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21.01.2024 / 23:39

‘True Detective: Night Country’ cast: who’s who in the HBO drama?

HBO’s True Detective, subtitled Night Country, has begun airing, with the first episode having premiered on January 14.The show centres on an investigation into the mysterious disappearance of eight men from a research station in Alaska. Directed and co-written by Issa López, the second episode of the drama airs tonight (January 21).In a five-star review, NME wrote: “It all builds to a climax that is far-fetched but also, in a way, completely authentic to López’s prevailing vision.

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Molly Ringwald reveals she was almost cast in ‘The Silence of the Lambs’ — this is why she was rejected

“Sixteen Candles,” “Pretty in Pink” and “The Breakfast Club.”But the budding actress was eager to transition to more mature roles after appearing in those coming-of-age flicks — and she came close to scoring parts in two iconic movies. In an interview with Variety, the new 56-year-old dished on the directors she met at the end of the 1980s, saying: “I got really close on a couple movies. I met with Mike Nichols for ‘Working Girl’ and Jonathan Demme for ‘The Silence of the Lambs,’ but ultimately I was too young.”For “Working Girl,” which was released in 1988, Ringwald was presumably in talks to play plucky young secretary Tess, with the role eventually going to Melanie Griffith.

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Jodie Foster says Robert De Niro and Martin Scorsese were “scared” of her on ‘Taxi Driver’ set

Robert De Niro and Martin Scorsese were “scared” of her on the set of Taxi Driver.During a recent appearance on the US chat show Jimmy Kimmel Live, to promote the new season of True Detective, the two-time Oscar-winning actor reflected on her experiences from being a child actor, including her landmark role in Scorsese’s 1976 film.In Taxi Driver, Foster played the role of a child sex worker named Iris alongside De Niro, who starred as a lonely Vietnam veteran with mental health issues.“I was 12. And they had to say things like, you know, Can you pull his fly down?’ And it was a little awkward,” Foster recalled.Foster noted how, because she had been on more film sets than Scorsese and De Niro at that point in time, her elder colleagues were somewhat intimidated when having to interact with her.“Yeah, they were a little scared, Scorsese especially, who kept giggling every time he talked to me.

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Jodie Foster & Kali Reis Step Out for 'True Detective: Night Country' Premiere in L.A.

Jodie Foster is stepping out for the premiere of her new show!

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Golden Globes 2024: Full list of nominees and winners

Barbie” and “Oppenheimer,” the two movies that dominated the box office last year, are top dogs at Sunday night’s Golden Globe Awards on CBS. Greta Gerwig’s Mattel doll flick starring Margot Robbie leads the film pack with nine nominations, including best motion picture – comedy or musical, while Christopher Nolan’s biopic of the father of the atomic bomb follows closely behind with eight, including best motion picture – drama.Both are expected to snag Best Picture Oscar nominations.On the TV side, HBO’s “Succession,” which aired its final season last year, is No.

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How to watch True Detective season 4 on Sky and 'cut £180 off your bill'

Get ready to watch True Detective season 4 with a 'lowest price' Sky deal that saves you £180! Almost a decade since it first hit our screens, the next chapter of True Detective is just around the corner for its fourth season, featuring a brand new cast and showrunner.The upcoming series, called True Detective: Night Country, stars Oscar-winner Jodie Foster and boxer-actress Kali Reis as detectives in chilly, dark Alaska. The story revolves around eight men who mysteriously disappear while working at an Arctic research station.The synopsis reads: "When the long winter night falls in Ennis, Alaska, the eight men who operate the Tsalal Arctic Research Station vanish without a trace.To solve the case, Detectives Liz Danvers (Foster) and Evangeline Navarro (Reis) will have to confront the darkness they carry in themselves, and dig into the haunted truths that lie buried under the eternal ice." This is the first season of True Detective without creator Nic Pizzolatto as the showrunner or writer as he's now an executive producer.

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Show and tell: Which 2024 Golden Globe-nominated TV series best aligns with your sign?

Jo Koy. Presenters are set to include Jodie Foster, Kate Beckinsale, Kevin Costner, Naomi Watts, Orlando Bloom and Elizabeth Banks. Freshly minted billionaire Taylor Swift is expected to attend as are Jennifer Aniston, Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert DeNiro, Margot Robbie, Ryan Gosling, Natalie Portman, Selena Gomez and Emma Stone.All that, plus new leadership, too — after years of criticism surrounding the lack of racial and ethnic diversity, The Globes, once the domain of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, will now be produced by Dick Clark Productions.

