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Out of all the characters Stanley Tucci has played in his 40-plus years career, there’s one in particular that he relates to the most.

While making a recent appearance on The Kelly Clarkson Show to promote his new Netflix movie, The Electric State, the Oscar-nominated actor was asked by guest host Kal Penn, “Which of your characters is most like you in real life?”

He quickly answered: “Nigel in The Devil Wears Prada! He’s very stylish, and he can be a bit caustic. But he’s got a good heart.”

He playfully added, “I mean, I think I have a good heart.”

Tucci starred alongside Meryl Streep and Anne Hathaway in the 2006 classic as the fashion-obsessed art director at Runway magazine. Throughout the film, he takes Andy (Hathaway) under his wing and helps her navigate working as the assistant to Runway editor-in-chief Miranda Priestly (Streep.)

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Stanley Tucci has been a chameleonic character actor for four decades, playing a wide range of roles, including many Mafia members. The actor has earned numerous accolades over his career, including six Emmys and two Golden Globe Awards. He received an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actor for playing a serial killer in The Lovely Bones. His recent roles include the Oscar-winning Conclave and Netflix's The Electric State, which hasn't been received as warmly by critics.

Since Tucci is of Italian descent, he has received many offers for Mafia roles over his career. Tucci has taken roles as a foot soldier, a don, and a Mafia associate in titles such as Quick Change, Men of Respect, and Billy Bathgate. However, after playing a gangster in 1992's The Public Eye alongside Joe Pesci – who continued to star in Mafia movies like Martin Scorsese's Casino– Tucci grew tired of being...

“The Electric State” is a world filled with robots, and odds are, you’re definitely going to recognize a lot of their voices.

Now streaming on Netflix, the film follows Michelle (Millie Bobby Brown), an teenager living on her own and navigating life in a society where robots — yes, robots, this movie takes place in an alternate version of the 1990s that’s much more futuristic — now live in exile after a failed uprising against humans.

Teaming up with a kind robot named Cosmo, Michelle sets out to find her younger brother, who she thought to be dead. Along the way, she also teams up with a smuggler and his own sassy robot sidekick.

Here are all the faces and voices you’ll recognize in “The Electric State.”

Millie Bobby Brown in “The Electric State” (Netflix) Michelle (Millie Bobby Brown)

Michelle is an orphaned teenager and one of the heroes of the film.

Casting is an arduous process to ensure the right actor gets the right role, but sometimes, things don’t work out. The chemistry is off with the rest of the cast, the studio needs a bigger name, the director decided the character should have a shaved head but a bald cap killed his parents, etc. Sometimes, however, the reason is truly ridiculous.

[subtitle]5Mark Wahlberg Decided Donnie Darko Should Have a Lisp [/subtitle]

Wahlberg was initially cast as the lead in 2001’s Donnie Darko, but once director Richard Kelly found out his vision for the character included a pronounced lisp, he was out. It’s probably just as well, as Wahlberg was already straining credulity as a teenager in Boogie Nights four years earlier and Jake Gyllenhaal hadn’t yet become Taylor Swift’s most hated ex.

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Wahlberg later benefited from another actor-director misalignment.

Turns out, when you’ve won Best Picture, most of the time, the only place you can go after that high is down.

Opening this weekend at the box office is “Mickey 17,” the first film from director Bong Joon Ho since his film won Best Picture for “Parasite” back in 2019. “Parasite” was something of a unicorn, an international film that crossed all borders and became a $259 million global commercial hit and an awards circuit sensation. Even with Robert Pattinson helping his cause, that’s going to be a tough benchmark to surpass. Warner Bros. is projecting a $40-50 million global opening weekend.

The difference this time is director Bong is working with a major studio, Warner Bros., rather than indie distributor Neon, and “Mickey 17” will open wide on 3,400 screens domestically, whereas “Parasite” at its peak only hit 2,000.

But when a director’s movie wins Best Picture, does their next one perform better?...

Paramount’s free streaming service, Pluto TV, has revealed its March highlights. The Pluto TV March 2025 lineup celebrates Women’s History Month with powerhouse performances, legendary directors, and female-led stories in every genre. Pluto TV is also spotlighting its On-Demand section, where you can find sections specially curated by programmers.

