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Writer, director, actress, producer, author, and comedian Lena Dunham is doing Too Much.

The eight-time Emmy nominee and two-time Golden Globe winner for HBO's Girls is coming to Netflix with her latest romantic comedy series starring Megan Stalter (Hacks) and Will Sharpe (The White Lotus). The new TV show, which has an international flare, is created by Dunham and Luis Felber, who previously collaborated together on the 2022 film Catherine Called Birdy. Read on for everything to know about Too Much.

Who's in the cast?

Stalter plays a New York girl named Jessica, who starts a new life in London after breaking up with her longtime boyfriend. There, she finds a fresh connection with Felix, played by Sharpe. Additional cast members and guest stars include: Michael Zegan, Janicza Bravo, Richard E. Grant, Leo Reich, Daisy Bevan, Adele Exarchopoulos, Dean-Charles Chapman, Rita Wilson, Naomi Watts, Prasanna Puwanarajah, Andrew Rannells, Rhea Perlman, Emily Ratajkowski,...

Netflix has dropped the first full trailer for Too Much, its upcoming comedy from Lena Dunham and Luis Ferber, which sees a broken-hearted Megan Stalter (Hacks) head to London for a new job and a new start. The streamer also announced new cast, including Jessica Alba, Rita Ora, Andrew Scott, Kit Saunders and Kit Harrington, who will guest star.

Co-created by Dunham and Ferber, Too Much centers on Jessica (Stalter) a New York workaholic in her mid-30s, reeling from a broken relationship that she thought would last forever and slowly isolating everyone she knows. When every block in New York tells a story of her own bad behavior, the only solution is to take a job in London, where she plans to live a life of solitude like a Bronte sister. But when she meets Felix (Will Sharpe) – a walking series of red flags – she finds that their unusual connection is impossible to ignore,...

Lena Dunham is back behind the scenes on the small screen.

The multihyphenate has debuted the trailer for her upcoming Netflix rom-com series Too Much, out July 10, starring Megan Stalter and Will Sharpe.

In the preview, viewers see Stalter’s Jessica move to London in search of her “English dream” after a bad break-up in New York.

Though she initially feels like she’s “in hell” as she hears her loud neighbors fighting in her U.K. apartment, Jessica’s quickly charmed by musician Felix (Sharpe).

The trailer shows Jessica and Felix spending more time together as he wonders if she’s “one of those Love Actually girls” and they go on a tour of a picturesque neighborhood, which is less appealing to Felix.

“This is the London I came here for,” Jessica says as the trailer shows her posing in front of a blue door. “It’s like out of a movie.

Netflix has shared the official trailer and key art for Too Much, the upcoming romantic comedy series from Lena Dunham and Luis Felber. The ten-episode show is set to be released on July 10.

In addition to the trailer and key art (shot by Autumn de Wilde), the streaming service has confirmed the final casting for the series with five more guest stars joining the cast: Andrew Scott, Jennifer Saunders, Kit Harington, Rita Ora, and Jessica Alba.

Jessica (Megan Stalter) is a New York workaholic in her mid-thirties, reeling from a broken relationship that she thought would last forever and slowly isolating everyone she knows. When every block in New York tells a story of her own bad behaviour, the only solution is to take a job in London, where she plans to live a life of solitude like a Brontë sister.

But when she meets Felix (Will Sharpe) – a walking...

Focus Features had the final slot of the Official Selection here in Cannes this evening with Ethan Coen’s Honey Don’t!, a dark comedy reuniting Margaret Qualley with the filmmaker on the heels of last year’s Drive-Away Dolls. Coen & Co. received a 6.5-minute ovation in the wee hours of the morning.

“Fun finish to the festival, yah?” said Coen to a lively crowd.

“It’s short for a movie that started after midnight,” added Coen about the movie’s 90-minute running time, “very humane!”

Qualley takes on the titular role of Honey O’Donahue, a small-town private investigator who delves into a series of strange deaths tied to a mysterious church led by a preacher played by Chris Evans.

Aubrey Plaza and Charlie Day also feature prominently in the cast, which additionally includes Billy Eichner, Lera Abova, Jacnier, Gabby Beans, Talia Ryder, Kristen Connolly, Lena Hall, Don Swayze,...

Welcome to Deadline’s International Disruptors, a feature where we shine a spotlight on key executives and companies outside of the U.S. shaking up the offshore marketplace. This week we’re talking to Rosie Fellner, who recently produced The Uninvited, a dark comedy starring Walton Goggins, Elizabeth Reaser, Pedro Pascal, Rufus Sewell and Lois Smith. The British producer talks about her career as a multihyphenate and why she’s passionate about supporting first-time filmmakers through her new shingle Rosebud Pictures.

Rosie Fellner loves a puzzle. “I love putting things together – I’m a doer and like the puzzle of putting financing together for projects I’m passionate about,” the UK native tells Deadline.

So, for Fellner, who began her career as an actor on cult British comedy TV series The Fast Show before taking roles in Michael Winterbottom’s The Trip, The Face of an Angel and, more recently,...

