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Ever since he broke out in 2013 with his first lead role as a sensitive finger-picking folk singer in the Coen brothers’ “Inside Llewyn Davis” (after supporting parts in “Sucker Punch” and “Drive”), he’s shown a remarkable range. From a dancing AI scientist in “Ex Machina” and Vegas loner in “The Card Counter” to heroic Poe Dameron in “Star Wars” and Duke Leto Atreides in “Dune,” he can seemingly do anything, as hero, villain, lover, gangster, or artist....

Last Updated February 10: The editing Oscar nominees — “Don’t Look Up” (Netflix), “Dune” (Warner Bros.), “King Richard” (Warner Bros.), “The Power of the Dog” (Netflix), and “Tick Tick Boom” (Netflix) — all employ different rhythmic styles to convey their bizarre worlds and to get inside the heads of their troubled protagonists. For those wondering about editing as a Best Picture predictor, particularly since “Belfast” is not included here, they’ve only overlapped twice since 2012 with “Argo” and “Nomadland....

Early this morning, the company revealed its third-quarter financials. While the addition of 4.6 million Paramount+ subscribers (to 46 million) was enough of a success to dominate most headlines, the company missed on Wall Street’s revenue and earnings marks. Analysts expected $7.01 billion in Q3 revenue from the former ViacomCBS, which reported $6.916 billion, a miss of about $90 million. Paramount Global’s adjusted earnings per share missed the consensus forecast (as compiled by Yahoo Finance) of 43 cents by four cents, reporting 39 cents....

The suddenly former chairman “wasn’t a good fit,” according to one person with knowledge of the decision who spoke to IndieWire on the condition of anonymity. The source told us that Rice was a bit of a “bully” and was not very “well-liked” within Disney. That is not a universal opinion; within the industry many people find Rice to be charming, intelligent, and smooth. A spokesperson for Rice did not immediately respond to our request for comment on this story....

Downey, who played Iron Man for over a decade in the MCU, addressed Quentin Tarantino’s recent comments that Marvel actors are not movie stars and that, rather, the characters they play are the theatrical draw. Now, Downey responded to Tarantino’s “Marvel-ization of Hollywood” statements. “I think our opinions on these matters say a lot about us,” Downey told Deadline. “I think that we are in a time and place that I unwittingly contributed to, where IP has taken precedence over principle and personality....

The two have yet to make another film together, but in a recent interview with The Playlist, Denis revealed that they almost collaborated on a stage play. After speaking about her passion for working with actors, Denis was asked if she has considered directing theatre. Not only did she say yes, but she revealed that she was once developing a play that would have starred Pattinson. “Yeah, I have thought about it,” Denis said....

“It was never a controversial topic between the three of us,” Chaganty said. “It was sort of like, ‘Yeah, we’re doing this right?’ ‘Yeah.’ ‘Cool.’ And then the process of actually finding this person proved to be an intense and countrywide sort of search. And we ended up finding this incredible talent in Kiera Allen.” The “Run” creative team launched a casting search online, which led to an upsetting discovery: “Actors who claimed that they used wheelchairs in their real lives — but didn’t....