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A new musical featuring the songs of James Taylor is in development.

The project, entitled Fire & Rain, will feature an original story written by Tony and Pulitzer Prize winner Tracy Letts and direction by Tony Award winner David Cromer.

The show is in early development stages and a production timeline has not yet been announced. Gail Berman, Sam Feldman, Michael Gorfaine and Broadway theater owner Jimmy Nederlander are producing in association with Frank Marshall and Jere Harris.

The title for the show comes from Taylor’s well-known song, “Fire and Rain,” which was released in 1970 on his second album, Sweet Baby James, and reached number three on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. The six-time Grammy Award winning singer and songwriter, whose hit songs include “You’ve Got a Friend” and “Sweet Baby James,” has not previously had his catalog used in a major theatrical production. However, two selections from his album...

The Sooner State is well represented on the silver screen, with a cinematic legacy that goes back more than a century. In fact, it began shortly after Oklahoma's founding as the 46th state in 1907. The first movie set and filmed in Oklahoma was probably "The Bank Robbery" in 1908, made in Cache, Oklahoma by two lawmen and a photographer. Proving indisputably that there's no business like show business, the cast included the lawmen, a former outlaw, and even the infamous Chief Quanah Parker, war leader of the Kwahadi ("Antelope") of the Comanche Nation. This scenario proves why storytellers have always been drawn to The Sooner State –- it's a wild, weird, and wonderful place, as rich with stories as it historically was with oil.

"The Bank Robbery" was probably the first movie set in Oklahoma, but it was certainly not the last. Not by a long shot. But we're only considering...

In movies like Million Dollar Baby, August: Osage County, Blow The Man Down, and series like The Americans, Justified, and Sneaky Pete, “esteemed character actress Margo Martindale” loves to play people much different from herself. And she’s been so good at it for so long that she only started to get truly recognized for her work in her 60s. Three Emmys later, she’s able to pick and choose what she wants to do. Her latest, the Amazon series The Sticky, finds her number one on the call sheet and having a blast playing the bombastic maple syrup farmer Ruth Landry. […]

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In movies like Million Dollar Baby, August: Osage County, Blow The Man Down, and series like The Americans, Justified, and Sneaky Pete, “esteemed character actress Margo Martindale” loves to play people much different from herself. And she’s been so good at it for so long that she only started to get truly recognized for her work in her 60s. Three Emmys later, she’s able to pick and choose what she wants to do. Her latest, the Amazon series The Sticky, finds her number one on the call sheet and having a blast playing the bombastic maple syrup farmer Ruth Landry. […]

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Meryl Streep, we miss you at the Academy Awards.

It’s been seven years since Streep was last nominated for an Oscar for her work in Steven Spielberg’s “The Post” in 2018.

Seven years without Streep is a long time.

Back then, she broke her own record as the most-nominated actress in Oscar history. Her best actress nod for playing Washington Post publisher Katherine Graham landed Streep her 21st Oscar nomination. Katharine Hepburn and Jack Nicholson are tied in second place with a dozen each.

Streep has won Oscars for “Kramer vs. Kramer” in 1979 (supporting actress), “Sophie’s Choice” in 1982 (best actress) and “The Iron Lady” in 2011 (best actress).

The last time she went missing from the Oscars for a long period of time was in the 1990s when she had a gap between her nominations for “Postcards From the Edge” in 1991 to her best actress nod in 1996 for “Bridges of Madison County.

The death of a parent or the need to move them from the family home has been ripe fodder for filmmakers. From the vitriolic August: Osage County to the gentler One Fine Morning, we see characters wrestling with their past, contending with their present and getting a glimpse of their future. With Everything Must Go, screenwriter and film director Arild Østin Ommundsen has created something more reminiscent of The Meyerowitz Stories: both films focus on three grown-up siblings – two men and a woman – and both use humour to counteract the sadness of the family situation as memories are re-evoked and distant childhood events are gazed on and re-evaluated by adult eyes.

The film opens with the sound of piano playing and a thud as the patriarch plays his final notes. When the family gathers for the funeral, sister Ellen wastes no time dealing with the next stage: cleaning out...

Eureka Day, the needle-sharp Manhattan Theatre Club comedy by Jonathan Spector that opened to rave reviews this week, has been extended two weeks at Broadway’s Samuel J. Friedman Theatre and will now run through February 2, 2025.

Directed by Tony Award winner Anna D. Shapiro (Broadway: August: Osage County) and featuring a terrific cast of Amber Gray, Jessica Hecht, Bill Irwin, Thomas Middleditch and Chelsea Yakura-Kurtz, Eureka Day opened on December 16 to ecstatic reviews, and box office business seems to be picking up: According to the most recent Broadway League statistics, Eureka Day filled about 85% of seats the Friedman last week, up by 10% from the preview weeks.

The extension was announced by Mtc’s Lynne Meadow, Artistic Director and Chris Jennings, Executive Director.

The official synopsis: “Eureka Day is a private California elementary school with a Board of Directors that values inclusion above all else—that is until an outbreak of...

