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Jon Hamm credits 'dedicated nippleologist' for fake 'Fargo' piercings
Season 5 premieres Tuesday on FX. Hamm plays North Dakota sheriff Roy Tillman.
How the 'Pam & Tommy' glam squad perfected Lily James' fake breasts
“It was important that the breasts didn’t look overly theatrical . . . We created them to tastefully reflect Pam’s beauty and Lily’s work as an actor."
How they filmed that head-turning 'Hawkeye' chase scene
Fans of "Hawkeye" are buzzing about a high-speed, adrenaline-rush chase scene in Episode 3 of the Disney+ Marvel series starring Jeremy Renner and Hailee Steinfeld. The seven-minute scene starts with...
New tower gives residents exclusive app that controls NYC spire colors
Residents of a new Queens rental can soon light up the city that never sleeps.
Christopher Nolan crashed real plane for 'Tenet' — since it was cheaper than CGI
Here's hoping they filmed it in one take.
'Cats' visual effects artist says rumored 'butthole cut' exists
“There was nobody that said, ‘We want buttholes.' It was one of those things that just happened and slipped through.”
CGI in 'Call of the Wild' can't replace man's real best friend
There’s beautiful Yukon mountain scenery galore, but so much of this is sentimental twaddle, led by a lifeless main character.
How angry fans are changing big Hollywood movies
Hollywood movies aren’t just being made by committee these days — they’re being made by their audience. Recently, instantaneous social-media backlash against innocent movie trailers has led production teams to...
Claws out! Visual Effects Society livid over Oscars 'Cats' diss
The Visual Effects Society is hissing back at the Academy Awards.
CGI is bringing James Dean back from the dead for 'Finding Jack' movie
He may have died in 1955 — but you haven't seen the last film featuring James Dean. In a creepy turn, the Hollywood icon will be digitally reincarnated to star...
HBO Used VFX De-Aging To Make John Goodman Look Younger In ‘The Righteous Gemstones’
The famed 67-year-old actor portrays the head of the dysfunctional family of televangelists.
Forget CGI: 'Mary Poppins Returns' uses hand-drawn cartoons
You won’t find any dancing CGI penguins or horses in the new movie “Mary Poppins Returns.” For the long-awaited sequel to the 1964 classic Julie Andrews film, director Rob Marshall...
How '9-1-1' creates wild crashes, earthquakes and rescues
9-1-1 | Monday, 9 p.m., Fox Ryan Murphy’s “9-1-1” traffics in disasters large and small. Python chokeholds and elevator rescues are commonplace for its cast of first responders. The show...
Brides set their wedding dresses on fire during ceremony
This is the spectacular moment two adrenaline junkie brides set their dresses on fire after walking down the aisle. April Choi, 32 and Bethany Byrnes, 28, enlisted guests from their...
'Venom' director spent 6 months making the monster ultra evil
He’s got the bulk of Andre the Giant, the tongue of Gene Simmons and the dining habits of Jeffrey Dahmer. He is Venom. In the self-titled movie, opening Friday, the...
Artist Edward Gorey's art comes to life in Eli Roth's dark new fantasy flick
Horror master Eli Roth has traded gore for Gorey. The director of frightful flicks such as “Hostel” and “Death Wish” has his first family film, “The House With a Clock...
The bizarre inspiration behind 'Jurassic World's' terrifying dinosaur
Actors come and go, but the “Jurassic” franchise roars on, thanks to Steven Spielberg’s 1993 original “Jurassic Park,” which made dinosaurs the true stars of the show. The tradition continues...
‘Annihilation’ has terrifying beasts unlike any you’ve seen
Deer have branches for antlers, crystal trees sprout from sand, plants are shaped like people, and it’s all encased in a bubbling rainbow wall. Welcome to the peculiar world of...
The cutest new creatures in the new 'Star Wars' were inspired by puffins
"Star Wars” superfans may live and breathe their favorite galaxy far far away, but they’ve got nothing on Neal Scanlan, the designer of all the aliens, droids and creatures scaly...
These teens are creating Hollywood-level gore
A growing trend on Instagram is for teens to show off their homemade special effects, often focusing on extreme gore. While the results are impressive, they're also pretty hard to...