Daytime Soap Operas: Santa Barbara

During her long career, Paige toured with Bob Hope and danced onscreen with Fred Astaire, along with originating the Babe Williams role in The Pajama Game on Broadway in 1954. That same year she headlined It’s Always Jan, a CBS sitcom about the problems of single-parenthood during which she usually sang a song. It lasted a single season.

Born Donna Mae Tjaden on September 16, 1922, in Tacoma, WA, she began singing in talent shows at a tender age and moved to Los Angeles after graduating high school.

Paige made her Broadway debut in 1951 opposite Jackie Cooper in the mystery comedy Remains to Be Seen but found her signature stage role three years later in the hit musical comedy The Pajama Game. Babe Williams is a union organizer in a factory who falls in love with the new superintendent. Her role was played by Doris Day in the 1957 film version.

Paige later returned to Broadway three times, including starring roles in Here’s Love (1963) and Alone Together (1984). In 1968, she played the title role in Mame as part of a replacement cast. Angela Lansbury was the original star.

Along the way she appeared in dozens of movies and television series including 1946’s Hollywood Canteen, named for the famous nightclub where Paige was discovered. Through the next five years, she appeared in several Warner Bros films, often opposite Jack Carson, Dennis Morgan and/or Robert Hutton.

“When you go on an audition as an actor, it’s not about the job,” she said in a 2005 interview for the Television Academy Foundation. “It’s about the privilege of acting. Of working in front of somebody and acting.” Watch some of that interview below.

Among her most recognizable silver-screen roles were opposite Day in Please Don’t Eat the Daisies and with Astaire and Cyd Charisse in the 1957 romp Silk Stockings, which also starred Peter Lorre and George Tobias.

The upstart TV medium came calling in the mid-1950s. Along with toplining It’s Always Jan, Paige guested on such popular ’50s and ’60s series in as Lux Video Theatre, Shower of Stars, Wagon Train, The Fugitive and The Red Skelton Hour.

Paige continued to work sporadically in films, but she was a familiar face on TV during the 1970s, ’80s and ’90s. She appeared on hit shows including All in the Family — during which she kissed Carroll O’Connor’s Archie Bunker — Happy Days, Columbo, The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Hawaii Five-O, Charlie’s Angels, The Rockford Files, Police Story, The Love Boat, Fantasy Island, Too Close for Comfort, Night Court, Caroline in the City and Trapper John, M.D.

She also appeared in dozens of episodes of daytime dramas General Hospital as Iona Huntington and Santa Barbara as Minx Lockridge. Her final credit was a 2001 episode of Family Law.

Daytime Emmy Hosts Will Once Again Be ‘Entertainment Tonight’ Anchors Kevin Frazier and Nischelle Turner

The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences and CBS were set to announce the news, which Variety has exclusively learned, on Thursday morning. Frazier and Turner previously hosted the Daytime Emmys in 2022 and 2023. The duo is also nominated this year in the outstanding daytime personality – daily category, while “Entertainment Tonight” is nominated in outstanding entertainment news series.

Frazier has been co-host of “ET” since September 2014; before that, he was co-host and managing editor of “The Insider” and a correspondent and weekend host of “ET.” Turner has been co-host of “ET” since 2021, first joining the show as a correspondent in 2014. She preciously served as a contributor for CNN.

Also on Thursday, NATAS revealed that Rachel Schwartz has been named head of daytime and children’s & family at the org. The landmark promotion makes Schwartz the first woman to ever lead the Daytime Emmys.

NATAS has additionally announced its 2024 Gold and Silver Circle Honorees, recognizing “admired individuals who have made enduring contributions to daytime television. Inductees are exceptional professionals who have performed distinguished service within the television industry, setting standards for achievement, mentoring, leadership and professional accolades for 50 or 25 years, respectively. They represent the best and brightest in the industry.”

Jerome Dobson (writer, “Guiding Light,” “As the World Turns,” “General Hospital,” “Santa Barbara”)

Patricia Denney (former hair and makeup department head, “The Young and The Restless”)

Rolonda Watts (talk show host, actress and voiceover talent, “Sherri,” “Curious George,” “Divorce Court”)

The 51st Annual Daytime Emmy Awards is produced by NATAS and Associated Television International. Adam Sharp and Lisa Armstrong are executive producers from NATAS, while David McKenzie is executive producer from ATI.

