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April 9, 2026
Steven Spielberg Worked on ‘Interstellar’ for One Year and Says ‘I Became Fascinated With It’ Before Dropping Out: ‘It Was a Much Better Movie in Nolan’s Hands’
Steven Spielberg revealed to Empire magazine (via Total Film) on his “Disclosure Day” press tour that he was attached to direct “Interstellar” for only a year before dropping out and being replaced...
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April 9, 2026
Lisa Kudrow Had to Return to Work 10 Days After Giving Birth and Got No Maternity Leave in the 1990s: ‘It’s Insane. I Would Never Do It Now’
Lisa Kudrow recently appeared on “CBS Sunday Morning” to promote the latest season of her HBO comedy series “The Comeback” and reflected on how much Hollywood has changed since the 1990s. She summe...
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April 9, 2026
Michael J. Fox Speaks Out After CNN Sparks Death Scare: ‘How Do You React When You Turn on the TV and CNN Is Reporting Your Death?’
Michael J. Fox is alive and well, the “Back to the Future” icon assured fans on Threads after CNN sparked a death scare by releasing a video on its content platforms titled “Remembering the life of...
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April 9, 2026
Can Adam Driver’s Axed ‘Star Wars’ Movie ‘The Hunt For Ben Solo’ Be Revived Under New Disney CEO? Soderbergh Says ‘Nope’: ‘If It Was Gonna Happen, It Would’ve’
Stephen Soderbergh has no intention of reviving “The Hunt for Ben Solo” under Disney’s new leadership. During an interview with “The Playlist” on the press tour for his latest directorial effort, “...
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April 8, 2026
‘The Pitt’ Actor Patrick Ball Cries While Revealing Show Got Him Out of $80,000 Worth of Debt: ‘I Thought I Was Gonna Die With It’
“The Pitt” actor Patrick Ball broke down in tears while speaking to Cultured magazine and revealed how the Emmy-winning HBO Max medical series helped him get out $80,000 worth of student loan debt....
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April 7, 2026
Mark Hamill Supports New ‘Star Wars’ Boss After Kathleen Kennedy’s Exit and ‘Last Jedi’ Issues: ‘I Can’t Think of Better Hands’ Than Dave Filoni
Mark Hamill is giving the new leadership at Lucasfilm an enthusiastic endorsement. Speaking to USA Today, the Luke Skywalker actor said he “can’t think of better hands” for “Star Wars” to be in tha...
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April 7, 2026
Meryl Streep Calls Out Melania Trump Fashion and the ‘Destabilizing’ of Women in Power: ‘They Have to Bare Arms on TV While Men Are Covered in a Suit’
Meryl Streep graces the cover of Vogue magazine alongside Anna Wintour ahead of the release of “The Devil Wears Prada 2,” which finds Streep reprising her Oscar-nominated role of fashion magazine b...
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April 6, 2026
Halle Bailey Says Racist ‘Little Mermaid’ Backlash ‘Taught Me How to Block Out the Noise’
Three years after the release of Disney’s live-action “The Little Mermaid,” Halle Bailey is looking back at the experience of playing Ariel and how she ultimately felt freed by the discourse that e...
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April 6, 2026
Steven Spielberg Says Denis Villeneuve’s ‘Dune’ Films Are ‘Among My Favorite Science-Fiction Movies of All Time’ and ‘I Can’t Wait to See the Third’
Steven Spielberg is returning to the science-fiction genre with this summer’s “Disclosure Day,” and he’s starting his press tour by singling out another sci-fi franchise for praise. Gracing the cov...
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April 6, 2026
Savannah Guthrie Returns to ‘Today’ Anchor Desk Amid Mom’s Disappearance and Says ‘It’s Good to Be Home’: ‘Ready or Not, Let’s Do the News’
Savannah Guthrie returned to NBC’s “Today” on April 6 amid the continued disappearance of her mother, Nancy. Joined by co-anchor Craig Melvin, Guthrie got right into the news and did not spend any ...