Julia Roberts has had many extraordinary performances in her career. Her role in Erin Brockovich (2000) won her an Academy Award for Best Actress, and her performances in Steel Magnolias (1990), Pretty Woman (1991), and August: Osage County (2014) earned Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress nominations. Roberts is best known for romantic comedies, but she has also starred in biographical films, dramas, and even thrillers. After all, Ocean's Eleven (2001) and Ocean's Twelve (2004) saw her dive into a world of heists.

Her Hollywood career began with an uncredited role in 1987's Firehouse, and she has since gone on to star in dozens of movies. She has, of course, also taken on roles in the TV landscape as well. She starred in Homecoming, Gaslit, and in one-off appearances in Law & Order and Miami Vice. Her next role will be her first since the divisive Leave the World Behind (2023), and it should be a masterful performance.

Julia Roberts is one of the most legendary icons in Hollywood. The actress is best known for her breakthrough role as Vivian Ward in Pretty Woman. The romantic comedy catapulted her to superstardom. She ruled the ‘90s and early 2000s becoming one of the highest-paid actresses.

While she finally received her Oscar for Best Actress for Steven Soderbergh’s Erin Brockovich, she reportedly had her biggest payday for the 2003 film Mona Lisa Smile. The period drama saw her in an ensemble cast with then-rising stars Kirsten Dunst, Julia Styles, and Maggie Gyllenhaal. Roberts reportedly earned $25 million for her role.

Julia Roberts’ Biggest Payday Was $25 Million For Mona Lisa Smile Julia Roberts in Erin Brockovich | Credits: Universal Pictures

For the entirety of the ‘90s and the early 2000s, Julia Roberts was one of the most sought-after stars in Hollywood. The actress was propelled to global stardom when he played the role...

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His Three Daughters is a comedy-drama film written and directed by Azazel Jacobs. The Netflix film revolves around three estranged sisters as they reunite in New York City to take care of their ailing father but soon they find themselves fighting with each other due to their past issues and current predicament. His Three Daughter stars Elizabeth Olsen, Carrie Coon, and Natasha Lyonne in the lead roles with Jay O. Sanders, Jovan Adepo, Rudy Galvan, Jose Febus, and Jasmine Bracey starring in supporting roles. So, if you loved the heartwarming comedy, dysfunctional family, and compelling characters in His Three Daughters here are some similar movies you should check out next.

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This Is Where I Leave You is a comedy-drama film directed by Shawn Levy from a screenplay by Jonathan Tropper.

With filming underway on Chicago Fire season 13, we knew it was only a matter of time before behind-the-scenes photos made their way online giving us our first look at Dermot Mulroney as Chief Dom Pascal. While it might have taken a bit longer than we expected for those first-look photos to arrive, we now have our first look at the man coming to 51 to replace Chief Boden.

In the first of two new photos posted by the official account for Chicago’s Franklin Park Fire Department, the on-duty members of the Franklin Park Fire Department are all smiles as they pose with Mulroney and returning cast members Daniel Kyri (Ritter), Miranda Rae Mayo (Kidd), Randy Flagler (Capp), Hanako Greensmith (Violet), Jake Lockett (Carver), and Joe Minoso (Cruz). However, it’s the second of the two photos that offer up our best first look at Mulroney’s Chief Pascal as he...

NBC’s long-running series Chicago Fire has found a new leader for Firehouse 51, with Dermot Mulroney joining the cast as Chief Dom Pascal. Mulroney, known for his roles in films like “My Best Friend’s Wedding” and “August: Osage County,” as well as the “Scream” franchise, will bring his talent to the firehouse, stepping into the […]

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It has now been revealed that Dermot Mulroney, the versatile actor who you will likely recognize from '90s romantic comedies, will play Chief Dom Pascal in NBC's procedural drama Chicago Fire. In recent months, the show has suffered some controversial exits by series regulars, but it has also seen returns and newcomers, with Mulroney just the latest to be announced. The 1990s heartthrob joins the team of firefighters that headline the hugely successful procedural drama that's currently in its 13th season.

As reported by Variety, Mulroney will join the ranks of the Chicago Fire Department at Firehouse 51 for its upcoming season, which will premiere next September. Chicago Fire tells the story of the workers in the fictional firehouse who must deal with different threats and issues in every episode. It centers around the lives of firefighters and rescue personnel as...

The always booked and busy Dermot Mulroney (“My Best Friend’s Wedding”) has joined the cast of NBC’s “Chicago Fire,” the network announced on Thursday. Mulroney will portray Chief Dom Pascal during the upcoming 13th season of the popular drama series.

Although storyline details were not released at press time, Deadline reports through sources that the character is described as an active member of the Chicago Fire Department who previously spent the last decade as a fire chief in Miami, Florida. Now, as the new leader of 51 following the exit of Battalion Chief Wallace Boden (Eamonn Walker), the generally cheerful Pascal, who works well under pressure and whose leadership style differs from Boden’s, finds himself not only dealing with a new job but the realities of being estranged from his wife.

Mulroney most recently co-starred in the romantic comedy “Anyone But You” and the horror mystery “Blackwater Lane.” Previous...