Tim Roth To Star As Henry Kissinger In CAA-Backed ‘Kissinger Takes Paris’; Robin Wright Among Cast

Roth will be joined by a cast that includes Robin Wright (House of Cards), Mary-Louise Parker (Weeds), Lucy Hale (Truth or Dare), David Cross (Arrested Development), Jimmy O. Yang (Crazy Rich Asians), Rob Corddry (Childrens Hospital), and Dylan Penn (Who Invited Charlie?).

Kissinger Takes Paris is written and directed by Jeff Stanzler. Claude Dal Farra and Brian Keady of BCDF Pictures (To Leslie) are producing alongside Stanzler. CAA Media Finance and Concourse Media are co-representing domestic rights, with Concourse handling international.

Here’s the logline: “The film tells the (mostly) true story of Henry Kissinger – a middle-aged, politically washed-up Harvard professor who, in 1968, travels to Paris at the height of its student protests and the dawn of the sexual revolution.

“Feeling energized, he crashes the Paris Peace Talks and changes the course of modern history. A few weeks later, Henry returns to America as the second most powerful man in the world – and even more astonishingly…as the least likely international sex symbol of the modern era.”

Stanzler said he “marveled” at Kissinger as a young boy and was excited to bring his “mad capped” story to life. BCDF’s Dal Farra added: “Jeff has written a savagely funny, yet historically significant script from a story that has somehow remained untold for 50+ years.”

Matthew Shreder and Grant Mohrman are executive producers and will handle financing and distribution for Concourse Media

Roth and Wright are represented by CAA. Parker is represented by CAA and Untitled. Hale is represented by CAA and Reel Talent Management. Cross is represented by UTA and Vector Management. Yang is represented by CAA and Artists First. Corddry is represented by WME. Penn is represented by CAA and Anonymous Content.

Leonardo DiCaprio & Jane Goodall To Exec Produce ‘Howl’ From Promethean Pictures: Live-Action Film About A Dog And Wolf’s Survival Journey Will Be Told From The Animals’ Perspective

Set against the backdrop of a harsh winter, the movie will follow Harry, a family dog who is inadvertently left home alone and whose owners then die in an accident. Harry goes through a rollercoaster survival ride that brings him into contact with a wolf. The pair must overcome their mutual fear and suspicion, and ultimately they develop a close bond. The story is animal-led, but there will be some human characters with casting news to follow.

E. Elias Merhige (Shadow of the Vampire) will direct and Christopher Monger (Temple Grandin) has penned the screenplay. The movie is the first from Promethean Pictures, the new label formed by Argo Films’ Richard Johns (The Shepherd) and Merhige. Pierre-Marcel Blanchot and Fabrice Lambot’s Phase 4 will coproduce in association with Léo Maidenberg from Place du Marché. Doug Allan (Frozen Planet) is on board as cinematographer.

Goodall’s fascination with wolves dates back to childhood. “Howl will not only be an enjoyable and entertaining experience but will also help change perceptions of the ‘big bad wolf,’ which has been hunted to extinction in many areas of the world and is threatened and endangered in many others,” she said. “I hope we can make people understand their need to live alongside us and show these sacred creatures for what they are.”

The distinctive filming approach and Howl’s global messages resonated with DiCaprio and Goodall. DiCaprio has spoken and written about his admiration for world-renowned primatologist and activist Goodall, and the pair have worked together before and have a longstanding friendship. Appian Way Productions’ Jennifer Davisson and Michael Hampton are on board as EPs.

“Along with our good friend Jane Goodall, we were thrilled to board such a project as Howl that will stimulate such curiosity and enjoyment from all ages around the world,” Davisson said. “We hope this film encourages people to understand and appreciate the inextricable relationship between us humans and the natural wildlife that surrounds us.”

T.P. Lim from Malaysia’s Infinitus Entertainment is also an EP. He has had a long connection with Goodall as President of her Roots & Shoots environmental and humanitarian program in Malaysia and was instrumental in bringing Howl to her attention. The stellar team of EPs has been on board throughout development.

A new wave of film and TV projects encourages audiences to think about the environment, but achieves that through entertaining and inclusive storytelling rather than serving up apocalyptic visions. Director Merhige said Howl is a tale that will ask us to look beyond our human experience: “It is a daring and truly distinctive project and I’m incredibly excited to begin work with our amazing animal stars.”

