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These days, it seems like all anyone can talk about in Hollywood are "nepo babies." Originating in the early 2020s, "nepo baby" describes individuals whose success can be attributed to a parent or relative's previous success in the same industry due to nepotism. Plenty of celebrities have achieved accolades without fans knowing about their famously talented families. Some of the most iconic A-listers in film and TV owe their successes to extreme privilege, such as people like Ben Stiller, or Zoë Kravitz. 

Most of the time, nepo babies are forced to wear their privilege on their sleeves just by virtue of their names, as Allison Williams (daughter of former NBC anchor Brian Williams) told Wired, "It doesn't feel like a loss to admit it ... If you trust your own skill, I think it becomes very simple to acknowledge." Others, like Jamie Lee Curtis, have spoken out against the ridicule towards nepotism babies in pop culture.

Zendaya and Robert Pattinson are two of the best young actors in the business, and they recently teamed up for a new A24 movie. After rising to fame as Edward Cullen in the Twilight movies, Pattinson has completely reinvented himself with an array of independent dramas. This includes several collaborations with the indie studio A24, starring in the Safdie brothers' Good Time, Claire Denis' High Life, and Robert Eggers' The Lighthouse in consecutive years from 2017 to 2019, though he has also starred in other well-regarded movies including Tenet, The Batman, and the Boy and the Heron English dub.

Similarly, Zendaya started her career on the Disney Channel sitcoms Shake It Up and K.C. Undercover, but has also completely redefined herself as a dramatic actor. This started with her role as Rue, a struggling drug-addicted teenager, in the HBO drama Euphoria. She has so far won two Emmys for Outstanding Lead Actress for her performance,...

Hollywood is called the land of dreams, but for some, those dreams are served with a silver spoon. The term “nepo baby” has certainly become a buzzword in recent years, and it does spark a debate about privilege. However, actors like Jack Quaid are lauded as some of the few who have truly earned their status.

Jack Quaid in The Boys | Prime Video

But he’s not the only one making waves in the industry, as other stars are also proving their mettle. From Stranger Things to Marvel, there are four other actors connected to influential families whose associations may open doors, but it’s their talent that keeps them in the room.

Jack Quaid: The nepo baby who’s earned everyone’s respect Jack Quaid in Novocaine (2025) | Paramount Pictures

Jack Quaid is the son of Dennis Quaid and Meg Ryan and is often hailed as the gold standard when...

After his cameo in an after-credits scene, it was assumed that Kelsey Grammer would reprise his role as Hank McCoy Aka Beast, the brains of the X-Men. However, rumors have started swirling that Marvel is looking to recast the role, and this perennial arthouse actor – and Breaking Bad star – seems to be leading the race.

Per The Hot Mic industry scooper Jeff Sneider, Jesse Plemons is rumored to be the next Hank McCoy in the MCU’s X-Men, though this has not been confirmed. The actor has been in Hollywood for decades, though he's best known to Breaking Bad fans for his role as Todd. However, recently, he has been on a streak of stellar performances in independent films such as Kinds of Kindness along with Emma Stone, and Margaret Qualley. He also had roles in Civil War with Kirsten Dunst and Narcos’ Wagner Moura, Killers of the Flower Moonwith Leonardo DiCaprio,...

Award-winning director Yorgos Lanthimos unveils a new facet of his artistic vision with ‘Yorgos Lanthimos: Photographs,’ his debut exhibition of still photography, in collaboration with MacK. Celebrated for his ambitious world-building and absurdist explorations in cinema, Lanthimos now offers a fresh perspective on his creative practice.

Scheduled to open on Saturday, March 29 at the Webber Gallery in Los Angeles, the exhibition presents photographs from Lanthimos’ two recent books: i shall sing these songs beautifully, made during the filming of his latest feature Kinds of Kindness (2024), featuring cast members Emma Stone, Jesse Plemons, Hunter Schafer, Mamoudou Athie and more together with works from Dear God, the Parthenon is Still Broken, shot during the making of Poor Things (2023).

Lanthimos’s stills, imbued with unsettling atmospheres and eerie tensions, are set against a diverse backdrop of authentic locations in New Orleans and Budapest alongside meticulously recreated cities and interior sets representing London,...

People like to say, “It’s never too early” to do something, but that’s not always true. For example, it’s too early to predict next year’s Academy Awards before this year’s Academy Awards. But the 2025 Oscars are over, so now it’s time to start making predictions about what films will contend for the Oscars next year.

It’s already looking like the 98th Academy Awards will have a stronger field than the 97th. Blue chip filmmakers are returning from long breaks with exciting casts in tow. Each Safdie brother has their own A24 sports drama. There’s a new Avatar movie. It’s going to be an exciting, unpredictable year.

Here are 25 films likely to contend for 2026 Academy Award nominations in many different categories, not just Best Picture. Some of them are locks, some are long shots, and some will peter out entirely, replaced in...

