The Hollywood Reporter

The all-new Hollywood Reporter offers unprecedented access to the people, studios, networks and agencies that create the magic in Hollywood. Published weekly, the oversized format includes exceptional photography and rich features.

Why We Care About Awards Season • It’s endless, it’s ego-stroking, it’s the gamification of art. So why do we pay attention to this stuff?

Jon M. Chu: Pulp Fiction Losing Best Picture to Forrest Gump in 1995

How Demi Moore Gave Birth From Her Spine • The Substance prosthetics designer Pierre-Olivier Persin dishes on the secrets of all the film’s crazy scenes: ‘Nothing was too absurd’

Clap On, Clap Off • Film festival ovations these days are tracked like your doctor tracks your A1C numbers. Do all those long applause sessions actually translate into Oscar noms?

How Cory Became Chevy • What’s the best way to prepare for the role of an outsized comic like Chevy Chase? For Saturday Night’s Cory Michael Smith, it was spreadsheets, photo research and a media cleanse

SEAN BAKER TURNS THE ROM-COM ON ITS HEAD IN ANORA • With his fractured fairy tale about a stripper who falls for the son of a Russian oligarch, the filmmaker evokes the spirit of ’70s cinema while eliciting a star-making turn from Mikey Madison

WHAT REALLY HAPPENS INSIDE THE PAPAL CONCLAVE • In the new THR feature The Watchers, a group of Catholic Church experts come together to break down what’s actually going on in Conclave, the new Ralph Fiennes drama

COLIN FARRELL MAY NOT BE DONE WITH THE PENGUIN • He transformed under 20 pounds of makeup to become an unrecognizable crime boss on HBO. And after some earlier reluctance, he might be up for doing it again

EVERYBODY WANTS KRISTEN BELL • Cast as a prototypical non-Jewish person in Netflix’s interfaith comedy, the former Veronica Mars star faced an uncommon challenge: portraying a relationship in which two people are really trying

FOR HANNAH EINBINDER, EVERYTHING DOES GO • The Hacks upstart on her stand-up special, her mom Laraine Newman, antisemitism and that crazy Emmys night

The Cardinal Drew High Praise at the Globes in 1964