Actress Mia Wasikowska talks leaving Hollywood: ‘Felt really disconnected’

A.O. Scott this week ends his 23-year run as film critic for the New York Times and most movie people are glad to see him go. So is he.

Mae Whitman has been acting since she was two years old, but her new Hulu series,, is like nothing she's ever done before.«I've never done a musical. I've never gotten to dance,» she shared with ET on the set of the upcoming musical rom-com.

Paul McCartney has long since stepped out of the shadow of The Beatles, but he’s now looking back at a moment when the idea of embarking on a solo career after the Fab Four’s breakup was seen as a huge risk.

The new National Lottery Filmmaking Fund is the BFI’s attempt at creating a clearer and more transparent funding mechanism with an emphasis on equity, diversity, and inclusion, Mia Bays, director of the fund, told the Deadline shortly before the launch of the new plan Tuesday morning.

Emmerdale, Fiona Wade reveals to HELLO! her reasons for saying farewell to the role of Priya Sharma, a part she has played for over a decade. "I've always been ambitious, and I like to step out of my comfort zone, even if it's terrifying. Fear is okay. It is what you do with it that counts.

Everything Everywhere All at Once” star Michelle Yeoh, who completed her recent sweep of best actress prizes with a thunderous, history-making win at the 95th Oscars for Best Actress in a Leading Role. She is the first-ever lead actress of Asian descent to win in all 95 years of the Academy Awards.Yeoh, a titan of Asian cinema who famously performed a number of stunts in death-defying action classics such as “Supercop” and “Yes, Madam” before finding her way into the Bond movie “Tomorrow Never Dies,” the Ang Lee classic “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon,” “Memoirs of a Geisha,” and “Crazy Rich Asians.” She is a beloved industry legend and the Daniels wrote the role of Evelyn Wang in “Everything Everywhere All at Once” especially for her.

Michelle Yeoh did it!

Fans are questioning what happened to Elizabeth Banks‘ voice after she presented at the Oscars.

Jamie Lee Curtis is now an Oscar winner!

Cate Blanchett is gracing the red carpet.

"Stranger Things" actress Grace Van Dien said she experienced sexual harassment on the set of one of her recent movies, prompting her to put a hold on her acting career. Van Dien, who stars as Chrissy Cunningham in season four of the hit Netflix series, alleged during a Twitch livestream on Tuesday that a movie producer asked her to join in on a threesome.

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International Women's Day is a time to celebrate the phenomenal female role models in our society fighting for much-needed change. The global holiday wouldn't be complete without mentioning the mesmerising Michelle Yeoh who has been a source of inspiration for many women.The Malaysian star, 60, is truly a force to be reckoned with on the silver screen. She enjoyed a meteoric rise to stardom back in the 90s after starring in a series of Hong Kong action films and has since gone on to scoop endless awards including a Golden Globe Award for her leading role in Everything Everywhere All at Once.WATCH: Hollywood A-listers arrive at the 2023 SAG AwardsBut it wasn't all plain sailing.

Actress Mia Wasikowska said she left Hollywood behind for her native Australia because she "didn’t entirely like the lifestyle" of doing move after movie, which made her feel "disconnected" from her community. "I want to do more things in life other than be in a trailer," the "Jane Eyre" actress revealed to IndieWire in an interview published Friday. Not so long ago, Wasikowska was a Hollywood "it" girl, starring in blockbuster movies like Disney's "Alice in Wonderland" and "Crimson Peak." But she said after living the fast-paced lifestyle since she was a teenager, she was ready for a change of pace.  "I didn’t entirely like the lifestyle of going back-to-back-to-back.

Mia Wasikowska didn’t actually disappear from Hollywood, but she did step back from taking on a ton of projects.

Tim Gray Senior Vice President This year, all the Oscar-contending directors are nominated for original screenplay: the Daniels (Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert), Todd Field, Martin McDonagh, Ruben Östlund and Steven Spielberg (writing with Tony Kushner). This is the first time it’s happened in AMPAS history.  The only year that came close was 2017, when all five helmers had written or co-written their scripts, though they didn’t all get writing noms. So here’s Film History 101. In Hollywood lore, Preston Sturges is often credited as the first scribe to become a hyphenate, as writer-director of the 1940 “The Great McGinty.” But as with all Hollywood “facts,” there is only an element of truth here.

Cynthia Littleton Business Editor The Writers Guild of America and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers have settled on March 20 to begin negotiations on a new master TV and film contract. The clock is already ticking and strike fears are growing. The WGA’s current contract expires May 1. The issues that the scribe tribe will place on the charcoal-gray table in the enormous conference room at the AMPTP’s Sherman Oaks headquarters have come into sharp focus in recent months. Just about everybody agrees that the compensation standards for writers — as well as actors and directors, whose unions will also hold contract talks this year — have been outmoded by the streaming revolution. The hard part will be reaching a compromise on how to adapt them.

The new movie The Strays has been topping the Netflix charts around the world and fans have been shocked by the ending.

Sally Field still mourns her late "Mrs. Doubtfire" co-star, Robin Williams. Before the SAG Awards on Sunday, Field spoke to People magazine about the first memory that comes to mind when she reminisces about her late friend and filming the movie in 1993.

Molly-Mae Hague's sister has revealed how the new mum really watched Tommy Fury's grudge match with Jake Paul - and it appears she may have not watched it at all. During the Manchester boxer's previous bouts in the ring, the influencer has been ringside cheering on her man.