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Pluto TV offers hundreds of free live channels, but there’s even more to love with its growing on-demand section. With an expanding selection of films and TV series, audiences can dive into their favorite content anytime, in addition to tuning in live. This month, dive into new special collections:

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‘Tis the season to be jolly because it’s awards season, but can these actors be jolly? Well, for starters, they have spent decades in the acting business, building a reputation and a name that has now become global and synonymous with Hollywood. And yet, after all this, no Oscar! How can that be?

Thus, here is a list of actors who have never won an Oscar despite having such strong repertoires. Some names will definitely be a shocker!

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Everyone knows about the long-standing feud between Tom Cruise and the Golden Globes, but what is it with him and the Oscars? Despite being a global superstar and one of the most recognizable names when it comes to Hollywood, he has yet to claim the gold. Three nominations, yet no win. It really makes one wonder, what...

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Nora Fingscheidt’s indie adaptation of the 2016 Amy Liptrot novel is coming to both Netflix in the United Kingdom and the United States following the movie’s theatrical run and marks the first time it’s been available on a streaming platform. It comes to the two countries under different pay-1 streaming deals.

Saoirse Ronan headlines the movie as Rona, a 29-year-old who heads back to her home in the Orkney Islands to reconnect with her past and the isolated home she grew up in. It’s a time to reconnect after now spending the last decade in London. The cast is rounded out by solid performances by Saskia Reeves, Stephen Dillane, Lauren Lyle, and Paapa Essiedu.

Certified Fresh on RottenTomatoes, the movie achieved widespread critical acclaim following its initial launch at Sundance and then its wider theatrical rollout in late 2024. Julian Roman for MovieWeb wrote,...

Peter Jackson gave us an epic Lord of the Rings trilogy, but he dropped the ball on this one. Aragorn had a scene so insanely badass that it would’ve put every other moment in the movies to shame. And yet… it never made the cut. Seriously, how do you sideline something that proves the guy was basically a god among men?

Peter Jackson. | Image by: Mike Walen, Licensed under Cca-by-sa-3.0 via Wikimedia Commons.

Book fans know exactly what’s missing, and let’s just say, it’s a crime against Middle-earth. Jackson nailed a lot, but skipping this feels like a fumble even Sauron would laugh at. Time to talk about what could’ve been.

Peter Jackson cut Aragorn’s most heroic moment, and it proved he was a king before being crowned Viggo Mortensen as Aragorn in a still from The Lord of the Rings | Credits: New Line Cinema...

Peter Jackson is easily recognized for his stunning work on The Lord of the Rings trilogy and its spinoff prequel, The Hobbit. However, the filmmaker also had a movie that was not as universally praised.

In 2009, he directed the supernatural drama The Lovely Bones. The star-studded film was based on Alice Sebold's 2002 novel of the same name, starring Saoirse Ronan in the main role as Susie Salmon, in the aftermath of her success in 2007's Atonement. Following a disappointing box office run and negative reception, The Lovely Bones found success on Netflix, debuting at number five in the global Top 10, with 3.3 million views and 4.6 million hours viewed, Tudum reports.

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The latest list of top-viewed Netflix shows and movies is now out on Tudum for the week ending February 2. There’s quite a change around from the previous week with several new entries. Many of those have come from new content added recently for viewers.

That's very evident from the top five movies with three new entries to the list this week. They include a couple of older films which are attracting a lot of viewers. Look out also for a fun family feature to make quite a varied list of the five most viewed.

It’s big changes among the shows, too, with three new top-five entries there and another varied mix of styles. It’s evident that new seasons continue to be a huge factor. Again they drive interest in the earlier seasons as well as the latest just released. There’s also a huge blast from the...

Mark Wahlberg is notorious for playing bad boys. From the early years of his career in films like The Basketball Diaries and Boogie Nights to more recent ventures including Daddy’s Home and Uncharted, the actor’s insane workout regimen has certainly allowed him to put that toned physique to good use in his career. But, he’s also shown his deeper drama range in other movies, such as The Lovely Bones and The Fighter. Both of those worlds collided in 2022 when Wahlberg took on the leading role in the biographical drama, Father Stu. The story essentially follows a bad boy turned priest, a performance that Wahlberg was more than capable of. Also featuring performances from Mel Gibson (Hacksaw Ridge), Jacki Weaver (Silver Linings Playbook), Teresa Ruiz (Narcos: Mexico), Cody Fern (The Assasination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story) and Aaron Moten (Fallout), the movie is preparing to bless audiences with its February 11 arrival on Max.

