Hollywood: Last News

Angelique Jackson It’s Amy Sherman-Palladino’s world and we’re all just watching it. Or at least that was the premise of the PaleyFest L.A. panel that looked back on the prolific TV creator’s hit shows, “Gilmore Girls” and “The Marvelous Mrs.

Where there’s a Willis, there’s a way.Bill Murray has recalled the “insane” chore actor Bruce Willis was tasked with on “Saturday Night Live” before he secured his big break and became a Hollywood icon.During an appearance on “Watch What Happens Live” Monday, Murray recalled a time when the “Die Hard” actor worked behind the scenes of the NBC sketch comedy series.“Bruce Willis was a page at NBC when I was on ‘Saturday Night Live.’ This sounds like insane s–t, [but] his job was to come and go to the dressing rooms and refill the M&Ms and pretzels in the actors’ rooms,” Murray said of Willis’ humble beginnings.“I remember when I met him after he was already a successful guy, he said you and Gilda [Radner] were nice to me,” the “Ghostbusters” star told host Andy Cohen.After landing his big break in Hollywood, Willis went on to host “SNL” in 1989 and 2013.During a “Plead the Fifth” segment on the show, Murray was asked to list some of Wes Anderson’s films from most to least favorite, given his longtime collaboration with the director.“Well, ‘Grand Budapest Hotel’ was really all the professional, technical aspects of it– really incredible,” said Murray, who has appeared in a total of nine Wes Anderson films.“For me, ‘Life Aquatic’ [with Steve Zissou] was the most challenging, hard job that I ever had. It almost cost me my life and my personal life.”“‘Moonrise Kingdom’ was a really beautiful, lovely film.

“Coming to America” star, 63, recently revealed that he’s only had to audition for one role in his almost 50-year career.Murphy opened up about his early days in the industry and first few gigs in the new Apple TV+ documentary “Number One on the Call Sheet.” He suggested his fame and success as an actor were inevitable – especially after he landed a role on “Saturday Night Live” in 1980.“Early on, I just knew I was going to be fa — I started when I’m around 16, I’m going, ‘I’m gonna be famous,'” the “Beverly Hills Cop” actor said in the new two-part documentary.“When I was 19, I got ‘Saturday Night Live,’ and things just started happening,” Murphy added. “I didn’t go through all of the stuff that a lot of actors, I didn’t go through auditions.”He then revealed the one – and apparently only – acting job he has ever had to audition for.“I had one audition in my whole life,” the “Boomerang” star said.

The major story in Hollywood, says Jeff Goldstein, president of Global Distribution for Warner Bros. Pictures, is how expensive it’s getting to make movies and to market them to a fragmented audience even as technology sends first reactions to a film around the world in a “nanosecond.”

The major story in Hollywood, says Jeff Goldstein, president of Global Distribution for Warner Bros. Pictures, is how expensive it’s getting to make movies and to market them to a fragmented audience even as technology sends first reactions to a film around the world in a “nanosecond”.

Zack Sharf Digital News Director John Boyega called out “Star Wars” for being “so white” during an interview as part of the new Apple TV+ original documentary “Number One on the Call Sheet: Black Leading Men in Hollywood” (via Entertainment Weekly). Boyega debuted as Finn in “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” and reprised the character in “The Last Jedi” and “The Rise of Skywalker.” His role in the sequel trilogy led to online harassment from racist and toxic “Star Wars” fans upset with a Black actor playing a lead hero in the space franchise. “Lemme tell ya, ‘Star Wars’ always had the vibe of being in the most whitest, elite space.

Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor As YouTube marks its 20th anniversary, the Google-owned video giant is the “new king of all media” — larger and more powerful than any other player in Hollywood — according to an influential Wall Street research firm. What’s more, it’s in a position to gobble up even more screen time and grow bigger. For the full year 2024, YouTube was already the second-largest media company by revenue at $54.2 billion, trailing only Disney, according to estimates by MoffettNathanson principal analyst Michael Nathanson.

Jennifer Maas TV Business Writer Sci-fi/fantasy video game mashup “Split Fiction” has quickly become a hit with gamers, surpassing two million units sold since its March 6 release. The co-op adventure game from Hazelight Studios and EA has broken the Guinness World Records. for most played local co-op video game on Steam, most sold co-op video game within 48 hours, and most sold local co-op video game within one week of release.