Promethean’s Johns hailed the wider team and added that DiCaprio and Goodall’s involvement takes the movie to another level: “Their mutual love of wolves as a symbol of the wild and their authentic passion and commitment to telling inspiring and powerful stories about nature, the environment and sustainability will help elevate our film and ensure it gets to be seen by the widest possible audience.”

Phase 4’s Lambot, meanwhile, teased plans to create a Howl world: “With Promethean, we share an ambition to create a once-in-a-lifetime global film and nature event that appeals to audiences of all ages, and we are already exploring some interesting ancillary projects as part of a potential Howl universe,” he said.

Andrew Simpson, who worked on the The Revenant and Game of Thrones, will be wolf whisperer and dog trainer on Howl. With production underway, the film is expected to deliver in early 2026.o

Robin Wright-Led ‘The Girlfriend’ Ordered To Series At Prime Video; Olivia Cooke, Laurie Davidson & Waleed Zuaiter Also Star

The drama follows Laura (Wright), someone who wants for nothing. She has a great career, a loving husband, Howard (Zuaiter), and her beloved only son, Daniel (Davidson). Cracks begin to show on the surface of her seemingly perfect life when Daniel brings home a girlfriend, Cherry (Cooke), who Laura becomes convinced isn’t who she says she is. Wanting to protect Daniel, Laura will do anything to prove he is being deceived. When things go from bad to deadly, the question is, is Cherry a manipulative social climber? Or is Laura paranoid and possessive? The truth is a matter of perspective…

“The Girlfriend is a suspenseful family drama about the collapse of a mother and son’s bond, shown through relatable themes of love, greed, and power,” Vernon Sanders, head of television, Amazon MGM Studios said. “This series speaks directly to our Pan-English strategy maintained by Rola Bauer and we’re thrilled to work with Imaginarium and Robin Wright in adapting Michelle Frances’ compelling story for our global Prime Video customers.”

“I’m thrilled to be directing and acting in this wildly delicious psychological thriller filled with plot twists and surprising character turns, and to be working with such talented actors, Olivia and Laurie, and an overall amazing cast & crew…so excited!” Wright said.

The Girlfriend is author Frances’ debut novel released in 2018 that went on to become an international best seller. She said having Wright both star and direct the adaptation “is beyond my wildest dreams,” and goes on to call Wright “the perfect Laura.”

Imaginarium Productions and Amazon MGM Studios produce the series. Caroline Norris produces; Jonathan Cavendish, Robin Wright, Will Tennant, Phil Robertson, John Zois, Dave Clarke, Gabbie Asher and Michelle Frances executive produce. The Girlfriend is written by Gabbie Asher and Naomi Sheldon, with episodes written by Marek Horn, Ava Wong Davies, Isis Davis and Helen Kingston.t

General Hospital to Reunite Santa Barbara Duo (Again)

On NBC’s Santa Barbara, Grahn played legal eagle Julia Wainwright to Davies’ Mason Capwell, the black sheep of the uber-wealthy Capwell clan. An original cast member, Davies parted ways with Santa Barbara in 1989; Grahn, who joined its cast early in its run, stuck with the NBC soap until it went dark in 1993.

Davies and Grahn first reunited on GH back in 2002, when he was cast in the role of Dr. Cameron Lewis and lightly crossed paths with her (déjà vu alert!) legal eagle Alexis Davis. Davies’ first GH run ended in 2004.

This time around, beginning the week of May 22, Davies will play the GH role of Fergus Byrne, an attorney who crosses paths with Grahn’s Alexis. TVInsider was first to report on the casting.

Grahn was quick to comment on the re-reunion, writing on Instagram, “It never gets old. We do ??…. but it doesn’t ??. Lookin’ forward to another romp.”

Andrew Keegan To Star In Soapy PR Drama Series From Horror Actress Devanny Pinn

He will play an entertainment titan in The BLVD, which is being worked up as a six-part series set in LA’s hottest boutique public relations agency during awards season.

Keegan’s character will be Jake Flynn, head of a rival PR firm that is poised to depose longstanding celebrity publicist Persephone Reed (Kinmont).

