He might be the toast of New York’s ballet scene, but there’s something distinctly Californian about Justin Peck. Sometimes it manifests itself in his work—like Paz de La Jolla, a playful and sweet yet sophisticated ode to his San Diego roots—but mostly it comes across in his surfer-like nonchalance and ... More

At the center of Jean-Marc Vallée’s newest film, Wild, is a love story between a mother and a daughter. Played by Laura Dern and Reese Witherspoon, respectively, it’s based on the autobiographical book by Cheryl Strayed who, after the devastating loss of her mother, Bobbi, went on a journey ... More

In the new Starz series The Missing, Frances O’Connor plays one character in two ways. In the 2006 version of Emily Hughes, O’Connor portrays a woman on vacation with her husband and young son; in the 2014 version, O’Connor’s character is attempting to get on with her life eight ... More

When Naomi Grossman showed up to her initial audition for a role in American Horror Story, she had no idea that it would change her life. “For all I knew, it was a glorified extra role,” said Grossman. Now, the talented actress, who plays Pepper in the cult-favorite show, has ... More

It’s long been a goal of Edward Norton’s to work with director Alejandro González Iñárritu, so when the actor got his hands on a copy of the script for Birdman, he knew he had to act fast. “I think I read the script at 2 a.m., and I ... More

Off-screen, J.K. Simmons and his Whiplash co-star Miles Teller got along famously. “I’m older than Miles’ dad, but our relationship is sometimes like two knucklehead eighth graders,” Simmons says. But when the cameras were rolling, the twosome enacted a very different dynamic.  In the film, Simmons’ Terence Fletcher is ... More

A Most Violent Year takes place during an early 1980s crime wave in New York City, and while today’s Big Apple is undoubtedly a safer place, the film’s star, Oscar Isaac, insists that there’s much that hasn’t changed.   “One thing that’s still there,” he says, “is the idea you’ve ... More

For Chris Rock to get the kind of leading role he’s most desired, he says he always knew he’d have to pen it himself. “I write with myself in mind because no one really writes for me,” says Rock, who wrote, directed and stars in the witty comedy More

John du Pont, the character Steve Carell portrays in Bennett Miller’s Foxcatcher, was a convicted murderer. But Carell says that when he took on the role, he was intent on digging deeper into the man’s being.   “I didn’t necessarily approach him as a dark character,” says Carell, whose ... More

Timothy Spall’s portrayal of the controversial 19th-century painter J.M.W. Turner in Mr. Turner was a long time in the making.  In 2006, he explains, “I was walking in London near where Mike Leigh has an office, and I bumped into him and he said to me, ‘I’m making a film ... More