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“I have two almost 4-year-olds, and I’m quite powerful and influential in certain circles, but not with two 4-year-olds,” says Joel Edgerton. “Kids run their own country, in a way.”

Edgerton’s been thinking a lot lately about those nascent years before entering adulthood thanks to his latest project, The Plague, which looks at the complicated and occasionally terrifying social dynamics of kids — specifically adolescent boys.

The feature debut of director Charlie Polinger, the film is set in the world of a competitive water polo summer camp, focusing primarily on the dynamic within a group of 12- and 13-year-old boys who have ostracized one camper because he has “the plague,” a nasty-looking case of eczema. One camper, Ben (Everett Blunck), struggles between his desire to help the outcast camper and his worry about incurring the wrath of the larger group. In the film, Edgerton plays the well-meaning if ineffective water polo coach.

We’ve been curious what Aussie director Baz Luhrmann would attempt next after the Oscar-nominated “Elvis” biopic that saw rising talent Austin Butler nab his first Best Actor nod for playing the iconic rocknroller. Back in September, it was revealed the filmmaker would attempt a new biographical film, “Jehanne d’Arc.”

There is now a substantial update as Deadline reveals that the film has landed help on the script with playwright Ava Pickett co-writing alongside Luhrmann, and a search to find an actress to play Joan is going to be the next big hurdle for the project.

Continue reading Baz Luhrmann Making Young Joan Of Arc Movie, ‘Jehanne d’Arc,’ On Hunt For Young Actress at The Playlist.

Exclusive: While he hasn’t yet found the actress who’ll play Joan of Arc in his epic Jehanne d’Arc, Baz Luhrmann found an exceptional young voice to help him unlock the screenplay. That would be Ava Pickett, a playwright who wrote the script with Luhrmann.

Here’s how impressed the filmmaker was with Pickett: Recently, pretty much the whole of Warner Bros shut down as the entire teams from production to marketing and publicity headed over to Chateau Marmont. In the room where the first draft of Rebel Without a Cause was read aloud for Warner Bros brass, Pickett read the first draft of Jehanne d’Arc. Luhrmann and design partner Catherine Martin backed her up with a visual presentation.

Start date for the film isn’t quite there, Luhrmann told Deadline. That depends on the casting of the pivotal role of the teenaged French peasant who believed...

One of the most anticipated rumored movies has finally been made official by A24. Enemies, a new crime saga by Henry Dunham (The Standoff at Sparrow Creek), will be led by two of the most popular young actors working today. The Bear's Jeremy Allen White and The Bikeriders star Austin Butler will lead the new crime thriller. The pair's partnership in the project had long been rumored on social media, and A24 has finally put the speculation to rest with a positive update.

Deadline confirmed the casting in a new report. Enemies is set to begin production this summer in Chicago on a relatively limited budget of $25 million. Dunham is writing and directing the film, with A24 regular Ari Aster (Midsommar and Hereditary) producing. Plot details about the movie remain scarce, but the report confirmed that the film will follow a "relentless detective" and an "infamous contract killer," most...

The Green Room 42 will present Martín Solá in Boleros to Broadway on Monday, June 16, 2025 for a one-night-only concert, a soulful celebration of timeless boleros and iconic Broadway hits. About MARTÍN SOLÁ: A seasoned performer with deep roots in both classical and contemporary theatre, Martín Solá is currently in Buena Vista Social Club on Broadway which has been nominated for 10 Tony Awards including Best Musical. His impressive credits include How to Dance in Ohio, On Your Feet, The King and I, Coram Boy, and Baz Luhrmann's La Bohème. Off-Broadway, he has found a home at The Public Theater in productions such as Miss You Like Hell, Giant, Pirates of Penzance, and Suzan-Lori Parks' Plays for the Plague Year; and he was...

“Leave One Day,” Amélie Bonnin’s feature film that opened the Cannes Film Festival on Tuesday evening, is an unusual film for a Cannes opener in several ways.

It’s a musical, only the third to open Cannes in this century, after Leos Carax’s twisted “Annette” in 2021 and Baz Luhrmann’s lavish “Moulin Rouge!” in 2001. It’s directed by a woman, Bonnin, again only the third time that’s happened in the 2000s, after Maïwenn in 2023 and Emmanuelle Bercot in 2015. And it’s a first-time feature from a female director; the last time Cannes opened with one of those was, well, never.

In one major way, though, “Leave One Day” is quite similar to other recent Cannes openers, in that it’s likely to be largely forgotten a few days into the festival, quickly overshadowed by other films. A slight character study that strains to be charming but only occasionally gets there,...

Kelvin Harrison Jr., who voiced Taka, aka Scar, in Disney’s Mufasa: The Lion King, has joined the ever-growing cast of Lionsgate’s latest installment of the Hunger Games franchise, the adaptation of the latest Suzanne Collins best-seller, Sunrise of the Reaping.

Glenn Close is also said to be circling a role in the feature, although sources say it’s unclear whether a deal can be struck on that front.

