| | | | | | What's news: It's magazine day! This week's cover stars are leading ladies Angelina Jolie, Zoe Saldaña, Mikey Madison, Demi Moore, Tilda Swinton and Zendaya. BAFTA has revealed its film awards longlists. Neil Young has reversed his decision to pull out of Glastonbury. Billie Eilish’s “Birds of a Feather” was streamed 1.775b times on Spotify in 2024. — Abid Rahman
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THR's Actress Roundtable ►On the cover. THR's award-winning Roundtable Series continues, next up are the film actresses. Six stars behind seven of the best films of the year — Angelina Jolie (Maria), Zoe Saldaña (Emilia Pérez), Mikey Madison (Anora), Demi Moore (The Substance), Tilda Swinton (The Room Next Door) and Zendaya (Dune: Part Two and Challengers) — sit down with THR's Rebecca Keegan for a conversation on surviving and thriving in modern Hollywood: "A lot of women in the past didn’t have this table." The roundtable. |
Diddy's Inner Circle Spills in New Doc ►"Sean Combs is a monster." As Sean “Diddy” Combs awaits his sex trafficking trial, Peacock is set to release a new documentary going inside the music mogul’s scandal. The first trailer for Diddy: The Making of a Bad Boy has been released and features new interviews with Diddy insiders, such as a childhood friend, a former bodyguard and a Making the Band winner. Also, singer-songwriter-producer Al B. Sure! speaks out for the first time (Sure! was Diddy’s label mate at Uptown Records and was in a relationship with Kim Porter before she began dating Diddy). The special also includes never-before-seen footage of Diddy partying at home and in the studio. The story.
—"I'm turning jobs down." Armie Hammer says his movie career is back on track, so much so he’s picky about roles he takes on these days. "My dance card is getting pretty full," the Call Me By Your Name actor said during an interview on the Your Mom’s House podcast on Wednesday. Hammer talked candidly about his Hollywood comeback after claims of cannibalism, sexual misconduct and rape derailed his career. "That first job that I turned down after four years of this shit, it was the best feeling I’ve ever had," he added about his big-screen acting return. The story.
—Parole attempt. Yolanda Saldívar, the notorious fan who worked her way into pop star Selena’s inner circle and then gunned down the Tejano singer in 1995 just as her fame was rising and she was poised to become a global star, has now filed a petition for parole, according to filings in the Texas penal system. Citing conversations with inmates at the O’Daniel prison, the New York Post reports that Saldívar is a constant target among those detained there and that she receives death threats over her crime. Saldívar’s sister told the tabloid that, after decades behind bars, it feels as if she is a “political prisoner.” The story. |
Most Anticipated Concert Tours of 2025 ►Kendrick pops out. Get ready, because 2025 is set to be another year packed with memorable live concerts and tours from some of your favorite musical artists. Whether you prefer pop, rock, country or rap, artists from all genres are hitting the road in the new year, including Billie Eilish, Kendrick Lamar and SZA, Sabrina Carpenter, Usher, Ed Sheeran, Zayn Malik, Coldplay, Katy Perry, Shakira, Billy Joel and Gracie Abrams. THR has compiled a list of some of the most anticipated concert tours happening this year. The tours.
—"Happily, the festival is now back on our itinerary." Neil Young has reversed his decision to pull out of playing Glastonbury and will now perform at the June music festival after saying the event was under the BBC’s “corporate control”. The music legend had written on his website Tuesday to explain that he and his new band, the Chrome Hearts, booked a slot at Worthy Farm this year but that they would no longer be playing as the BBC, a partner of Glastonbury, "wanted us to do a lot of things in a way we were not interested in." However, in a new post on Friday, the star said he had changed his mind upon the discovery of "an error in the information received." The story.
—Song of the year. Billie Eilish’s “Birds of a Feather” has flown to the top of Spotify’s list of biggest songs of 2024 with 1.775b streams. The streaming service says that the breezy pop smash is its most streamed song of the past year. “Birds of a Feather” has peaked at No. 2 on Billboard’s Hot 100 chart and is spending its 21st week on top of the Hot Rock & Alternative Songs chart. It is nominated for three honors at the Feb. 2 Grammy Awards, including song of the year, record of the year and best pop solo performance. The story.
