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Inside ‘The Chosen’ Phenomenon: “We Bristle Every Time Someone Calls This a Faith Show”
If you head out to movie theaters this weekend, you’re likely to see The Chosen on the marquee. The TV show, a historical drama based on the life of Jesus, is rolling out its fourth season theatrically, two episodes at a time, over the next month, before dropping in its entirely on apps and streaming […]
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50 Reasons We (Still) Love Hollywood
Let’s not sugarcoat it — 2023 was a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad year for Hollywood. For starters, obviously, there were the strikes, which for nearly five months turned backlots into ghost towns, costing the industry an estimated $6 billion in lost wages and other collateral economic damage. Then there were the layoffs, beginning […]
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Evan Ross Katz on Fandom, Fame and the Promise of Greta Lee
Once simply a celebrity mega fan, Evan Ross Katz is now a writer, podcaster, go-to Hollywood influencer, social media star and, as The White Lotus creator Mike White christened him, the “most valuable hype man in the history of television.” On Instagram, where his bio also reads “Daddy designator” and “Sarah Michelle Gellar historian,” he has […]
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Inside the Top-Secret Plan to Lure Jon Stewart Back to ‘The Daily Show’
Shortly after Trevor Noah abruptly announced he’d be leaving The Daily Show in late 2022, Showtime/MTV Entertainment Studios CEO Chris McCarthy knew he needed allies. There was “a lot of pressure to just choose someone,” he told The Hollywood Reporter early last year, though he resisted naming an immediate replacement. Instead, the team, led by […]
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Jon Stewart Returns to ‘The Daily Show’ as Host
Jon Stewart is back at The Daily Show. After a yearlong search for Trevor Noah’s replacement, the longtime host and Noah’s predecessor has agreed to return on Monday nights through the 2024 election. The new setup, a major coup for the show and for parent company Paramount, is set to begin Feb. 12. For the […]
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With Nicole Kidman’s ‘Expats,’ Creator Lulu Wang Finally Has a Project Her Mother Likes
Scribbled on a chalkboard in director Lulu Wang’s kitchen is a list of films and TV shows she and her partner, Barry Jenkins, have yet to see. As is tradition, their friends, many of them fellow filmmakers, come through their Silver Lake home and jot down suggestions for the pair. On this morning, the list […]
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Amazon Makes Big Play for Faith-Based Content
Amazon MGM Studios is getting spiritual. The company announced Wednesday that it’s brokered a partnership with the recently formed Wonder Project, which bills itself as an independent studio designed to “develop series and films rooted in spirituality.” The latter is led by veteran producer Jon Erwin (Jesus Revolution) and former Netflix and YouTube exec Kelly […]
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Jenna Ortega Approves of These ‘Wednesday’ Season 2 Scripts
The Wednesday scripts are in, and star Jenna Ortega is pleased with what she’s seen. “We’re definitely leaning into a little more horror,” the actress teased when asked about the series’ second season on the 2023 Emmy’s red carpet. “Everything is bigger, it’s a lot more action-packed.” According to Ortega, who was nominated for her work in […]
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THR’s Guide to the Emmys: Everything You Need to Know Before Tonight’s Show
Welcome to the time warp. Technically, the awards being doled out live from the Peacock Theater at 5 p.m. PST are the 2023 Emmy awards. The telecast had been scheduled to air back in September, but, like so much else in Hollywood, the Emmys were sidelined by the strikes. Now, four months later, the show […]
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Ike Barinholtz Listened to “Chernobyl Levels of Poison” to Prep for His Spoof of Ignorant Male Podcasters
Ike Barinholtz is going full dumbass. That’s how The Mindy Project writer-star describes his latest character, Chris Chatman, who he’ll play for his newest project, The Chris Chatman Do-Over podcast, beginning Jan. 11. The weekly show, which is being billed as an original improvised comedy, is the second of three installments in a series of […]
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Host Anthony Anderson Braces for the Emmys: “I Didn’t Get This Far by Playing It Safe”
As Anthony Anderson envisions it, the Emmys will be akin to an exclusive dinner party he is inviting viewers at home to attend. He’ll have some of his famous friends join him on the Peacock Theater stage, he teases, along with his mother, Doris, who’s tagged along on any number of her son’s projects. “It’s […]
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Host Jo Koy’s Been Charged With a “Celebratory” Golden Globes — That Doesn’t Mean He Can’t Roast
Host Jimmy Kimmel has five months to prepare for the Oscars. When it comes to this year’s Golden Globes emcee, Jo Koy has less than two weeks. “I haven’t slept,” he acknowledges. “And I’ve never watched this many movies and TV shows in my life.” Indeed, while Koy’s family and friends were off enjoying the […]
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