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Former news anchor Megyn Kelly is doubling down on President Donald Trump and his backers, continuing her unlikely reconciliation with a man who once had her on his enemies list. Kelly is taking on all comers on Twitter, including some celebrities, regarding the election fallout. She’s mostly defending Trump’s…

Julia Louis-Dreyfus has issued a salute, one “Veep” to another. The actress, who won six consecutive Emmys for playing fictional Vice President Selina Meyer in HBO’s Veep, tweeted out her reaction to Kamala Harris’ called victory in the presidential race as part of the Joe Biden ticket. "’Madam Vice President’ is no…

Although he’s the cohost of the Country Music Association Awards, Darius Rucker still doesn’t feel comfortable in the genre. The Hootie & The Blowfish singer has had a country career since 2008, but recalled a certain awkward moment for the <a class="class"…

Facebook quickly moved on Thursday to shut down a group that claimed Democrats were out to steal the 2020 presidential election. The group “Stop the Steal” had collected more than 360,000 members in the last two days, and was soliciting contributions and planning to stage live rallies. Facebook claimed the group’s…

Donald Trump was not the first American president who owed his education to Hollywood, but he was the first who tried to turn it into a cult. As things turned out, even the stars of show business turned against their self-anointed protégé. "Trump became obsessed that celebrity could become a cult," said one corporate…

He felt angry. He felt exploited. He was no fan of James Bond. Amidst all the tributes to Sean Connery published this week, none of them captured the fiercely intense character I encountered in November 1966. Having completed his fourth Bond, Thunderball, Connery had abruptly changed course by playing a hard-drinking…

No matter who wins on Tuesday night, the past four years will leave a lasting impact on politics, government, culture and many other corners of society. On a special Election Day edition of the Deadline podcast POTUS 2020: Battleground America, director-writer Adam McKay joins us to talk about post-election…

Win, lose or draw, the frantic election cycle has already made one thing painfully clear: The movies will never catch up. They are too slow. A collaborative, deliberative medium like cinema can never keep pace with events—or more properly, with perceptions of and fascinations with seeming events—that change almost…

Author Don Winslow has issued another partisan video against President Donald Trump, this time focusing on voters in the state of Michigan. This time, he’s enlisted actor Jeff Daniels, who recently appeared as FBI Director James Comey in Showtime’s The Comey Rule. Dumb and Dumber star Daniels narrates the video…

Jeff Bridges has created a new website to communicate with fans in his own inimitable style, saying his recent cancer diagnosis has left him to “appreciate my mortality.” Bridges shared earlier this month that he has been diagnosed with lymphoma and is undergoing treatment. "This cancer thing is bringing on feelings…

In a few months Citizen Kane will be 80 years old, all involved now long-since departed, its status as one of the greatest films of all time as solid as ever. You'd think any old beefs would by now be gone with the wind, but no. With the imminent appearance of David Fincher's stimulating and beautiful new film Mank…

It’s Terrific! That was the simple advertising line that adorned most posters and newspaper ads for the landmark film Citizen Kane when it was released in 1941. Let me say the same line applies to David Fincher’s masterpiece Mank, a film centering on the creation of the script for Kane and the man who shares official…