Now a legend in his own right, Judd Hirsch wasn’t an expected choice to star in a Best Picture winner in 1980. But he was tapped to play Dr. Tyrone Berger in the directorial debut of the biggest movie star in the world. Robert Redford’s Ordinary People, the story of …
Read More »'The Summer I Turned Pretty' Finale Is Going to Be a Movie
We’ll always have summer — and now we get even more of it. Amazon Prime Video has officially announced a feature film for the finale of The Summer I Turned Pretty. The news comes as the series wrapped its third and final season today, and it was announced at the …
Read More »'Jimmy Kimmel Live!' Pulled 'Indefinitely' by ABC Over Charlie Kirk Comments
Jimmy Kimmel is the latest late-night host to be pulled from a major network after the comedian made remarks about the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, amid pressure from Donald Trump’s administration. “Jimmy Kimmel Live! will be preempted indefinitely,” an ABC spokesperson told Rolling Stone today. The spokesperson did …
Read More »'One of the Finest Actors Ever': Barbra Streisand Remembers Robert Redford
Barbra Streisand said working with Robert Redford on the 1973 romance The Way We Were was “exciting, intense, and pure joy” in a tribute to the late actor. Like the characters they played in Sydney Pollack’s film, Streisand said she and Redford were “such opposites.” Though rather than being divided …
Read More »Woody Harrelson Remembers 'Legendary' Robert Redford: 'Champion of Indie Films'
As a kid, Woody Harrelson says that Robert Redford, along with “his buddy Paul Newman,” would make him say, “That’s what I want to do.” Following the death of Redford at his Utah home Tuesday morning, tributes from across Hollywood have poured in, celebrating his work as an Oscar-winning actor, …
Read More »Claire Danes in 'The Beast in Me' Trailer Turns a Johnny Cash Lyric on Its Head
“We are, all of us, drawn to monsters,” declares Claire Danes to start the The Beast in Me teaser, which dropped Monday. “We flirt with death to prove we’re truly alive.” The creepy 40-second teaser captures Danes as Aggie Wiggs and Matthew Rhys as Nile Jarvis in a montage of …
Read More »Jamie Lee Curtis Mourns Charlie Kirk Despite Disagreeing With Him 'On Almost Every Point'
Jamie Lee Curtis got emotional on Marc Maron‘s WTF podcast as she reflected on the death of right-wing activist Charlie Kirk. “I’m going to bring something up with you just because it’s front of mind,” Curtis told Maron on an episode that dropped Monday. “Charlie Crist was killed two days …
Read More »John Oliver Kept His Emmys Speech Short 'To Cost Nate Bargatze Money'
John Oliver stopped by Jimmy Kimmel Live on Monday after winning two Emmys for Last Week Tonight, and he took the opportunity to reflect on being forced to keep his acceptance speech short. Oliver recounted how he managed to thank everyone in only 19 seconds after the Emmys host, Nate …
Read More »Robert Redford, Oscar-Winning Actor and Director, Dead at 89
Robert Redford, an Oscar-winning actor and director whose passion for activism led to the formation of the Sundance Institute and its formidable film festival, died this morning at his Utah home. He was 89. Redford’s publicist, Cindi Berger, confirmed his death to Rolling Stone, but did not specify a cause. …
Read More »Eric Dane Calls for Accelerating ALS Research After Missing 'Grey's Anatomy' Reunion at Emmys
Actor Eric Dane is backing a new campaign to accelerate research into finding a cure for ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis). “There’s so much more to learn, more to do, and we have to do it now,” said the actor, who revealed his own ALS diagnosis earlier this year. On Monday, …
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