Dermot Mulroney has joined “Chicago Fire” Season 13 as the station’s newest fire chief.

Mulroney, who recently starred in Sydney Sweeney and Glen Powell’s “Anyone but You,” will play Chief Dom Pascal in the NBC procedural’s upcoming season. He takes the baton after Eamonn Walker, who played Battalion Chief Wallace Boden since the show’s start, exited as a series regular after 12 seasons.

The decision for Walker’s exit, which was announced in May, came from the actor, an individual with knowledge told TheWrap. Walker’s character won’t be killed off, and is expected to make appearances in upcoming episodes of “Chicago Fire.” The character had been on a leave of absence for part of Season 12, and returned for the Season 12 finale.

In addition to starring in “Chicago Fire,” Walker’s Battalion Chief also appeared on spin-off series “Chicago Med” and “Chicago P.D.”

This fall, Mulroney will...

Dermot Mulroney has joined the cast of “Chicago Fire.”

Mulroney will appear in the NBC series’ upcoming 13th season. He will play the of Chief Dom Pascal. Mulroney joining the show comes after Eamonn Walker exited his role as a series regular in the Season 12 finale. Walker’s character, Wallace Boden, had been the head of Firehouse 51 since the show began. But in the finale, (Spoiler Alert) he gets promoted to Deputy Commissioner of the Chicago Fire Department.

The cast of the series also includes Taylor Kinney, David Eigenberg, Miranda Rae Mayo, Joe Miñoso, Christian Stolte, Daniel Kyri, Hanako Greensmith, and Jocelyn Hudon.

Mulroney’s recent TV credits include “Secret Invasion,” “Hanna,” “Prodigal Son,” “The Righteous Gemstones,” and fellow first responder series “Station 19.” He is known for his roles in films like “My Best Friend’s Wedding,” “August: Osage County,” and the “Scream” franchise.

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Dermot Mulroney has been cast in NBC’s Chicago Fire as Chief Dom Pascal for the upcoming thirteenth season.

As Deadline revealed exclusively in June, the hit Wolf Entertainment firefighter drama was adding a new series regular character to lead 51 following the exit of Eamonn Walker — who had played Battalion Chief Wallace Boden for 12 seasons — as a series regular at the end of Season 12.

No official details about Mulroney’s characters have been revealed. According to sources, Dom Pascal began his career with the Cfd but spent the last decade as a chief in Sunny Miami. Described as a cheerful person who works well under pressure, and whose leadership style differs from Boden’s, Pascal is estranged from his wife.

Before Boden was promoted to Deputy Commissioner of the Chicago Fire Department, he had chosen Christopher Herrmann (David Eigenberg) as his successor.

“Thank God we can’t tell the future. We’d never get out of bed,” is one of the most memorable lines in “August: Osage County.” That line played on a loop in my head while I watched Netflix’s “The Boyfriend,” the Japanese reality series about queer men looking for love and friendship that prioritizes tender drama over boozy machinations.

Interspersed throughout the series are quick-cut flash-forwards to what will happen to the men we’re meeting. There are swoon-worthy moments, heartbroken moments, and everything in between. “The Boyfriend” is hardly the first series, reality or scripted, to shuffle the past, present, and future to underscore a point or to keep the audience watching. (“The Bachelor” just did it to great effect in the Season 28 premiere.) But there’s something deeply moving in how “The Boyfriend” handles it.

Much of the charm and power of “The Boyfriend” lies in how ordinary the proceedings are.

Chris Cooper is an Oscar-winning actor who has brought his laconic, folksy presence to dozens of movies, many of which have become modern classics. Let’s take a look back at 17 of his greatest films, ranked worst to best.

Born in 1951 in Kansas City, Missouri, Cooper cut his teeth in theater before making his film debut at the age of 36 with a lead role in John Sayles‘ “Matewan” (1987). The movie kicked off a decades long collaboration between the actor and director, with the two pairing up for such titles as “City of Hope” (1991), “Lone Star” (1996), “Silver City” (2004) and “Amigo” (2010).

He hit the Oscar jackpot with his supporting turn in Spike Jonze‘s “Adaptation” (2002), a self-reflective comedy about screenwriter Charlie Kaufman‘s (Nicolas Cage) struggles to adapt Susan Orlean‘s (Meryl Streep) nonfiction book “The Orchid Thief.” Cooper played John Laroche, the eccentric, swampy horticulturalist at the center of Orlean’s story.