As one of the most versatile actors of our time, it's hard to narrow down the Stanley Tucci movie we love best. He's had so many great roles over the years; from Mitchell Garabedian in Spotlight to his most recent appearance as Cardinal Bellini in Conclave, Tucci has seemingly done it all. However, while we might have a hard time picking our favorites, the Academy Award-nominated actor recently revealed which role of his remains one of his greatest, and it might surprise you.

Speaking with Variety about his award-winning religious thriller, Tucci was asked which movies of his – in his mind – have stood the test of time. While he picked a few classics such as The Lovely Bones, Julie and Julia, and The Devil Wears Prada, he also commented that his role in Captain America: The First Avenger is one he still loves to this day.

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It’s been 15 years since Stanley Tucci picked up his first Oscar nomination for “The Lovely Bones”; now, the character actor is back in the awards conversation, with his remarkable turn as a liberal cardinal being eyed to become the new pope in the Edward Berger’s “Conclave.”

Distributed by Focus Features, the film tells a fictionalized story about the pope selection process as secrets and alliances are exposed within the Catholic Church, reuniting Tucci with veteran actors Ralph Fiennes and Isabella Rossellini.

But it marks his first time working with Berger, who helmed the German-language war film “All Quiet on the Western Front,” which netted four Oscars. Tucci describes Berger as a “very straightforward” director, who “has very specific ideas about what to do” without being dogmatic.

Variety had the opportunity to chat with Tucci about the multigenerational appeal of his old school thriller, how he bounces back and...

After an underwhelming theatrical run, The Fall Guy rises to new heights online. David Leitch's love letter to stuntwork writes a new chapter of success by dethroning another major box-office flop at the top of Prime Video's streaming charts.

Per Collider, The Fall Guy has surpassed Dwayne Johnson's Christmas action comedy, Red One, to become Prime Video's most popular movie this week. The Leitch-helmed film took the title from Red One, which had the biggest-ever Prime Video streaming debut after hitting the streaming service last December.

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Shot largely from the point of view of its two main characters, RaMell Ross’s masterly film takes you to the wrenching heart of this American south tale of brutal 60s racism

An unwritten rule of cinema is that great books very rarely make great movies. It’s not inevitable that a film adaptation of a literary classic will turn out to be a stinker, but plenty do: take Roland Joffe’s disposable and tawdry version of Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter, Brian De Palma’s notorious butchering of Tom Wolfe’s Bonfire of the Vanities, and my personal nadir, Peter Jackson’s mangling of Alice Sebold’s The Lovely Bones. There are ways of side-stepping the curse of the literary adaptation, of course, a recent example being Jonathan Glazer’s The Zone of Interest, a picture that kept the title and the location of Martin Amis’s novel...

Is it possible for a franchise to be both underrated and wildly beloved? When it comes to literature for kids and middle grade readers, the answer is a clear "yes." A few massive pop cultural flashpoints aside, modern kid lit seems to be full of super-popular titles that earn millions of young fans but barely register on the radar of adults. Rick Riordan's "Camp Half-Blood Chronicles" appears to be one of these. The books, which center on the sassy son of Poseidon, Percy Jackson, and the friends and rivals he meets at a camp for demigods, have more than 180 million copies in print, according to Disney. However, if you're over the age of 35, you may not have heard of them -- until about a year ago.

In December 2023, Disney+ debuted the first season of "Percy Jackson and the Olympians," a buzzed-about adaptation of Riordan's book "The Lightning Thief" that...

The action-packed blockbuster The Fall Guy, starring Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt, is set to arrive on streaming.

Starting Jan. 2, 2025, Prime Video subscribers can experience this thrilling and humorous tale of Hollywood stunt work gone awry. Directed by David Leitch, known for Bullet Train, and Deadpool 2, the film reimagines the 1980s television series of the same name, delivering a high-octane blend of action, comedy, and star-studded performances.

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Peter Jackson might be a cinematic genius, but even legends can miss the mark sometimes. Case in point: the extended Lord of the Rings scene that turned Aragorn, the noble, brooding hero we all idolized, into a straight-up cold-blooded murderer. Yep, in a moment that didn’t make the theatrical cut (and maybe for good reason), the King of Men took things a little too far.

Peter Jackson. | Image by: Mike Walen, licenced under Cca-by-sa-3.0 via Wikimedia Commons.

