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Since its release in 2005, Twilight firmly cemented itself as a pop culture mainstay that fans will return to for decades. Its movie adaptations were intensely popular, creating a legion of fans that exists until today. This staying power is why the producers behind the legendary love story between Edward and Bella won't remake it as another film for newer fans to revel in the butterflies all over again.

Instead, the Twilight remake is slated to be an animated TV show, which adds a lot of potential to the retelling of the story. It will attract old audiences as well as new ones, and the longer format will give other plotlines a chance to shine. The movies had shorter run times, so many nuances of The Twilight Saga got cut. These are the aspects fans demand to see in the Twilight remake series.

Updated on March 15, 2025, by Robbie Robinson: Twilight...

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Movies serve as more than simply a medium through which we get experience; they are an emotion we like to incorporate into our lives. Numerous films are released each month on multiple streaming services, which is quite convenient for many of us. However, with so many alternatives at hand, it can be a hassle to pick the right film. To make things easier, we've compiled a directory of every film coming to major streaming services in March 2025, including Netflix, Prime Video, Hulu, and more.

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Here's every movie coming to Netflix in March 2025:

Annie (2014) — March 1

Black Hawk Down (2001) — March 1

Blade Runner: The Final Cut (1982) — March 1

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Filmmaker and USC alumnus Jason Reitman is slated to receive the Jack Oakie and Victoria Horne Oakie Master of Comedy Award at the seventh edition of the USC Comedy Festival, set for March 28-30 at the campus.

The three-day festival aims to examine the role that comedy plays in shaping popular culture and social movements. The tribute to Reitman, the helmer behind such films as 2024’s “Saturday Night,” 2009’s “Up in the Air” and 2007’s “Juno,” will close the festival and include a Q&a on stage with film historian and critic Leonard Maltin.

USC launched the event in 2011, the same year it established the USC Comedy department with the goal of “championing comedy as a field of university study.” The festival has been held every other year since. This year’s event includes a panel on AI’s impact in the creation of comedy (session title: “Can Comedy Be Automated?...

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This March, Paramount+ is bringing you a ton of entertainment with the much anticipated true crime drama series Happy Face and also the streaming release of the horror comedy film Rumours. However, for the purposes of this article, we are only including the films that are coming to Paramount+ this month and have a 90% or higher Rotten Tomatoes score. So, check out the 10 best films coming to Paramount+ in March 2025 with a 90% or higher Rotten Tomatoes score.

Up In The Air (March 1) Rotten Tomatoes Score: 90% Credit – Paramount Pictures

Up in the Air is a comedy-drama film directed by Jason Reitman, who also co-wrote the screenplay with Sheldon Turner. Based on the 2001 novel of the same name by Walter Kirn, the 2009 film follows Ryan Bingham, a man whose job is to travel places and fire people from their jobs.

Why Does George Clooney Want To Keep His Batman Movie Away From His Son? ( Photo Credit – Wikimedia )

George Clooney is one of Hollywood’s most revered actors, known for his demeanor, versatility, and performances in films like Ocean’s Eleven, Michael Clayton, and Up in the Air. However, despite his impressive filmography, one role remains a sore spot for him: his portrayal of the Caped Crusader in Batman & Robin (1997). Directed by Joel Schumacher, the film took a campy approach to The Dark Knight, a stark contrast to the brooding tone set by Tim Burton’s earlier Batman films.

Although Clooney acknowledged that the film was not well-received and even apologized, his role as Batman remains a talking point. Interestingly, the actor now actively avoids discussing it with his young son, fearing that it would ruin his credibility. Despite being a household name and an Oscar-winning actor, Clooney jokingly admits that...

Paramount has announced the lineup of movies, TV shows and live sports coming to Paramount+ in March, which will mark the streaming service’s fourth anniversary. The Paramount Plus March 2025 schedule includes the updated Women Who Move Mountains collection, which shines a light on the real and fictional women who inspire.

For Women’s History Month, new additions to the collection include A League of Their Own, Annihilation, Blue Crush, Ex Machina, Failure to Launch, Julie & Julia, Lara Croft: Tomb Raider, Lara Croft: The Cradle of Life, Marie Antoinette, Practical Magic, Room, Sugar & Spice, The Other Boleyn Girl, The Women and more.

Happy Face

Speaking of strong leading ladies, don’t miss the premiere of the original series Happy Face, inspired by the true-life story of Melissa G. Moore (played by Annaleigh Ashford) who discovered that her once beloved father, Keith Jesperson (Dennis Quaid), was the prolific serial killer known as Happy Face.

Exclusive: Former Disney/Pixar veteran Michael Agulnek has joined Sony Pictures as EVP Global Publicity, where he will report to Danielle Misher, Co-Head of Theatrical Marketing.

In addition, Rose Phillips has been promoted to EVP Global Digital Marketing and Social Media. Reporting to Elias Plishner in the Global Marketing department, Phillips will continue to work across the studio’s film and TV content including via Sony Pictures Global Digital Creative, Social Media as well as the new Influencer Marketing Team.