There are few actors more well respected than the preternaturally gifted Julianne Nicholson. Recent notable credits include August: Osage County, Dream Scenario, Mare of Easttown (which won her an Emmy award), and, her latest, playwright Annie Baker’s first film, Janet Planet. In this episode, she talks in-depth about playing Janet in that remarkable film, her elusive preparation process, getting the environment to settle into her body, actually learning how to do acupuncture, why she lets her instinct lead the way, and much more. Back To One can be found wherever you get your podcasts, including Apple Podcasts, Google Play, and Spotify. […]

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There are few actors more well respected than the preternaturally gifted Julianne Nicholson. Recent notable credits include August: Osage County, Dream Scenario, Mare of Easttown (which won her an Emmy award), and, her latest, playwright Annie Baker’s first film, Janet Planet. In this episode, she talks in-depth about playing Janet in that remarkable film, her elusive preparation process, getting the environment to settle into her body, actually learning how to do acupuncture, why she lets her instinct lead the way, and much more. Back To One can be found wherever you get your podcasts, including Apple Podcasts, Google Play, and Spotify. […]

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Maleah Joi Moon has become the 101st performer to win a Tony Award for their first outing on a Broadway stage for her performance in the musical “Hell’s Kitchen.”

She won Best Actress in a Musical at the 77th Tony Awards for portraying Ali, a 17-year-old girl searching for her place in the world while living in the titular New York City neighborhood and also being restrained by her overbearing mother. She is the 10th person to win the category for her Broadway debut. She joins:

Elizabeth Seal, “Irma La Douce” (1961)

Anna Maria Alberghetti, “Carnival” (1962)

Liza Minnelli, “Flora the Red Menace” (1965)

Leslie Uggams, “Hallelujah, Baby” (1968)

Alexis Smith, “Follies” (1972)

Natalia Makarova, “On Your Toes” (1983)

Lea Salonga, “Miss Saigon” (1991)

Catherine Zeta-Jones, “A Little Night Music” (2010)

Cynthia Erivo, “The Color Purple” (2016)

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Is Meryl Streep the greatest film performer of all time? According to Oscar voters over the past five decades, that might just be the case with her record-shattering 21 nominations and three wins. But her filmography is filled with gems that didn’t get any awards buzz. Tour through our photo gallery of Streep’s 27 greatest performances ranked from worst to best.

Streep snagged her first Oscar nomination as Best Supporting Actress for “The Deer Hunter” (1978) and picked up her first trophy in that category the very next year for “Kramer vs. Kramer” (1979). She subsequently snagged two prizes in the lead category (“Sophie’s Choice” in 1982 and “The Iron Lady” in 2011) and competed 17 more times: Best Actress for “The French Lieutenant’s Woman” (1981), “Silkwood” (1983), “Out of Africa” (1985), “Ironweed” (1987), “A Cry in the Dark” (1988), “Postcards from the Edge” (1990), “The Bridges of Madison County” (1995), “One True Thing” (1998), “Music of the Heart” (1999), “The Devil Wears Prada...

Actress Juliette Lewis (“Yellowjackets”) poses for the Warby Parker Summer 2024 eyewear collection, photographed by Paola Kudacki:

Lewis made her film debut in the feature “My Stepmother Is an Alien” (1988). This was followed by bigger parts in “National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation” (1989) and Martin Scorsese's “Cape Fear” (1991), earning her an ‘Oscar’ nomination for ‘Best Supporting Actress’.

Subsequent credits include “Husbands and Wives” (1992), “Kalifornia” (1993), “What's Eating Gilbert Grape” (1993), “Natural Born Killers” (1994), “Strange Days” (1995), and “From Dusk Till Dawn” (1996).

She received an ‘Emmy Award’ nomination for the television film “Hysterical Blindness” (2002), and went on to co-star in the mainstream features “Picture Claire” (2001), “Enough” (2002), “Cold Creek Manor” (2003). “Old School” (2003) and “Starsky & Hutch” (2004).

She started a musical career in 2003, forming the rock band “Juliette and the Licks” and continues to release Since 2009, material as a solo artist.

Her film credits also include “Conviction” (2010), “The Switch” (2010), “August: Osage County” (2013), and “Ma” (2019).

Lewis has worked...

Benedict Cumberbatch and Olivia Colman will star in Searchlight Pictures’ The Roses, a reimagining of the 1989 dark comedy The War Of The Roses to be directed by Jay Roach.

Tony McNamara, whose credits include Poor Things and The Great, wrote the screenplay based on the novel by Warren Adler.

The Roses centres on the seemingly perfect family life of Theo and Ivy, whose private competition and resentments are exposed when Theo’s professional dreams come crashing down.

Cumberbatch is producing through his SunnyMarch with Leah Clarke and Adam Ackland, who have been in development on the project since 2017. Colman is...

From sci-fi epics to family films to musical comedies, Ewan McGregor seems capable of doing it all in a career that has encompassed celebrated work on the stage, on screen and in television.

In a career that has lasted more than two decades, McGregor is no stranger in the awards world. He won a Golden Globe for his work in the TV series of “Fargo” and earned two nominations for his film work in “Moulin Rouge!” and “Salmon Fishing in the Yemen.” For television, he received three Primetime Emmy Award noms for acting in “Fargo” and “ER,” as well as a nomination for narrating the documentary “Highlands: Scotland’s Wild Heart.” And for film, he has garnered three Screen Actors Guild ensemble nominations for his work in “Little Voice,” “Moulin Rouge!” and “August: Osage County.”

Let’s raise a glass to McGregor and celebrate by counting down and ranking his 13 best screen performances.

