Anthony Mackie really knows how to pick 'em.
He’s had an enviable run — from his very first movie role as Papa Doc in the Eminem film 8 Mile to significant roles in Best Picture winners Million Dollar Baby and The Hurt Locker to career highlights such as playing Martin Luther King Jr. in HBO’s All the Way, Tupac…
Lily Collins got her first taste of acting on the BBC series Growing Pains at age 2. Then she took a break.
It wasn’t long before the daughter of singer Phil Collins found herself back in the limelight, not only as a model but opposite Sandra Bullock in 2009 Best Picture nominee The Blind Side. Not bad, and she has…
Watch this week’s edition of my Deadline video series The Actor’s Side with Bryan Cranston and get a master class in acting as well as a view into a career of tremendous versatility and purpose. Unquestionably one of the greats of our time, Cranston has six Emmys, two Tonys, a Best Actor Oscar nomination and countless…
John Boyega made headlines last week after he abruptly left the production of the Netflix movie Rebel’s Ridge that was shooting in New Orleans. “Family reasons” was cited as to why. But I actually caught up with him earlier last month as he was on location in Louisiana about to start that film, slated to be the latest…
To say Ethan Hawke does it all really is an understatement. Best known as an actor who began as a child star in 1985’s Explorers and grew into a multiple showbiz threat, Hawke has directed and written several films, appeared on Broadway and Off Broadway, been nominated for a Tony and directed three Off Broadway shows…
The Kominsky Method begins streaming its third and final season — six new episodes — on Friday. If ever there was a reason to tune in and binge the whole thing, it is the presence of none other than Kathleen Turner, once again working opposite Michael Douglas. With Alan Arkin leaving after Season 2 (and the subject of…
From Sarah Paulson's extraordinary run of characters and numerous Emmy nominations on American Horror Story to her current collaboration with AHS creator Ryan Murphy on Ratched, it is clear the star and producer have a unique connection that has resulted in critical acclaim, Emmys — her Marcia Clark in Murphy’s America…
Cedric Antonio Kyles joins me today for this special Monday edition of my Deadline video series, The Actor’s Side, but of course the world knows him better as Cedric the Entertainer. The comedian-actor stars on the hit CBS comedy series The Neighborhood, which anchors the network’s Monday night lineup and airs it…
Kate Mara has had a busy career so far on the stage and in TV and movies. Her big dream was, and still is, is to hit the bright lights of Broadway, but achieving the kind of success most actors dream of have made that Broadway debut a dream delayed as she explains in this week’s edition of my Deadline video series The…
Catherine Zeta-Jones freely admits she is 51, but the Oscar- and Tony-winning star has been at much longer than most her age, having gotten her first professional showbiz job at 9 and going strong ever since. She joins me for today’s edition of my Deadline video series The Actors Side, where she talks about all of it…
The end of this very long, and very unusual movie awards season is upon us. Final voting for the Oscars begins Thursday, and among those names on the Best Actress ballot is a first-time film actress, Andra Day, for her exceptional work playing Billie Holiday as she fights the government in director Lee Daniels’ The Uni…
As I began my conversation with Best Supporting Actress Academy Award nominee Amanda Seyfried for this week’s edition of my Deadline video series The Actor’s Side, she was a bit taken aback and told me this was the first time anyone had ever introduced her as an Oscar-nominated actress. But that is indeed what she is…
