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EXCLUSIVE: Nearly four years after New York Times reporters Megan Twohey and Jodi Kantor broke the bombshell Harvey Weinstein sex scandal report, Hollywood looks ready to tell the story of how these two reporters persevered to break this game-changing story.

Gia Coppola was feeling out of touch with popular culture when she stumbled upon the ending of Elia Kazan’s 1957 satire “A Face in the Crowd” several years ago. The story of a folksy truth-teller who rises to dangerous levels of fame and influence on television seemed oddly prescient (and this was before it became “trendy” again after the 2016 presidential election).

Joe Otterson TV ReporterJessica Williams and Chris “Comedian CP” Powell have joined “Love Life” Season 2 at HBO Max.The pair joins William Jackson Harper, who will star in Season 2 of the anthology series.

EXCLUSIVE: Deborah Ann Woll has signed with ICM Partners for representation in all areas.

Magnolia Pictures has acquired the Sundance Film Festival entry “Cryptozoo,” multiple Individuals familiar with the sale told Variety.The animated fantasy was written and directed by Dash Shaw (“My Entire High School Sinking Into the Sea”) and boasts a voice cast featuring Lake Bell, Michael Cera, Angeliki Papoulia and Zoe Kazan.

“Mike Nichols: A Life,” by Mark Harris (Penguin Press)Inspiration and talent don't always travel together. How many young men and women electrified by director Elia Kazan's Broadway productions of “A Streetcar Named Desire” in 1947 and “Death of a Salesman” in 1949 went on to achieve their own success in the performing arts?One who did was a teenage Mike Nichols, whose career in the theater and in film would rival Kazan's in critical and popular acclaim.

Cloris Leachman, a talented, prolific actress who won an Oscar and several Emmys across a consistent career, has died. She was 94.

Academy Award-winner Martin Scorsese is known for his big crime tale and humanist dramas. Still, the filmmaker also juggles it all by making personal documentaries on artistic figures he loves: Bob Dylan, George Harrison, Eli Kazan, and more.

Marta Balaga Back at the Venice Film Festival with Andrew Garfield starrer “Mainstream,” presented in the Horizons section, Gia Coppola took part in the “Life Through a Different Lens: Contactless Connections” talk on Friday – following in the (virtual) footsteps of Demi Moore and Nadine Labaki. During the chat, hosted by the festival and Mastercard, she looked back on her first visit with feature debut “Palo Alto” in 2013.

As supermarkets and stores run low of anti-bacterial gel and online sites appear to be bumping up the prices as we battle to protect ourselves from the spread of coronavirus, there's one easy method you can follow to make your own hand sanitiser. Samria Kazan, aka plant-based content creator Alpha Foodie on Instagram and the winner of Channel 4's cooking show Crazy Delicious, explains that you need just three ingredients.

Winona Ryder and Zoe Kazan get sandwiched in by John Turturro and Morgan Spector at the premiere of HBO’s The Plot Against America held at Florence Gould Hall on Wednesday night (March 4) in New York City.

By Anthony D'Alessandro