Agulnek will oversee the Motion Picture Group’s global publicity teams to develop and execute strategic campaigns covering the theatrical and home entertainment windows across the studio’s labels including Columbia Pictures, TriStar Pictures, 3000 Pictures, Screen Gems and Sony Pictures Animation.

He counts more than three decades working as a marketing and public relations executive, most recently as VP Worldwide Publicity at Pixar Animation Studios, where he oversaw global...

Wicked, Conclave, and Nosferatu took top honors at the 29th Annual Art Directors Guild Awards (aka the Excellence in Production Design Awards) Saturday. Rachael Harris hosted the show from the InterContinental Ballroom in Los Angeles.

The Art Directors Guild divides its top film prizes into Period, Contemporary, and Fantasy Feature categories, which went to the Oscar-nominated production designers for Nosferatu, Conclave, and Wicked, respectively. Since the inception of these awards, the winner of one of those three has gone on to win the Best Art Direction/Production Design Oscar in 19 of the 28 years and 10 of the past 11 years. The three films will go up against Dune: Part Two and The Brutalist next month for the production design Academy Award, with Wicked considered not only the frontrunner but a heavily-favored one at that.

Nosferatu won top Period Feature over fellow nominees A Complete Unknown, The Brutalist, Gladiator II, and Saturday Night.

“Nosferatu” (Craig Lathrop), “Wicked” (Nathan Crowley), and “Conclave” (Suzie Davies) were the period, fantasy, and contemporary production design winners at the 29th annual Art Directors Guild Awards, held February 15 at the InterContinental Los Angeles Downtown.

Also winning for animation was “The Wild Robot”, following its Annies sweep and Ves prizes. On the TV side, “Shōgun,” “Squid Game,” “Fallout,” and “The Penguin” were the winners for their production designers in their respective categories.

The Lathrop win for “Nosferatu” was not surprising when you consider that “The Brutalist” production designer Judy Becker is not an Adg member. She has been the presumptive Oscar favorite for channeling Oscar-nominated Adrien Brody’s visionary architect, László Tóth, in applying a Brutalist style to the architectural designs of mid-century Pennsylvania with its bold shapes and function over form aesthetic.

Lathrop, who has worked on all of director Robert Eggers’ other films, received his first Oscar nomination for “Nosferatu.

“Conclave, “Nosferatu,” and “Wicked” won honors at the 28th Art Directors Guild (IATSE Local 800) Excellence in Production Design Awards, Saturday at the InterContinental Los Angeles Downtown.

The Adg divides live-action features into three categories. Production designer Craig Lathrop’s work on early 1800s-set horror adaptation “Nosferatu” won the award in the period film category. Production designer Nathan Crowley’s creation of the “Wicked” land of Oz won the award for a fantasy film, and production designer Suzie Davies’ Vatican sets delivered “Conclave” the trophy for a contemporary film.

“Conclave,” “Nosteratu” and “Wicked,” along with Adg nominees “The Brutalist” and “Dune: Part Two” are nominated for the Oscar in production design. A year ago, “Poor Things” won the Adg Award for a fantasy film en route to an Oscar win in the category.

At the Adg Awards, “The Wild Robot” continued its winning streak, collecting the Adg Award in feature animation.

The Art Directors Guild came together tonight to celebrate the 29th Annual Excellence in Production Design Awards at the InterContinental Los Angeles Downtown on Saturday night, February 15, 2024.

The awards took place before over 1,000 guild members and industry executives, with actress and comedian Rachael Harris serving as host. Skye P. Marshall, Jason Ritter, Jennia Aponte, Lamorne Morris, Devon Sawa, Anna Newell, Kurtwood Smith, Eve Harlow, Peter Facinelli, Jessica Williams, Michael Urie, Al Madrigal, Samantha Hanratty, Garrett Dillahunt, Vella Lovell, and many more attended the event.

During the ceremony, the Adg’s National Executive Director Chuck Parker praised “Keep California Rolling,” a developing campaign from the Entertainment Union Coalition (Euc) and the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE), in support of California Governor Gavin Newsom’s proposed tax incentive for Los Angeles-based film and television production. Parker galvanized the crowd with his comments: “We can do this! We need jobs now!

Anna Kendrick's roles in different films have showcased her versatility as a Hollywood actress.Netflix/YouTube; Universal Studios/YouTubeKatherine McKay in '50/50'LionsgateFilmsUK/YouTube

Anna Kendrick plays the role of young therapist Katherine McKay in the 2011 film 50/50, inspired by writer Will Reiser's cancer battle. Joseph Gordon-Levitt's Adam Lerner receives treatment from the inexperienced psychologist and Ph.D. candidate, but Katherine successfully manages to make him open up to her until their relationship progresses.

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Kendrick appears in the 2018 film A Simple Favor as Stephanie Smothers, a widowed single mother who forms a friendship with Emily Nelson (Blake Lively). Her life turns upside down when Emily goes missing, leading her to investigate and solve the disappearance.

