‘Top Gun’ at 40: what would have happened to Tom Cruise if Matthew Modine hadn’t turned it down? Things might’ve looked very different. Aimee Ferrier May 16, 2026
The 1979 role Harvey Keitel couldn’t be blackmailed into playing: “I would’ve been a star, and bankable!” What could’ve been. Aimee Ferrier May 15, 2026
The only actors to appear in three ‘Best Picture’ nominees in the same year Impressive. Aimee Ferrier May 14, 2026
How The Beach Boys helped David Lynch accept that he was a Hollywood outsider: “I could ruin things for them” “Be true to your school”. Aimee Ferrier May 14, 2026
The movie Naomi Watts auditioned for five times and still didn’t get: “It was pretty brutal” It was for the best. Aimee Ferrier May 13, 2026
“I was begging him for a chance”: the movie that saved Bryce Dallas Howard from Hollywood exile Proven wrong. Aimee Ferrier May 13, 2026
“His celebrity has corrupted his art form”: Justin Theroux’s bizarre hatred for a classic Tom Hanks movie “We know it’s Tom Hanks”. Aimee Ferrier May 12, 2026
The movie that ripped Spike Lee’s dream out of his hands: “The film’s not getting made” A disappointment. Aimee Ferrier May 10, 2026
“It was a really important film”: the 2011 movie Emily Blunt believes changed Hollywood forever A modern comedy classic. Aimee Ferrier May 9, 2026
“It was a little cursed”: The troubled 1997 movie that made Jodie Foster superstitious Cursed? Aimee Ferrier May 5, 2026
“It’s a remarkable film”: the 1961 epic Martin Scorsese saw 20 years too late and still called a “revelation” A classic. Aimee Ferrier May 5, 2026
The California church that didn’t become a church until Hollywood was done with it Unusual. Aimee Ferrier May 5, 2026