Reaping stars Joseph Zada as Haymitch Abernathy, with Whitney Peak playing Haymitch’s girlfriend, Lenore Dove Baird. The prequel story is focused on fan-favorite Haymitch, who in the original Hunger Games book trilogy (and movie quadrology) acted as a mentor to heroine Katniss Everdeen. (Woody Harrelson played Haymitch in the original Hunger Games films.)

Mckenna Grace and Jesse Plemons are also on the roll call of the production that has Francis Lawrence in the director’s chair.

Harrison has been cast as Beetee,...

Broadway and classical powerhouses have joined forces for a new recording of “El Tango de Roxanne,” the reimagining of the Police hit, first featured in Baz Luhrmann’s Moulin Rouge. Broadway stars Nicole Scherzinger and Ramin Karimloo, along with pianist and producer Chloe Flower, recently teamed up for the the track, recorded at London’s iconic Abbey Road Studios. Watch video and hear the song below! The trio is accompanied by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Jeff Atmajian, with a featured solo by acclaimed violinist Luanne Homzy. The arrangement for piano and orchestra was crafted by Flower, Sally Herbert, and Craig Armstrong; orchestrated by Herbert; and produced by Flower alongside Grammy-winning producer Nick Patrick. Scherzinger is currently earning critical acclaim for her Broadway debut as Norma Desmond...

Let’s get something straight: Making William Shakespeare’s plays “cool” is kind of the opposite of cool. The only thing older than trying to make Shakespeare’s plays “hip” is Shakespeare’s actual plays, which were plenty hip to begin with. Hollywood has been trying to hip up those bad boys for a hundred years. You’ll find John Gilbert and Norma Shearer making fun of studio execs trying to fix The Bard way back in “The Hollywood Revue of 1929,” as they squawked wacky lines like “Julie baby, I’m ga-ga about you” and “You’re just about the cookies for me, boyfriend.”

Generally speaking it’s the updated versions of “Romeo & Juliet” that age badly, but these versions can still have value. “West Side Story” remains the best side story. Baz Luhrmann’s “Romeo + Juliet” is the ninetiesest nineties movie that ever tied nines in...

Writer-director Greg Kwedar is going from prison drama to fantastical critters with the musical comedy, Possum Song.

Movie titles can often be disappointing. Between The Temples turned out not to be a Jason Statham-esque revenge thriller. The Outrun, we soon learned, had nothing to do with racing Ferraris across 1980s America (though Michael Bay may soon fix that). Anthrapoid emphatically was not a giant monster movie.

What a relief, then, to learn that the forthcoming musical comedy Possum Song isn’t just a cute title. Its plot, the work of screenwriter Isaac Adamson, really does feature a possum – one with supernatural powers.

It’s to be the next film from writer-director Greg Kwedar, who most recently made the Oscar-nominated prison drama Sing Sing. Featuring some wonderful performances, not least from its lead, Colman Domingo, it was one of our favourite movies of 2023 – and a favourite with awards bodies, too.

Marking the opening of The Costume Institute’s spring exhibition, ‘Superfine: Tailoring Black Style,’ the Met Gala is taking place on the first Monday in May, May 5th, with the dress code “Tailored for You.

Forget trophies and acceptance speeches. At fashion’s most exclusive annual convergence, the true prize is a coveted invitation and the opportunity to command the world’s attention on the red carpet. Only a carefully curated list holds the golden ticket from cultural titans spanning film, the political arena, the music charts, and the pinnacles of power across industries. The night’s sole currency is sartorial impact, measured in the waves of applause and collective gasps. Attendees are challenged to transcend mere attire, transforming themselves into walking exhibitions that interpret the profound legacy of tailoring, particularly within Black style.

Related: Met Gala 2025 Afterparty Photos: Rihanna, A$AP Rocky, Pharrell Williams, Janelle Monae, Jeremy Allen White,...

The red carpet has begun at the 2025 Met Gala and we’ll be updating this post all night long to show you Every celeb who is attending the event.

For those who aren’t ware, the Met Ball is the biggest night in fashion every year and hundreds of stars are expected to walk the red carpet.

Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour has invited many celebs to act as co-chairs for the evening and there’s also a host committee this year that includes 25 more celebs.

The dress code this year is “Tailored for You” to celebrate the new Superfine: Tailoring Black Style exhibit. It’s the first Met Gala to focus on menswear since 2003 and we already have photos from inside the exhibition.

Head inside to see photos of Every celeb at the Met Gala in 2025…

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Created by John Shiban and John Orloff, Apple TV+’s war drama miniseries Masters of the Air, starring Austin Butler, Callum Turner, and Anthony Boyle, received positive to mixed reviews from critics and audiences upon release. Based on Donald L. Miller’s book of the same name, the story follows the actions of the 100th Bomb Group during WWII.

Critics at the time shared that Masters of the Air is ‘an absolutely fantastic television’ that goes on to depict the experience of pilots during World War II. Even though it received a positive to mixed response, audiences were concerned about the accuracy of the story and noted that the story had omitted a lot of parts from the actual story of the 100th. However, it’s Austin Butler’s experience that can change anyone’s mind about whether to re-watch the show or not.

