Cameron Crowe doesn’t traffic in regrets, except maybe one. He almost cast David Bowie in “Almost Famous” — the Oscar-winning 2000 movie loosely based on his life as a teen journalist on the road with a rock band — but didn’t. His original plan, Crowe told The Post in an exclusive interview, was to cast … Read more
Ryan Reynolds put these journalist on (red) notice. The actor, 48, and Colin Hanks debuted their new documentary “John Candy: I Like Me,” during opening night of the 2025 Toronto International Film Festival last week. Now, Reynolds revealed that while working the project that explored the life of late comedian John Candy, their team discovered footage of journalists … Read more
Her video is popular. The woman responsible for the “Wicked” interview about “holding space” has finally clarified what the hell she was talking about. Tracy Gilchrist for Out magazine told Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande that fans of the movie “are holding space” with the lyrics of “Defying Gravity,” which sparked an emotional reaction from … Read more
Now that’s Brat. Charli XCX hosted “Saturday Night Live” this weekend and mentioned Martha Stewart’s feud with The Post journalist Andrea Peyser during her opening monologue. The singer, 32, used Stewart, 83, wrongly claiming Peyser was dead in her Netflix documentary, and Peyser’s subsequent “I’m alive bitch!” clapback, as an example of what “brat” is. … Read more
Cult hero Nedd Brockmann’s gruelling 1600-kilometer charity run is part of a broader trend of men “repackaging mental health as mental toughness”, according to a writer who suggests the “blokeification of mental fitness” is “just toxic masculinity rebranded”. Conceding her “unpopular opinion” was “going to upset some people”, author and journalist Jill Stark stressed that Brockmann had … Read more
Ana Garcia is laying down the law when it comes to a fair shot at justice. What led up to the events on the night of Aug. 20, 1989, when Lyle and Erik Menendez killed their parents, Kitty and Jose Menendez, has long fascinated the public. Now, the Emmy award-winning journalist and host of the … Read more
Henry Winkler was plucked for an interview by an unwitting Irish reporter Wednesday who didn’t realize she was speaking to a famed actor and comic. The legendary “Fonzie” star didn’t identify himself when he recounted being evacuated from Dublin’s Shelbourne Hotel after a fire broke out around 10:30 a.m. “When I heard the fire alarm, … Read more
If you are going to make a documentary about danger, you have to take your camera to daring places. You have to point it at nefarious subjects, doing brazen things, and capture a level of authenticity essential for a credible film. That was the case for the crew on “State of Silence,” which explores the … Read more
Yahoo co-founder Jerry Yang was in a board meeting when he received a text from tech reporter Kara Swisher, asking bout a decision the Yahoo board had made. The problem was that this decision had just been made in that very meeting. Kara Swisher is the author of “Burn Book: A Tech Love Story.” “His … Read more
Nikki Finke, the polarizing entertainment journalist who founded the website Deadline and wielded immense power by focusing an acerbic and unrelenting lens on Hollywood, has died. She was 68. Finke died Sunday morning in Boca Raton, Florida, following a “prolonged illness,” a family spokesperson told The Hollywood Reporter. At L.A. Weekly, Finke headed its Deadline Hollywood … Read more
Nikki Finke, the veteran entertainment journalist who founded Deadline in 2006 and helped grow it into a major player among Hollywood trades, died Sunday morning in Boca Raton, FL after a prolonged illness. She was 68. The famously reclusive Finke founded her site as Deadline Hollywood Daily, the 24/7 Internet version of her long-running print … Read more
In case you missed it, Kanye West wore a “White Lives Matter” shirt at Paris Fashion Week during the unveiling of his latest fashion line. Obviously, it didn’t go over well with pretty much anyone — including Vogue editor Gabriella Karefa-Johnson, who voiced her criticisms on Instagram. Kanye’s response to her criticism was…pretty bad. He … Read more