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There is nothing like this Dame, as in Helen Mirren, of course. She is the Oscar/Emmy/Tony-and everything else-winning acting icon who never seems to slow down. Now, with the Yellowstone prequel, 1923, she has also done her first western, and signed up for a…

In her relatively young career, Bel Powley has accomplished a lot. Starting with her breakthrough film role in 2015’s Diary of a Teenage Girl, for which she won several awards, and continuing with significant roles in such films as White Boy Rick, Royal Night…

Betty Gilpin has played a lot of different roles in her career but maybe not one quite like in Mrs. Davis, which debuted this week on Peacock. The new series finds her starring as Simone, a nun who is brought on to fight the title character, actually an…

Cate Blanchett has now been nominated for Oscars eight times, the eighth being her latest film Tár. But now, half a year since its debut in early September at the Venice Film Festival where she won Best Actress, she tells me she is still trying to come to…

Hong Chau’s time has come. She was just in London over the weekend celebrating her supporting actress nomination for The Whale at the BAFTA Film Awards. And in about two and a half weeks she will be sitting in a prime seat at the 95th Academy Awards where…

Ke Huy Quan just may have the most inspirational story of any 2022 Oscar nominee. After starting out with significant roles in two ’80s classics — as Short Round in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom and Data in The Goonies — his acting career came to a…

Colin Farrell is having a hell of a year already, having earned his first Oscar nomination for Best Actor as Padraic in The Banshees of Inisherin for which he is also nominated for two SAG Awards, a BAFTA, won his second Golden Globe, the Volpi Cup at Venice…

With nominations and awards coming in at a furious clip for his remarkable performance as the 600 pound teacher, Charlie, in Darren Aronofsky’s film adaptation of writer Sam Hunter’s play, The Whale, there is reason to believe this film, almost certain to…

Bill Nighy is one of those actors who seem to be memorable in just about any role, and any time they turn up on screen. His current role of Mr. Williams in the Sony Pictures Classics release Living has brought him to the forefront of the awards season…

Elvis Presley never got an Oscar nomination, but the man who plays him in Baz Luhrmann’s hit movie, Elvis is almost certain to land in the Best Actor race this year for a performance that has won high praise, none higher or more important though than from…

Angela Bassett is having a great week. She has been nominated for Best Supporting Actress at both the Critics Choice Awards and the Golden Globes for her role as Queen Ramonda in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. It only adds to the buzz that she will also…

Jessie Buckley was nominated Wednesday for a SAG Award as part of the ensemble of Sarah Polley’s extraordinary film Women Talking. She is also up for two Critics Choice Awards on Sunday for the same film including for Best Supporting Actress. She recently…