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April 3, 2026
23 Best New Movies Streaming in April: ‘Marty Supreme,’ ‘Sirāt,’ ‘No Other Choice,’ ‘Crime 101’ and More
Timothée Chalamet is set to dominate the streaming charts this April as “Marty Supreme” makes its streaming premiere on HBO Max after earning $178 million worldwide to become A24’s highest-grossing...
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April 3, 2026
Sharon Stone Calls Out Sex Scenes for Becoming ‘Blatant, Harsh’ and Leaving Nothing to the Imagination: ‘I Fast Forward. I Don’t Want to See It’
Sharon Stone appeared on “CBS Mornings” (via The Daily Beast) to promote her upcoming role in “Euphoria” Season 3, widely regarded as one of the raciest shows on TV. But the Oscar nominee has a bon...
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April 3, 2026
Brian Cox Drags Tarantino, Says Jeremy Strong Has ‘Begged Me to Stop’ Discussing His Method Acting and Disses America for Not Liking Women: ‘The Patriarchy Is a F—ing Mess’
Brian Cox is never one to mince his words when it comes to fellow actors, and he’s gone ahead and targeted his “25th Hour” co-star Edward Norton (“a pain in the arse”), Ian McKellen (“not to my tas...
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April 3, 2026
Dumbledore Actor John Lithgow Says ‘Much’ of J.K. Rowling’s Views Have Been ‘Twisted and Misrepresented,’ but She’s ‘Doubled Down at Her Own Cost’
John Lithgow recently appeared on “The New Yorker Radio Hour” and continued to discuss taking on the role of Dumbledore in HBO’s “Harry Potter” series reboot despite the ongoing controversy around ...
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April 3, 2026
Viggo Mortensen’s Aragorn to Be Recast in ‘Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum’; Andy Serkis Says ‘We’re on the Way to Finding Someone’
Viggo Mortensen will not be reprising the role of Aragorn in Andy Serkis’ “The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum.” Serkis, who is directing the movie and returning in front of the camera as Go...
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April 2, 2026
Oscar Isaac Starred in ‘X-Men: Apocalypse’ to Act With Jennifer Lawrence and More, but ‘I Never Saw Any of Them Because I Was So Overheated’ in Costume: ‘Very Challenging’
Oscar Isaac appeared on the latest episode of “Hot Ones” and was asked about “X-Men: Apocalypse,” the 2016 comic book tentpole in which he played the eponymous villain under a 40-pound costume and ...
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April 2, 2026
Donald Trump Calls for MAGA Boycott Against Bruce Springsteen’s Tour and Attacks The Boss for Looking ‘Like a Dried Up Prune’: ‘This Guy Is a Total Loser’
Donald Trump is firing back at Bruce Springsteen on Truth Social after the The Boss opened his “Land of Hope and Dreams American Tour” with multiple speeches that eviscerated Trump and his administ...
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April 1, 2026
Lili Reinhart Says a ‘Male Director Came Up to Me’ on Set and Said: ‘Just Suck in Your Stomach a Little Bit’
“Riverdale” and “Forbidden Fruits” actor Lili Reinhart recently took part in a video interview for Cosmopolitan magazine and revealed that a male director once told her to “suck in her stomach a li...
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April 1, 2026
Zendaya Says Tom Holland ‘Is My Person Because I Don’t Feel Nervous Around’ Him, Which Started at ‘Spider-Man’ Audition: ‘He Did Make Me Feel Calm’
Zendaya recently appeared on The New York Times’ “Modern Love” podcast alongside her “The Drama” co-star Robert Pattinson and spoke about her relationship with Tom Holland. There’s been heightened ...
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April 1, 2026
London Mayor Distances City Government From Kanye West’s First U.K. Concerts in 11 Years: His ‘Past Actions Are Offensive and Wrong’
London Mayor Sadiq Khan is distancing the city’s government from the 2026 Wireless Festival, which announced earlier this week that Kanye West will headline three shows at Finsbury Park on July 10-...