This is Mubi’s time. With studio specialty divisions almost a relic of the past and international and independent cinema soaring on the awards stage, the arthouse mini-studio founded by Efe Cakarel is cutting a growing swathe across the film landscape. Mubi is back on the Cannes Croisette with three films in Competition and another in Un Certain Regard.

Director Luca Guadagnino, a previous collaborator, is one of the company’s many fans in high places: “Mubi is a great and passionate company,” he says. “They will grow a lot as a business.”

Eye-catching growth has certainly been a hallmark of the company’s last few years.

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Former investment banker and MIT graduate Cakarel founded the London-based company — then known as The Auteurs — back in 2007. These days, the headcount stands at more than 400 globally across 14 offices. And Cakarel believes that Mubi can become “many times its current size” in coming years.

Everyone who has recently gotten into HBO's Girls, or has met the show's resurgence with a rewatch of your own, you're about to get repaid in spades. Lena Dunham's new Netflix original romantic comedy series Too Much finally has a release date, and it's sooner than you think. The new show features a scenery-chewing Hacks star in her first leading role and a fan-favorite star from The White Lotus, plus a who's who of guest stars you'll definitely remember from Girls.

On May 12, Netflix announced the Too Much release date, and all 10 episode are set to drop on Thursday, July 10 on Netflix. The series helps set the stage for a huge summer on Netflix, and with Emily in Paris and Nobody Wants This not returning until at the least the fall, we're going to need a romantic comedy fix. And this one's seriously the ultimate rom-com, coming from Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner,...

We’re getting a first look and premiere date for Lena Dunham’s upcoming Netflix comedy Too Much. The series, starring Meg Stalter and Will Sharpe, will launch July 10 on the streamer. You can see some first-look photos above and below.

Co-created by Dunham and Luis Ferber, Too Much centers on Jessica (Stalter) a New York workaholic in her mid-30s, reeling from a broken relationship that she thought would last forever and slowly isolating everyone she knows. When every block in New York tells a story of her own bad behavior, the only solution is to take a job in London, where she plans to live a life of solitude like a Bronte sister. But when she meets Felix (Sharpe) – a walking series of red flags – she finds that their unusual connection is impossible to ignore, even as it creates more problems than it solves. Now they have to...

Have you ever been told you’re just “Too Much,” especially from an ex? Well, leave it to the “voice of a generation” Lena Dunham to capture that feeling all too well with her aptly titled Netflix rom-com series.

Megan Stalter leads “Too Much” as a Dunham-esque character. The “Hacks” breakout star plays Jessica, who relocates from New York to London while reeling from a breakup. Despite planning on being alone forever, Jessica soon meets Felix (“The White Lotus” star Will Sharpe), who challenges her to reevaluate her thirty-something crisis.

Dunham co-created the series with her real-life husband, Luis Felber, who also serves as an executive producer and provides original music. The 10-episode show was announced in 2023. Dunham is the creator, writer, director and executive producer.

The official synopsis of “Too Much” reads: Jessica (Stalter) is “a New York workaholic in her mid-30s, reeling from a broken relationship that...

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Lena Dunham, creator of HBO’s award-winning series Girls, will soon deliver Netflix’s new comedy series Too Much. Set to consist of 10 episodes, the new show is expected to land on Netflix globally on July 10th, 2025. Here’s an updated guide to everything we know about Lena Dunham’s Too Much.

The new is co-created by Lena Dunham, who wears multiple hats for this series! She’s directing, writing, starring, and producing the new 10-episode series. Dunham’s directing credits include the seminal and beloved series Girls, which ran for six seasons on HBO. More recent credits include Industry, Catherine Called Birdy, and more.

Dunham is reuniting with Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner, the producers’ team at Working Title Television (Wttv), for the new project. They worked with her on Catherine Called Birdy, starring Bella Ramsey. Camilla Bray (via her production outfit Rosetta Productions) and Mark Freeland...

Lena Dunham is making her return to television. Netflix has revealed a first look and release date for Dunham’s new series “Too Much.”

Starring Meg Stalter, Will Sharpe, Michael Zegan, Janicza Bravo, Richard E. Grant, Rita Wilson, Naomi Watts, Andrew Rannells, Rhea Perlman, Emily Ratajkowski and Adwoa Aboah, the series will debut globally on Netflix July 10.

The official synopsis for “Too Much” reads: “Jessica (Stalter) is a New York workaholic in her mid-thirties, reeling from a broken relationship that she thought would last forever and slowly isolating everyone she knows. When every block in New York tells a story of her own bad behaviour, the only solution is to take a job in London, where she plans to live a life of solitude like a Bronte sister.”

“But when she meets Felix (Will Sharpe) – a walking series of red flags – she finds that their unusual connection is impossible to ignore,...

Focus Features has released the official trailer for Honey Don’t!, which will open in theaters nationwide on Friday, August 22, 2025.

The film, which has not yet been rated by the Motion Picture Association (MPA), will have its World Premiere at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival.

Focus Features describes Honey Don’t as a dark comedy about Honey O’Donahue (Margaret Qualley), a small-town private investigator who delves into a series of strange deaths tied to a mysterious church.

