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Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home, or “the one with the whales,” as it’s sometimes called, is one of the more popular films in the original series cinematic universe. Fans enjoy its message of ecological conservation, its lighthearted moments, and who doesn’t get emotional about that ending?

While The Voyage Home is a fan favorite, it was nearly a very different film. Cast changes, character arcs, and filming woes radically changed during pre-production and filming, so let’s take a look at how the original vision and the version released in cinemas on November 6th, 1986.

The doctor who almost wasn’t

One of the main storylines of The Voyage Home is the plight of Dr. Gillian Taylor (Catherine Hicks) and her efforts to save two humpback whales that live in captivity at the cetacean institute where she works. Intelligent, driven, and with an affection for a certain Starfleet admiral of our acquaintance,...

“Reagan,” the Dennis Quaid-led biopic about Ronald Reagan that became a sleeper hit in the U.S. last year, earning $30 million, is going global thanks to Universal Pictures Content Group, which is set to release the film internationally.

The film was directed by Sean McNamara and stars Quaid as the Hollywood star turned Republican president alongside a cast including Penelope Ann Miller as First Lady Nancy Reagan, Mena Suvari as his first wife Jane Wyman, Lesley-Anne Down as Margaret Thatcher, Kevin Dillon as Jack L. Warner and Jon Voight as Petrovich, a Soviet who claims to have spied on Reagan for years. It released theatrically in the U.S. on August 30 by ShowBiz Direct, with Lionsgate handling ancillary. It also landed in cinemas in several territories including Spain, Portugal, Lithuania, Croatia, Estonia, Latvia and Poland via Voltage.

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When a film makes it all the way to the Academy Awards and takes home the top prize of best picture, a safe assumption to be made is that said movie is probably pretty good. Right? Well, that should be the case, but whatever reason, every once in a while a film sneaks through that just isn't up to snuff and leads future audiences to wonder exactly what the Academy was thinking.

That's the exception, not the rule, however. Most best picture winners are worthy of their title, even if some fans may quibble over what the actual best film of the year was. But even amongst this lofty category, there are films that stand out as the best of the best. If there was to be an Academy Awards: All Stars Edition, these 15 would be the ones that would make the cut. No matter how long ago they were released,...

Ted Danson was 34 when Cheers debuted in the fall of 1982, on the younger side for a TV star at the time. That season’s top 10 highest-rated shows included a few other thirtysomething leads in Tom Selleck on Magnum, P.I. and John Ritter in Three’s Company, but for the most part, the hits of the small screen were built around actors in their fifties (Larry Hagman on Dallas, George Peppard on The A-Team) or sixties (John Forsythe in Dynasty, Jane Wyman in Falcon Crest). By the time Cheers ended a dozen years later,...

Claude Jarman Jr., who received a Juvenile Academy Award for his heart-tugging performance as the boy who adopts an orphaned fawn in the 1946 MGM classic The Yearling, died Sunday. He was 90.

Jarman died in his sleep of natural causes at his Marin County home in Kentfield, California, his wife of 38 years, Katie, told THR’s Scott Feinberg.

In films released in 1949, Jarman starred with Jeanette MacDonald in the Lassie movie The Sun Comes Up, played the brother of a rancher on the run (Robert Sterling) in Roughshod and reteamed with Yearling director Clarence Brown to portray a youngster out to prove the innocence of a Black man in Intruder in the Dust, based on the William Faulkner novel and filmed in Oxford, Mississippi.

A year later, he played the son of a cavalry officer (John Wayne) in John Ford’s Rio Grande (1950).

Born on Sept. 27, 1934, Jarman was the 10-year-old son...

Meryl Streep is the best of the best.

Her performance in Sophie’s Choice (1982) has been voted the greatest Oscar Best Actress winner ever, according to a Gold Derby ballot cast by 21 of our film experts, critics, and editors, who ranked all 97 movie champs.

Diane Keaton ranked second for Annie Hall (1977), with Jodie Foster following in third for The Silence of the Lambs (1991). Liza Minnelli for Cabaret (1972) and Vivien Leigh for A Streetcar Named Desire (1951) rounded out the top five.

At the bottom of the list of the Best Actress winners is Mary Pickford for Coquette (1929). Just above that film in the rankings are Luise Rainer for The Great Ziegfeld (1936), Helen Hayes for The Sin of Madelon Claudet (1932), Loretta Young for The Farmer’s Daughter (1947), and Marie Dressler for Min and Bill (1931).

Another recent Gold Derby poll of cinema experts declared The Godfather (1972) as the greatest Best Picture Oscar winner of all...

The performance by Meryl Streep in Sophie’s Choice (1982) has been voted the greatest Oscar Best Actress winner ever. The results are from a recent Gold Derby ballot cast by 21 of our film experts and editors, who ranked all 97 movie champs.

