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Joan Chen Has Always Been a Movie Star. Hollywood Is Finally Catching Up
The veteran actor has worked with Bernardo Bertolucci, David Lynch, and Ang Lee, and maintained rich careers in both China and the US. With the new film Dìdi, Oscar buzz is trailing her for the first time. What took so long?
By David Canfield
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Baby Reindeer’s Jessica Gunning Never Saw Martha as a Villain
“She’s so much more than that,” says the newly minted Emmy nominee of her breakout role in the Netflix hit series.
By Rebecca Ford
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Viggo Mortensen Speaks His Mind: On Amazon’s “Shameful” Decision, Green Book’s “Disingenuous” Critics, and Indie Film’s Unclear Future
The Oscar nominee, whose acclaimed new film, The Dead Don’t Hurt, has just hit VOD, offers his frank assessment of Hollywood. - Little Gold Men
Ready or Not, We’re Predicting the Emmy Nominations
This week on Little Gold Men, the hosts explore why Shōgun, The Bear, and Baby Reindeer are expected to clean up and which shows remain on the bubble. - Little Gold Men
Julianne Nicholson’s Life Didn’t Change After Mare of Easttown, and She’s Just Fine With That
Fresh off her Emmy win, the veteran scene-stealer had an offer to star in a glitzy new TV show. She turned it down to make Janet Planet—an indie gem that feels like a career statement. - Little Gold Men
Jacob Anderson Loves Doing “Insane” Things on Interview With the Vampire—Including That Wild Finale
“There’s a version of this show that is very stoic and takes itself too seriously, and I don’t think any of us ever wanted to make that show,” says the star of AMC’s hit vampire series. “And thank God!” - Little Gold Men
Jodie Comer Knew Her Bikeriders Accent Would Be Polarizing: “She’s Lost Her Mind!”
The Emmy winner tells Vanity Fair why her bold performance in the acclaimed film required taking a big risk. - Little Gold Men
Jessica Lange, Living on the Edge: “What Would It Take to Teeter Off That High Wire?”
The Oscar-winning icon speaks about her remarkable spring on screen and stage, and why she feels more liberated as an actor than ever. - Little Gold Men
8 Brilliant Underdogs That Most Deserve Emmy Nominations This Year
From the unhinged chaos of the best Real Housewives franchise to the career-best work from industry veterans Zahn McClarnon and Carla Gugino, we implore the Television Academy to keep their eye on this group of contenders.
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Amy Adams Hears the Call of the Wild in Nightbitch
“When people ask me what the movie is about, I’m like, ‘It’s about motherhood and rage,’” says director Marielle Heller in this exclusive first look. “And you either get that or you don’t.” - Awards Insider First Look
In Conclave, the Pope Dies—Then the Twisty Search for His Successor Begins
Ralph Fiennes top lines the new film from the director of All Quiet on the Western Front, a thriller about both a personal and a collective crisis of faith—backed by a brilliant ensemble including Isabella Rossellini, Stanley Tucci, and more. - Awards Insider Exclusive
Inside Sing Sing, the Colman Domingo Prison Drama That Will Break Your Heart
Domingo may be headed back to the Oscars for his incandescent performance in A24’s innovative film, where he stars opposite several formerly incarcerated men. - Awards Insider!
Kevin Hart, Taraji P. Henson, and Samuel L. Jackson Bring a True Story to Wild Life in Fight Night
Peacock’s dynamic new limited series examines how an infamous heist changed the city of Atlanta forever—and reintroduces Hart as a dramatic leading man. - Cannes Film Festival
Ben Whishaw on Giving the Riskiest Performance of His Career in Limonov. The Ballad
“I have no idea what this is going to be,” he tells Vanity Fair of his mammoth portrayal of a radical Russian activist. Here, an exclusive first look at the bracing result. - Cannes Film Festival
Inside the “Mind Fuck” of David Cronenberg’s Grief Drama The Shrouds
Inspired by the death of Cronenberg’s wife, the film is rooted in the director’s experience of loss. For actors Vincent Cassel and Diane Kruger, that made for an uncanny, emotional, and at times plain bizarre experience. - Cannes Film Festival
In The Apprentice, Sebastian Stan and Jeremy Strong Peer Into the Dark Heart of Donald Trump
Before Trump was Trump, he was a young striver taken under the wing of Roy Cohn. The Apprentice dramatizes their sinister bond: “I think of it as a love story, really,” Strong tells Vanity Fair.
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Venice and Toronto Film Festival Lineups Raise Our Oscar Hopes
Hotly anticipated films like Joker: Folie à Deux and The Piano Lesson are mixed with some wild cards that could shake up awards season.