Directed by Ethan Coen from a script by Coen and his wife and frequent collaborator Tricia Cooke (Drive-Away Dolls), the film stars Margaret Qualley, Aubrey Plaza, Charlie Day, Billy Eichner, and Chris Evans.

The cast of the Working Title production also includes Lera Abova, Jacnier, Gabby Beans, Talia Ryder, Kristen Connolly, Lena Hall, Don Swayze, Josh Pafchek, Kale Brown, Alexander Carstoiu, and Christin Antidormi.

Produced by Ethan Coen, Tricia Cooke, Robert Graf, Tim Bevan,...

Margaret Qualley is back on the road with Ethan Coen after “Drive–Away Dolls.” The actress leads cowriters Coen and co-writer Tricia Cooke’s latest dark comedy “Honey Don’t!” as the titular Honey, who is investigating a local cult.

Chris Evans stars as the religious leader at the center of Qualley’s investigation, while Aubrey Plaza plays a key “mystery woman.” Charlie Day, Billy Eichner, and Talia Ryder co-star. The ensemble also includes Lera Abova, Jacnier, Gabby Beans, Kristin Connolly, Lena Hall, Don Swayze, Josh Pafchek, Kale Brown, Alexander Carstoiu, and Christin Antidormi.

The official “Honey Don’t!” synopsis reads: “Honey O’Donahue is a small-town private investigator who delves into a series of strange deaths tied to a mysterious church.”

“Honey Don’t!” is set in Bakersfield, California, though it was shot in New Mexico. The feature is produced by Coen, Cooke, Robert Graf, Tim Bevan, and Eric Fellner, and will debut at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival.

Exclusive: We can tell you first that Amazon MGM Studios’ action comedy Three Bags Full: A Sheep Detective Movie is moving baa, err, back from Feb 20 next year to the Nov. 13, 2026 slot. Amazon MGM Studios has been in that pre-Thanksgiving corridor before with last year’s Dwayne Johnson-Chris Evans’ Santa Claus movie Red One. The reason behind the shift I hear is to pull in more families.

Currently, there’s only an untitled Universal movie on the pic’s new date.

The Kyle Balda directed, Craig Mazin written Working Title and Three Strange Angels production follows George Hardy (Hugh Jackman), a shepherd who loves his sheep and raises them only for their wool. Every night he reads aloud a murder mystery, pretending his sheep can understand, but never suspecting that not only can they understand but they argue for hours afterwards about whodunnit. When George is found dead under mysterious circumstances,...

Focus Features has set an August 22 theatrical release for Ethan Coen’s upcoming dark comedy Honey Don’t!

The movie stars Margaret Qualley, Aubrey Plaza, Charlie Day, Billy Eichner and Chris Evans in a story about Honey O’Donahue, a small-town private investigator who delves into a series of strange deaths tied to a mysterious church.

The Working Title movie will have its world premiere at the 78th edition of the Cannes Film Festival in the Midnight Screenings section.

Universal Pictures International is handling international distribution.

Coen co-wrote the movie with his Drive-Away Dolls co-writer Tricia Cooke; that movie is also a Focus Features theatrical release that starred Qualley.

Producers on Honey Don’t! are Coen, Cooke, Robert Graf and Working Title’s Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner.

Focus Features also has Wes Anderson’s The Phoenician Scheme in competition at Cannes, which this year runs May 13-24. Focus Features International...

Honey, do go to the theater: Ethan Coen’s dark comedy “Honey Don’t!” has landed an Aug. 22 wide U.S. theatrical release from Focus Features.

The film, which stars Margaret Qualley, Aubrey Plaza and Chris Evans, is about Honey O’Donahue, a small-town private investigator who delves into a series of strange deaths tied to a mysterious church. Charlie Day and Billy Eichner also star in the project, with a script by Coen and Tricia Cooke.

“Honey Don’t!” is produced by Working Title and will have its world premiere at the 78th edition of the Cannes Film Festival in the midnights section. Universal Pictures International is handling international distribution.

Qualley previously worked with Coen and Cooke on “Drive-Away Dolls,” the first of their lesbian B-movie trilogy that “Honey Don’t” continues.

Qualley told i-d about her role in “Honey Don’t!” earlier this month: “Honey, she’s like honey — she’s skillful,...

Honey Don’t! is getting ready to slide into theaters this summer.

Focus Features announced Wednesday that the dark comedy feature is set for wide theatrical release Aug. 22. Margaret Qualley, Aubrey Plaza, Charlie Day, Billy Eichner and Chris Evans round out the cast for director Ethan Coen’s movie.

Honey Don’t!, which is set to premiere at the Cannes Film Festival, centers on Honey O’Donahue (Qualley), a small-town private investigator looking into deaths related to a mysterious church.

Coen helmed the film from a script he co-wrote with wife Tricia Cooke. The pair also co-wrote Coen’s 2024 crime comedy Drive-Away Dolls that starred Qualley, Geraldine Viswanathan and Pedro Pascal.

Producers for Honey Don’t! include Coen, Cooke, Robert Graf, Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner.

Also set for release on Aug. 22 is Lionsgate’s Americana, starring Sydney Sweeney and Paul Walter Hauser, along with Vertical’s Ron Howard-directed Eden.

