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Hollywood News: Demi Moore’s cinematic journey hasn’t been without missteps. At the bottom of her film rankings, two titles stand out for all the wrong reasons:

Striptease (1996): Despite a massive paycheck, the film was a major critical flop—so much so that Moore received Razzie nominations for Worst Actress, among others.

The Juror (1996): In the same unforgiving year, this crime thriller also earned her a Razzie nod for Worst Actress, bookending a difficult chapter in her career.

These misfires highlight a rare low in an otherwise compelling body of work.

The Middle Ground: Cult Favorites and Stage Setters

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10 Demi Moore movies ranked from worst to best(Photo Credit –Instagram)

Over the years, Demi Moore has emerged as one of the most successful actresses in Hollywood. After a two-year hiatus, Moore returned to the spotlight with immense acclaim for her performance in the award-winning film The Substance. Let us revisit 10 of Demi Moore’s movies, ranked from worst to best per their Rotten Tomatoes score.

10. Striptease Streaming On: Prime Video, Apple TV+ Rt Score: 13% Director: Andrew Bergman

Striptease marked a milestone movie for Demi Moore’s career as the actress received a hefty salary of $12.5 million for her role. While her salary became the talk of the town, the...

Were you worried that there was only one upcoming movie where someone gets eaten by a whale? Fret not. There are two, actually.

Leslie Grace — an actor and singer known for "In the Heights" and the "Batgirl" movie that Warner Bros. deleted from existence — is set to star in director Felipe Vargas' next movie "Propel" (per Variety), which is described as "'Gravity' meets '127 Hours' underwater." Grace will star as diver Kate Acosta, who ends up swallowed by an enormous sperm whale while performing a commercial dive ... and who has to figure out how to escape with her life.

The particularly funny thing about this news is that "Whalefall," a novel by Daniel Kraus, is also being adapted into a major motion picture. In March 2025, Deadline reported that Josh Brolin was in talks to join the project's cast alongside star Austin Abrams, with Brian Duffield ("No One Will Save You...

Hollywood icon and star of The Substance, Demi Moore, discusses her own past issues with her image.

Speaking to Entertainment Weekly, opened up about the extremes she used to push herself to in order to maintain what she felt was the requisite Hollywood form for '90s classic such as Striptease and G.I. Jane. "I mean, crazy things [with] diet and exercise, biking from Malibu and going all the way to Paramount about 26 miles," Moore stated. "All because I had placed so much value on what my outsides looked like."

Moore went on to note that, at the time, she was regularly "so harsh and had a much more antagonistic relationship with my body. And straight up, I was really just punishing myself... And in this desire to dominate it versus now, I have a much more kind of intuitive, relaxed, trusting relationship with my body." Moore went on to explain that,...

Demi Moore’s journey in Hollywood has always been more than just about stardom, it’s about breaking barriers, challenging norms, and reshaping the cultural narrative. From her career-defining role in The Substance to her record-breaking payday for Striptease, Moore has never been afraid to push boundaries, both on and off-screen. In 1996-97, she did just that when she made history by earning $23.5 million for two movies— Striptease and G.I. Jane.

The huge payday not only made her the highest-paid actress in Hollywood at the time, but it also shifted the conversation around women, power, and money in the film industry. Now, as Moore is recognized on Time’s 100 Most Influential People list, her role in transforming Hollywood’s pay structure for women is more apparent than ever. In tribute to Moore, Ryan Murphy candidly reflected on her extraordinary contribution to women and money in Hollywood.

Ryan Murphy praised Demi...

Demi Moore was a leading contender in this year’s Oscars after her brilliant award season run for The Substance. But Mikey Madison surprised many audiences after bagging the Oscar for Best Actress for her performance in Anora.

We always get to see massive debates over the Academy Award winners every year. The latest edition was also subjected to the same conditions, as there was tough competition. However, Demi Moore, in a recent interview, revealed that she did not feel disappointed at her Oscar loss. The actress was apparently sure about Mikey Madison’s win.

Demi Moore anticipated her Oscar defeat against Mikey Madison Demi Moore as Elisabeth Sparkle in The Substance | Credits: Working Title Films

Demi Moore‘s performance as Elisabeth Sparkle in the body-horror movie The Substance won her a Golden Globe Award, a Critics’ Choice Award, and a Screen Actors Guild Award. She was one of the...

Demi Moore has been around for multiple decades, with a series of successful hits at the box office. However, 2024 gave her the critical acclaim she deserves with the horror hit The Substance, which led to her first Oscar nomination for Best Actress.

