Monthly Archives: June 2025

Mark Hamill Says Carrie Fisher Told Him to ‘Embrace’ His ‘Star Wars’ Fame After Downplaying It While Performing on Broadway: ‘Get Over Yourself. You’re Luke Skywalker’

Mark Hamill says Carrie Fisher once had to remind him where he came from. During a recent interview on NPR’s “Fresh Air,” Hamill remembered that Fisher encouraged him to “embrace” his “Star Wars” roots after Hamill omitted the credit from a Broadway playbill. “[Carrie Fisher]

‘Ballerina’ Star Ana de Armas Says Tom Cruise ‘Supports Every Movie’ and ‘Really Wants’ Audiences to ‘Go to the Theaters’: ‘We Are Working Together’

Ana de Armas is returning the praise to Tom Cruise. At Tuesday night’s premiere of “Ballerina” at the TLC Chinese Theater in Hollywood, star de Armas said it is “unbelievable” that Cruise made the effort to publicly endorse the film. She also made sure to

PBS SoCal, KMEX and KTLA Dominate 77th Los Angeles Area Emmy Nominations

The Television Academy revealed the nominations for the 77th Los Angeles Area Emmy Awards, recognizing 111 nominees across 31 categories that spotlight the best in locally produced television, from arts and culture to crime, environment and public affairs. The awards will be presented Saturday, July

Jimmy Fallon Says ‘People Want You to Fail’ When You’re on ‘SNL’, Adds Dealing With Hate Is the ‘Absolute Worst’: ‘You Can’t Make Everyone Like You’

Jimmy Fallon took the good with the bad during his time on “Saturday Night Live.” During a recent appearance on “The Diary of a CEO” podcast, Fallon said that as a young comedian on “SNL,” he wanted to make everyone happy with his performances. Although

How the ’Andor’ Score Went for Maximum Strength While ‘The Studio’ Composer Acted Solo

Sometimes it takes a 60-piece orchestra to effectively score a series; sometimes it takes just a single musician. Those extremes are illustrated by two of this season’s most popular shows: the Apple TV+ satirical series “The Studio,” whose innovative percussion score is the work of

How Solo Voices Became the Key to the Haunting Scores of ‘Adolescence’ and ‘Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story’

A single human voice singing, wordlessly, can evoke a sense of humanity — or inhumanity — depending on the behavior we witness on our screens. This was the case in two much talked-about streaming series, accomplished in very different ways but with a similar goal

Parker Posey Was ‘Gaslit’ Into Thinking She ‘Wasn’t Viable’ For Major Hollywood Movies After the Indie Scene Was ‘Co-opted By the Studio System’: ‘It Was Such a Head Trip’

Parker Posey needed to prove herself all over again when making the jump from indie films to Hollywood productions. During a recent appearance on the “Smartless” podcast, Posey, who started her career in celebrated independent films like “Party Girl, “Dazed and Confused” and “Basquiat,” was

‘Andor’ Creator Says Disney Spent ‘$650 Million for 24 Episodes’ and ‘We Fought Hard’ for Money After Being Told in Season 2: ‘Streaming Is Dead. We Don’t Have the Money We Had Before’

“Andor” creator Tony Gilroy dropped a bombshell during a recent Q&A at the ATX Television Festival (via IndieWire): The total budget for the 24-episode “Star Wars” series was $650 million, he claimed. Released over two seasons in 2022 and 2025, “Andor” ended its run last