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Craig Thomas, the co-creator of "How I Met Your Mother" is now a novelist. His debut book, "That's Not How It Happened," releases Nov. 4 from Hanover Square Press. Told from four different p…
Diane Ladd " the three-time Oscar-nominated character actress beloved for roles in "Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore," "Wild at Heart" and HBO's "Enlightened" died yesterday at 89. In the wak…
One of my first assignments when I started working in entertainment journalism at the now-defunct movie magazine Premiere was to interview Nathan Lane for "The Birdcage." It was for a sectio…
Seth Meyers has fired back at Donald Trump after the president called him "the least talented person to 'perform' live in the history of television" on Truth Social. Trump went on about how …
Charlie Plummer, Stephen Graham, Toni Collette, Isabela Merced, Maisy Stella and Sir Anthony Hopkins will star in "Ibelin," the story of a man with a degenerative muscular disease who enjoye…
Netflix has dropped the first trailer for "A Man on the Inside" Season 2. In the trailer, Charles Nieuwendyk (Ted Danson) is yearning for a juicy new P.I. case when he is called to investiga…
IATSE is mourning James "Trapper" McEvoy, a crew member who was killed during production in Louisiana. In a statement to Variety, IATSE said, "Today we grieve the loss of one of our fellow m…
International sales company Lucky Number has boarded "Any Other Night," Dutch filmmaker Michiel ten Horn ("Fabula")'s English-language debut starring Tatiana Maslany ("Orphan Black") and Mar…
Janus Films has acquired all U.S. rights to "Carol & Joy," a vérité documentary short featuring Oscar-nominated actress Carol Kane and her 98-year-old mother, Joy. The film "Â direct…
Ariana Grande has been forced to cancel her trip to Brazil for the world premiere of Jon M. Chu's anticipated musical fantasy sequel "Wicked For Good" in São Paulo after a last-minute air…
A cross-border collaboration between Taiwanese and Singaporean producers has brought a provocative crime thriller to Taiwan Creative Content Fest (TCCF), exploring the tension between scient…
"Baahubali" star Rana Daggubati's Spirit Media is making a leap into Hindi-language cinema with an adaptation of Booker winner Aravind Adiga's acclaimed novel "Last Man in Tower," starring M…
Jonathan Bailey has been named People's Sexiest Man Alive for 2025. The selection was unveiled Monday night on "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon." "It's an honor of a lifetime," Bailey…
Laura Dern loved her mother, and that was evident anytime she had a chance to talk about it. In a conversation recorded just two weeks before her mother Diane Ladd's death on Monday, the Osc…
Cole Escola has joined the cast of Netflix's "One Piece" for Season 3. They will play Bon Clay in the show, which is a live-action adaptation of the manga series of the same name. The offici…
Reese Witherspoon appeared on the "Armchair Expert" podcast and spoke candidly about not appearing on "SNL" for nearly 15 years after she made her hosting debut on the show's first episode a…
UTA has signed British singer-songwriter, actress and entrepreneur Rita Ora for global representation in all areas. "Rita is a brilliant multi-hyphenate whose talent and influence extend far…
French producer Philippe Martin, whose Paris-based banner Les Films Pelleas last walked the Oscars trail in 2024 with Justine Triet's "Anatomy of a Fall," has landed at the center of the nex…
Diane Ladd, a three-time Oscar-nominated actress for her roles in "Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore," "Wild at Heart" and "Rambling Rose," died Monday morning at her residence in Ojai, Calif,…
Paramount didn't want to keep Stephen Colbert at CBS, but the company has signed Jon Stewart for another year of hosting "The Daily Show" once per week on Comedy Central. Stewart will contin…
Late political activist Assata Shakur is set to be the subject of a documentary feature and a scripted project by filmmakers Giselle and Stephen Bailey (HBO's "Seen & Heard: The History …
SPOILER ALERT:Â This story discusses major plot points and reveals the ending for "Bugonia," currently playing in theaters. Yorgos Lanthimos and his go-to composer, Jerskin Fendrix, began …
Diana Silvers is right where she's supposed to be. The 27-year-old actress and model " who you may recognize from films like "Booksmart" and "Ma" or high-profile campaigns for Celine and Pra…
For the monologue of his second stint as a guest host of "Saturday Night Live," actor Miles Teller told an endearing anecdote. As children, he and his sisters would dress up as iconic charac…
Newcomer Mae Schenk is readying to check into the Plaza hotel. She'll star in the live action "Eloise" film, based on the beloved children's book about a mischievous young girl who lives on …