Qualley’s...

On the day Cannes added Ethan Coen’s dark comedy Honey Don’t! to Midnight Screenings, Focus Features has dated the film for an August 22 wide US release.

Margaret Qualley, Aubrey Plaza, and Chris Evans star in the story about Honey O’Donahue, a small-town private investigator who investigates a series of strange deaths tied to a mysterious church.

Coen and Cooke co-wrote the screenplay on the Working Title production. Coen, Tricia Cooke, Robert Graf, Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner served as producers.

Universal Pictures International is handling distribution outside the US.

Focus recently announced thatDownton Abbey: The Grand Finalewill open...

In a surprising move, the partners at Slate PR — one of Hollywood’s highest-profile publicity firms that represents a long list of A-list stars, creators, talent and events — are dissolving the company.

The development was confirmed Thursday morning in a brief statement sharing that after 15 years together, the partners Stephen Huvane, Simon Halls, Robin Baum, Ina Treciokas and Andy Gelb have all “decided to move forward on separate paths.” The statement added that Treciokas will soon announce her next venture while the others, Huvane, Halls, Baum and Gelb, will “do the same.”

“The partners depart with mutual respect and appreciation for their joint accomplishments at Slate PR,” per a statement received by The Hollywood Reporter. “The partners sincerely thank their clients, colleagues and industry peers for their support throughout the years. They remain committed to providing thoughtful and strategic communications guidance in their new ventures.”

That announcement of a new...

Chris Hemsworth and Halle Berry promoted their new film, Crime 101, at CinemaCon. The two Marvel actors will be joined by the likes of Mark Ruffalo, Barry Keoghan and Monica Barbaro in Bart Layton’s crime film. The film is based on Don Winslow’s novella of the same name.

During their interview at CinemaCon, Berry shared an on-set incident without going into the ugly details of the matter. She shared that she had experienced something bad and praised Hemsworth for standing up for her. Fans will probably get no further update on what happened on the set, as both Berry and Hemsworth preferred to keep it private.

Halle Berry as Storm in X-Men | Credits: 20th Century Studios

The principal photography of Crime 101 began in October in Los Angeles. Layton’s previous film, the heist docudrama American Animals, received love from critics. In a bidding war for the distribution rights of the film,...

Here's one you might not have "herd" about: Hugh Jackman is trading his Wolverine claws for Shepherding horns, as he is starring alongside Emma Thompson in Three Bags Full: A Sheep Detective Movie. The movie, as you may have guessed from its very specific title, is a detective story involving sheep, but since that is a slightly elusive and broad premise, the MCU actor appeared in a video segment at CinemaCon 2025 to provide a few more details about it. He also unveiled the first footage for the upcoming Amazon feature, which he describes as "a bit of a whodunit."

The footage, shown during the Amazon MGM Studios panel on Wednesday night, which was attended by The Hollywood Reporter, was succeeded by Thompson expressing her joy and enthusiasm for the project. "It was, as you'll see from the clip, the most fantastic, loving, beautiful idea, this synthesis between animals and people,...

Hugh Jackman will soon be in his shepherd era.

The multi-hyphenate’s upcoming film, Three Bags Full: A Sheep Detective Movie, got a CinemaCon reveal Wednesday night during the Amazon MGM Studios presentation inside the Colosseum at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas.

Jackman and co-star Emma Thompson appeared in a video segment during the event to tease the film. “It was, as you’ll see from the clip, the most fantastic, loving, beautiful idea, this synthesis between animals and people,” she said.

Added Jackman about the film Kyle Balda directed from Craig Mazin’s script: “Craig Mazin’s wit is just second to none.”

The footage from the movie included, unsurprisingly, plenty of sheep. “The movie is a bit of a whodunit, which is always fun,” Jackman said in one behind-the-scenes clip. “The movie has such heart.”

Directed by blockbuster animation director Balda (Minions, Despicable Me 3) from a screenplay by...

Chris Hemsworth and Halle Berry are ready to shed new light on Los Angeles with Crime 101.

Director Bart Layton joined his stars on stage at CinemaCon to show a sneak peek of the Amazon MGM Studios film hitting theaters later this year. Rounding out the packed cast are Mark Ruffalo, Barry Keoghan, Monica Barbaro, Corey Hawkins, Tate Donovan, Devon Bostick, Jennifer Jason Leigh and Nick Nolte.

“In the driver’s seat of this exciting ride is none other than our fearless director, Bart Layton,” Berry told the crowd about the movie that features Ruffalo as a detective attempting to track down those responsible for a string of jewelry heists.

The filmmaker pointed out that the L.A.-based 101 Freeway plays a key role in the plot and shared that he hoped “to capture L.A. in a way you might not have seen on film before.”

For his part,...

David Heyman and Amy Pascal are reportedly in talks to steer the James Bond franchise after Michael G Wilson and Barbara Broccoli finalise their deal to pass creative control of the property to Amazon MGM.

Amazon MGM had no comment on the reports, which first appeared in Puck.

