Jessica Lange Decries Hollywood’s Lack Of Creativity In Frank UK Interview

Jack Black took it upon himself to raise the spirits of his fellow striking actors by stripping to his underwear and singing a Taylor Swift song at a fundraiser.Black was performing at the Give Back-ular Spectacular! Show on Wednesday (October 25) at the Orpheum Theatre in Los Angeles, an event held to support members of the acting union SAG-AFTRA who are struggling due to the strikes.Black, who had been expected to perform a stand-up set, ripped his shirt off and walked through the crowd, asking for any song requests.Responding to one suggestion for Swift’s ‘Anti-Hero’, Black said, “I know that one. Everyone knows that fucking song!”Audience member Amrita Khalid shared the clip of the performance on X, formerly known as Twitter, adding, “Watching Jack Black strip and then serenade us with Taylor Swift wasn’t on my bingo card for 2023”.Watching Jack Black strip and then serenade us with Taylor Swift wasn’t on my bingo card for 2023.

Sarah Jessica Parker has no plans to get injectables – ever.

Caroline Brew editor “Barbie” and “The Boys” were lauded as top film and streaming series at the 6th annual Silver Pixel Awards, which recognize achievements and innovation in Hollywood digital marketing. Amazon Studios’ Jessica Thurber Hemingway, Lionsgate’s Eric Dachman and Division 13’s Jim Evans were the industry executive honorees at the event, held Oct. 19 at Candela La Brea.

Matt Donnelly Senior Film Writer Charles Leclerc, a featured subject on the Netflix docuseries “Formula 1: Drive to Survive,” has signed with WME. The agency will represent the 26-year-old racing phenom in entertainment and commercial ventures. At 20, Leclerc was the youngest driver in history to be signed to the storied Scuderia Ferrari team, in the midst of his debut F1 season with the Alfa Romeo Sauber team.

Kirk Douglas.Between them, a group of Jews whose families had lived in constant fear of persecution gave America, and the world, the golden age of cinema. Classics from “The Wizard of Oz” and “Singin’ in the Rain” to “Ben Hur” and “Gone with the Wind” exist because of them.So why, after the most heinous mass murders of Jews since the Holocaust, is Hollywood incapable of recognizing its own history — and why does it have such a Jew problem?In the days since the Hamas attacks in Israel, the powerful and the rich have truly exposed themselves.Maha Dakhil, co-head of motion pictures at CAA and agent to Tom Cruise, Madonna, Reese Witherspoon, Olivia Wilde, and American Israeli Natalie Portman, this week accused Israel of “genocide.”She re-posted, “You’re currently learning who supports genocide,” before adding her own caption: “That’s the line for me.” John Cusack, that one-time 80s heartthrob, wrote on X: “I was out at the Palestinian march in Chicago.

Clayton Davis Senior Awards Editor For Eva Longoria to have the chance to direct “Flamin’ Hot,” she says she had to “overcome the stigma of being a dumb actor.” “I’m more than the actor you know from TV,” she tells Variety‘s Awards Circuit Podcast. “I’ve been directing for 12 years. I started with short films.

This is Day 96 of the SAG-AFTRA strike.

Strictly Come Dancing presenter Tess Daly rushed to help Angela Rippon after she suffered a wardrobe malfunction moments after her performance. After taking to the dance floor for another impressive routine with her partner Kai Widdrington, she didn't walk away from the live show unscathed, after getting stuck in her shoe.

Zack de la Rocha joined Run the Jewels on stage in Los Angeles to perform a version of ‘Close Your Eyes (And Count to Fuck)’ – watch the footage below. The Rage Against the Machine frontman took to the stage alongside the hip-hop duo at the Hollywood Palladium on Thursday (October 12). It is the first time De La Rocha has appeared on stage since he tore his Achilles tendon while performing with the reformed Rage Against the Machine in Chicago in July 2022.

Gene Maddaus Senior Media Writer The Hollywood unions issued a statement Friday calling on the major studios to resume bargaining with SAG-AFTRA, two days after talks with the actors union broke down. The Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers said Wednesday that the gap between the two sides was “too great,” and that further negotiations would not be productive. SAG-AFTRA has been on strike for 92 days.

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achieved his dreams of being an actor and wanted his kids to work on reaching their own goals. “I spent lots of time in LA pursuing my interests and my career, and now it’s time for them to pursue theirs. Everybody is thriving there.

Gene Maddaus Senior Media Writer The Writers Guild of America has voted overwhelmingly to ratify its new contract, formally ending one of the longest labor disputes in Hollywood history. The membership voted 99% in favor of ratification, with 8,435 voting yes and 90 members opposed. In a statement, WGA West president Meredith Stiehm thanked leadership, strike captains, and WGA staff for working to deliver the contract.

American Horror Story actor Jessica Lange has hinted at her upcoming retirement in a new interview.Speaking to The Telegraph, Lange said that she felt creativity is becoming “secondary” now in Hollywood.“I think I’m going to start phasing out of filmmaking,” she said, adding: “I don’t think I’ll do this too much longer.”She continued: “Creativity is secondary now to corporate profits. The emphasis becomes not on the art or the artist or the storytelling.

J. Kim Murphy Jessica Lange is thinking about retirement. In a candid interview with The Telegraph, the two-time Oscar-winner revealed that she is thinking of “phasing out of filmmaking” and offered some blunt criticism for the entertainment industry’s direction over the past few years.

Nicole Scherzinger is opening up about her experience aging in Hollywood.

Naman Ramachandran Nicole Scherzinger is back on London’s West End, playing Norma Desmond in Andrew Lloyd Webber musical “Sunset Boulevard.” The former Pussycat Dolls star made her West End debut in a revival of Webber’s “Cats” in 2014, for which she earned an Olivier nomination. In “Sunset Boulevard,” with music by Webber, book and lyrics by Don Black and Christopher Hampton, based on Billy Wilder’s 1950 film, Scherzinger plays movie star Norma Desmond who yearns to return to the big screen. A struggling screenwriter may be her only hope, until their dangerous and compelling relationship leads to disastrous circumstances.

Caroline Brew editor In collaboration with Sony Pictures, the Coalition of Asian Pacifics in Entertainment (CAPE) announced the return of the CAPE Animation Directors Accelerator. The initiative aims to identify and equip the next generation of AAPI animation professionals with the skills to become directors in feature film and episodic animation.

Jennifer Aniston is showing off her timeless beauty yet again as she rocked a steamy black leather bra and matching bottoms for CR Fashion Book. The former “Friends” star continues to defy age as she stuns fans with her gorgeous good looks and glowing skin at age 54.Jennifer Aniston’s black leather bra look was all part of her spread for CR Fashion Book. The pop culture icon was chosen as one of the cover stars for the publication’s muses spread.

Amblin Partners Production of President Jeb Brody welcomed the tentative writers’ strike deal during an industry panel at the San Sebastian Film Festival on Tuesday but warned that some of the issues that sparked the industrial action in the first place were still swashing around.