Austin Butler recalls his preparation for...

Baz Luhrmann has chosen his next movie. He will direct a film called Jehanne d’Arc for Warner Bros. The movie will tell the story of Joan of Arc, a brave teenage girl who became a hero in France. She helped lead the French army to a big win in 1429. Just two years later, in 1431, she was burned at the stake.

While the casting call was originally expected to go out in September of last year, there have been few updates since then about the film or who might take on the lead role.

However, notable industry insider Daniel Richtman recently shared on his Patreon that The Last of Us star Bella Ramsey is interested in portraying Joan of Arc.

It’s important to note that this information has not been confirmed by official sources and remains a rumor at this stage.

Bella Ramsey is certainly on a winning streak.

Stars: Timothée Chalamet, Edward Norton, Elle Fanning, Monica Barbaro, Joe Tippett, Eriko Hatsune, Scoot McNairy | Written by James Mangold, Jay Cocks, Elijah Wald | Directed by James Mangold

The biopic has been a genre around since the early days of filmmaking, and over the course of more than 100 years, it has changed drastically with every passing decade. In the early 2000s the genre, in particular the musical biopic, hit somewhat of a snag. It got caught up in formulaic storytelling and became a parody of itself. So much so that the 2007 film Walk Hard made fun of the formula so much it ruined the genre forever. However, some films still missed the joke and went ahead and followed the formula anyway, such as 2018’s Bohemian Rhapsody. The formula itself reduced the artist’s life to their Wikipedia page. Often opening with the film’s subject ready to take the stage of one of their famous performances,...

Actor Austin Butler has been hotter than a pistol since his Best Actor Oscar nomination for Baz Luhrmann‘s “Elvis” biopic, lining up projects with an impressive group of filmmakers such as Denis Villeneuve, Jeff Nichols, Luca Guadagnino, Sean Durkin, Edward Berger, Ari Aster (the Cannes-bound “Eddington“), and potentially Michael Mann (rumored for a role in “Heat 2“).

Continue reading ‘Caught Stealing’ First Look: Austin Butler Stars In Darren Aronofsky’s New Late ‘90s New York Odyssey at The Playlist.

New production photos are now available for Moulin Rouge! The Musical, featuring Jordan Fisher as Christian. Fisher joins Solea Pfeiffer as Satine, Boy George as Harold Zidler, Andy Karl as The Duke of Monroth, Samantha Dodemaide as Nini, Pepe Muñoz as Santiago, and André Ward as Toulouse-Lautrec. Hailee Kaleem Wright is the Satine Alternate. Enter a world of splendor and romance, of eye-popping excess, of glitz, grandeur and glory! A world where Bohemians and aristocrats rub elbows and revel in electrifying enchantment. Pop the champagne and prepare for the spectacular spectacular...Welcome to Moulin Rouge! The Musical. Baz Luhrmann’s iconic film comes to life onstage, remixed in a new musical mash-up extravaganza. Moulin Rouge! The Musical is a theatrical celebration of Truth, Beauty, Freedom,...

While Wayne Brady regularly delights many fans on television as a game show host, he initially started with improv comedy and portraying different characters.

He took his talents to Whose Line Is It Anyways? and Let’s Make a Deal, where he is known for keeping the show entertaining with co-stars and contestants.

Viewers saw Wayne appear in a reality television series, Wayne Brady: The Family Remix, where he co-starred with his daughter, ex-wife, and her current partner.

While that didn’t extend beyond one season of episodes, Wayne hasn’t slowed down when it comes to working.

Months ago, fans could watch him on stage as the titular character in a Broadway revival of The Wiz.

He’s now returning to Broadway, as recent news revealed another new role for Wayne away from television.

Wayne Brady joins the Moulin Rouge cast

On Wayne’s Instagram page, he shared several posts,...

Nicole Kidman will receive the 2025 Women in Motion Award at the Cannes Film Festival, presented by Kering and the festival organizers. This marks her return to Cannes for the first time since 2017, when she was recognized with the 70th Anniversary Prize.

The award, part of a program launched in 2015, recognizes contributions by women across culture and the arts. Kidman will join previous recipients such as Jane Fonda, Viola Davis, Michelle Yeoh, and Salma Hayek Pinault. She will be honored during a gala dinner attended by filmmakers, executives, and members of the Cannes jury.

“It’s a true honor to receive this award from François, Thierry, Iris, my friends at the Kering Group as well as the Cannes Film Festival,” Kidman said. “I am proud to join this list of extraordinary women who’ve received this honor before me—artists and trailblazers I deeply admire.”

François-Henri Pinault, chairman and CEO of Kering,...

Nicole Kidman, the trailblazing actor and producer who last starred in Halina Reijn’s thought-provoking “Babygirl,” will be celebrated at the Cannes Film Festival where she will receive the Woman in Motion Award from Kering chairman and CEO François-Henri Pinault, Cannes president Iris Knobloch and director Thierry Fremaux.

