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The fun thing about this job, and about doing this particular series we call The Actor’s Side, is that every now and then the opportunity presents itself to be able to have a conversation with someone I believe is truly a legend in the movie business…

The Actor’s Side, my Deadline video series spotlighting some of the top performers in the industry, returns for Oscar season today, and we begin with my conversation with Eddie Redmayne, whose role as serial killer Charlie Cullen in Netflix’s The Good Nurse…

From the moment Henry Winkler arrived from Yale Drama School to Hollywood in 1973 it seemed he was charmed. Within a week of landing at LAX he booked a small role on The Mary Tyler Moore Show. A week later he was hired to play Fonzie on Happy Days.  The rest is television history. Winkler visits our PMC studios this…

Jennifer Coolidge is enjoying the moment. This show business veteran who got her first big break on a 1993 Seinfeld episode finally is in the big spotlight and the toast of the town thanks to The White Lotus. The HBO series landed 20 Emmy nominations including Outstanding Anthology Series or Television Movie and a…

Sheryl Lee Ralph is no newcomer to the business, but finally she is an Emmy nominee. Nommed for her role as veteran teacher Barbara Howard in the hit ABC sitcom Abbott Elementary, this longtime star has found a role that brings her an even wider audience. A Tony nominee as the original dreamgirl Deena Jones in the…

With everything Melanie Lynskey has done in films and television, it is hard to believe that her role in Showtime’s Yellowjackets and subsequent nomination as Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series is actually her first Emmy nom. Yet, that it is. She…

Hannah Waddingham’s career, especially on the London stage, was stellar but she really hit gold after being cast as Rebecca Welton in Ted Lasso.  In its first season she won the Emmy , Critics Choice Award, and a SAG award. She has been nominated again for an Emmy as Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series…

Adrien Brody is having a bountiful moment in his career right now with so many different projects it is difficult to list them all. Currently, you can check him out in two HBO/HBO Max shows produced by Adam McKay and Kevin Messick. In Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty he plays Lakers coach Pat Riley, and in…

Bowen Yang was an instant success when he joined Saturday Night Live, quickly elevated to the main cast after a couple of seasons as featured player and scored an Emmy nomination in 2021 for Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series — the first “featured player” to do so — as well as being named as one of Time‘s 100 Most…

Adrienne Warren is the reigning queen of the Tony Awards, at least until this year’s winners are announced Sunday night. Of course, Warren won the Lead Actress in a Musical Tony last year for her stunning turn as Tina Turner in Tina – The Tina Turner Musical a role she originated in London and that also got her…

Martin Short has been busy this TV season, but when hasn’t he been in demand? With recurring roles on Apple TV+’s The Morning Show as Dick Lundy (for which he got one of his 15 Emmy nominations), and in Schmigadoon! as the Leprechaun, Short has also won acclaim, Critics Choice and Golden Globe and SAG nominations, and…

Tom Hiddleston became virtually a household name when in 2011 director Kenneth Branagh (with whom he co-starred in Wallander) thought he’d be the perfect Loki in Thor. He was right. Loki became a sensation, and over a decade later Hiddleston is still playing him, only this time his character’s name is in the title of…