Rebecca Ford

Los Angeles

Senior Hollywood Correspondent at Vanity Fair

Senior Awards Correspondent at @VanityFair. Previously @THR. LA-based world-wanderer.

Articles

Jessica Biel Kills Again in ‘The Better Sister’

1 week ago | vanityfair.com | Rebecca Ford

Jessica Biel has already stabbed a man to death for mysterious reasons and (allegedly) murdered her neighbor. In her latest TV series, she’s playing another troubled woman: a high-profile media executive who may or may not have killed her husband. “When you line ’em up like that, it’s like, Okay, what is wrong with you? What is your problem?’” says Biel with a slight smirk.
‘Last of Us’ Director Neil Druckmann on the Twists, Deaths, and Controversies of “The Price”

2 weeks ago | vanityfair.com | Rebecca Ford

Neil Druckmann, the creative force behind the Last of Us video games, gets why viewers of the TV show would expect any episode he directs to be packed with action. He sort of expected that too. But the episode of the series he just helmed is relatively light on brutality—unless you count heavy-duty emotional violence.
Helen Hunt Thinks Her ‘Hacks’ Character’s Shocking Exit Was “Surprising and Inevitable”

3 weeks ago | vanityfair.com | Rebecca Ford

Warning: Spoilers ahead for the eighth episode of season four of Hacks. Helen Hunt is a big fan of late-night talk shows. “I’m very plugged into that world and how it’s shifted,” she says.
Kristen Stewart Waited Her Whole Life to Direct 'The Chronology of Water'

3 weeks ago | vanityfair.com | Rebecca Ford

I hop on the phone with Kristen Stewart the very same day that she’s putting the final touches on her directorial debut, The Chronology of Water. “I could start crying,” she says. “I’m sorry, I’ve come in kind of hot.”She has come in kind of hot, words spilling out of her fast and furiously and full of passion. She’s been trying to make this movie for eight years—and waiting to direct her whole life. Stewart’s acting career needs no introduction.
Seth Rogen Can’t Believe He Got Away With the Golden Globes Episode of 'The Studio'

4 weeks ago | vanityfair.com | Rebecca Ford

Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg mined many of their own experiences when creating their hit Hollywood satire The Studio. The show features characters pulled from their own lives, like Catherine O’Hara’s ousted studio chief—and there are plenty of true Hollywood moments, involving things like wild notes from studio execs. But the eighth episode of the season, which aired on Apple TV+ on May 7, centers a storyline so silly it seems as though it couldn’t possibly have a basis in truth.
Join Little Gold Men’s Summer Book Club

4 weeks ago | vanityfair.com | Rebecca Ford

It’s not even summer yet, but over at Little Gold Men, we’re already thinking about the fall, when we’ll get our first look at most of this year’s Oscar hopefuls. But as we count down the days, we also have some homework to do. Every year, several major films are literary adaptations, based on everything from beloved classics to popular memoirs, and 2025 is no exception. We’ll be seeing Guillermo del Toro’s new take on Frankenstein and Nia DaCosta’s adaptation of the classic play Hedda.
First Look: 'Mare of Easttown’ Creator Heads Back to Pennsylvania for Task

4 weeks ago | vanityfair.com | Rebecca Ford

It turns out you can go home again. Screenwriter Brad Ingelsby created one of the biggest hits of 2021 with HBO’s series Mare of Easttown, starring Kate Winslet as a detective investigating a murder in a small town outside Philadelphia. The miniseries earned 16 Emmy nominations and won 4, including best actress in a limited series for Winslet. It also earned acclaim for its accurate portrayal of this specific area of Pennsylvania, from the accents to the production design.
Ike Barinholtz Gets By With a Little Help From His Friends

1 month ago | vanityfair.com | Rebecca Ford

In Always Great, Awards Insider speaks with Hollywood’s greatest undersung actors in career-spanning conversations. In this installment, Ike Barinholtz reflects on his journey on TV and film, leading to his two big comedy hits currently on TV. When Ike Barinholtz shows up, you remember him—even if he’s not playing the lead character.
Netflix Publicist Kelly Dalton Wants to Tell Her Own Story, in Hopes of Helping Others Who Have Been Raped

1 month ago | vanityfair.com | Rebecca Ford

Publicist Kelly Dalton has been working with filmmakers her whole career, helping them share their stories and the personal connections they have to their films. As an awards specialist at Netflix for the past seven years, she’s worked on more than two dozen high-profile movies, including Marriage Story, The Irishman, The Lost Daughter, and Maestro. But now she’s leaving Netflix, with plans to tell her own story for the first time.
Esther McGregor Can Do It All-but for Now, She’s Focused on Acting

1 month ago | vanityfair.com | Rebecca Ford

“I’ve been acting since I came out of my mom’s stomach,” says Esther McGregor. But not many people got to see her performances, she adds, since most were limited to her family’s living room. “My parents never let me do anything onscreen until I was old enough to executively make the decision, and also old enough to be a human on set,” the actor says.