By Rebecca Ford and David Canfield
Emmys 2024
Emmys 2024 Nominations: The Biggest Snubs and Surprises
Selena Gomez finally makes the cut, while a few beloved Oscar winners surprisingly do not.
By David Canfield and Rebecca Ford
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Emmy Nominations 2024: See the Full List Here
Shōgun leads the full list of Emmy nominations 2024 with 25 nods, followed by The Bear, Only Murders in the Building, and True Detective: Night Country.
By Hillary Busis
TCA Awards 2024
TCA Awards 2024: See All the Winners
John Mulaney, Jean Smart, Baby Reindeer, and Shōgun won big at the first in-person TCA Awards in five years.
By Eve Batey
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Emmy Nominations 2024 Predictions: See All of Our Picks
We predict that The Bear, Shōgun, and Baby Reindeer are going to have a very good Emmy nomination morning.
By David Canfield, Rebecca Ford, Hillary Busis, Richard Lawson, Chris Murphy, Savannah Walsh, Anthony Breznican, and Julie Miller
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Are Amy Adams, Saoirse Ronan, and—Gulp—Beetlejuice Beetlejuice Headed for the Oscars?
Our first round of major festival premiere announcements includes some films that are cementing major awards campaigns, and others that may have Oscar-watchers scratching their heads.
By David Canfield
2024 Election
Debate 2024: All the Highlights From the First Biden-Trump Showdown
The current and former president clashed on a host of policy issues, but Democrats are panicking over the president’s performance.
Here: Robert Zemeckis’s New Movie Spans a Century, but the Camera Never Moves
Tom Hanks and Robin Wright reunite the Forrest Gump team for a drama set entirely in one household’s living room.
By Anthony Breznican
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Why Bo Burnham Turned Down John Mulaney’s Everybody’s in LA
Mulaney breaks down his fascinating talk show experiment, from his favorite segment to potentially doing a second season in a new city (but only if “everybody was there”).
By Hillary Busis
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Hacks Creator and Star Paul W. Downs Has His Head in the Game
What’s the secret to the Hacks multihyphenate’s success? It’s simple, says Jean Smart: “He comes across as just likable.”
By David Canfield
Reunited
Elizabeth Debicki Felt Like an “Australian Baby” When She Met Tom Hiddleston
The Emmy nominees revisit The Night Manager as they return to the awards conversation with The Crown and Loki.
By David Canfield
Royals
All the Highlights From Trooping the Colour 2024
Trooping the Colour, which celebrates King Charles’s birthday, featured Kate Middleton’s first royal appearance in months.
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Larry David on Ending Curb Your Enthusiasm and Staying True to His Roots
“We have our fans, and they don’t want us to be politically correct,” David tells Vanity Fair. “They don’t care about wokeness.”
By David Canfield
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Predicting the Big Winners at This Year’s Tony Awards
On this week’s roundtable episode of the Little Gold Men podcast, the panelists discuss Broadway’s biggest night, when a play with music just might outshine all the musicals.
By Richard Lawson
Shot List
How Expats Defied Visual Expectations From Its Very First Shot
“When you have Nicole Kidman as your star, generally the studio wants you to show her face right away,” director Lulu Wang tells Vanity Fair. She had another idea.
By David Canfield
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How Jonathan Bailey Juggled Wicked With Fellow Travelers: “It Was Fame From the Waist Down”
The Bridgerton breakout on his busiest season yet, costarring with Matt Bomer in a groundbreaking queer love story, and the spot where two very different characters intersect: “Tim, if he’d been born 60 years later, may have played Fiyero in the school production of Wicked. And he would have loved the shiny boots.”
By Chris Murphy
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After Nearly 30 Years Onscreen, The Bear’s Liza Colón-Zayas Found Her Breakout
The Bronx-born stage and screen veteran on bonding with Philip Seymour Hoffman, facing years of rejection, and the pandemic-forced turning point that brought her to this moment.
By David Canfield
Reunited
Renée Elise Goldsberry Has Followed in Christine Baranski’s “Phenomenal Footsteps”
At very different stages in their careers, Baranski and Goldsberry starred together on CBS’s The Good Wife. Years later, the two Tony winners reflect on their parallel paths as actors before and since.
By David Canfield
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Chloë Sevigny and Josh Lucas on Career Struggles, Method Acting, and Making American Psycho
Twenty-five years after filming American Psycho, Sevigny and Lucas meet again as Emmy contenders—the former for FX’s Feud: Capote vs. the Swans, the latter for Apple TV+’s Palm Royale.
By David Canfield
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Jude Law: An Eras Tour
The two-time Oscar nominee reflects on his thrilling rise in Hollywood, the real reason he initially turned down The Talented Mr. Ripley, and his recent career turning point: “When there’s a whole herd of interesting, beautiful young men coming up, you’re trying to readjust.”
By David Canfield