‘The Inspection’ Star Gabrielle Union on Her Game-Changing Performance: “I’m Being Treated as an...
When Gabrielle Union realized she could take on a role like she does in A24’s The Inspection, playing the homophobic mother of a gay Marine, she felt “cheated,” she says. “I spent so much...
‘All Quiet On The Western Front’ Director Edward Berger On Recreating The Hell of...
Edward Berger caused a splash in 2015 with the sleeper-hit TV series Deutschland ’83, a slow-build spy drama set in the deep freeze of the cold war. This year he went even further back...
James J. Murakami Dies: Emmy-Winning Art Director, Lifetime Achievement Honoree Was 91
James J. Murakami, an art director, production designer and set designer on numerous film and television projects, died Dec. 15 at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles. He was 91 and suffered...
How ‘The Fabelmans’ Star Gabriel LaBelle Perfected Spielberg’s Smile
Gabriel LaBelle isn’t your typical awards-season breakout. Plenty of young actors have been the centerpiece of Oscar vehicles, including ones directed by Steven Spielberg — but who else can say they actually played Spielberg?
The...
Feinberg Forecast: The Post-Shortlists Oscars Landscape
PLEASE NOTE: This forecast, assembled by The Hollywood Reporter’s executive editor of awards Scott Feinberg, reflects his best attempt to predict the behavior of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, not his...
‘Awards Chatter’ Podcast — James Gray (‘Armageddon Time’)
James Gray, the guest on this episode of The Hollywood Reporter’s Awards Chatter podcast, is a New York-born, L.A.-based filmmaker who has been described by the Los Angeles Times as “a director who has,...
How ‘Armageddon Time’ Star Anne Hathaway Prepared to Play Director James Gray’s Mother in...
Anne Hathaway knew James Gray’s script for his semi-autobiographical film Armageddon Time, in which she plays a version of the director’s own mother, was special. But it was five specific words that really sold...
The Pinstripe Pirate: How ‘Living’ Star Bill Nighy Overcame His Karaoke Nightmare And Became...
After some 50 years in the business, Bill Nighy is used to people getting his surname wrong. It actually rhymes with ‘sigh’: the ‘y’ is silent. “My dad was very particular about it,” he...
‘Awards Chatter’ Podcast — Emma Thompson (‘Good Luck to You, Leo Grande’)
Emma Thompson, the guest on this episode of The Hollywood Reporter’s Awards Chatter podcast, is a British actress and screenwriter who is the only person who has ever won Academy Awards for both acting...
Mark Hansson, Valdez Flagg to Receive Special Honors at 75th DGA Awards
The Directors Guild of America announced on Thursday the recipients of two of the guild’s top honors at the 75th annual DGA Awards.
First assistant director Mark Hansson will receive the 2023 Frank Capra achievement award,...