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Oscar- and Emmy-winning actress Holly Hunter is joining the Season 2 cast of HBO’s drama series Succession in a recurring role. Created by Jesse Armstrong (In the Loop) and executive produced by The Big Short‘s Adam McKay, Season 2 of Succession follows the Roy family as they struggle to retain control of their…

There’s an “elephant in the room” at the Parr family dinner that kicks off this new trailer for Incredibles 2 from Disney/Pixar: mother’s got a new job, leaving dad to a Mr. Mom role — and he’s anything but super at it. That’s the setup for this nicely done trailer, which neatly balances the Parr family domestic…

HBO’s upcoming drama series arrives with an Oscared pedigree: Creator/EP Alan Ball won for writing American Beauty, and stars Tim Robbins and Holly Hunter scored respective acting nods for Mystic River and The Piano. Now here’s the first trailer for Here and Now, which premieres February 11. It’s described as a…

Holly Hunter already has Oscars, Emmys and a whole slew of other awards for movies like The Piano, Broadcast News over her long and successful career, but now last summer’s indie hit The Big Sick has sparked a new round of honors for the star including two SAG nominations, a Critics’ Choice nom, and tonight a Career…

Approaching The Big Sick—a dramatic comedy based on the life experiences of writers Kumail Nanjiani and Emily V. Gordon—Oscar winner Holly Hunter was happy to return to the comedy realm, and found herself compelled by an “openness” about the entire endeavor. In the film, Hunter plays Gordon’s real-life mother, who is…

The Palm Springs International Film Festival announced today that they will present Holly Hunter with the Career Achievement Award. The Academy Award-winning actress will be honored at the Film Awards Gala on January 2. The 29th edition of the fest runs January 2-15, 2018 at the Palm Springs Convention Center. "Holly…

Holly Hunter, who won an Academy Award for her starring role in the Miramax-distributed The Piano, says the culture exemplified by the downfallen Harvey Weinstein must be “eradicated.” The 1993 Jane Campion-directed film, also starring Harvey Keitel, Sam Neill and Anna Paquin, won the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film…

A smash hit at January’s Sundance Film Festival, and picked up there by Amazon and Lionsgate, comedian Kumail Nanjiani’s very personal story of his real-life relationship and journey with his now-wife Emily V. Gordon makes for a movie that should become a word-of-mouth winner this season for adult audiences looking…

Oscar winner Tim Robbins has closed a deal to play the male lead opposite Holly Hunter in Six Feet Under and True Blood creator Alan Ball's new drama series for HBO. Written by Ball, the yet-untitled 10-episode series focuses on a contemporary multi-racial family: philosophy professor Greg Bishop (Robbins), his lawyer…

Oscar winner Holly Hunter will lead the cast of Six Feet Under and True Blood creator Alan Ball’s new drama series for HBO. Written by Ball, the yet-untitled series is described as a tragicomic meditation on the complicated forces at work on us all in America today. It focuses on a contemporary multi-racial family…

The red carpet is all but pulled up in Toronto, as the festival readies for its Closing Night Gala this evening. But the Holly Hunter-starrer Strange Weather got its Roy Thomson Hall premiere last night at TIFF, and she stopped by Deadline’s Toronto studio earlier in the week to talk it through. Written and directed…

UPDATES with more information: Hot off-broadway company The New Group announced today that Richard Chamberlain will return to the New York stage in its previously announced fall revival of David Rabe’s Sticks And Bones. Cast includes Holly Hunter and Bill Pullman, along with Nadia Gan, Morocco Omari, Ben Schnetzer…