“Anora” took the Oscars by storm on Sunday, winning Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actress (for Mikey Madison), Best Editing and Best Original Screenplay. The contemporary story about a young sex worker (Madison) who falls in love with the son of a Russian oligarch had a fractured fairy tale message. And now it has its happily ever after.

But to those who had been paying attention, its big triumph felt like less of a surprise and more of a crescendo to a campaign that started almost a year ago and had finally reached its natural conclusion. What makes this particular success story so staggering is how deliberate and methodical it was, as distributor Neon closely followed its own playbook — one that led Bong Joon-ho’s “Parasite” to historic Oscar success five years ago. Add in a deliberate decision to keep “Anora” off of streaming for the duration of its awards run,...

The 97th annual Oscars paid tribute to the classic James Bond with a dance — led by “The Substance” star Margaret Qualley.

Qualley danced alongside a handful of male dancers in tuxes while she donned a red gown, but why was she on stage during the tribute?

While Qualley might be known for her performances in “The Substance” alongside Demi Moore, as well as “Maid,” “Kinds of Kindness,” “Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood” and “Poor Things,” she was a trained dance before pivoting into the world of acting.

Qualley, who is the daughter of Andie MacDowell and Paul J. Qualley, grew up dancing, and eventually studied dance at the North Carolina School of the Arts, where she trained as a ballet dancer. She also was an apprentice at the American Ballet Theatre while she attended the New York’s Professional Children’s School.

It was at 16, however, that Qualley pivoted...

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Over a year after tying the knot to Bleachers frontman Jack Antonoff, Margaret Qualley also starred in The Substance, one of the most critically acclaimed movies in 2024. With her romance with the rockstar producer, some fans have been wondering: is Margaret Qualley pregnant?

Margaret has appeared in plenty of hit movies and TV shows, after making her debut in 2013’s Palo Alto. That same year, she starred in in the HBO series The Leftovers.

Since then, Margaret has plenty of other major films and shows, like Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, Fosse/Verdon, and Maid. Most recently, fans have been flocking to her after The Substance became an Oscar-nominated a hit.

Margaret Qualley attends the 30th Annual Critics Choice Awards at Barker Hangar on February 07, 2025 in Santa Monica, California. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)

In August 2023, she married Jack, and the pair seem head over heels for each other.

An actor’s physicality is “one of the many strange things” about a career in performance, as Jesse Plemons says, and it’s not a quality he may try to manipulate any time soon.

In a recent profile with The Independent, the star of Netflix’s Zero Day reflected on having gained weight for 2015’s Black Mass, in which he portrayed a real-life mobster, admitting that he’s not sure the toll it took on him would be worth repeating.

“I never imagined getting to play a part like that,” he said. “[Gaining weight] was a decision I made at that age, given that opportunity for that director — and I was playing a real person. I don’t regret it. But it was very easy to put the weight on, and much more difficult taking it off. I don’t know if it’s something I would do again — because it did mess me up a bit.

Following a three-year TV absence that gave way to endless rumors and speculation, HBO has finally announced Euphoria Season 3's latest casting news. The controversial teen addiction series flirted with cancelation for several reasons during the last few years but is now moving forward for an early 2026 release. Of course, just as fascinating as the new cast members, are the actors and beloved characters no longer expected to participate in Season 3.

While series lead Zendaya is poised to return as drug-addled teenager Rue Bennett, she will be joined by several fresh and familiar faces when Euphoria Season 3 hits HBO in 2026. The major casting shakeup includes glitzy and glamorous Super Bowl champions, Spanish pop stars, NAACP Image Award winners, and more. With plenty of time to binge the first two seasons, here are the new and returning cast members on Euphoria Season 3.

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In recent years, Sydney Sweeney has emerged as one of Hollywood’s most in-demand talents, captivating audiences with her fearless performances. She has built a reputation for taking on bold, boundary-pushing roles, often involving n-dity when the script demands it, an artistic choice that has fueled both acclaim and debate for her.

Margaret Qualley in The Substance | Credits: Mubi

Interestingly, another actress who found their footing in the industry around the same time, even appearing together in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood was, Margaret Qualley.

She made waves with her mind-blowing performance in The Substance, delivering equally intense scenes. Since then, she has repeatedly expressed that she may step away from roles that demand n-dity, while Sweeney continues to embrace them even after Euphoria.

Margaret Qualley is ready to bid farewell to onscreen n-dity!

Sydney Sweeney and Margaret Qualley both began their rise to fame around the same time,...

Anyone looking to spice up their Valentine’s Day “viewing material” might want to look at the first image from Emerald Fennell’s upcoming adaptation of Wuthering Heights. The simple yet sensual image shows a close-up of someone’s mouth with blades of green grass caught between extended fingers. While you could be wondering, “What’s so sexy about grass?” let me remind you that botanophilia, referring to a sexual attraction to plants, exists. Imagine how many gardeners see this image and suddenly need to excuse themselves for an extended bathroom break. You know it in your heart to be true.