Launched in 2015 by Kering, an official partner of the Cannes Film Festival, the Women in Motion program highlights the creativity and contribution made by women, both on and off

screen, in the world of culture and the arts.

As the milestone 10th Woman in Motion honoree, Kidman will succeed NBCUniversal Entertainment & Studios Chairman Donna Langley, Jane Fonda, Geena Davis and Susan Sarandon, Isabelle Huppert, Patty Jenkins, Gong Li, Salma Hayek Pinault, Viola Davis and Michelle Yeoh.

The tribute to Kidman will take place at a glamorous gala dinner bringing together filmmakers, talent, jury members and executives.

Kidman, who was last at Cannes...

Celebrating the independent filmmaking spirit of NYC, the Lower East Side Film Festival returns this Thursday as the 15th edition runs through May 5. Featuring the Opening Night selection, the New York Premiere of Pete Ohs’ SXSW selection The True Beauty of Being Bitten by a Tick, the lineup also includes Joel Vargas’ Sundance and New Directors/New Films selection Mad Bills to Pay, and Amy Landecker’s For Worse, starring Bradley Whitford, Nico Hiraga, Missi Pyle, Gaby Hoffmann, and Ken Marino. Ahead of this anniversary, we’re pleased to exclusively debut a new trailer celebrating 15 years of the festival.

John Fink said his SXSW review of The True Beauty of Being Bitten by a Tick, “It might help to know the creative process going in. Tick was made collaboratively by its main cast: as Ohs explained during the SXSW premiere, they isolated on location at a country home where they...

There are only a handful of actors who have achieved the level of stardom and critical acclaim as Tom Hanks. Over four decades in Hollywood, he’s worked with a roster of renowned directors like Wes Anderson, Robert Zemeckis, Steven Spielberg, and Baz Luhrmann, building a filmography rich in variety and range. Known for beloved classics such as Forrest Gump, Saving Private Ryan, and Toy Story, Hanks’ body of work has left a profound impact on audiences worldwide.

However, even for an icon like Hanks, not every film has been a hit. Alongside his masterpieces are a few titles he might prefer to leave forgotten. Whether due to lackluster performances, disappointing box office numbers, or poor critical reception, these movies simply didn’t live up to the Hanks standard.

From early missteps to recent experiments gone wrong, here are five Tom Hanks movies that didn’t quite make the grade.

The Last of Us nailed the tone, the tension, and the emotional trauma, but when it came to casting Ellie, fans are still a little salty. Why? Cailee Spaeny, folks. With her striking resemblance to Ellie, she felt like the real-life version just waiting to happen. Sure, Bella Ramsey brought the grit that was needed, but some fans can’t shake the what-if.

Now, every side-by-side comparison feels like salt in the wound. It’s one of those casting choices that might forever live in fandom infamy right next to the words, “should’ve been her.”

Fans won’t forgive The Last of Us for not casting Cailee Spaeny as Ellie Cailee Spaeny plays Rain in Alien: Romulus | Credits: 20th Century Studios

It all started with a tweet. “HBO really missed the chance to cast the perfect Ellie in person of Cailee Spaeny,” And that was it. A million views later,...

Time magazine has announced its annual list of 100 most influential people in the world, and the entertainment industries are represented this year by, among others, Demi Moore, Snoop Dogg, Ted Sarandos, Lorne Michaels, Nikki Glaser and Broadway’s Nicole Scherzinger, playwright Branden Jacobs-Jenkins and Daniel Dae Kim, who appeared in the play Yellow Face this season.

In all, more than a dozen entertainers are featured on this year’s list, including Scarlett Johansson, Ed Sheeran, Kristen Bell, Adrien Brody, Blake Lively, Rosé, Jon M. Chu, Danielle Deadwyler, Adam Scott, Kristen Wiig, Diego Luna, Hiroyuki Sanada, Mohammad Rasoulof, Hozier, Myles Smith, Yoshiki, and more.

As is its custom, the issue pairs the influential with guest contributors for write-ups. The 22nd annual list features, for example, Shonda Rhimes on Ted Sarandos, Will Ferrell on Lorne Michaels, Amy Poehler on Rashida Jones, Chris Evans on Scarlett Johansson, Hoda Kotb on Snoop Dogg, Patti LuPone on Nicole Scherzinger,...

How Did Romeo + Juliet Affect Leonardo DiCaprio? (Photo Credit –Prime Video)

Back in 1996, Leonardo DiCaprio was wrecked. Not just once or twice, but nearly every time the director called “action” on Romeo + Juliet. At just 21, the rising star dove deep into the emotional whirlpool of Shakespeare’s most tragic lover, leaving him in literal shambles.

DiCaprio admitted he had to build a ritual just to survive the shoot. “I had so much emotional stuff to do in this movie, more than any other film I’d done. I mean, usually there’s some scenes where you’re sort of wrecked and crying, but here, in almost every other scene I was in a shambles” (via Cheat Sheet). The solution? Self-inflicted heartbreak.

He said Baz Luhrmann understood his process: letting him step away before scenes to spiral into darker places mentally. Leonardo DiCaprio would sit alone, try to tap into disturbing thoughts,...