Moore was among the favorites to take home the gold statuette, especially after Emilia Pérez's Karla Sofía Gascón's controversy. However, once the award show came, the person who was crowned winner was Anora's Mikey Madison. Over a month after the Oscars, Moore reacted to her Oscar loss in an interview with Time magazine.

Moore was named one of 2025's Most 100 Influential Artists, and received a tribute from filmmaker Ryan Murphy. The actress reacted to her Oscar loss and revealed she had a premonition she wasn't going to win during the commercial break before the Best Actress category. "I leaned over and whispered to my manager,...

More than 200 years after “Frankenstein” was published, Mary Shelley has never been hotter. The hulking character that the Gothic novelist conjured up — half man, half beast, all monster — will feature prominently in two upcoming movies from A-list directors that debut mere months apart.

The first, “Frankenstein,” is courtesy of Guillermo del Toro, a master of the macabre whose credits include “The Shape of Water” and “Crimson Peak.” It launches on Netflix in November and stars Mia Goth and Oscar Isaac. The second, “The Bride,” will be directed by Maggie Gyllenhaal, who is following up her acclaimed feature directing debut, “The Lost Daughter,” with a $90 million creature feature inspired by “The Bride of Frankenstein.” Warner Bros. will open this one in theaters on March 6, 2026 with Jessie Buckley and Christian Bale playing the undead couple. It was originally slated to debut on September 26, 2025, but the studio pushed it back this week, giving...

FKA Twigs is bringing her Eusexua and Caprisongs standouts on the road for the first time — and bringing back some fan-beloved deep cuts. On Thursday night, Twigs kicked off her Eusexua tour in Paris, bringing back some songs she hasn’t performed in nearly 10 years.

Twigs opened her show with a set featuring mashups of songs such as “Thousand Eyes” with “Mary Magdalene” and “Striptease” with “How’s That,” before performing Eusexua and Caprisongs tracks “Oh My Love,” “Honda,” and “Papi Bones” for the first time ever.

During the set,...

After a heartbreaking loss to Mikey Madison (Anora) for the Best Actress Oscar, The Substance's Demi Moore's 1996 box office bomb, Striptease, is climbing the global Max top 10 chart. Released during the prime summer season, the film was supposed to be a high-profile box office hit, but ended up being a massive financial failure in North America. It is widely considered one of the worst films of all time.

Striptease was based on Carl Hiassen's 1993 novel and follows Erin Grant, who lost her FBI job after her loser ex-husband, Darrell (Robert Patrick), was arrested for drugs. And soon after, she loses custody of her daughter, Angela to said loser ex-husband. Grant becomes a stripper at the Eager Beaver strip club in Miami, Florida, to get the $15,000 needed to file an appeal for reprieve. Soon, she catches the eye of a creepy Congressman named David Dilbeck (Burt Reynolds).

The movie...

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Demi Moore is one of the most celebrated actresses in Hollywood. Ever since her debut with the 1981 movie Choices, Moore has had a glorious filmography with acclaimed and commercially successful films like Parasite, About Last Night, The Seventh Sign, We’re No Angels, Ghost, Indecent Proposal, Disclosure, Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle, Bobby, Mr Books, Flawless, Margin Call and Songbird. Her career saw a stupendous resurgence with the 2024 film The Substance. The movie won her a tremendous critical acclaim, including an Oscar nomination. However, she lost the Best Actress award to Mikey Madison (Anora). But her rich legacy when it comes to her filmography remains untouched. Here’s looking at her stellar net worth and assets.

Demi Moore’s Assets

Apart from her movies, a significant amount of her net worth comes from her real estate investments and brand endorsements. According to Lifestyle Asia, Demi...

Is there a kernel of truth to the notion that "popcorn stars" don't win Oscars? It certainly felt that way to fans hoping to see Demi Moore pull off a Best Actress victory at the 2025 Oscars. Her daring performance as Elisabeth Sparkle in The Substance had earned her a Golden Globe, Critics Choice, and SAG Award, putting her in frontrunner position as she arrived at the 97th Academy Awards on March 2. But suddenly, those hopes were dashed when Emma Stone read out the winner: Mikey Madison in Anora.

It wasn't unfamiliar to see one of the biggest box-office draws from decades past lose the big one. Perhaps the Academy couldn't see past what Moore had once been told she was — a popcorn actress. She addressed the demeaning title in her Golden Globes acceptance speech nearly two months prior, stating that a producer called her a “popcorn actress” 30 years ago, which...

