Ethan Alter

J.K. Simmons looks back on his most iconic roles, from ‘Oz’ and ‘Juno’ to ‘Spider-Man’ and ‘Whiplash’ The Oscar-winning and Emmy-nominated actor looks back at some of his vintage roles including 'Oz,' 'Spider-Man' and 'Juno'

Talked to the great J.K. Simmons about many things for our @goldderby.com career retrospective, but particularly psyched to talk Oz and Counterpart — two great shows that go great together
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Rogue One and Andor star Alan Tudyk shares alternate lines and his original voices for K-2SO. Read the full interview at
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Here's Ron Howard breaking down Sydney Sweeney's harrowing birth scene in Eden. Read the full story at @goldderby.com: tinyurl.com/mt7ewm8e

‘Annie Wilkes did nothing wrong’: How Molly Gordon subverts Kathy Bates’ ‘Misery’ villain in ‘Oh, Hi!’ Molly Gordon explains how Annie Wilkes inspired her character in the new romantic comedy

Really enjoyed Oh, Hi!, out in theaters today. Here's Molly Gordon, Logan Lerman and Sophie Brooks on the Annie Wilkes connection to their screwball rom-com take on Misery.
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The trailer also features the first words spoken by Oona Chaplin as the leader of the Ash People. Love that James Cameron picked the descendent of a cinematic pioneer to be part of a franchise that continues to push the boundaries of what movies can look and sound like.

@goldderby.com got an early look at the teaser trailer for #AvatarFireAndAsh that's going out with #FantasticFourFirstSteps this weekend. It builds on the dynamic aerial sequence that screened at CinemaCon in April--lots of time will clearly be spent in the skies above Pandora.

‘I’m going to composer hell for this’: ‘Superman’ composers on adapting John Williams’ ‘sacred’ anthem for their super-score John Murphy and David Fleming walk us through their super-score for James Gunn's new movie

Spoke with Superman composers John Murphy and David Fleming about their super-score, the Mighty Crabjoys and risking "composer hell" be revamping the classic John Williams Superman March
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‘I Know What You Did Last Summer’ features shocking cameos by 2 award winners (spoilers!) Here are the two award winners who appear in the 2025 revival of the horror franchise

About those surprise I Know What You Did Last Summer cameos...
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How ‘Smurfs’ points to the dire straits of the Best Animated Feature Oscar race From 'Elio' to 'Smurfs,' the year's big animated releases so far ranked by their Oscar potential.

It's been a rough smufin' year for theatrical animation. For @goldderby.com I recapped how the first seven months of 2025 have yielded a dearth of candidates for the Best Animated Feature Oscar.
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And this Lamb Chop Zoom-bomb is a clip that will never end... to delight me.

‘She dies with me’: Shari Lewis’s daughter talks Lamb Chop’s final act — including a new TV show and that song that will never end Mallory Lewis and Lisa D'Apolito talk PBS funding cuts, Emmy awards and the new documentary Shari & Lamb Chop

Loved speaking with Mallory Lewis, Lisa D'Apolito and the one and only Lamb Chop about the release of their great new doc, Shari & Lamb Chop. We discussed the movie's new relevance in light of the PBS funding cuts and Lamb Chop's last act.
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The Supermen that never were: Here are 5 scrapped Man of Steel movies ranked by their Oscar potential From Superman: Reborn to Justice League: Mortal here's how the (in)famous abandoned Superman movies might have performed at the Oscars.

This was a fun flyby: For @goldderby.com, I cracked open the Fortress of Solitude's archives to evaluate 5 never made Superman movies by their Oscar potential
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‘Apollo 13’ star Kathleen Quinlan relives the 1996 Oscars, from a Whoopi wink to a Sorvino hug The "Apollo 13" star relives the 1996 Oscars, from a Whoopi Goldberg wink to Mira Sorvino's emotional win

Kathleen Quinlan walks @goldderby.com through her night with Oscar in 1996, which included a Whoopi Goldberg wink and a front row seat to a Sorvino family hug.
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‘Hearts of Darkness’ director reveals why we still haven’t seen the ‘Apocalypse Now’ footage filmed with Harvey Keitel before Martin Sheen took over Fax Bahr explains why Harvey Keitel's scenes from Apocalypse Now remain locked in Francis Ford Coppola's vault

With Hearts of Darkness is back in theaters, I spoke with Fax Bahr for @goldderby.com about Harvey Keitel's never-seen Apocalypse Now footage and why Kevin Coster's Horizon is the film he'd most want to chronicle in another HoD-style doc.
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2025’s 10 best TV shows so far: ‘Adolescence,’ ‘Cobra Kai,’ and ‘Severance’ among our editors’ top picks They might not all be competing for Emmys, but these are the small-screen programs that demand your attention.

I go to the mat for the final 5 episodes of Cobra Kai in the
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‘What balls!’ ‘Apollo 13’ star Kathleen Quinlan on firing off notes to Ron Howard, secret dinner with Tom Hanks, and why her Oscar-nominated role was more than just ‘the wife’ Oscar nominee recalls a secret dinner date with Tom Hanks and why she wanted her role to be more than just 'the wife.'

Yes, the ring thing really happened. Kathleen Quinlan shares BTS stories from #Apollo13 with @goldderby.com on the movie's 30th anniversary anniversasry
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‘Jaws’ at 50: Jeffrey ‘Deputy Hendricks’ Kramer recalls ‘horrific’ first scene and an epic Roy Scheider flub Move over Helen of Troy. Fifty years ago, Jeffrey Kramer became the face that launched a trio of shark hunters on that famously not-big-enough boat, the Orca. Released on June 20, 1975, Steven Spie…

No better way to make my @goldderby.com bow than with Amity Island's own Deputy Hendricks. Coulda happily jawed with Jeffrey Kramer all afternoon.
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Always happy to contribute to Indiewire's end of year survey, and equally happy to be part of the Asteroid City/Menus-Plaisirs hive that helped powered those movies into strong showings.
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