Terrifier 2. Julia Ducornau’s Raw. Emilie Blichfeldt’s The Ugly Stepsister. What do these films have in common? They will go down in history as the movies so gruesome that they caused audiences to vomit during their theatrical screenings. After making an audience member at its Sundance Film Festival premiere throw up, The Ugly Stepsister is making its way to US theaters, and while it’s satisfyingly gnarly, the narrative does leave something to be desired.

The Ugly Stepsister Review

Offering a dark twist on the story of Cinderella, The Ugly Stepsister follows a young woman as she goes to extreme measures to earn the attention of the handsome prince. It’s a story that has been told on screen dozens if not hundreds of times, although the extreme nature of Blinchfeldt’s approach ensures that it doesn’t feel entirely generic.

However, The Ugly Stepsister is hardly the...

Here’s How Leonardo DiCaprio’s Bold Move About Rollerblades Saved Romeo + Juliet! (Photo Credit – Prime Video)

Before Romeo + Juliet became the wild, modern-day Shakespeare remix we still talk about, it nearly spun off in a totally different direction – on rollerblades. Yep, that almost happened. And 21-year-old Leonardo DiCaprio was the one who shut it down before it could crash the whole vibe.

In the mid-90s, Baz Luhrmann had a vision: Shakespeare with a twist. Think guns instead of swords, sleek cars, heavy religious symbolism, and chaotic party scenes. But somewhere in that brainstorm, rollerblades got tossed in. But DiCaprio wasn’t having it.

“At the beginning when we were just starting out, he wanted to make a lot of the characters go around on rollerblades and I quickly said no,” DiCaprio recalled years later (via Cheat Sheet). That call changed everything. Romeo + Juliet might have...

Hollywood is popular for its red carpet award shows like the Oscars, Golden Globes, and Emmys, which come along with teary-eyed acceptance speeches celebrating cinematic masterpieces. Directors, actors, and everyone who works together to make a cinema great are acknowledged at these events.

However, to keep things in check and keep them humble, the Golden Raspberry Awards are given. This accolade celebrates cinematic missteps, films that missed the mark, and actors who delivered performances far from acting. The Raspberry Awards are the Thanos snap of Hollywood to keep things in balance.

Sandra Bullock accepts the Worst Actress Award | Credits: The Razzies!

The Razzie Awards are not just for the B-listers or the low-budget movies; lately, this award ceremony has also given its awards to top celebrities and legends, proving nobody is safe in Hollywood.

Let’s look into the list of A-listers that nobody thought would be dragged through the hall of infamy.

Gia Coppola’s drama starring Pamela Anderson peers behind the glamour of ‘the fun capital of the world’, but sin city has long seduced film-makers from Scorsese and Soderbergh to Sean Baker and Baz Luhrmann

(There’s a reason why film-makers are routinely drawn to the glaring, garish lights of Las Vegas: in its spangliest strips, it feels more movie set than city, the kind of place it’s hard to imagine people living everyday lives 24/7. Gia Coppola’s The Last Showgirl – streaming on Mubi from 18 April – is quite rare in its focus on one such person: Shelly, a dancer in a long-running revue on the Vegas strip, now pushing 60 and at a crossroads when said revue announces its imminent closure. Short and light on plot, it’s a character study built on a poignant night-and-day contrast, as Shelly literally performs a glitzy Vegas dream that all looks a bit...

The moment comes 38 seconds into the trailer. As a lavish party explodes around him, Leonardo DiCaprio’s perfectly coiffed, cocksure Jay Gatsby raises a glass of bubbly to toast his glorious self — launching a meme that is still going strong more than a decade after the Baz Luhrmann epic played its last movie house.

April 10 marks the 100th anniversary of the publication of F. Scott’s Fitzgerald’s seminal novel of excess and identity set against the Jazz Age — and while the book remains an English class staple, contemporary audiences are undoubtedly more familiar with the DiCaprio meme than the actual novel… or even the film that spawned it. Here’s a brief look at how a few seconds of screen time became a viral sensation.

DiCaprio’s immortal toast first entered the public consciousness on Dec. 20, 2012, when the second trailer for Luhrmann’s Gatsby dropped. The Warner Bros. film,...

Darren Aronofsky is sharing a cut and dry take on the Method acting debate: He simply “hates” the practice.

“I hate Method actors,” the auteur said during a French Cinematheque masterclass in Paris, from Variety. “[By all means], do a tremendous amount of research and really work hard, but acting’s make believe. If you’re going to do an intense scene, [there’s nothing wrong with] keeping yourself isolated, focused and ready in between takes to maintain that emotion. It’s a sport, a game — only, to be a great basketball player, you don’t have to be dribbling all the time. That’s not how it works. You do your homework, and get yourself ready. It’s only a fake reality between action and cut.”

He added that the particular acting technique is “just something to hide behind, as opposed to doing the work and being professional.” However, the director did clarify that an all-immersive approach could be “fine,...

Zoë Kravitz’s fans were devastated after hearing about her breakup with heartthrob Channing Tatum, but it seems like they will be more upset after they discover one thing about her new romance with Austin Butler.

