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Ethan Alter
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Gold Derby NYC bureau chief; 2023 NAEJ Online Journalist of the Year. Bylines: Yahoo Ent, Film Journal, Indiewire, EW, Premiere, TWoP.
Talked to the great J.K. Simmons about many things for our @goldderby.com career retrospective, but particularly psyched to talk Oz and Counterpart — two great shows that go great together
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J.K. Simmons looks back on his most iconic roles, from ‘Oz’ and ‘Juno’ to ‘Spider-Man’ and ‘Whiplash’
The Oscar-winning and Emmy-nominated actor looks back at some of his vintage roles including 'Oz,' 'Spider-Man' and 'Juno'
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August 28, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Rogue One and Andor star Alan Tudyk shares alternate lines and his original voices for K-2SO. Read the full interview at
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August 22, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Here's Ron Howard breaking down Sydney Sweeney's harrowing birth scene in Eden. Read the full story at @goldderby.com: tinyurl.com/mt7ewm8e
August 22, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Really enjoyed Oh, Hi!, out in theaters today. Here's Molly Gordon, Logan Lerman and Sophie Brooks on the Annie Wilkes connection to their screwball rom-com take on Misery.
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‘Annie Wilkes did nothing wrong’: How Molly Gordon subverts Kathy Bates’ ‘Misery’ villain in ‘Oh, Hi!’
Molly Gordon explains how Annie Wilkes inspired her character in the new romantic comedy
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July 25, 2025 at 5:09 PM
@goldderby.com got an early look at the teaser trailer for #AvatarFireAndAsh that's going out with #FantasticFourFirstSteps this weekend. It builds on the dynamic aerial sequence that screened at CinemaCon in April--lots of time will clearly be spent in the skies above Pandora.
July 21, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Spoke with Superman composers John Murphy and David Fleming about their super-score, the Mighty Crabjoys and risking "composer hell" be revamping the classic John Williams Superman March
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‘I’m going to composer hell for this’: ‘Superman’ composers on adapting John Williams’ ‘sacred’ anthem for their super-score
John Murphy and David Fleming walk us through their super-score for James Gunn's new movie
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July 19, 2025 at 6:54 PM
About those surprise I Know What You Did Last Summer cameos...
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‘I Know What You Did Last Summer’ features shocking cameos by 2 award winners (spoilers!)
Here are the two award winners who appear in the 2025 revival of the horror franchise
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July 19, 2025 at 12:26 PM
It's been a rough smufin' year for theatrical animation. For @goldderby.com I recapped how the first seven months of 2025 have yielded a dearth of candidates for the Best Animated Feature Oscar.
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How ‘Smurfs’ points to the dire straits of the Best Animated Feature Oscar race
From 'Elio' to 'Smurfs,' the year's big animated releases so far ranked by their Oscar potential.
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July 19, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Loved speaking with Mallory Lewis, Lisa D'Apolito and the one and only Lamb Chop about the release of their great new doc, Shari & Lamb Chop. We discussed the movie's new relevance in light of the PBS funding cuts and Lamb Chop's last act.
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‘She dies with me’: Shari Lewis’s daughter talks Lamb Chop’s final act — including a new TV show and that song that will never end
Mallory Lewis and Lisa D'Apolito talk PBS funding cuts, Emmy awards and the new documentary Shari & Lamb Chop
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July 18, 2025 at 2:33 PM
This was a fun flyby: For @goldderby.com, I cracked open the Fortress of Solitude's archives to evaluate 5 never made Superman movies by their Oscar potential
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The Supermen that never were: Here are 5 scrapped Man of Steel movies ranked by their Oscar potential
From Superman: Reborn to Justice League: Mortal here's how the (in)famous abandoned Superman movies might have performed at the Oscars.
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July 12, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Kathleen Quinlan walks @goldderby.com through her night with Oscar in 1996, which included a Whoopi Goldberg wink and a front row seat to a Sorvino family hug.
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‘Apollo 13’ star Kathleen Quinlan relives the 1996 Oscars, from a Whoopi wink to a Sorvino hug
The "Apollo 13" star relives the 1996 Oscars, from a Whoopi Goldberg wink to Mira Sorvino's emotional win
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July 5, 2025 at 9:10 PM
With Hearts of Darkness is back in theaters, I spoke with Fax Bahr for @goldderby.com about Harvey Keitel's never-seen Apocalypse Now footage and why Kevin Coster's Horizon is the film he'd most want to chronicle in another HoD-style doc.
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‘Hearts of Darkness’ director reveals why we still haven’t seen the ‘Apocalypse Now’ footage filmed with Harvey Keitel before Martin Sheen took over
Fax Bahr explains why Harvey Keitel's scenes from Apocalypse Now remain locked in Francis Ford Coppola's vault
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July 5, 2025 at 5:30 PM
I go to the mat for the final 5 episodes of Cobra Kai in the
@GoldDerby team's round-up of the best shows of 2025 (so far)
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2025’s 10 best TV shows so far: ‘Adolescence,’ ‘Cobra Kai,’ and ‘Severance’ among our editors’ top picks
They might not all be competing for Emmys, but these are the small-screen programs that demand your attention.
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July 1, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Yes, the ring thing really happened. Kathleen Quinlan shares BTS stories from #Apollo13 with @goldderby.com on the movie's 30th anniversary anniversasry
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‘What balls!’ ‘Apollo 13’ star Kathleen Quinlan on firing off notes to Ron Howard, secret dinner with Tom Hanks, and why her Oscar-nominated role was more than just ‘the wife’
Oscar nominee recalls a secret dinner date with Tom Hanks and why she wanted her role to be more than just 'the wife.'
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June 30, 2025 at 2:00 PM
No better way to make my @goldderby.com bow than with Amity Island's own Deputy Hendricks. Coulda happily jawed with Jeffrey Kramer all afternoon.
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‘Jaws’ at 50: Jeffrey ‘Deputy Hendricks’ Kramer recalls ‘horrific’ first scene and an epic Roy Scheider flub
Move over Helen of Troy. Fifty years ago, Jeffrey Kramer became the face that launched a trio of shark hunters on that famously not-big-enough boat, the Orca. Released on June 20, 1975, Steven Spie…
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June 18, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Always happy to contribute to Indiewire's end of year survey, and equally happy to be part of the Asteroid City/Menus-Plaisirs hive that helped powered those movies into strong showings.
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December 11, 2023 at 6:37 PM