Sure, Middle-earth isn’t exactly a place for pacifists, but this one act made us do a double take, questioning if Aragorn’s moral compass was on the fritz. Jackson’s choice to greenlight this scene feels like a betrayal of everything Aragorn stood for. Some things are better left on the cutting room floor, Pete.

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Saoirse Ronan's new World War II movie with an 81% Rotten Tomatoes score becomes a streaming success. The Irish actress, primarily known for her performances in period dramas, broke out with her performance as a precious teenager in Atonement at the age of 13, earning her first Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress. Ronan continued her rise with lead roles in The Lovely Bones, Hanna, and a supporting role in Wes Anderson's The Grand Budapest Hotel.

It wasn't until 2016 that Ronan earned her second Oscar nomination, this time for a leading role, for her performance as a homesick Irish immigrant during the 1950s in 2015's Brooklyn. In the following years, Ronan earned additional critical acclaim for her collaborations with writer-director Greta Gerwig, receiving two more Oscar nominations for Lady Bird and Little Women. With four total Oscar nods to her name, Ronan is one of the best young actresses working today and,...

One of the most versatile and talented actors of her generation, Saoirse Ronan has been in several well-acclaimed projects and worked with some of the greatest minds in the industry. The four-time Academy Award-nominated star, is, however, yet to work with Christopher Nolan.

Hollywood actress Saoirse Ronan | Credit: The Graham Norton Show / YouTube

Nolan, known for his brilliant and mind-bending films, will certainly benefit from having a talent of Ronan’s magnitude. And after the Irish actress’ recent ballsy confession, we are more than convinced that it would all work out.

Saoirse Ronan Doesn’t Mind Not Being at the Center Saoirse Ronan in a still from the film Blitz | Credit: AppleTV+

Saoirse Ronan is one of the film industry’s most acclaimed actors of all time. At just 30 years old, the actress has worked with several well-known figures in the industries, acted alongside some of the finest actors and Hollywood legends,...

Bad Apples is an upcoming comedy-thriller directed by Jonathan Etzler in his English-language debut. Written by Jess O’Kane, the film is adapted from Rasmus Andersson’s debut novel De Oönskade. The cast features Saoirse Ronan and Jacob Anderson.

The film tells the story of Maria, a dedicated primary school teacher striving to inspire her class of 10-year-olds. However, her efforts are derailed by one particularly unruly and disruptive student. As the child’s behavior escalates and her career hangs in the balance, Maria makes a string of poor choices that culminate in her accidentally taking the troublesome student and locking them in her home.

Maria scrambles to undo her actions, but when the class begins to thrive and both the staff and parents express their delight at the remarkable improvement, she finds herself caught in an increasingly tricky predicament.

Ronan gained widespread recognition with her breakout role as a sharp-witted...

Bad Apples is an upcoming comedy thriller film directed by Jonathan Etzler in his English-language debut and written by Jess O’Kane, based on Rasmus Andersson’s debut novel De Oönskade. It stars Saoirse Ronan and Jacob Anderson.

The movie follows Maria, a primary school teacher doing her best to inspire a class of 10-year-olds, but is stifled by one unruly and chaotic student. With her career in question and the child’s behavior spiraling, she makes a series of bad decisions that lead to her accidentally taking and locking this “bad apple” in her home.

Maria tries desperately to backtrack, but when the class starts flourishing,g and the staff and parents are thrilled with the improvement, she finds herself in a very complicated predicament.

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After gaining worldwide prominence with The Lord of the Rings trilogy, which also got him three Oscars, Peter Jackson directed this critically panned movie, which will land on streaming very soon. As reported by Cbr, The Lovely Bones, released in 2009, will find a home on Paramount+ starting Sunday, December 1. Inspired by Alice Sebold's 2002 novel of the same name, the supernatural film follows a fourteen-year-old girl who was murdered by her neighbor and watched over her family from heaven. She is undecided between seeking vengeance on her killer and allowing her family to heal.

Peter Jackson is a three-time Academy Award-winning filmmaker thanks to his contribution to the complex The Lord of the Rings universe, but not all his projects were major successes. In 2009, he directed a supernatural drama that brought him his first "rotten" score.

Jackson gathered a star-studded cast to adapt Alice Sebold's 2002 novel The Lovely Bones, a supernatural drama that didn't impress the critics or the audience. The Lovely Bones is heading to streaming on Paramount+ starting Dec. 1. Despite its substantial budget, the film didn't manage to win it back.