—🤝 AI agreement 🤝 A trio of major music publishers — Universal Music Group, Concord Music Group and ABKCO — suing Anthropic over the use of lyrics to train its AI system have reached a deal with the Amazon-backed company to resolve some parts of a pending preliminary injunction. U.S. District Judge Eumi Lee on Thursday signed off on an agreement between the two sides mandating Anthropic to maintain existing guardrails that prevent its Claude AI chatbot from providing lyrics to songs owned by the publishers or create new song lyrics based on the copyrighted material. The story. |
'Squid Game' Creator Reveals How Violent Finale Sets Up Final Season ►"The Front Man — or, rather, In-ho — is just like Gi-hun." For THR, Josh Wigler spoke to Squid Game creator, writer and director Hwang Dong-hyuk about what's ahead for Gi-hun and the Front Man when the streamer's smash success returns with season three in 2025. Warning: Spoilers! The interview.
—Solid numbers. About 32m people, on average, were watching live on ABC, CBS and CNN as the clock struck midnight to welcome 2025. According to data from Nielsen Media Research, ABC was as usual the most-watched network for the ball drop, with Ryan Seacrest and Rita Ora hosting from Times Square (the late night segment averaged 17.9m viewers), followed by a CBS special hosted in Nashville by Rachel Smith and Kith Urban (6.9m during the 11:30 p.m.-12:30 a.m. window), followed by CNN’s annual event with Anderson Cooper and Andy Cohen (3.7m). The ratings.
—"If people like Easter eggs, this show is going to be an Easter egg hunt." Three years after concluding with Dexter: New Blood, Showtime’s favorite serial killer is back in action with Dexter: Original Sin. Throughout the season, THR will chronicle all the Dexter Easter eggs littered across Original Sin, updating as the episodes roll along, starting with the first four episodes. Warning: spoilers! The story. |
'Emilia Pérez,' 'Conclave' Lead BAFTA Longlists ►🏆 London calling 🏆 BAFTA on Friday unveiled its longlists for this year’s film awards with Emilia Pérez, Conclave, A Complete Unknown, The Brutalist and The Substance setting the pace. Jacques Audiard’s Spanish language musical tops the longlists (15), including leading actress and supporting actress mentions for Karla Sofia Gascon, Zoe Saldana and Selena Gomez. Edward Berger’s Conclave follows with 14 nods, including leading actor and supporting actor for Ralph Fiennes and Stanley Tucci, respectively. Round two of voting kicks off Jan. 3 and will determine the nominations, to be unveiled via global livestream on Jan. 15 at BAFTA HQ in London. The longlists.
—📅 Dated! 📅 Viola Davis is Madam President from April 10 as Amazon Prime Video sets a premiere date for its upcoming action thriller G20. Directed by Patricia Riggen, the film follows U.S. President Danielle Sutton (Davis), who becomes the number one target after the G20 summit comes under siege. After evading capture by the attackers, she must outsmart the enemy to protect her family, defend her country and safeguard world leaders. The film will be available to stream in more than 240 countries and territories worldwide. The story. |
How Denis Villeneuve Devised the World of House Harkonnen ►"What if their sun, instead of revealing colors, were killing the colors?" As part of THR's in-depth look at some of this season's awards contenders, Patrick Brezski spoke to Dune: Part Two director Denis Villeneuve, production designer Patrice Vermette, cinematographer Greig Fraser and editor Joe Walker about the creation of that mind-blowing set-piece on the planet of Giedi Prime — involving infrared cameras, septic tanks and a very sadistic Austin Butler. The conversation.
—"I want to keep testing out jokes and I want to keep getting the monologue in the [most] perfect place it can be." THR's Tiffany Taylor spoke to Nikki Glaser, ahead of her hosting gig at the 2025 Golden Globes. The comedian said she had been testing her monologue at L.A. comedy clubs and revealed the one star she plans to call out during Sunday's awards show. The interview.