Ranking in second place is Diane Keaton for Annie Hall (1977). Following in third place is Jodie Foster for The Silence of the Lambs (1991). Rounding out the top five are Liza Minnelli for Cabaret (1972), and Vivien Leigh for A Streetcar Named Desire (1951).

At the bottom of the list of the Best Actress winners is Mary Pickford for Coquette (1929). Just above that film in the rankings are Luise Rainer for The Great Ziegfeld (1936), Helen Hayes for The Sin of Madelon Claudet (1932), Loretta Young for The Farmer’s Daughter (1947), and Marie Dressler for Min and Bill (1931).

Another recent poll had The Godfather (1972) declared as the greatest Best Picture Oscar winner of all time (view...

While Dallas and Dynasty might have very concrete cultural icons and high points, and Knots Landing offers multiple places to start watching depending on what kind of show you’re interested in, Falcon Crest only has one place to kick off watching if you don’t want to do it from Season One, Episode One.

The Grapes of Boredom

Falcon Crest premiered on December 4, 1981, with Dallas, a year post-Who Shot Jr? as its lead-in. It should have been a massive hit. And it did well enough. Except for one minor problem: It was kind of boring.

Following his father’s mysterious death, Chase (Robert Foxworth) returns to the Tuscany Valley, his wife, and two grown kids in tow to battle with his aunt Angela (Jane Wyman) for the family grapes and winery. Angela snarled, Chase self-righteously pontificated, and his wife, Maggie (Susan Sullivan), simpered. Chase’s son, Cole (William R. Moses...

Did you miss the 1980s? Have you only heard about the golden age of primetime soaps? Do you know who shot Jr? Are you familiar with The Abby Scale (Abby being a 10)? What was the Moldovan wedding massacre? If not, it’s time to find out. And if you do understand all the above references, well, it’s time to relive the big hair, the big shoulder pads, and the big personalities of primetime soaps’ greatest decade. We start with the show that never got the acclaim and buzz of its sister soaps, but it was worth watching then, and it is definitely worth watching now that all seasons are available on Amazon Prime — Falcon Crest!

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Falcon Crest ran on CBS from 1981 to 1990, and it stood out from the start in numerous ways. To begin with,...

There he is! The "Master of Suspense" hiding in plain sight. Can you identify all of his cameos? Do you know where he is in every one of his own films? Time for something a bit fun this year - enjoy this supercut video collecting every single Alfred Hitchcock cameo. There's a grand total of 40 of them! Spanning from 1927 to 1976 and in both B&W and color across his entire filmography. Wikipedia explains: "English film director Alfred Hitchcock made cameo appearances in 40 of his films. They began during production of The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog when an actor failed to show up, and the director filled in for him." There are obviously some more iconic and unforgettable cameos, like the one where he gets on the train with a cello in Strangers on a Train (1951), or the one where he gives actress Jane Wyman a look in...

The 2024 movie, Reagan, tells the life story of Hollywood actor and United States president, Ronald Reagan, but the movie isn't able to capture the man's entire life in just over two hours. Reagan premiered in August of 2024 and received record-breaking reactions. Reagan's Rotten Tomatoes scores are notably divisive, with an 18% critics' score, and the audience score at a whopping 98%. This is the biggest gap between scores in Rotten Tomatoes history. Though it is difficult to unpack why exactly these scores are so starkly different, one reason may be how Reagan portrays its protagonist's very full life.

When it comes to movies about historical figures, it can be hard to find a balance between authenticity and entertainment. The biggest obstacle is time. If a director wants to squeeze someone's entire life into a two-hour movie, some cuts are going to be inevitable. Unfortunately, some of these cuts can have a negative...

Dennis Quaid's Reagan just reached an important milestone at the box office. Hoping to tell the true story of President Ronald Reagan's life, the movies explores his life from his childhood and through his later years. Alongside leading man Quaid, Penelope Ann Miller also starred as Nancy Reagan. Despite a high audience score on Rotten Tomatoes that saw a 98% total, Reagan has proven divisive for critics, having settled with a 17% Tomatometer score.

Despite being panned by critics, according to a weekend box office report by Deadline, Reagan has officially crossed the $25 million milestone. Thanks to a weekend take of $1.9 million, it now has $26.7 million through its fourth week. Considering the $25 million budget, the movie has finally earned its budget back. This weekend's take represents a 33% drop from last week, but it is still a respectable draw for week 4.

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It was Paul Reubens’ second turn at bat.

The actor, then 35, had already rocketed to fame as Pee-wee Herman, the bicycle-obsessed man-child from 1985’s Pee-wee’s Big Adventure — the feature debut from Tim Burton, who is back in cinemas this weekend with Beetlejuice Beetlejuice.

For his sophomore outing, 1988’s Big Top Pee-wee, Reubens relocated his alter ego from suburbia to a pastoral setting, where Pee-wee cared for talking animals while working on cutting-edge agricultural experiments like hot dog trees.

