As a screenwriter and director, Drew Goddard has racked up a virtually unbroken string of success, whether working on scripts for box-office hits like "Cloverfield," "The Martian" and "World War Z" or directing the critically acclaimed 2012 horror-satire "The Cabin in the Woods."

If there’s one truism in this era of too much TV, it’s this: Old shows never die -- they simply get rebooted (or revived).

When Sony Pictures released the first trailer for “Venom” almost six months ago, there was almost too much in it to fully process: Investigative reporter Tom Hardy is a regular Bob Woodward, which apparently means he needs to threaten Jenny Slate while standing near boxes of penne rigate! She definitely mispronounces “symbiote” while referring to evil geniusRiz Ahmed’s villainous experiments! Oh, and Venom is super, super ugly!

The Marvel Cinematic Universe’s norm is there’s no doubt about who’s good and who’s bad. Think of Thanos, the Vulture or Dr. Doom. There’s plenty of conflict in director Ruben Fleischer’s (“Zombieland”) action-filled “Venom,” but there’s a lot more gray area when it comes to the characters.

Most of each episode of the “America’s Funniest Home Videos” is scripted for host Alfonso Ribeiro. That includes the clever introductions to the video clips sent in by viewers in hopes of winning $10,000 and the commentary Ribeiro delivers during and after each funny on-screen moment. One thing not written ahead of time for the 47-year-old host is the final interview Ribeiro does with the family whose home video has been deemed funnier than the two other contenders by a vote of the studio audience.

When Kevin Hart came up with the idea for "Night School," he conceived of it as an adult version of John Hughes' classic "The Breakfast Club."

At first, Keira Knightley thought everything was going to be fine.

Eli Roth sat in an editing room on the Universal Pictures lot in September, eagerly preparing to show off a scene from his latest movie, "The House with a Clock in Its Walls." Given his filmography, which features such gory and gruesome low-budget horror movies as "Cabin Fever" and "Hostel," this would normally be the moment when you’d steel your stomach for an evisceration, a disemboweling or perhaps an impalement. But this is a different kind of Eli Roth movie altogether -- about an awkward, innocent young boy discovering the wonders of magic.

The last few years have been big ones for Josh Groban, Musical Theater Nut.

Matt Czuchry is talking as loudly as he can to be heard over the din of music and people talking at a party being thrown by Fox to promote the 2018-2019 fall TV season. He’s part of that lineup through his medical drama, “The Resident,” that has been given a second season order.

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The skeptics scoffed when they heard Bradley Cooper had decided to make his directorial debut with yet another remake of “A Star is Born.” What could this relative newcomer to the Hollywood hierarchy possibly bring to one of show business’s Ur-myths of ambition, self-destruction and the cruel vagaries of fame?

Two and a half years ago actor Jay Hernandez was about to quit. He’d been acting since he was 18 and while he could always wangle some sort of acting job, he wasn’t excited by the work.

Paul Feig's latest film, "A Simple Favor," is hard to categorize.

It was a nail-biter until the last award was won.

The ratings slide for the Emmy Awards that has come with the rise of streaming TV shows continued with Monday's telecast, according to preliminary data from Nielsen

It’s a little surreal to meet Emilio Estevez in a library. Movie fans of a certain age would be forgiven for expecting him to break out dancing atop the stacks, as he did 33 years ago in “The Breakfast Club.”

In an edit bay on the Sony Pictures lot, Ruben Fleischer looked outwardly calm but was clearly feeling some heat. At 43, the director was just weeks away from the release of the biggest film of his career: the dark comic-book movie “Venom,” which Sony is banking on to launch a series of interconnected films that will expand on the world of the studio’s marquee comic-book star, Spider-Man. “Every time, you’re nervous,” said Fleischer, who directed “Zombieland,” “30 Minutes or Less” and “Gangster Squad.” “But this is the most predominant film genre so you’re under a bigger magnifying glass. That’s a new experience for me.”

What is it about this 65-year-old man that he, as time marches on, has inspired so much good will and an almost overwhelming fan base? For those who don’t know, Goldblum is one of the rare celebrities whose fame seems to transcend anything he’s actually done - and inexplicably grows with age. That isn’t to say he doesn’t boast an impressive r?sum?, but for legions of young fans he’s become what The Washington Post’s Elahe Izadi cleverly dubbed a "beloved living meme."

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This fall at the multiplex, Bradley Cooper becomes a director, Jamie Lee Curtis revisits her slasher-movie past, Queen's Freddie Mercury gets the biopic treatment, Tiffany Haddish schools Kevin Hart and Neil Armstrong goes back to the moon.

She walked downstairs and there he was, staring at her.

Eminem has a surprise for his fans. At midnight on Friday on the East Coast, the rapper announced on Twitter the release of a new album, "Kamikaze."

When the Academy Awards were held the first weekend of March, “Black Panther” was dominating both the box office and cultural conversation in its third week in theaters. The Marvel movie loomed large at the Oscars as well - cast members were greeted with cheers on the red carpet and host Jimmy Kimmel mentioned it twice during his opening monologue. (“Imagine a country with a black leader. Wouldn’t that be swell?”)

There was a very big reason John Cho initially balked at the offer to star in “Searching,” the story of a father forced to dive deep into the online world to search for clues to the disappearance of his teenage daughter. He liked the story and even the fact that that first-time director, Aneesh Chaganty, shared a deep connection to the Bay area. The character was interesting and really touched him on a personal level.

