Gwyneth Paltrow in Titanic? Tom Hanks in Jerry Maguire? Find out which stars almost played some of the most iconic roles in film and TV! Credit: 20th Century-Fox/Getty Images; Stefanie Keenan/Getty Images (inset) Matthew McConaughey: Jack Dawson in ‘Titanic’ The actor revealed in November 2018 that he auditioned for the role, which eventually went to Leonardo DiCaprio. “I wanted that,” he […]
Read moreAcademy Award winner Allison Janney has signed on to star in Lou, a dramatic thriller from J.J. Abrams’ Bad Robot production banner. Anna Foerster, known for her work on TV’s Outlanderand Jessica Jones, is helming the project, which will be produced by Abrams and Braden Aftergood (Hell or High Water). The script, by Maggie Cohn with revision by […]
Read moreHow’s this for an unlikely pairing: TBS has ordered a pilot for an unscripted series starring Shaquille O’Neal and Ken Jeong where the duo will take on odd jobs. Summoned to their temporary employment by unsuspecting people via a digital portal, “Unqualified” (working title) will follow the antics of Shaq and Jeong as they try their hands […]
Read moreAs expected, the Spice Girls have reunited, without Posh Spice, for a 2019 UK stadium tour. The Spice Girls – Ginger Spice, Baby Spice, Sporty Spice and Scary Spice – officially announced their six-date trek with a video posted on social media Monday. Singer Jess Glynne will serve as special guest on the now-quartet’s tour, which kicks […]
Read moreNicole Kidman has worked hard to get to where she is in her life and in her career, and the celebrated actress is hoping to set an example for her children. ET’s Nischelle Turner spoke with the Oscar winner on the red carpet at this year’s Hollywood Film Awards on Sunday — where she was honored with Career Achievement Award — […]
Read more‘A Star is Born’ producer Bill Gerber joins Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter to share how the lead roles went from Beyonce and Clint Eastwood to Lady Gaga and director Bradley Cooper. Video From: HollywoodReporter
Read moreThe world of film lovers is still reeling over the announcement that their beloved FilmStruck will shut down permanently on November 29. Naturally, with their grief comes a desire to get as much out of the streaming service as possible before it becomes a footnote in digital history. The home of the Criterion Collection and TCM Movies, […]
Read moreWhere do you go after you’ve been at the top and fallen to the depths? Megyn Kelly, just fired from NBC’s “Today” show, is probably asking herself that question now – and finding that her options are limited despite the explosive expansion of the media world she inhabits. “She’s an anchorwoman-without-portfolio and without a home – she’s stateless now,” says Mark Feldstein, a broadcast […]
Read moreDemi Lovato has been steadily recovering after her overdose in July, and both her mom and her sister have talked about how she is working hard on her sobriety and doing well. Now, it seems as though Demi might have finished her time in rehab, as TMZ reports that she was seen going out to a sushi dinner […]
Read moreSPOILER ALERT “There is more story to tell and we’ll be telling it.” Those are the words of The Walking Dead chief content officer Scott M. Gimple, who tells The Hollywood Reporter that leading man Andrew Lincoln — following his departure Sunday fromthe flagship series — will reprise his iconic role as Rick Grimes in a series of three big-budget, feature-length […]
Read moreHulu has given a series order to the comedy “Dollface” starring Kat Dennings. The streamer has given the series a 10-episode order. It follows a young woman (Dennings) who, after being dumped by her longtime boyfriend, must deal with her own imagination in order to literally and metaphorically re-enter the world of women, and rekindle the female […]
Read moreThe fall TV season has officially arrived, and here are Vulture’s picks for the best TV shows of 2018 so far. We’ve continually updated this list from January to October on a monthly basis, both as a service to readers and also to help us keep our TV clutter properly organized. (The shows that don’t “spark joy,” […]
Read moreFirst, it was a book. Then a hit movie. Then it became a Broadway musical. And now, the musical version is going to be adapted for film. The Color Purple, the Alice Walker novel turned into a Steven Spielberg drama and later into a Broadway musical, is heading back to the big screen. Warner Bros. […]
Read moreIn the Nov. 3 Saturday Night Live cold open, Kate McKinnon reprised her impression of Fox News host Laura Ingraham to discuss the migrant caravan, perpetuating what Seth Meyers dubbed Trump’s “scaremongering” about the refugees. “All of a sudden, the term nationalist is bad,” McKinnon’s Ingraham lamented. “The word white is bad. The phrase white nationalist is bad.” Her […]
Read moreFirst son Donald Trump Jr. took a swipe at Alec Baldwin over allegations that the actor punched a man in a Friday dustupover a parking space. “I guess Don Lemon was referring to Alec Baldwin when he said white men are the biggest terror threat,” Trump wrote on Twitter, referring to the CNN host’s on-air comment from […]
Read more“The View” is adding Republican strategist Ana Navarro as a guest co-host one day a week, Variety has learned. Navarro will fill in on “The View” every Friday, rounding out the Season 22 panel with Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, Meghan McCain, Sunny Hostin, and Abby Huntsman. Goldberg takes Fridays off as the moderator, which is why the show needs […]
Read moreStephan James knows what it’s like to be inside a Barry Jenkins close-up, but he’s struggling to find the words to describe it. “Just think about having to emote all these things in front of a glass wall,” he says over Sunday brunch at a bright hotel restaurant in Santa Monica, the light bouncing off […]
Read moreRussia blamed bureaucracy rather than censorship for a decision to halt the release of a Hollywood movie that tells the fictional story of U.S. troops rescuing a Russian president from a Kremlin coup. The thriller “Hunter Killer” was due to hit screens in Russia on Nov. 1, but the release was pulled, prompting allegations from […]
Read moreDespite their differences, Jane Fonda says she wanted Megyn Kelly to succeed. The Grace and Frankie star spoke to ET at Thursday night’s Women’s Media Center Awards in New York City, where she was asked about the recent cancellation of Megyn Kelly Today, following the intense backlash to her on-air defense of blackface in Halloween costumes. “I feel badly, because, you know, I wanted […]
Read moreActor Alec Baldwin was arrested Friday afternoon after an altercation about a parking spot. It happened on East 10th Street near Union Square West in Greenwich Village. Baldwin was in police custody Friday afternoon after the incident. Police say Baldwin was backing into an open parking spot when a man in a different car came in from […]
Read moreJulia Roberts is in a TV show. That’s a big deal. She knows it’s a big deal, that megawatt smile of hers, that Oscar-winning charisma of hers, that indelible laugh of hers, all on TV—though, to be fair, there is not much laughter in her new Amazon series, Homecoming, which is available for bingeing starting Friday. That huge, […]
Read moreTurn to movies and art for a mental reset during these trying political times. Here are seven picks to remind you that unity and shared values still exist. No one should bury their head in the sand about the reality of our politics, culture, and media. But we also shouldn’t ignore our past trials and […]
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