Richard Chamberlain, the prolific Golden Globe-winning actor who starred in miniseries like Shogun and The Thorn Birds, has died at the age of 90. Chamberlain’s publicist confirmed the actor’s death to Variety, adding that he died Saturday night in in Waimanalo, Hawai’i — where Chamberlain resided since the 1980s — …
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Scott Rudin, the producer who stepped away from his Broadway productions four years ago following allegations of workplace misconduct, is quietly readying his return. According to the New York Times, Rudin reflected on what he called “bone-headed” and “narcissistic” behavior while undergoing “a decent amount of therapy.” “I have a …
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The rich, they are not like you and I — they see the world through the jaundiced lens of extreme privilege, they view everything from retail luxury items to relationships as disposable (and easily replaceable), they think nothing of hunting mythical beasts for sport and/or the key to immortality. Death …
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Andy Kaufman never wanted to feel too far away from his audience. Early in his career, he found that bussing tables at Jerry’s Famous Deli in Los Angeles kept him grounded. But that didn’t mean he didn’t bring his full-time work as a comedian to his part-time job as a …
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Elizabeth Olsen, Richard Gere, and Penélope Cruz are among the A-list actors who’ve signed an open letter criticizing Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences leadership for their response to the alleged assault and arrest of Hamdan Ballal, the Palestinian filmmaker who won an Oscar for co-directing No Other Land, …
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The University of Maryland has enlisted an unlikely speaker for its 2025 commencement ceremony: Kermit the Frog. The Terrapins announced their similarly amphibious selection Wednesday, though the choice has some historical merit: The late Muppets creator Jim Henson was a graduate of the University of Maryland in 1960, majoring in …
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Leonardo DiCaprio is ready to fight with the rebellion — but first must find his daughter. On Thursday, director Paul Thomas Anderson debuted the trailer for One Battle After Another, out Sept. 26, which gives a glimpse of DiCaprio playing a kooky, revolutionary also fighting for his family. The trailer …
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For more than four decades, Park City, Utah, hosted the Sundance Film Festival. But now it’s moving to Boulder. After years of consideration, the Sundance Institute’s Board of Trustees announced Thursday that the Colorado town will host its first Sundance in January 2027. (Next year’s Sundance will take place in …
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A24 has tapped Oscar-winning director Barry Jenkins to direct Be My Baby, the Zendaya-starring biopic of singer Ronnie Spector. The film has been in development since 2020, with Spector originally onboard as an executive producer before her death in 2022. Spector personally selected Zendaya to portray her in the film, …
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When the Marvel Cinematic Universe released its first tentpole film The Avengers in 2012, its success (grossing $1.5 million worldwide) set off a phase of superhero mania — where the least connected of films could get people to fill seats at the mere hint of a new casting or surprise …
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