[ As Neil Young once sang, the now shuttered Participant is gone, but not forgotten. Some of Tinseltown’s leading talents like Regina King, George Clooney, Ava DuVernay, Daniel Dae Kim, Martin Sheen, Regina King, Alfonso Cuaron, Matt Damon, Diego Luna and more have joined up with the National Domestic Workers Alliance to express “gratitude and … Read more
[ King Richard — now streaming on Netflix — is a sports-biodrama about Richard Williams, father-coach of tennis super-superstars Venus and Serena Williams. The BOATS movie (Based On A True Story, y’know) was a huge hit when it was released in theaters back in 2021, and won Will Smith his long-coveted Oscar statuette in March … Read more
[ At first, I was shocked by the news that Participant Media was dying. Such an appealing company. Smart. Mindful. Vibrant. Forward-thinking. The producer of intelligent films like Spotlight and Green Book, with a distinctly progressive message. How could this be? Then it finally hit me. Whatever else may have happened—announcing the shutdown, proprietor Jeff … Read more
[ Jimmy Kimmel wasn’t planning to host the Oscars next year. But now he might. The ABC late-night host was responding to comments from former President Donald Trump on Truth Social. Trump said that Kimmel was “made to look like a FOOL, which he is, and at the same time go down in Television History … Read more
[ Hans Zimmer: Hollywood Rebel (Netflix) is a BBC-produced documentary that originally appeared in 2022. Narrated by Lolly Adefope – aka noblewoman Katherine “Kitty” Higham on the original British version of Ghosts – and featuring appearances from filmmakers like Christopher Nolan, Steve McQueen, Ron Howard, Stephen Frears, Barry Levinson, and Gore Verbinski, Hollywood Rebel sketches … Read more
[ Ryan Gosling claims he was hesitant to take on the task of singing as his “Ken” character at the Oscars, initially giving show producers a “100% no” when asked. “There’s a lot of ways that could go wrong,” Gosling told Jimmy Fallon during Thursday’s Tonight Show. The risk of bad reviews had Gosling initially … Read more
[ In the glitz and glamour of Hollywood’s award season lies a darker reality seldom spoken of. Anne Hathaway, a luminary of stage and screen, bravely unveils her post-2013 Oscars struggle. During her interaction with Vanity Fair, Anne shared how one simple Google search unveiled a bitter truth. When Anne searched online – “Why does … Read more
[ Mark Wahlberg wasn’t happy on the set of Martin Scorsese’s The Departed. The actor played Sergeant Dignam in the 2006 drama, opposite the likes of Jack Nicholson, Leonardo DiCaprio, and Matt Damon. Despite the movie’s stellar cast, Wahlberg has revealed he was “pissed about a couple of things” during filming. Speaking on the March … Read more
[ UPDATED with more signatories: Reaction continues to The Zone of Interest director Jonathan Glazer‘s acceptance speech after his film won the Oscar for Best International Feature Film this month. Some 1,215 Jewish show business professionals now have signed a letter denouncing the filmmaker’s speech, in which he decried the “dehumanization” of the October 7 … Read more
[ Jonathan Glazer‘s Oscar acceptance speech after Zone of Interest won the Oscar for Best International Feature Film has drawn condemnation from more than a thousand Hollywood actors, creatives and executives over the past few days, but there are also a few in the entertainment industry who have spoken in support of Glazer and his … Read more
