Jodie Foster: It Was “Fun” Stepping Into ‘True Detective’ 30 Years After ‘Silence Of The Lambs’

Zack Sharf Digital News Director Jodie Foster recently chatted with “The Bikeriders” star Jodie Comer for Interview magazine and got honest about her relationship to acting. The two-time Oscar winner for best actress admitted that she’s “never fell in love with the acting part” of her career and the “technical sides of filmmaking” have always interested her more.

Jodie Foster has opened up about the impact of John Hinckley Jr.’s assassination attempt on Ronald Reagan, and how it affected her experience doing live theatre.On March 30, 1981 Hinckley shot the then-President in Washington D.C. in an attempt to impress Foster, who was 18-years-old at the time.

Selena Kuznikov “What We Do in the Shadows” star Harvey Guillén says he wasn’t expecting to be honored with an award at the National Hispanic Media Coalition Impact Awards Gala, but the work he does is never for the accolades. “You just do it because you wish someone will see you and get inspired to continue to be themselves and go into a field that’s traditionally not presented to us,” Guillén told Variety. The gala, hosted by Mayan Lopez and Annie Gonzalez at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel June 16, honored Latino creatives in the entertainment industry paving the way for others.

Variety Staff Follow Us on Twitter “Actors on Actors” Season 20 was the most-watched Emmys lineup in Variety history, garnering 97 million video views across social media and outpacing 2023’s record-breaking TV season. Occurring twice a year during Emmys and Oscars voting, Variety’s “Actors on Actors” spotlights the biggest and buzziest names of each awards season. The 2024 TV lineup included Robert Downey Jr.

Deadline’s TV Talk podcast is back for another season, taking listeners all the way to the 76th Emmy Awards ceremony September 15. Today’s podcast is the end of our Phase 1, but, like Arnold said, we’ll be back.

From a distance, many in Hollywood were wondering just how Issa López landed the show-running gig on “True Detective” season four. The Mexican filmmaker had directed two well-regarded films including 2017’s “Tigers Are Not Afraid,” but she hadn’t worked in American television.

Jodie Foster has opened up about her upbringing, explaining how she starred in several mature films as a child actor.The two-time Oscar-winner began her acting career as a child, appearing in various Disney-made films including 1976’s Freaky Friday.

Halfway through True Detective: Night Country, Kali Reis’ character experiences a loss so traumatic it would make most people lose their minds. Steely State Trooper Evangeline Navarro has but one way of coping with the situation: She instigates a brawl, in essence begging for a physical manifestation of her pain. Watching one of the most heart-wrenching sequences of the anthology series play out, and Reis’ portrayal of her stoic character’s momentary collapse, it is near impossible to comprehend that this is only the 37-year-old’s third on-screen role.

She has two Best Actress Oscars and five nominations including one most recently for 2023’s Nyad. She received her first for 1976’s Taxi Driver when she was only 14. Add to these impressive accomplishments, three BAFTA awards, three Golden Globes, and an Honorary Palme d’Or among other accolades and honors. Still it is surprising to note she has never once been nominated for an Emmy for any acting role.

Jack Dunn While in development for the Amazon Prime drama “Expats,” creator, writer and director Lulu Wang knew she had to pay tribute to the lives lost during the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre. Having been in China at that time as a child, she remembers how scared she was when her father nearly left to join the protest which ultimately led to the death of hundreds.

EXCLUSIVE: Manny Jacinto (The Good Place) is the latest thesp in talks to join Disney‘s long-awaited sequel, Freaky Friday 2, sources tell Deadline.

Netflix’s Baby Reindeer and Ripley and FX’s Shōgun lead the 2024 Television Critics Association awards nominations with five each.

The Television Critics Association announced the nominees for the 2024 TCA Awards and, surprisingly, they come with some controversy. “Baby Reindeer,” “Ripley” and “Shogun” led all programs with five nominations each.

True Detective: Night Country is the fourth season of the acclaimed HBO anthology series and the stars are promoting it at FYC events ahead of the Emmys!

Selena Kuznikov Variety hosted its inaugural Indigenous Storytelling in Entertainment Breakfast on June 5 in Los Angeles. The event included insightful conversations with Indigenous and Native creators, talent, and industry executives such as “Reservation Dogs” showrunner Sterlin Harjo, Bird Runningwater from “Fancy Dance,” Kali Reis from “True Detective” (who was joined by co-star Isabella Star LaBlanc and showrunner Issa López) and many more. The program highlighted Indigenous storytelling and the achievements of Indigenous communities in film and TV and even included a surprise message from director James Cameron.

Jack Dunn HBO’s “True Detective” took over television in 2014 with Woody Harrelson and Mathew Matthew McConaughey as two gritty detectives struggling to solve a seemingly impossible string of supernatural murders. Ten years and three seasons later, Jodie Foster and Kali Reis have taken over for “True Detective: Night Country,” ushering in the most-viewed season of the series to date.

Jodie Foster has told Robert Downey Jr. that he has “a big mouth and a crazy mind” and that he is the sort of person that she would like to be.The two Oscar-winning actors took part in the ‘Actors on Actors’ series recently for Variety, where they shared their memories of working together, including on the 1995 Thanksgiving film Home For The Holidays, which Foster directed.Recalling their collaboration, Foster said the filming process was “all perfect because of you.”“You have a big mouth and a crazy mind that loves the freedom of being in the moment, which is not who I am, but who I wish to be – somebody that’s free like you,” she added.Downey admitted that he was “pretty out of my mind” for the duration of the shooting of the film, and recalled his contribution being “one of the most relaxed performances in the history of cinema”.Earlier this year, Downey was awarded the Best Supporting Actor award at the Oscars for his role in Oppenheimer, while Foster is a two-time winner in the Best Actress category, for 1988’s The Accused and 1991’s The Silence Of The Lambs.In April, Foster spoke again about Home For The Holidays, during a time when Downey’s struggles with addiction and crime were prominent.She told Esquire that she “took him to one side” before saying: “Look, I couldn’t be more grateful for what you’ve given in this film.

Kristen Lopez When the Annenberg Inclusion Initiative released a report surveying film roles for Native Americans last October, of the 100 highest-grossing theatrical movies released between 2007 and 2022, only one had an Indigenous performer in a lead role. Yet when speaking to Native creatives and performers, there is an overwhelming sense of optimism for what’s to come for their representation in entertainment.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans Editor A pivotal moment comes as the fourth season of “True Detective: Night Country” hits a thrilling end in episode six. Law enforcement officers Liz Danvers (Jodie Foster) and Evangeline Navarro (Kali Reis), find themselves at the entrance to the ice cave. After they reach a dead end, Liz decides they should head back, but just as they do so, the two end up falling into the cave’s lower levels.

Robert Downey Jr. isn’t entirely saying never to the Marvel Cinematic Universe.