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decades-long film career, but he knows he’s not the only hunk.On the heels of announcing his new skincare line Le Domaine, the 58-year-old actor has revealed his top picks for the most attractive men in Hollywood, past and present.In a new interview with Vogue on Wednesday, the Oscar winner noted how late filmmaker Paul Newman and his friend George Clooney are “the most handsome in the world.”“You know in the acting world because it’s my day job… the immediate go-to is Paul Newman, because he aged so gracefully,” Pitt said. “By all reports, [he was] a really special, giving, warm and truthful human being.”When the “Bullet Train” star was asked who he thinks is “handsome” in present-day Tinseltown, he namedropped his pal Clooney, 61.“I gotta name that George Clooney f–ker, because why not?” Pitt added.

Anne Heche died, the 53-year-old actress was ready to tell the world the whole story of the Hollywood hate she endured during her relationship with Ellen DeGeneres in the late 1990s. Heche, who passed away in Los Angeles on Aug. 11 following a tragic car crash, detailed the discriminatory backlash she faced as half of Tinseltown’s first publicly gay couple in her forthcoming memoir “Call Me Anne,” the Associated Press reported. In the book, to be released in January by independent publisher Start, Heche grapples with the uncertainty of how to label her sexuality at the time, when she felt she didn’t identify as a lesbian or a straight woman. “I was labeled ‘outrageous’ because I fell in love with a woman.

Just like many aging Tinseltown thespians and institutions over the years, the Hollywood sign is about to get another new face.

Though it feels like an ice age has come and gone, it wasn’t so long ago that writer/director Damien Chazelle became Hollywood’s golden boy. After making a name for himself with 2014’s “Whiplash,” Chazelle solidified his reputation as Tinseltown’s favorite young filmmaker with the 2016 megahit musical “La La Land,” which earned nearly $450 million at the box office and a record-tying fourteen Oscar nominations.

Though it feels like an ice age has come and gone, it wasn’t so long ago that writer/director Damien Chazelle became Hollywood’s golden boy. After making a name for himself with 2014’s “Whiplash,” Chazelle solidified his reputation as Tinseltown’s favorite young filmmaker with the 2016 megahit musical “La La Land,” which earned nearly $450 million at the box office and a record-tying fourteen Oscar nominations.

Queen Elizabeth II died Thursday at Balmoral Castle in Scotland at the age of 96, having served Britain for more than seven decades and earning the title of the country’s longest-reigning monarch. Elizabeth is survived by four children, eight grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.

“Babylon,” but this is far from a sanitized take on 1920s Tinseltown.Paramount Pictures has unveiled some first-look images from “Babylon” that showcase Chazelle’s impressive ensemble, including Brad Pitt as an established movie star and Margot Robbie as an ingénue on the rise.Described as a tale of outsized ambition and outrageous excess, the story traces the rise and fall of multiple characters during an era of unbridled decadence and depravity in early Hollywood. This is a fully R-rated take on a turning point in the history of Hollywood, when silent films gave way to talkies and movie stardom exploded.Jovan Adepo, Li Jun Li and Jean Smart also star in the film, which Chazelle wrote.

The Masked Dancer fans think they have already rumbled the identity of Candlestick as the hit ITV show returned to televisions on Saturday night. During the episode, Candlestick took to the stage to dance in front of the panel - Oti Mabuse, Davina McCall, Jonathan Ross and Peter Crouch - to Relight My Fire by Take That.

'Joan Crawford slept with everyone except Lassie' but loved only one manLinkBing Crosby was devastated to find Grace Kelly naked with another starLinkWhen it became very obvious what was happening, director George Marshall was forced to step in. He immediately stopped filming, recounting that he told Stewart to get himself under control while "wagging his finger reproachfully. " This might have been permissive Hollywood, but time in Tinseltown always meant money.

