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5 days ago | 
thedailybeast.com | Clare Donaldson |Kevin Fallon
Everyone needs to check up on any Real Housewives of New York City fans in their lives. They are in a likely in an existential state of confusion and crisis. The news has been all over the place this week as to whether RHONY, possibly the most iconic of the Real Housewives franchises (all due respect to original series Orange County), may be canceled. Or is it? This is not a fun cliffhanger.
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4 weeks ago | 
thedailybeast.com | Kevin Fallon |Nick Schager |Andrew Crump |Clare Donaldson
“ Don’t say it! Don’t f---ing say it! Don’t you f---ing say it, because I’ll hunt you down!”Nathan Lane is yelling at me in jest. Well, I hope in jest. Certainly in jest? He’s reached that kettle-whistle boiling point that’s become his comedy trademark; you can practically see the steam coming from his ears in the Zoom screen when we talk.
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4 weeks ago | 
thedailybeast.com | Matt Wilstein |Clare Donaldson
Reality TV star Gabby Windey and comedian Robby Hoffman just got married—for real this time. America’s hottest lesbian power couple surprised fans earlier this year when they revealed their secret Las Vegas wedding. But since that ceremony wasn’t exactly legal where they live in California, they made it official at Los Angeles City Hall. “It’s a miracle from God,” Hoffman says of their union during our conversation on this week’s episode of The Last Laugh podcast.
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4 weeks ago | 
thedailybeast.com | Clare Donaldson |Nandika Chatterjee
Demi Moore wasn’t shocked when Mikey Madison snagged Best Actress for Anora—even if the Oscars audience was. Heading into the 2025 Academy Awards, the 62-year-old actress was widely seen as the frontrunner for her performance in The Substance. In the body horror film, Moore plays Elizabeth Sparkle, an aging TV aerobics star who turns to a mysterious substance that produces a “younger, hotter” version of herself that temporarily takes over her body.
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4 weeks ago | 
thedailybeast.com | Nandika Chatterjee |Barry Levitt |Clare Donaldson
Lindsay Lohan will star in her first-ever scripted TV series called Count My Lies. The actress is also set to executive produce the drama in development at Hulu, Deadline reported. Based on the recently published book by Sophie Stava, the project comes from 20th Television and former This Is Us showrunners Issac Aptaker and Elizabeth Berger. Stava’s recently released debut novel is a mystery thriller and a GMA Book Club Pick.
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4 weeks ago | 
thedailybeast.com | Jesse Hassenger |Clare Donaldson |Barry Levitt |Nick Schager
Somehow, Jesus returned. That’s both a glib summary of what happens in the new Easter-season animated movie The King of Kings and a description of this cut-rate attempt by Angel Studios to revive the Biblical epic. Angel became an unexpected industry player on the strength of its smash hit Sound of Freedom a few years back, and has been regularly releasing faith-based entertainment ever since.
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1 month ago | 
thedailybeast.com | Clare Donaldson |Lily Mae Lazarus
Johnny Depp is stepping back into the spotlight with Day Drinker, his first major Hollywood production since his highly publicized legal battle with ex-wife Amber Heard. Earlier today, Lionsgate released a first-look photo of Day Drinker, a gritty thriller centered on a drug-smuggling cruise ship bartender (Madelyn Cline) who becomes entangled with a mysterious patron (Depp). Their chance encounter sparks a descent into the dark heart of the criminal underworld.
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1 month ago | 
thedailybeast.com | Clare Donaldson |Yasmeen Hamadeh |Laura Wheatman Hill
Jason Isaacs would like everyone to stop talking about the much-rumored White Lotus cast drama. Well, everyone else. The actor appeared on the most recent episode of Sirius XM’s The Happy Hour to address rumors swirling around apparent tension and strife among the ensemble cast in Thailand, where the show filmed at length last year—rumors that he may or may not have started himself.
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1 month ago | 
thedailybeast.com | Matt Wilstein |Clare Donaldson |Laura Wheatman Hill
The White Lotus star Carrie Coon took the high road in her spat with Meghan McCain, telling The Hollywood Reporter in a new oral history about the hit HBO show’s third season that she understands why the political divide between her character Laurie and Leslie Bibb’s Kate is resonating with conservatives. “I do think people like Meghan McCain and her community are really gratified to see a conservative person on television,” Coon said.
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1 month ago | 
thedailybeast.com | Emma Fraser |Nick Schager |Clare Donaldson |Jordan Hoffman
Hollywood is an industry full of sycophants and liars, and if the occasion calls for it, I am one of them. We have all been there; put on the spot by a friend or colleague about a creative passion project that could do with an edit but you just don’t have the heart or desire to break the truth to them that it sucks. Or, in my case, I watched a screener and tiptoed around the glaring issues when asked for an opinion by marketing (“great gowns, beautiful gowns”).