While the actress is rumored to be secretly dating the young stud after they have grown closer on the set of Caught Stealing, another update about Butler may pose a danger to their alleged relationship. It seems like veteran star Leonardo DiCaprio is involved, but not in the way you expect.

Zoë Kravitz in The Batman / Credits: Warner Bros. Pictures Austin Butler reportedly wants to follow his idol Leonardo DiCaprio when it comes to dating

Zoë Kravitz and Channing Tatum have called off their engagement after three years of dating due to differences in priorities. Austin Butler, on the other hand, broke up with model Kaia Gerber after it was reported that her family...

Why Did Sarah Michelle Geller Mis Out On An Iconic Role Opposite Leonardo DiCaprio? ( Photo Credit – Instagram )

Before Titanic turned Leonardo DiCaprio into a global obsession, he nearly shared the screen with another ‘90s icon-in-the-making: Sarah Michelle Gellar. Yep, Buffy herself almost scored the part of Juliet in Baz Luhrmann’s wild, modern take on Romeo + Juliet. But as fate would have it, one glance sealed the deal for someone else.

Back in 1996, Gellar was still hustling for a film breakthrough. She’d already snagged a Daytime Emmy for her role as Kendall Hart on All My Children, but most of her credits lived on the small screen. Her big screen resume? Pretty slim. A minor role in High Stakes from 1989 and a few near misses, including Clueless.

But Romeo + Juliet? That was the one that stung. She auditioned for Juliet Capulet alongside a loaded list of future stars.

It's almost impossible for an actor to be proud of every single thing they've ever made, even when they're the caliber of Academy Award-winner Nicole Kidman. Over the years, the Australian performer has starred in all kinds of films, from Baz Luhrmann's romantic and tragic musical "Moulin Rouge!" to Alejandro Amenábar's truly terrifying ghost story "The Others, but one in particular apparently gives her pause in retrospect.

In an interview with the Australian radio station 2dayFM (via The Daily Mail), Kidman revealed that she was embarrassed when she saw her performance in Luhrmann's 2008 historical epic "Australia." The movie received middling-to-poor reviews from critics and wasn't especially loved by audiences either, and Kidman's starring role as British aristocrat Lady Sarah Ashley, who moves to Australia after she inherits the cattle ranch Faraway Downs, doesn't really help matters. Her performance isn't the worst thing about the movie, of course, as...

Starting in 1990 and continuing until 2017, Alf Clausen composed the score for the hit animated sitcom "The Simpsons." A lot of the incidental music on the show was extrapolated from the theme song composed by Danny Elfman, but Clausen also had to write the many songs that appeared on the series, forcing him to work in pretty much every genre. Clausen also composed music for TV shows like "The Critic," "Alf," and "Moonlighting." A veteran of the industry, his compositions have been compiled on several "Simpsons" song and music albums.

Clausen worked on "The Simpsons" for 27 years before being abruptly fired by the show's higher-ups in 2017. He was replaced by a music firm called Bleeding Fingers Music, a collective co-founded by Hans Zimmer (who composed the 2007 box office hit that was "The Simpsons Movie") and one that employs a whole team of talented music writers. Clausen was incensed by his firing,...

Rebel Wilson has sung, danced, and made viewers laugh through films like Bridesmaids and Pitch Perfect, and now, she's royally dressed to kill. Collider can share an exclusive first look at the multi-talented actress in Juliet & Romeo, a new take on the classic Shakespeare romance that gives it a musical update like never before with a revamped pop soundtrack. The award-winning Wilson plays Lady Capulet, who appears confident and stunning in a flowing red dress complete with a golden headpiece that helps her stand out even in a sophisticated ballroom. Along with the other image, it's a showcase of the glamorous costumes and settings within writer-director Timothy Scott Bogart’s vision of Verona.

Rather than adapting the story of Romeo & Juliet as told by Shakespeare, Juliet & Romeo is directly based on the 1301 story that inspired the legendary tragedy. It's meant to kick off a trilogy of musical...

Coming off persistent rumors that Disney was planning to move forward with a live-action remake of 2010's Tangled, we finally got confirmation that the project is officially in development last year.

Despite reports claiming that Baz Luhrmann was being eyed to direct, THR announced that Michael Gracey (The Greatest Showman) was officially in talks to take the helm.

Jennifer Kaytin Robinson, who helmed Sony’s upcoming I Know What You Did Last Summer legacy sequel, wrote the latest draft of the screenplay. Producers include Kristin Burr for Burr! Productions, along with Emmy-winning producer Lucy Kitada (The Baby-Sitters Club).

Florence Pugh was rumored to be in line to star as Rapunzel, but according to scooper Mttsh, Sabrina Carpenter has now met with the studio about potentially playing the lead role.

This isn't the first time we've heard the pop sensation's name mentioned in connection with this project, but previous rumors have...

