Critics' Conversation: 'The Queen's Gambit,' Ethan Hawke and Other Fall TV Faves and Fails

JON FROSCH: Isn't it weird to think that last time we did this was just a few months before the pandemic hit, scrambling our lives and the art and industry we cover? Much has changed about our job — including the way we experience actors and acting.

NEW YORK -- Author James McBride and editor Chris Jackson were among those honored Thursday night by the Center for Fiction.McBride and Showtime received an On Screen Award for the acclaimed adaptation of his prize-winning historical novel “The Good Lord Bird,” which starred Ethan Hawke as the radical 19th century abolitionist John Brown. Jackson, whose authors range from Ta-Nehisi Coates to Bryan Stevenson, was given the Medal for Editorial Excellence Award.

The Queen and Prince Philip will not be spending Christmas at Sandringham House for the first time in 33 years, it has been announced. A spokesperson for Buckingham Palace announced the news, which will mean Queen Elizabeth, 94, and The Duke of Edinburgh, 99, will have a “quiet Christmas” at Windsor Castle for the first time in 33 years.

Australian broadcaster ABC’s flagship current affairs show “4 Corners” is keen to set the record straight regarding a season 4 episode of “The Crown”.

Australian broadcaster ABC’s flagship current affairs show 4 Corners has set the record straight about a scene in Season 4 of The Crown involving the country’s former Prime Minister Bob Hawke.

I’m an #Obama fan, but can’t help but noticing that he lectured #Trump about ego management on the eve of publishing a 700-page FIRST VOLUME of his own autobiography,” wrote Fineman at around 12:30 a.m.

Rolling Stone in 2016. "It was mysterious to me, that these two guys that I felt such passion for both died the same way."At that time in 2016, Ethan was starring in a biopic about Chet Baker, a trumpeter who died following a lifelong battle with drugs.

Ethan Hawke spoke out against what he believes was Hollywood’s mistreatment of his late co-star, River Phoenix.  The actor, 50, appeared alongside Phoenix in the largely unsuccessful 1985 film “Explorers” when they were both 14.

River Phoenix was a victim of Hollywood.

Explorers, died at the age of 23 in 1993 after a drug overdose in Los Angeles.However, speaking in a new interview, Hawke admitted his aversion to making big Hollywood films stems from his co-star and friend’s death.“You know what you asked me about earlier, why I don’t make easier movies?” he told The Guardian.

Ethan Hawke has said that his former co-star River Phoenix, who died in 1993, was “chewed up” by Hollywood.Phoenix was just 23 and one of the film industry’s brightest stars when he died of a drug overdose outside a Los Angeles nightclub.

Danielle Turchiano Senior Features Editor, TVSPOILER ALERT: Do not read if you have not yet watched the series finale of “The Good Lord Bird” on Showtime.John Brown’s (Ethan Hawke) journey may have come to a violent end, but his mission will live on in the young man he inspired, Henry aka Onion (Joshua Caleb Johnson).The series finale of Showtime’s “The Good Lord Bird,” the seven-part adaptation of James McBride’s 2013 novel of the same name that looked at abolitionist John Brown’s movement

Ethan Hawke is an extremely proud dad.

When it was announced that Jake Gyllenhaal would be teaming up with director Antoine Fuqua for another film, a remake of the Danish drama, “The Guilty,” we were already excited. Then it was revealed that Netflix spent $30 million on the distribution rights.

Dave McNary Film ReporterEthan Hawke, Peter Sarsgaard, Riley Keough, Byron Bowers, Da’Vine Joy Randolph, David Castañeda, Christina Vidal and Paul Dano have joined Jake Gyllenhaal in the Netflix thriller “The Guilty.”Antoine Fuqua is directing from a script by Nic Pizzolatto (“True Detective”), based on the Gustav Moller-helmed Danish drama “Den Skyldige,” which premiered at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival.

Amanda N'Duka pmc-editorial-managerThe Guilty, the dramatic thriller which Netflix recently picked up in a $30 million deal, has added Ethan Hawke (First Reformed), Peter Sarsgaard (The Batman), Riley Keough (The Devil All The Time) plus more starry talent who will be joining previously announced star Jake Gyllenhaal.Antoine Fuqua is at the helm, directing from a screenplay by True Detective series creator Nic Pizzolatto.Additional casting includes Paul Dano (The Batman), Byron Bowers (Concrete