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Ryan Gosling says having a family has changed his outlook on his acting craft. In an interview with WSJ Magazine, the 43-year-old actor spoke about being the father of his two daughters, Esmeralda Amada, 9, and Amada Lee, 8, whom he shares with longtime partner Eva Mendes. Their needs have him…

Luca Guadagnino believes filmgoers will endorse his Zendaya movie Challengers because it delivers "a canon of Hollywood golden age comedy – seductive fun with queerness." The movie's “big sell” is a shot of Zendaya, Mike Faist and Josh O’Connor kissing one an…

In a new interview with David Letterman’s Netflix show, My Next Guest Needs No Introduction, John Mulaney revealed something Saturday Night Live producer Lorne Michaels shared about sobriety and addiction. Mulaney recalled how Michaels invoked John Belushi, who died in 1982 at 33 after struggling…

Angela Kinsey felt certain jokes about her Christian faith in The Office were wrong, and she spoke up about them, she said on a recent podcast. Kinsey, who played Angela Martin on the show, talked about her Christian faith with former co-star Rainn Wilson on the April 23 episode of his podcast, So…

Selena Gomez does Instagram well. But getting away from the social media app made her happier. Gomez is the most-followed woman on the platform, boasting 429 million users following her account. But in a recent appearance at the 2024 TIME 100 Summit, the actress and singer said getting off…

When did Columbia become Kanye State? Bill Maher asked that question at the top of Friday’s Real Time on HBO, setting the tone for a show that focused on the national campus unrest and what’s behind it. Maher attempted to answer that himself in his “New Rules” editorial, saying in a message to…

Luke Grimes isn’t mad at his Yellowstone costar Kevin Costner for exiting the hit show. Grimes plays the youngest son of Costner's character, John Dutton III, and addressed Costner’s departure in a recent interview with The Independent. "Whatever happened there is unfortunate if it's changed…

Editors note: This is one of those moments when the flow of news seems like an assault on the senses. The Donald trump trial, the student protests, Gaza, the election campaigning — will our trust in the media survive these traumas? Can our pop culture assimilate them? Peter Bart, based on the West Coast, a…

David Pecker stabbed impatiently at his veal piccata. We'd been having a cordial business lunch, but he was growing frustrated. The publisher of the National Enquirer was pitching an ambitious deal to me involving major money — not a Stormy Daniels sort of…

Editors note: Filmmaker and producer Davis Guggenheim directed 2006’s An Inconvenient Truth featuring Al Gore. The film won the Oscar and helped put Jeff Skoll’s social-impact-driven production company then known as Participant Media on the map, and also sounded an alarm about climate change that has becom…

At first, I was shocked by the news that Participant Media was dying. Such an appealing company. Smart. Mindful. Vibrant. Forward-thinking. The producer of intelligent films like Spotlight and Green Book, with a distinctly progressive message. How could…

Jon Snow may know nothing, as the famous line from Game of Thrones goes. But the actor who played him, Kit Harington, knows he is happy to step outside the hero role and flex another side of his acting chops. In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, the actor expressed delight at taking on a…