James Stewart decided to retire from acting in 1978 at age 70 when The Magic of Lassie flopped ("I can't even open a dog movie.") Paul Newman said he considered calling it quits after shooting a dim 1998 movie called Twilight ("You start to deliberately lose your memory.") Robert Redford didn't specify his reasons…

Reading Paul Thomas Anderson’s script for Phantom Thread for the first time, Oscar-winning costume designer Mark Bridges was reminded of the filmmaker’s seminal Boogie Nights, seeing another world of rich possibilities in front of him. Starring Daniel Day-Lewis as Reynolds Woodcock, a cutting couturier in ’50s…

Daniel Day-Lewis is being a bit enigmatic when he says Paul Thomas Anderson’s Phantom Thread shall be his exit from acting, especially as he mysteriously seems to be blaming the apparently disturbing experience of making the film as Exhibit A for his thespian finale. If that is the case, then at least we will always…

In Paul Thomas Anderson’s upcoming film Phantom Thread, Daniel Day-Lewis plays ­Reynolds Woodcock, a couturier whose life becomes disrupted by love. It’s no question that the celebrated actor will receive some awards season love because, well, he is the Daniel Day-Lewis. Enjoy it while it lasts because this is…

“There is an air of quiet death in this house,” says Daniel Day-Lewis’ Reynolds Woodcock in the first look at Paul Thomas Anderson and Day-Lewis’ reteam for Phantom Thread. That sentiment seems to be the vibe being woven into the There Will Be Blood duo’s reteam, which acts as their version of a love story. The pic…

Peter Bart and Mike Fleming Jr. worked together for two decades at Daily Variety. In this occasional column, two old friends get together and grind their axes, mostly on the movie business. FLEMING: Daniel Day-Lewis' retirement announcement begs the question: who takes over as Greatest Living Actor? If you had asked…

Daniel Day- Lewis, whose three Oscars put him in the conversation of his generation’s top actors, apparently is quitting the business. "Daniel Day-Lewis will no longer be working as an actor,” his publicist Leslee Dart said in a statement to Variety, which first reported the news. “He is immensely grateful to all of…

Gene Parseghian, the co-founder of New York’s Parseghian Planco management and production company who managed the careers of Daniel Day-Lewis, Eddie Redmayne, Kit Harington, Kathleen Turner, Betty Buckley and an array of Oscar, Tony and Emmy winners, died today of cancer at his home in Manhattan. He was 72. His death…

EXCLUSIVE: Britain's Lesley Manville and up-and-coming European actress Vicky Krieps, who hails from Luxembourg, have joined Daniel Day-Lewis to star in Paul Thomas Anderson's untitled new film, which has now begun shooting in the UK. Focus Features holds worldwide rights to the film and will release the pic in the…

UPDATE: Focus confirmed Deadline’s scoop. Formal press release is viewable under the original story. EXCLUSIVE: Universal and Focus Features won a worldwide rights auction for an untitled film that Paul Thomas Anderson wrote and will direct, re-teaming him with There Will Be Blood star Daniel Day-Lewis. Focus won the…

UPDATE, 9:10 AM: Two-time Oscar winner Christoph Waltz is returning this year as a presenter, joining previously announced Daniel Day-Lewis, Anne Hathaway and Jennifer Lawrence. From today’s release: BEVERLY HILLS, CA – Two-time Oscar® winner Christoph Waltz will present at this year's Oscars, show producers Craig…

At tonight’s White House Correspondents’ Dinner, President Obama premiered the next Steven Spielberg movie about a U.S. President. It stars Daniel Day-Lewis in the title role. Kinda: Related: President Slams Media But Conan Softballs…