Hollywood soon might be required to do more than just talk about the importance of diversity in the industry, if a new addition to an extension of California’s lucrative film and television tax credits becomes law.

who died Friday a week after crashing her car in Los Angeles — courted critical acclaim with scene-stealing roles in indie smash “Walking and Talking” and the mobster blockbuster “Donnie Brasco” — prompting studio execs to sit up and pay attention. By 1997, Heche — who had just turned 28 years old — was poised to become Tinseltown’s next leading lady, having inked deals to star in a rom-com opposite Harrison Ford and appear in a highly-anticipated remake of “Psycho.”But in August of that year, the starlet went public with the much-older and much more famous DeGeneres, who had publicly come out on the cover of Time magazine just four months earlier. The couple cozied up for the cameras at the premiere of Heche’s disaster flick “Volcano” and their same-sex romance exploded into the public eye.

Reports of the Golden Globes resurrection on NBC might be premature.

many celebrities, such as Gwyneth Paltrow, Katy Perry, and Demi Moore, find an added spotlight for Hollywood hookups. Despite a few disastrous splits, some stars maintain amicable relationships with their exes as they move on to new romances.Gwyneth Paltrow and Dakota Johnson have formed a friendship, and an even more modern family unit, since the “Fifty Shades” actress started dating “Coldplay” frontman Chris Martin in 2017.Martin and Paltrow were married for 10 years and have two children together, Apple and Moses, but announced their separation as a “conscious uncoupling” in 2014. Their divorce was finalized in 2016, and they’ve remained an example when it comes to friendly exes in Tinseltown. The Academy Award-winner proved to be cool with her ex, his girlfriend and her new husband, Brad Falchuk, when the foursome was spotted hanging out on the beach in the Hamptons in 2019. Martin also tagged along on Paltrow’s honeymoon in the Maldives after she married Falchuk in September 2018, and Johnson was reportedly included on a family ski trip to Aspen, Colorado the same year. The Goop lifestyle brand founder previously discussed the “love” she has for Johnson in a 2020 Harper’s Bazaar interview.“I love her… I can see how it would seem weird because it’s sort of unconventional.

to co-stars Courteney Cox and Jennifer Aniston.During a recent interview on the podcast “Podcrushed,” the “Easy A” actress, 59, recalled feeling “self-conscious” during costume fittings with her castmates back in the day — because clothes seemed to look better on them.“Seeing myself on the show and seeing myself in clothes and seeing Courtney and Jennifer, I thought, ‘Oh, they know tailoring so they can discuss it with the costume designer about where exactly to take it in,’ ” she told “Podcrushed” hosts Penn Badgley, Nava Kavelin and Sophie Ansari.Kudrow played the iconically kooky Phoebe Buffay for 10 seasons on the NBC comedy from 1994 to 2004.“I’m not trying to say I was overweight,” the mother of one added. “I was not. I just had no idea of the actual shape of my body.”As Kudrow reached her 40s, she learned to accept her body for what it was.

A-list actors are known for work in front of cameras, but many celebrities, such as Gwyneth Paltrow, Katy Perry, and Demi Moore, find an added spotlight for Hollywood hookups.  Despite a few disastrous splits, some stars maintain amicable relationships with their exes as they move on to new romances. Gwyneth Paltrow and Dakota Johnson have formed a friendship, and an even more modern family unit, since the "Fifty Shades" actress started dating "Coldplay" frontman Chris Martin in 2017.

Ariel Winter left Hollywood for the other coast, as did other celebrities, including James Van Der Beek, who also moved during the Covid-19 era. The list may be long, but among those early defectors were Hallmark’s Alexa PenaVega (and her frequent on-screen partner and husband Carlos PenaVega), who recently opened about about the whys behind saying goodbye to Tinseltown.  As it turns out, there were myriad reason the couple left Hollywood, but chief among them was her husband’s mental state.

Todd Gilchrist On July 25, Laura Linney is set to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. It’s exactly the kind of high-profile status symbol Wendy Byrde might finagle to burnish her place among Tinseltown’s most successful and respected, except that the actor earned the honor precisely for playing the master manipulator on “Ozark” (and dozens of other unforgettable roles) so convincingly.

Brad Pitt says his choice to wear a skirt on the red carpet for the "Bullet Train" premiere in Berlin was less fashion statement and more about beating the sweltering European heat wave. "What was the reason for you to choose a kilt tonight?" The Associated Press asked Pitt. "The breeze," Pitt responded with a smile.  The 58-year-old actor rocked a matching brown linen blazer with a tattered hem to complement his knee-length skirt.