Talking with Rolling Stone last year, Robert Randolph recalled the unusual complaint he received when he was working on a new album in LA. Apparently, the bass amplifier he and producer Shooter Jennings had placed in a hallway was too loud, and a couple of people in the building — T Bone Burnett and Robbie Robertson — told a receptionist it was too loud. As Randolph said, Robertson walked into the studio and said, “Oh, that’s you down here? You guys are getting funky in here.”

Robertson, who passed away last year,...

We’ve got some exciting news out of Hollywood today, courtesy of Deadline. Lizzo, the four-time Grammy winner, is set to take on a major role in a new movie about the legendary Sister Rosetta Tharpe. This isn’t just any project—it’s a biopic called ‘Rosetta,’ and it’s being developed by Amazon MGM Studios. I can already feel the energy this pairing is going to bring to the screen.

Tharpe, often called the ‘Godmother of Rock and Roll,’ was a gospel singer who broke barriers in the 1930s and ’40s. She mixed her faith-filled music with a guitar style that shaped rock as we know it, influencing icons like Elvis Presley and Chuck Berry. The film plans to dive into a key chapter of her life, full of bold creativity and personal struggles. Picture this—she’s pushing musical limits, hiding a forbidden romance with another woman,...

Four-time Grammy Award winner Lizzo is officially going Hollywood as one of the world's most popular artists is set to star as a legendary musician in new music biopic for Amazon MGM Studios.

Per Variety, Lizzo is set to star as legendary musician Sister Rosetta Tharpe in the film, Rosetta, from producers Forest Whitaker, Nina Yang Bongiovi, and Kevin Beisler. In addition to starring in the film, Lizzo will also serve as a producer. Natalie Chaidez and Kwynn Perry (Tigerbelles) serve as writers for the movie, however, no director is attached to the project yet. Tharpe rose to prominence as a gospel singer in the 1930s and would become a major influence for many rock & roll artists including Elvis Presley and Chuck Berry.

According to an official description for the film, Rosetta "captures a pivotal period in her life — one of groundbreaking innovation, defiant passion, and secret love. As she...

Lizzo will play trailblazing musician Sister Rosetta Tharpe in the upcoming biopic “Rosetta” from Amazon MGM Studios.

From writers Natalie Chaidez (“The Flight Attendant”) and Kwynn Perry (“Tigerbelles”), “Rosetta” will tell Tharpe’s true story and how she became known as the godmother of Rock & Roll. Lizzo will also produce the film alongside Kevin Beisler and Significant Productions’ Nina Yang Bongiovi and Forest Whitaker. The project is currently in development.

Four-time Grammy winning Lizzo is known for having two Hot 100 #1 hits with “Truth Hurts” and “About Damn Time.” She is also the first Black woman to win for record of the year at the Grammy Awards since 1994. She headlined the HBO special “Lizzo: Live In Concert” in 2022 and produced and starred in the reality TV show “Lizzo’s Watch Out For The Big Grrrls.” She was also the focus of the documentary “Love, Lizzo,” which released on Max in 2022.

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One of Hollywood's most exciting talents working today, Austin Butler has been steadily building his portfolio since working as a background actor in 2005 on the Nickelodeon shows "Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide," "Unfabulous," and "Drake & Josh." Butler even appeared in an episode of "Hannah Montana" that also had Larry David. Progressing into guest and recurring roles on a variety of teenage sitcoms and dramas, the actor made an incredible turn-about going from teen idol to highly acclaimed leading man seemingly over night.

While working extensively in both film and television, Butler also received complimentary notices in the theater world, most notably as Don Parritt in "The Iceman Cometh," in a 2018 mounting of the play on Broadway with Denzel Washington. His work ethic during that play impressed the legendary actor so much Washington personally recommended Butler to Baz Luhrmann helping Butler, helping Butler land one of his most distinctive roles.

“The Master and Margarita” filmmaker Michael Lockshin is locked in a legal battle over his blockbuster Russian-language adaptation of the celebrated Soviet novel, with the director accusing two producers of blocking his efforts to bring his movie to U.S. cinemas.

The lawsuit, which was filed by sales agent Luminosity Pictures and shared with Variety, alleges that producers Svetlana Migunova-Dali and Grace Loh, who are planning their own English-language adaptation of the book, cannot prove legitimate ownership of the rights to the novel.

The suit also contends that “The Master and Margarita” — which was first published in the 1960s — is in the public domain, “ensuring that neither this group nor anyone else can block the film’s release,” according to Lockshin.

With the director expecting a court date to be set in the coming weeks, producers Migunova-Dali and Loh are firing back, with their lawyer dismissing the case as a...

For an actor, who has worked with the likes of Martin Scorsese, Steven Spielberg, Quentin Tarantino, Clint Eastwood, and Baz Luhrmann, surprisingly, Leonardo DiCaprio never teamed up with PTA until recently. Amidst the revival of the long-delayed Devil in the White City, which will unite Scorsese and DiCaprio for the seventh time, the teaser for Paul Thomas Anderson’s first collaboration with the actor has heightened expectations.

One Battle After Another | Credit: New Line Cinema

While the film might have a hard time recouping its money, given its rumored $140M cost, one thing that is certain from the teaser is the film is going to be absolutely insane, hopefully in the best way possible.