—"I'm so close to the project that I find it hard summing Kat up. It's like removing a piece of your skin." THR's Lily Ford spoke to Rosalind Eleazar, star of Netflix's Harlan Coben drama Missing You. The British actress discusses the universal appeal of Coben’s writing, setting the show in the U.K. and the reality of an unpredictable reception. The interview.
—"They couldn’t break her." THR's Scott Roxborough spoke to I’m Still Here star, and Golden Globe best actress nominee, Fernanda Torres. The Brazilian actress discusses her personal connection to the family at the center of Walter Salles' true-life drama, and the family symmetry that sees her nominated for a Golden Globe 32 years after her own mother, Brazilian film legend Fernanda Montenegro (who has a cameo in I’m Still Here as the elderly Eunice) received a Golden Globe nom for Salles’ Central Station in 1993, the first time a Brazilian actress was nominated. The interview.
—"The rise of the far-right was a strong reason for wanting to do this particular story right now." Scott also spoke to director Joe Wright about his timely new eight-part series on the rise of Italian dictator Benito Mussolini, M. Son of the Century. Wright discusses why he took on the project, accusations that he is humanizing the fascist dictator and using anachronistic music in the series. The interview.
—"It was a silent scream." THR's Brian Davids spoke to Alessandro Nivola, the versatile charactor actor who made three memorable impressions on the big screen this year in The Brutalist, The Room Next Door and Kraven the Hunter. Nivola discusses all three films as well as the fast-rising acting career of his son, Sam Nivola. The interview. |
Thank Pod It's Friday ►All the latest content from THR's podcast studio.
—Awards Chatter. THR's executive awards editor Scott Feinberg talks to the great and the good of Hollywood. In this episode, Scott spoke to Jude Law. The Englishman, who has been one of our finest screen actors for some 30 years — he was twice Oscar-nominated before he was even 30 — reflects on his special relationship with director Anthony Minghella, the sorts of roles that he deliberately avoided and why he has done some of his best work in recent years, including as an FBI agent pursuing white nationalists in Justin Kurzel's The Order. Listen here.
—Awards Chatter. Scott also spoke to Lionel Richie. The legendary singer/songwriter reflects on his path from small-town Alabama to the biggest stages in the world, first with the Commodores and then as a solo artist; the hits on which he worked along the way, and why so many of them center on love; and why “We are the World,” in particular — the subject of Netflix doc The Greatest Night in Pop — means so much to him. Listen here.
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—With a spate of Hollywood productions shooting in Scotland recently, Jonathan Geddes looks at how and why the country has become a popular location [BBC]
—Joshua Chaffin and Sadie Gurman report on the baffling death of the Green Beret named in the Vegas Tesla explosion [WSJ]
—Here's your Friday list: "8 book-to-screen adaptations to add to your 2025 reading list" [Vulture]
Today...
...in 2014, Paramount Pictures released Christopher Landon's Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones in theaters. The fifth installment in the Paranormal Activity franchise had a mixed reaction from critics, but still earned nearly $100m at the box office. The original review.
Today's birthdays: Thelma Schoonmaker (85), Florence Pugh (29), Danica McKellar (50), Nicholas Gonzalez (49), Kim Jisoo (30), Dan Harmon (52), Kim Seol-hyun (30), Sarah Alexander (54), Raegan Revord (17), Alex D. Linz (36), Rebecca Broussard (62), Jason Marsden (50), Leah Gibson (40), Victoria Principal (75), Frankie Adams (31), Brooke Williams (41), Karl Glusman (37), Matt Ross (55), Nicole Beharie (40), Jeananne Goossen (40), Chasty Ballesteros (44), Al Weaver (44), John Ales (56), Seol In-ah (29), Blue Kimble (42), Juani Feliz (36), Joko Anwar (49), Justin Paul (40), Kurt Yaeger (48), Ren Hanami (63) |
| Wayne Osmond, who provided a strong baritone voice to the harmonious pop group that became known as The Osmond Brothers and then The Osmonds, has died. He was 73. The obituary. |
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