Justin Timberlake is undoubtedly a musical superstar, but increasingly he has impressively been showing his acting chops on the big screen, a major reason I wanted to include him in my Deadline video series The Actor’s Side.
He has worked with a number of top-ranked directors in the past including the Coen brothers (In…
Sacha Baron Cohen had a very good morning. He personally received three, count ’em three, Golden Globe nominations, tying a record for the Globes. That means he is up for Best Actor – Musical/Comedy for Borat Subsequent Moviefilm, Best Supporting Actor for his role as Abbie Hoffman in The Trial of the Chicago 7, and…
Jared Leto might be his generation’s leading character actor. When I told him during our conversation for this week’s edition of my Deadline video series The Actor’s Side, after looking at his filmography, that is how I would describe him, he took it as a great compliment. The proof is on the screen as Leto says he…
Candice Bergen joins me today on my Deadline video series, The Actor’s Side, and the five-time (in a row) Emmy winner starts us right off by explaining why, after winning so many times for her signature Murphy Brown character, she asked not to be considered for the role anymore. “I think the audience had probably had…
There is no doubt Rosamund Pike is one of the finest actors working today, and two concurrent films prove it. She joins me for the latest edition of my Deadline video series The Actor’s Side to discuss her latest roles in Amazon Studios’ Radioactive, in which she plays the two-time Nobel Prize winner Marie Curie, and…
Just watch the clip we have chosen to show from HBO’s limited series thriller The Undoing and see how the camera focuses on Hugh Grant’s rapidly changing facial expressions in an unhinged state as he talks to his son while trying to escape the authorities pursuing him — you may just see a side of this successful…
Billy Porter made Emmy history last year when he won the Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series award for his game-changing role as Pray Tell in FX’s Pose. This year he is once again nominated in the category for season two of the series and could be pose-d to make more history . No matter what happens Billy…
When you look at Holland Taylor’s career, and the variety of roles she has taken on, you have to be in awe — as I was when I interviewed her for this week’s episode of my Deadline video series The Actor’s Side. The occasion is her eighth Emmy nomination, this time for her heartbreakingly good turn as Ellen Kincaid…
For the first time in the few years I have been hosting my Deadline video series The Actor’s Side, we are featuring not just one star but two in the same interview. Considering the close, 45-plus-year working connection between two of the most famous alumnus from Second City, it made perfect sense to me to invite both …
In 2018, Rachel Brosnahan came roaring out of the gate to win the Lead Actress in a Comedy Series Emmy for Amazon’s The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, and the show itself made some history of its own winning eight Emmys overall. Brosnahan was nominated again for the second season, and now finds herself in a strong position to…
If you are a Lily Tomlin fan (and who isn’t), do not miss this week’s episode of my Deadline video series The Actor’s Side as I go one-on-one with the great Tomlin. We cover her entire career, starting out with the first moment she contracted a touch of show business to what is happening with the final season of her…
Chris Evans joins me on today’s episode of my Deadline video series The Actor’s Side and we cover it all, from one of his first jobs in the business (you won’t find it on his IMDb page) to his current role as Boston DA Andy Barber, whose teenage son is accused of murdering another student in Apple’s eight part limited…