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The Mary Nighy-directed 2022 film Alice, Darling sees the 39-year-old play the role of Alice, a young woman...

Diretor Jason Reitman on the set of Columbia Pictures’ Saturday Night. Photo Credit: Hopper Stone Copyright © 2024 Ctmg, Inc. All Rights Reserved. **All Images Are Property Of Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc Jason Reitman, a four-time Academy Award nominee, continues to showcase his versatility as a filmmaker with an impressive portfolio of projects, including Juno, Up in the Air, Thank You for Smoking, and the Ghostbusters reboot. With his latest film, Saturday Night, Reitman takes audiences behind the scenes of one of television’s most groundbreaking moments. Set on the evening of October 11, 1975, Saturday Night captures the chaos, creativity, and excitement as a fearless team of young comedians and writers geared up for a night that would make television history. The film brings to life the 90 frantic minutes leading up to the debut broadcast of Saturday Night Live, taking viewers into the heart of the action, where emotions ran high and every second counted.

The CBS TV series S.W.A.T., currently heading for its eighth season, is the second-longest-running scripted show that’s currently airing on the network. As Season 8 approaches its winter premiere on Jan. 31, the show’s executive producer Shawn Ryan is talking about the odds of whether the show will return for a ninth season. Thus far, CBS has not been marketing the eighth season as S.W.A.T.’s final one.

“It’s been called the final season the last three or four seasons, hasn’t it?” said Ryan in an interview with Deadline about the show that stars Shemar Moore, Jay Harrington, David Lim, and Patrick St. Esprit. The last two seasons of the series were said to be the final ones at one point.

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The Art Directors Guild has announced the nominees for its 29th Annual Excellence in Production Design Awards. The Adg Awards celebrate excellence in production design across theatrical motion pictures, television, commercials, music videos, and animated feature films. The 2025 Cinematic Imagery Award will be presented to Academy Award®-nominated director and filmmaker Jason Reitman, whose body of work includes “Juno,” “Up in the Air” and “Saturday Night.”...

The Art Directors Guild Awards has announced the nominations for its 29th annual kudos, and all five of this year’s predicted production design Oscar nominees received bids from the guild on Thursday: The Brutalist and Gladiator II in the period race, Dune: Part Two and Wicked in the fantasy category, and Conclave in the contemporary contest.

This group, which celebrates excellence in theatrical motion pictures, television, commercials, and music videos, has an impressive track record for previewing the Academy Awards. Over the past 28 years, the eventual Oscar winner for Best Production Design has always numbered among the Adg nominees in the various categories, including last year when Poor Things prevailed at both events.

This year’s honors will be distributed on Feb. 15 during a ceremony hosted by comedian and actress Rachael Harris at the InterContinental Los Angeles Downtown. (See the complete list of names below.) Final voting for guild members opens on Jan.

The Art Directors Guild has announced the nominees for its 29th Annual Excellence in Production Design Awards. Production design is all about worldbuilding, and so it’s fitting that the nominees are spread out by the kinds of worlds production designers are asked to create and the demands of their setting. The feature film nominee categories are amongst period settings, contemporary settings, and fantasy settings and the television shows are divided further by format between single-camera hourlong, half-hour, multicamera series, limited series, and TV movie, among others.

But the nominees themselves align with IndieWire’s predicted frontrunners for the Oscar category. “Dune: Part Two” and “Wicked,” among others, are nominated in the fantasy feature film category, while “The Brutalist,” and “Conclave” each received nominations in period feature and contemporary feature, respectively. On the TV side, “Shōgun” continues its conquest of guild nominations with one for period single-camera series, but “Squid Game,...

The Art Directors Guild (Adg, IATSE Local 800) has announced the nominees for its 29th annual Excellence in Production Design Awards, set to be held Feb. 15 at the InterContinental Los Angeles Downtown.

Feature nominees include the production designers on A Complete Unknown, The Brutalist, Gladiator II, Nosferatu and Saturday Night in the period film category; Alien: Romulus, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, Dune: Part Two, Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga and Wicked for fantasy film; and Civil War, Conclave, Emilia Pérez, The Substance and Twisters in the contemporary film category.

Over the past six years, the winner of the Adg’s fantasy film prize has gone on to win the Academy Award for production design three times: Poor Things in 2024, Dune in 2022 and Black Panther in 2019. During that time, the winner of the period film prize won the production design Oscar twice: Once Upon a Time in Hollywood in 2020 and Mank in 2021. In 2023, the...

“The Substance,” “Conclave” and “Wicked” are among the films nominated by the Art Directors Guild (IATSE Local 800) for its 28th Excellence in Production Design Awards in motion pictures, television, commercial and music video categories.

