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‘Space Jam: A New Legacy’: How voice actor Jeff Bergman brings Bugs Bunny and Sylvester to life
Jeff Bergman’s name may not ring a bell, but he has some very recognizable alter egos: Bugs Bunny, Sylvester the Cat and Yogi Bear, to name a few. Be…
4 years, 4 months ago
Director Shawn Levy on the ups and downs of making ‘Free Guy’
Director and producer Shawn Levy’s new movie “Free Guy” — a big-budget original starring Ryan Reynolds as a video game character — had its release da…
4 years, 5 months ago
Producer Jason Blum on the battle around compensation in Hollywood: ‘I hope there will be a lot of lawsuits’
Producer Jason Blum thinks stars and filmmakers deserve a piece of the profit from their work. So naturally he opposes a push from studios to pay Net…
4 years, 5 months ago
Media mogul Barry Diller defends Scott Rudin, decries cancel culture
For nearly the past decade, media mogul Barry Diller has backed award-winning movies and Broadway shows from now embattled mega-producer Scott Rudin.…
4 years, 5 months ago
Barry Diller on the rise of streaming and why Hollywood ‘does not exist anymore’
Barry Diller, who made his name as a powerful studio boss, recently told NPR that “the movie business is over.” Expanding on those views, the legenda…
4 years, 5 months ago
Making sense of the 2021 Emmy nominations and revisiting ‘Catch and Kill’
The new HBO series “Catch and Kill: The Podcast Tapes” includes a 2019 interview between Kim Masters and Ronan Farrow for his podcast “Catch and Kill…
4 years, 6 months ago
Daveed Diggs on ‘Blindspotting’ and creative ventures after ‘Hamilton’
Multi-hyphenate Daveed Diggs has a lot going on, including writing and producing his new series on Starz, “Blindspotting.” The broadway hit “Hamilton…
4 years, 6 months ago
Journalist and ‘Sasquatch’ producer David Holthouse devotes his life to unmasking monsters
Investigative reporter and documentary producer David Holthouse was sexually assaulted as a child. He says that trauma led him to devote his life to …
4 years, 6 months ago
Edgar Wright on ‘The Sparks Brothers’ and embracing originality
Filmmaker Edgar Wright's new music documentary “The Sparks Brothers” celebrates two musicians whose work he loves. Ron and Russell Mael are brothers …
4 years, 6 months ago
Nida Manzoor created an all-female Muslim punk band for ‘We Are Lady Parts’
Writer Nida Manzoor wanted “We Are Lady Parts,” her series about an all-female Muslim punk band, to be funny. But as a Muslim woman writing about ver…
4 years, 6 months ago