Burton did not return to direct; instead it was Randal Kleiser behind the camera, back at Paramount for the first time since directing the studio’s 1978 smash, Grease.

“I had a ball making that movie,” says Penelope Ann Miller, who played Pee-wee’s fiancé Winnie, on THR‘s It Happened in Hollywood podcast. “I loved Winnie, the prude little school teacher, who wouldn’t let him touch her and loved egg salad,...

For the longest time, Dennis Quaid, whose film career spans nearly 50 years, has considered one film experience as his favorite. In a recent MovieWeb interview, the star of the upcoming Reagan biopic said that his role as astronaut Gordon Cooper in 1983s The Right Stuff always took the No. 1 spot in his heart. Until now.

Quaid plays President Ronald Reagan in his new biopic, which is mostly set in the 1980s. He said playing Reagan made him ponder his experience in 1983s The Right Stuff, which initially gave him a different measure for ranking his movies. The experience I had making [films] is very big for me, because Id watch a movie and I remember what I was doing on that day. [Its] been The Right Stuff for most of my career, because astronauts were big with me when I was a kid. He added:

I wound up playing my hero, Gordon Cooper,...

Reagan has dominated a horde of other new releases during a slow summer weekend at the domestic box office. The new movie, directed by Sean McNamara, is a biopic of former President Ronald Reagan starring Dennis Quaid in the title role. The Reagan release came during the final weekend of August, at the same time as several similar non-tentpole new releases including the Blumhouse AI horror movie Afraid, the L.A. riots thriller 1992, and the Casey Affleck sci-fi movie Slingshot.

Per Deadline, as of Saturday morning, projections for the domestic box office show the overall grosses turning out one of the summer's slower weekends in spite of the 4-day Labor Day holiday. The holdover hit Deadpool & Wolverine is continuing to reign supreme, taking the No. 1 spot for the fifth non-consecutive time with a projected 4-day total between $19 and $20 million. Of the raft of new releases hitting theaters, the most prominent was Reagan,...

Dennis Quaid said that he can relate to the late Ronald Reagan, whom he plays in a new feature biopic, because, “he was really kind of a fading actor towards the end of his career.”

Quaid noted that Reagan, who retired from acting in 1964, initially ran for president of the Screen Actors Guild in 1947, which was “right around the time” his first wife, Jane Wyman, won a Best Actress Oscar for “Johnny Belinda.”

“I think he felt a bit of a failure, to tell you the truth,” said the “Innerspace” actor. “I know he never got to the place that he aspired to be and I could really relate to that,” he said on Thursday’s Megyn Kelly Show podcast.

Quaid also said he “didn’t have any qualms” about playing the late president, despite the political division in the country, noting that — like Kelly — he’s voted both Democrat...

There is a great deal more hagiography than history in “Reagan,” a worshipful biopic of the 40th U.S. President that often plays like the cinematic equivalent of CliffsNotes, or one of those compact paperback biographies of notable figures that are designed to be consumed in an hour or less.

Director Sean McNamara (“Soul Surfer”), working from a by-the-numbers screenplay by Howard A. Klausner (based on Paul Kengor’s book “The Crusader: Ronald Reagan and the Fall of Communism”), is nothing if not brisk in his recounting of highpoints in the life of an iconic figure who, for better or worse, loomed large and exerted influence on the world stage throughout the final quarter of the 20th century and beyond.

Indeed, McNamara’s movie is so streamlined that, if you knew nothing about Reagan’s Hollywood heyday before he entered politics, you might wonder why he has a poster for...

Nearly four years ago, it was reported that Creed singer Scott Stapp was cast as Frank Sinatra in a Ronald Reagan biopic. Now, with the movie Reagan set to hit theaters on Friday (August 30th), we’re getting the first look at Stapp as Sinatra.

An image released by Rawhide Films [via Billboard] shows Stapp in character as Sinatra in a scene in which the legendary crooner performs at the old Cocoanut Grove nightclub in Los Angeles. In the photo (see below), the Creed frontman is wearing a white tailcoat and black pants and bowtie, as he’s seen singing behind an old-school microphone.

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In a previous statement, Stapp said, “Sinatra in performance mode was an exercise in restraint. He had this steely, stylish swagger and his sheer presence commanded a room. I was excited to join the cast and blown away by the on-set attention to detail,...

Nearly four years ago, it was reported that Creed singer Scott Stapp was cast as Frank Sinatra in a Ronald Reagan biopic. Now, with the movie Reagan set to hit theaters on Friday (August 30th), we’re getting the first look at Stapp as Sinatra.

An image released by Rawhide Films [via Billboard] shows Stapp in character as Sinatra in a scene in which the legendary crooner performs at the old Cocoanut Grove nightclub in Los Angeles. In the photo (see below), the Creed frontman is wearing a white tailcoat and black pants and bowtie, as he’s seen singing behind an old-school microphone.