The Adg divides live-action features into three categories: period feature film, fantasy feature film and contemporary feature film. “A Complete Unknown,” “The Brutalist,” “Gladiator II,” “Nosferatu” and “Saturday Night” were nominated in the period feature film category. In the fantasy film category, “Alien: Romulus, “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, “Dune: Part Two,” “Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga” and “Wicked” all landed nods. “Civil War,” Conclave,” “Emilia Pérez” and “The Substance” and “Twisters” earned contemporary film nominations.

While it’s difficult to use the Adg winners as a precursor to the Academy Awards, last year’s winner “Poor Things” (Shona Heath and James Price) went on to win the Oscar. Previously, 2023 winners “Dune” (Patrice Vermette and Zsuzsanna Sipos) also won the Oscar for production design.

A touch of neurosis, a lot of laughs and plenty of profound insights could be found at The Hollywood Reporter’s Writer Roundtable, where six scribes who crafted seven of 2024’s top screenplays gathered for a lively conversation in November. James Mangold (A Complete Unknown, with Jay Cocks) and Jason Reitman (Saturday Night, with Gil Kenan) have been writing screenplays and then directing them for decades (they received Oscar noms for their scripts Logan and Up in the Air, respectively). Jesse Eisenberg (A Real Pain) and Halina Reijn (Babygirl) are best known as actors — he was Oscar-nominated for The Social Network, while she has been a stage and screen standout in her native Netherlands — but within the past few years had several screenplays made into films, under their own direction. As for Justin Kuritzkes (Challengers and Queer) and India-born Payal Kapadia (All We Imagine as Light), these were their first...

Jonathan Kimble Simmons, aka J.K. Simmons, is the Academy Award-winning actor who first came to fame as a song-and-dance man on Broadway. He then segued to a celebrated career in television and finally began an illustrious film career that has endured for 30+ years.

Simmons was a long-time theater actor — he had a memorable turn on the 1992 Tony broadcast in a striped purple suit raising his jazz hands in a number from “Guys and Dolls” — until he made his way to television and stunned audiences as white supremacist inmate Vern Schillinger in the HBO series “Oz.” Hollywood then came calling, making a big splash in the “Spider-Man” films and capping it off by winning the Oscar, the Golden Globe and the Screen Actors Guild Award for his chilling performance as a music teacher in “Whiplash.” He has since gone on to join the DC and Marvel universes.

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Did Batman & Robin teach George Clooney an important lesson? ( Photo Credit – Wikimedia )

Yes, the infamous 1997 superhero flick that tanked both critically and commercially wasn’t just a low point for fans but also for George Clooney himself. And yet, the Caped Crusader’s stumble became the ultimate turning point. Clooney didn’t just reflect on the flop—he flipped the script on his career.

“It’s really easy to pick: Batman & Robin. That’s not a joke,” he admitted. “Up until that moment, I was an actor only concerned with finding work. After the failure of that film creatively, I understood that I needed to take control of the films I made, not just the role.”

What followed was nothing short of a Hollywood masterclass. Clooney traded bat-nipples for brilliance, delivering knockout performances in Out of Sight, Three Kings, and O Brother, Where Art Thou?. These weren’t...

Live from the Art Directors Guild — it’s a career honor for Jason Reitman.

The Adg said today that the Saturday Night filmmaker will receive its 2025 Cinematic Imagery Award at its 29th annual Excellence in Production Design Awards on February 15 at the InterContinental Los Angeles Downtown.

The honor is presented to those whose body of work in the film and television industry has richly enhanced the visual aspects of the viewer’s experience.

“Between script and screen, a director must navigate 20 crafts and art forms,” Reitman said in a statement. “My movies stand on the shoulders of brilliant artists including the production designers Jess Gonchor, Francois Audouy, Kevin Thompson, and Steve Saklad,” says Reitman. “Without these designers, art directors, set decorators and teams of craftspeople who work endless hours, my dreams would never be realized.”

Reitman wrote, produced and directed this year’s Saturday Night, which chronicles the frantic 90 minutes...

The Art Directors Guild will present director Jason Reitman with the 2025 Cinematic Imagery Award at the 29th annual Excellence in Production Design Awards, the Adg announced on Monday.

Reitman will be honored for a career that includes “Juno,” “Up in the Air,” “Thank You for Smoking,” “Ghostbusters: Afterlife” and the new “Saturday Night,” for which production designer Jess Gonchor created a two-story, 360-degree set.

“Jason Reitman’s body of work demonstrates how collaboration between directors, production designers and all of the talented filmmakers in the art department can create visual worlds and stories with emotional depth and lasting impact,” says award show producers Michael Allen Glover and Megan Elizabeth Bell in a statement.

“Between script and screen, a director must navigate 20 crafts and art forms,” added Reitman in the statement. “My movies stand on the shoulders of brilliant artists including the production designers Jess Gonchor, Francois Audouy, Kevin Thompson and Steve Saklad.

The Real Housewives franchise has certainly done wonders for the careers of the women who star in them, but a few of these ladies had already been in the public eye even before being cast in one of the beloved Bravo franchises. So, not only did these reality TV women run in the same circles as Hollywood's elite, but they have shockingly admitted to hooking up with them, too.

