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Kirsten Dunst is about the hit the big 4-0, which is pretty unbelievable when you consider it seems like yesterday she was just a kid. Well, that is what the power of movies can do in making you immortal at any age. With a career that started at age 3 and included such iconic early child parts as Claudia opposite Tom…

The Power of the Dog's Kirsten Dunst and Kodi Smit-McPhee earned their first Oscar nominations on Tuesday for their turns in the Jane Campion film, speaking with Deadline about its stellar reception and upcoming projects including the action epic Civil War, which the former is starring in for Alex Garland, and the…

In an apparent Oscar first, two real-life couples – Penelope Cruz and Javier Bardem, and Kirsten Dunst and Jesse Plemons – received nominations covering all four acting categories. A fifth couple came close to a similar duo-nom in two music categories, but although both Beyoncé and Jay-Z were short-listed for…

Oscar-nominated filmmaker Alex Garland (Ex Machina, Men) is reteaming with A24 for Civil War, an action epic that has Kirsten Dunst (The Power of the Dog, The Beguiled) set to star alongside Wagner Moura (The Shining Girls, Narcos), Stephen McKinley Henderson (Dune, Bruised) and Cailee Spaeny (The First Lady, Mare of E…

As she woke up this morning, Kirsten Dunst was thrilled to learn that she'd received a SAG nomination. "To be nominated by your fellow actors, is just the greatest feeling," Dunst says. "I just wish we could be together to celebrate. That’s the only thing I hope, that I get to see everyone and we get to be together…

"I'm sorry," says Kirsten Dunst, "you're going to have to be quiet." She's talking to her two children—Ennis, 3, and James, who was born last May. "I'm just letting them know that I'm not talking to myself, I'm just talking about myself," she laughs. "What were you saying again?" Fortunately, though she's juggling a…

Writer-director Jane Campion and star Benedict Cumberbatch said Paul Newman was one of the previous stars who tried to adapt Power of the Dog before them, relating the history of their new film based on Thomas Savage's book during Deadline’s Contenders Film: Los Angeles panel Sunday at the DGA Theater. "The book had…

UPDATED with official trailer: Netflix on Thursday released the official trailer for The Power of the Dog, the Jane Campion Western that has been gearing up for Oscar season push since premiering at the Venice Film Festival. It will get a theatrical release later this month before it hits the streamer December…

Kirsten Dunst and Benedict Cumberbatch were so deep in character for Jane Campion's upcoming Netflix thriller The Power Of The Dog that they didn’t speak to each other on set. Speaking at today’s Deadline Contenders London, Dunst described the on-set dynamics as “interesting”, with Cumberbatch relishing the role of…

EXCLUSIVE: Showtime has reversed its Season 2 pickup decision for On Becoming a God in Central Florida, starring Kirsten Dunst. Originally renewed more than a year ago, in September 2019, filming on the series’ second season was delayed by the coronavirus pandemic, which halted all production in mid-March. “Last year…

States are being called all over the country in tonight's Super Tuesday primaries, but Bernie Sanders picked up some strong support from a Central Florida God, at least a fictional one. As voting continues in delegate rich California, Kirsten Dunst came out swinging for the Vermont Senator. A John Kerry supporter in…

There are some changes going on at Jane Campion’s The Power of the Dog. Kirsten Dunst is in talks to step in for Elisabeth Moss, who is exiting the project due to scheduling conflicts. Once negotiations are finalized, Dunst will join Benedict Cumberbatch and Paul Dano in the adaptation of the 1967 Thomas Savage novel…