Kim Basinger won an Academy Award in 1998 for her performance in L.A. Confidential, but even though she’s an Oscar-winner, she says she was “put in a box” of being the typical “bombshell” Hollywood star. In a new interview with Variety, her Batmanco-star, Michael Keaton, and the movie’s producer, Jon Peters, defended her acting chops.

“When you’re extraordinarily beautiful - not beautiful, but extraordinarily beautiful - like Kim, Hollywood doesn’t want to give you your due,” Peters told the outlet. Basinger played reporter Vicki Vale in the iconic Tim Burton-directed Batman (1989), alongside Keaton, who starred as Bruce Wayne/Batman.

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Hollywood has always had a complicated relationship with films about strippers. On one hand, they’re drenched in a neon glow of intrigue, drama, and rebellion. On the other, they often end up as cautionary tales, both on-screen and off.

Few actresses know this better than Demi Moore, whose ambitious attempt to bring a high-profile stripper story to life in the ’90s resulted in an industry backlash she didn’t see coming. Decades later, Mikey Madison is stepping into a similar world with Anora, but in a completely different cinematic landscape.

Demi Moore in The Substance | Credits: Mubi

What happened when Demi Moore donned sequins and stilettos? And will Mikey Madison’s journey be any different? Let’s take a deep dive into how two vastly different stripper films shaped, and are shaping, the careers of two talented actresses.

Demi Moore’s Striptease caused more drama off-screen than on Demi...

We know that Demi Moore is overdue for an Oscar, having never been nominated, and that the Golden Globe was the first award she has ever won. And she gave a great speech that landed her the Oscar nomination for Best Actress.

But that narrative is not the only reason Moore will win her first gold man.

The 62-year-old veteran has been on the awards stump since “The Substance” (Mubi) wowed Cannes. Coralie Fargeat‘s feminist body horror movie clearly plays well for a global audience. But here’s the crucial thing that will put Moore over the top. At a recent Q&a with me at the WGA Theatre, as Moore sat with her tiny chihuahua Pilaf in her lap, the audience leaned in. They responded to her message of change and renewal, of freedom and uplift. They were listening to a spiritual guru.

“It just doesn’t always happen this way,...

The Santa Barbara International Film Festival honored Oscars Best Actress nominee Demi Moore with a career retrospective for its 40th edition. From screenings including “Indecent Proposal” and “Ghost,” Moore joined festival Director Roger Durling for a Q&a following the Sunday, February 9 screening of Coralie Fargeat’s “The Substance.”

In a wide-ranging conversation spanning the actor’s filmography, Moore reflected on 1992’s “A Few Good Men.” Durling gave credit to the filmmakers for the revolutionary act of not romanticizing her relationship with co-star Tom Cruise. “I think at that time I really, you know, have to give my my incredible thanks to Rob Reiner and Aaron Sorkin because they really stood up to the studio to really take a stand that the relationship was better than needing to have it devolve into something romantic because it was Tom Cruise and myself,” Moore said.

“And they did come up against some opposition,...

Back in the soap opera glory days of the 1980s, I remember well Demi Moore‘s short stint on the popular General Hospital. With her distinctive gravelly voice, movie star beauty and strong personality, it was obvious that the small screen couldn’t contain her, and that she would go on to bigger things.

Demi Gene Guynes was born on November 11 in 1962 in Roswell, New Mexico. Following a difficult childhood, she left school her junior year and did some modeling before meeting and marrying musician Freddy Moore, with whom she co-wrote three songs. She had a couple of small film roles before landing the “General Hospital” gig in 1983. Then a series of popular films beginning with Blame It On Rio in 1984 led to an impressive string of blockbuster films throughout the 1980s and 1990s, making her one of the biggest stars of the era.

Moore’s star was on the...

With Demi Moore getting a new dose of fame, it’s time for her role in one of Disney’s more underappreciated movies to get some respect!

If there’s one thing Hollywood loves, it’s a comeback story. 2022 was a notable example as Brendan Fraser, the one-time box office star of the late 1990s, had been quiet for a long time due to personal issues. Fraser made a big splash with his transformative role in the drama The Whale.

That same year featured the remarkable tale of Ke Huy Quan, a former child star of the 1980s who dropped out of the business because he couldn’t find good roles. He landed one in the wild action drama Everything Everywhere All at Once, which won seven Oscars, including Best Picture.

Thus, on Oscar Night 2023, Fraser and Quan were sharing photos with their respective Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor awards.

Not so long ago, sex workers had a less than rosy image in the movies, and in the culture at large. For starters, they weren’t called “sex workers.” When Demi Moore played one in 1996, the title of that movie was “Striptease.” And in reviews I’ve written of more movies than I can count, I’ve referred to people who get paid to have sex with their clients as “prostitutes.” The newfound stigmatization of that word — and of the word “stripper” — represents a sea change in how sex work is perceived: not as a special, sordid, semi-underground occupation but simply as…work.