Also starring in the indie production are Chelsea Gilson (Hawaii 5-0, Black Mass), Jordi Vilasuso (The Young and the Restless, Guiding Light), Vincent Irizarry (Bold and the Beautiful, All My Children), Nichole Tom (The Nanny, Beethoven), Adam Huss (Power, General Hospital), Candace Kita and Eric Himel.

The show is currently in production in LA, with Pinn (Camp Lake Pleasant) producing through her Jaguar Motion Pictures imprint from a script from Brandon Slagle and Eric Pereira. Sonia Blangiardo (Days of Our Lives) and Brian Beacock are serving as consulting producers with Michelle Romano (Escape From Ensenada) co-producing. Miranda Mariposa (The Black Mass), David Zagorski, Kimberly Cole, Robin Cote, Heather Cusick and Eleanore Sunchild are executive producing.

Keegan is rep’d by Deanda Management and Pinn is rep’d by Sheila Legette Entertainment.

Clint Howard Recalls His 'Exhilarating' Experience Working on The Bold and The Beautiful: 'It Was Go Time'

Howard, 64, discussed with PEOPLE his new role on The Bold and the Beautiful, appearing in the April 26 and April 29 episodes as the mysterious homeless man Tom, who provides Deacon Sharpe (Sean Kanan) and Dr. John Finnegan (Tanner Novlan) with pivotal clues to a mystery.

Howard shot his scenes with Kanan and Novlan just weeks before the episodes are set to air, which he says proved to be an “exhilarating” experience, partly due to the show’s brisk pace of production.

“You're handed a lot of scenes to do and you’d better be prepared,” Howard tells PEOPLE. “I was taught by both my mom and dad, Rance and Jean Howard, since I was a little kid that my primary responsibility is to be prepared to show up to work, even as a very young child… And then knowing that soap operas, it's possible to get handed boatloads of dialogue, and you've got to learn it. You've got to understand it. You got to be able to deliver it. You got to be light on your feet.”

In PEOPLE’s exclusive first look of the scenes, Howard looks almost unrecognizable as Tom, sporting long hair, a beard and a hoodie over several shirts while talking to Novlan and Kanan.

When the actor was first approached for the role, Howard notes he already had long shaggy hair, which suited the role of Tom perfectly.

"There was this homeless guy that the team over The Bold and The Beautiful has invented. They looked at me and they said, 'homeless guy,'" he jokes of his appearance on the show.

Howard’s return to soaps is a long time coming. In 1987, the actor appeared as an orderly named Marshall in three episodes of Santa Barbara, which ran for nine seasons from 1984 to 1993.

"That was a freedom. That was another lifetime ago,” he recalls of the project. “I didn't have as much to do on Santa Barbara as I did on Bold and The Beautiful, and I haven't gone back and looked at it. I don't even know if I could.”

The actor joins a long list of surprise guest stars who have popped up on The Bold and The Beautiful over the years, including Bob Barker, Drew Carey, Gina Rodriguez and Betty White. Last fall, Marie Osmond appeared as the wealthy Countess Von Frankfurt — a role she told PEOPLE at the time that she "enjoyed" for its unusual nature. ("It’s not one [character] that I’ve played before," she said then.)

Howard, for his part, hints his character Tom could return in future episodes of The Bold and the Beautiful. In the meantime, the actor is keeping busy in other ways, appearing recently on Pauly Shore's podcast The JITV Show, spending time with wife Katherine Cruz (who visited him on set of The Bold and the Beautiful) and enjoying quality moment with friends like Dee Wallace, helping the E.T. star celebrate her 75th birthday in December.

But Howard is particularly jazzed about another upcoming project that couldn't be more different from soaps: a comedy horror film entitled Another Ice Cream Man. The movie, which is a direct sequel to the 1995 cult classic Ice Cream Man, revolves around his character Gregory Tudor and his motivation for deciding to “put body parts in ice cream.”

“I go to make personal appearances at horror conventions, and it [Ice Cream Man] is by far and away my number one horror film that people respond to,” Howard explains, referring to the sequel ultimately as a “warm movie" despite its seemingly scary overtones.

“We're going to follow that journey of what makes a guy go absolutely nuts," he continues. "It will be so delicious. Not to use a bad ice cream pun!”

The Bold and the Beautiful airs weekdays at 1:30 p.m. ET on CBS and is available for streaming on Paramount+. Howard's episodes are set to air on Friday, April 26 and Monday, April 29.

