Steven Spielberg
David Iacono Joins New ‘Jurassic World’ Movie (Exclusive)
David Iacono is joining Scarlett Johansson in Universal’s new Jurassic World movie. Mahershala Ali, Jonathan Bailey, Manuel Garcia-Rulfo, Rupert Friend and Luna Blaise round out the ensemble cast for the project set for production in mid-June in London, with Gareth Edwards in the director’s chair. Iacono will appear in Jennifer Esposito’s upcoming directorial debut, […]
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Inside Glen Powell’s Ambitious Hollywood Plans
To celebrate his first Hollywood role in Robert Rodriguez’s Spy Kids 3D: Game Over, a then middle school aged Glen Powell had his mom take him to Home Depot to buy chroma key colored paint. The budding actor, who had chosen Steven Spielberg and his use of special effects as the subject of one of his first […]
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Steven Spielberg’s Next Movie to Hit Theaters in May 2026
Steven Spielberg’s next movie will hit theaters on May 15, 2026, Universal and Amblin Entertainment announced Thursday. The untitled movie is described as an original event film created and helmed by the iconic director, but plot details are being kept under tight wraps. Based on a story by Spielberg, the screenplay is written by longtime […]
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Susan Backlinie, the First Victim of the Shark in ‘Jaws,’ Dies at 77
Susan Backlinie, the stuntperson and actress who as a young skinny-dipper out for a nighttime swim off the coast of Amity Island became the shark’s first victim in Steven Spielberg’s Jaws, has died. She was 77. Backlinie died Saturday at her home in Ventura, California, her convention agent, Matthew Templeton, told The Daily Jaws website. […]
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Jeannie Epper, Legendary ‘Wonder Woman’ and ‘Romancing the Stone’ Stuntwoman, Dies at 83
Jeannie Epper, the peerless, fearless stunt performer who doubled for Lynda Carter on Wonder Woman and swung on a vine across a 350-foot gorge and propelled down an epic mudslide as Kathleen Turner in Romancing the Stone, has died. She was 83. Epper died Sunday night of natural causes at her home in Simi Valley, her […]
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Tribeca Festival 2024 Sets ‘Mean Streets,’ ‘Footloose’ Anniversary Screenings
The Tribeca Festival has set its talks, reunions and retrospective screenings for its 2024 edition. The festival’s Storytellers series will feature talks with Judd Apatow, Andy Cohen, Kieran Culkin, Michael Stipe, Laverne Cox, Kerry Washington in conversation with Nicole Avant and Jon Batiste celebrating Nat King Cole with author and music journalist Marcus J. Moore. […]
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Steven Spielberg Helping Plan Joe Biden’s Reelection Convention in Chicago
Steven Spielberg’s next project will not be a movie, with the Oscar-winning director joining the Biden campaign to provide strategy for August’s Democratic National Convention in Chicago, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed. Reps for Spielberg had no comment on the news, first reported by Puck. The filmmaker has long supported President Biden, and Spielberg’s friend […]
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Steven Spielberg Accepts USC Shoah Foundation Honor, Says He’s “Increasingly Alarmed” by Antisemitism
“The echoes of history are unmistakable in our current climate,” said Steven Spielberg in a fiery speech connecting the past to the present as he accepted the USC Medallion on Monday. The legendary filmmaker received the University of Southern California’s highest honor, which has been presented on only three prior occasions, in recognition of 30 […]
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Steven Spielberg Tapped for USC Medallion to Commemorate 30 Years of the Shoah Foundation
Steven Spielberg will soon have another accolade to add to his crowded mantelpiece. On March 25, the legendary filmmaker will be feted with USC’s University Medallion — the university’s highest honor, which has been presented on only three previous occasions — in recognition of 30 years of the Shoah Foundation. The Shoah Foundation is an organization […]
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Coming to the TCM Classic Film Festival: Mel Brooks and Vitaphone Shorts
Those attending the 15th annual TCM Classic Film Festival in Hollywood next month will have an opportunity to engage with Mel Brooks and Vitaphone, both born in 1926. One’s extinct, the other’s still going strong. While Brooks, 97, will be on hand for a closing-night screening of his 1987 comedy Spaceballs, six Vitaphone vaudeville shorts […]
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Oscars: Kate McKinnon Jokes She Has Been Sending “Tasteful” Nudes to Steven Spielberg
Kate McKinnon was jokingly shocked to learn that her “tasteful” nudes have actually not been going to Jeff Goldblum, but rather to Steven Spielberg. The Saturday Night Live alum and her Barbie co-star America Ferrera initially took to the 2024 Oscars stage Sunday night to present the awards for best documentary short and best documentary […]
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Ahmed El-Shenawi, “Snake Surprise” Actor in ‘Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom,’ Dies at 75
Ahmed El-Shenawi, the Egyptian-born actor whose character delightfully announces that a slithering helping of “snake surprise” is about to be served in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, has died. He was 75. El-Shenawi died Feb. 1 in Chelsea, London, his daughter, Eman El-Shenawi, told The Hollywood Reporter. He had been in the hospital […]
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