E. Oliver Whitney is a senior editor at ScreenCrush. When not talking Game of Thrones theories or waiting for the next Terrence Malick film, Oliver is probably having an SVU marathon. Oliver was formerly an entertainment editor at Huff Post and has written for Variety, New York magazine, Indiewire, Moviefone, and Backstage.
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A Crew Member Has Died After an Accident On the Set of Tom Hanks’ Mr. Rogers Movie
In a tragic accident, a sound mixer on the new Mister Rogers movie died after falling from a balcony on set.
‘Christopher Robin’ Review: A Melancholy ‘Hook,’ But With Winnie-the-Pooh
Ewan McGregor plays the adult Christopher Robin in Disney’s moody live-action take on Winnie-the-Pooh.
MoviePass Couldn’t Pay the Bills, Had to Borrow $6.2 Million To Turn the Service Back On
MoviePass had a service outage when the parent company couldn’t pay the bills. Then they borrowed $5 million.
Robert Redford Reunites With David Lowery For His Final Role in ‘The Old Man and the Gun’ Trailer
Robert Redford reunites with David Lowery to play an outlaw in his final role before retiring from acting.
First ‘Mission: Impossible – Fallout’ Trailer Falls Into the Super Bowl
Ethan Hunt is back, and he’s more limber and energized than ever. After a series of new photos teased by Tom Cruise on social media (oh yeah, Tom Cruise is on Instagram now folks), the first trailer has finally arrived. The full trailer for Mission: Impossible – Fallout dropped during the Super Bowl, which is this big sporting event held in honor of the new Tom Cruise action movie...
Dwayne Johnson’s Super Bowl ‘Skyscraper’ Trailer Is Friggin’ Nuts
The Rock is ‘Mission: Impossible’ mode in the totally insane ‘Skyscraper’ trailer.
The First ‘Solo: A Star Wars Story’ Trailer Is Here!
Football is cool and all, but it’s got nothing on ‘Star Wars.’
Harvey Weinstein Has Been Kicked Out of Motion Picture Academy
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has voted to expel Harvey Weinstein from the award organization.
2017 Oscar Nominations: ‘La La Land’ Leads with a Record-Tying 14 Nominations
Ah, can you smell it? The aroma of scorching hot awards season debates is already in the air! The nominees for the 2017 Oscars were announced bright and early this morning – or should we say dark and early, as the ScreenCrush team beat the sunrise for the big announcement.
‘Moonlight’ Wins Best Motion Picture Drama at the 2017 Golden Globes
The 90 or so members of the Hollywood Foreign Press are always an unpredictable bunch of awards season voters, but that made predictions for the 2017 Golden Globes’ Best Motion Picture Drama award even more uncertain. The awards race has been a close one this year between Manchester By the Sea and Moonlight (and especially close in the Drama category at the Globes with other frontrunner La La Land in the Comedy category). But this year the HFPA decided to honor the Kenneth Lonergan film / the Barry Jenkins film with the top drama prize.
Gene Wilder, Legendary Actor and ‘Willy Wonka’ Star, Dead at 83
Gene Wilder, best known for his comedic roles in Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, The Producers, and Young Frankenstein has died at the age of 83.