Tom Hanks-Robin Wright-Robert Zemeckis Reteam ‘Here’ Gets Fall Awards-Season Launch

The movie reps the first time that filmmaker Robert Zemeckis, Tom Hanks, Robin Wright and scribe Eric Roth have all worked together since the Best Picture Oscar-winning 1994 smash Forrest Gump.

The pic follows multiple families and a special place they inhabit — traveling through generations and capturing the human experience in its purest form. Here is based on the graphic novel by Richard McGuire.

Producers are Zemeckis, Jack Rapke, Derek Hogue and Bill Block. EPs are Jeremy Johns, Andrew Golov and Thom Zadra. The movie also stars Paul Bettany, Kelly Reilly and Michelle Dockery.

Also going wide on the Wednesday before Thanksgiving is Disney’s Moana 2 and Universal’s Wicked.

CBS Studios NAACP Venture To Develop New Daytime Drama For CBS Called ‘The Gates’

Dubbed The Gates, the new daytime drama is from Michele Val Jean, who has written more than 2,000 episodes of daytime dramas and won multiple Daytime Emmys for her work on The Bold & The Beautiful and General Hospital. She will serve as writer and showrunner and will also executive producer alongside CBS Studios NAACP Venture President Sheila Ducksworth, along with Leon Russell, Derrick Johnson and Kimberly Doebereiner.

“The Gates will be everything we love about daytime drama, from a new and fresh perspective,” said Ducksworth. “This series will salute an audience that has been traditionally underserved, with the potential to be a groundbreaking moment for broadcast television. With multi-dimensional characters, juicy storylines and Black culture front and center, The Gates will have impactful representation, one of the key touchstones of the venture.”

“I’m excited to develop this project with CBS and P&G, two of the longest and most passionate champions of broadcast and daytime television, and the NAACP, whose enduring commitment to Black voices and artists is both powerful and inspiring,” continued Ducksworth. “I also want to thank CBS’ George Cheeks, NAACP’s Derrick Johnson and P&G’s Marc Pritchard for their personal involvement and support to take our next step forward with The Gates.”

It’s been years since one of the broadcast networks launched a new daytime sudser. There are only three still existence between CBS and ABC — B&B and The Young and the Restless on CBS, and General Hospital on ABC.

CBS continues to rank No. 1 in daytime with its dramas but all three of the soaps are down in the key demos versus last year. Days of Our Lives is now streaming on Peacock — having moved from NBC to the the platform in 2022.

The CBS Studios’ production venture and development deal with the NAACP was established to help elevate a diverse range of voices as well as increase the visibility of Black artists on broadcast and streaming platforms in an ever-evolving media landscape.

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General Hospital Casts All My Children Vet as Blaze’s Mother

All My Children vet Eva LaRue — who played neurologist Dr. Maria Santos Grey on the now-defunct ABC soap off and on over the course of 18 years — is joining General Hospital as Blaze’s (Jacqueline Grace Lopez) mother.

LaRue’s character, Natalia Rogers-Ramirez, will make her first appearance on Feb. 26

Natalia arrives at a critical time in her singer-daughter’s life: Blaze is in the early stages of a romance with Kristina (played by Daytime Emmy winner Kate Mansi). It’s been previously established that one of the reasons Blaze has kept her sexual orientation under wraps is because she fears her coming out could have negative career implications. She also hinted that there could be blowback from her family.

LaRue, whose TV credits also include a series regular role on CSI: Miami as well as a stint on The Young and The Restless, will reunite with several of her former AMC co-stars on GH, most notably Cameron Mathison and Michael E. Knight.

In 1997, LaRue received a Daytime Emmy nomination for supporting actress for her work as Maria on AMC.

LaRue’s casting comes as GH is navigating a major change behind the scenes. Last month it was announced that head writers Chris Van Etten and Dan O’Connor had stepped down, replaced by current GH script editor Elizabeth Korte and celebrated soap vet Patrick Mulcahey (GH, Santa Barbara, Guiding Light). The new material from Team Korte/Mulcahey will begin airing in mid-to-late March.

