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J.K. Simmons On Playing Two Identical Leads In ‘Counterpart’; Women Will Dominate In Season 2

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One of the most prolific actors of our time, J.K. Simmons never seems to slow down, with a resume far too long to list here, but which includes everything from Juno to La La Land, to The Closer, True Grit, Justice League, and an Oscar and Globe-winning turn in Whiplash. His latest incarnation in Starz's Counterpart sees him take on not one, but two roles: Howard Silk and Howard Prime–two spies living on opposite sides of a parallel dimension. "The Howards" may be… Read

Christine Baranski On ‘The Good Fight’s Real, Sexy, Powerful Woman; Girl Talk With Meryl Streep & Cher

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The moment in The Good Wife finale when Christine Baranski's Diane Lockhart slapped Julianna Margulies' character Alicia Florrick in the face not only marked the end of seven seasons of the legal drama, but it also began TV, film and Broadway legend Baranski's move from supporting role to lead in the spin-off The Good Fight. In her new incarnation, Diane Lockhart–liberal stalwart, law partner, and general bad-ass woman–navigated the challenges of a Trump administration… Read

Croisette Queen Nicole Kidman On Coming To The Fest With Four Films & The Runaway Success Of ‘Big Little Lies’ — Cannes

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Nicole Kidman has been a household name for nearly 30 years now, but her star never seems to wane. Rocketing to fame in the '80s, she survived the spotlight of a high-profile celebrity marriage to Tom Cruise and emerged triumphant from trial by tabloid. While her peers, and some of her predecessors, chased box-office success in romcoms and franchises, Kidman went for the interesting role, starting in 1995 with Gus Van Sant's mordant black comedy To Die For. Since then… Read

Encore: ‘Moonlight’ Star Mahershala Ali On Responsibility To The Material And Encouraging Steps Forward In Hollywood

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Editors Note: This story originally ran on November 18.  By any measure, Mahershala Ali is having a banner year. As Remy Danton on House of Cards, Ali went toe-to-toe with the likes of Kevin Spacey and Robin Wright. But he moved on in a big way this year, delivering a menacing turn as Cornell 'Cottonmouth' Stokes on Netflix’s Luke Cage, before jumping into the press circuit for Oscar contenders Moonlight and Hidden Figures. Speaking to Deadline, Ali touches on the process… Read

‘Lion’ Star Dev Patel On His Indian Journey & Preparing For Saroo: Q&A

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Editors Note: This story originally ran on November 22, 2016. Dev Patel’s career started in his native United Kingdom, with a role on the hit teen drama Skins. But it was with Slumdog Millionaire, Danny Boyle's Oscar-winning 2008 film, that he became a real star. Equally adept at drama and comedy, Patel went on to join the cast of Aaron Sorkin's The Newsroom, as well as star alongside acting royalty in The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel duology. This year, he's in The Man Who… Read

‘Arrival’s Denis Villeneuve: ‘Blade Runner’ Is “The Biggest Artistic Challenge I’ve Had In My Life”

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Editors Note: This story originally ran on December 12, 2016. When Arrival director Denis Villeneuve first read Ted Chiang's Story of Your Life, he couldn't see a clear way to make a movie out of it. "The short story is more intellectual in a good way," Villeneuve says. "It’s more about language and not your political problems. It was a very powerful idea but there was no dramatic structure. There was one for a short story, but not for a movie." But then came screenwriter… Read

‘Weiner’ Filmmakers: “Anthony Declined A Number Of Offers To Watch It” – Q&A

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Who hasn't heard about–and possibly laughed at–the scandalous mess surrounding politician Anthony Weiner and his penchant for tweeting personal photos? However, when Weiner began campaigning to be Mayor of New York, filmmakers Josh Kriegman and Elyse Steinberg saw an opportunity to make a documentary about redemption and resurgence. They could not have foreseen firstly, how well Weiner's campaign would go, then secondly, how yet more inappropriate pictures would… Read

‘Gleason’s Clay Tweel On “Finding Light In Things” And Editing 1200 Hours of Footage

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Clay Tweel has a reputation for exploring the lives of quirky and often marginalized people. Take, for example his 2015 film Finders Keepers–a documentary about two men fighting over a mummified leg found inside a grill (the leg was previously attached to one of the men). His latest project, Gleason, might seem at first to be about a depressing and tragic circumstance, as he follows former NFL player Steve Gleason in his battle against ALS. But what Tweel has made is a… Read

‘The Ivory Game’ Wins: Ivory Trade Banned In China Following Netflix Doc’s November Release

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Richard Ladkani and Kief Davidson's Netflix film The Ivory Game is a nail-biting exposé of the ivory trade and the imminent extinction of elephants. It’s certainly a powerful and essential viewing experience, but now, incredibly, the documentary has won the ultimate prize–a ban on the ivory trade in China. The filmmakers had heard rumors of Chinese government officials watching their documentary and were, as Ladkani puts it, “cautiously optimistic.” But, he says, “When… Read

How Donna Gigliotti Helped ‘Hidden Figures’ Reveal Itself Against The Odds – Q&A

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For Donna Gigliotti, like the rest of the collaborators who eventually boarded the project, Hidden Figures was an undeniable proposition. The true story of three black women employed at NASA's segregated facility in Virginia in the 1960s, whose mathematic and technical talents were integral to the early days of the space race, Hidden Figures rights a wrong with a history that has largely overlooked their importance. And, as Gigliotti explains, it celebrates the… Read

‘Hooligan Sparrow’s Nanfu Wang On The Stacked Odds Of Exposing Corruption In China: “Every Day I Was Pretty Afraid”

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Making a film about government corruption in China has to take guts, but what if you grew up poor in mainland China with zero filmmaking experience? What if the secret police began tailing your every move and national security officials harassed your family and friends? What if you had no idea how to use hidden cameras? When Nanfu Wang made Hooligan Sparrow she had some serious odds stacked against her, but with the help of a pair of concealed-camera glasses, a… Read

‘Fences’ DP Charlotte Bruus Christensen On Oscars: “They Want You To Prove What Hasn’t Been Done Before”

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This could be the first year a woman gets an Oscar nom for cinematography–thanks to Danish cinematographer Charlotte Bruus Christensen. Her unique vision includes shooting on film rather than in digital–something she employed for Girl on the Train and now in Denzel Washington's critically-acclaimed Fences. Based on August Wilson's Pullitzer-winning play and set in 50s Pittsburgh, Fences stars Washington as Troy, a baseball star-turned-garbage collector, alongside Viola Da… Read

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