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Chris Rock revealed on Sunday that filmmaker Paul Thomas Anderson provided feedback on his latest directorial project, Misty Green. The comedian mentioned during the film’s premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival on Saturday that Anderson watched the movie, which Rock wrote and directed, before telling The Hollywood Reporter that he watched Misty Green as a friend and critic. “Both,” Rock said when asked if Anderson watched as “a bud” or to give notes. “But it’s always for notes. It’s like, what do I have you — what’s the use of having a friend like you who can’t help me?”…
Reba McEntire has been tapped to perform a special tribute to the late Dolly Parton during the 2026 Emmy Awards on Monday night, The Hollywood Reporter has learned. The Grammy winner is expected to sing a song by the Queen of Country Music, who died last month at age 80 after a brief battle with cancer. In addition to McEntire’s performance, New York Knicks point guardJalen Brunsonis also expected to make a guest appearance during a pre-taped segment at the beginning of the telecast. It’s no secret that host Mariska Hargitay is a longtime Knicks fan, regularly spotted sitting courtside…
A new trailer for Peacock‘s Crystal Lake reveals more about the Friday the 13th prequel series —and unsurprisingly, the new information is rather creepy. The full trailer, released on Sunday (the 13th), delves a little deeper into the story of Pamela Voorhees (Linda Cardellini), the mother of the Friday the 13th movie franchise’s unkillable killer. The series is set in 1971 and opens with Pam employed at Camp Crystal Lake as a “lunch lady” —until her son drowns. “I don’t want to heal,” she tells a local cop played by William Catlett. “I want to find my son.” Pam becomes…
In cinema, the life of an assassin is often a solitary one. The demands of being a killer are enough to fill a man’s time. The fewer people around him, the fewer chances for error or tragedy. And then there are the philosophical questions: How can one participate in life when your occupation is death? Can a killer give life and nurture it properly? These questions also haunt our veterans, coming home to their families after killing abroad. Settling down becomes a new struggle, especially when money is low and employment options dwindle. As the world becomes more violent and…
In the space of a single week, the Toronto International Film Festival will premiere an Israeli drama about Oct. 7 —Avi Nesher’sOur Loves andHosam Abu Dan’sThirteen in Gaza, a portrait of a father and his teenage daughter navigating life as refugees, shot entirely in Gaza during the ongoing war. Both screenings are sold out. Both will likely struggle to find a U.S. buyer. (Gersh and Other Angle Pictures are handling sales onOur Lovesat TIFF; MAD World hasThirteen in Gaza.) The war in Israel and Gaza continues to dominate headlines, but for most mainstream domestic distributors, any film about Israel or Palestine remains a…
Los Angeles is home to a sizable urban indigenous community after the U.S. federal government in the 1950s launched its Native American Relocation Program that led American Indians to leave rural reservations for what they hoped would be better jobs and lives in major cities. And Canadian indigenous director Marie Clements, with her drama How We Stand, shows how that promise of relocation from Oklahoma to Los Angeles ended in tragedy for a fictional single mother, Angela, played by Cara Jade Myers, and her three daughters, impacted by the racism, sexism and violence of historical U.S. government policies that sought…
Back in Black, as a darkly funny crime drama, is no whodunnit. Ron Murphy’s satire about a failing funeral home has Christopher Walken starring as family patriarch Clyde Mortimer who is staring down bankruptcy. But his business enjoys a sudden rebound in fortune when Sam, his quiet granddaughter played by Ella Ballentine, triggers a suspicious rise in the number of small-town murders that leaves local police stumped and a trail of cadavers arriving on his doorstep. All of which begs the question: what is it about benevolent serial killers that’s expected to have Toronto Film Festival audiences cheering Sam on…
Fina Strazza, the Fear Street: Prom Queen and Paper Girls star, is set to produce and star in the romantic drama Any Way You Want Me, directed by Rana Strazza, who is also her mother. Strazza will play Billie Blake, who returns home when her mother inherits a dress shop next to her high school sweetheart Calvin Wilkes’ diner. Forced to face Calvin, Billie must contend with the truth, and lies, that ended their romance, according to a synopsis from the producers. Strazza joins an ensemble cast that includes Cobie Smulders, Iris Apatow, Brian Altemus and Callan Potter. Anyway You…
The title characer in Chris Rock’s sure-footed fourth feature as director,Misty Green, is having a rough week. An actress still best known for a TV series that ended years back, she’s about to be evicted, her bipolar brother is fresh out of a psych ward and in need of both emotional and financial support, a pimpy former colleague dangles a lucrative sex-work gig, and while her undeniable gifts might very well help her book an acting job, the many axes she has to grind in the entertainment industry keep getting in the way. In a star-making performance, Rosalind Eleazar —…
Anthony Ippolito, who stars as a young Sylvester Stallone in I Play Rocky, opened up about speaking with the action star in preparation for the biopic. The Purple Hearts actor told The Hollywood Reporter at the Toronto International Film Festival on Saturday that talking with Stallone about his life, early career, and the development of Rocky was an “overwhelming” experience. Ippolito plays Stallone in Peter Farrelly’s I Play Rocky, which follows the tumultuous production of the 1976 boxing film that won three Oscars, including best picture. “ I got to speak to Stallone prior to making the movie. It was a…