Emerald Fennell, the mad genius behind such films as Promising Youg Woman and Saltburn, directs, writes, and produces her adaptation of Wuthering Heights, based on Emily Brontë’s 1847 novel. The upcoming film stars Margot Robbie as Catherine Earnshaw, Jacob Elordi as Heathcliff, Shazad Latif as Edgar Linton, Hong Chau as Nelly Dean,...

Ridley Scott is pressing ahead with The Dog Stars, adding Margaret Qualley, Josh Brolin and Guy Pearce to the cast.

During his press tour for Gladiator II, Ridley Scott revealed to Film Stories that a sci-fi project had been added to his upcoming slate, that was going to be a quick reunion with Paul Mescal. However, it would later emerge that Mescal had left the project because of his commitment to playing one of the Fab Four in Sam Mendes’ upcoming films based on The Beatles.

Still, the project is The Dog Stars, and it’s coming next from the bearded one.

Last month, Jacob Elordi would be announced as the new lead actor in The Dog Stars, and now we have a pretty good idea of the film’s supporting cast too. Margaret Qualley, Josh Brolin and Guy Pearce are all (according to The Hollywood Reporter) in final negotiations to join the cast,...

Josh Brolin, Margaret Qualley, and Guy Pearce are in final talks to join Jacob Elordi in Ridley Scott's upcoming post-apocalyptic film The Dog Stars, Deadline reports. An adaptation of the 2012 Peter Heller novel of the same name, and written by Mark L. Smith, The Dog Stars is slated to be Scott's follow-up to his massively successful Gladiator II, which released last year and has grossed over $461 million worldwide.

The plot of The Dog Stars follows Hig (Elordi), a pilot living in Colorado following a worldwide pandemic that wiped out most of the Earth's human population. The official synopsis of the novel reads:

Hig's wife is gone, his friends are dead, and he lives in the hangar of a small abandoned airport with his dog, Jasper, and a mercurial, gun-toting misanthrope named Bangley.

But when a random transmission beams through the radio of his 1956 Cessna, the voice ignites a hope...

Ridley Scott’s pandemic thriller, The Dog Stars, adds some significant star power today with Margaret Qualley, Josh Brolin, and Guy Pearce joining Jacob Elordi for an epic that finds a civilian pilot living a lonely life on an abandoned Colorado airbase with his dog and a hard-as-nails ex-marine. When a band of scavengers called The Reapers invades their space, Hig and his compatriots must prepare for battle.

The Dog Stars hails from 20th Century Studios and is based on the 2012 novel by Peter Heller (Burn, The River, The Painter, The Last Ranger). Initially, Scott was reteaming with Gladiator II star Paul Mescal for The Dog Stars, but scheduling conflicts with his part in Sam Mendes’ Beatles anthology kept him from participating. Sources say Mescal plays Paul McCartney in Mendes’ upcoming film, making him essential to the project.

Here’s a synopsis of Heller’s novel:

“Hig’s wife is gone,...

Exclusive: Margaret Qualley, Josh Brolin and Guy Pearce are in final talks to join the cast of the 20th Century adaptation of The Dog Stars with Jacob Elordi starring and Ridley Scott directing. Mark L. Smith adapted the Peter Heller novel. Scott and Michael Pruss will produce for Scott Free alongside Smith and Cliff Roberts. Production is scheduled to begin at the end of April on location in Italy.

This follows Scott’s massive global hit Gladiator II, one of the biggest hits of the legendary Scott’s career – with global earnings just short of $500 million . Scott’s films have grossed over $5 billion worldwide, making him one of the highest grossing directors in history.

Acclaimed writer Mark L. Smith adapted the Peter Heller novel of the same name. Smith is the creator and writer of Netflix’s new hit series American Primeval starring Taylor Kitsch and Betty Gilpin and is...

It has been three years since Euphoria Season 2 wrapped, and it appears production on the anticipated and long-awaited Season 3 has begun. Created by Sam Levinson and based on the Israeli miniseries of the same name, Euphoria debuted on HBO in June 2019. The show's buzzy young cast, combined with compelling stories that looked to tackle teen romance, drama, and relationships in a way most television series avoid, made it a breakout title. HBO seemed to have found its new Game of Thrones-level sensation in an unlikely series, so the race to get more seasons out continues.

A24's official X account shared the first image of Euphoria Season 3. The image (see below) features Zendaya as the character Rue Bennett with the caption, "Euphoria Season 3 is in Production." No premiere date has been announced for the series. However, previous reports suggest HBO is aiming for a 2025 premiere date.

In addition to Zendaya,...

Euphoria will make its much-awaited return in 2026. Yes, you read that correctly. Fans can finally breathe a sigh of relief knowing they will get some much-deserved answers about Lexi’s (Maude Apatow) satirical play, Cassie’s (Sydney Sweeney) and Maddie’s (Alexa Demie) friendship blowup, and Rue’s (Zendaya) path to sobriety. Warner Bros Discovery global streaming chief Jb Perrette confirmed the 2026 Season Three premiere date during a tech and media conference on Tuesday.

