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Following her whirlwind award season where she won every award she was up for, Da’Vine Joy Randolph completed the sweep as she took home Best Supporting Actress Oscar for her performance in The Holdovers. The historic night was capped off by her being presented the Oscar by past winners Mary Steenburgen, Lupita Nyong’o, Jamie Lee Curtis, Regina King and Rita Moreno.

One of the highlights of Dune: Part Two is seeing Christopher Walken‘s take on the role of Shaddam IV, the film’s ferocious Emperor. It’s his first acting role in four years, and came about because of his admiration for the first film in the series.

Star Wars movie.Walken, who stars in the recent critically acclaimed movie Dune: Part Two, recalled the opportunity he had to star in George Lucas’ sci-fi action franchise, and shared the fellow Oscar-winner with whom he shared the process.Speaking with Vanity Fair, the star opened up about the experience: “I think it was for Han Solo,” he shared. “Yes, I auditioned for it.

Zack Sharf Digital News Director Denis Villeneuve’s “Dune: Part Two” notably features the acting return of Christoper Walken, who hasn’t been seen on the big screen in four years. The Oscar winner had a trio of films released in 2020 (“The War with Grandpa,” “Percy” and “Wild Mountain Thyme”) and then went on a hiatus from moviemaking (he did show up in the 2022 television series “Severance.”) Now, he joins “Dune: Part Two” as Shaddam IV, aka the Padishah Emperor of the Known Universe. Why did Walken decide to make “Dune: Part Two” his comeback? It’s a question Vanity Fair asked the Oscar winner in a new interview, to which Walken responded: “I had, of course, seen the first ‘Dune’ a number of times.

The 2024 Oscars ceremony is days away, and details about the show, the nominees and who may win are coming into focus.

It’s been a remarkable past year for Free Solo directors Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin. At Telluride, they premiered their first narrative feature Nyad, a dramatization of the relentless pursuit of extreme athlete Diana Nyad to swim from Cuba to Florida without the safety of a shark cage. The Netflix release has gone on to earn Oscar nominations for its stars Annette Bening and Jodie Foster.

Freaking Friday, Lindsay Lohan has now confirmed that a follow-up film is finally in the works.Speaking to SiriusXM’s Andy Cohen Live on March 4, Lohan was asked about rumours of a sequel, to which she confirmed: “It’s happening.”While Lohan was unable to share more details, she shared that she’s confident that the sequel will happen, and that both Jamie Lee Curtis and herself are “excited” about the project.Jamie Lee Curtis and Lindsay Lohan starred in the 2003 Disney remake of Jodie Foster’s 1976 film of the same name. For their remake, Curis played a strict, by-the-books mother while Lohan played her rebellious teenage daughter Anna.

Rumors of a Freaky Friday sequel starring Lindsay Lohan and Jamie Lee Curtis have been circulating for years and it seems like a movie is finally happening.

Michelle Yeoh‘s recent Netflix series The Brothers Sun has been cancelled just two months after its first and now only season was released.The crime drama is set in Southern California’s San Gabriel Valley and follows Taiwanese mobster Charles Sun (played by Justin Chien), whose father is assassinated in Taipei. In the aftermath of his death, Charles travels to Los Angeles to protect his estranged mother (played by Yeoh) and younger brother (played by Sam Song Li).The eight-episode series was created and executive produced by Brad Falchuk and Byron Wu and landed on Netflix on January 4.Chien took to Instagram to post a tribute to the show.A post shared by Justin Chien 錢裕揚 (@justin_chien)“To all the fans of The Brothers Sun, Thank you for riding with us on this labor of love.

True Detective: Night Country, she knew she had to find an actor who could embody strength, sorrow, and vulnerability.Previously the series had always cast two well-known movie stars opposite one another in the detective roles — Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrellson of season one, for instance — but López wanted to break the mold and cast someone who felt authentic for the role opposite star Jodie Foster.“I talked to my casting director, Francine Maisler, and I said, ‘Is there anyone that we can find that has the strength and the power?’ And as I was speaking, my computer went ‘ping.’ She had sent me a photograph of Kali, who was getting buzz because her movie had come out, Catch the Fair One. And just looking at her face and her body and her gravitas and presence and power, I was like, ‘Oh my God, that is Navarro.”López watched the 2021 movie that night, in which Reis portrays a former champion boxer who searches for her missing sister.

The 2024 Oscars ceremony is less than two months away, and details about the show, the nominees and who may win are coming into focus.

Zack Sharf Digital News Director Natalie Portman revealed on a recent episode of the “Smartless” podcast (via People) that Jodie Foster once reached out to her after she heard Portman giving a speech about being sexualized as a young actor. Foster famously skyrocketed at 12 years old when she was cast in Martin Scorsese’s “Taxi Driver” as a child sex worker. Portman, meanwhile, was 11 years old when she was cast in “Léon: The Professional,” which served as her own acting breakthrough.

Da’Vine Joy Randolph is a winner tonight at the SAG Awards!

Michaela Zee Hollywood’s biggest stars hit the red carpet for the 30th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards on Saturday night in Los Angeles. The star-studded list of attendees includes Margot Robbie, Cillian Murphy, Robert Downey Jr., Lily Gladstone, Oprah, Jodie Foster and Ryan Gosling and so many more. “Barbie” and “Oppenheimer” lead the film nominations with four nods apiece; both features will compete for outstanding performance by a cast alongside “Killers of the Flower Moon,” “American Fiction” and “The Color Purple.” On the television front, “Succession” has a leading five nominations, while “Ted Lasso,” “The Bear” and “The Last of Us” each have four nominations.

