Brande Victorian

3 days ago | hollywoodreporter.com | Brande Victorian

Alycia Debnam-Carey has always had a profound love of the arts. Though she’d been sharpening her acting skills since the age of 8 and landed roles in short films in Australia as a teen, Debnam-Carey found herself drawn to the “consistency and security” of music, so much so that the classical percussionist and jazz drummer nearly auditioned for the Sydney Conservatorium of Music ahead of her high school graduation.

5 days ago | hollywoodreporter.com | Brande Victorian

When Reginald Hudlin received a call from Jamie Foxx and producer Datari Turner in 2019 saying that they wanted to make a movie about leading Black actors in Hollywood, he was all in. “It was kind of a no-brainer,” says Hudlin, director of Apple TV+’s Number One on the Call Sheet. “As we started talking through the idea, it was pretty obvious that there was more than enough talent to feature in this film.

6 days ago | hollywoodreporter.com | Brande Victorian

Simone Biles Rising chronicles the return of the athlete considered one of the greatest gymnasts of all time to the 2024 Paris Olympic Games following her withdrawal from the competition in Tokyo four years earlier.

1 week ago | hollywoodreporter.com | Brande Victorian

A pandemic, two strikes and massive wildfires have all wreaked havoc on Hollywood. Though recent data shows shooting in Los Angeles decreased by more than 22 percent from January to March compared with the same three-month period in 2024, these series, many of which have already been renewed for another season, are slowly putting a dent in that figure, choosing to film in L.A. rather than turn to such alternative locations as Atlanta and Vancouver.

1 week ago | hollywoodreporter.com | Brande Victorian

Leslie Odom Jr. is back in the classroom, but this time, he’s doing the teaching. For the past 10 weeks, The Tony award-winning Hamilton star, who’ll reprise his role as Aaron Burr this fall, has been leading a class of 12 select students at SCAD Savannah, helping shape the next wave of theater talent with co-professor and fellow Broadway actor Tiffany Evariste.