You can sense how big the change is if you think back to “Showgirls,” released 30 years ago. Sure, it was an infamous bad movie (one that has since been reclaimed for the glitzy camp flash with which it embraced the sleaze of the Vegas fleshpot milieu). But...

First-time screenwriter Kate Gersten had one actress in mind to play the heroine of “The Last Showgirl”: Pamela Anderson. The problem was, Anderson’s then agent didn’t bother to forward the script about a 50-something Vegas dancer struggling to pivot to her next act.

“He threw it in the trash within the hour and never called me,” Anderson says of her former representative. “This was not an agent. He was just someone who brought me work for money.”

Undeterred, the film’s director, Gia Coppola, tracked down Anderson’s son Brandon through mutual friends, and he promised to pass the screenplay along to his mother, who had largely given up on acting and moved to British Columbia.

“I remember coming out of my garden, getting a message from Brandon and sitting at my computer and reading it. And I thought, ‘This is it,’” Anderson recalls. “This is my...

Demi Moore – the actress knows how to keep the world talking and be relevant even after about 45 years in the industry. Whether it’s shaving her head for G.I. Jane or being one-half of the ‘90s ultimate power couple with Bruce Willis, the actress has always made headlines and the present is no different. While Demi Moore is one of the finest actresses the entertainment industry has to offer, this is the first time she won a Golden Globe award. How did that happen?

Demi Moore in G.I. Jane (1997) | Credits: Hollywood Pictures

Demi Moore’s win is an example that when the time’ right, the time’s right. While accepting the award, the actress revealed an anecdote from her early days in Hollywood about how a producer said something that stung her real good. Needless to say, she has clearly proven anyone who ever doubted her wrong.

Demi Moore finally...

As a singer, Whitney Houston needs no introduction. As a Christmas movie star, though, she may come across as somewhat more obscure. Despite this, she found success on that avenue of life as well. Not only did she star in the surprisingly good 1996 Christmas film "The Preacher's Wife," but she also did so opposite the great Denzel Washington, and earned plenty of money for her efforts.

A remake of the 1947 film "The Bishop's Wife" (itself based on the 1928 book of the same name), "The Preacher's Wife" is a fantasy comedy-drama about Henry Biggs (Courtney B. Vance), a stressed-out reverend who's going through a crisis of faith while his church is standing in the way of a real estate mogul's (Gregory Hines) construction project. Fortunately, an angel named Dudley (Washington) and Biggs' wife Julia (Houston) are there to support the preacher. Unfortunately, it seems that the two are also falling in love.

Wicked is one of the biggest and best movies of 2024. It's made over half a billion dollars at the box office, surpassing Mamma Mia! to become the most successful movie ever adapted from a stage musical. Fans have been waiting for a movie version of Wicked ever since the musical hit the stage way back in 2003, so it's no surprise that people turned out to see the film.

Before that, Wicked was a book by author Gregory Maguire: Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West, published in 1995. The book, which reimagines the story of The Wizard of Oz from the Wicked Witch of the West's point of view, was a hit right from the start, and there were attempts to turn it into a more straightforward movie before composer Stephen Schwartz got ahold of it and made it a musical smash.

Speaking to The Hollywood Reporter,...

Wicked producer Marc Platt and author Gregory Maguire reveal several 1990s stars who wanted to play Glinda and Elphaba. Gregory Maguire's Wicked book was published in 1995, and its success led to a bidding war over the rights among actors who wanted to see it made into a feature-length movie. This bidding war occurred before Wicked became the beloved musical that debuted in 2003 and that is still running on Broadway today.

As shared via Vanity Fair, when Platt joined Universal Pictures, Wicked was initially optioned to Demi Moore's production company, Moving Pictures. This would have included Moore in the role of Elphaba, with Maguire recalling that "I used to say, I can imagine Demi Moore naked and green on the cover of Vanity Fair." At the time, Moore was Hollywood's highest-paid actress and had extensive star power following her roles in A Few Good Men, Indecent Proposal, and Striptease.

Moore's competition included Whoopi Goldberg,...

Two decades ago, the Wicked movie could’ve looked very different.

In a joint conversation with Vanity Fair, Marc Platt, who produced the 2024 film, Wicked author Gregory Maguire and composer Stephen Schwartz recalled the first efforts in the late 1990s to turn the story into a feature film.