Heyman and Pascal have been among the big-name producers most often mentioned in speculation about the new Bond overseers. Other names mentioned have included Eric Fellner and Tim Bevan of Working Title Films, Andrew Macdonald and Allon Reich of DNA Films and Graham Broadbent and Pete Czernin of Blueprint Pictures.

Heyman, of UK-based Heyday Films,...

David Heyman and Amy Pascal are reportedly in talks to steer the James Bond franchise after Michael G Wilson and Barbara Broccoli finalise their deal to pass creative control of the property to Amazon MGM.

Amazon MGM had no comment on the reports, the first of which appeared in Puck.

Heyman and Pascal have been among the big name producers most often mentioned in speculation about the new Bond overseers. Others names mentioned have included Eric Fellner and Tim Bevan of Working Title Films, Andrew Macdonald and Allon Reich of DNA Films and Graham Broadbent and Pete Czernin of Blueprint Pictures.

Exclusive: Universal/Working Title’s Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy has crossed the $100 million mark at the international box office. The return of Renée Zellweger as the titular heroine swept past the milestone with Wednesday’s numbers included, reaching $101.3M through yesterday.

Whereas this is a direct-to-Peacock play domestically, Universal is releasing theatrically overseas. In 75 Uni markets through Wednesday, the gross is $94.8M. Studiocanal handles France where the total to date is $6.5M. Note that Universal still has Japan and Korea on deck, on April 11 and April 16, respectively.

Mad About the Boy, directed by Michael Morris and starring Zellweger, Hugh Grant, Chiwetel Ejiofor and Leo Woodall, has now topped the offshore lifetime of Ticket to Paradise, making it Working Title’s biggest film post-pandemic.

In the UK & Ireland, the fourquel remains at a strong No. 1 with a running total of $47.6M through Wednesday. It surpassed the lifetimes of Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason...

On Sunday night in Los Angeles, the comedy-drama Anora won the Academy Award for Best Picture. The film’s director, Sean Baker and co-producers Samantha Quan and Alex Coco accepted the award during the 97th Academy Awards.

“To all of the dreamers and young filmmakers out there, tell the stories you want to tell,” Quan said onstage after she, Baker and Coco accepted the award. “Tell the stories that move you. I promise you, you will never regret it.”

“I want to thank the Academy for recognizing a truly independent film,” the director shared. “This film was made on the blood, sweat and tears of incredible indie artists.”

Anora, a film about an exotic dancer marrying the wealthy son of a Russian oligarch, won five out of the six categories for which it was nominated, including Best Picture.

Baker also won the Best Director, Best Original Screenplay and Best Film Editing categories.

Exclusive: Shirley MacLaine wailed during her acceptance speech when she won her Oscar back in 1984 for Terms of Endearment, “I’m gonna cry because this show has been as long as my career!”

Spare a thought for three of this year’s Best Actress nominees, Demi Moore, Karla Sofia Gascón and Mickey Madison, because for them, awards season has been running since last May when their movies, The Substance, Emilia Pérez and Anora, respectively, debuted at the Cannes Film Festival.

“It’s been nearly a year,” Moore tells me helpfully, when we meet at the annual Charles Finch/Chanel pre-Oscars soirée in the Polo Lounge at the Beverly Hills Hotel.

Her face is a genuine picture of joy, that’s the word. “I am joyful,” she smiles.

“My mind and spirit is great,” Moore continues. “But my body says, ‘F— you.'”

In a phrase, Moore encapsulates a sentiment I...

Charles Finch and Chanel are hosting their 16th annual Pre-Oscars dinner!

The 16th annual intimate dinner took place on Saturday (March 1) at the Polo Lounge at the Beverly Hills Hotel, just ahead of the 2025 Oscars on Sunday (March 2), featuring a star-studded guest list of this year’s nominees, actors, musicians, directors, producers, writers, and Hollywood influencers.

Keep reading to find out more…

Lily-Rose Depp, Lupita Nyong’o, Riley Keough, Phoebe Tonkin, Adrien Brody and Georgina Chapman, Al Pacino, Ava DuVernay, Colman Domingo, Danielle Deadwyler and Dakota Fanning were the many attendees of the dinner.

Stars like Da’Vine Joy Randolph, Demi Moore, Elle Fanning, Felicity Jones, Fernanda Torres, Harvey Keitel, H.E.R, Jeff Goldblum, Jeremy Strong, Judd Apatow, Julie Delpy and Kim Kardashian all met and mingled at the event.

Leonardo DiCaprio, Louisa Jacobson, Natasha Lyonne, Malcolm Washington, Maria Bakalova, Maude Apatow, Mick Jagger and Melanie Hamrick, Michael Keaton, Miguel, Molly Gordon,...

With 2025 marking 23 years since Hollywood legend Halle Berry received her historic Best Actress Oscar, she admits she's "tired" of being the only Black Woman to receive the accolade. While she's grateful to have "opened that door," the acclaimed actor desperately wants another Black female to win the Academy Awards' top prize.

Speaking on Trevor Noah's What Now? podcast (via People), Berry delved into her Oscar win for her performance in Monster's Ball and what her victory means decades later. Though Berry remains grateful to have made history at the Academy Awards, she hopes Wicked's Cynthia Erivo ends the long wait for a Black Best Actress winner as she doesn't want to be "occupying that space alone" anymore. "I hope this year someone stands next to me,” Berry said. “This year, I hope it happens because I'm tired of occupying that space alone.”