Amid a thrumming and ominous soundtrack — a mix of whooshing and pulsating noises that filled a darkly lit cavernous screening room of the NeueHouse in Hollywood last Friday — Talk to Me filmmakers Michael Philippou and Danny Philippou previewed exclusive scenes and the first trailer for their “spiritual successor” Bring Her Back.

J. Kim Murphy As Amazon MGM readies a new reboot of the James Bond franchise, Helen Mirren admits that she “never liked” the British spy series because of “the way women were” presented in it. While the prospect of having a female actor take on the 007 moniker has been bounced around in Hollywood for several years, Mirren says she isn’t interested in seeing that casting because of the character’s history.

opening monologue.“I can prove it right now,” the actress added, as she walked towards a dancer’s pole. The segment then cut to a muscular person in a brunette wig and Madison’s same sparkly black dress doing spread-eagle handstands on the pole.Madison plays a New York stripper who marries the wealthy son of a Russian oligarch in “Anora.” The film, directed by Sean Baker, won five Oscars including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Actress for Madison.Heading into the Oscars, Demi Moore was predicted to win Best Actress for her performance in “The Substance,” which won her a Golden Globe Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award.In her March 2 acceptance speech, Madison honored her fellow nominees — Moore, Karla Sofia Gascón, Cynthia Erivo and Fernanda Torres — and called her win “a dream come true.” She also took a moment to honor the sex worker community.“Yes, I will continue to support and be an ally.

Whoopi Goldberg is revealing the major film roles she’s gotten because other people said no.

Laurence Fishburne is recalling a particular moment while filming 1979′s Apocalypse Now, directed by Francis Ford Coppola.

In her first-time hosting stint at Saturday Night Live, Oscar winner Mikey Madison cheekily hit back at critics who didn’t believe she learned how to pole dance for her stripper dramedy Anora — with a jacked alter ego who took her spot.

Did you know that Joey Lawrence‘s name isn’t really “Joey Lawrence”?

Jazz Tangcay Artisans Editor Will Smith, Jamie Foxx, Angela Bassett, Halle Berry and Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson are among the prominent Black actors leading AppleTV+’s two-part documentary “Number One on the Call Sheet.” “Number One on the Call Sheet: Black Leading Men in Hollywood” was directed by Reginald Hudlin, while Shola Lynch directed the second film “Number One on the Call Sheet: Black Leading Women in Hollywood.” The roster of stars is a who’s who of Hollywood, all of whom made themselves available for the documentary. In their respective films, Will Smith, Whoopi Goldberg, Daniel Kaluuya and more come together to share frank insights about the challenges and opportunities they have faced in their careers.

first told her story to Larry King. She described how appearing in the hit TV series saved her sanity in her 2011 memoir “Confessions of a Prairie Bitch.”The star has become an advocate for child sex abuse victims, but her work is far from done, she insisted. Arngrim is the president of the National Association to Protect Children, a nonprofit that aims to give children a legal and political voice in “the war against child abuse.” Arngrim wants to combat predators who seek places where children can be found unsupervised.

tale of a real-life deadly treasure hunt – and, it sets up a surprise second treasure hunt. “Within the TV and film industry, this might have been the most pitched project of the last 20 years,” director Jared McGilliard exclusively told The Post. “You had this grand story of this amazing treasure hunt out there in the vast Rocky Mountains.

Zack Sharf Digital News Director Hayley Atwell appeared on a recent episode of “Reign With Josh Smith” podcast and credited her “Mission: Impossible” co-star Tom Cruise for helping her battle social anxiety in Hollywood. Atwell made her debut in the action franchise as Grace in 2023’s “Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One” and will reprise the role in this summer’s “Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning.” “Social anxiety tends to be something that people talk about a lot at the moment, right? And how a lot of people do have social anxiety at some point,” Atwell told Josh Smith.

Pete Davidson‘s love life has been making headlines for the past decade and he has a long list of famous ex-girlfriends.

It’s a big week for Hallmark Channel and the network just added a GLAAD Media Award win to its list of achievements thanks to The Groomsmen!