He detailed a world in which stars like Demi Moore, Nicole Kidman and more were interested in playing the beloved roles of Elphaba and Glinda, which eventually went to Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande in this year’s adaptation of the musical.

“I am going to try and get the timeline right if I can remember, but I believe when I became the president of production at Universal, the project was already here,” Platt said. “It had been optioned initially by Demi Moore’s company.”

Platt knew that Gregory Maguire’s 1995 novel Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of...

Some actors are simply suited to playing bad men, and while Robert Patrick isn't a heavy every time out, the films for which he's best known for feature him giving good guys a hellaciously hard time. The one-time athletic standout at Bowling Green State University got his start taking bit parts in exploitation films directed by the famed Filipino filmmaker Cirio H. Santiago (his 1976 actioner "The Muthers" is a must-watch), and eventually found his way to Hollywood where he landed his breakout role as the liquid metal T-1000 in James Cameron's 1991 action movie classic "Terminator 2: Judgment Day."

Patrick demonstrated real range in '90s films like "Fire in the Sky," "The Cool Surface," and "Striptease," but for the most part Hollywood knew he could deliver the sneering goods as a villain, and he took these roles without hesitation. (He's especially nasty as the white supremacist DC supervillain August...

Demi Moore is one of the most commendable actresses of all time, being at the delivering end of masterpieces like her most recent, The Substance, and her old pieces like Ghost (1990) and Indecent Proposal (1993). Then there’s Bruce Willis, who also used to be regarded among the prime actors of his time before frontotemporal dementia got the best of him.

That’s why, when the two got together and decided to tie the knot by saying their I do‘s to each other, fans were nothing short of celebrating this union. For more than a decade, the pair spent their time together, happily as ever, starting a family of their own. But then things went downhill, and this power couple ended up settling on a divorce after spending 13 stunning years together.

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Of course, this turn of events for a pair that was widely regarded as...

“I had hit that point of being a little bit — I don’t want to say defeated, because I wasn’t defeated, and I wasn’t even hopeless, but I was just kind of flat, neutral in a way,” Demi Moore says as she sits in her Beverly Hills home to record an episode of The Hollywood Reporter’s Awards Chatter podcast.

The 62-year-old, accompanied by her teacup chihuahua Pilaf, was speaking of the state of her career just before The Substance, the new Coralie Fargeat-directed film in which she gives the performance of a lifetime as a Hollywood star who is increasingly cast aside as she ages, and resorts to extreme measures to try to retain her youth and beauty.

“Then,” she continues, “I got a call from my agent saying, ‘There’s this script. It’s got a lot of interest. It’s definitely really different.’ He...

The Substance, the Cannes Film Festival winning, Demi Moore body swap horror movie, is poised to bust to great heights at the global box office with a $70M-$75M take.

That’s quite a landmark for the Working Title produced-2 hour and 21-minute running, French shot movie which has the Ghost and $2.5 billion global grossing blockbuster actress in the awards season conversation for her portrayal of an aerobics instructor TV star, Elizabeth, who soon realizes her days are over in Hollywood. However, she gets the opportunity to participate in a body swap experiment which introduces the world, and her former TV audience, to much younger version of herself, under the new alias Sue (Margaret Qualley). Consequences, as unsexy as they are, ensue. The movie received a 13-minute standing ovation at its Cannes premiere back in May and won Best Screenplay for its filmmaker Coralie Fargeat. Moore has been public about...

The world of entertainment is a crazy place where anything can happen at any time. One recent example of this is the relationship rumors between The Golden Bachelorette star Mark Anderson and One Tree Hill’s famed Barbara Alyn Woods. Both known for their vigor, charm, and humble personality, it was recently a shocker when fans discovered signs that the two might be dating.

Mark Anderson | Credit: The Golden Bachelorette

While the entertainment world is crazy, love is even more so and can be found when one least expects it. At least that is what seems to be going on behind the scenes with Anderson and Woods, although they are yet to confirm it. Fresh off the fame of The Golden Bachelorette, Anderson was one of the most popular contestants on the show, famous for his honest and soft-spoken nature.

On the other hand, we have the celebrated American actress Barbara,...

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There is a signature moment in Coralie Fargeat's satirical body horror film, The Substance, where star Demi Moore is presented at her most vulnerable. Playing an aging actress who is being put out to pasture by the higher-ups of her aerobics TV show, she is preparing to go out on a date after having already used the black market drug that literally makes a younger version of herself come out of her body. At this point, Elisabeth Sparkle has reverted to her original self. As she prepares to get ready, looking beautiful by anyone's standards, she heads to the door to leave but immediately second-guesses herself and heads back to the bathroom to apply more makeup and add more to her outfit.