One Battle After Another has a realistic shot at earning Leonardo DiCaprio another Academy win One Battle After Another | Credit: New Line Cinema

Although it took Leonardo DiCaprio over two decades to finally nab an Oscar win,...

A real-life story of a young woman Facebook-stalking her father leads to a paternal friendship with an entirely different man in Bob Trevino Likes It. In fact, the other guy is a total stranger — who just happened to have the exact same name as the woman's actual dad. The new film is based on the inspiring true story of filmmaker Tracie Laymon, and the award-winning indie dramedy hits theaters March 21, 2025. The sensational Barbie Ferreira portrays her with utter grace, with the eponymous friendo who soon enters the heroine's life portrayed a charming (and always reliable) John Leguizamo.

We all know Leguizamo. It's hard to believe that the veteran Bronx native portrayed the tyrannical Tybalt almost 30 years ago in Baz Luhrmann's Romeo + Juliet. Leguizamo is much more likable in this latest fatherly role, to put it mildly. But if you didn't already know of Barbie Ferreira's work, this will be a pleasant surprise.

Audiences and critics are divided on the merits of Baz Luhrmann's Faraway Downs, a six-part miniseries starring Hugh Jackman that expands the story told in the panned 2008 drama Australia. While general TV consumers enjoy the 2023 Hulu series, critics feel it's a bloated and unnecessary addendum to the underwhelming 2008 historical epic. Of course, critics aren't always right, and in the case of Faraway Downs, they missed the mark.

A deeply personal tale for Luhrmann, Faraway Downs effectively functions as a corrective director's cut, allowing the venerated Australian visionary to tell the story as he sees fit. The qualitative results are more in line with the audience's reception than the critics' cynical dismissal, putting Australia on par with the hit series Yellowstone and, even better, akin to what Quentin Tarantino did with The Hateful Eight. Critics need to check the pulse of what appeals to non-critics and reassess Faraway Downs at once.

Navigating the tricky terrain of friendship and ambition can sometimes lead to unexpected results in pursuing success. Take, for instance, Jay R. Ferguson, an actor known for his role in The Conners and a close friend of The Great Gatsby actor Leonardo DiCaprio.

When he auditioned for the 2013 adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s timeless classic, Ferguson found himself in a surprisingly awkward position.

Leonardo DiCaprio in The Great Gatsby | Credits: Village Roadshow Pictures

Ferguson recounted feeling “uncomfortable” during The Great Gatsby audition as the weight of his friendship with DiCaprio loomed. He believed the audition was being passed down to him just because he was a close friend of the lead actor, Leonardo DiCaprio, who played Jay Gatsby in the movie.

Jay R. Ferguson shares how Leonardo DiCaprio helped him land an audition for The Great Gatsby The Great Gatsby | Credits: Village Roadshow Pictures

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Falling somewhere between a horror film and dark comedy about wellness crazes, The True Beauty of Being Bitten by a Tick is, like director Pete Ohs’ previous Jethica, a film that suggests watching a play within a movie. Both features are difficult to discuss without spoilers––they seem to operate on a wavelength beyond genre boxes.

It might help to know the creative process going in. Tick was made collaboratively by its main cast: as Ohs explained during the SXSW premiere, they isolated on location at a country home where they would write three scenes at a time, film and analyze said scenes, and then move forward. The result is a kind of mumblecore version of an Ingmar Bergman film that feels both loose and heavily controlled. But if you’re not on the film’s wavelength it may feel like a disjointed mess. Like the wellness cures offered by...

Life’s already a circus, right? You’re juggling work, relationships, and your own existential dread, and then someone suggests you go to the countryside for a peaceful escape. You’re thinking fresh air, calm vibes, and maybe some organic veggies on the side. But instead, what you get is a series of weirdly overenthusiastic conversations, a questionable bowl of soup, and—oh yeah—a tick bite that might just turn your whole world upside down.

Well, welcome to The True Beauty of Being Bitten by a Tick, a film that promises tranquility but delivers tension, weirdness, and a whole lot of strange vibes. Director Pete Ohs isn’t just playing with horror here—he’s toying with your mind, nudging you into a world where nothing feels quite right. Like a bad trip to a wellness retreat, it leaves you questioning everything.

Zoë Chao in The True Beauty of Being Bitten by a Tick...

Life is rough. It can often feel like we’re each living in our own little horror story, with the mounting pressures of the day-to-day and the exhaustion of the world around us. We try to find ways to alleviate these daily pains, but these anxieties frequently take the wheel of our lives. The True Beauty of Being Bitten by a Tick gets into that claustrophobic nature of life, the fear that we can’t shake, and the attempt to get to a place without those types of pressure. Director Pete Ohs (2022’s Jethica) even starts his latest film with a quote from Baz Luhrmann’s Strictly Ballroom: “A life lived in fear is a life half-lived.” That constant burden is a compelling feeling to center a film around, but The True Beauty of Being Bitten by a Tick loses both steam in this exploration and focuses more on the strange than this sentiment.