During the monologue for Saturday Night Live, Jake Gyllenhaal seemed to be trying to convince himself that he was OK with hosting the season 49 finale and not the season 50 premiere. “When you think of historic television seasons, the first number that pops into your head is 49,” Gyllenhaal said. “I mean, sure, you […]

Jesse Plemons has become an undisputed auteur’s favorite. The 36-year-old star’s beguiling unshowiness onscreen has landed him memorable parts in films from Paul Thomas Anderson (The Master), Steven Spielberg (Bridge of Spies, The Post), Martin Scorsese (The Irishman, Killers of the Flower Moon), Charlie Kaufman (I’m Thinking of Ending Things), Adam...

The latest from 'My Life as a Zucchini' helmer Claude Barras is about a group of Indigenous people trying to protect their land from rampant deforestation.

The setup reads like a thriller: 60,000 photo negatives were discovered in a safe in a Swedish bank, no one knows how they got there, and no one knows who paid to keep them there. But Raoul Peck’s Cannes-bound documentary Ernest Cole: Lost and Found aims to uncover the forgotten years of a photographer whose legacy and […]

Another union is coming to Disneyland. On Saturday, a majority of the amusement park’s character workers voted to unionize with Actors’ Equity Association in a National Labor Relations Board vote, ushering more employees at Disneyland into the union fold. Nine hundred and fifty-three workers voted “yes” to join Equity, while 258 voted “no.” The parties...

Melissa Joan Hart said it was “hard” for her to take on more serious roles after years on Nickelodeon. The actress, who has been in the entertainment industry for more than three decades, recently told People magazine that she now likes to “mix it up” when choosing characters and genres, but that it took some […]