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Vanity Fair in a recent interview. The movie was ultimately directed by Jeremiah S. Chechik.

“Workaholics” star Waymond Lee has died. He was 72.Lee’s wife, Diane Lee, and his sister, Norine Lee, confirmed his death to TMZ Sunday. The actor died after battling ALS.

Bob Dylan biopic “A Complete Unknown,” starring Timothée Chalamet, production designer François Audouy was tasked with meticulously re-creating the rock legend’s Greenwich Village haunts from more than 60 years ago. But he faced a challenge. Even though some of those spots are still alive and kicking, downtown Manhattan looks nothing like it did then.

“A Complete Unknown,” which opens in theaters on Christmas Day, Timothée Chalamet undergoes a complete transformation as Bob Dylan. And when he performs early Bard classics such as “It Ain’t Me Babe,” it is very much the 28-year-old actor doing his own singing and playing on guitar and harmonica — after five years of studying to master the music of the folk-rock legend.“When I first got together with Tim, I heard some of the stuff they had prerecorded, and I said, ‘Who’s singing this stuff?’” Rob Paparozzi, Chalamet’s harmonica coach on “A Complete Unknown,” told The Post.

“Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants” stars America Ferrera, Amber Tamblyn and Alexis Bledel released a statement on Sunday supporting Lively, 37, after she accused her “It Ends With Us” co-star Justin Baldoni of sexual harassment and mounting a smear campaign against her.“As Blake’s friends and sisters for over 20 years, we stand with her in solidarity as she fights back against the reported campaign waged to destroy her reputation,” began the joint statement.“Throughout the filming of ‘It Ends with Us,’ we saw her summon the courage to ask for a safe workplace for herself and colleagues on set, and we are appalled to read the evidence of a premeditated and vindictive effort that ensued to discredit her voice,” Lively’s “Sisterhood” co-stars continued. “Most upsetting is the unabashed exploitation of domestic violence survivors’ stories to silence a woman who asked for safety.

Though he stars in one of the most popular Christmas movies of all time, Daniel Stern — who is best known for playing one of the Wet Bandits, Marv, in the classic 1990 holiday film “Home Alone” — prefers a quiet life away from the hustle and bustle of Hollywood.Earlier this week, Stern, who spends most of his time raising cattle and creating sculptures at his farm in Ventura, California, gave fans a sneak peek at what life has been like since stepping back from the entertainment industry.“Hello, as you will come to discover, I live on a farm, and we grow tangerines here,” Stern said in a TikTok video that has since gained a lot of attention.“I juice them up and then freeze them and give them away to my friends,” he continued before giving viewers a glimpse of his work station. Not only does Stern tend to his citrus and cattle, he is also a distinguished artist.In another video, Stern showed off an impressive sculpture he has been working on that portrays a woman lying on a chair.“Incredible work of art! Had no idea you were a sculptor,” one fan commented.

cause of death listed as pneumonia.Murphy’s co-stars from her final movie, “Something Wicked,” detailed that in the months before her death, the star was “frail” and a shell of herself.“She was just a little bird that you wanted to be around and you wanted to help,” actress Katie O’Grady told People in a story published on Friday.The “Uptown Girls” alum became extremely sick with flu-like symptoms and passed out in her mom’s arms after telling her, “Mommy, I can’t catch my breath. Help me,” according to The Hollywood Reporter.“She was really sick with pneumonia, very anemic, and she was taking medication, and all that combined killed her,” Coroner Asst.

Patrick Swayze in their 1984 film “Red Dawn” was derailed.According to the actress, 64, Swayze was drunk, and she was “smoking a lot of weed” at the time they filmed the scene that ultimately got cut.“We were in this, you know, sleeping bag, and he was nervous or whatever, and he came into the sleeping bag drunk,” Grey, said on the Friday episode of The Hollywood Reporter’s “Awards Chatter” podcast.Grey, Swayze, Lea Thompson, Charlie Sheen and C. Thomas Howell play teenagers who head to the mountains to launch a counter-attack against a Russian-led invasion in their Colorado town in the action film.“As an actor, you’re looking at all your stuff in the script, and you’re like, okay. I’m running.

Minnie Driver is looking back at the ’90s.The actress, 54, revealed that her 1997 action comedy movie “Grosse Pointe Blank” was “revolutionary” to her. On Wednesday’s episode of SiriusXM’s “This Life of Mine with James Corden,” Driver confessed that the project was almost completely improvised because the original script was “disastrous.”“Grosse Pointe Blank” stars John Cusack as a hitman who returns home for his 10-year high school reunion and reconnects with the ex-girlfriend (Driver) he still has feelings for.“We were making [“Grosse Pointe Blank”] and the script isn’t really that good, and everyone knows the script isn’t really that good, but it’s this great idea,” she told Corden.

a video posted earlier this week. “Quite hard to put under the tree,” Driver, who went makeup-free in the video, captioned the post.