Since their inception, the directing categories at the Tony Awards have mostly been a boys’ club. Not only are the vast majority of winners men, but so are most of the nominees. But the 2024 ceremony could upend these statistics as more women are helming Broadway shows than ever before. This could finally be the year where they make up the majority of directing nominees.

This season there are 13 women directors on Broadway. Four of them will contend for Best Director of a Play: Lila Neugebauer (“Appropriate” and “Uncle Vanya”), Anne Kauffman (“Mary Jane”), Tina Landau (“Mother Play”), and Whitney White (“Jaja’s African Hair Braiding”). Another nine women will vie for Best Director of a Musical: Sammi Canold (“How to Dance in Ohio”), Rachel Chavkin (“Lempicka”), Rebecca Frecknall (“Cabaret”), Maria Friedman (“Merrily We Roll Along“), Mari Madrid, Leigh Silverman (“Suffs”), Jessica Stone (“Water for Elephants”), Danya Taymor (“The Outsiders”), and...

Dermot Mulroney and Evan Jonigkeit have been cast as series regulars in the upcoming drama series “The Hunting Wives” at Starz.

They will play the respective husbands of previously announced co-leads Malin Åkerman and Brittany Snow.

Based on the book by May Cobb, “The Hunting Wives” follows Sophie (Snow) as she and her family relocate from the east coast to deep east Texas. There, Sophie “succumbs to socialite Margo Bank’s irresistible charms — and finds her life consumed by obsession, seduction, and murder,” per the official logline.

Mulroney is cast as Jed Banks, “a fifth-generation oil man, alpha millionaire and the husband of trophy-wife Margo (Åkerman). Above all else, he’s a ladies-man who loves nothing more than bringing guest stars into their marital bed. And although he’s considering a run for Texas Governor, he’s determined not to let public service get in the way of their good time.

Exclusive: Dermot Mulroney has been cast in the upcoming Starz drama The Hunting Wives in a series regular role alongside previously announced co-leads Malin Åkerman and Brittany Snow. Production will begin production this spring in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Mulroney will play Jed Banks, a fifth-generation oil man, alpha millionaire and the husband of trophy wife Margo (Åkerman). Above all else, he’s a ladies-man who loves nothing more than bringing guest stars into their marital bed. And although he’s considering a run for Texas Governor, he’s determined not to let public service get in the way of their good time.

Written by Rebecca Cutter based on the novel of the same name by May Cobb, The Hunting Wives tells the story of Sophie O’Neil (Snow) and her family’s move from the East Coast to deep East Texas, where she...

Exclusive: Pulitzer Prize-winning August: Osage County playwright Tracy Letts has signed with UTA for representation in all areas, the agency said today.

A prolific playwright and actor, Letts’s career in theater has spanned decades, including the Tony- and Pulitzer-nominated The Minutes, which he wrote and starred in. The dark comedy opened on Broadway on April 17, 2022.

Letts’ other recent Broadway productions include his play Linda Vista in 2019. The same year, he starred opposite Annette Bening in a Broadway revival of Arthur Miller’s All My Sons, and he won a Tony for his portrayal of “George” in the 2012 revival of Edward Albee’s Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

Letts was honored with the Pulitzer in 2008 for his August: Osage County, winner of five Tony awards including Best Play.

In 2019, Letts played Henry Ford II in James Mangold’s Ford v Ferrari and starred in Greta Gerwig’s Little Women.

Writer/director Matthew Yerby had a specific goal in mind with his new film, The Dirty South. He wanted to show the extremes human beings go to when protecting the ones they love. It all plays out to winning ends in The Dirty South, an emotionally rich action thriller that finds one woman (Arrow's Willa Holland) and a compassionate drifter (Shane West) racing against time to nab $30,000 to save her family’s business. If she fails, she loses everything to a shady businessman (Dermot Mulroney).

Stand-out dramatic scenes and great acting pepper this compelling outing, which was near and dear to Yerby’s heart. He said the film gave him the opportunity to use the small town of Natchitoches, Louisiana to bring this story to life. Sure, Southern charm permeates the South, but Yerby also wanted to show the other side of all that. In this exclusive MovieWeb interview, Yerby...

The Bulgarian producer of an espionage thriller sued Abigail Breslin, one of the film’s stars, on Friday, alleging that her “hysterical” and “imaginary” allegations against co-star Aaron Eckhart have imperiled the film’s release.

Dream Team Studios produced the film, entitled “Classified,” in Malta earlier this year. Eckhart plays a hitman who learns that his CIA handler has been dead for years. Breslin plays his daughter.

According to the lawsuit, the entire production “almost ground to a halt” when Breslin accused Eckhart of “aggressive, demeaning and unprofessional” behavior on set. Breslin alleged that his behavior “placed her at various times in peril,” and she refused to be alone with him in several scenes, according to the suit.

Breslin filed a complaint to SAG-AFTRA “setting forth her fears and blasting Eckhart’s behavior,” according to the suit. Eckhart’s representative did not respond to a request for comment.

Breslin’s...