SANTA BARBARA Co-Creator Bridget Dobson Dead at 85

Dobson had soaps in her blood as the daughter of GENERAL HOSPITAL creators Frank and Doris Hursley. She married Jerome Dobson in 1961 and began working as a team writing scripts for GH in the early ‘70s. In 1975, the Dobsons were made headwriters of CBS sudser GUIDING LIGHT and later AS THE WORLD TURNS.

In 1984 the Dobsons created the iconic NBC soap SANTA BARBARA which became well-known for its wit and humor as well as its creative and dramatic storylines. “We wanted to take risks,” Bridget told the L.A. Times. “Otherwise, we know the show would die in that time slot as other soaps and game shows had. So we created two competitive families, the Capwells and the Lockridges, who were psychologically complicated but also psychologically and emotionally valid. We took the core of our own inner souls and put it on screen, for multifaceted characters with multidimensional personalities. That there was humor made the show unique — each character has a sense of humor.”

Nancy Lee Grahn, who now plays Alexis on GH, became a soap star playing Julia Wainwright Capwell on SANTA BARBARA and paid tribute to the legendary soap creator in a heartfelt Instagram post. “Bridget Dobson and her husband Jerry hired me to play the most curious, absorbing, complex, inspiring character of my career,” she wrote. “Realizing the role of Julia Wainwright, having the privilege of feeling my way through this beautifully constructed character’s relationship with herself and others was life-altering for me. It advanced me as an actress and a woman. It introduced 140 -some countries to me and me to them and it set the path to a career that has so far lasted 38 years. The effect just one person can have on your life is quite extraordinary. Rest in greatness, Bridget, and thank you.”

2024 SAG Awards Nominations

AMERICAN FICTION
ERIKA ALEXANDER / Coraline
ADAM BRODY / Wiley Valdespino
STERLING K. BROWN / Clifford Ellison
KEITH DAVID / Willy the Wonker
JOHN ORTIZ / Arthur
ISSA RAE / Sintara Golden
TRACEE ELLIS ROSS / Lisa Ellison
LESLIE UGGAMS / Agnes Ellison
JEFFREY WRIGHT / Thelonious “Monk” Ellison

BARBIE
MICHAEL CERA / Allan
WILL FERRELL / Mattel CEO
AMERICA FERRERA / Gloria
RYAN GOSLING / Ken
ARIANA GREENBLATT / Sasha
KATE MCKINNON / Barbie
HELEN MIRREN / Narrator
RHEA PERLMAN / Ruth
ISSA RAE / Barbie
MARGOT ROBBIE / Barbie

THE COLOR PURPLE
HALLE BAILEY / Young Nettie
FANTASIA BARRINO / Celie
JON BATISTE / Grady
DANIELLE BROOKS / Sofia
CIARA / Nettie
COLMAN DOMINGO / Mister
AUNJANUE ELLIS-TAYLOR / Mama
LOUIS GOSSETT, JR. / Ol’ Mister
COREY HAWKINS / Harpo
TARAJI P. HENSON / Shug Avery
PHYLICIA PEARL MPASI / Young Celie
GABRIELLA WILSON “H.E.R.” / Squeak

KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON
TANTOO CARDINAL / Lizzie Q
ROBERT DE NIRO / William Hale
LEONARDO DICAPRIO / Ernest Burkhart
BRENDAN FRASER / W.S. Hamilton
LILY GLADSTONE / Mollie Burkhart
JOHN LITHGOW / Prosecutor Peter Leaward
JESSE PLEMONS / Tom White

OPPENHEIMER
CASEY AFFLECK / Boris Pash
EMILY BLUNT / Kitty Oppenheimer
KENNETH BRANAGH / Niels Bohr
MATT DAMON / Leslie Groves
ROBERT DOWNEY JR. / Lewis Strauss
JOSH HARTNETT / Ernest Lawrence
RAMI MALEK / David Hill
CILLIAN MURPHY / J. Robert Oppenheimer
FLORENCE PUGH / Jean Tatlock

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Limited Series
MATT BOMER / Hawkins “Hawk” Fuller – “FELLOW TRAVELERS”
JON HAMM / Roy Tillman – “FARGO”
DAVID OYELOWO / Bass Reeves – “LAWMEN: BASS REEVES”
TONY SHALHOUB / Adrian Monk – “MR. MONK’S LAST CASE: A MONK MOVIE”
STEVEN YEUN / Danny Cho – “BEEF”