In the months (and months, and months, and months) leading up to the announcement, the cast...

The Substance emerged as one of the best movies of 2024, having received critical acclaim and several accolades. The body horror movie stars Demi Moore as Elisabeth Sparkle, a fading celebrity who uses an experimental drug that creates a younger version of herself, played by Margaret Qualley, albeit with unexpected side effects.

Margaret Qualley played Sue in The Substance (Credit: Mubi).

However, the side effects weren’t just limited to the actress’ onscreen counterpart, as Qualley opened up about the challenge of dealing with heavy prosthetics and makeup for the movie. The prosthetics ended up having a side effect on Qualley that took several weeks to recover but the actress used it to her advantage on her next project. Here is what Margaret Qualley had to say about her role in The Substance.

The Substance actress Margaret Qualley discussed the prosthetics used for the movie

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The Set Decorators Society of America revealed its 2024 Sdsa Awards winners on Friday. The announcement was made live on the Set Decor YouTube page at 8 p.m. Et/5 p.m. Pt. A Complete Unknown won Best Film and Best Period Design even though it wasn’t nominated for Best Production Design at the 2025 Oscars.

Among the nominees were all five Oscar contenders for Best Production Design: The Brutalist, Conclave, Dune: Part Two, Nosferatu, and Wicked. The five Oscar nominees were split between four categories, avoiding a direct clash prior to the 2025 Oscars on March 2. Conclave prevailed in Contemporary against co-nominees Anora, Civil War, Emilia Pérez, and The Substance. In Fantasy/Sci-Fi, winner Beetlejuice Beetlejuice bested Alien: Romulus, Beetlejuice, Dune: Part Two, Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, and Megalopolis. In Comedy/Musical, Wicked soared to victory over Deadpool & Wolverine, Kinds of Kindness, Nightbitch, and Wolfs. The only two Oscar nominees...

It Ends With Us really never ends because every day there are new details in the ongoing legal battle between Justin Baldoni and Blake Lively. The former allegedly used her husband Ryan Reynolds's name and her best friend Taylor Swift's to "pressure" Justin Baldoni and Sony, and now things aren't looking good for the friendship.

Since the slew of lawsuits entailed, starting with Lively's Crd complaint on Dec. 20, Taylor Swift's name has been brought up several times. The superstar was allegedly "perplexed" over the claims, and now new details claim the singer "felt used" in the drama, per TMZ. At the same time, Justin Baldoni's lawyer Bryan Freedman thinks Swift could be deposed.

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Recent Golden Globe nominee Margaret Qualley is lining up film projects with top directors. 

Qualley has been in the headlines lately thanks to her appearance in The Substance alongside Demi Moore (which involved some extreme body horror). The actress has also had roles in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, Poor Things, and Kinds of Kindness.

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Emma Stone, standing 5 feet 6 inches (167.6 cm), is slightly taller than the average American woman but still shorter than her 6′2″ (1.88 m) husband, David McCary. While she now confidently rocks designer heels on the red carpet, her relationship with footwear wasn’t always so effortless.

Reflecting on an early fashion misstep, she once recalled, “On the first day of middle school, I wore high-heeled shoes that you weren’t allowed to wear. I remember being so embarrassed because in every class I went to they kept pointing out that I couldn’t wear these shoes. I wanted to call my mom and have her bring me new shoes!”

Emma Stone dazzles in a shimmering silver gown alongside her husband, Dave McCary, at the 2024 Vanity Fair Oscar Party, complementing her look with metallic strappy heels (Credit: Pa Images / INSTARimages)

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Kristoffer Borgli is still in the process of lining up the cast for his next film, The Drama, following his acclaimed, surreal Nicolas Cage-led satire Dream Scenario in 2023. A star-studded trio of Zendaya, Robert Pattinson, and Alana Haim already committed to the director's next wild ride last year, but there's yet another big, Emmy-nominated name that's been reported in connection with the title — Mamoudou Athie. Coming off of roles in Yorgos Lanthimos's Kinds of Kindness and the Stephanie Hsu-led series Laid, he was said to be in final talks to join the feature back in October, though nothing was made official. During a conversation with Collider's Perri Nemiroff for his next movie, By Design, at our Sundance interview studio at the Rendezvous Cinema Center, he set the record straight and confirmed his involvement.

La película nominada a cinco premios Óscar llega a streaming. © Elástica Films

Una de las sensaciones del 2024, o lo que es lo mismo, el body-horror que podría darle el Óscar a Demi Moore, La sustancia (The Substance), llega por fin a las plataformas de streaming en España.