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And now for the final word on who will win the gold Sunday at the 97th Oscars.

Since Cannes in May I have been reviewing the movies, assessing their awards potential, predicting the Oscar nominations, and now finally here is my best and Final guess as to who and what will emerge triumphant in all 23 categories for the 2025 Academy Awards. So much has been written, so much has been talked about, and actually overall for me it has been a swell year for movies, at least good ones, or at the very least enough good ones to make this lineup of nominees for Oscars a deserving one.

Let me caution these are my predictions, some still shaky, but not necessarily what I might have voted for. In other words, this is not a wish list but rather a reflection of where the long and ever-unwinding road stood as Oscar balloting ended on February 18 at 5 p.

Mikey Madison as Ani and Mark Eydelshteyn as Ivan in ‘Anora’ (Courtesy of Neon)

Anora continues to pick up speed heading into the Oscars, scoring Critics Choice Awards and DGA wins and snagging a Best Feature win at the Film Independent Spirit Awards. Anora also captured Best Director (Sean Baker) and Best Lead Performance (Mikey Madison) wins. A Real Pain and Didi each earned two awards during the February 22, 2025 Spirit Awards ceremony hosted by Aidy Bryant.

On the television side, Baby Reindeer dominated with three wins. The critically acclaimed limited series took home the Best Lead Performance (Richard Gadd), Best Supporting Performance (Nava Mau), and Best Breakthrough Performance (Jessica Gunning) wins. Other television winners included Shogun and How to Die Alone.

2025 Film Independent Spirit Awards Nominees and Winners

Best Feature

Winner: Anora

Producers: Sean Baker, Alex Coco, Samantha Quan

I Saw the TV Glow

Producers: Ali Herting, Sam Intili, Dave McCary,...

The 2025 Film Independent Spirit Awards have wrapped! And now we know, as the full winners list for the Spirit Awards has been revealed, just how much momentum “Anora” has going into the Oscars: a lot. It already got the most Spirits nominations with six, and it ended up winning Best Feature, Best Director for Sean Baker, and Best Lead Performance for Mikey Madison.

Kieran Culkin won Best Supporting Performance for “A Real Pain,” which also won Best Screenplay. “No Other Land” won Best Documentary, and the extraordinary animated film “Flow” won Best International feature.

“Baby Reindeer” collected the most prizes on the TV side with Best Lead Performance in a New Scripted Series going to Richard Gadd, Jessica Gunning won Best Breakthrough Performance in a New Scripted Series, and Best Supporting Performance in a New Scripted Series went to Nava Rau. “Shogun” won Best New Scripted Series.

Host Aidy Bryant...

The best in independent film and new television shows were honored at the 2025 Independent Spirit Awards and we have the full winners list here.

Anora and I Saw the TV Glow led the film nominations with five nods each while Shogun led the television nominations with five nods as well.

In the end, Anora and Baby Reindeer led their respective categories with three wins each!

Make sure to check out the recap of every celeb who attended the event and take a look at our Best Dressed list as well.

Keep reading to find out more…

Scroll down for the full list of winners…

Best Feature

Anora – Winner

Producers: Sean Baker, Alex Coco, Samantha Quan

I Saw the TV Glow

Producers: Ali Herting, Sam Intili, Dave McCary, Emma Stone, Sarah Winshall

Nickel Boys

Producers: Joslyn Barnes, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, David Levine

Sing Sing

Producers: Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar, Monique Walton...

This evening saw the cream of the crop of thespian artists as well as filmmakers assemble at London’s Royal Festival Hall for this year’s BAFTA awards hosted by David Tennant.

This year’s nominations saw 12 nominations for ‘Conclave,’ 11 nominations for ‘Emilia Pérez,’ While ‘The Brutalist’ received 9 nominations. 7 nominations for ‘Anora,’ ‘Dune: Part Two’ and ‘Wicked.’

14 out of 24 nominees in the performance categories received their first BAFTA Film nomination, including Yura Borisov (Anora), Kieran Culkin (A Real Pain), Cynthia Erivo (Wicked), Karla Sofía Gascón (Emilia Pérez), Ariana Grande (Wicked), Selena Gomez (Emilia Pérez), Clarence Maclin (Sing Sing), Mikey Madison (Anora), Demi Moore (The Substance), Guy Pearce (The Brutalist), Isabella Rossellini (Conclave), Zoe Saldaña (Emilia Pérez), Sebastian Stan (The Apprentice) and Jeremy Strong (The Apprentice).

Also in news – The 2025 European Shooting Stars arrive at Berlinale

Winners are highlighted in bold.

Best Film

Anora The Brutalist A Complete Unknown Winner – Conclave...

The 2025 BAFTAs are here!

The annual celebration of film is taking place Sunday (February 16) at Royal Festival Hall in London, England. Doctor Who actor David Tennant is hosting for the second year in a row.

This year, Conclave scored the most nominations with 12 total. Emilia Pérez is in second place, with 11 nominations this year.

