THR Cover Story
The Stephen Colbert Exit Interview: “I Did Not Expect It to End This Way”
As ‘The Late Show’ nears its final bow, the host opens up about the cancellation that shocked the industry, the win of going out as a “martyr” and his next act in Middle-earth.
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Richard Gadd on ‘Baby Reindeer’ Hysteria, Netflix Lawsuit and “Going to Extreme Places” for ‘Half Man’
The tormented mind behind ‘Baby Reindeer’ — back with an unflinching new series for HBO — on grappling with sudden tabloid fame, battling a $170 million defamation suit and the dark roads his new show ‘Half Man’ dares to travel: “It had to go to extreme places.”
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Carey Mulligan on Going Ballistic in ‘Beef’
After years of prestige restraint, the Oscar nominee finally lets loose in Netflix’s second installment of ’Beef,’ unleashing a dark and “naughty” new side: “I was delighted that she punches someone in the face.”
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Inside Saudi Arabia’s Billion-Dollar Bet on Hollywood
The Saudis are pouring billions into the Ellisons' Warner Bros. megamerger — and that's just the latest move in a Hollywood takeover that's really about courting Trump, buying Washington influence and giving a restless young population bread and circuses instead of human rights.
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Red Carpet Royalty: Sabrina Carpenter, Connor Storrie, Chase Infiniti, Kate Hudson and the Stylists Who Help Them Rule
Meet the 25 power stylists who conjured up this year’s most magical looks.
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For ‘You, Me & Tuscany,’ the Location Did Half the Work
Halle Bailey, Regé-Jean Page and director Kat Coiro flew halfway around the world to make a romantic comedy. Turns out Italy had the romantic part covered.
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Lisa Kudrow’s Final ‘Comeback’
Playing a has-been sitcom actress in search of her second act, she braved two seasons' worth of cruel indignities. Now Valerie Cherish is back for her most harrowing (and mortifying) battle yet — starring in a sitcom powered by AI.
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Conan O’Brien Just Can’t Help Himself
The man Stephen Colbert calls "the patron saint of ex-talk show hosts" has a few things to say about the late night crisis, still sweating every joke and dancing with disaster by hosting the Oscars — again.
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Benicio Del Toro on Bonding With Leo, Rewriting PTA and His First Oscar Nom in Decades
Hollywood's soft-spoken powerhouse on “trying to enjoy” his first Academy Award nom in two decades and the great childhood trauma he thinks about every single day.
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The Nine Lives of Jason Bateman
He was nearly driven out of the industry. Then he reinvented himself, from teen idol to leading man to podcast mogul. Now the star of HBO’s upcoming ‘DTF St. Louis’ opens up about his family, his $100 million ’SmartLess’ deal, his viral encounter with Charli XCX and how he staged one of the greatest comebacks in modern Hollywood.
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Ryan Coogler Goes Deep on Shattering Oscar Records, Losing Chadwick and Battling Impostor Syndrome
The ‘Sinners' director silenced skeptics by scoring big at the box office and making the most nominated film ever. After a decade of hitmaking, is he finally ready to admit that this is where he deserves to be?
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How Paris Hilton Invented the Influencer Economy. “I Was Just Living My Life and the Paparazzi Followed My Every Move”
The most infamous party girl of the early 21st century gets real about fame, family, business and, yes, her future in politics. That’s hot!
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