Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One app.

Start reading

Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles. One news app.

Start reading

The Latest Breaking News from Brendan Fraser

James Corden nearly played Brendan Fraser’s role in The Whale

Fraser’s performance as a 42-stone English teacher has been garnering huge Oscars buzz

The Independent UK

James Corden almost played Brendan Fraser’s controversial role in The Whale

The Whale ended up starring Brendan Fraser, but the talk show host James Corden has revealed that he narrowly missed out on the part due to a change in director

Daily Mirror

All the roles James Corden missed out on - and claim 'chubby' actors are excluded

The Late Late Show host James Corden found fame on Gavin and Stacey - but he could have been part of one of the largest movie franchises of all time

Daily Mirror

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

James Corden 'narrowly missed out' on playing 600-pound obese man in The Whale

James Corden 'narrowly missed out' on playing a 600-pound obese man for the lead role in the critically-acclaimed film The Whale starring Brendan Fraser

Daily Mirror

The best films of 2023 to look forward to

New movies from Martin Scorsese, Wes Anderson, Sam Mendes, Greta Gerwig and Florian Zeller, among others, mean there’s a feast of cinema to look forward to in the coming months

The Guardian - UK

Getting it right vs. getting it truthful — Austin Butler, Adam Sandler, more weigh in

LOS ANGELES — Family ties take center stage in several movies this season, whether in the actor's interior process or in the actual story on the screen. For Adam Sandler, drawing heavily on his own father helped him play a longtime NBA scout in "Hustle." Paul Dano drew on what…

Los Angeles Times

The church of Darren Aronofsky, where 'connection,' 'empathy,' 'love' are the sermon

Director Darren Aronofsky has a way of opening up performers to new emotional depths, explorations of inner pain that often seem to surprise even the actors themselves. So it has been with "The Whale," featuring a celebrated lead performance by Brendan Fraser.

Los Angeles Times

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

The 10 movies set to battle it out for top prize at the Oscars

Although official nominations for best film don't come out until January 12, here's a shortlist worth of consideration

The New Daily

A trio of standout roles reveals Hong Chau's boundless range

The seemingly limitless range of Hong Chau is on display in three films this year, in roles so different that they hardly seem the work of one actor

The Independent UK

Richard Roeper’s best movies of 2022

Some of the most enjoyable viewing time this year was spent with a horse rancher, a fledgling director, a symphony conductor and The Grabber.

Chicago Sun-Times

Review: Brendan Fraser is an Oscar front-runner in 'The Whale'

The main character in "The Whale" is killing himself in the slowest, most painful way he can think of.

Tribune News Service

‘The Whale’ review: Brendan Fraser does his best with a movie that lays the pathos on thick

I’m of two minds about “The Whale.” I don’t like it; that’s one mind. Yet I love what it has done for its star, Brendan Fraser, a highly likely Oscar nominee come early 2023 and — as he has been since the early 1990s — a wonderful actor.

Chicago Tribune

In ‘The Whale,’ Brendan Fraser brilliantly embodies a man hopeful for others but tired of himself

Veteran actor delivers the best work of his career in Darren Aronofsky’s heartbreakingly moving story.

Chicago Sun-Times

AP Breakthrough Entertainer: Sadie Sink smiles through drama

Sadie Sink may have felt imposter syndrome when she first joined the cast of “Stranger Things,” but the 20-year-old actor is absolutely the real deal

The Independent UK

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

Daily Mirror

Towie's James Lock rocks Tarzan look as he shares saucy shirtless selfie

The Only Way Is Essex star James Lock bore a striking resemblance to Brendan Fraser's Tarzan as the ripped star took to social media to share a shirtless snap

Los Angeles Times

The Golden Globes are mounting a comeback. But Hollywood is still 'on the fence'

LOS ANGELES — Before dawn Monday, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association announced its nominations for the first televised Golden Globe Awards in two years, since a 2021 Los Angeles Times investigation exposed a lack of diversity in the organization's membership and raised concerns about its ethics and financial practices.

The Independent UK

The Whale director Darren Aronofsky says fatphobia criticisms ‘make no sense’

‘Black Swan’ filmmaker claimed that ‘people with obesity are generally written as bad guys or as punchlines’

Asharq Al-Awsat

Golden Globe Noms Led by ‘Banshees,’ ‘Everything Everywhere’

After scandal and boycott plunged the Hollywood Foreign Press Association into disarray and knocked its annual award show off television for a year, the Golden Globes geared up Monday for its return by showering nominations on the black comedy "The Banshees of Inisherin" and the multiverse mash-up "Everything Everywhere all…

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

The Guardian - UK

Make or break: the Golden Globes nominee list has rewarded the showmen

With nominations for Top Gun: Maverick and Avatar: The Way of Water, it looks like the scandal-hit Globes are hoping that the mainstream is their route back to acceptance

WEKU

Golden Globe nominations are led by 'Banshees,' 'Everything Everywhere'

After scandal and boycott plunged the Hollywood Foreign Press Association into disarray and knocked its annual award show off television for a year, the Golden Globes geared up Monday for its return.

Chicago Sun-Times

‘Banshees of Inisherin,’ ‘Everything Everywhere’ top Golden Globe nominations

The nominees for best film, drama, are: “The Fabelmans,” “Top Gun: Maverick,” “Elvis,” “Tár” and “Avatar: The Way of Water.”

The Guardian - UK

Golden Globes nominations 2023: The Banshees of Inisherin leads with eight

Martin McDonagh’s black comedy emerges as early frontrunner, while Everything Everywhere All At Once picks up six and Babylon and The Fabelmans take five

The Independent UK

Golden Globes, hobbled by scandal, set to announce noms

After scandal and boycott plunged the Hollywood Foreign Press Association into disarray and knocked the Golden Globes broadcast off television for a year, the annual film and television awards are set to announce nominations Monday

Asharq Al-Awsat

With Box Office Bare, ‘Black Panther’ Makes It 5 in a Row

On one of the quietest weekends of the year in movie theaters, “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” topped the North American box office for the fifth straight weekend, according to studio estimates Sunday. With the release of “Avatar: The Way of Water" looming, studios opted not to open any new films…

The Independent UK

With box office bare, 'Black Panther' makes it 5 in a row

On one of the quietest weekends of the year in movie theaters, “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” has topped the North American box office for the fifth straight weekend

1 … 12 13 14 15

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

Hollywood Foreign Press Association

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.