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In a previous statement, Stapp said, “Sinatra in performance mode was an exercise in restraint. He had this steely, stylish swagger and his sheer presence commanded a room. I was excited to join the cast and blown away by the on-set attention to detail,...

Quick Links Ronald Reagan Started His Career in Radio Ronald Reagan's First Presidency Was With the Screen Actor's Guild A Charismatic Screen Presence Helped Ronald Reagan Redefine Politics and the Presidency Even Ronald Reagan Thought He Was The Ideal Man To Be President

Ronald Reagan wasn't just the President of the United States. The presidency was the last in a long line of jobs for Reagan and one that allowed him to flex his acting chops and capitalize on the charisma he'd honed over years in the public sphere. Reagan didn't enter politics without building his reputation in Hollywood, however.

Reagan made a name for himself as an ardent patriot and a man of the people. Reagan's radio, television, and movie presence and his public persona made him the ideal choice for politics. Reagan slowly worked his way up to the national stage, establishing a reputation as a champion for conservatism.

Dennis Quaid transforms into President Ronald Reagan in the biographical drama many years in the making, Reagan, which releases in theaters nationwide on August 30. Tickets went on sale today, the Fourth of July. Quaid's visit to Reagan Ranch helped him understand the late president's humble nature and how he worked, ultimately convincing him to take on the role. The film's cast includes Penelope Ann Miller as Nancy Reagan, Mena Suvari as Jane Wyman, and Jon Voight as Kgb Agent Viktor Petrovich.

I never wanted the movie to come out in an election year, Dennis Quaid told MovieWeb in an exclusive interview for his new film Reagan. The Far From Heaven and Great Balls of Fire! star morphs into the 40th President of the United States, a powerful force in history known for generating short-term economic growth and Soviet pushback. Get tickets for the film here, which go on sale today,...

‘Reagan’: All we know about the upcoming biopic’s release date, plot, cast, characters and more(Photo Credit –IMDb)

The eagerly anticipated Ronald Reagan biopic “Reagan,” directed by Sean McNamara and featuring Dennis Quaid as the 40th President of the United States, is scheduled to open in theaters this August. “Reagan” is the first full-length biopic of the controversial president, who was in office for two terms between 1981 and 1989.

Since its initial announcement in 2010, “Reagan” has encountered several obstacles, such as delays resulting from Covid shutdowns and the SAG-AFTRA/WGA strikes. It’s interesting to remember that in 1960, Reagan spearheaded an actors’ strike while leading SAG.

Well, now that the biopic is all set to release, read below to get all the information about the upcoming McNamara’s historical biopic.

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The trailer for Reagan features Dennis Quaid as Ronald Reagan and his journey from childhood to the White House.

The new footage from the Sean McNamara-directed biopic on the 40th President of the United States was released on Thursday.

“From dusty small-town roots, to the glitter of Hollywood, and then on to commanding the world stage, Reagan is a cinematic journey of overcoming the odds,” the film’s synopsis reads. “Told through the voice of Viktor Petrovich, a former Kgb agent who followed Reagan’s ascent, Reagan captures the indomitable spirit of the American dream.”

Set against the backdrop of the Cold War, the trailer kicks off with Quaid, who portrays Reagan as an older man, saying, “There’s nothing a retired governor can do but a president, now he can do a thing or two.”

The film includes major events throughout Reagan’s life, including confrontations with childhood bullies,...

Director Sean McNamara‘s Reagan, the first full-length feature on the 40th U.S. president, is out with its first trailer.

A biopic starring Dennis Quaid and set against the backdrop of the Cold War, the film follows Reagan’s journey from his childhood in Dixon, Illinois, to Hollywood, and then on to the White House. It begins with an aging Petrovich (Jon Voight), now 90 years old, being visited by an up-and-coming Russian leader who wants to know how the Soviet Union was lost.

Petrovich, the spy who knows everything there is to know about Reagan, begins recounting the tale of his adversary: the man he mockingly nicknamed “The Crusader,” beginning in 1922, when 11-year-old Ronald Reagan faces his first life crisis.

Additional cast for Reagan includes Penelope Ann Miller as Nancy Reagan, Mena Suvari as Reagan’s first wife Jane Wyman, Lesley-Anne Down as Margaret Thatcher, David Henrie as teenage Reagan,...

Well, the first trailer for Dennis Quaid’s Ronald Reagan biopic has debuted. The actor plays the 40th President of the United States in the feature, which promises to span the major events of Reagan’s life, including his confrontation with childhood bullies, his acting career and time leading the Screen Actors Guild and his ascendant rise in politics bolstered by anti-communist rhetoric. Set to a cover of Tears for Fears’ ’80s hit “Everybody Wants to Rule the World,” the trailer tracks how Reagan wanted to rule the free world — and did.

