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<b>Screen Actors Guild Awards Rebranded as ‘The Actor Awards’ Starting in 2026     </b>

Screen Actors Guild Awards Rebranded as ‘The Actor Awards’ Starting in 2026

Film, TVNovember 15, 2025by The Hollywood Beat

The annual awards ceremony long known as the Screen Actors Guild Awards will take on a new identity beginning in 2026. SAG-AFTRA announced that the…

<b>Sally Kirkland, Wild-Hearted Actress and Golden Globe Winner, Dies at 84     </b>

Sally Kirkland, Wild-Hearted Actress and Golden Globe Winner, Dies at 84

Film, NewsmakersNovember 12, 2025by The Hollywood Beat

Sally Kirkland passed away peacefully in hospice care in Palm Springs on November 11, 2025, at the age of 84. A trailblazing, fearless performer whose…

<b>Robert Pattinson: From Teen-Heartthrob to Audacious Actor    </b>

Robert Pattinson: From Teen-Heartthrob to Audacious Actor

FilmNovember 11, 2025by The Hollywood Beat

Robert Douglas Thomas Pattinson was born on 13 May 1986 in Barnes, London, England. He grew up in a creative household—his mother worked at a…

<b>Motherhood, Madness, and Mastery: Jennifer Lawrence at Full Power    </b>

Motherhood, Madness, and Mastery: Jennifer Lawrence at Full Power

FilmNovember 11, 2025by The Hollywood Beat

Jennifer Lawrence was born on August 15, 1990, in a suburb of Louisville, Kentucky. She grew up on a horse farm, an athletic child who…

<b> Jennifer Lawrence Goes to the Edge—and Brings Us With Her in <i>Die, My Love</i>   </b>

Jennifer Lawrence Goes to the Edge—and Brings Us With Her in Die, My Love

FilmNovember 10, 2025by The Hollywood Beat

From the opening frames of Die, My Love, director Lynne Ramsay plunges us unflinchingly into the raw turbulence of new motherhood, marriage, and isolation. The…

<b>When the Gloves Came Off: The Unseen Battles of Christy Martin     </b>

When the Gloves Came Off: The Unseen Battles of Christy Martin

Film, NewsmakersNovember 7, 2025by The Hollywood Beat

Born in the coal-mining town of Mullens, West Virginia, Christy Renea Martin grew up with grit in her blood and fire in her heart. The…

<b>Sydney Sweeney Is Nobody’s Ingenue     </b>

Sydney Sweeney Is Nobody’s Ingenue

FilmNovember 7, 2025by The Hollywood Beat

Born on September 12, 1997 in Spokane, Washington, Sydney Sweeney grew up in a lakeside home in the Idaho panhandle where her family had lived…

<b>Sydney Sweeney Delivers a Punchy Performance, but <i>Christy</i> Stumbles into Familiar Territory       </b>

Sydney Sweeney Delivers a Punchy Performance, but Christy Stumbles into Familiar Territory

FilmNovember 7, 2025by The Hollywood Beat

In Christy, the new biopic of boxing legend Christy Martin, actress Sydney Sweeney steps into the ring with fierce physical commitment and a determination to…

<b>Helen Mirren to Receive the Cecil B. DeMille Award at the 2026 Golden Globes     </b>

Helen Mirren to Receive the Cecil B. DeMille Award at the 2026 Golden Globes

Film, NewsmakersNovember 5, 2025by The Hollywood Beat

Dame Helen Mirren will be honored with the 2026 Cecil B. DeMille Award at the Golden Globes, a distinction reserved for artists whose work has…

<b><i>Wicked</i> Star Jonathan Bailey Named <i>People</i>’s “Sexiest Man Alive” for 2025     </b>

Wicked Star Jonathan Bailey Named People’s “Sexiest Man Alive” for 2025

Film, NewsmakersNovember 5, 2025by The Hollywood Beat

Jonathan Bailey, the British actor whose rise has been nothing short of meteoric, has been crowned the 2025 “Sexiest Man Alive” by People magazine, an…

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