Brent Lang Executive Editor Black Bear has hired Courtney L. Cunniff as senior vice president of film.

Annette Bening still likes to swim, despite the brutal eight hours a day she spent in the water for her Netflix film Nyad. Bening stars as Diana Nyad, who, at 64, became the first person ever to swim from Cuba to Florida without a shark cage. Bening trained for a year to perfect her stroke, and got to know Nyad herself, with Jodie Foster alongside her, starring as Nyad’s real-life friend and coach, Bonnie Stoll. “I swim all the time, it’s become part of my staying sane,” Bening says now, adding that she learned from Nyad that pushing oneself beyond what you thought you could do is “a way to know yourself, and that’s a way to expand your own idea about yourself in the world, and also increase your joy, and increase your appreciation.” Here, Bening looks back over some favorite moments in her career, from The Grifters, to American Beauty and beyond.

True Detective has been renewed for season five at HBO, with Night Country creator Issa López returning to helm the new episodes.True Detective: Night Country, which saw Jodie Foster and Kali Reis star in the fourth instalment of the anthology series, was the most-watched series of the show to date, with 12.7 million viewers across all platforms.“From conception to release, Night Country has been the most beautiful collaboration and adventure of my entire creative life,” López said in a statement (via Variety). “HBO trusted my vision all the way, and the idea of bringing to life a new incarnation of True Detective with Casey, Francesca and the whole team is a dream come true.

Following the February 18 finale and some outstanding ratings—the most-viewed season yet, averaging 12.7M views per episode, the highest-rated season on Rotten Tomatoes with 92%—HBO has renewed “True Detective” for a fifth season. Additionally, under a new multiyear overall deal with HBO, the series’ writer/director/showrunner Issa López will create content exclusive to HBO and Max, including the next season of the hit crime series.

True Detective is coming back for a fifth season at HBO.

Joe Otterson TV Reporter “True Detective” has been renewed for Season 5 at HBO. Issa López, the creator of “True Detective: Night Country,” will helm the fifth season under her new overall deal with HBO. The renewal comes as little surprise, given the success of “Night Country,” which saw Jodie Foster and Kali Reis star in the fourth installment of the HBO anthology series.

Jenelle Riley Deputy Awards and Features Editor Annette Bening and her “Nyad” co-star Jodie Foster share similar tastes – Bening Foster over with a dog and Christmas decorations. And they once were wore similar gowns to the Oscars. Considering they are two of the greatest actresses working today, one might assume Bening and Foster were friends – or knew each other – prior to working together on the Netflix film.

Zack Sharf Digital News Director Nic Pizzolatto, the original creator of HBO’s “True Detective” franchise, published a bizarre Instagram post amid controversy generated in the aftermath of the show’s fourth season finale. “True Detective: Night Country,” starring Jodie Foster and Kali Reis, ended it six-episode run on Feb. 18.

True Detective‘s original creator Nic Pizzolatto is not impressed with the conclusion of Season 4, True Detective: Night Country.

Kali Reis is responding to True Detective creator Nic Pizzolatto after repeated passive-aggressive comments against the fourth season of the HBO anthology series.

Zack Sharf Digital News Director Original “True Detective” creator Nic Pizzolatto is once again making headlines for seemingly bashing the show’s fourth season, “True Detective: Night Country,” which was the first not to be created by Pizzolatto himself. “Night Country” hailed from Issa López, who directed and co-wrote all six episodes.

True Detective: Night County came to an end over the weekend (February 18) after a series of critically acclaimed episodes.The fourth season of the crime drama series, which stars Jodie Foster, Kali Reis, Christopher Eccleston and Fiona Shaw, recently set a major new viewing record for HBO following its release on January 14.According to The Wrap, True Detective: Night Country gained 12.7million viewers, making it the show’s most watched season. This record is based on figures from Nielsen and Warner Bros.

“True Detective: Night Country,” the fourth and critically acclaimed season of “True Detective,” written and directed by Mexican filmmaker Issa López, ended on Sunday night and became the most watched in the anthology’s history at HBO. According to THR, the show averaged 12.7 million viewers across all platforms since January.

J. Kim Murphy “True Detective: Night Country” finished off with a season-high viewership for its finale, drawing 3.2 million across HBO and Max. The Feb.

lion about the perils of moviemaking.The 61-year-old star of “True Detective: Night Country” recalled what could have been the first and last role of her life after a scary run-in with a lion during filming for the 1972 Disney film “Napoleon and Samantha.”“We finished a take and I was going up the hill and all I remember is I remember seeing his mane come around and then he picked me up sideways, shook me in his mouth and turned me around,” Foster, 61, said while appearing on “The Graham Norton Show.” “Every single person on the crew was running in the opposite direction and I’m like sideways watching everybody,” added the “Silence of the Lambs” star. “And they took their equipment, too.”Foster’s pronouncement, which was made in tones of amusement, left Olivia Colman, Wanda Sykes and Scottish host Lorraine Kelly shocked.

HBO’s True Detective, subtitled Night Country, is set to conclude, with the sixth and final episode airing tonight (February 18). But will it be back?The show stars Jodie Foster as police chief Liz Danvers, who leads an investigation into the mysterious disappearance of eight men from a research station in Alaska.Directed and co-written by Issa López, the series also stars Kali Reis, Killing Eve’s Fiona Shaw and the Oscar-nominated actor John Hawkes.