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It’s Oscar season in Hollywood, and I had been sent to the Four Seasons hotel in Beverly Hills for an interview with one of the year’s breakout stars.As I entered the lobby I saw him immediately: his shaggy black-and-white locks, those distinctive, eerie blue eyes. He was wearing a leash, and a female fan had wrapped her arms around him. A crowd of people were snapping photographs.Like Tom Cruise, Messi, the dog from Anatomy of a Fall, looks a little smaller in real life, but he has the same intense charisma. The French…

Top Gun: Maverick has been one of the biggest movies of the decade so far, so it’s no wonder people can’t seem to stop talking about it. The film captured the high-flying action of the original film, while also infusing a lot of heart with its new characters. Director Joseph Kosinski had big shoes to fill when taking on the project, especially considering the 1986 film was so beloved. Luckily, many of his frequent collaborators hopped on board, including big names like Miles Teller, Jennifer Connelly, and of course, Tom…

Audiences’ love for Margot Robbie’s turn as Mattel's most iconic doll can be traced back to the first Barbie trailer. Many were quickly convinced that she could pull off the iconic doll’s signature high-arching feet. Of course, she delivered, and those famous dogs served as a plot device in the billion-dollar blockbuster. Now, Robbie might be cashing in on the Internet's obsession with her feet. Rumors are swirling around the Oscar-nominated actress, and it's been alleged that she's taken out insurance on her most famous…

Jonathan Majors, an American actor in his early 30s, wakes up on the day of our interview lying next to his nine-year-old daughter. He has some chores to see to before we are due to talk at 9am, including the school run. One wrinkle: his daughter goes to school on the east coast of America and this morning they are on the west coast, in Los Angeles, having just attended the premiere of a Marvel movie called Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, in which Majors stars. Before he has to shake his daughter awake to get her to…

Depending on one’s interest in film awards, it may or may not be apparent that the business of the Oscars is a nearly year-long affair. The pieces for an Oscar campaign – a full-time job with its own PR, schmoozing schedule and the momentum of smaller awards to achieve enough votes for a nomination – are usually in place months ahead of time. The window provides time to tweak and build a narrative; there is nothing Hollywood loves more than a comeback or underdog story (see: this year’s supporting actor frontrunner Ke Huy…

After delivering the time-twisty Tenet to the moviegoing public to 2020, Christopher Nolan is back to covering World War II following his previous exploration of the conflict in Dunkirk. This time around, the filmmaker is chronicling the life of J. Robert Oppenheimer, who’s been credited as “the father of the atomic bomb,” with Cillian Murphy playing the theoretical physicist. There’s still over half a year to go until Oppenheimer comes out, but Nolan seems pumped about the 2023 movie release and talked about the “big…

We’re living in the timeline where deepfakes came to be, i.e. technology that allows one to superimpose someone’s likeness onto an existing picture or vide. Deepfakes are particularly popular with making it look like celebrities are doing things they never actually did, and Tom Cruise has been a particularly popular subject in this regard. But now Keanu Reeves is the latest Hollywood A-lister to get the deepfake treatment, and the results are uncanny to say the least.A TikTok account called Unreal Keanu Reeves has been…

Photo by Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images for Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures UK Celebrity feuds such as Taylor Swift and Kayne West often dominate the headlines but there’s a more wholesome approach: a Hollywood bromance. Actor Christian Bale recently opened up to GQ in a rare interview about his respect for fellow actor Leonardo DiCaprio and how he is happy to take on any role Leo passes on. Bale stated: “Any role that anybody gets, it’s only because passed on it before hand. It doesn’t matter what anyone…

Emily Blunt’s range seems to know no bounds. From her start as a fan-favorite character in The Devil Wears Prada, to starring in musicals like Mary Poppins Returns and Into The Woods, and even leading the horror franchise A Quiet Place, we never quite know what to expect from the British actress. Her next project continues a solid trend in her career: she’s going to be in another action movie with a beloved leading man. Blunt is set to star alongside Ryan Gosling in a movie adaptation of The Fall Guy set to be directed…