THE CROWN
KHALID ABDALLA / Dodi Fayed
SEBASTIAN BLUNT / Prince Edward
BERTIE CARVEL / Tony Blair
SALIM DAW / Mohamed Al Fayed
ELIZABETH DEBICKI / Princess Diana
LUTHER FORD / Prince Harry
CLAUDIA HARRISON / Princess Anne
LESLEY MANVILLE / Princess Margaret
ED MCVEY / Prince William
JAMES MURRAY / Prince Andrew
JONATHAN PRYCE / Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
IMELDA STAUNTON / Queen Elizabeth II
MARCIA WARREN / Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother
DOMINIC WEST / Prince Charles
OLIVIA WILLIAMS / Camilla Parker Bowles

THE GILDED AGE
BEN AHLERS / Jack
ASHLIE ATKINSON / Mamie Fish
CHRISTINE BARANSKI / Agnes van Rhijn
DENÉE BENTON / Peggy Scott
NICOLE BRYDON BLOOM / Maud Beaton
MICHAEL CERVERIS / Watson
CARRIE COON / Bertha Russell
KELLEY CURRAN / Mrs. Winterton
TAISSA FARMIGA / Gladys Russell
DAVID FURR / Dashiell Montgomery
JACK GILPIN / Church
WARD HORTON / Charles Fane
LOUISA JACOBSON / Marian Brook
SIMON JONES / Bannister
SULLIVAN JONES / T. Thomas Fortune
CELIA KEENAN-BOLGER / Mrs. Bruce
NATHAN LANE / Ward McAllister
MATILDA LAWLER / Frances Montgomery
ROBERT SEAN LEONARD / Luke Forte
AUDRA MCDONALD / Dorothy Scott
DEBRA MONK / Armstrong
DONNA MURPHY / Mrs. Astor
KRISTINE NIELSEN / Mrs. Bauer
CYNTHIA NIXON / Ada Brook
KELLI O’HARA / Aurora Fane
PATRICK PAGE / Richard Clay
HARRY RICHARDSON / Larry Russell
TAYLOR RICHARDSON / Bridget
BLAKE RITSON / Oscar van Rhijn
JEREMY SHAMOS / Mr. Gilbert
DOUGLAS SILLS / Borden
MORGAN SPECTOR / George Russell
JOHN DOUGLAS THOMPSON / Arthur Scott
ERIN WILHELMI / Adelheid

THE MORNING SHOW
JENNIFER ANISTON / Alex Levy
NICOLE BEHARIE / Christina Hunter
SHARI BELAFONTE / Julia
NESTOR CARBONELL / Yanko Flores
BILLY CRUDUP / Cory Ellison
MARK DUPLASS / Chip Black
JON HAMM / Paul Marks
THEO IYER / Kyle
HANNAH LEDER / Isabella
GRETA LEE / Stella Bak
JULIANNA MARGULIES / Laura Peterson
TIG NOTARO / Amanda Robinson
KAREN PITTMAN / Mia Jordan
REESE WITHERSPOON / Bradley Jackson

SUCCESSION
NICHOLAS BRAUN / Greg Hirsch
JULIANA CANFIELD / Jess Jordan
BRIAN COX / Logan Roy
KIERAN CULKIN / Roman Roy
DAGMARA DOMINCZYK / Karolina Novotney
PETER FRIEDMAN / Frank Vernon
JUSTINE LUPE / Willa
MATTHEW MACFADYEN / Tom Wambsgans
ARIAN MOAYED / Stewy Hosseini
SCOTT NICHOLSON / Colin Stiles
DAVID RASCHE / Karl Muller
ALAN RUCK / Connor Roy
ALEXANDER SKARSGÅRD / Lukas Matsson
J. SMITH-CAMERON / Gerri Kellman
SARAH SNOOK / Shiv Roy
FISHER STEVENS / Hugo Baker
JEREMY STRONG / Kendall Roy
ZOË WINTERS / Kerry Castellabate

Paul Thomas Anderson & Warner Bros Set Leonardo DiCaprio, Sean Penn, Regina Hall In Film To Shoot This Year

The film is currently untitled and they’re keeping the logline under wraps. We have learned that it is a contemporary setting and it is the most commercial one PTA has attempted, with commensurate budget. It came out of a relationship that Warner Bros Picture Group co-chairs/CEOs Michael De Luca and Pam Abdy built making PTA’s last film, Licorice Pizza, while they ran MGM. That film got three Oscar noms for Best Picture, and Best Screenplay and Best Director for PTA.