Fans might be surprised to learn that housewives from across the franchise have dated or had a one-night stand with the likes of movie stars like Gerard Butler, Will Smith, and even George Clooney. In fact, one particular Rhony alum spilled that she's had short-lived relationships with over 5 celebrities.

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On Wednesday, the Palm Springs International Film Festival (Psiff) announced that Ariana Grande would receive the Rising Star Award for her heralded performance in Universal Pictures’ “Wicked.” The blockbuster movie, directed by Jon M. Chu and co-starring Cynthia Erivo, has already made $270 million in the United States alone, making it one of the most successful adaptations of a Broadway musical in film history.

Grande is a Grammy-winning, multi-platinum recording artist and global star, and now this is her first starring role in a major studio film. Click here to see her top 10 best movies and TV shows.

The Palm Springs International Film Awards will take place on Jan. 3, 2025, at the Palm Springs Convention Center, with the festival running from Jan. 2 to Jan. 13. The highly anticipated, 12-day event will be presented by Silvercrest and sponsored by “Entertainment Tonight.”

In “Wicked,” Grande takes on the role of Galinda, a popular young student...

Standing at 5 feet 1 inch (154.9 cm), Anna Kendrick is about 3 inches shorter than the average American woman, who is approximately 5 feet 4 inches (162.5 cm). In women’s shoes, Anna Kendrick typically wears a size 7 (US).

Anna Kendrick flaunts her legs in a bright yellow Maticevski Pre-Fall 2023 dress and metallic gold sandals at the “Alice, Darling” Premiere during the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival at Roy Thomson Hall on September 11, 2022, in Toronto, Ontario (Credit: Captive Camera / Cover Images)

The Story Behind Anna Kendrick’s $1,000 Louboutins

Before the Toronto International Film Festival premiere of 2009’s Up in the Air, she did not have money to buy a pair of Christian Louboutin heels.

“I was not famous, so nobody wanted to lend me shoes, but I was broke,” she shared during a 2017 episode of The Jess Cagle Interview.

“I got talked into spending the money I really didn’t have on a pair of Louboutins. They were $1,000. I still have them.

(L to R) Garret Morris (Lamorne Morris), Chevy Chase (Cory Michael Smith), Laraine Newman (Emily Fairn), John Belushi (Matt Wood), Gilda Radner (Ella Hunt), Jane Curtain (Kim Matula) and Dan Aykroyd (Dylan O’Brien) in Saturday Night. Photo By Hopper Stone. Copyright © 2024 Ctmg, Inc. All Rights Reserved. **All Images Are Property Of Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc Jason Reitman, the acclaimed director behind films like Juno and Up in the Air, took a deep dive into the world of 1970s television with his latest project, Saturday Night. This captivating film recounts the electrifying 90 minutes leading up to the first-ever broadcast of Saturday Night Live on October 11, 1975. Reitman wasn’t just the director; he was the driving force, immersed in every aspect of the production as director, producer, and co-writer. He meticulously recreated the iconic Studio 8H, ensuring the sets exuded the authentic atmosphere of that bygone era. But Reitman’s commitment to authenticity went beyond set design.

Amidst all the hype surrounding his new Disney+ series, Star Wars: Skeleton Crew, Jude Law is speaking out about how Hollywood is no longer making the mid-budget films he started doing early in his career.

Per Deadline, Law, a two-time Oscar nominee, told the Associated Press he was “lucky” that when he began his career the entertainment industry was focusing more on mid-budget films. Law said there’s currently a “gaping hole” in Hollywood that needs to be filled by mid-budget movies.

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“I mean, I feel very lucky that when I came into this business, they were making (mid-budget films),” Law said. “And some of those films that I got to make with people like Anthony (Minghella), looking back now,...

The third annual Sony Future Filmmaker Awards has announced the jury members for its 2025 kudos.

Four-time Oscar nominee Jason Reitman, filmmaker Minhal Baig, President of 3000 Pictures Elizabeth Gabler, and director Justin Chadwick make up this year’s panel. Reitman is currently in the Oscar discussion for directing, writing, and producing the feature film “Saturday Night.”

Mark your calendars for April 29, 2025, as that’s when this year’s group of 30 shortlisted filmmakers will be announced. The 2025 Sony Future Filmmaker Awards will include a five-day program at the legendary Sony Pictures Studios in Culver City, Calif., from June 2 to June 6.

The special event includes hands-on workshops for the aspiring filmmakers, plus industry intuition from top professionals, backstage access, keynotes by major cinematographers, screenings, Q&a sessions, talent agency resources, and more.

The awards ceremony will take place on June 5, 2025, which is when the winners of the four major categories will be...

