The six comedians who gathered for The Hollywood Reporter’s first-ever Stand-Up Emmy Roundtable had plenty to catch up on, from their early days on the circuit to their complicated impulses to make comedy out of tragedy. Perhaps fittingly, they also had little trouble taking playful jabs at each other. The group — Mike Birbiglia, Alex …
Joyful? Ecstatic? Elated? Take your pick. Pixar’s Inside Out 2 is on fire at the global box office, where it grossed a record-shattering $100 million domestically and $164.4 million overseas in its second weekend to finish Sunday with $724.4 million in ticket sales to become the top-grossing film of the year after racing past Dune: …
Jodie Foster is opening up about her filmmaking process and why she never fully “fell in love” with the acting side of the industry. During a recent conversation with Jodie Comer for Interview magazine, the Oscar winner admitted she’s “not naturally an actor.” “I just got stuck in it when I was three,” she explained. …
While the Toronto International Film Festival was making headlines this week for its most immediate plans, the event’s CEO Cameron Bailey was 7,000 miles away and looking a little bit further into the future. This year’s TIFF has announced the first batch of highlights for its September 5-15 edition, including world premieres for the documentary …
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, …