Just Jared will be live updating with all the winners throughout the event, so stay tuned!

Keep reading to find out more…

See the full list of nominees and winners…

Best Film

“Anora” — Alex Coco, Samantha Quan, Sean Baker

“The Brutalist”

“A Complete Unknown”

“Conclave” - Winner!

“Emilia Pérez”

Outstanding British Film

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“Conclave” — Edward Berger, Tessa Ross, Juliette Howell, Michael A. Jackman, Peter Straughan - Winner!

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“Conclave” won Best Film at the 2025 EE BAFTA Film Awards, leading the pack with four BAFTAs overall. The British equivalent of the Oscars took place February 16 from the Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall in central London, honoring the best in film for its 78th annual edition.

Edward Berger’s “Conclave” led all films with 12 BAFTA nominations, and it won Best Film, Outstanding British Film, Best Adapted Screenplay for Peter Straughan, and Best Editing. It’s an upset after “Anora” swept all three of the DGAs, PGAs, and WGAs. The last film to win those three prizes, but not Best Picture at the Oscars was “Brokeback Mountain,” but then again, it did win the BAFTA for Best Film.

“Anora” did have a strong showing though, with Mikey Madison pulling off an upset and winning Leading Actress over Demi Moore for “The Substance.” “Anora” also won Best Casting, though Madison lost...

At a BAFTA Awards where there was no clear frontrunner going into the ceremony, British Academy voters chose to largely share the spoils when it came to handing out honors.

But only one could win the top prize of best film, and this year that went to “Conclave,” which had entered the night with the most number of nominations (11). Edward Berger’s Vatican thriller wound up tying with Brady Corbet’s “The Brutalist” with four BAFTA wins each. Of its four, the 3.5-hour American epic won leading actor for Adrien Brody and director for Corbet.

Meanwhile, there was a surprise when Mikey Madison was named leading actress for “Anora” (one of two wins for Sean Baker’s sex worker comedy), with “The Substance” star Demi Moore’s seem by many as sure bet. Coralie Fargeat’s body-horror instead took home one award, for makeup and hairstyling.

Elsewhere, Jacques Audiard’s crime musical “Emilia Pérez,...

Exclusive: Tom Cruise was smack in the middle of a 360-degree crush at the annual Charles Finch and Chanel pre-bafta party on Saturday night and Sunday morning at the swanky 5 Hertford Street private member’s club Mayfair.

One moment he’s having an earnest conversation with The Wild Robot’s Lupita Nyong’o. “Come to the set, come visit us,” he’s telling her about the time he’s having working on director Alejandro G. Iñárritu’s movie shooting at Pinewood Studios.

The Mission Impossible superstar moves to his right to welcome an incoming Demi Moore. They’re soon locked in a hug for the ages as they natter about her awards season success in filmmaker Coralie Fargeat’s The Substance (a big hit for Mubi and Working Title) as onlookers quickly calculate that Cruise and Moore worked together on Rob Reiner’s A Few Good Men 33 years ago.

Lupita Nyong’o and Brady Corbet.

The last two years of the BAFTA Awards told opposite stories of how Britain’s most prestigious film honors correspond with their American counterpart, the Oscars. In 2023, they went wholly in their own direction, voting differently from AMPAS in all major categories — showering Edward Berger’s “All Quiet on the Western Front” with gold and all but ignoring Oscar darling “Everything Everywhere All at Once.” Last year, however, they matched the Oscars in every category save for best visual effects, as Christopher Nolan’s “Oppenheimer” ran the table on both sides of the pond. The BAFTAs, in other words, are either the most crucial Oscar precursor or the most rogue; either way, pundits watch them with bated breath.

When BAFTA voters go their own way, it’s often in favor of contenders close to home. Berger’s follow-up to “All Quiet,” the well-liked Vatican thriller “Conclave,” is the only British...

More than 10,600 registered Gold Derby users voted for the 2025 Gold Derby Film Award winners — an all-time record — and they picked Brazil’s political biopic I’m Still Here as Best Picture. That makes it just the second non-English-language film to take top honors, following South Korea’s Parasite, which prevailed five years ago. Scroll down for our list of winners in all 22 categories and to watch many individual acceptance speech videos.

I’m Still Here defeated an eclectic group of rivals for Best Picture, including fellow international films All We Imagine as Light and Emilia Pérez, big-budget blockbusters Dune: Part Two and Wicked, indie comedy Anora, epic immigration tale The Brutalist, tennis love triangle Challengers, papal thriller Conclave, and body-horror satire The Substance. The victory was so decisive, in fact, that I’m Still Here won all four of the awards it was nominated for, also claiming Best Actress (Fernanda Torres), Best Adapted Screenplay,...

Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Nick Park, Pascal Caucheteux, Maria Carlota Bruno and Rodrigo Teixeira are among international names added to the list of individual nominees for this year’s Oscars after the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (Ampas) announced the remaining designated nominees in the best picture, animated feature and documentary feature categories.

Individual nominees for eight films had yet to be determined when Ampas revealed the list of Oscar nominations on January 23.

