More from Rebecca Keegan
The Awards Pundits: Feinberg and Keegan on Telluride’s Rocky Mountain Highs and Lows
In keeping with annual tradition, The Hollywood Reporter’s executive editor (awards) Scott Feinberg and senior editor (film) Rebecca Keegan huddled at the end of this year’s Telluride Film Festival to discuss their Labor Day weekend in the Rockies. (Please note: THR will now be posting a written back-and-forth of this sort every month under the […]
- By
Telluride: Hillary Clinton Talks ‘Handmaid’s Tale’-Style Abortion Policy at Doc Premiere
Hillary Clinton encouraged a film festival audience in Telluride, Colorado, to “get back to a time when your government is not determining what your choices for your family would be, which is just so Handmaid’s Tale.” Clinton was in Telluride on Saturday for the premiere of Zurawski v Texas, a documentary she produced about a […]
- By
Angelina Jolie Opens Up About ‘Maria,’ Her Operatic Life and Her Bold Return
Angelina Jolie enters her mahogany-paneled dining room in Los Feliz in a gauzy white sundress and slides, carrying a pot of herbal tea, three large dogs trailing behind her. It’s mid-August, and Jolie is about to do something she hasn’t done in years—travel to a bunch of film festivals to promote her movies. Maria, the […]
- By
Telluride Film Festival Unveils 2024 Lineup
The national political conventions may be over, but Hollywood’s version of “the race” is just getting started as the fall festival season begins, and this year’s Telluride has plenty to offer for politicos and cinephiles alike. The 51st annual festival gets underway Friday in Colorado with a slate of world premieres including a Hillary Clinton- […]
- By
A Kamala Harris Celebrity Whisperer Reveals Campaign’s Strategy for Harnessing Star Power
It is July 31, 10 days since Joe Biden announced he was stepping down from the presidential race and throwing his support behind Kamala Harris, and Greg Propper is on his phone, nodding and smiling, taking one of what has been a deluge of calls. “That would be amazing!” he says, mouthing “I’m so sorry” to the reporter he’s talking to […]
- By
‘The Morning Show’ Boss on Getting Political in Season 3
In its third season, The Morning Show introduced an Elon Musk-inspired tech billionaire, a Jan. 6 insurrection storyline and multiple backstabby corporate takeover plots. But the point of all that high-stakes drama — on one of TV’s most gleefully over-the-top shows — is to remind us all to be a little more humble. So says Michael […]
- By
How an Oscar Blogger Became a MAGA Darling
On July 30, the day after the “White Dudes for Harris” meeting convened Kamala Harris supporters on Zoom, Sasha Stone posted the phrase “White power!” from the X account of the entertainment news site she owns, Awards Daily. Stone, a pioneer in the field of Oscar punditry and regular attendee at prestigious film festivals like […]
- By
Al Pacino Just Watched ‘The Godfather’ for the First Time in Decades: “Humbling”
It’s the movie that changed the course of his life — and American cinema — but Al Pacino had not seen The Godfather in its entirety in decades. So when he invited me to watch Francis Ford Coppola’s 1972 gangster epic with him and some of his friends at a small screening room in Hollywood […]
- By
Could ‘Real Housewives’ Elect a President?
There is an almost infinite number of topics people fight about on Bravo shows — stemware choices, mortgage fraud, Kanye’s penis. But one subject that is usually considered off-limits even by the cable network’s bare-it-all stars is politics. That may be changing, at least offscreen. This presidential election, Nelini Stamp, the creator of Real Housewives of […]
- By
Will the ‘Rust’ Armorer Walk, Too?
Rust armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed has filed a motion for a new trial — or for a dismissal of her case — in the wake of new ballistics evidence and “egregious prosecutorial misconduct” that was revealed during Alec Baldwin’s trial last week. “Justice demands that Hannah Gutierrez-Reed’s conviction be overturned immediately, ensuring that the legal system […]
- By
How the Shock Alec Baldwin Case Dismissal Impacts Other ‘Rust’ Main Players
Now that a New Mexico judge has dismissed Alec Baldwin’s involuntary manslaughter case in the shooting death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, the Rust saga moves to a new stage, albeit one that will still keep plenty of lawyers busy. Here’s what’s next for various players involved with the indie Western. Alec Baldwin On July 12, […]
- By
Judge Dismisses Alec Baldwin’s ‘Rust’ Trial
Alec Baldwin wept in court as a Santa Fe judge dismissed his involuntary manslaughter case on Friday after a day-long, dramatic and often bizarre hearing over how police and prosecutors treated a handful of bullets. “The late discovery of this evidence has impacted the fundamental fairness of the proceedings,” Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer stated in […]
- By