La película de la que todo el mundo habla sigue a Elisabeth Sparkle (Moore), una actriz cuyos mejores años han quedado atrás. Tras ser despedida por un productor sexista e incapaz de conseguir más papeles debido a su edad, entra en una espiral de desesperación. Un día, tiene un fatídico accidente de coche que la lleva a una misteriosa empresa y su producto. “Tú, pero mejor en todos los sentidos”. Esa es la promesa de La Sustancia, un producto revolucionario basado en la división celular, que crea un alter ego más joven, más bello, más perfecto.

La película nominada a cinco premios Óscar...

Murieron 3402 personas en el Día Cero. © Netflix

Netflix ha compartido el tráiler de su miniserie original Día cero, creada por Eric Newman y Noah Oppenheim.

Día cero sigue a un querido y respetado ex Presidente de los Estados Unidos (De Niro) mientras dirige la investigación de un ciberataque a escala nacional al mismo tiempo que lucha contra sus propios demonios personales y plantea una pregunta que todos nos hacemos: ¿cómo encontrar la verdad en un mundo en crisis, azotado por fuerzas que parecen estar fuera de nuestro control? Y en una época en la que tanto las teorías de la conspiración como el engaño están a la orden del día, ¿en qué medida esas fuerzas son producto de nuestras propias acciones o incluso de nuestra propia imaginación?

La miniserie está protagonizada por Robert De Niro (Los asesinos de la luna), Angela Bassett (Black Panther: Wakanda Forever), Jesse Plemons (Kinds of Kindness...

Andie MacDowell may be benefiting from some favoritism in the industry as her daughter Margaret Qualley’s star has risen throughout the years.

In a recent spot on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, the veteran actress joked she was experiencing “reverse nepotism” because of Qualley.

“She’s crushing it,” MacDowell gushed. “She’s great, so good in The Substance, and the movie is fantastic. And she takes so many chances, she’s so much braver than I could have ever been. She really carved her own road, I’m super proud of her.”

Qualley cemented her star power in Netflix’s Maid, a limited series adaptation of Stephanie Land’s best-selling memoir of the same name, which garnered her second Emmy nomination after 2019’s Fosse/Verdon. That same year she was in Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time… In Hollywood, and has since made a concerted effort to headline more niche projects,...

After the Oscars released the Academy Award nominations on the 23rd of January, many movie lovers celebrated the incredible accomplishments several films had made. Emilia Pérez earned a record-setting 13 nominations, followed by The Brutalist and Wicked, both earning ten nominations apiece. Although the reception to the news has been somewhat mixed, many fans have pointed out some of the Academy's biggest snubs.

Oscar snubs are bound to happen each year. Last year, movies like All of Us Strangers, Asteroid City, Beau Is Afraid, BlackBerry, The Iron Claw, Saltburn, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem and more were all snubbed. Great Gerwig probably had the most disappointing snub after directing the groundbreaking Barbie. This year was no different, with many fans taking to social media and beyond to voice their disappointment.

Margaret Qualley Deserved a Supporting Actress Nomination The Substance (2024)

Margaret Qualley has had an incredible year at the cinemas, starring...

Willem Dafoe is a well-known, much-celebrated actor whose credits range from the biggest blockbusters to the smallest independent films. The actor's reputation precedes him, making this video that's going viral that much more confusing. A TikTok account by the name of Hikhann_ posted a video of the user stopping Dafoe, who was walking down the street, and interviewing him, asking the actor what his name is and what he does for a living. Dafoe, ever the polite person, calmly answers the interviewer's questions before continuing to stroll down the busy public street.

The TikTok page in question is known for asking pedestrians many of the same questions that he asks Dafoe in the video that has gone viral. When Dafoe was asked what he liked about his job, the actor said that he enjoys how “It’s always different. Nothing’s ever the same.” The TikTok user then asked Dafoe...

Nobody makes movies quite like Greek director Yorgos Lanthimos, and his 2024 dark comedy anthology film "Kinds of Kindness" is something like "The Twilight Zone" for perverts and sickos (in the most complimentary way). Emma Stone leads a cast of talented actors who each appear in a triptych of tales, playing different roles in each story, and the somewhat nihilistic fable is the most "Lanthimos" movie Lanthimos has ever made.

Some fans were disappointed in "Kinds of Kindness" after the Academy Award-winning psychosexual delights of Stone and Lanthimos's previous collaboration, "Poor Things," which featured a script by "The Great" creator Tony McNamara, but "Kinds of Kindness" is a fascinating piece of work nonetheless. Lanthimos co-wrote "Kinds of Kindness" with his frequent collaborator Efthymis Filippou, who also wrote the director's films "Alps," "Dogtooth," "The Lobster," and "The Killing of a Sacred Deer," and it's a return to many of his unusual trademarks.

25 películas que no querrás perderte.

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¿Qué nos deparará el 2025? Hablamos en términos de cine, por supuesto. Y es que hay de todo este año: cine de autor, blockbusters, animación o live-actions que evocan la nostalgia y despiertan a nuestro niño interior, producciones diseñadas para emocionarnos, hacernos reír, y mantenernos al borde de nuestras butacas… El cine siempre logra sorprendernos, y este 2025 no será la excepción.

