Dustin Hoffman says he first took an acting class in school to secure a passing mark. He told the story while discussing his new memoir, "Look at Me."
A friend pitched it as a class where the lowest mark was a C, like gym. But once he had to learn and perform a scene, he lost all sense of time, unlike the daily piano practice he resented.
That class led to a career that includes "The Graduate" in 1967 and two best actor Oscars, for "Kramer vs. Kramer" and "Rain Man." Now 89, he says he still exercises and has plenty going on.
Netflix's The Hunting Wives is back with a second season, and its cast gathered at the Egyptian Theatre in Los Angeles on Thursday to celebrate the premiere. The show, based on May Cobb's book, arrives on the streaming platform on November 26.
Brittany Snow plays Sophie O'Neil, a newcomer to a small Texas town who ends up in a close-knit circle of local women led by Malin Akerman's Margo Banks. That bond is tested when a teenage girl is found dead and a murder investigation begins to unsettle the group.
Disney's latest animated feature, Hexed, premiered in Los Angeles on Thursday night, and much of its cast turned out for the event.
Hailee Steinfeld voices Billie Doe, a teenager who learns she has magical powers and sets off into another world. Rashida Jones plays her mother, Jodie Foster voices Queen Celeste, a sinister mother and grandmother, and Yvette Nicole Brown joins the cast as Scared Tea Cup.
The film is rated PG and hits theaters the day before Thanksgiving.
Connie is out of The Great British Baking Show after this caramel-themed episode.
Most millionaire's shortbreads in the technical came out underbaked, with chocolate that never set. The showstopper called for nougatine structures around praline cakes.
Connie's box fell apart when the judges opened it, though they loved her hazelnut cake inside. Moyin won the showstopper, and Paul Hollywood had Connie step away for five minutes to settle down.
How to Rob a Bank opens nationwide on November 13.
The story follows a group of social media personalities who rob banks, saying they want to help people who are struggling. Nicholas Hoult plays the gang's leader, who blames a banking executive, played by Christian Slater, for his child's death and holds a gun to the executive's head.
David Leitch directed the film. He also made the 2022 action comedy Bullet Train, which starred Brad Pitt.
Gal Gadot grew tearful on stage at a Simon Wiesenthal Center dinner on Wednesday while warning that hatred of Jews is spreading fast and being openly accepted.
Skydance co-CEO Ynon Kreiz, the night's honoree, fully backed the company's response to a Mark Ruffalo Instagram post that it said used antisemitic tropes. When asked if he'd work with Ruffalo, whose HBO show Task now falls under him, he sidestepped the question.
Kreiz's mother hid in a closet in Vienna as a nine-month-old during a Nazi raid before her family escaped to Scotland.
