According to Disney’s official synopsis, “Raya and the Last Dragon” centers around “a lone warrior who sets out to find the last dragon in existence and save the kingdom of Kumandra from the villainous Druun.” The last dragon is named Sisu and is voiced by “The Farewell” Golden Globe winner Awkwafina. Sisu is a water dragon who can transform into a human being. “Raya” is set to make history as Tran is the first Southeast Asian actress to lead a Disney animated film....

“I was so scared to do that,” Witherspoon said when naming “Wild” the biggest acting challenge of her career. “I had hypnosis, I was so scared. I was having panic attacks for three weeks before I started. There was the nudity, sexuality, and drug-use aspect, but also being alone on camera with no other actors. I hadn’t ever been alone in scenes for days and days. There were probably 25 days of the shoot where I had no other actor opposite me....

Though Joy has become a prominent creative in the industry, she’s been vocal about the challenges she’s faced as a woman. In a new interview for The Independent, she discusses starting her career when she was pregnant, and often the only woman in the writer’s room. After “Westworld” was obtained by HBO and a fierce bidding war started for “Reminiscence,” Joy noticed how many people cited her ability to “write a man....

Such an idea seems to be the starting point for Cooper Raiff’s SXSW winner “S#!%house” (formerly known as “Shithouse,” and now cleaned up just a tad, all the better for more widespread movie marketing), which follows just such a guy (Raiff himself) as he stumbles his way through a lonely, decidedly un-fun freshman year at college. In his glowing SXSW review of the film, IndieWire’s David Ehrlich noted that it was a shame the film “didn’t get a chance to screen at this year’s SXSW, because this knowing and funny nano-budget debut is exactly the kind of film the Austin festival exists to showcase....

“It’s very hard for me to talk about this without feeling like I’m making excuses,” Paulson told the Times. “There’s a lot of controversy around actors and fat suits, and I think that controversy is a legitimate one. I think fat phobia is real. I think to pretend otherwise causes further harm. And it is a very important conversation to be had.” “But that entire responsibility I don’t think falls on the actor for choosing to do something that is arguably — and I’m talking about from the inside out — the challenge of a lifetime,” Paulson continued....

Host: Oscar Isaac Host: Oscar Isaac Isaac’s opening monologue honestly provided the ethos for the entire episode: “It’s important to encourage kids to be weirdos.” As the episode went on, it was clear that it was equally important to encourage adults to be weirdos, and Isaac (as well as the “SNL” cast) was more than up for the task. The earnestness of host monologues has been a highlight of the predominantly first-timers nature of this season, and Isaac’s monologue featuring his home movie footage really set the tone for this episode....

In their 2012 feature debut, “Resolution,” a man attempts to cure his best friend’s addiction as a series of bizarre occurrences begin to torment them. Five years later in “The Endless,” Benson and Moorhead played brothers caught in the grasp of an alien-worshipping cult. And for 2019’s “Synchronic,” they cast Anthony Mackie and Jamie Dornan as close paramedic pals who come across a drug that permits time travel. Within their unsettling brainchildren, the emotional tribulations that the events put the friendships through are dramatically vital....