Television & Film Career In Photos – Deadline

Television & Film Career In Photos – Deadline

Idris Elba started his career on British television with small bit roles before his breakout role as Stringer Bell in the critically acclaimed HBO television series The Wire. This led to numerous roles in feature […]

6 Disney Movies That You Can’t Watch Anywhere Now — Best Life

Still from Song of the South

The Walt Disney company has been around for a century and making movies for almost as long—enough to populate an entire streaming service with them. But surprisingly, there are a handful of Disney movies you […]

11 Stars Who Dished On The Meaning Behind Their Unique Baby Names

11 Stars Who Dished On The Meaning Behind Their Unique Baby Names

“I wanted it to be something slightly metaphorical,” Garrett Hedlund said of his and Emma Roberts’ son’s name. There’s no shortage of unique baby names in Hollywood. In fact, celebrities have become notorious for picking […]

Jess Gardner shows insane strength as she challenges football player in video labeled ‘funniest thing I’ve ever seen’

Gymnast Clarence Phillips said of the video "This is gold"

NEBRASKA track and field Jess Gardner demonstrated her insane strength in a new challenge video. Gardner, 21, challenged Cornhuskers linebacker Chief Borders to try pole vaulting in a recent Instagram collaboration. 5 Gymnast Clarence Phillips […]

How fitness influencers game the algorithms to pump up their engagement

Woman films a video of herself applying makeup.

Social media and misrepresentation can go hand in hand – and that’s especially the case in the loosely regulated fitness and nutrition industry. We both have experience with personal training, but from different perspectives. To […]

Why aren’t there any legal protections for the children of influencers?

Black and white portrait of a boy wearing a knit hat and overalls.

When it comes to sharing content of children on social media – particularly via sponsored posts and brand deals – what’s legal isn’t always what’s ethical. Influencer Brittany Dawn, who initially gained a following for […]

From ‘House Party’ To Playing A Civil Rights Leader – Deadline

From ‘House Party’ To Playing A Civil Rights Leader – Deadline

Tosin Cole was larking about on the set of the Warner Bros  House Party reboot in Los Angeles when an email dropped from casting director Kim Coleman (BlacKkKlansman) about Emmett Till’s story. “I was like, ‘I’m filming […]

Documentary’s Community Pays Tribute To Oscar Winner Julia Reichert – Deadline

'American Factory' directors Julia Reichert and Steven Bognar

The documentary community is mourning one of its most treasured artists, filmmaker Julia Reichert. The Oscar-winning director of American Factory died Thursday night at her home in Yellow Springs, Ohio of a form of cancer […]

Billionaire Files $400 Million Insurance Claim Over Art Collection Pieces That “Lost Their Oomph”

Billionaire Files $400 Million Insurance Claim Over Art Collection Pieces That "Lost Their Oomph"

Billionaire Ron Perelman is one of the most passionate art collectors in the world, with a collection that was at one time (before he started selling off pieces from it) reportedly valued at $3 billion. […]

A new generation of L.A. leaders changing Latino culture

Ana-Christina Ramón, a UCLA scholar, is seen in a blue jacket with a patterned shirt, against an obscured background.

To speak of Latino culture in the United States is often to tell a story of absence, of underrepresentation and misrepresentation, of everything that is missing rather than all that exists. This will not be […]

Commentary: Redemption, writ large, in L.A. Opera’s divine ‘Omar’

A woman in a head wrap and dramatic blue costume printed with Arabic lettering on the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion stage.

“Omar,” the new opera by composers Rhiannon Giddens and Michael Abels, finds its strength in the simplicity of prayer. The work, which is too fluid to be classified in discrete musical or dramatic genres, is […]