Demi Moore defends her movie G.I. Jane. Directed by Alien's Ridley Scott, G.I. Jane is a 1997 movie that sees Moore playing a United States Navy topographical analyst who joins the US Special Navy Warfare group and faces issues with building her reputation in a career that is dominated by men. In addition to Moore, G.I. Jane features a leading cast including Viggo Mortensen, Anne Bancroft, Jason Beghe, Daniel von Bargen, John Michael Higgins, Kevin Gage, and David Warshofksy.

In an interview with Vanity Fair, Moore speaks up to defend G.I. Jane. According to the actor, she feels like G.I. Jane was "killed months before anybody had ever even seen it." She thinks that there are several factors that went into this, including Moore becoming the highest-paid female actor in Hollywood and her recent controversial role in Striptease. She said that the media conversation became a question of...

Demi Moore might have been an icon of 90s Hollywood. However, the 61-year-old faced her fair share of problems, both on and off-screen. From problems with her co-stars to the disparity between her earnings, the actress faced a lot of issues. But things got worse for her at the height of her career. Despite being one of the most prominent and highest-paid actresses of her time, her compensation paled in comparison to the earnings of her male counterparts, including her now ex-husband, Bruce Willis.

Demi Moore in the 1986 rom-com About Last Night | Credits: TriStar Pictures

Moore has always been rather vocal about the pitfalls of the industry. However, it once ended up getting to her in a way she never expected.

Demi Moore opens up about the backlash from Striptease

In 1996, Demi Moore reached a brand new level of financial success with her film, Striptease. Although her role in the movie was a bit controversial,...

Demi Moore is regarded as a pioneer for equal pay for the actresses in the industry. She became the first woman to be paid the highest salary for her role in Striptease, but this came with a huge con. After completing her unconventional role the actress was condemned and shamed for her choice.

Moore mentioned in several interviews that she dealt with a great deal of hate after that movie. Though she became the first actress to break through the invisible pay gap, her efforts were in vain. The media and people at that time felt betrayed and were harsh on the actress for her supposed indecent role.

The role that made Demi Moore Public Enemy No. 1

Demi Moore was a successful model before she transitioned into the acting industry. She started her onscreen career in 1981 with the soap opera General Hospital. Later she starred in movies like Ghost (1990), A Few Good Men...

Demi Moore‘s record-breaking payday didn’t come without some blowback from the public.

The Golden Globe nominee recently reflected on the criticism around her risqué starring role in 1996’s Striptease, as well as the controversy that came with her reported $12.5 million salary for the Andrew Bergman-helmed film.

“Well, with Striptease, it was as if I had betrayed women, and with G.I. Jane, it was as if I had betrayed men,” explained Moore on The New York Times‘ The Interview podcast. “But I think the interesting piece is that when I became the highest-paid actress — why is it that, at that moment, the choice was to bring me down? I don’t take this personally. I think anyone who had been in the position that was the first to get that kind of equality of pay would probably have taken a hit. But because I did a film that...

Demi Moore is reflecting on her legacy.

The 61-year-old actress became the highest paid female actor in the world when she earned $12.5 million for 1996’s Striptease. During a discussion on The New York Times’ The Interview podcast, she recalled the backlash.

“Well, with Striptease, it was as if I had betrayed women, and with G.I. Jane, it was as if I had betrayed men,” she said.

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“But I think the interesting piece is that when I became the highest-paid actress — why is it that, at that moment, the choice was to bring me down? I don’t take this personally. I think anyone who had been in the position that was the first to get that kind of equality of pay would probably have taken a hit. But because I did a film that was dealing with the world of stripping and the body,...

Demi Moores latest project is the horror movie The Substance, which, surprisingly, is breaking a 13-year Rotten Tomatoes record for her. Demi Moore began her acting career in the early 1980s, making her big screen debut in 1981 in a project titled Choices, and the following year, she joined the soap opera General Hospital as Jackie Templeton. After a couple more projects in film and TV, Moore got her big break in 1985 when she played Jules in Joel Schumachers coming-of-age movie St. Elmos Fire, which made her part of the Brat Pack (though shes not fond of that label).

Since then, Moore has branched out to different genres, with some of her most notable projects being the comedy-drama About Last Night, the supernatural romance movie Ghost, the legal drama A Few Good Men, the action comedy Charlies Angels: Full Throttle, and the drama Margin Call. Moore has maintained an active career...