Have you been dreaming of Nicolas Cage? That's the question that Kristoffer Borgli's R-rated dark comedy "Dream Scenario" is asking. Cage plays a hapless, unassuming educator named Paul Matthews who might as well be the image next to the dictionary definition of "average, middle-aged white man." He wears sensible sweaters over collared shirts, there's a bit more salt than pepper in his beard, and his hairline hasn't been visible from the front for many, many years.

And yet, millions of strangers from all across the globe are starting to see him in their dreams. Sometimes he's a hero. Sometimes he's a bystander in the crowd. Paul's newfound stardom was exciting at first, but now he has to reckon with the reality that his presence is unwelcome and deeply traumatizing for countless people. Because sometimes, Paul is an absolute nightmare, invading people's dreams as if Freddy Krueger were a suburban dad.

Dermot Mulroney didn't decide that he wanted to be an actor until he was already partway through college. According to a profile in a 1986 profile in the Washington Post, Mulroney -- then an up-and-coming 22-year-old -- auditioned for a William Morris agent who just happened to be visiting his college. She was so impressed, she laid a contract in front of him on the spot, and he was on screen in the CBS TV movie "Sin of Innocence" only weeks later. Since then, Mulroney has enjoyed a long and lucrative career in film and TV, appearing in hit films, indie movies, thrillers, horror movies, Christmas movies, and just about anything. Mulroney received a SAG Award nomination for his performance in "August: Osage County" in 2013. He is currently appearing in the Marvel series "Secret Invasion" (as the president) and the Showtime series "Ghosts of Beirut." He also can be seen in...

Jodie Comer has become the 100th performer to win a Tony Award for their Broadway debut for her performance in the play, “Prima Facie.”

She won Best Actress in a Play for portraying Tess, a lawyer who concentrates in providing legal defense for men who are accused of sexual assault but soon has the unthinkable happen to her. She is the 11th person to win the category for her first outing on a Broadway stage. She joins:

SEE2023 Tony Awards: Every winner (and nominee) in all 26 competitive categories

Martita Hunt, “The Madwoman of Chaillot” (1949)

Beryl Reid, “The Killing of Sister George” (1967)

Phyllis Frelich, “Children of a Lesser God” (1980)

Jane Lapotaire, “Piaf” (1981)

Joan Allen, “Burn This” (1988)

Pauline Collins, “Shirley Valentine” (1989)

Janet McTeer, “A Doll’s House” (1997)

Marie Mullen, “The Beauty Queen of Leeane” (1998)

Jennifer Ehle, “The Real Thing” (2000)

Deanna Dunagan, “August: Osage County” (2008)

Below are the Broadway debuts in the seven other...

The cast of the political thriller miniseries Gaslit boasts two Oscar winners alongside other talented actors with varied film and TV experience. Ranking among the best television adaptations of podcasts, Gaslit takes inspiration from the first season of Slow Burn. The narrative focuses on Martha Mitchell, the real-life socialite whose frank and revealing interviews played a major role in President Richard Nixon’s downfall during the Watergate scandal. Gaslit also incorporates the stories of other chief figures of the era such as White House attorney John Dean, Attorney General John N. Mitchell, and G. Gordon Liddy, the leader of the Democratic National Committee burglary at the Watergate Complex.

Like many other fact-based stories that explore the Watergate scandal, the Gaslit cast largely includes actors playing real-life personalities. Even though Nixon is kept in the shadows, Gaslit puts the spotlight on its central figure as well as the lawyers, FBI agents,...

Exclusive: Prime Video has expanded the cast for Season 2 of its neo-Western series Outer Range. Christian James (All American), Megan West (How To Get Away With Murder), Daniel Abeles (Women of the Movement), Kimberly Guerrero (The English) and Monette Moio (The Real Bros Of Simi Valley) have been tapped for recurring roles opposite Josh Brolin in the drama series. Character descriptions are being kept under wraps.

Created by Brian Watkins, Outer Range centers on Royal Abbott (Brolin), a rancher fighting for his land and family, who discovers an unfathomable mystery at the edge of Wyoming’s wilderness.

In addition to Brolin, cast also includes Imogen Poots, Lili Taylor, Tamara Podemski, Lewis Pullman, Tom Pelphrey, Noah Reid, Shaun Sipos, Isabel Arraiza, Olive Abercrombie and Will Patton.

The series comes from executive producers Charles Murray, who also serves as showrunner for Season 2, Heather Rae, Josh Brolin, Zev Borow, Watkins, Tony Krantz, and...

Tubi originals for April include “Dead Hot,” co-starring Vanessa Hudgens and Gg Magree. They play witchcraft students who long to connect with the spirit world. But when a ghost hunt goes wrong, they head to Salem, Massachusetts, for a masterclass.

“A Good Man,” another streamer original, lands on April 13. A man enters a new relationship in the aftermath of his wife’s affair. But soon, things go awry when he notices familiar signs of betrayal.

The four movies that comprise “The Scorpion King” arrive April 1. A prequel and spinoff of “The Mummy,” the first movie, in 2002, is a sorcery action-adventure film starring starring Dwayne Johnson, Steven Brand, Kelly Hu, Grant Heslov, and Michael Clarke Duncan. An evil ruler wants to conquer the tribes of the desert.