“I was a lifeguard on a river. And I learned how to read the currents — not just the ones on the surface, but also the ones deep underneath the water,” President Reagan says in the trailer, drawing a comparison to his own eye for geopolitical tensions. The footage also teases more well-known moments from the conservative President’s tenure,...

ShowBiz Direct has released the first trailer for Reagan, the biopic starring Dennis Quaid as Ronald Reagan, the 40th president of the United States. If it feels like we’ve been hearing about this one for a while, it’s because we have; Reagan actually wrapped production almost four years ago.

The film follows Ronald Reagan from “his humble beginnings to the glitz and glamour of Hollywood, and finally on to his biggest role as Commander in Chief set on the world stage… Told through the voice of Viktor Petrovich, a former Kgb agent whose life becomes inextricably linked with Ronald Reagan’s when Reagan first catches the Soviets’ attention as an actor in Hollywood, this film offers a perspective as unique as it is captivating.“

In addition to Dennis Quaid, Reagan stars Penelope Anne Miller as Nancy Reagan, Jon Voight as Viktor Petrovich, Mena Suvari as Jane Wyman, Kevin Dillon as Jack L. Warner,...

Reagan movie trailer features Dennis Quaid as Ronald Reagan, showcasing the former President's journey. Film offers a unique perspective on Reagan's life, from small-town roots to Hollywood stardom to Presidency. Dennis Quaid calls playing Reagan one of his most interesting roles.

Hollywood veteran Dennis Quaid is Ronald Reagan in the first trailer for the upcoming biopic, Reagan, from ShowBiz Direct. Set against the backdrop of the Cold War, Reagan was shot in Oklahoma and California and follows Reagan's journey from his childhood in Dixon, Illinois, to Hollywood, to the Presidency of the United States and the world stage. You can check out the newly released trailer below.

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Alongside the first footage from Reagan, you can also check out the official synopsis and some official stills from the biopic below.

From dusty small-town roots to the glitter of Hollywood, and then on to commanding the world stage,...

Barbara Rush, the classy yet largely unheralded leading lady who sparkled in the 1950s melodramas Magnificent Obsession, Bigger Than Life and The Young Philadelphians, has died. She was 97.

Rush, a regular on the fifth and final season of ABC’s Peyton Place and a favorite of sci-fi fans thanks to her work in When Worlds Collide (1951) and It Came From Outer Space (1953), died Sunday in Westlake Village, her daughter, Fox News senior correspondent Claudia Cowan, announced.

“My wonderful mother passed away peacefully at 5:28 this evening. I was with her this morning and know she was waiting for me to return home safely to transition,” Cowan said. “It’s fitting she chose to leave on Easter as it was one of her favorite holidays and now, of course, Easter will have a deeper significance for me and my family.”

A starlet at Paramount, Universal and Fox whose career blossomed at...

Exclusive: Director Sean McNamara’s Reagan, the first full-length feature on the 40th U.S. President, starring Dennis Quaid, has been picked up for North American distribution by ShowBiz Direct.

This will be the debut release from the recently launched studio which is led by exhibition veteran Kevin Mitchell, former Lionsgate distribution president Richie Fay, and the former co-president of Open Road distribution, Scott Kennedy. Pic is slated to hit theaters on August 30.

A biopic set against the backdrop of the Cold War, the film follows Reagan’s journey from his childhood in Dixon, Illinois to Hollywood and on to the White House. It begins with an aging Petrovich (Jon Voight), now 90 years old, being visited by an up-and-coming Russian leader who wants to know how the Soviet Union was lost. Petrovich, the spy who knows everything there is to know about Reagan, begins recounting the tale of his adversary:...

At the inaugural Academy Awards in 1929, native Pennsylvanian Janet Gaynor made history as the first American-born performer to win an Oscar by taking the Best Actress prize for her body of work in “7th Heaven,” “Street Angel,” and “Sunrise.” Over the subsequent 95 years, 215 more thespians originating from the United States won the academy’s favor, meaning the country has now produced 68.1% of all individual acting Oscar recipients. Considering the last decade alone, the rate of such winners is even higher, at 70.3%.

At this point, 96.8% of American-born acting Oscar victors have hailed from one of 34 actual states. Of those constituting the remainder, three originated from the federal District of Columbia, while four were born in the territory of Puerto Rico. New York (home to 49 winners) is the most common birth state among the entire group, followed by California (34), Illinois (13), Massachusetts (11), and Pennsylvania (11).

Bearing in mind our specific birthplace focus, the 16 states...

Alice Walker published her acclaimed novel “The Color Purple” in 1982. It sold five million copies; Walker became the first Black woman to win the Pulitzer Prize and she also received the National Book Club Award. Three years later, Steven Spielberg directed the lauded film version which made stars out of Whoopi Goldberg, Oprah Winfrey and Danny Glover. It earned 11 Oscar nominations. The story revolves around a young woman who suffers abuse from her father and husband for four decades until she finds her own identity. Not exactly the stuff of a Broadway musical.