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The Lovely Bones is a heartbreaking story about a 14-year-old girl who her neighbor murders. She watches over her family, hoping to get vengeance on her killer. The film stars four-time Academy Award-nominee Saoirse Ronan...

Apple's historical war drama film Blitz has an impressive cast led by 4-time Oscar nominee Saoirse Ronan. Blitz follows the story of a mother and son searching for each other in war-torn London. Written and directed by Steve McQueen, Blitz has received mostly positive reviews after it had its world premiere as the opening film at the BFI London Film Festival on October 9, 2024. The film was released in select theaters on November 1, 2024 and received an exclusive streaming release on Apple TV+ on November 22, 2024. Blitz currently has a Certified Fresh Rotten Tomatoes critic score of 81%.

Blitz is already considered one of Saoirse Ronan's best movies. The official logline of Blitz reads, "The stories of a group of Londoners during the German bombing campaign of the British capital during World War II" (via IMDb). Blitz marks the feature film debut of rising British actor Elliott Heffernan, who was discovered in a...

Strawberry Shortcake made her debut on the 12th season of “The Masked Singer” on Nov. 13, 2024, as a member of Group C. The fruity chanteuse’s first song on Fox’s reality TV show was “Slow Burn” by Kacey Musgraves, and she had the four panelists guessing such famous names as Reneé Rapp, Lana Del Ray, and Rachel Zegler. The following week, she performed “Wrecking Ball” and they guessed Chloe Fineman, Hilary Duff, and Ashley Tisdale.

But who is Strawberry Shortcake? If you’re looking for “The Masked Singer” spoilers and clues, you’ve come to the right place! Read on for everything to know about Strawberry Shortcake, including which famous celebrity We think is hiding underneath this berry cute costume.

Gold Derby’s official guess for Strawberry Shortcake is … Aj Michalka! Don’t believe us? Let’s examine all of the clues, one by one:

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John Stamos has been a true television superstar of his generation, made and bred to be popular by the whims of the industry. The actor’s unspoken and unwarranted charm mixed with his on-point Hollywood persona would often make others wonder about his association with television instead of mainstream movies.

John Stamos in Full House [Credit: ABC]

With time, fans began to rally behind the actor for a different reason entirely. Despite his reputation on the line, Stamos never blinked while adapting to the variety of changes and hurdles thrown his way during his career. But now, a seemingly benign act comes back to haunt the actor after his latest outing.

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For Hollywood stars, hearing that a project "went another direction" with casting choices isn't a rare occurrence. Sometimes an actor just isn't the one filmmakers are searching for -- but it's always better when they're told this before the cameras start rolling. Over the years, plenty of projects have ground to a halt because one of its core players just aren't clicking with what's on the page, resulting to an alternative choice taking over.

There are also times, however, when a passing comment or a personal blunder can lead to someone being ejected without question. It not only changes the trajectory of the project, but can also lead another actor ending up with a thriving future that could've been someone else's. Here's a list of box office break-ups that could've resulted in a very different film, leaving the original choice...

The plot of 2009s The Lovely Bones is as heartbreaking as it is harrowing for many reasons, though perhaps the most tragic aspect of all is that it was based on actual events. The Lovely Bones true story comes both from a real murder and the lived experience of author Alice Sebold, who wrote the 2002 novel that director Peter Jacksons supernatural drama is based on. In The Lovely Bones, 14-year-old Susie (Saoirse Ronan) is sexually assaulted and murdered by George Harvey (Stanley Tucci), a serial killer who lives in Susies neighborhood.

Susie spends most of the story of The Lovely Bones as a spirit, unable to do anything but watch as Harvey continues his crimes while her own family is torn apart by grief. While Harvey eventually meets his demise by the end of the movie, the ending is far from cathartic, and it remains an incredibly emotional story without much justice for Susie herself.

Saoirse Ronan has spent much of her youth racking up Oscar nominations, scoring her first bid when she was 13 and her fourth when she was 25. Take a look back at 12 of her greatest films, ranked worst to best.

Ronan’s parents were both actors and she was born in The Bronx, New York while her father was studying acting there and working odd jobs. Her parents returned to their native Ireland when Saoirse was three, where she developed her signature accent. She began acting herself at the age of 9 on a few different Irish television programs. Although she missed out on a role in the Harry Potter films, she bounced back with a key part in the 2007 Best Picture contender “Atonement,” which brought her a Best Supporting Actress Oscar nomination.

