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For many who tuned into Hulu’s Dopesick — the eight-part series about the country’s worst drug epidemic — it probably marked the first time they heard of the Sackler family and the role their pharmaceutical company played. It was a responsibility that both creator Danny Strong (Recount, Game Change) and the cast…

Emmy voting started Thursday, and for our penultimate TV Talk podcast of this stage of the season, we have some names for you to consider. Euphoria's Zendaya, Dopesick's Michael Keaton, Hacks‘ Jean Smart and Paul W. Downs, Squid Game's Lee Jung-jae, the Succession gang, Grace & Frankie's Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin, Thi…

Michael Keaton is set to star in and direct the noir thriller Knox Goes Away, which was written by Gregory Poirier and is being produced by Brookstreet's Trevor Matthews and Nick Gordon and Sugar23’s Michael Sugar and Ashley Zalta. Carter Stanton will executive produce for Brookstreet and Jillian Kay for Sugar23. The…

Danny Strong still remembers the anger he felt while researching the opioid crisis that would lead to the creation of Dopesick. Before writing the Hulu limited series that would Michael Keaton and Kaitlyn Dever, Strong was shocked to learn how the Sackler family, the founders and owners of Purdue Pharma, caused “so…

Right up there with the cinematic debate over which actor played James Bond the best is the heated argument among fans about who is the best big-screen Batman. Each actor’s work was clearly influenced by their film’s director, time period and source material — i.e. a Dick Sprang-era caped crusader vs. Frank Miller’s…

For Michael Keaton, accepting the SAG Award for his performance in Hulu’s Dopesick started off with slapstick comedy as the actor left presenter Salma Hayek stranded for a minute or so before sprinting to the stage and rolling onto it. He kicked off his speech by apologizing for his tardiness due to a “quick trip to…

Harry Colomby, the former manager and business partner of actor Michael Keaton, died Christmas Day. He was 92.  Bobby Colomby, the original drummer for Blood Sweat & Tears, and brother of Harry, confirmed his death with multiple sources. Also, Harry had been hospitalized five years after fracturing his pelvis in a…

Michael Keaton has signed on to reprise his role as Batman in the upcoming superhero pic Batgirl, Deadline has confirmed. He’ll star in the latest feature from Warner Bros and DC alongside Leslie Grace, J.K. Simmons and Brendan Fraser. Warner Bros. had no comment on the casting when contacted by Deadline, but the news…

For the first time in its 128-year history, the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees could go on strike this weekend and shut most of Hollywood down, unless the studios, networks and streamers agree to a new contract for below the line workers. In that context of conflict, which show is the one you…

It has taken more than a year and a half after its January 2020 Sundance Film Festival debut for the compelling true story of the battle for the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund to finally be released. It just may be that Netflix, which picked up the film there, was waiting for the 20th anniversary of the…

Netflix has dated its fall schedule of film releases, narrative and documentary. The service that promised a new movie each week has a whopping 43 films coming in the final four months of 2021. That is twice the volume of releases most film studios would dream of releasing in a busy calendar year. Can a studio…

On Monday, Netflix unveiled the first official trailer for Worth, a drama starring Michael Keaton which will make its debut in select markets on Friday, September 3. The film from director Sara Colangelo (The Kindergarten Teacher) is based on true events, adapting the memoir What Is Life Worth by Kenneth Feinberg. It…