EXCLUSIVE: The Simpsons animator Erick Tran has teamed with film and TV-focused NFT and DeFi marketplace Mogul Productions to create what’s believed to be the world’s first animated NFT series — with Hollywood the inspiration.

Alexa PenaVega is opening up about her journey in Hollywood — and her journey away from the entertainment capital, too.

Closer Weekly. “I never changed my name officially. It’s still Ramon Estévez on my birth certificate.

Editor’s Note: On June 22, 2020, veteran editor and Sunwise Media co-founder Ri-Karlo Handy penned a guest column for Deadline on the wide ranging response to his social media call for Black union editors just days beforehand. As Americans took to the streets after the killings of Breonna Taylor and George Floyd to demand an end to institutional violence and racism in numbers unprecedented for decades, Handy turned part of the spotlight on Hollywood. The reaction to his outcry was almost immediate. It was also encouraging from unions, to schools, to studios and every other crevice of Tinseltown. Today, Handy examines what a difference the past two years have made, and what more there is to do as political and cultural sands appear to be shifting again.

Brokeback Mountain, the “Retro Replay: Film Classics” series picks up two days after Capital Pride with the 1995 flamboyant star-studded comedy To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything Julie Newmar.Essentially an American remake of the global box office smash and Oscar-winning Australian comedy The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, Beeban Kidron’s To Wong Foo starred a trio of male action stars — Wesley Snipes, the late Patrick Swayze, and John Leguizamo — improbably portraying New York City drag queens.We follow along as the trio sets out on a road trip to Tinseltown only to find themselves stuck in a homophobic hinterland after their old Cadillac convertible breaks down.Soon enough, they ride into the sunset, leaving behind a winsome message about the value of community and acceptance. Local drag queen Noxeema Jackson, named for the Snipes character, and the QTBIPOC collective, will be orchestrating some surprises at the screening.

You know what has the biggest returning character kill count in Hollywood? Salary negotiations. And it’s struck again, this time on the otherwise unkillable Sidney Prescott.

SPOILER ALERT! Do not read unless you have seen the second season finale of Hacks on HBO Max. 

@fayedunaway on Instagram — revealed that the Hollywood legend is aware of Yang’s social media presence and might be taking action against him, Entertainment Weekly reported.“There’s a new development in this,” Yang, 31, said during an interview on “Live! With Kelly and Ryan.”“As of, like, two weeks ago, I’ve gotten word that she knows about me having the handle and she does actually want to come on ‘SNL’ and confront me on live television.”Hosts Ryan Seacrest and Kelly Ripa pressed Yang for more details on what the “confrontation” from Tinseltown’s notorious diva would look like. “She wants it to be, like, maybe on ‘[Weekend] Update,'” said Yang. “She gets brought out to talk about her social media handle being co-opted by this random Asian guy.”Yang said that he did not expect there to be any backlash since he made the account before his rise to stardom.

Custody battles in Hollywood’s most publicized divorces can sometimes take an ugly turn, but the fight for guardianship isn’t always centered around an estranged couple’s children. In some cases, deciding over the ownership of pets can prove to be just as difficult.

Ray Liotta —  known for his iconic role as Henry Hill in Martin Scorsese's film — started his career in Tinseltown in the 1980s. He skyrocketed to fame in "Goodfellas" when he portrayed a real-life mobster rising through the ranks of a crime family in Brooklyn.  Liotta went on to star in dozens of film and television projects, including "The Many Saints of Newark," "Hannibal," and "Shades of Blue," and worked with Johnny Depp in the 2001 movie "Blow." Behind the camera, Liotta was a doting dad to daughter Karsen, 23, whom he shared with ex-wife, Michelle Grace.  At the time of his death, Liotta was engaged to Jacy Nittolo.

David Cronenberg has unfinished business with the future, which is tricky, seeing as it already constitutes a significant slice of his past. His new film — titled “Crimes of the Future,” as in committed by rather than during that span of time — finds the master on the other side of his extended sojourn in high-minded literary adaptation, biopic quasi-prestige, and Tinseltown satire, back to playing the body-horror hits on which he made his name.