She earned three Best Actress nominations for three films that all competed in Best Picture: “Brooklyn” (2015), “Lady Bird” (2017) and “Little Women...

Universal Pictures biographical drama First Man will soon need to find a new streaming home starting next week. In the 2018 movie, Oscar nominee Ryan Gosling portrayed the role of astronaut Neil Armstrong, who was the first man to walk on the moon.

Ryan Gosling fans only have days left to watch First Man on Netflix, as the acclaimed Neil Armstrong biopic will officially be removed from the streaming platform beginning on Thursday, Nov. 14. The story takes place during the decade leading up to the Apollo 11 flight, following Engineer Neil Armstrongs challenging journey towards making history. After spending years in training and going through dangerous test flights, Armstrong was able to walk on the moon on July 16, 1969, during a space mission with Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins. Besides highlighting his career, the film also shows Armstrongs personal life, including how the mission affected his relationship with his family.

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Saoirse Ronan did not expect her off-handed comment on The Graham Norton Show to go as viral as it did, but she thinks it's "wild" and "amazing" that the moment resonated with women the world over. Ronan addressed the video clip's popularity on social media to Ryan Tubridy during The Ryan Tubridy Show on Virgin Radio UK while promoting her new wartime drama Blitz, as reported on by Rolling Stone.

Ronan appeared on the longstanding British chat show on October 25, alongside Gladiator II actors Denzel Washington and Paul Mescal, as well as The Day of the Jackal star Eddie Redmayne. During the conversation, Redmayne brought up a defensive training trick he learned on the set of the TV thriller using your cell phone as a defense weapon which set the men on stage into silly hysterics upon considering the seeming absurdity of using one's cell phone to protect them from an attacker.

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Netflix's Woman of the Hour zeroes in on the real-life 1970s serial killer Rodney Alcala, who once appeared on the popular television show The Dating Game in an episode hosted by Cheryl Bradshaw. Alcala is played by Daniel Zovatto, with Anna Kendrick making her directorial debut and starring as Cheryl. The film offers a unique take on the true-crime genre by focusing on survivors instead of the perpetrator's backstory.

In recent years, the true-crime genre has largely shifted towards working to understand the twisted motives of the criminals rather than understanding their victims and survivors. This point-of-view shift has led to criticism of several films and series, notably Ryan Murphy's Monsters franchise, which previously neglected to consult Jeffrey Dahmer's victims' families. There are a number of movies that provide an in-depth look at the aftermath of killers' crimes and the psychological impacts on victims' families.

Readers who regularly follow Gold Derby’s Oscar predictions may have noticed a movie quietly working its way up the ranks in various categories. That movie is “Conclave,” an adaptation of Robert Harris‘s best-selling 2016 novel, which was released nationwide by Focus Features on Friday, October 25. So now seems like a good time to look at which categories “Conclave” can thrive in.

Directed by Edward Berger (“All Quiet on the Western Front“), the movie follows Ralph Fiennes‘s Cardinal Lawrence, who has taken on the less than envious task of running the elections to select a new pope after the previous pontiff dies suddenly. Many cardinals are in the running, and some even want Lawrence to take on that lofty role, until someone lurking in the shadows begins revealing dirt on the candidates.

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Ever since Stanley Tucci earned his Actor’s Equity card in 1982, the man has left his mark on many forms of entertainment, collecting an array of showbiz nominations and trophies along the way. In 1996, he earned his first Emmy nomination for his supporting role on ABC’s “Murder One” as the twisted millionaire businessman Richard Cross who was suspected of murder. He would go on to claim three Emmy Awards for acting roles: as a lead actor in a miniseries or movie for his 1998 is role as newspaper columnist Walter Winchell in HBO’s “Winchell”; as a comedy guest actor on the USA Network detective series “Monk” in 2006; and as an executive producer of the 2016 short-form variety series “Park Bench With Steve Buscemi.”

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Stanley Tucci is getting candid about the career difficulties he faced following The Devil Wears Prada.

The actor, who played Nigel in the 2006 movie starring Anne Hathaway, Meryl Streep and Emily Blunt, recently told Vanity Fair that he struggled to book another job following the film, which saw success at the box office and earned two Oscars.

