Ryan Reynolds made a veiled reference to the legal drama involving his wife, Blake Lively, and Justin Baldoni, on NBC‘s Saturday Night Live 50th anniversary special. About an hour into Sunday’s three-hour-plus special, former castmembers Tina Fey and Amy Poehler appeared onstage to take questions from the audience. One of the many stars in the audience was onetime host Ryan …
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If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, The Hollywood Reporter may receive an affiliate commission. TV’s favorite fictional five-star resort heads to Thailand in the third season of Mike White’s Emmy-winning TV series. Premiering Sunday, Feb. 16, on HBO and Max, The White Lotus season three features a new lineup alongside returning …
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The Chosen is getting a streaming home in the United States. As part of a wide-ranging deal with series creator Dallas Jenkins’ 5&2 Studios, Amazon’s Prime Video will become the exclusive U.S. streaming home to the series about the life of Jesus. Amazon MGM Studios will also distribute theatrical releases for key installments of the show’s final two seasons and …
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Julianne Moore has weighed in on the reported ban of her semi-autobiographical children’s book, Freckleface Strawberry. The book — about a young girl who dislikes but comes to accept her freckles, acknowledging that they reflect the differences among people — is reportedly one of the titles that the Department of Defense Education Activity has identified for “further review,” causing it …
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[This essay contains spoilers for Captain America: Brave New World.] Captain America: Brave New World has drawn a divided response from critics and general audiences. And given how divided America is right now, and the questions concerning what the American Dream even means today, it’s both fitting and frustrating. While the film certainly has its share of structural and technical …
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The establishing scenes of Islands feel like something out of a James M. Cain novel — a wily noir, in this case drenched in subtropical heat and blinding sunshine. A tennis coach hiding out from life while working at a Canary Islands luxury hotel falls under the spell of a beautiful married guest who seems oddly familiar, with a douchey …
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A casual onlooker might have assumed Sam Peckinpah didn’t know who Bob Dylan was when they met during preproduction on Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid. At the urging of screenwriter Rudy Wurlitzer, Dylan had agreed to write music for and play a minor role in the Western from the auteur of The Wild Bunch, The Getaway and Straw Dogs. …
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The lauded L.A. conceptual artist Alex Israel likes to refract Hollywood’s starlight. In his latest exhibition, opening Feb. 15 in Aspen, he’s exploring the phenomenon of collective mourning over celebrity deaths in the social media age. “The show is about grief, but also resurrection,” he says of Heaven, which showcases notable figures who have died since the advent of Instagram …
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U.S. President Donald Trump got a bit of a roasting during the BAFTA Film Awards ceremony in London on Sunday, courtesy of host David Tennant. The Scottish star (Doctor Who, Inside Man) during his opening monologue mentioned The Brutalist, lauding it as “as film of incredible architecture, the boldest architecture in film this year” with the exception of the hairdo of …
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Captain America: Brave New World is looking presidential after all as Marvel Studios attempts to reboot the franchise with an entirely new cast The year’s first tentpole is reporting a four-day domestic opening of $100 million over the long Valentine’s Day/Presidents Day weekend, including $88.4 million for the three days. That’s ahead of expectations. Globally, it’s starting off with $192.4 …
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