While DiCaprio, Penn and Hall are the leads, the new film will have a big ensemble cast that is still falling into place. Anderson has done ensemble in the past, notably with Boogie Nights, the film that De Luca shepherded when he headed production at New Line.

The film is significant for several reasons. Along with developments like the strategic alliance just formed with Tom Cruise and projects that include the Paul Greengrass-scripted/directed adaptation of the T.J. Newman bestselling novel Drowning: The Rescue of Flight 421, Warner Bros and De Luca and Abdy have the opportunity to change the narrative for the studio. It was a rough 2023, even as the studio finished with the top-grossing film in Barbie.

DiCaprio was courted for many things in the wake of Killers of the Flower Moon, which has him in the thick of the Oscar race along with Martin Scorsese, Robert De Niro, Lily Gladstone and Eric Roth, who adapted the David Grann book with Scorsese.

Penn stars in Daddio, teaming with Dakota Johnson in the Christy Hall-directed two-hander that was a fall festival favorite and acquired by Sony Pictures Classics, and he’s part of the Patricia Arquette-directed Gonzo Girl. Hall was executive producer on Gonzo Girl, and she next stars in the Geremy Jasper-directed rock opera Odessa for Searchlight. She most recently starred in Peacock’s The Best Man: The Final Chapter, and starred in the fest film Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul.

DiCaprio is repped by LBI and Hansen Jacobson; Penn by CAA and Hirsch Wallerstein; and Hall by Independent Artists Group. Anderson is with CAA and Jackoway Austen Tyerman.

Australia’s AACTA International Awards Nominations

Best Lead Actor
Bradley Cooper – Maestro
Leonardo DiCaprio – Killers of the Flower Moon
Cillian Murphy – Oppenheimer
Andrew Scott – All of Us Strangers
Jeffrey Wright – American Fiction

Best Supporting Actress
Penélope Cruz – Ferrari
Vanessa Kirby – Napoleon
Julianne Moore – May December
Rosamund Pike – Saltburn
Da’Vine Joy Randolph – The Holdovers

The Critics Choice Awards Nominations

BEST ACTOR
Bradley Cooper – Maestro
Leonardo DiCaprio – Killers of the Flower Moon
Colman Domingo – Rustin
Paul Giamatti – The Holdovers
Cillian Murphy – Oppenheimer
Jeffrey Wright – American Fiction

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Emily Blunt – Oppenheimer
Danielle Brooks – The Color Purple
America Ferrera – Barbie
Jodie Foster – Nyad
Julianne Moore – May December
Da’Vine Joy Randolph – The Holdovers

BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE
Air
Barbie
The Color Purple
The Holdovers
Killers of the Flower Moon
Oppenheimer

Shirley Anne Field Dies: ‘Alfie’, ‘Saturday Night And Sunday Morning’, ‘Santa Barbara’ Actor Was 87

Her family announced her passing In a statement to the BBC. “It is with great sadness that we are sharing the news that Shirley Anne Field passed away peacefully on Sunday… surrounded by her family and friends. Shirley Anne will be greatly missed and remembered for her unbreakable spirit and her amazing legacy spanning more than five decades on stage and screen.”

Born June 27, 1936, in the Forest Gate district of East London, Field began working as a model in the early 1950, moving into acting by the middle of the decade with roles in such films as Loser Takes All and It’s A Wonderful World (both 1956).

In 1960 she had several roles – including in the unnerving horror film Peeping Tom that would later go on to become a cult favorite – before her breakthrough performance as Tina Lapford opposite Laurence Olivier The Entertainer, also released in 1960.

An acting career of more than 50 years followed, with film credits including Saturday Night and Sunday Morning starring Albert Finney (1960) The Damned (1962), Alfie (1966), House of the Living Dead (1974) and, in 1986, the Daniel Day-Lewis arthouse hit My Beautiful Laundrette. TV credits over the decades include a 1987 stint as Pamela Capwell Conrad the on American soap Santa Barbara, and appearances on Murder, She Wrote, Bramwell, and a recurring role on Where the Heart Is in 2001. Her final credit was the short film Beautiful Relics in 2014.

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