Jim Carrey fans will want to revisit the two “Ace Ventura” comedies. Carrey shows off his gift for physical comedy, while creating a wacky...

Exclusive: Smokehouse Pictures partner George Clooney and Grant Heslov have signed an overall film deal with the Warner Bros. Pictures Group and its Co-Chairs and CEOs Mike De Luca and Pam Abdy. It amounts to a homecoming for the filmmakers, who named their company for the Smoke House steak joint right off the Warner Bros lot, where they used to eat all the time. Clooney’s history with the studio goes back to his breakthrough starring role in the Warner Bros Television drama ER. They made their first deal at Warner Bros when they formed Smokehouse in 2006.

The duo told those who attended with them during a Q&a session at last Friday night’s screening of All The President’s Men that is part of a monthly screening series of WB classics set up by De Luca & Abdy. Clooney and Heslov will return to offices on the lot — one of...

The article contains major spoilers for Scream 6. Scream VI's Dermot Mulroney reveals he didn't know he was playing Ghostface. Mulroney, known for his roles in My Best Friend's Wedding, Zodiac, and August: Osage County, stars as the villain in the latest Scream installment. The horror slasher's killer, known as Ghostface, first appeared in the original film in 1996 and has been the franchise's persistent antagonist ever since, with new mysterious identities donning the ghoulish mask while murdering victims in each subsequent film. Scream VI also stars Jenna Ortega and Melissa Barrera and is set against the New York City backdrop rather than the suburbs as in the previous films.

Dermot Mulroney reveals that he had no idea he would be playing Ghostface when he was cast in Scream VI. In an interview with The Independent, the actor admitted that while he knew he'd secured a part in the film, it...

The oversized contribution Chicago has made and continues to make to the American entertainment landscape comes in no small part from its vibrant and varied theater scene. With well over 200 theaters, from small stages featuring intimate fare to larger houses sending major productions to Broadway and beyond, it’s difficult to find any American film or television series that doesn’t have roots that trace back to Windy City stages.

The Steppenwolf Theater Company is one where heavy-hitters John Malkovich, Laurie Metcalf and Gary Sinise forged their craft early in their storied careers. Playwright and actor Tracy Letts premiered his Pulitzer Prize-winning “August: Osage County” at Steppenwolf in 2007.

“It’s a lot easier to produce good theater in Chicago than in many other places,” Malkovich told Roger Ebert back in 1984 and that still applies today. “You can always get a few people together and put on a play.”

Chicago has...

Exclusive: Dermot Mulroney (Scream VI) and Rachel Griffiths (The Wilds) are the newest additions to the cast of the untitled romantic comedy from director Will Gluck (Easy A) that Sydney Sweeney and Glen Powell are leading for Sony.

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Details as to the plot of the R-rated rom-com — being shot in Sydney, Australia — remain under wraps. But the pair join an ensemble that also includes Alexandra Shipp, Michelle Hurd, Bryan Brown, Darren Barnet and Hadley Robinson, as previously announced.

The project is based on Ilana Wolpert’s script, which Gluck is re-writing. Joe Roth, Jeff Kirschenbaum and Gluck are producing, with Sweeney exec producing for Fifty-Fifty Films,...

Dermot Mulroney, Shane Paul McGhie and Kim Coates will be joining Tubi’s actioner “The Getback” alongside the previously-announced Theo Rossi.

Rossi leads the film as Mal Cooper, a bounty hunter who must retrieve a con artist criminal accountant and keep him alive. Upon finding the criminal, the two have to work together to escape cops and mercenaries on a mission to kill them.

Mulroney is joining the film as Chief Joe Milazzo, Cooper’s ex-employer. His credits include “My Best Friend’s Wedding,” “August: Osage County,” “Young Guns” and the upcoming horror film “Scream VI.”

McGhie is also part of “The Getback” ensemble, having acted previously with Rossi in the film “American Skin.” McGhie has also worked on “Deputy,” “What Men Want” and “Unbelievable.”

Coates is joining the cast after having played opposite Rossi in “Sons of Anarchy.” Coates is also featured in “Bad Blood,” “Goon,” “Godless” and the upcoming mini-series “White House Plumbers.

Meryl Streep has officially checked into the Arconia. The three-time Oscar winner will join the Season 3 cast of “Only Murders in the Building,” the starring trio of Steve Martin, Martin Short and Selena Gomez announced on social media.

On Twitter, Martin shared a cast photo featuring “The Devil Wears Prada” actress. “The filming of Season 3 of ‘Only Murders in the Building’ has begun! A cast to dream of,” the veteran actor wrote.

The official Hulu account replied, “It is an Honor to have Meryl in our building!”

Gomez later shared a longer Instagram clip of the cast hanging out on set, where Streep popped up from behind the couch after Rudd teased that the season could certainly “get a little bit better.” In the video, Streep adjusts a pillow for Martin and asks Short if he needs anything, to which the latter replies, “Just the tea that I had asked for half an hour ago.

