Hollywood is having its best summer since the Covid-19 pandemic threatened to permanently alter moviegoing habits, with “Toy Story 5” extending the hot streak over the weekend. The Disney-Pixar sequel was on pace to sell an estimated $312 million in tickets worldwide from Thursday through Sunday, according to Rentrak, which compiles box office data. Directed…
The crowd hushed as the black Escalade pulled curbside in the afternoon Toronto sun. Robbie Graham-Kuntz, the Canadian actor who plays Kip in the ubiquitous hockey drama “Heated Rivalry,” emerged from the giant SUV. The crowd screamed and tried to get closer to him, as a security guard stretched out his arms to hold fans…
Anna Van Patten is hardly the first of her clan to turn up on a hit TV show. She comes from a Hollywood dynasty that stretches back more than half a century, to the days when her uncle starred as jovial dad Tom Bradford on the relentlessly wholesome ABC family drama Eight Is Enough. The…
Hollywood is a terrifying place. It’s not just the ruthless calibration of who’s on top and who’s not, updated constantly, that affects everyone from the biggest movie star to the dog walker. It’s that the whole place is built on a pitch. From the palm tree-lined streets to the statuette-lined mantels, it’s all the stuff…