The career of George Clooney is as surprising as it is unsurprising. For a man of his looks, charm, and character, he has leaned heavily into that when it comes to the films he makes and the characters he portrays. Films like Ocean's 11, Up in the Air, and Michael Clayton all play into the suave, sophisticated man that Clooney seems to be in real life. Aside from being cool and successful with audiences, though, he has also garnered the attention of critics at various stages of his career. Films like the latter two above, alongside Alexander Payne's gentle drama The Descendants, have given him multiple Academy Award acting nominations. Behind the camera, Clooney has been nominated for his journalist drama Good Night, and Good Luck and the political thriller The Ides of March, while winning for producing the real-life hostage thriller Argo.

Acting isn’t always the easiest of professions. Between the busy buzz of the set, difficult material, the occasional prima donna co-star or director, it can be a challenge to get in the mindset of whatever character you’re trying to inhabit. For Anna Kendrick, this can be especially difficult when you’re acting opposite a legend like George Clooney. The two starred opposite one another in Jason Reitman‘s 2009 dramedy “Up in the Air,” receiving Oscar nominations in the process for their work. However, in a recent interview on “Who’s Talking to Chris Wallace,” Kendrick shared that working with Clooney was initially quite the scary prospect.

“Oh, absolutely terrifying. I mean, completely terrifying. To other people he is kind of capital G, George, and he works really hard to make you forget that and feel comfortable,” said Kendrick. “The very, very first shot that he and I did together...

Anna Kendrick took a trip down memory lane this week, singing the praises of her 2009 Up in the Air co-star, George Clooney.

“He is kind of capital G, George, and he works really hard to make you forget that and feel comfortable,” the Pitch Perfect star said of her experience acting alongside Clooney. Kendrick made the comments to CNN’s Chris Wallace, recalling her memories from shooting Up in the Air scenes with Clooney over a decade ago.

“The very, very first shot that he and I did together was my first shot in the movie,” Kendrick said. “We were standing on this people mover, and we’re kind of waiting and the camera is pretty far away and he said, ‘God, do you get nervous on the first day? I get so nervous. Do you get insecure? I get really insecure.’ And I was like, ‘Yes, I do, George,...

The final moments of Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire features a sweet tribute to Ivan Reitman, which is a fitting farewell to the legendary director. For most of its run-time, Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire has fun bringing back characters and locations from the original Ghostbusters movies to interact with the next generation of the franchise. This includes a few key tributes to past characters and concepts, bringing back much of the original surviving cast for certain moments.

However, the sweetest tribute to the history of the series comes towards the end of the film, and takes on multiple additional meanings. Instead of just being a chance to highlight the franchise's past and future, the ending of Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire also includes a sweet note that explains the film was "For Ivan." This is a reference to one of the creatives who was responsible for the original Ghostbusters, and whose impact on the franchise has been felt for decades.

Anna Kendrick praised her Up in the Air co-star George Clooney for the “complete fiction” he told her to calm her nerves ahead of filming the six-time Oscar-nominated dramedy film.

In a recent appearance on Who’s Talking to Chris Wallace?, the Woman of the Hour helmer and star admitted it was “absolutely terrifying” to act alongside the Ocean’s Eleven vet. While Kendrick had already been awarded a Tony nomination a decade prior to the filming of the 2009 Jason Reitman movie, she was in her early 20s starring alongside heavyhitters like Clooney and Vera Farmiga.

“He is kind of capital G, George, and he works really hard to make you forget that and feel comfortable,” the Pitch Perfect star said. “The very, very first shot that he and I did together was my first shot in the movie. We were standing on this people mover, and we’re kind...

Anna Kendrick was the latest guest on “Who’s Talking to Chris Wallace?” as her press tour for Netflix’s “Woman of the Hour” continues, and she told a heartfelt story about what it was like working with a Hollywood A-lister like George Clooney so early in her career. The two actors starred together in Jason Reitman’s acclaimed 2009 drama “Up in the Air” and both earned Oscar nominations for their performances. Kendrick said it was “completely terrifying” to film her first scene with Clooney.

“To other people he is kind of capital G, George, and he works really hard to make you forget that and feel comfortable,” Kendrick said. “The very first shot that he and I did together was my first shot in the movie. We were standing on this people mover, and we’re kind of waiting and the camera is pretty far away and he said,...

Costume designer Danny Glicker goes way back with director Jason Reitman, so much so that Glicker says he considers the filmmaker part of his “creative family.” Glicker first worked with Reitman on the director’s debut feature, “Thank You For Smoking,” and also served as the costume designer on later features like “Up in the Air,” “Labor Day,” “The Front Runner,” and “Ghostbusters: Afterlife.” So the costume designer, an Oscar nominee for “Milk,” perhaps knows best where the new film “Saturday Night” stands within Reitman’s acclaimed filmography.

“This movie felt really special, and I think one of the reasons it felt special is having worked with Jason so long, I kind of could feel the pieces of our previous projects and the lessons that we’ve learned being applied here,” Glicker tells Gold Derby. “From the second he told me this movie was a go to the second I...

Anna Kendrick is detailing an “icky” on-set experience with an unnamed director.

