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14.12.2023 - 22:27 / variety.com
Matt Donnelly Senior Film Writer SPOILER ALERT: This post contains spoilers for David Fincher’s “The Killer,” now streaming on Netflix. The next few months will be stacked with conversations about the year’s best film performances, but we’d be remiss to let 2023 go dark without mentioning one of its most exciting turns: Kerry O’Malley in David Fincher’s “The Killer.” A veteran working actress who has appeared on “1923,” “Grey’s Anatomy” and in features like the “Annabelle” franchise, O’Malley more than held her own alongside Michael Fassbender and Tilda Swinton in the unexpectedly funny tale of a contract killer gone haywire. O’Malley stars as Dolores, an average-seeming New Orleans woman who serves as dutiful assistant to a lawyer (Charles Parnell), who also happens to dole out high-paid hit orders on the rich and powerful.
Fassbender, a protégé of Parnell’s, has been betrayed and seeks revenge — but must first tangle with Dolores, who confuses his own sense of vigilante justice with her pragmatism and air of innocence. O’Malley’s sequence in the film makes for some of the most riveting character work we’ve seen from Fincher as of late.
Dolores is a woman fully aware of how she earns her living, yet appeals to a broader sense of empathy in the viewer (and her own potential murderer). In a chat with Variety, O’Malley discusses auditioning virtually with Fincher, working with Fassbender and the “banality of evil.” How did you land this incredible gig? I did a Zoom call with David Fincher and it was just a tremendous experience.
He really directed me. We did the bathroom scene multiple times, and he gave me multiple adjustments and kept honing it.
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David Steinberg “Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour” writer and performer David Steinberg pays tribute to Tom Smothers, who died Dec. 26 at age 86. I met Tommy (and Dick) Smothers when we were performing at the Hungry I in San Francisco in the late 1960s. I did standup, and Tommy immediately wanted me to be on the show they were creating because I was a different kind of comedian — like they were.
They say trouble comes in twos and that’s certainly the case on the cobbles as brothers Damon Hay and Harvey Gaskell are back and ready to rock Weatherfield. The pair are set to come face-to-face on-screen for the first time in upcoming Coronation Street scenes as Ciaran Griffiths and Will Mellor reprise their roles.
The BBC‘s latest Agatha Christie adaptation concluded last night neck-and-neck in the ratings with ITV‘s Why Didn’t They Ask Evans? from over the Easter Weekend.
Dick Van Dyke and his wife Arlene Silver have one of the biggest age gaps for couples in Hollywood and fans will likely have questions about their age difference while watching the 98 Years of Magic special.
Prince Louis melted hearts as he sweetly held hands with Mia Tindall during the Royal family's traditional Christmas Day walk to church at Sandringham.The young prince was seen wearing tartan trousers and a blue pea coat as he held onto his dad Prince William and Mia Tindall, the oldest daughter of Mike and Zara Tindall. Louis looked thrilled to be walking with his cousin as both had red cheeks from the cold and flashed grins at waiting royal fans.
Presenter Kirsty Gallacher has shared a rare photograph celebrating with her sons. The 47 year old was first in the public eye back in 1998 when she started presenting on Sky Sports News. Since then, Kirsty has went on to bag multiple television gigs, including a role at GB News, Soccer AM and hosting a show on Smooth Radio.The mum-of-two doesn't often share details about her family life too often.
Suits has been one of the biggest shows of 2023, even though it’s finale aired four years ago. With its awe-inspiring renaissance, we’re here to test your knowledge about what was going on behind the scenes of the smash success!
N-Dubz star Tulisa Contostavalos has revealed she's undergone a dramatic lip transformation as she took to social media to show off her plump new pout.The singer, 35, opted for a casual glam look for the beauty treatment as she shared a glimpse at her aesthetics makeover with her 641,000 Instagram followers.Tulisa perfected the ultimate pout pose to show off her newly-injected lips as she shot her camera a sultry look and a close up look at her new lips.The star looked radiant and glowing post-beauty treatment as she stopped to take a glamorous selfie in the car before heading on her way. Tulisa looked stunning as she posted her selfie to Instagram on Thursday afternoon. She revealed she'd undergone a beauty treatment as she wrote over the snap: "lips," followed by the lips emoji.
Anna Marie de la Fuente Enid Blyton’s iconic series of adventure novels, “The Famous Five,” is being made into a TV series, thanks to a pact forged by the BBC Studios, Germany’s ZDF and Spain’s The Mediapro Studio, in the latter’s continued bid to partner in more English-language productions. Produced by Moonage Pictures and Nicolas Winding Refn’s byNWR, the series is an ambitious adaptation of the iconic children’s adventure novels by the English author.
Manchester United have returned to the training ground this week ahead of Saturday's trip to West Ham in the Premier League.
Life changed for Rihanna and A$AP Rocky in a big way in the last few years.
Kesha is opening up about how she feels after parting ways with Dr. Luke‘s label and her management team.
Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic Noah Kahan is Zooming to us right from the heart of Vermont’s stick season, where things are looking cloudy with a chance of multi-platinum. Now, if you happen to know what that “seasonal” reference actually is, you are probably (a) an 80-year-old New Englander who grew up with that term as a euphemism for the dog days of late fall, or (b) one of the millions of people that have taken to the music of Kahan, who spent 2023 becoming a nearly stealth superstar.
The Kardashians may rule reality TV, but not all of the Real Housewives are ready to bow down…
Jenelle Riley Deputy Awards and Features Editor You wouldn’t expect an animated film about a talking iguana to draw equal inspiration from Andy Kaufman and “It’s a Wonderful Life,” but that just might help explain the wide appeal of Netflix’s smash hit “Leo.” It also makes perfect sense when you consider the creative minds behind Adam Sandler-led project, which includes his longtime collaborator and comedy’s not-so-secret weapon, Robert Smigel. Though perhaps best known to audiences for his work as Triumph the Insult Comic Dog, the foul-mouthed canine puppet who began life on “Late Night With Conan O’Brien,” where Smigel was the first head writer.
It’s difficult to quantify the viewership numbers for streaming films. All we really get are first-party numbers from the streamers directly, which are always used in a complimentary way.
the OG murderer Stu Macher doesn’t think he’ll ever come back to kill again.Actor Matthew Lillard starred as the killer in 1996’s “Scream,” setting off an iconic horror franchise that most recently hit the big screen with the sixth installment earlier this year.The “Scooby-Doo” star, 53, told Entertainment Weekly that he probably won’t return to the series following stars Jenna Ortega and Melissa Barrera’s “Scream 7” departures.Barrera, 33, and Ortega, 21, who both starred as Samantha and Tara Carpenter in “Scream 6,” left the upcoming film last month. “I don’t think so.
The Killers have added a sixth and final London date to their 2024 UK and Ireland tour.The band recently announced a handful of extra dates and their opening support act for their ‘Rebel Diamonds‘ greatest hits UK and Ireland arena tour.The Killers added four extra dates in Dublin, Manchester, Glasgow and London to their celebratory 2024 tour due to exceptional demand during early ticket pre-sales.
Brandon Flowers of The Killers has teased the idea of intimate shows for the 20th anniversary of ‘Hot Fuss‘.The band’s debut LP ‘Hot Fuss’ was released on June 7, 2004 and featured iconic tracks such as ‘Smile Like You Mean It’, ‘Somebody Told Me’, ‘All These Things That I Have Done’ and fan favourite ‘Mr. Brightside’.Speaking to Zane Lowe on his Apple Music Radio show, Lowe mentions “20 years, isn’t it crazy?” to which Flowers responded with “It is crazy.