People that in the fall of 2022 her voice disappeared — and she couldn’t speak louder than a whisper for nearly two years.“I felt trapped in my own body. There was so much shame involved.

The Hollywood Reporter about his life post-007 and the unexpected journey it led him on to play William Lee in Luca Guadagnino’s upcoming film “Queer,” in which his character becomes infatuated with a younger man (Drew Starkey).“I had no plan whatsoever. I was like, ‘Maybe I’ll never work again,'” he said during the interview after starring in his fifth “Bond” film. However, he didn’t lay low, starring in several films since “No Time to Die” (2021) — and it wasn’t Craig’s role as Bond that caught Guadagnino’s eye.

Season 2 of the hit show. Hwang Dong-hyuk spoke about the criticism in a new interview with TV Guide, published on Tuesday. The character at the center of the controversy — a transgender woman named Hyun-ju — is a new addition to “Squid Game,” who reportedly partakes in the deadly competition because she is “short on money for her gender-affirming surgery.”Dong-hyuk, who also directs the Korean language series, told TV Guide that he could not find a transgender female actor to play Hyun-ju.

TMZ, referencing her 1997 role in the biopic about the late Mexican-American singer Selena Quintanilla-Pérez.Davis then took a moment to reflect on the future and brought up one minor detail that J.Lo’s fans didn’t seem to appreciate. “I can’t believe that in 30 years we’re going to do a retrospective of this, and you will be 60 by then, which is…” the editor continued as the singer replied, “Wow.”Davis didn’t stop there, joking that Lopez was “getting up there” in age, which elicited gasps from the audience.

the Hollywood Reporter Monday.“The Oscars are absolute nonsense, because everything that’s judged in the Oscars, it’s not a year’s work. It’s just the work that comes out between Thanksgiving and Christmas,” he said.

Variety on Sunday.Her family said in a statement, “Beautiful, energetic, and positive to the end, she will be deeply missed by numerous relatives, friends, and her beloved dogs Benny and Kowalsk.”Jacobson’s manager, Ben Padua, told Entertainment Weekly, “We are incredibly sad to say goodbye to our beautiful, soulful, hysterically funny, elegantly raunchy client, Jill Jacobson. Jill was a total spitfire of an actress with comedic timing straight out of a Marx Brothers’ flick and Hollywood glamor right from its golden age. Jill took us on so many adventures and she was an absolute blast.

Gellar’s snippy red carpet exchange at the “Dexter: Original Sin” premiere on Wednesday, where she was asked if Hewitt, 45, is returning for the “I Know What You Did Last Summer” sequel film.“I have nothing to do with that,” Gellar, 47, said before walking away from the interviewer. Hewitt later confirmed her return as Julie James to the franchise in an Instagram post on Friday.

+ show will shed light on the fictional serial killer’s upbringing — but before the series premiere on Friday, December 13, here’s a reminder on how Dexter’s story initially ended up.Michael C. Hall portrayed Dexter Morgan on the Showtime series for eight seasons from 2006 to 2013.

Sarah Michelle Gellar has sparked feud rumors with her ex co-star Jennifer Love Hewitt after her awkward answer to a question about the actress made rounds on social media.The duo previously starred opposite each other in the 1997 film “I Know What You Did Last Summer” — but they haven’t shared the screen since.The hit film’s success has since brought two more sequels, with another one currently being filmed Down Under.And while Gellar isn’t starring in the upcoming installment, her husband Freddie Prinze Jr. is — prompting the duo, along with their two kids, to spend Thanksgiving in Australia.But when asked if she could share any tidbits from the upcoming project, given the fact her hubby is starring in the film, Gellar seemingly dodged the question.“I have nothing to do with that,” she told Extra TV during a red carpet interview when asked if Love Hewitt, 45, is starring in the upcoming film.The actress, 47, then swiftly walked away from the reporter, prompting the end of the interview.And while the awkward interaction lasted just seconds, social media users were quick to point out that there could be a feud brewing behind closed doors.

Sydney Sweeney is soaking up the sun.The 27-year-old star showed off her toned physique at her luxurious $13 million waterfront mansion in the Florida Keys on Wednesday. Sweeney wore a purple two-piece bikini and accessorized with black sunglasses.

Variety confirmed Tuesday.Luca Guadagnino’s new movie is an adaptation of Bret Easton Ellis’ 1991 novel, and not a remake of the 2000 film directed by Mary Harron.Butler’s casting as the investment banker who lives a double life as a serial killer sparked huge reactions online. Fans brought up the fact that Butler infamously did method acting when he played Elvis Presley in Baz Luhrmann’s 2022 biopic.“We’re about to see method acting to a whole other level,” one person wrote on X.“So annoyed we are going to have endure austin butlers method acting for the next two years except now he’s method acting as patrick bateman,” someone else said.“They saw austin method act for elvis and made him american psycho? we’re all in danger,” another fan tweeted.A fourth person responded to the casting news by saying, “I hope this bombs.