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Hottest new TV shows in 2024: ‘Masters of the Air,’ ‘Mr. and Mrs. Smith’ and more

Where to watch: Jan. 7, 8 p.m. on Fox.The anthology HBO drama returns for the first time since 2019.

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Cult filmmaker Michael Laughlin from Two-Lane Blacktop and Mesmerized dies from Covid

Variety.The producer, who was born in Illinois, had been recruited by Stanford University to play basketball, and graduated in 1960 from Principia College in Elsah.He began producing films in the late 60s and worked on movies like The Whispers with Bryan Forbes in 1967, and Joanna in 1968 with director Michael Sarne.A decade later, he produced a series of independent feature films, including the famous 1971 movie Two-Lane Blacktop by director Monte Hellman.The film was put in the National Film Registry at the Library of Congress in 2012.In the 1980s he wrote and directed three motion pictures, including 1981 horror flick Strange Behaviours, 1983's Strange Invaders, and 1985's drama Mesmerized featuring Jodie Foster and John Lithgow.Laughlin

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With loved ones and pets, Globes winners embrace cozier show

LOS ANGELES – From Jason Sudeikis’ hoodie to Jodie Foster’s bare feet, the stars embraced a virtual Golden Globes, and still found ways to cut loose.

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Cable failures endanger renowned Puerto Rico radio telescope

SAN JUAN – Giant, aging cables that support one of the world's largest single-dish radio telescopes are slowly unraveling in this U.S. territory, pushing an observatory renowned for its key role in astronomical discoveries to the brink of collapse.The Arecibo Observatory, which is tethered above a sinkhole in Puerto Rico’s lush mountain region, boasts a 1,000-foot-wide (305-meter-wide) dish featured in the Jodie Foster film “Contact” and the James Bond movie “GoldenEye.” The dish and a dome suspended above it have been used to track asteroids headed to Earth, conduct research that led to a Nobel Prize and helped scientists trying to determine if a planet is habitable.“As someone who depends on Arecibo for my science, I’m frightened.

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Kris Jenner - Pierce Brosnan - Michael Douglas - Jeff Bridges - Leslie Odom-Junior - George Clooney - Wanda Sykes - Allison Janney - Jodie Foster - George Clooney, Allison Janney Pay Tribute to Essential Workers, Crew Members in Livestream Fundraiser - hollywoodreporter.com

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George Clooney, Allison Janney Pay Tribute to Essential Workers, Crew Members in Livestream Fundraiser

Several boldfaced names contributed both words of support and financial support to essential workers and now-unemployed crew members during the Motion Picture Television Fund's livestreamed fundraiser on Friday night. George Clooney, Jodie Foster, Allison Janney, Leslie Odom Jr., Kris Jenner, Wanda Sykes, Pierce Brosnan, Jeff Bridges, Michael Douglas and many other famous faces paid tribute to entertainment workers who help bring titles they've been involved in to life and who are out of work amid the COVID-19 crisis, as well as those currently working at the MPTF's Woodland Hills campus, which has been hit hard by the pandemic.

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George Clooney, Allison Janney, Michael Douglas And More Take Part In Motion Picture Television Fund’s Livestream

Some of Hollywood’s biggest stars came out on Friday night to take part in the Motion Picture Television Fund’s livestreamed fundraiser.

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Pierce Brosnan - Michael Douglas - Hugh Jackman - George Clooney - Allison Janney - Jodie Foster - Tom Bergeron - George Clooney, Michael Douglas, Jodie Foster & Others Headline All-Star Fundraiser For MPTF’s COVID-19 Emergency Relief Fund - msn.com

George Clooney, Michael Douglas, Jodie Foster & Others Headline All-Star Fundraiser For MPTF’s COVID-19 Emergency Relief Fund

George Clooney, Michael Douglas, Hugh Jackman, Allison Janney, Jodie Foster and Pierce Brosnan headline an all-star fundraiser next week to benefit the Motion Picture & Television Fund’s COVID-19 Emergency Relief Fund. Hosted by Tom Bergeron and Yvette Nicole Brown, the one-night-only virtual event will stream at 6 p.m. PT May 15 on MPTF’s YouTube page.

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