But the 2005 tuner version received strong reviews, ran 910 performances and earned ten Tony nominations, winning best actress for Lachanze. The 2015 production picked up two Tonys for best revival and actress for Cynthia Erivo. The movie musical version opened strong Christmas Day with $18 million and is a strong contender in several Oscar categories especially for Fantasia Barrino and Danielle Brooks.

On Nov. 29, 1945, Paramount Pictures and Billy Wilder brought their adaptation of The Lost Weekend to theaters in Los Angeles. The film would go on to be nominated for seven Oscars at the 18th Academy Awards, claiming four wins, including best picture. The Hollywood Reporter’s original review, headlined “Brackett, Wilder, Milland Do Great Jobs In ‘Weekend,'” is below:

This is undoubtedly the best horror picture of the year and it is without question one of the best pieces of picture-making, so far as writing, directing, acting and any other techniques are concerned, that Hollywood has turned out in many a long moon. The word-of-mouth advertising alone will prove to be as terrific as the picture is horrific.

Effective is a mild word for the picturization of this novel, taken from the book of the same name. With the exception of the end, it has stuck most faithfully to the original,...

Judy Nugent, the former ’50s child actor who co-starred with Jane Wyman in Magnificent Obsession, Annette Funicello in the popular Annette serial on ABC’s The Mickey Mouse Club and flew in the arms of George Reeves’ Superman in a 1954 episode of The Adventures of Superman, died of October 26 cancer, surrounded by family at her ranch in Montana. She was 83.

Her death was announced in a family statement released by daughter-in-law Anne Lockhart, the Chicago Fire actor and daughter of Lost in Space star June Lockhart.

A Los Angeles native – she was the daughter of MGM prop man Carl Nugent – Nugent had already appeared in a handful of uncredited roles, including in the 1951 film Angels in the Outfield, when she landed her breakthrough role as Donna Ruggles in the 1949-52 TV series The Ruggles, an early family sitcom starring comic actor Charles Ruggles (Bringing Up Baby). Nugent played the twin...

Judy Nugent, who portrayed one of the twins on the early TV sitcom The Ruggles and a girl who flies around the world in the arms of the Man of Steel on a heartwarming Adventures of Superman episode, has died. She was 83.

Nugent died on Oct. 26 “surrounded by family at her Montana ranch after a short battle with cancer,” according to a family statement shared by her daughter-in-law and Battlestar Galactica and Chicago Fire actress Anne Lockhart (the older daughter of Lassie and Lost in Space star June Lockhart).

The younger daughter of a prop man at MGM, Nugent also appeared in two films directed by Douglas Sirk: as a wise-cracking tomboy who tries to get a blinded widow (Jane Wyman) to snap out of it in Magnificent Obsession (1954), and as one of the daughters of Fred MacMurray and Joan Bennett’s characters in There’s Always Tomorrow (1956).

Nugent also...

Documentary casts the movie star as a painful figure who inspired a new dialogue about Aids, but doesn’t do much to examine his Republican politics

The title of this efficient documentary, patching together archive footage with off-camera interview material, is naturally taken from the 1955 romantic drama All That Heaven Allows, directed by Douglas Sirk and starring Rock Hudson opposite Jane Wyman; it is a movie – and a genre – long since rescued from critical condescension. Hudson did indeed seem to have all that heaven allowed: an almost preternatural handsomeness with something like Cary Grant’s looks and pure movie-star glow, overlaid with a granite masculinity, and a cool, insouciant style, which appeared to enclose an enigma long before his gay identity and his Aids diagnosis was confirmed at the very end of his life.

Even when he went out of style during the American new wave, as the scuffed-up authenticity of Pacino,...

The most important thing about “Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed” is that, within the essential act of reclamation it provides for the star, it doesn’t just write off the Hollywood icon’s life as sad. That’s a remarkable thing for a documentary in which its last 40 minutes are as harrowing a depiction of AIDS in the ’80s there’s been in a film since “How to Survive a Plague.”

Certainly, it’s infuriating and upsetting on many levels: that Hudson wasn’t allowed to fly on a commercial airliner because of his diagnosis and had to rent an Air France Boeing 747 at the cost of $250,000 to return home to Los Angeles from Paris as it became clear his experimental treatment there had failed. And the revelation that his friend Nancy Reagan even urged her husband to deny him treatment at a military hospital is beyond enraging.

Stephen Kijak...

Rock Hudson was one of the biggest stars of the 1950’s and 60s: the most handsome leading man who romanced the likes of Elizabeth Taylor, Doris Day, Jane Wyman, Barbara Rush, Julie Andrews and Gina Lollobrigida on the silver screen. But he was living a secret life off-screen — he was gay.