Marta Medina y Álvaro Campoy, miembros del equipo de mundoCine, han recopilado una lista de las que, para ellos, son las películas más esperadas de este 2025, y cada título incluye sus fechas de estreno (si es que las tienen).

Sin más dilación, aquí os dejamos el top de las películas más esperadas de 2025, 25 en total, seleccionadas cuidadosamente por el equipo de mundoCine, en riguroso orden alfabético:

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Singer-Actresses Ariana Grande and Selena Gomez might compete for the Best Supporting Actress Oscar. Both Grande and Gomez have leveled up their acting careers with two notable roles this year. These two are included in our predictions for the category, alongside some of the other best performances of the year.

Ariana Grande as Galinda Upland in Wicked | Credits: Universal Pictures

FandomWire’s other nominees include an Oscar winner in the category, a rising star in dramatic roles, and a Star Wars actress. Fans will also see a surprising snub in here and we have the right reason to believe that Academy voters aren’t too keen to nominate her.

FandomWire’s predicted nominees for Best Supporting Actress Selena Gomez in a still from Emilia Pérez | Credits: Netflix

At the 82nd Golden Globes Awards, the Best Supporting Actress award went to Zoe Saldaña. However, we predict that the actress will be absent from the nominees,...

There are many moments, in Coralie Fargeat's 2024 horror-satire The Substance, when Fargeat's frequently invasive camera is clearly avoiding its characters' faces on purpose. That's mostly just part of the movie's whole ethos, with the camera frequently breaking the human body down into individual components in order to highlight how...

Once upon a time, you could make a movie about a mismatched couple of friends who have to solve a problem. This movie would go into theaters and become a respectable hit and sometimes create sequels. But now far too many comedies, regardless of quality, only show up on streaming services. They’re deemed not big enough for the spectacle of an auditorium screen nor are they arty enough to compete for awards. Thankfully, “One of Them Days” is headed to theaters, brave enough to be an exception and solid enough to warrant this release strategy. There’s nothing particularly unexpected in Lawrence Lamont’s buddy comedy, but when it has no issue providing laughs thanks to stars Keke Palmer and Sza and their supporting cast, you can escape to the theater and have a good time rather than laughing by yourself in front of your TV.

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The Substance has received critical acclaim after its premiere. The body horror has received several nominations at big awards, and it's expected to gain some potential Academy Awards nominations. Still, the film was physically draining for one of its lead stars.

During an interview on the Happy Sad Confused podcast, Margaret Qualley, who plays the younger version of Demi Moore's character, revealed the prosthetics she wore during filming heavily damaged her skin. The actress received several award nominations for Best Supporting Actress for the role, including Critics' Choice Awards and the Golden Globes. However, her involvement came with some big sacrifices.

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Coralie Fargeat wants her next film to be just as 'bold and surprising' as The Substance.

Speaking about the mental challenges of tackling such a role, the actress also revealed the physical damage around the 11:50 mark.

The wonderfully watchable pope-voting movie has 12 righteous nominations – but films about defiant outsiders have clearly captured voters’ imaginations

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These Bafta nominations have given us the traditional buffet of snubs for industry observers to frown at. Nothing at all for Luca Guadagnino’s tremendous drama Queer – its exuberant leading turn from Daniel Craig passed over. Nothing for the very moving Irish film Small Things Like These and so no Bafta nod for Cillian Murphy’s outstanding (arguably career-best) performance there. The appetite for Yorgos Lanthimos films starring Emma Stone seems to be maxed out. Nothing for their film Kinds of Kindness.

But one much-feared possible exclusion thankfully did not materialise: Marianne Jean-Baptiste has a best actress nomination for her superb performance in Mike Leigh’s blistering study of depression, Hard Truths, though no director nomination for Leigh himself.

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Unlike last year, there isn’t a clear favorite to win the Best Actor category at the 97th Academy Awards, making it a healthy and interesting competition. There were some incredible performances that were duly appreciated in cinemas this year. When the Academy announces its list of nominees on January 17, 2025, five out of these nine actors will probably make it to the final selection.

Adrien Brody as László Tóth in The Brutalist | Credits: A24

FandomWire’s predictions factor in performers who have already caught the Academy’s attention after their Golden Globes and SAG nominations. Among our frontrunners are a first-time nominee, a previous Oscar winner in the category, and an actor who received the nod last year as well.

FandomWire’s predicted nominees for Best Actor Sebastian Stan as Edward Lemuel / Guy Moratz in The Different Man | Credits: A24

Two of the Golden Globe winners, both in the drama and musical/comedy category,...

Actress Margaret Qualley has shared that the prosthetic makeup she wore while shooting “The Substance” caused serious skin damage that took a year to heal.

In a recent “Happy Sad Confused” podcast episode, Qualley told host Josh Horowitz that her skin irritation became so severe that it changed the movie’s shooting schedule and how the cameras were used.

