Barry Keoghan Spent $10 to Make His Riddler Self-Tape Audition for ‘The Batman,’ Then Got Cast as Joker: ‘I Just Wanted Swag to Come Across’

Elaine Devry, whose career spanned film and dozens of television shows, died Sept. 20 at her home in Grants Pass, Oregon. She was 93 and no cause was given by the funeral home, which listed her under her married name of Davis.

Zack Sharf Digital News Director Emily Blunt is getting ahead of a potential scandal by telling People magazine she is “appalled” about a September 2012 appearance on the UK’s “Jonathan Ross Show” in which she called a waiter “enormous.” The actor was promoting her role in Rian Johnson’s “Looper” at the time. A clip of Blunt calling the waiter “enormous” must’ve started circulated as she issued a statement to People in which she apologized for her language.

Emily Blunt is apologizing for insensitive remarks she made about a restaurant server’s size during a 2012 talk show appearance, which have now resurfaced.“I just need to address this head-on as my jaw was on the floor watching this clip from 12-years ago,” Blunt, 40, said in a statement to People on Friday. “I’m appalled that I would say something so insensitive, hurtful, and unrelated to whatever story I was trying to tell on a talk show.”“I’ve always considered myself someone who wouldn’t dream of upsetting anyone so whatever possessed me to say anything like this in that moment is unrecognizable to me or anything I stand for,” the “Oppenheimer” actress added.

Zack Sharf Digital News Director “Black Mirror” creator Charlie Brooker revealed in June that he experimented with having the artificial intelligence chatbot known as ChatGPT write an episode of his beloved anthology series. The final results were “shit,” he said at the time. During a recent panel at Sydney’s International Convention Centre SXSW event (via The Guardian), Brooker opened up further about the experiment.

The official trailer for Saltburn is out now!

The world premiere of “Promising Young Woman” at Sundance in 2020 instantly made Emerald Fennell a female director to keep an eye on. And while the COVID-19 pandemic may have delayed its arrival to audiences a bit, the film still racked up the accolades, winning Best Original Screenplay at the 93rd Academy Awards.

Studio Ghibli‘s upcoming animated film The Boy And The Heron has been revealed.Yesterday (October 17), film distributor GKIDS took to social media to announce the English voice dub cast, which was recorded “in compliance with SAG-AFTRA” during the ongoing Hollywood actors’ strike.The cast, per GKIDS, includes a star-studded roster of performers including Christian Bale, Florence Pugh, Robert Pattinson, Willem Dafoe, Dave Bautista, Mark Hamill, Karen Fukuhara, Gemma Chan and more.See GKIDS’ announcement below.#TheBoyandtheHeron featuring the voices of:CHRISTIAN BALEDAVE BAUTISTAGEMMA CHANWILLEM DAFOEKAREN FUKUHARAMARK HAMILLROBERT PATTINSONFLORENCE PUGHhttps://t.co/wqel2S3guU— GKIDS Films (@GKIDSfilms) October 17, 2023Per a report from Variety, the film’s English voice cast will see Christian Bale voice Shoichi Maki, Dave Bautista as The Parakeet King, Gemma Chan as Natsuko, Willem Dafoe as Noble Pelican, Karen Fukuhara as Lady Himi, Mark Hamill as Granduncle, Robert Pattinson as The Gray Heron and Florence Pugh as Kiriko.Supporting roles will be performed by Luca Padovan as protagonist Mahito Maki and Mamoudou Athie, Tony Revolri and Dan Stevens as the Parakeets.The Boy And The Heron will receive a cinematic release in North America from December 8 onwards, with screenings in IMAX, as well as screenings with the film’s original Japanese version. Tickets are set to go on sale soon.

The world premiere of “The Boy And The Heron” at TIFF last month marked the first film from Hayao Miyazaki in a decade. And as it’s made its tour on the Fall festival circuit, it’s clear Miyazaki has another winner on his hands.

Valerie Wu Intern Miyazaki’s first animated feature in 10 years, “The Boy and the Heron” has come out with its official English voice cast. GKIDS, which serves as animation group Studio Ghibli’s North American distributor, announced that the full cast will consist of Christian Bale as Shoichi Maki; Dave Bautista as The Parakeet King; Gemma Chan as Natsuko; Willem Dafoe as Noble Pelican; Karen Fukuhara as Lady Himi; Mark Hamill as Granduncle; Robert Pattinson as The Gray Heron and Florence Pugh as Kiriko. They’re joined by Luca Padovan as protagonist Mahito Maki and Mamoudou Athie, Tony Revolri and Dan Stevens as the Parakeets.

Distributor Gkids has announced the English voice cast for Oscar-winning filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki’s new feature, The Boy and the Heron. The dubbed version of the film will feature the voices of Christian Bale, Dave Bautista, Gemma Chan, Willem Dafoe, Karen Fukuhara, Mark Hamill, Robert Pattinson and Florence Pugh.

according to TMZ.Esmaeel’s body was discovered inside her home on North Bank Road in Crescent City, California, at about 10 a.m. Thursday, Sheriff Garrett Scott told the Wild Rivers Outpost on Friday.“We are all deeply heartbroken with the loss of Deputy Esmaeel,” Scott said in a statement.

Zack Sharf Digital News Director Patrick Stewart writes in his new memoir, “Making It So,” that Paramount executives wanted him to audition for the role of Captain Jean-Luc Picard in “Star Trek: The Next Generation” with a wig on, which required his then-wife Sheila Falconer to ship a hairpiece from London to Los Angeles. “Right as I was boarding my plane at Heathrow, my London agent called Sheila at home and notified her that the Paramount people had been in touch, asking if I owned a hairpiece, and if I did, could I bring it to the audition?” Stewart writes (via Insider). “Sheila diligently retrieved my ‘audition wig’ from its space in my wardrobe and boxed it up, whereupon a British Airways representative collected it and placed it on a later flight to Los Angeles.” “I do not know if my hairpiece flew first class,” he continues.

Barry Keoghan says a funny thing happened on the way to playing the Joker in the new Batman film.

The Batman.Keoghan revealed in October last year that he had first auditioned for Riddler, sending director Matt Reeves an “unsolicited” recording of himself to campaign for the role. The audition clip – which he shared online and can be seen below – instead landed him the role of the Joker once Paul Dano was named the Riddler.Now watch @BarryKeoghan's audition for Matt Reeves' The Batman. This one got him the role of Joker.

Kevin McCarthy just made history on the floor of the United States House of Representatives.

given the royal titles of prince and princess.Now, one expert on the Sussex saga is speaking out — saying that King Charles, even if well-intentioned, made the absolute wrong decision.Tom Bower, author of “Revenge: Megan, Harry and the War Between the Windsors” told the Express recently that Charles’ made a “terrible mistake” by throwing the royal lifeline to his California-dwelling grandkids — saying that the move could well end up embarrassing and even damaging the sovereignty.By decree, Archie, 4, and Lilibet, 2, are now sixth and seventh in line to the British throne, despite the Duke and Duchess of Sussex making the noisiest of exits from the Firm, back in 2020. “Harry and Meghan have undermined the monarchy,” Bower said.

Matty Healy is clarifying that The 1975 won’t be breaking up any time soon!

“A lot of very impressive people have led this festival and what connects them is a love for movies and culture and what that can achieve,” Kristy Matheson told Deadline of her new job as Director of the British Film Institute’s London Film Festival.

Donald Trump once again is skipping the second Republican presidential debate, but his presence was apparent at the venue, the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley.

Natalia Bryant stunned while making her runway debut during Milan Fashion Week.