Jamie Dornan Says Making Small Talk at Hollywood Parties Is 'Kind of Exhausting'

In a conversation for The Hollywood Reporter's Power Lawyers event on Wednesday, Sherrilyn Ifill, the president and director-counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, and journalistJemele Hill spoke about the importance of the Senate runoff races currently taking place in Georgia and how Hollywood can fight voter suppression.

Charles D. King To make sense of all that has transpired in 2020 and what it portends for the media and entertainment sectors going forward, Variety spoke with a cross section of industry leaders about the broad theme of change.

(CNN)Inclusion is evolving.Nowhere is this truer than in Hollywood, where there has been increased demand for improved representation by gender, sexuality, religion and opportunities for the disabled in the industry.The recent announcement by "Juno" star Elliot Page that they are transgender and identify as non-binary was greeted with surprise but also cheers by supporters and trans advocates alike.

Natalie Portman has long been a figure in Hollywood, starting off as a child actress in career-defining movies like Léon: The Professional (1994) and Beautiful Girls (1996).

Gwyneth Paltrow is opening up about why fans are seeing less and less of her on screen these days. During an appearance on SiriusXM's "Radio Andy," the 48-year-old star revealed the reasoning behind her transition from Hollywood.

They say the spotlight can be addictive… so what would cause someone to walk away?

Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle Editor Sienna Miller hopes her revelation in September that the late Chadwick Boseman gave her some of his salary to make sure she was paid fairly for “21 Bridges” will create change in Hollywood. “It should get people thinking,” Miller, who stars in writer-director Tara Miele’s new drama “Wander Darkly” with Diego Luna, tells me.

Trump supporters.The actor recently appeared on Russell Brand’s podcast Under The Skin, during which the pair reflected on the recent US election.Brand asked McConaughey if he had noticed a “condemnation” of “ordinary working people” by his fellow actors in Hollywood.The actor replied: “There are a lot [of people] on that illiberal left that absolutely condescend, patronise, and are arrogant towards the other 50 per cent.”“[There is] a kind of offhandedness, like, ‘Oh, they’re dumb, they’re

Dave McNary Film ReporterAmid the avalanche of disheartening developments this year, few were as dispiriting in Hollywood as the Aug. 12 announcement by the SAG-AFTRA Health Plan that it was eliminating coverage for 11,750 of 32,000 participants, including 8,200 senior performers.The plan and its trustees blamed the COVID-19 pandemic for creating $140 million in losses this year and projected that the reserves would be gone by 2024.

Noah Hawley is easily one of the most sought-after filmmakers in Hollywood. Thanks to four seasons of solid TV with “Fargo,” there are tons of people anxiously awaiting whatever he has next on the schedule.

Notting Hill star Hugh Grant recently opened up about his hiatus from Hollywood. During a new interview, the 60-year-old The Undoing actor explained why he took a seven-year break from making movies in the late 2000s.