“After The Devil Wears Prada, I couldn’t get a job, and I didn’t quite understand that, but that’s just the way it was,” Tucci said. “So I went and did stuff that I didn’t necessarily want to do, but I did it.”

While the Conclave actor didn’t specify which past projects he didn’t want to do, he added that his acting career has “always gone through these fluctuations, and sometimes it’s just the business. Sometimes it was personal reasons why you can’t work.

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Stanley Tucci is opening up about the time after starring in The Devil Wears Prada, the 2006 David Frankel film in which he co-starred with Meryl Streep, Emily Blunt, and Anne Hathaway.

In a new interview, Tucci revealed he had difficulty booking another job after the film despite the box office success it had.

“After The Devil Wears Prada, I couldn’t get a job, and I didn’t quite understand that, but that’s just the way it was,” Tucci told Vanity Fair. “So I went and did stuff that I didn’t necessarily want to do, but I did it.”

Tucci noted that in his career he has “always gone through these fluctuations, and sometimes it’s just the business. Sometimes it was personal reasons why you can’t work.”

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Based on Alice Sebold's 2002 novel of the same name, The Lovely Bones tells a haunting story about a young girl, Susie, who dies tragically at the hands of a serial killer. The film follows Susie's perspective as she watches over those she loves while looking through the past and present of her murderer. Directed by Peter Jackson, the film is often described as sad, disturbing and haunting, with dark scenes. Saoirse Ronan stars in the lead role, with Mark Wahlberg and Rachel Weisz playing her parents. However, before Wahlberg took over the role, Ryan Gosling was tapped to play Susie's father.

The then 27-year-old actor departed from the project just days before production began. While Wahlberg's touching performance brought layers to the grieving father, many couldn't help but wonder how the film would have turned out if Gosling stuck to his post. The three-time Oscar nominee is known for his range as an actor,...

It turns out that “The Devil Wears Prada” just might have put Stanley Tucci’s career in purgatory.

The “Conclave” actor told Vanity Fair that it was difficult for him to find work following the iconic 2006 film. Tucci played a creative director who works for Meryl Streep’s Miranda Priestly and also helps new hire Andy (Anne Hathaway) assimilate into the corporate fashion world. While Tucci’s character Nigel is technically a supporting role, it’s certainly a standout one. Not that casting directors noticed.

“After ‘The Devil Wears Prada,’ I couldn’t get a job, and I didn’t quite understand that,” Tucci said, “but that’s just the way it was. So I went and did stuff that I didn’t necessarily want to do, but I did it.”

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Saoirse Ronan has been leaving audiences speechless since she was very young. From getting nominated for an Oscar when she was 13 years old to starring as the lead in several other Oscar-winning and nominated films, there is no denying that she has a very respected image in the film industry. One of the first films that put her name out there was 2009’s The Lovely Bones.

Saoirse Ronan in a still from The Lovely Bones | Credit: Paramount Pictures

The film has a reputation for being one of the darkest and most disturbing projects out there. Playing a young girl who was brutally murdered, Ronan’s character, Susie Salmon, watches from the afterlife as her father tries to find her remains and killer. The role of Jack Salmon was played by Mark Wahlberg, whose performance was particularly good for the sensitive themes of the project.

However, many would be surprised to...

Saoirse Ronan, the Academy Award-nominated actor in films like Lady Bird, Brooklyn and Little Women, remembers when a very prominent actor was fired days before shooting started on her thriller film, The Lovely Bones. As originally planned, Ryan Gosling would play Ronan's father in the film (despite just a 14-year difference and Gosling being 27), but director Peter Jackson made the abrupt decision to fire Gosling from the movie. Why? An unexpected decision related to... method acting?

The Lovely Bones stars Ronan as Susie Salmon, a 14-year-old student who gets murdered by an unknown stranger. Now in purgatory (or "The In-Between"), Susie tries her best to comfort her family any way she can, but she also helps everyone in finding the murderer who violently took her life. The film was based on Alice Sebold's supernatural drama novel of the same name.

When Ronan spoke on the Happy Sad Confused podcast on Oct.

The year was 2007. Peter "Lord of the Rings" Jackson was set to direct an adaptation of the bestselling Alice Sebold novel "The Lovely Bones." Saorise Ronan would play Susie, the 14-year-old girl who ends up being murdered by a serial killer named George, played by Stanley Tucci. She dies very early on in the movie and spends the rest of the time looking in on her family from the afterlife as they try to both mourn her loss and find her killer. The novel was incredibly popular, especially among women, so it wasn't a massive surprise when former Mickey Mouse-club heartthrob Ryan Gosling was cast as Susie's father, Jack. Sure, the 26-year-old Gosling was a bit young to play the father of a teenager, but fans of his film "The Notebook" would be sure to turn up for "The Lovely Bones."