Demi Moore became the highest paid female actor in the world when she landed a $12.5 million payday for 1996’s “Striptease,” and that’s when the backlash against her started. During a discussion on The New York Times’ “The Interview” podcast while promoting “The Substance,” the actor recalled people trying to tear her down as soon as she started making money that rivaled male actors.

“Well, with ‘Striptease,’ it was as if I had betrayed women, and with ‘G.I. Jane,’ it was as if I had betrayed men,” Moore said. “But I think the interesting piece is that when I became the highest-paid actress — why is it that, at that moment, the choice was to bring me down? I don’t take this personally. I think anyone who had been in the position that was the first to get that kind of equality of pay would probably have taken a hit.

Demi Moore reflects on her intense training for G. I. Jane. Moore played the U.S. military film in the 1997 film G.I. Jane, which was directed by Ridley Scott. In addition to Moore, G.I. Jane featured a leading cast including Viggo Mortensen, Anne Bancroft, Jason Beghe, Daniel von Bargen, John Michael Higgins, Kevin Gage, and David Warshofsky. G.I. Jane remains one of the most notable roles in Moore's career to date.

In an interview with Variety, Moore discusses the intense training that went into her time as G.I. Jane.

According to the former G.I. Jane actor, she was involved in a "two-week modified Seal training" prior to acting in her role in G.I. Jane. This was intense training, in which Moore was only called be her character's name, and not her real name. The training team did "sneaky things to really bring the reality of what the experience was like.

Don’t call it a comeback, Demi Moore has been with us for years. However, with The Substance, the onetime box office star rebounds with a cathartic role that gives new meaning to the saying “Fame is fleeting.” The Coralie Fargeat-directed horror movie, which received a 13-minute standing ovation at its Cannes Film Festival premiere in May, makes its North American premiere tonight at the Toronto Film Festival.

Moore plays TV fitness guru Elisabeth Sparkle, who is shown the door by her chauvinistic network boss (Dennis Quaid) because he wants a younger star. However, a new medical procedure billed as “The Substance” finds its way into Sparkle’s hands, giving her the opportunity to switch off on a weekly basis with her younger self, played by Margaret Qualley. And wouldn’t ya know? That younger self winds up taking over as the host of Sparkle’s show. Similar to Gremlins,...

Demi Moore is getting her due thanks to Metrograph.

The “Substance” actress and Hollywood icon is being honored by Metrograph with a five-film series of Moore’s most beloved features, as curated by the theater. Titled “We Want Moore,” the mini festival begins September 13.

“The rapturous reception of Demi Moore’s performance in Coralie Fargeat’s ‘The Substance’ at this year’s Cannes Film Festival seems to have reminded many people that the New Mexico-born actress is a bona fide movie star — not just in terms of box office receipts and magazine cover shoots, but in her seemingly effortless ability to command the screen every time she walks into frame,” the Metrograph press statement reads. “In ‘We Want Moore,’ we’ve brought together some other timely reminders.”

Selected films screening in 35mm include Moore’s iconic turns in “Ghost,” “Indecent Proposal,” and “Striptease,” which Moore recently told Variety was one of her most under-appreciated performances.

Demi Moore has reflected on how one of her most criticized movies was plagued by the misconceptions that it was all about her flaunting her body. The movie in question was 1996's Striptease , which starred Moore as a single mother who turns to stripping in order to make enough money to fight for the custody of her daughter, but ends up bringing danger to her door when becoming the obsession of someone who is used to getting exactly what they want.

Striptease drew a lot of criticism, becoming one of Moores lowest rated movies on Rotten Tomatoes with just a 13% Tomatometer score, and similarly low 24% approval rating from audiences. With most reviews agreeing that the film suffers from not being able to decide if it wants to be a thriller or satire, many reviewers seem unable to work out whether the sleazy undertone of the film is meant to be serious or darkly comic.

Demi Moore reflects on her role in the film Striptease. Striptease is a 1996 dark comedy based on the Carl Hiaasen novel about a woman who is a stripper and a single mother who winds up in a dangerous situation once a congressional representative takes a liking to her. Directed by Andrew Bergman, Striptease starred Demi Moore as Erin Grant, with a supporting cast that included Burt Reynolds, Armand Assante, Ving Rhames, and Robert Patrick.

Speaking with Variety, Moore expresses her thoughts on her role in Striptease. The actor noted that "one of the biggest misconceptions about [her] is that [she] loved [her] body." Instead of taking on projects overtly to show off her body or be sexual, she took on projects "that provoke meaningful thought." She felt that Striptease was one such project, challenging audiences to look beyond simply condemning Erin's work as a dancer. She also drew comparisons with other films such...