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April 1, 2026
Glen Powell and Donald Glover Called ‘Super Mario Galaxy’ Studio Asking to Voice Fox McCloud and Yoshi: They Had ‘Passion About Being Involved With Nintendo’
“The Super Mario Galaxy Movie” delighted fans in the weeks leading up to release by dropping two casting bombshells: Donald Glover is voicing Yoshi and Glen Powell is voicing Fox McCloud. It turns ...
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April 1, 2026
Stephen Colbert Baffled by the 22% of Americans Who Still ‘Strongly Approve’ Trump: ‘I Want Gas to Be Expensive! I Want the Kennedy Center Blown Up!’
Stephen Colbert is both happy and dumbfounded over Donald Trump’s latest poll numbers, expressing bafflement during his March 31 monologue on CBS’ “The Late Show” over how 22.4% of Americans still ...
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March 31, 2026
‘Avatar’ Can ‘Take More Risks’ Than Marvel Movies Because Lack of Studio and Fan Pressure, Says Sam Worthington: ‘It’s Not Like We Have to Get Scenes Completed by Today’ or Execs Get Upset
“Avatar” star Sam Worthington recently spoke to The Independent and said James Cameron’s record-breaking movie series does not face the same studio pressures as other Hollywood mega-franchises like...
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March 31, 2026
‘Supergirl’ Star Milly Alcock Says ‘I Really Can’t Stop’ Backlash and Understands Why Scorsese and Ridley Scott Criticized Superhero Movies: ‘Not Every Film Is for Everyone’
Milly Alcock told Vanity Fair in a new interview that she’s aware she’ll face backlash over leading Warner Bros. “Supergirl” simply because she’s playing a female superhero. The 25-year-old actor i...
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March 30, 2026
Pedro Pascal, Madonna, Mark Ruffalo and More Demand ICE Facility for Children Shut Down, Sign Open Letter: ‘Children Belong in Schools. Not Detention Centers’
Pedro Pascal, Madonna, Javier Bardem, Mark Ruffalo, America Ferrera, Elliot Page and Jane Fonda are among the dozens of Hollywood names who have signed an open letter calling on the federal governm...
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March 30, 2026
Dakota Johnson Failed an Audition by Shaking Hands With Everyone in the Room; She Was Slammed for ‘Schmoozing’ and Called ‘Pompous’ and ‘Cocky’
Dakota Johnson revealed during a recent interview on Hits Radio while promoting the U.K. release of “Splitsville” that she once failed an audition simply for shaking the hands of the creative team ...
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March 27, 2026
‘Project Hail Mary’ Directors Screened a Nearly Four-Hour Cut to Other Filmmakers and Were Told to ‘Get It Way Shorter’: ‘It Was Embarrassing’
“Project Hail Mary” directors Phil Lord and Chris Miller recently appeared on the “Happy Sad Confused” podcast and revealed they showed a nearly four-hour cut of their space movie to a group of dir...
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March 27, 2026
Antonio Banderas Came to Hollywood and Execs Told Him: ‘You Are Here, Like the Blacks and Hispanics, to Play the Bad Guys’
Antonio Banderas said in a recent interview with The Times of London (via The Independent) that he was warned upon arriving in Hollywood that Latinos and Blacks could only play villain roles, a ste...
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March 27, 2026
Andrew Garfield Defends Watching ‘Harry Potter’ Movies Even if ‘It’s Controversial and We Shouldn’t Be Putting Money in the Pocket’ of ‘She That Shall Remain Nameless’
Andrew Garfield took a brief detour during his recent Hits Radio interview to reveal that he only recently just watched the “Harry Potter” movie franchise, which he’s aware is a controversial decis...
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March 27, 2026
Josh Duhamel Says Actors Should Stay Quiet on Politics: ‘Why Would You Make Half of Your Audience Despise You by Your Beliefs?’
Josh Duhamel appeared on a recent episode of Megyn Kelly’s podcast (via Entertainment Weekly) and shared his opinion that actors should stay silent on politics. “I have real strong opinions about t...
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