Working Title Films co-chairs Bevan and Fellner, together with director Coralie Fargeat (also nominated in the directing and original screenplay categories), have now been named...

On the morning of the 97th Oscar nominations, the words “nominees to be determined” were on everyone’s mind. Half of the Best Picture nominees — “The Brutalist,” “Emilia Pérez,” “I’m Still Here,” “Nickel Boys,” and “The Substance” — were announced without specific details over which producers would be eligible to attend and accept on the film’s behalf if it were to win. Animated Feature contenders “Flow” and “Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl” and Best Documentary Feature nominee “Sugarcane” were also announced without producers. The omissions sparked enough discussion that The Academy began selling “Nominees to Be Determined” tee shirts on its website.

The Academy determined the remaining nominations on Monday, February 10, announcing the producers for each remaining film. The list came with some notable omissions, particularly in the case of “The Brutalist.” Joining Brady Corbet as nominees are producers Nick Gordon, Brian Young, Andrew Morrison, and D.J. Gugenheim — not Mona Fastvold,...

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has revealed all the producers for its Best Picture nominees, along with the missing names for a couple of other categories.

The producers vying for Best Picture are Nick Gordon, Brian Young, Andrew Morrison, D.J. Gugenheim and Brady Corbet for A24’s The Brutalist; Pascal Caucheteux and Jacques Audiard for Netflix’s Emilia Pérez; Maria Carlota Bruno and Rodrigo Teixeira for Sony Pictures Classics’ I’m Still Here; Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner and Joslyn Barnes for Orion Pictures/Amazon MGM Studios’ Nickel Boys; and Coralie Fargeat and Tim Bevan & Eric Fellner for Mubi’s The Substance.

The Academy today also set Gints Zilbalodis, Matīss Kaža, Ron Dyens and Gregory Zalcman as the nominated producers for Sideshow/Janus Films’ Animated Feature hopeful Flow and Nick Park, Merlin Crossingham and Richard Beek for fellow toon nominee Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl from Netflix.

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When the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced its Oscar nominations on Jan. 22, it was surprising to see quite a few films nominated for best picture, best animated feature and best documentary feature listed alongside a mention that specific nominees were “still to be determined.”

In some cases, this was because the Producers Guild of America, to which the Academy defers on best picture nominee credits, had not yet determined which producers were awards-eligible. In other cases, contenders were simply late turning in their own paperwork.

But the bottom line is that on Monday, the Academy shared a list of which individuals designated as nominees had been confirmed by the organization for Oscar nominations in those categories.

The newly confirmed nominees, who bring the total number of individuals nominated for awards at the 97th Oscars to 220, are as follows:

The Brutalist (A24): Nick Gordon, Brian Young, Andrew Morrison,...

The Academy has issued a list of eligible producers in the Animated Feature, Documentary Feature and Best Picture categories, with the list making “Emilia Pérez” director Jacques Audiard a rare four-time nominee this year and increasing the tally for “The Substance” director Coralie Fargeat and “The Brutalist” director Brady Corbet from two nominations to three.

Audiard is now nominated for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Original Song. He joins a short list of quadruple nominees for the same film, which also includes Orson Welles for “Citizen Kane” (with the Best Picture nom officially going to his company), Warren Beatty for “Heaven Can Wait” and “Reds,” the Coen brothers for “No Country for Old Men” (the editing nod under a pseudonym), Alfonso Cuarón for “Roma” and Chloé Zhao for “Nomadland.”

Farget and Corbet also have nominations for Best Director and Best Original Screenplay, with the Best Picture nominations adding to their totals.

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Lena Dunham is getting into business with Netflix.

The Girls auteur has struck a first-look deal with the streamer for TV series via her indie Good Thing Going (Gtg). She previously had a similar arrangement in place with HBO.

“Lena’s authenticity and singular voice have redefined storytelling for this generation,” said Netflix VP Drama Series Jinny Howe. “She’s a creative powerhouse, weaving together complex and nuanced narratives that are as thought-provoking as they are entertaining.”

Dunham is the creator of HBO smash Girls, for which she won two Golden Globes. Other credits include Tiny Furniture (2010), Sharp Stick and Catherine Called Birdy, while she directed an episode of BBC-HBO hit Industry. She launched Gtg in 2018 under the auspices of her HBO deal, and she runs Gtg with producing partner Michael P. Cohen.

‘Too Much’

Dunham said she and Netflix have been “aligned on vision” since they first started chatting.

Netflix has inked a creative partnership with Lena Dunham and her production company, Good Things Going.

Under the new deal, Dunham and Good Thing Going will develop and create serialized first look projects for Netflix, the streamer announced as part of its Next on Netflix presentation. The news comes as Netflix and Dunham are in the midst of collaborating on a new series, “Too Much,” for which Dunham serves as creator, writer, director and executive producer.

“Lena’s authenticity and singular voice have redefined storytelling for this generation. She’s a creative powerhouse, weaving together complex and nuanced narratives that are as thought-provoking as they are entertaining,” Netflix VP of drama series Jinny Howe said. “We look forward to delighting audiences with more of the deeply relatable stories they love from Lena.”

“Working with Netflix to bring Too Much to life has been a dream; the trust, support and creative...