“I’m warning you: She loves to dominate a teddy bear,” Demi Moore says as her teacup Chihuahua, Pilaf, toddles into the room. Moore, perched on a kitchen stool in her Los Angeles home, watches her dog with a sly smile. “You’re going to see some humping.”

Pilaf has had a busy year — she was featured in Vogue, and seen in the front rows of Paris Fashion Week — so bringing her to the Cannes Film Festival in May was a risk: Would the pint-size bundle of cuteness upstage her owner at the premiere of her blood-drenched horror film “The Substance”? Perhaps Moore knew the role was more beastly than her little pet could ever be.

“I didn’t know how the movie was going to go,” Moore admits as Pilaf, now in the family room, ravages her stuffed animal in a patch of sunlight. “It’s so out of the box.

Hollywood's ageism and impossible beauty standards are a tale as old as time, but the tale is about to get a gruesome upgrade in The Substance. Coralie Fargeat's upcoming body horror feature about an A-list female star being discarded by the industry and desperate to cling to youth invokes...

It’s been nearly 30 years since Vince Vaughn first exploded onto movie screens as Trent, the slick, confident best friend to Jon Favreau’s Mikey in Swingers, who was forever convinced that a trip to Las Vegas could solve any emotional problem. In the decades since, Vaughn has never lost that irrepressible presence, though some projects have taken better advantage of those gifts than others. Age comes for all of us, so it seems appropriate that in his latest role, as Florida cop Andrew Yancy in Apple’s Bad Monkey,...

Demi Moore is one of the most famous actresses, but even she struggles with motivation when it comes to acting. The actress admitted she even thought about quitting the industry before The Substance.

In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, Demi Moore revealed that she considered leaving acting before her latest role in The Substance arrived. The actress plays a role unlike any other before in Coralie Fargeat's upcoming horror. Starring alongside Margaret Qualley and Dennis Quaid, Demi Moore gained faith in acting again.

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I went through a period of even questioning whether this is what I should still be doing," Moore explained. "In the last four years or so, I felt that it was a personal...

The Substance critiques beauty standards and Hollywood's obsession with youth through body horror. Female directors are using body horror to challenge societal expectations and empower women. The film explores the consequences of pursuing perceived perfection and the loss of control over the aging process.

French filmmaker Coralie Fargeats The Substance carries on an inventive trend from some of 2024's horror genre entries. The Substance is a superb body horror epic critiquing beauty standards. With its distinctly feminist angle, it raises questions about the pursuit of perceived perfection according to a societal obsession with womens youth. The bombastic pastiche uses tropes of body horror with finesse it received a 13-minute standing ovation at Cannes. Its a big comeback role for Demi Moore, who told Deadline The Substance challenges this male perspective of the idealized woman, that we as women have bought into.

Using a sci-fi premise that has a younger clone...

The Taylor Sheridan Paramount+ train keeps rolling. The Hollywood Reporter reveals his newest, Landman, will be premiering on the streaming platform this fall on November 17. Jon Hamm joins Billy Bob Thornton as a primary cast member for the contemporary oil rig drama. Based on the 11-part podcast Boomtown, Landman is “an upstairs/downstairs story of roughnecks and wildcat billionaires fueling a boom so big, it’s reshaping our climate, our economy and our geopolitics.”

“Set in the proverbial boomtowns of West Texas, Landman is a modern-day tale of fortune-seeking in the world of oil rigs,” says the official Paramount+ press release. “Based on the notable 11-part podcast “Boomtown,” the series is an upstairs/downstairs story of roughnecks and wildcat billionaires fueling a boom so big, it’s reshaping our climate, our economy, and our geopolitics.”

Jon Hamm plays Monty Miller in Sheridan’s Landman, a goliath in the Texas oil...

Coralie Fargeat’s The Substance focuses on a woman with a familiar problem. Elizabeth Sparkle (Demi Moore) is a former actress and contemporary fitness guru on the wrong side of 40 for the entertainment industry, who, as represented here by Harvey (Dennis Quaid), wants to replace her with the next hot young thing. Working in an ultra-blunt style, Fargeat boils Elizabeth’s world down to a few signifiers, among them: Elizabeth’s retro fitness show stands in for fleeting fame; Harvey, one of the broadest caricatures that cinema has offered, is the male chauvinist underbelly of Hollywood, befitting his namesake; and a billboard outside of Elizabeth’s sprawling apartment physicalizes her shifting place in the public.

One of Fargeat’s best symbols, worthy of Billy Wilder’s Sunset Boulevard, is the opening close-up of Sparkle’s Hollywood star as it’s installed and becomes just another bit of set dressing. A...