Tomris Laffly It’s unlikely that anyone was holding their breath for an English-language reimagining of Francis Veber’s 2006 French hit “La Doublure,” a lovable if trite farce in which a porter and a supermodel fake a romantic relationship in order to prevent a PR disaster. But with the help of some doting cultural specificity, a charming cast and sunshiny Los Angeles skies, “Come As You Are” director Richard Wong’s “The Valet” proves that a remake can still be a welcome thing these days, even in a world oversaturated with them.Written by Bob Fisher and Rob Greenberg (the duo behind the “Overboard” remake), this sweet-natured and good-humored rom-com-with-a-twist should easily find reasonable streaming success upon its May 20 launch on Hulu.

The world was shocked when news broke that Kylie Jenner and Travis Scott were expecting their first child together when the Life of Kylie star was just 20 — but she was open about her desire to be a mom long before welcoming her daughter and son.

Ariel Winter is latest Los Angeles explant. Earlier this year, the "Modern Family" star and her boyfriend, actor Luke Benward, decided to pack up their bags and leave Tinseltown — and they've not looked back. "People have always been like, 'You don't like L.A., why don't you just move' … and then I just randomly looked and decided why not," she told former costar Julie Bowen on her "Quitters" podcast. "We sold our cars, got an Escalade to fit all the dogs for the drive, put my house on the market, sold my house."Although the actress makes the move sound easy, that's far from the case. "It was hard for me to decide [to move] because I'm leaving everybody I know in California," she said. "It's a quick flight to California and I had to remind myself, if I don't like it, I can leave."A post shared by ARIEL WINTER (@arielwinter)The actress didn't disclose where she and Luke moved because she values privacy and normalcy."Part of the reason I always hated L.A.

Newsweek reported.In the episode, Rogan and guest Tony Hinchcliffe were discussing how genius and madness can seem intertwined in Tinseltown.“To be one of those people, whether it’s Mel Gibson or any of these actor types, to be insanely good in a movie, you’ve got to be a little crazy,” posited Rogan. He was referencing how the controversial Australian superstar is perhaps equally famous for alleged anti-semitic slurs and angry telephone messages as he is for his Oscar-winning films.Hinchcliffe, 37, then cited the infamous Oscars slap as evidence of how Will Smith’s “King Richard” role impacted his psychology, prompting the UFC commentator to respond: “He’s an amazing actor right? He shows emotion in his film, it’s so real.”“The guy’s probably always on the verge of crying, it’s probably a mess,” added Rogan, who also blamed Smith’s mental state on his fraught relationship with wife Jada Pinkett Smith.“I mean, the way his wife smiled after Chris Rock got slapped,” exclaimed the comedian, referencing the notorious “Best Smacktor” incident, in which the Oscar winner slapped Rock over a bald crack about Jada, who has alopecia.“The whole thing was just, oh my god.

Police responding to Michael Peterson‘s call that his wife had fallen down stairs encountered a truly gruesome scene when they arrived at the house.

opened up to People about why he decided to return to acting so much later in the new, hit indie flick “Everything Everywhere All at Once.”The Vietnam native achieved fame as a child actor with pivotal roles in projects such as the 1984 Harrison Ford adventure film and 1985’s “The Goonies.”“Never in my wildest imagination did I think I would end up being an actor,” he said. “But I fell in love with it,” adding that “Indiana Jones,” in particular, “changed my life and my entire family’s life.”Quan first thought he would have a flourishing and “amazing” career after he filmed “The Goonies.” However, he found himself landing small roles on TV and film, especially ones that seemed stereotypical of the Asian-American community.“It was tough,” he noted.

In the history of cinema, one of the most prescient and brilliantly searing indictments of Hollywood, and of the inherent unimaginativeness pervasive in studio execs, comes via Robert Altman’s 1992 Tinseltown satire “The Player.” Specifically, the scene where Buck Henry tries to sell shallow studio exec Tim Robbins the banal idea for “The Graduate II.” Hilarious, biting, and sharp (the exec loves it, naturally), the moment speaks volumes about Hollywood’s predisposition for playing it safe, superficial sequels, and keeping that gravy train running.