Sinners, Jay Kelly and Zootopia 2 were among the big film winners at Casting Society’s 41st annual Artios Awards, which celebrate excellence in casting and were handed out in three ceremonies in Los Angeles, New York City and London. See the full list spanning film, TV, commercials and theater…

With Jay Kelly, George Clooney experienced a bit of art imitating life, thanks to the Netflix film’s co-writer/director Noah Baumbach. Discussing a scene in which his titular movie star receives a lifetime achievement award in a packed theater after watching a reel of his onscreen career, the 2x…

UPDATED with latest: Hitmaker and Hannah Montana alum Miley Cyrus will receive the Palm Springs Film Festival’s 2026 Outstanding Artistic Achievement Award for her new song "Dream As One" from James Cameron’s in Avatar: Fire and Ash. "A musician who needs no introduction, Miley Cyrus is a force…

Deadline's Read the Screenplay series spotlighting the scripts behind the year's most talked-about movies kicks off its 2025-2026 awards season with Netflix's Jay Kelly, written and directed by Noah Baumbach and co-written by Emily Mortimer in her screenwriting debut. The film follows famous…

When was the last time you saw a major studio release about a living movie star? In the last year, folk, rock and pop fans might have seen A Complete Unknown, with Timothée Chalamet as the young Bob Dylan, or Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere, about the making of The Boss's "difficult" 1982 album N…

Hollywood is torturing itself over this simple question: What's happened to the audience? Why have movies batted .000 with its 25 wannabe hits this fall? Many theories are being advanced, but I favor simple answers: Movies have gotten lost because…

Every actor has a story to tell, but Billy Crudup has a lot of them through a sterling career on stage, screen and television. And at this moment he is prominent in all three. Joining me for this week’s can’t-miss episode of my Deadline video…

Noah Baumbach will step up for a Director Tribute at the Gotham Film Awards for Netflix's Jay Kelly, co-written with Emily Mortimer and starring George Clooney and Adam Sandler. The kickoff event of awards season, hosted by the Gotham Film & Media Institute, is set for Dec. 1 in NYC. "As a…

Adam Sandler is finally getting his props. Sandler has been announced as this year’s recipient of the Maltin Modern Master Award on February 5, 2026 at the 41st annual Santa Barbara International Film Festival where he will join Leonard Maltin…

The story of a Hollywood superstar coming to terms with the fragility of his privileged existence might not seem the most universal story, especially one starring George Clooney at his most suave and charismatic. But while speaking at Deadline's Contenders London event, Jay Kelly director Noah…

Although Adam Sandler has forever been known as a comedic force in movies, most recently in the long-awaited Netflix sequel to Happy Gilmore, his performances in such films as Hustle, Paul Thomas Anderson’s Punch Drunk Love, Noah Baumbach’s The Meyerowit…

Deadline's Contenders Film: London event is back on October 11 and will feature many of this awards season’s hottest films. As Contenders connoisseurs know, this is an exclusive Deadline event designed for voting guild members. Expect juicy teaser clips and lively panels packed with…