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Imprisoned ‘Tiger King’ star Joe Exotic is ‘over the moon’ to be famous, directors say

March 27, 2020 at 7:02 p.m.

"Tiger King" was probably always destined to become a hit. How could a docuseries with exotic animals, polygamy, guns, murder conspiracies, meth and genital piercings be anything but? That the...

Clare Crawley, who will be the oldest Bachelorette at 39 when the season begins.

Commentary: Why it’s so important the new ‘Bachelorette’ star is 38 years old

March 3, 2020 at 2:15 p.m.

When her season of "The Bachelorette" premieres in May, Clare Crawley will be 39 years old. That means she will be the oldest star the reality show has ever had,...

Oprah Winfrey poses for a photo on the red carpet at the grand opening of Tyler Perry Studios on Saturday, Oct. 5, 2019, in Atlanta.

Oprah Winfrey backed out of the Russell Simmons sexual assault documentary. Why the fallout was ‘horrible’

January 17, 2020 at 6:16 p.m.

Twenty minutes. That's how long Kirby Dick and Amy Ziering had to digest the news that Oprah Winfrey was pulling her support of their documentary before she released the announcement...

Greta Gerwig, left, and Noah Baumbach arrive at the Los Angeles premiere of "Marriage Story" at the Directors Guild of America Theater on Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2019.

In the snow with Greta Gerwig at the places that inspired ‘Little Women’

December 26, 2019 at 1:42 p.m.

Greta Gerwig surveyed the white expanse in front of her, the freshly fallen snow still untouched. "I'm just going to go for it," she said, forging a path through the...

PARIS, FRANCE - DECEMBER 12: Greta Gerwig attends the "Little Women" Premiere on December 12, 2019 in Paris, France. (Photo by Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images)

Directors Roundtable: How talking about directing a film is much like sex

December 18, 2019 at 3:58 p.m.

Todd Phillips just directed one of the year's most critically divisive films, a comic book adaptation that went on to become the highest-grossing R-rated movie of all time. But top...

Taron Egerton as Elton John in a scene from "Rocketman."

Actors Roundtable: When the Irishman meets Batman, who can tell what will happen?

December 18, 2019 at 3:52 p.m.

Antonio Banderas referred to it as "sofa therapy." Eddie Murphy said he likes to "just do nothing." It's perhaps no great surprise that with six busy actors a recent conversation...

Camila Morrone attends the Newport Beach Film Festival Fall Honors Featuring Variety's 10 Actors To Watch at The Resort at Pelican Hill on November 03, 2019 in Newport Beach, California.

Camila Morrone wasn’t interested in acting. Now she’s being called the next Jennifer Lawrence

December 5, 2019 at 4:29 p.m.

As a girl, Camila Morrone didn't think much of actors. From her family's two-bedroom apartment on the last legal block of the 90210 ZIP Code, she watched her parents run...

The Envelope gathered five actresses: Cynthia Erivo, from left, Nora Lum (Awkwafina), Jennifer Lopez, Charlize Theron and Renée Zellweger at the end of October to talk about their films, their working lives and the future as it looks to them.

Who could give advice to Charlize Theron about being a celebrity? Only Jennifer Lopez

December 2, 2019 at 6:07 p.m.

Sometimes even celebrities need advice. Even on how to be a celebrity. So it was recently that Charlize Theron, Renee Zellweger, Cynthia Erivo and Nora Lum — perhaps better known...

Tom Hanks as Mister Rogers in a scene from "A Beautiful Day In the Neighborhood," in theaters on Nov. 22.

‘Neighborhood’ welcome: How Marielle Heller persuaded Tom Hanks to portray Fred Rogers

November 8, 2019 at 4:49 p.m.

By the time she was 4 years old, Marielle Heller had already rejected "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood." As the eldest of three, she saw her younger siblings watching the PBS show...

Saoirse Ronan and Timothee Chalamet in the film "Little Women."

The ‘Women’ behind Jo and Amy: Saoirse Ronan, Florence Pugh play the sisters in Greta Gerwig’s adaptation of Alcott’s novel

November 8, 2019 at 4:48 p.m.

Florence Pugh is rapidly swiping her index finger across her iPhone, searching for Pam. "Hang on, hang on," she says. "I'm going to get it. Where's Pam? Oh, this is...

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