The new Max/HBO documentary “Rock Hudson All That Heaven Allowed” examines his double life and the lengths that were taken to ensure his LGBTQ+ identity wasn’t revealed It wasn’t until 1985 did the truth make the headlines when he became the first famous Hollywood star to die of AIDs.

Barbara Rush, who appeared in three films with Hudson including 1954’s “Magnificent Obsession,” told me in a 2019 L.A. Times interview that it was no secret in Tinseltown that he was gay. “His agent [Henry Willson] decided that there had been enough about the rumors about Rock being gay.

During his lifetime, Rock Hudson was a model for American masculinity. That changed after his death, when the strapping, straight-acting (but occasionally sensitive) hunk from Winnetka became the poster boy for Hollywood homophobia: a closeted star who’d been forced to play a role his entire career that wasn’t true to himself, on screen and off. “Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed” treats that compromise as a tragedy, leaning on the fact Hudson died of AIDS to underscore the injustice, but Stephen Kijak’s documentary does him a disservice, reducing Hudson’s career — in exactly the way he went so far out of his way to avoid — to the dimension of his sexuality.

Built around interviews with a handful of former lovers and friends, Kijak spills private details from Hudson’s personal life, ranging from whom he shagged to how he arranged such trysts in the first place. A...

Rock Hudson’s life as a closeted Hollywood icon is now captured in documentary “Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed.”

Helmed by Stephen Kijak (“We Are X,” “Shoplifters of the World”), the HBO film charts the “Giant” heartthrob’s career as an actor of the studio system until his final role in “Dynasty” ahead of his 1985 death from AIDS.

Among the most iconic Hollywood men of the 1950s and ’60s, Rock Hudson embodied masculinity and straightness until his diagnosis and death from AIDS in 1985 shattered those notions in the eyes of the public. “Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed” tells the story of Hudson as a man who lived a double life; while his public persona was meticulously curated by his handlers, controlled by the studio system, and falsely anchored by a lavender marriage, Hudson had to keep his homosexuality behind closed doors due to anti-gay sentiments at the time,...

Swiss director Maxime Rappaz isn’t sure if there is more space for stories about more mature women these days. But he is certainly willing to give it a try.

“I am fascinated by that phase in someone’s life,” he tells Variety, opening up about his fiftysomething protagonist played byJeanne Balibar.

“I want as many people as possible to see it, that’s for sure. But also women who think it’s already too late for them to change things. If this film can trigger something in them, it would make me so happy.”

In his feature debut “Let Me Go,” the opening film of Cannes’ Acid sidebar, Claudine keeps dedicating herself to her differently abled, Princess Diana-obsessed son.

But every once in a while, she puts on the same white dress and heads to the same hotel in the mountains, where she meets and romances men. The shorter their stay,...

Robert Crutchfield, who served as a top publicity executive in television for Mtm Enterprises, Lorimar and Universal, has died. He was 85.

Crutchfield died April 7 at Eisenhower Medical Center in Rancho Mirage, California, after a long illness, a family spokesperson announced.

A onetime Houston radio deejay and 20th Century Fox contract player, Crutchfield in 1974 began an eight-year stint as vp marketing and publicity for Mtm Enterprises, where he handled such acclaimed series as The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Wkrp in Cincinnati, The Bob Newhart Show, Lou Grant, Phyllis, Rhoda and The White Shadow.

He joined Lorimar as senior vp publicity in 1982 and orchestrated the landmark “Who Shot J.R.?” campaign for Dallas while overseeing other shows including The Waltons, Knots Landing, Eight Is Enough and Falcon Crest, which starred his longtime friend, Jane Wyman. (He also was pals with actor Ed Asner.)

Crutchfield was on the job in 1986 when the parents...

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Star Wars and Native’s latest shoe collaboration will let the force be with your feet.

On the heels of The Mandalorian‘s third season debut, the Hollywood-loved footwear brand’s new Star Wars capsule collection ($48 to $65) features Din Djarin (aka The Mandalorian), Grogu, C3PO, R2D2, Darth Vader and other new and classic characters from the sci-fi franchise. The collab comprises adults and kids sizes in Native’s popular Jefferson and Robbie slip-on silhouettes, which have been worn by Olivia Wilde, Mila Kunis, Jessica Biel and Busy Philipps (and their stylish kiddos).

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The shoes are made of lightweight Eva foam and Native’s proprietary Sugarlite blend of sugarcane-derived resin and Eva, both designed to be odor-resistant. With...

If American Idol keeps this up, we’re going to have a serious tissue shortage in this country.

The third week of Season 21 auditions wrapped by introducing viewers to 21-year-old golden child Elijah McCormick, whose mom already submitted him to audition in 2019 before a near-fatal car accident required him to relearn how to walk and talk. And, of course, sing.

