Patrick Stewart: A Life in Performance
Sir Patrick Stewart, who died on October 28 at 86, was a respected classical actor for two decades before fame arrived, and when it came, it came twice: Captain Jean-Luc Picard at 47 and Professor Charles Xavier at 60. A look back at the Royal Shakespeare Company discipline behind the stillness, and at why his greatest performances made power feel human.
One Job Away: Actors Scramble to Keep SAG Health Insurance.
Cheyenne Jackson finished his cancer treatments about $6,000 short of the earnings he needs to keep his SAG-AFTRA health coverage. He is one of
thousands of working actors who sit a single booking away from losing their insurance, and for most of them the math is not close.
John Leeson, the Voice of K9 in Doctor Who, Dies at 83
Hired in 1977 to voice a robot dog built for a single Doctor Who story, John Leeson stayed for nearly five decades and made one word, ‘Affirmative,’ one of the most loved sounds in the programme’s history.
Criminal Minds Ends With Season 20, a Finale Nobody Planned
After two decades on air, the BAU is closing its last case: Criminal Minds will end with its 20th season, closing one of television’s longest-running crime franchises.
Keanu Reeves Takes Over ‘Maelstrom’ From Alan Ritchson
Keanu Reeves steps into the lead of Maelstrom, adding another major role to a slate that keeps getting bigger.
Inde Navarrette Turns SNL Debut Into a Halloween Statement
The 25-year-old star of Obsession hosted Saturday Night Live on Halloween night, only the fifth time in 52 seasons the show has aired live on Halloween itself, and spent the night committing completely to everything she was handed: a monologue that turned someone else’s controversy into her own applause line, a filmed short Variety praised for her timing, and range shown in public, on live television, in front of the entire industry at once.
Michael Mann Injured in Gun Range Accident, Heat 2 Unaffected
Michael Mann is okay, and Heat 2 is still on schedule. The 83-year-old director was treated and released the same day after his firearm accidentally went off while he was holstering it at a West Los Angeles gun range on Saturday, and a source close to Mann confirmed the injury will have no impact on the January filming start that Leonardo DiCaprio, Christian Bale and Adam Driver have been holding their calendars against.
Hello Sunshine Cuts Half Its Staff After Witherspoon Buyback
Less than three weeks after Reese Witherspoon and Mediawan bought Hello Sunshine back from Candle Media, the company laid off roughly 30 employees, about half its staff, gutting the direct-to-consumer division and refocusing on film, television and Reese’s Book Club. A company Candle bought at a $900 million valuation in 2021 was reportedly bought back for a low to mid eight-figure sum, and the leaner shape that follows is the correction in person.
Regal and Cinemark Pass on Netflix’s Cliff Booth in IMAX
The two biggest theater chains in America will not put David Fincher’s Cliff Booth film on their IMAX screens, the latest round in the fight over how Netflix movies reach theaters.
Connor Storrie in Talks to Play Marvel’s Ghost Rider Villain
The Heated Rivalry breakout joins the Marvel universe as the villain in the Ghost Rider project, a big swing from one of TV’s most talked-about new names.
Japan’s Anime Industry Hits a Record $28.5 Billion in 2025
Japan’s anime industry posted a record $28.5 billion year, powered by overseas audiences who now drive the business.
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Elizabeth Holmes Documentary Leads a Quiet Halloween Weekend
Halloween landed on a Saturday and Hollywood mostly stayed home, leaving the chart to holdovers and the strangest race of the fall: A24's three-hour Elizabeth Holmes documentary, You Can See Everything, won the weekend in Monday's final numbers, $11.44 million to Clayface's $11 million, powered by a Sunday surge. Its Friday take of $3.56 million is the highest third Friday ever recorded for a documentary.
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