Armie Hammer reportedly returning to movies with independent Western

October 30, 2024

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Armie Hammer, whose Hollywood career derailed in 2021 after a series of sexual assault allegations — which he denied, and for which authorities declined to charge him for lack of evidence — is reportedly getting back to acting.

Deadline is reporting that Hammer will star in Frontier Crucible, a Western from the producers of the hailed Western movie Bone Tomahawk and the gritty Mel Gibson/Vince Vaughn crime drama Dragged Across Concrete.

The trade says Hammer will star opposite The Predator and The Punisher lead Thomas Jane, and the movie will get underway in November in Monument Valley and Prescott, Arizona.

Hammer was dropped by his representation after the sexual assault allegations broke and was forced to drop out of various projects, including the 2023 action comedy Shotgun Wedding opposite Jennifer Lopez.

Sarah Paulson on the “harrowing” real-life backdrop of her new thriller ‘Hold Your Breath’

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Sarah Paulson stars in the new thriller Hold Your Breath, which is now streaming on Hulu. Set in Oklahoma in 1933, when biblical dust storms ravaged the Midwest, the creepy film has Paulson playing a mother grieving the loss of one of her daughters, while trying to keep her two surviving daughters safe amid the apocalyptic setting.

“I love the idea of the backdrop being this part of our country’s history, this hideous storm,” Paulson tells ABC Audio.

With people desperate to keep the dust out of their lungs, they resorted to wearing masks, which draws an eerie parallel to the COVID-19 era, she agreed.

“Our writer, Karrie Crouse, had written the screenplay prior to the pandemic,” Paulson says. “It’s funny how history can repeat itself. And although this was not an airborne illness that was plaguing that part of our country during that time period, it certainly was a harrowing thing.”

As if the dust storms aren’t enough to worry about, there are rumors of a murderous drifter afoot, and those fears come to a head when a mysterious man shows up, played by The Bear‘s Ebon Moss-Bachrach.

“I would watch him read the phone book. I’d watch him walk across the street. I’d watch him do just about anything,” Paulson enthused about the actor.

“And when the filmmakers said, you know, ‘What about Ebon?’ I … just jumped out of my chair. I was like, ‘Yes, yes, yes, please. Yes!'”

She added, “And that was before I got to be on The Bear. So I got to have this experience with him first. It was so, so special.”

Reality Roundup: ‘Love is Blind’ baby on the way, Will Kirby returns to reality TV

Have no fear, your reality roundup is here! Here’s a look at what happened in the world of reality television this week:

Love is Blind (Netflix)
Amber and Matt Barnett, who found love on the first season of Love is Blind, are expecting their first child together. The pair made the announcement on The Love Seat podcast, hosted by fellow season 1 couple Lauren and Cameron Hamilton. “I sent myself back to school because I felt like we were in a place where I could do that. I had the support, and I was mentally there,” Amber said. “And then over summer break he just went and knocked me up.”

Dancing with the Stars (ABC)
Anna Delvey went viral when she remarked that she would take “nothing” away from her Dancing with the Stars experience after she was voted off the show. Now, her professional dance partner Ezra Sosa has tattooed the word “nothing” on his body. “im such an idiot,” he captioned his TikTok about the experience.

Deal or No Deal Island (NBC)
Reality TV fans, rejoice. Big Brother legend Will Kirby is returning to TV screens to compete on season 2 of Deal or No Deal Island. This marks his first time competing on a reality show in 20 years. “My kids are 11 and 14, and they’ve never seen me on a competition reality show,” Kirby told People. “My daughter in particular, we watched Deal or No Deal Island season 1. I won’t tell you what it was, but she said, ‘It would be really, really funny if you did this on that show.’ And I said, ‘You know what, sweetheart? I’m going to do that.’ And I did it. I think she’s going to watch it and love it, and it’s going to be hilarious.”

Nicole Kidman misses Venice Film Festival award, returns to Australia after mother’s death

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Nicole Kidman arrived at the Venice Film Festival in Italy on Sept. 7, only to turn around and head back home to Australia when she learned that her mother had passed away.

Janelle Ann Kidman had been in poor health since at least 2022, according to interviews the Oscar winner gave at the time, but the death of Kidman’s mother was evidently unexpected. She was 84.

Kidman announced her mother’s passing via her director Halina Reijn, who accepted Kidman’s Best Actress award at the festival for her work in the film Babygirl. According to video shot by Deadline, Reijn quoted the star saying, “Today, I arrived in Venice to find out shortly after, that my beautiful, brave mother Janelle Ann Kidman has just passed.”

At this, there was an audible gasp from the crowd.

“I am in shock and I have to go to my family,” Kidman’s statement continued.

Reijn continued to quote Kidman’s statement; in it, the actress said of her mother: “This award is for her. She shaped me, she guided me and she made me. I’m beyond grateful that I get to say her name to all of you through Halina. The collision of life and art is heartbreaking, and my heart is broken.”

Filmmaker Brady Corbet, who took the podium next to accept his Silver Lion award for his film The Brutalist, expressed his condolences to Kidman and her family.