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Chris Rock's Hollywood Send-Up 'Misty Green' Hits TIFF With Rosalind Eleazar's Knockout Lead Performance

Roughly two-thirds through “ Misty Green,” Rosalind Eleazar takes a breath and lets a rendition of “One Night Only,” from the musical “Dreamgirls,” rip. The characters around her go quiet, and the crowd at…

'Misty Green' Review: Rosalind Eleazar Stuns in Chris Rock's Raw but Unfocused Hollywood Character Study

A raw and biting — or at least vigorously gumming — showbiz character study about a faded Black actress whose entire adult life has been shaped by the peaks and valleys of living in a place that often seems flat on the surface, Chris…

Hollywood heartbroken as star dies days before film premiere

Jeremy Thomas has died at 77 years old Oscar-winning producer Jeremy Thomas has died at 77-years-old. A statement confirmed that he 'passed away peacefully' surrounded by his family and loved ones at his country home in Oxfordshire on Friday…

'Obsession' Producer Haley Nicole Johnson on Dizzying Hollywood Breakout Hit: 'It's a Lot'

Haley Nicole Johnson is still grappling with the breakout success of producing Curry Barker's Obsession. “It's a lot. I'm not gonna lie. It's a lot. But I've been overwhelmed with how welcoming the industry has been to everyone from Team…

Hollywood's Biggest Film Festival Bets, From Flops to $500M Hits

As I write from my kitchen table in the throes of coffee withdrawal, the following major film festivals have either just recently ended, are currently ongoing, or are on the direct horizon: Telluride Film Festival, Venice International Film…

EXCLUSIVE: Susan Sarandon, 73, 'Frozen Out of Hollywood' Despite Stellar Career

Susan Sarandon is 'frozen out' of parts of Hollywood, with movies still being taken away from her despite a celebrated career spanning more than five decades, RadarOnline.com can reveal. The 79-year-old Oscar winner said agencies were continuing to…

'Misty Green' Review: Chris Rock Tells the Story of a Party-Girl Actress, Brilliantly Played by Rosalind Eleazar, in The Best Movie About Hollywood in Years

The title character of “ Misty Green,” Chris Rock 's explosively entertaining, savagely authentic drama about life in the Hollywood of today, is a television actress who had a moment — in fact, she was close to the top of the…

'Misty Green' Review: Rosalind Eleazar Is a Revelation in Chris Rock's Sharply Observed Love-Hate Portrait of the Hollywood Hustle

The title characer in Chris Rock 's sure-footed fourth feature as director, Misty Green, is having a rough week. An actress still best known for a TV series that ended years back, she's about to be evicted, her bipolar brother is fresh out of a…

'Misty Green' Review: Chris Rock's Tough Hollywood Story Finds a Star in Rosalind Eleazar

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready… Misty Green is a star. Just ask her. “I am a f–king star,” she says. “I wish people would treat me like one.” Or just ask Chris Rock. He wrote and directed…

Top Hollywood Sales Agent Reveals Biggest Indie Film Challenge: 'We're Building Movies for Streaming Companies'

FilmNation head Glen Basner argues the biggest challenge from the indie film distribution space these days is a too traditional approach to packaging — this name actor means this much money and this director and it has to have X, Y and Z to…

From 'American Hostage' to Podcasts, Hollywood Digs Deeper Into Digital IP - But Will the Same Stories Told on Different Platforms Hurt Business?

Watching the MGM+ limited anthology series “American Hostage” with exec producer and star Jon Hamm at its Sept. 12 Toronto fest premiere, you might be reminded of last year's Sept. 7 Toronto premiere, Gus Van Sant's thriller…

Report: Hollywood Power Players Mute Their Support for Democrats as Socialists Surge in Party

Some of Hollywood's top industry insiders who have in the past been dabblers in politics, are taking a step back from helping the Democrat Party this year because the party can't control its radical left wing, a report claims. Many of the biggest…

Meghan has made herself a laughing stock - her Hollywood dreams are officially dead

Meghan Markle was tipped to appear in The Gentlemen Meghan Markle 's Hollywood dream looks officially dead in the water. She and Prince Harry announced their return to the UK with their children Archie, seven, and Lilibet, five, in a bombshell move…

No one was coming to save me': How Reese Witherspoon built a $900 million company from a problem Hollywood wouldn't fix

'Misty Green' Review: Rosalind Eleazar Is The Whole Show In Chris Rock's Sizzling Hollywood Portrait Of A Down And Out Emmy Winner Whose Career Is On The Skids - Toronto Film Festival

I have to confess I am a sucker for down-on-your-luck Hollywood stories, especially movies about actresses who once had success and are now scraping the bottom. Of course there is the classic of classics, Sunset Boulevard, but there are many more.