Kendrick said during Josh Horowitz’s “Happy Sad Confused” podcast in the below video that a filmmaker encouraged her to improvise during a production, only to then publicly “embarrass” her by suggesting she just stick to the script after all.

“I remember a director once in a room full of 100 extras or something being like, ‘Hey, on this next one just try something. Just make something up. Just improv something,’” Kenrick said. “And I did it and then the director called cut and came over and, once again in front of 100 extras, was like, ‘Oof, let’s go back to the script!’ It really felt like a very specific power move thing to embarrass me, to gain dominance. It was very icky.”

Yet Kendrick’s improv, though, ended up making it into the trailer for the film.

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Production designer Jess Gonchor has worked on some of the most acclaimed and rewatchable movies over the last two decades, including every feature film directed by Bennett Miller, every Joel and Ethan Coen movie from “No Country for Old Men” through “The Ballad of Buster Scruggs,” and notable one-off titles such as “The Devil Wears Prada,” Greta Gerwig’s “Little Women,” Noah Baumbach’s “White Noise,” and John Krasinski’s recent hit “If.”

“To be a production designer, you have to become an expert in a subject in a very short amount of time. So when I get a job on something, I start researching it immediately,” Gonchor tells Gold Derby.

But for his latest project, Jason Reitman’s “Saturday Night,” Gonchor was already well-versed in the material. The film is about the first-ever “Saturday Night Live” episode and unfolds in real-time as the clock hits 11:30 p.m. on...

Anna Kendrick recently turned director with the Netflix drama Woman of the Hour. Following the story of real-life serial killer Rodney Alcala and his 1978 appearance on The Dating Game, the film received positive reviews from critics for Kendrick’s direction and the exploration of themes like systemic misogyny.

Kendrick has been vocal about her struggles in dysfunctional relationships in the past, revealing that she was in an abusive relationship for seven years at the time of Alice, Darling’s release. She recently opened up more about her experiences while in the relationship and mentioned that there were times when she was made to feel like the abuser.

Anna Kendrick’s Ex Made Her Feel Like She Was The Abuser In The Relationship Anna Kendrick in Pitch Perfect | Credits: Universal Pictures

Anna Kendrick is best known for her roles in Pitch Perfect, A Simple Favor, and Up In The Air, the...

Movies Like Woman of the Hour on Netflix: Anna Kendrick has been working in Hollywood for over two decades, mainly known for her performances in comedy-dramas like “Pitch Perfect” and her Oscar-nominated turn in Jason Reitman’s “Up in the Air“. Now, with “Woman of the Hour,” she steps in as a director of a dark, psychological thriller. The film revolves around Sheryl Bradshaw, a young aspiring actress from the 70s, who entered a reality television show to find her next date. She was supposed to choose someone from the three male contestants trying to woo her.

One of these suitors was serial killer Rodney Alcala, who charmed Sheryl enough to select him as her date. As the film follows her journey, it offers glimpses into Rodney’s past encounters with his victims and survivors. It alternates between these different stories to give us a sense of his personality...

Jason Reitman’s “Saturday Night” has hit theaters nationwide, chronicling the chaotic 90 minutes leading up to the first broadcast of “Saturday Night Live” in 1975, releasing on the 49th anniversary of the long-running sketch comedy on October 11. With this movie expected to be a contender at the upcoming 2025 Academy Awards, let’s take a closer look at the filmmaker’s previous four Oscar nominations in three different categories for just two of his films.

After Reitman’s directorial debut in 2005 for “Thank You For Smoking,” he achieved commercial and critical success for his coming-of-age film “Juno” in 2007, starring Elliot Page as the titular teenage character who deals with her unexpected pregnancy and wants to give it up for adoption. While the comedy was praised for its screenplay by Diablo Cody and lead performance, Reitman’s direction was not recognized at any of the major precursor award ceremonies, which is why it...

Anna Kendrick and I are discussing soundbite culture.

She’s winding down after a day of interviews for her directorial debut, “Woman of the Hour,” where she’s been navigating the tricky business of getting audiences hyped for the chilling true story about the time a serial killer was a bachelor on “The Dating Game.”

The movie, now streaming on Netflix, is a subversive take on the true crime genre. The story is not focused on the killer’s motives or his capture, but more of a meditation on all the secret ways women navigate the world to ensure their survival, which makes the movie tough to boil down into a few quippy quotes.

As we walk to Kendrick’s hotel suite, I crack a joke about someone asking her to sing while talking about serial killers and she covers her mouth to suppress a knowing laugh. Because, when doing press,...

Anna Kendrick played the role of Jessica Stanley in The Twilight Saga, the best friend of Kristen Stewart’s character. Although it was a minor character, Kendrick managed to bring her weird girl energy into the role. However, Kendrick felt that she dropped the ball on one scene, where the makers expected her to go off script. She shared that it was Stewart who saved the scene.

