Impacciatore transitioned from Italian film to acclaimed American TV, earning an Emmy nomination and starring as a scene-stealing lead in Peacock's The Paper.
Video games
fromGameSpot
6 months ago

GTA 6 Makes This GTA Actor "Feel Absolutely Nothing," Suggests Reading Instead

Steven Ogg, who voiced Trevor in GTA 5, has never played video games and expresses no excitement for GTA 6.
Humor
fromwww.theguardian.com
6 months ago

Stephen K Amos: My toes are hideous. And they're attached to the spindliest legs you've ever seen'

Comedian Stephen K Amos combines a successful standup and acting career with frank views on admiration, impatience, inequality, and personal quirks.
Television
fromwww.theguardian.com
6 months ago

Directors would be like: this is the Asian part': Slow Horses' Christopher Chung on battling to become a leading man

Christopher Chung relishes playing Roddy Ho in Slow Horses, embracing the hacker's abrasive, uncensored persona while finding some traits personally relatable.
#robert-redford
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fromTODAY.com
6 months ago

Mark Ruffalo's Son Shares the Best Advice He Got From His Dad

Keen Ruffalo followed Mark Ruffalo's advice to stay consistent and persistent in acting, leading to roles and the premiere of New Year's Rev.
#directing
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fromIndependent
6 months ago

Slow Horses star Ruth Bradley: 'I see it as a compliment if I'm not recognised, it's what I'm looking for'

Ruth Bradley prefers privacy and embraces challenging roles across diverse television projects such as Love/Hate, Ted Lasso, and Slow Horses.
fromBusiness Insider
6 months ago

I left investment banking in New York to chase my dream in China. Here, it feels doable.

After graduation, I applied for jobs in New York and got hired as an investment banking analyst. When I asked my boss if I could take one acting class a week, she told me I wasn't committed enough. Another time, as Hurricane Sandy approached and courier services were suspended, she insisted I hand-deliver a contract across the city. The group head ultimately suggested we fax it instead, sparing me the trip through the storm.
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fromBustle
6 months ago

Gigi Hadid Reveals She Auditioned To Play This Disney Princess

Gigi Hadid auditioned for Disney's live-action Tangled as Rapunzel, took singing lessons, and is pursuing acting influenced by boyfriend Bradley Cooper.
fromalternativemedicine.com
6 months ago

Dee Wallace: Still exploring friendship, family and courage

Dee Wallace began her acting career on television appearing in episodes of The Streets of San Francisco, Starsky & Hutch, and Police Woman, before appearing in the box-office horror hit film The Hills Have Eyes (1977). In 1981, she played a leading role in the horror film The Howling opposite her husband Christopher Stone. They later starred together in Cujo (1983) based on Stephen Kings 1981 novel of the same name.
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fromBusiness Matters
6 months ago

How Bobbie Mangini Balances Hollywood Dreams and Community Work

Bobbie Mangini is an actress, model, and community leader who overcame a nontraditional career, raised two children as a single mother, and emphasizes service.
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fromwww.mediaite.com
7 months ago

Woody Allen Praises Trump After Directing Him in 1998 Film: Real Flair for Show Business'

Woody Allen praised Donald Trump's acting and on-set demeanor but disagreed with most of his political agenda and voted for Kamala Harris in 2024.
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fromBusiness Insider
7 months ago

'Grey's Anatomy' actor Camilla Luddington says there are days she's better at work than at being a mom

Perfect balance between demanding work and parenting is unattainable; focusing on doing the best role-by-day and embracing flexibility reduces pressure and brings relief.
Film
fromVulture
7 months ago

A History of Austin Butler's Transformations

Austin Butler undergoes extreme physical transformations for his roles, often involving intense training and drastic dietary changes.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
7 months ago

Michael Sheen says prospects for actors from poorer backgrounds quite scary'

The pathways for aspiring actors from poorer communities have largely collapsed, making it difficult to break into the industry.
Film
fromTODAY.com
7 months ago

Philip Seymour Hoffman's Son Cooper Opens Up About Wishing for His Dad's Advice

Cooper Hoffman expresses a longing for his late father, Philip Seymour Hoffman, seeking his advice as he begins his acting career.
Women
fromTODAY.com
7 months ago

Michelle Williams Reveals She Welcomed 4th Child via Surrogate

Michelle Williams balances her acting career and family life, expressing the challenges of motherhood and self-care.
Film
fromRoger Ebert
7 months ago

One Final Look: Terence Stamp (1938-2025) | Tributes | Roger Ebert

Terence Stamp's portrayal in 'The Limey' showcases his ability to blend personal tragedy with understated emotion.
National Football League
fromESPN.com
7 months ago

Dan Campbell recruits C.J. Stroud, Ashton Jeanty to Team Applebee's

Dan Campbell participated in new Applebee's commercials, showcasing his acting alongside young NFL stars C.J. Stroud and Ashton Jeanty.
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