Then, one day, Gosling was out, replaced by...

Saoirse Ronan said she was “sad” when Ryan Gosling was dropped from the movie The Lovely Bones.

The actress ended up starring alongside Mark Wahlberg in the Peter Jackson-helmed 2009 film, which followed Ronan’s character, a young girl who was murdered and watches over her family and her killer from purgatory, as her loved ones struggle to heal. Wahlberg played her grieving father after Gosling was fired.

The Lady Bird star recently told host Josh Horowitz on the Happy Sad Confused podcast that while she didn’t get to film with Gosling at the time, they had “done some prep” prior to production starting. “I think I just loved Ryan. And his dog, George, and I was just sad that, you know, he wasn’t going to be around,” she said.

However, Ronan thought the reasons why the Barbie star and the director parted ways were “totally valid.” She added,...

Saoirse Ronan opened up about nearly sharing the screen with Ryan Gosling in 2009′s The Lovely Bones.

The 30-year-old actress worked with the Barbie star on 2014′s Lost River. However, years earlier they were supposed to to play father and daughter in the 2009 movie.

Ryan was fired before they’d even gotten to film a scene together. He was replaced by Mark Wahlberg.

In a new interview, Saoirse reflected on the situation and what she recalled of it.

Keep reading to find out more…

While on the Happy Sad Confused podcast, the actress said that they’d only done “some prep” work for the movie before Ryan was let go.

It was later revealed that the actor and director Peter Jackson had “creative differences” over his character’s appearance with Ryan putting on a substantial amount of weight before filming.

Saoirse said that him being fired was not “disorienting” or “scary.

Saoirse Ronan recently appeared on the “Happy Sad Confused” podcast and remembered the dramatic casting switch that occurred during the making of Peter Jackson’s “The Lovely Bones.” The director originally cast Ryan Gosling as the father of Ronan’s protagonist, but the actor was replaced by Mark Wahlberg just days before filming after Jackson disagreed with Gosling’s decision to gain 60 pounds for the role.

Jackson never started filming “The Lovely Bones” with Gosling, but Ronan revealed the cast had already “done some prep” by the time Gosling got fired. Ronan had bonded with Gosling and was sad to see him ago.

“I think I just loved Ryan and his dog, George, and I was just sad that, you know, he wasn’t gonna be around,” Ronan said. “But I think the reasons why they parted were totally valid, and I’ve spoken to both [Gosling and Jackson] now and it happens.

Saoirse Ronan is reflecting on Ryan Gosling getting cut from Peter Jackson’s The Lovely Bones and getting replaced with Mark Wahlberg.

In a new interview, Ronan opened up about when Gosling was let go from the supernatural film based on Alic Sebold’s 2002 novel of the same name.

“I just loved Ryan. And his dog, George. I was just sad that he wasn’t gonna be around,” Ronan said on the Happy Sad Confused podcast. “But I think the reasons why they parted were totally valid.”

Ronan continued, “I have spoken to both now, and I complete — it happens, you know what I mean? It’s not personal, necessarily; it’s just sometimes you’re not on the same page.”

Gosling was set to play Ronan’s father in the 2009 film about a family coping with the death of their teenage daughter.

Following Gosling’s exit, Wahlberg stepped in...

The Lovely Bones star Saoirse Ronan reflects on Ryan Gosling being fired unexpectedly from the production. The movie is a 2009 adaptation of Alice Sebold's bestselling novel of the same name, directed by Peter Jackson. The film, which explores the afterlife of a murdered girl and her family's struggles to cope with the loss, originally featured Gosling in a pivotal role playing Ronan's father. However, his departure marked a significant shift in the film's development.

In an interview with Josh Horowitz on Happy Sad Confused, Ronan expresses her fondness for Gosling and recalls their collaborative efforts prior to his firing. She mentions her sadness over his absence, acknowledging the validity of the reasons behind their separation. Ronan pointed out that Mark Wahlberg stepped in to be her father figure in the film, having more personal experience in the role, while Gosling was still young at age 27.

I just loved Ryan.