Anna Kendrick and Kristen Stewart in The Twilight Saga | Credits: Summit Entertainment

Kendrick received wider attention for her role in Up in the Air. She rose to leading lady status in the Pitch Perfect film series. However, she still fondly remembers her days on the Twilight set, even sharing that it was the world’s most ridiculous day job for her.

Anna Kendrick Believed That Her One Twilight Scene Was Saved By Kristen Stewart’s Acting Anna Kendrick as Jessica Stanley in The Twilight Saga: Eclipse...

As Halloween creeps closer, audiences everywhere are on the hunt for a refreshing yet horrifying movie to fulfill their seasonal appetite. Fortunately for them, Netflix has just added a new thriller to its catalog. Woman of the Hour, directed by and starring Anna Kendrick in her directorial debut, premiered on Netflix on October 18. It is based on the true story of Rodney Alcala, a notorious serial killer who appeared on a popular dating show, The Dating Game, in the 1970s while he had already murdered five women. Kendrick plays Cheryl Bradshaw, a contestant Alcala wins a date with.

Diving deep into Alcalas sinister actions and the consequences that follow, Woman of the Hour debuted on Netflix to widespread critical acclaim. It currently holds an impressive Rotten Tomatoes score of 94%, with a consensus that reads:

Deftly directed by star Anna Kendrick, Woman of the Hour uses an incredible true story as...

Anna Kendrick has found a niche in comedy thanks to her standout work in the Pitch Perfect franchise and A Simple Favor, but her breakout role came in Jason Reitmans dramedy Up in the Air. Reitman was on a hot streak as a director at the time, as his previous film, Juno, had been a surprise sensation that earned acclaim for the authentic manner in which it depicted coming of age. Up in the Air sought to examine the modern American workforce with a similar degree of sensitivity, and earned a serious amount of attention due to the performance by George Clooney. Although Clooney is arguably more vulnerable and heartbreaking than he had ever been at that point in his career, Kendricks charismatic performance in Up in the Air earned her a well-deserved Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress.

Anna Kendrick has established herself as a versatile and talented actress, earning critical and audience acclaim through a range of compelling performances across various genres. From her breakout role in Rocket Science (2007), where she showcased her ability to embody a complex, confident teenager, her recently released Netflix movie Woman of the Hour which she directs and stars in, Kendrick’s filmography highlights her remarkable depth and range.

For audience members who aren’t into low-key indie hits, her other notable works includes her Academy Award nomination in Up in the Air (2009) and the beloved musical comedy trilogy Pitch Perfect, where her rendition of “Cups” became a cultural phenomenon. In the poignant drama 50/50 (2011), where she portrayed a young therapist navigating her professional and personal growth Anna Kendrick proved that she has incredible dramatic heft in spite of being considered a comedic actor. She has also excelled in theatrical performances, including...

Anna Kendricks directorial debut Woman of the Hour has arrived at Netflix with stellar reviews. First debuting at the Toronto International Film Festival, the movie is based on the true story of serial killer Rodney Alcala appearing on the game show The Dating Game and wins a date with Cheryl Bradshaw (Kendrick). At that point, Alcala had already murdered five women, and his appearance on the show gave him the nickname The Dating Game Killer.

Woman of the Hours release on Netflix is preceded by its impressive Rotten Tomatoes score from critics. At the time of this writing, the film currently has a 91% rating on the review aggregator, making it one of the best-rated Netflix movies of 2024. The consensus for Woman of the Hour says, Deftly directed by star Anna Kendrick, Woman of the Hour uses an incredible true story as the foundation for a powerful examination of the intersection between systemic misogyny and violence.

During the fall season, which has become popularly known these days as "spooky season," most of us prefer to watch horror movies and thrillers leading up to Halloween. Thankfully, Netflix has plenty of horror movie titles streaming right now or coming soon that you will want to add to your watch list.

But if jump scares and gore aren't quite your cup of tea, the best new Netflix original thriller movie was released on Oct. 18. Woman of the Hour comes from Academy Award nominated actress Anna Kendrick, who makes her directorial debut with the film that's based on a chilling true story.

Here's a little bit more about the movie's plot via Netflix:

The stranger-than-fiction story of an aspiring actress in 1970s Los Angeles and a serial killer in the midst of a yearslong murder spree, whose lives intersect when they’re cast on an episode of The Dating Game.

You never know who you might meet on a dating show — but you might just know some of the faces you’ll see on said show in “Woman of the Hour.”

Directed by Anna Kendrick — marking her directorial debut — the film, now streaming on Netflix, tells the bizarrely true story of how a serial killer went on “The Dating Game,” and won. His appearance on the show was square in the middle of his killing spree, and he wasn’t even caught because of the show.

Not only does Kendrick direct, but she also stars in the film, alongside some other familiar faces.

Here’s who you need to know in “Woman of the Hour.”

Netflix Sheryl Bradshaw (Anna Kendrick)

Cheryl Bradshaw is indeed the woman of the hour referenced in the title, a struggling actress who goes on “The Dating Game” hoping for exposure. Instead, she meets and picks a serial killer.