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Warning: Rock's speech contains very explicit profanity, which has been censored out, but may still be triggering for some.A year after the incident blew up the internet, Chris Rock is properly firing back at Will Smith in his heated stand-up special. Rock and Smith first made headlines in March of last year when the comedian host made a joke at Jada Pinkett Smith's expense, to which Smith promptly took to the stage and slapped Rock, further profanely threatening him from his seat. The two have since made a variety of comments and sparked a major debate regarding freedom of speech and comedy going too far.

This weekend saw the premiere of Netflix's first-ever live stand-up special with Chris Rock: Selective Outrage, in which he targeted everything from the Kardashians to Minnie Mouse. As expected, Rock took to addressing the Oscar slap controversy, in which he fired back...

All American’s Jalyn Hall plays a kid struggling to find meaning off the court in Disney+’s basketball-centered, coming-of-age drama The Crossover — and TVLine has your exclusive first look at the trailer.

Narrated by Hamilton’s Daveed Diggs and executive-produced by basketball legend LeBron James, the series follows twin brothers and skilled high school basketball players Josh “Filthy” Bell and Jordan “Jb” Bell as they navigate life at school and at home. Hall plays young Filthy and Amir O’Neill (Marlon) stars as young Jb. Darone Okolie (Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty) and newcomer Himie Freeman...

As we approach O-Day and the 95th Academy Awards on March 12, it’s always fun to go back and look at the Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress categories and revel in some of the trivia and shockers that have gone down on the awards season’s biggest stage. This is the rare year when Meryl Streep isn’t in the running, as her 21 overall nominations in the acting categories are nearly double the number of her closest female pursuer, Katherine Hepburn, who has 12. However, Hepburn still holds the all-time Oscar record with four acting wins. Streep has a mere three.

Here are some other actress category factoids to chew on:

Should Cate Blanchett win Best Actress this year for her role in “Tar,” she would tie Streep, Ingrid Bergman and Frances McDormand for second place behind Hepburn among actresses with three triumphs apiece. All four of Hepburn’s wins...

American Idol season 21 will return to Disney's Aulani Resort & Spa in Hawaii, and the mentors have been announced. In past seasons, the contestants who made it through Hollywood Week were invited to perform at Aulani. During American Idol season 20, the two-night event featured Bebe Rexha and Jimmie Allen mentoring two different groups of contestants. It was also the first time that the public could vote during that season. The American Idol season 21 episodes are expected to follow the same format, in which Lionel Richie, Katy Perry, and Luke Bryan will judge the contestants before the viewers vote.

In an Instagram post, American Idol revealed the "big announcement" about the mentors for the Aulani round of American Idol season 21. They are Noah Cyrus and Allen Stone.

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The Instagram post featured a photograph of them posing at the Hawaiian resort...

The most fun moments of watching the Oscars are always the surprises.

The unexpected wins from dark horses are always so much more thrilling than predictable outcomes.

It's not that the winners were undeserving -- it's often that their wins seemed to come out of nowhere.

With prognosticators having Oscar predictions down to a science, anything remotely surprising is a rare treat.

Here are some of the most shocking wins that left us with our jaws on the floor!

Adrien Brody (Best Actor In A Leading Role) in The Pianist

Brody was the only Oscar-less member of his cohort when he won for his role as Holocaust survivor Władysław Szpilman.

Up against Jack Nicholson, Nicolas Cage, Michael Caine, and Daniel Day-Lewis, Brody's win made him the youngest Best Actor in the history of the Oscars, at age 29.

Unfortunately, his behavior is what most people remember about his win -- when...

The celebration of the 100th anniversary of The Walt Disney Company at Disneyland begins today with the opening of Mickey & Minnie’s Runaway Railway, a new feature that marks the first time the beloved mice have starred in a ride-through attraction at the Anaheim resort.

The attraction is located in Disneyland’s Mickey’s Toontown, which will reopen March 8 following its year-long closure on March 9, 2022, for the land’s makeover.

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Mickey & Minnie’s Runaway Railway combines sets, audio-animatronics figures, animated media and projection-mapping techniques, all synchronized with trackless vehicles and a musical score calling back to Disney Television Animation’s Emmy Award-winning “Mickey Mouse” cartoon shorts.

Disneyland's celebrations honoring 100 years of Disney officially kick off today, featuring a pair of new nighttime spectaculars and a new attraction based on icons Mickey and Minnie Mouse alongside new merch, food, and beverages tied into the milestone. The Walt Disney Company reaches its hundred-year mark later this fall and Disney Parks aims to celebrate not just Disney's creations throughout the year, but the fans themselves.

While Disneyland itself is 68 years young, having opened July 1955, The Walt Disney Company first came into being in October 1923 paving the way to becoming one of the biggest media legacies of all time. This ripple effect is the theme of the World of Color – One nighttime spectacular.

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With new areas like Avengers Campus opening recently, Disneyland Resort's parks have had no shortage of fresh fun for fans to enjoy and more to come throughout the year.