Juliette Lewis is the secret sauce of film and TV. Drop her in things as disparate as the 2005 indie “Aurora Borealis” (where she impeccably delivers the greatest Thanksgiving plans ever filmed) or the star-studded misfire “August: Osage County,” and Lewis elevates the proceedings. She’s stylized without seeming affected, a live wire of a performer whose expressive face can fold a glare in on itself until it’s heartbroken. And 2022 saw her finally receiving her due. As usual with year-end content, spoilers abound.

“Yellowjackets,” it turns out, was just the amuse-bouche. On Showtime’s cannibals and camaraderie thriller, Lewis plays the adult Natalie with all the punk-rock energy she brought to her band, Juliette and the Licks. Never mind that she’s years older than her castmates; who else could play a woman who drives straight from rehab to a bar, who forges a bizarre friendship with Christina Ricci’s sociopathic Misty,...

Warning: This post contains spoilers for Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio

Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio may not have too much in common with Disney’s live-action version, but both films have a great voice cast playing the characters. Del Toro’s Pinocchio is a stop-motion animation that delves deep into the titular character’s adventures, but the story wouldn’t be complete without a vibrant voice cast to bring all the characters to life.

Directed by del Toro and Mark Gustafson from a screenplay the former co-wrote with Patrick McHale, the stop-motion Pinocchio is based on the 1883 novel The Adventures of Pinocchio by Italian author Carlo Collodi. The filmmakers have assembled a notable cast to embody the animated characters. While some of the actors’ voices are recognizable, there are others who will surprise. Below is a full guide to the voice cast, their roles in Pinocchio, and what the...

AMC Networks has appointed James Dolan as interim executive chairman following the Nov. 28 departure of former CEO Christina Spade.

Dolan’s appointment is effective immediately and will last until March 6, 2023, or until a new CEO is named.

“AMC Networks has a seasoned executive leadership team and I look forward to working with them to provide high-level strategic direction and guidance as we navigate the business during this period of transformation in the media industry,” Dolan said in a statement.

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Dolan is executive chairman and CEO of New York Knicks owner Madison Square Garden Sports and Madison Square Garden Entertainment and executive chairman of Msg Networks. He is also a producer and executive, known for the feature film “August: Osage County” and 2020’s “Christmas Spectacular Starring the Radio City Rockettes – At Home Holiday Special.”

He was nominated...

2022 TV did not have to go that hard, but it did. From old favorites consistently outdoing themselves to new shows that enchanted both audiences and critics, it was quite a year for networks, cable, and streaming.

2022’s debut shows took viewers everywhere; the saucy ’70s, the corners of the Star Wars universe, the American South through the eyes of bloodthirsty undead, even a relentlessly stressful Chicago kitchen. Picking only 12 was more daunting than ever, but the IndieWire TV team laughed, cried, and fought it out over our favorites.

Here are the 12 best new TV shows of 2022, in order of premiere date.

1. “Abbott Elementary” (ABC)

Though the pilot premiered in December of 2021, “Abbott Elementary” became 2022’s instant network TV darling, now settling into its second season. Creator Quinta Brunson stars as second-grade teacher Janine Teagues, whose unyieldingly cheery perspective on education can’t help endear her to beleaguered colleagues at a”n underfunded Philadelphia public school.

Warning: This post contains minor spoilers for Weird: The Al Yankovic StoryWhen audiences think of biopics, Weird: The Al Yankovic Story is not the kind that might come to mind. The film, written and directed by Eric Appel, is a parody of the musician known as “Weird Al” Yankovic, who makes parodies of various popular songs, including Madonna’s “Like a Virgin.”

Weird: The Al Yankovic Story follows the life of the title musician — from his childhood and first moments with an accordion, and into an adulthood that brings him fame and success. The film assembles a star-studded cast to portray many of the real-life people who have been a part of Weird Al’s life, including Daniel Radcliffe, who portrays the musician himself. Here is a full guide to the actors in the cast, which real-life personas they portray, what they actually look like, and in what other TV...

Exclusive: Tony Award-winnning director Anna D. Shapiro has signed with CAA for representation. CAA also will represent multimedia venture Highwire Media which includes principals Shapiro, Leelai Demoz, Ian Barford, and Brad Keywell.

Shapiro, who won the Tony for Best Direction in 2008 for Tracy Letts’ August: Osage County, most recently directed last season’s Broadway production of Letts’ Tony-nominated The Minutes. She was nominated for a Tony Award for her 2011 direction of Stephen Adly Guirgis’ The Motherf**ker With The Hat starring Chris Rock and Bobby Cannavale.

Among other credits, Shapiro directed the Broadway production of This Is Our Youth by Kenneth Lonergan; Fish in the Dark, written by and starring Larry David, and Of Mice and Men starring James Franco and Chris O’Dowd.

Shapiro led Chicago’s Steppenwolf Theatre Company as Artistic Director from 2014 to 2021.

Currently, she is developing and directing the planned Broadway musical The Devil Wears Prada, with music by Elton John,...