Warner Bros.' highly anticipated "Crazy Rich Asians" dominated the box office this weekend, making history for Asian-American representation and becoming the highest-opening romantic comedy since 2015's "Trainwreck."

She was filming a scene with Rihanna for “Ocean’s 8” in the New York Times building, as one does, and when she walked outside, it was nighttime in the city where she grew up. It was beautiful and crisp and clear, and when she looked up, she saw it: The office where she used to work. The one she would take the subway to every morning, hating herself. The office where she got fired.

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It somehow seems very far away, but it was just seven years ago when “Bridesmaids” changed the face of the summer film comedy.

In a series of moves that could shake up the very nature of the Oscars, including the types of films nominated and the length of the telecast, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences on Wednesday announced sweeping new changes that are among the most dramatic in the tradition-bound group's more than 90-year history.

Hollywood used to release its summer movies during the summer. But the race to be the first into the theaters has gradually changed the timing. Now the “summer” blockbusters start showing up in the spring.

Having a conversation with Mila Kunis and Kate McKinnon is a lot like sitting in on an improv session at the Upright Citizens Brigade (where "Saturday Night Live" star McKinnon earned her stripes).

Director Marc Forster turned to some big acting names to tell his story of a bear not much bigger than a honey pot in "Christopher Robin." The film opens nationwide Friday.

Paramount Pictures on Wednesday released an official photo for the upcoming “Terminator” movie, and make no mistake: These women are a force to be reckoned with.

Elsie Fisher is just trying to enjoy her lunch at Bubba Gump Shrimp Co., but her waiter won’t stop telling jokes. And they’re really bad jokes. Painful, in fact.

With Hollywood's hot summer movie season soon giving way to the dog days of August, and a temporary lull before the annual awards season starts in earnest, Times film critics Justin Chang and Kenneth Turan take the opportunity to reflect on the year in cinema so far. From the cultural phenomenon that was "Black Panther" to a summer driven by high-profile sequels and a good deal of small gems in between, they assess where we're at before we see what's to come.

When Ethan Hunt and Ilsa Faust reunite in “Mission: Impossible - Fallout,” he’s surprised. He thought she had gotten out of the spy game.

“Hot Summer Nights” director/writer Elijah Bynum uses music to soothe the savage beast of acting. Before filming started on his feature, which looks at sex, drugs and a hurricane in the early ’90s, he gave his lead actors a list of songs to listen to while forming their characters.

Judy Craymer still remembers the first time she heard ABBA. Although she professes to have been more of a fan of David Bowie and heavy rock as a teenager, the Swedish pop group’s melodies stuck with Craymer, and she sensed a visual connection in the music. "I always loved their videos -- because they were the first to do those videos -- and I always saw a sense of fun comedy and self-deprecation," the producer says, sitting in her office in London’s ritzy St. James district.

Antoine Fuqua doesn’t think of "The Equalizer 2" as a follow-up film to his 2014 offering "The Equalizer." Yes, they both feature Denzel Washington taking on the role of Robert McCall. The two films are built around the idea -- first established in "The Equalizer" TV series in the ’80s - that McCall unselfishly helps the helpless.

Daveed Diggs and Rafael Casal have known each other since they were in high school. That kind of longevity made a big difference when sitting down to write the script for "Blindspotting." They respected each other’s talents so much that they were willing to experiment with their tale of two friends dealing with life in a rapidly changing Oakland.

When filmmaker Marina Zenovich sought to make a documentary about Robin Williams, she found that she could do it largely in the late comedian’s own voice. “Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind,” uses a wealth of archival footage to put viewers inside his thought process — mirroring a routine Williams used as an up-and-coming comic in the 1970s.

An actress who had her legs amputated above the knee called out Dwayne Johnson for taking a role away from an amputee in his newest movie.

Comedian Sacha Baron Cohen, aka "Borat," is on a new quest to engage, expose and at times embarrass subjects around the country for a TV series called "Who Is America." When the first of seven episodes debuted Sunday on Showtime, viewers got to see a fresh round of cringeworthy conversations, often with top political, media and tastemaking figures. All have no idea they’re being duped by one of several characters that Cohen plays in heavy makeup.

Sandra Oh’s first headlining TV role in BBC America’s “Killing Eve” has yielded her first lead actress in a drama Emmy nomination - and a place in history.

Get ready for some new Tom Petty music. The late rocker’s estate is releasing a box set of music this fall that will include -- among other things -- unreleased recordings and alternate versions of classic cuts. "An American Treasure" comes out Sept. 28 and will also feature rarities, historic live performances and deep tracks.

On Spotify recently, it seemed as if the streaming service had given itself over entirely to presenting the music of a single artist.

Evangeline Lilly’s character of Hope van Dyne has gone through some changes from her introduction in “Ant-Man” to the twin billing of “Ant-Man and the Wasp.” When she made the first film, Lilly described Hope as one of the darkest and dourest characters she had ever played. That was based on Hope having to deal with grief, parental issues and the need to prove she was as good as any man in the business world.

Five first-year TV shows earned Emmy nominations last year for best drama series, offering a rare, almost revolutionary jolt of change to a set of awards that, over the years, have celebrated monotony and excellence in equal measure.

“Summer starts now,” Justin Timberlake announces at the top of his new single, “SoulMate,” and even he has to know that’s not true.