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“The process of how I even got involved with ‘Mank’ was crazy,” Collins told Variety in a recent interview. “I put myself on tape the week before I left for Paris, sent the tape in, got to Paris and was in the middle of filming and did a zoom session with David Fincher. Then I found out that I got it. During [‘Emily in Paris’], I am in every scene so there are no days off, but I flew back to Los Angeles for only 24 hour periods twice while filming ‘Emily....

Along with Cooper, the film’s cast includes Matt Bomer, Maya Hawke, and Carey Mulligan, who plays Bernstein’s wife Felicia Montealegre. Cooper co-wrote the screenplay with “Spotlight” writer Josh Singer. “Maestro” also boosts some serious pedigree in the form of executive producers Steven Spielberg and Martin Scorsese. Spielberg originally intended to direct the film himself, and reached out to Cooper about playing Bernstein years ago. But Cooper was able to convince the “West Side Story” director to hand him the reins after showing him an early cut of “A Star Is Born....

While Gyllenhaal contributed a short film to the quarantine omnibus “Homemade,” this marks her first time in the director’s chair. Previously, though, she portrayed someone working behind the camera as her character Candy Merrell in HBO’s beloved cult series “The Deuce.” Candy is a sex worker turned entrepreneur turned porn film director. And it was playing that role, as Gyllenhaal explained at the Venice Film Festival press conference, that made her realize she’s a filmmaker....

“We are thrilled to finally start production on ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ in Oklahoma,” Scorsese said in a statement. “To be able to tell this story on the land where these events took place is incredibly important and critical to allowing us to portray an accurate depiction of the time and people. We’re grateful to Apple, the Oklahoma Film and Music Office and The Osage Nation, especially all our Osage consultants and cultural advisors, as we prepare for this shoot....

Lovibond said during a recent Zoom interview with IndieWire that the writing of showrunner Ellen Rappaport is what initially drew her to the series. “Joyce is just such a fascinating character,” Lovibond said. “She’s so well meaning but quite flawed. She reminded me of the sorts of characters that Diane Keaton played in the ’70s; ‘Annie Hall’ was one of my favorite movies.” The actress also felt that the show’s feminist message was done in a way that wasn’t dogmatic or preachy, but that felt natural and organic....

Last year, the National Board of Review honored Martin Scorsese’s “The Irishman” with its top prize for Best Film. The gangster drama went on to score 10 Academy Award nominations. Nearly every NBR winner for Best Film this decade has earned an Oscar nomination for Best Picture, including “The Post,” “Manchester by the Sea,” and “Mad Max: Fury Road.” NBR’s 2019 winner “Green Book” won the Best Picture Oscar. Other 2019 NBR winners included Adam Sandler for Best Actor (“Uncut Gems”), Renee Zellweger for Best Actress (“Judy”), Brad Pitt for Best Supporting Actor (“Once Upon a Time in Hollywood”), and Kathy Bates for Best Supporting Actress (“Richard Jewell”)....

Click this link to find out… oh, never mind. It’s “Clickbait,” the limited series that premiered August 25 on Netflix. The eight-episode thriller, which stars Adrian Grenier, Betty Gabriel, and Zoe Kazan, was viewed for 912 million minutes from August 23 to August 29, garnering nearly twice as many views as runner-up “Outer Banks,” which has been the top-rated show on Nielsen’s reports for several weeks. “Outer Banks” was viewed for 483 million minutes during the aforementioned time frame, per Nielsen’s latest report....