“They had to shoot up my skirt in the beginning credits, with palm trees all around and long lenses from the bottom, because my face was so damaged they couldn’t shoot it anymore,” Qualley said. Director Coralie Fargeat had to use clever camera settings to solve the problem.

Qualley still had skin issues during her next project, “Kinds of Kindness,” directed by Yorgos Lanthimos. The damage helped her play one of the four roles in the movie better than she expected.

“The character with a lot of acne?” Qualley said,...

Margaret Qualley is detailing the severe effect the prosthetics she wore for The Substance had on her skin.

While appearing on the Happy Sad Confused podcast on Monday (January 13), the 30-year-old Golden Globe nominee revealed that her skin became so damaged from the prosthetics that her face was cut from certain shots while filming.

Keep reading to find out more…“Like, at the end, when they’re shooting up my skirt in the beginning credits, and it’s like the palm trees all around and they have all these long lenses from the bottom, that’s just because my face was so f–ked up by that time that they couldn’t, like, shoot my face anymore,” Margaret explained.

The acne lasted long after filming for The Substance ended and continued when she began working on her next movie Kinds of Kindness, in which she played four different characters.

“So,...

Margaret Qualley is opening up about the long-lasting effects of wearing prosthetics for The Substance.

The actress, who plays Sue in the body horror film, recently shared on the Happy Sad Confused podcast that her skin was damaged for nearly a year after filming wrapped.

“Like, at the end, when they’re shooting up my skirt in the beginning credits, when it’s like the palm trees all around and they have all these long lenses from the bottom, that’s just because my face was so fucked up by that time that they couldn’t, like, shoot my face anymore,” Qualley explained to host Josh Horowitz.

The Once Upon a Time in Hollywood actress added that she was still struggling with acne from the prosthetics when she began shooting her next film, Kinds of Kindness.

“So, you know the character that has all that acne? That was just my acne from the prosthetics,...

In a recent interview on the “Happy Sad Confused” podcast, Margaret Qualley said it took “a year” for her skin to recover from the irritation caused by the face prosthetics used in “The Substance.” The damage was so bad that director Coralie Fargeat had to frame out her face in certain shots.

“At the end, when they’re shooting up my skirt in the beginning credits, and it’s like the palm trees all around and they have all these long lenses from the bottom, that’s just because my face was so fucked up,” Qualley said. “They couldn’t shoot my face anymore.”

The acne from the prosthetics lasted long after “The Substance” wrapped and persisted as she began shooting her next film, “Kinds of Kindness,” in which she played four characters: Vivian, Martha, Rebecca and Ruth. Luckily, the acne played to her benefit in the Yorgos Lanthimos drama.

Starring Demi Moore and Margaret Qualley, the 2024 standout body horror film The Substance has earned widespread acclaim for its powerful performances and haunting imagery. As the film explores themes of unrelenting self-destruction in pursuit of perfection, Margaret Qualley revealed that her behind-the-scenes experience mirrored the film’s intensity.

A still from The Substance | Credit: Mubi

The actress, who portrays the younger version of the lead character Sue, recently shared her experience working on the movie and how it left her with “crazy prosthetic acne,” which took nearly a year to recover.

Margaret Qualley reveals the horrors of starring in The Substance

In her recent appearance on the Happy Sad Confused podcast, Margaret Qualley shared her experience of starring in the acclaimed body horror movie, The Substance. Qualley takes on the role of Sue, a younger version of the film star Elisabeth Sparkle (Demi Moore).

Margaret Qualley in The Substance | Credits:...

The Substance star explains how the extensive prosthetics damaged her face. The 2024 hit body horror film tackles the issue of aging in Hollywood in a unique way, telling a tale of the lengths an aging star named Elisabeth Sparkle will go to in order to preserve a sense of youth. The older star is played by Demi Moore, who is opposite Maid's Margaret Qualley. The Substance received great reviews and earned Moore a Golden Globe for Best Female Actor for Best Musical or Comedy.

Speaking on the Happy Sad Confused podcast, Qualley details the effects of the extensive prosthetics that were used for her in The Substance. Qualley explains that the prosthetics she had to use in The Substance made her face break out with extensive acne. This influenced The Substance filming, as the team had to cut around her face in scenes filmed after the prosthetic-heavy scenes. The effect...

There is no shortage of competitors for the Best Actor category hoping to be nominated for the Oscars 2025 and try to win. The Academy Award for the best lead male actor is one of the biggest awards each year, which is no different in 2025. Following in the footsteps of Cillian Murphy's breakthrough win for Oppenheimer in 2024, there is an entirely new crop of performers who want to win this year. They'll be among the nominees in all Oscars 2025 categories, as voters decide which five actors deserve the nominations before narrowing it down to one winner.

