How a Middle School Violin Teacher Became the Secret Sauce for the Music to HBO’s ‘Last Movie Stars’

Pay gaps between women and men in every industry is a huge problem — but in Hollywood the gaps can get HUGE.

The Hollywood Critics Association announced the winners of the 2nd Annual HCA TV Awards where HBO’s The White Lotus led the list of trophy recipients with five. ABC’s Abbott Elementary and AMC’s Better Call Saul also won big with 4 trophies each.

Brad Pitt has been in dozens of movies since he started his acting career way back in 1987. Over his three and a half decades in the industry, he’s worked with literally hundreds of actors. Given those numbers, there are bound to be a few co-stars he didn’t get along with.

Tom Cruise, who wouldn’t dare to let Paramount Pictures release his decades-in-the-making sequel “Top Gun: Maverick” on a streaming service in the height of the pandemic.You don’t have to closely follow the box office to know the action-packed blockbuster became a big-screen sensation, generating $663 million in the U.S. and $1.3 billion globally to date and exciting audiences in a way that would’ve even been rare before COVID.

Any day now the renovated Chelsea Hotel will fully reopen, capping a drawn out process that has seen the grand edifice on the west side of Manhattan shrouded in netting and defaced by scaffolding for over a decade.

Sentencing has stuck a former Texas middle school teacher accused of sexually abusing a student.

Knives Out sequel, Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, will have its European premiere at this year’s BFI London Film Festival.Director Rian Johnson’s highly anticipated sequel, which sees Daniel Craig reprise his role as detective Benoit Blanc, will close the festival on October 16 with a screening at London’s Southbank Centre.There will also be simultaneous preview screenings of the film at additional cinemas across the UK. Details of the screenings have yet to be announced.Along with Johnson and Craig, cast members Edward Norton, Janelle Monáe, Leslie Odom Jr, Kate Hudson and Madelyn Cline will attend the premiere.

The Toronto International Film Festival is ready to roll out the carpet in a big way, revealing a list of new titles featuring some big stars.

What a year Ethan Hawke has had so far. The actor already starred in two films this year, Robert Eggers’ “The Northman” and Scott Derrickson‘s “The Black Phone.” Then “The Last Movie Stars,” his documentary series on Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward premiered earlier this month.

Maya Hawke has learned a lot from her parents.

Gas prices may be sky high, but that’s not stopping the debut of Batwheels, DC’s first animated Batman preschool series.

As If Magazine said she resonated with Grimanesa and her light sculptures since her upcoming album Moss has a 'big theme' of 'inner light'. 'Interestingly, I wasn't conscious about the theme until I finished it. I have lines about swallowing the moon and glowing in the dark - I'm trying to express the importance of the light inside of you.

Peter Debruge Chief Film CriticUntil quite late in the process of crafting “The Last Movie Stars” — a six-hour deep dive into the on- and off-screen lives of Hollywood golden couple Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward, now streaming on HBO Max — director Ethan Hawke resisted the notion that he was making a TV series.“I don’t like episodic. I don’t like the nature of false cliffhangers.

EJ Panaligan editorA+E Networks and The History Channel have partnered with the Roybal Film and Television Production Magnet Fund, which was established to support a specialized academy founded in 2021 by George Clooney, Grant Heslov and Bryan Lourd of Creative Artists Agency, to provide educational resources for students from underserved communities in Los Angeles. The academy will welcome its inaugural class this fall.As part of the partnership, A+E Networks President and Chairman Paul Buccieri has joined the Roybal Advisory Board, whose members include Clooney, Heslov and Lourd alongside Kerry Washington, Eva Longoria, Mindy Kaling, Don Cheadle, Nicole Avant, Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner and Jim Gianopulos.

The History Channel/A+E Networks has announced a multi-year partnership with the Roybal Film and Television Production Magnet Fund – a fund created by George Clooney, Grant Heslov and CAA’s Bryan Lourd – to support the Roybal Film and Television Production Magnet school in Los Angeles.

The ubiquity of Paul Newman endures, from his iconic performances in films like “Cool Hand Luke” and “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid” to his charity food line Newman’s Own, to his voice performance in Pixar’s “Cars.” But what of his wife and longtime creative partner, Joanne Woodward? You might know his famous quip about their long-lasting marriage, “why go out for hamburger when I have steak at home?” — but for an actress whose impact on the craft of screen acting was as Earth-shattering as fellow Actors Studio classmate Marlon Brando, Woodward’s legacy remains somewhat obscured by Newman’s starshine luster. READ MORE: ‘The Last Movie Stars’ Exclusive Clip: Ethan Hawke’s Doc Shows The Intimate Truth Of An Iconic Hollywood Marriage Taking its name from a moniker bestowed on the couple by their good friend Gore Vidal, Ethan Hawke’s mosaic-like six-part docuseries “The Last Movie Stars” not only chronicles the life, work, and everlasting love of Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward, it sets out to balance the scales.

The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts announced Thursday George Clooney, U2, singers Gladys Knight and Amy Grant and composer Tania León will be honored this year for their lifetime contributions to American culture.

Brad Pitt swapped his trousers for a skirt at the Berlin premiere of his new film, Bullet Train. The award-winning actor, 58, wore a brown linen jacket with a matching knee-length skirt.

Brad Pitt showed off his legs at the  premiere in Berlin, Germany, on Tuesday, opting for a knee-length skirt look on the red carpet. The famed actor paired a matching brown cardigan and skirt with a salmon-colored button-up shirt and finished the look with combat boots. Pitt's eye-catching ensemble also featured tortoise-shell sunglasses and his signature, long chains.  The 58-year-old actor's breezy outfit puts him on the growing list of male celebs rocking skirts and dresses on the red carpet.