Officially, Yao Chen was a part of the team judging the 26th Shanghai International Film Festival’s Projects initiative for in-development productions, but the actress-producer freely admits she came to town keen — as ever — to take on as many roles as possible. Yao was also actively seeking out production opportunities for her Bad Rabbit Pictures, …
Simone Ashley is coming to her friend and Bridgerton co-star Nicola Coughlan‘s defense amid recent body-shaming comments. The actress, who plays Kate Bridgerton in the hit Netflix series, recently responded to some of the online criticism Coughlan has received regarding her appearance in season three, which focuses on her character Penelope Featherington’s love story with Colin Bridgerton (Luke …
Jamie Kellner, the charismatic and crafty executive who expanded the broadcast television landscape by helping hatch the Fox and WB networks in 1987 and 1995, respectively, died Friday, The Hollywood Reporter has learned. He was 77. While still riding high atop The WB, Kellner in March 2001 was given additional responsibilities overseeing TBS, TNT and …
If being a Hollywood star consists of having either major box office clout or a few Oscar nominations (and, preferably, at least one win), the great Donald Sutherland never had any of those. Then why, since his death last Thursday at age 88, has he been celebrated the world over as one of the true …
David Henrie is teasing his reunion with Selena Gomez in the Wizards of Waverly Place revival series. The actor spoke with Us Weekly about the upcoming sequel series on Disney+, which follows his character, Justin Russo, as he attempts to live a mortal life with his family. When Alex Russo (Gomez) brings a young, powerful …
The 26th Shanghai International Film Festival came to a glitzy conclusion Saturday as Kazakh film The Divorce, directed by Daniyar Salamat, took home the top Golden Goblet award for best feature at a star-studded closing ceremony in the Chinese commercial capital. A period drama set in the 1920s during the establishment of Soviet authority on the Kazakh steppe, …
Early in the documentary It Was All a Dream, the veteran music journalist and filmmaker dream hampton (stylized in lowercase as an homage to the scholar bell hooks), moseys around the offices of The Source magazine, filming her colleagues. The hip hop periodical was, in its early days, a wellspring for understanding the nascent genre. …
Matthew Lewis is “not in any rush” to return to the Wizarding World amid the Harry Potter TV series currently in development. The actor, who played Neville Longbottom throughout all eight Harry Potter films in the franchise, recently talked with People magazine about the idea of reprising his character for the Max reboot. “The reason I got …
The roles were reversed on the latest episode of Real Time, with Martin Short‘s legendary character Jiminy Glick coming out of retirement to ask Bill Maher the tough questions. Typically, the host will interview his guests one-on-one at the beginning of the show, but on Friday, Maher decided to become the interviewee to talk about …
This week’s TV’s Top 5 podcast represented the 264th episode of The Hollywood Reporter‘s TV podcast and, in all likelihood, the last. Listen to hosts Lesley Goldberg and Daniel Fienberg explain: If this is, indeed, the last TV’s Top 5 episode, here are 5 highlight episodes from the podcast’s five-year run. ‘TV’s Top 5’ Podcast: …