As the ones in front of the camera, actor awards can often get more attention than the 2025 Oscars Best Director nominations. There is usually plenty of overlap between the actors who are nominated for Best Actor and the selection of films contending for Best Picture. Since those ten movies are deemed the best of the best,...

Letterboxd released its list of the most-watched actors and highest-rated films of 2024, based on ratings from its 17 million users. Zendaya was the most-watched female actor again, thanks to her roles in ‘Dune: Part 2’ and ‘Challengers.’ Dune: Part 2 was the top-rated movie of the year, with a 4.4-star rating, and its director, Denis Villeneuve, was the most-watched director.

Zendaya’s ‘Dune’ co-star, Timothée Chalamet, was replaced by Willem Dafoe as the most-watched actor. Dafoe appeared in four big films last year: ‘Beetlejuice Beetlejuice,’ ‘Saturday Night,’ ‘Kinds of Kindness,’ and recently released, ‘Nosferatu.’

You can check out the top picks below:

The most-watched actors of 2024 on Letterboxd are led by Willem Dafoe, followed by Timothée Chalamet and Stellan Skarsgård. Other top actors include J.K. Simmons, Josh Brolin, Samuel L. Jackson, Dave Bautista, Javier Bardem, and Mark Ruffalo.

1. Willem Dafoe 2. Timothée Chalamet 3. Stellan Skarsgård 4. J.K. Simmons 5. Josh Brolin 6. Samuel L.

Letterboxd, the cinephile social platform that’s become perhaps the most effective tool for independent film in a landscape where moviegoers are hard to reach, hit 17 million members in 2024.

That’s a big jump from 11.4 million at the end of 2023 and 1.8 million in 2020, according to the New Zealand-based platform’s 2024 Year In Review published today.

A new member joins Letterboxd every five seconds, it said of the hub for film fans to discover, discuss and share favorites. In 2024, those members wrote 96.4 million reviews, marked 701 million films watched, and made 6.8 million lists, a popular feature.

Perhaps most importantly, it’s a now a key driver of the indie box office with distributors frequently citing Letterboxd when opening a film theatrically. A24 gave a shout-out to the platform for the strong limited debut of Brady Corbet’s Golden Globe winning The Brutalist in December.

Letterboxd, launched in 2012 by Auckland tech entrepreneurs Matthew Buchanan and Karl von Randow,...

For 17 million film fans on Letterboxd, Denis Villeneuve’s Dune: Part Two was the spice of 2024.

The popular movie-reviewing app has published its annual year in review, a ranking of the most popular and beloved films of the past 12 months, as determined by user ratings. Villeneuve’s sci-fi blockbuster topped the charts as the highest-rated, most popular, and most obsessively rewatched film of 2024. Unsurprisingly, the Canadian helmer was also Letterboxd’s most-watched director of the year. The site’s users ranked the sequel to Villeneuve’s 2021 Dune: Part One even higher than the original, giving Dune: Part 2 a 4.4 out of 5 average rating, compared to 3.9 for the first movie.

“I’m gonna sleep well tonight,” said director Denis Villeneuve in response to the news. “The idea that there’s a community, the Letterboxd community of film lovers, cinephiles, that are sharing film lists and their love and their passion, it...

Gold House has unveiled its fifth annual Gold List with “Wicked” and “Moana 2” among the films being honored.

The list spotlights the most exceptional achievements in film by Asian Pacific creatives over the past year. It also serves as a guide for awards voters and celebrates a monumental year for Asian Pacific representation in cinema.

Since its launch five years ago, the Gold List has celebrated an emerging tide of increasing representation in film by honoring over 200 Asian Pacific films and creatives, with many proceeding to receive Academy Awards. Among those films are “Everything Everywhere All At Once,” “Minari,” “Rrr,” “Parasite,” “The Boy and the Heron” and “The Elephant Whisperer.”

In a year when Asian Pacific creativity dominated the box office —”Moana 2″ and Jon M. Chu’s “Wicked” alone grossed over $1.2 billion globally — the Gold List celebrates these blockbusters alongside “All We Imagine As Light,” “Dìdi” and “Monkey Man.

Elisabeth and Sue are “one” in The Substance, so it only makes sense that both of their portrayers, Demi Moore and Margaret Qualley, would receive equal treatment at the Oscars.

Moore crept into Gold Derby’s Oscar nominations predictions for Best Actress just over a week ago, and she officially fired up that race with a Golden Globe triumph on Jan. 5. She thanked Qualley in her acceptance speech “for being the other half of me that I couldn’t have done without” (watch below). Now it’s Qualley’s time to start thinking of a speech. She just leapt into our Best Supporting Actress Oscar lineup, where her 10/1 odds currently place her in fifth behind Globe winner Zoe Saldaña (Emilia Pérez) at 10/3, Ariana Grande (Wicked) at 4/1, Isabella Rossellini (Conclave) at 5/1, and Felicity Jones (The Brutalist) at 11/2.

Coralie Fargeat‘s body-horror flick arrived rather late to the Oscar contest, only appearing...