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Despite the widespread devastation to homes and businesses across the Southland, central production hubs in Los Angeles appear to remain unscathed from the historic destruction caused by wildfires in the region.

Not included in the 5,000-plus structures that have been ravaged by the blazes are major soundstages that host the majority of TV and movie shoots in Los Angeles. Most production in the area has been suspended but is expected to return.

While some of those soundstages were threatened by the Sunset Fire, which triggered mandatory evacuation orders in Hollywood and the Hollywood Hills on Wednesday evening, that blaze is subsiding as firefighters made big gains overnight pushing it back. If the fire continued unabated, it could’ve approached critical production facilities, including Radford Studio Center and Sunset Gower Studios, as well as iconic Hollywood locations such as Tcl Chinese Theatre, the Dolby Theatre and the Hollywood Pantages Theatre.

To the west,...

Few actresses capture the essence of the “girl next door” ingenue quite like Kirsten Dunst. However, Dunst’s talent extends far beyond this classic film trope, as she has consistently demonstrated her remarkable acting abilities throughout her career.

Kirsten Dunst has had an active acting career since 1989, and moviegoers may know her from many different roles — depending on their generation — such as Mary Jane Watson in the early 2000s Spider-Man franchise or as the forever young Claudia in the 1994 film Interview with the Vampire.

Director Sofia Coppola and Kirsten Dunst on the set of the 1999 American psychological drama film The Virgin Suicides (Credit: Paramount Pictures)

Dunst was born in 1982 and grew up in Brick Township, New Jersey, a far cry from the glitz of Hollywood, with most of its residents from middle and lower-middle-class backgrounds.

Dunst’s family was no different, though they likely fared better than some of Brick Township’s inhabitants.

Warning: Spoilers ahead for Saturday Night.

Jason Reitman's new Saturday Night movie features several classic songs as well as an innovative original score by Jon Batiste. Saturday Night has one of the most stacked ensemble casts of 2024, including plenty of young star actors such as Gabriel Labelle (The Fablemans), Rachel Sennott (Bottoms), Dylan O'Brien (The Maze Runner), and Emmy winners (The Americans), Nicholas Braun (Succession), and Lamorne Morris (Fargo). Oscar winner J.K. Simmons (Whiplash) and 4-time Oscar nominee Willem Dafoe (Poor Things) round out the talented ensemble in Saturday Night. Batiste also portrays legendary musician Billy Preston in the film.

Saturday Night opened in theaters on October 11, 2024, after it premiered at the 51st Telluride Film Festival on August 31, 2024. The biographical comedy-drama premiered with a Certified Fresh Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer (critic) score of 80% and an impressive Popcornmeter (audience) score of 92%. The film chronicles the true story events in the 90 minutes...

The Long Game features a talented ensemble cast that brings the true story of the San Felipe Mustangs to life with award-worthy performances. The pacing and camaraderie between characters set The Long Game apart from typical sports movies, making it a standout in the genre. Critics have praised The Long Game for its positive reviews, largely attributing the success to the cast's performances and the engaging storyline.

Julio Quintanas sports drama, The Long Game, features an ensemble of talented actors. The sports movie, which is based on real-life events, recounts the true story behind the San Felipe Mustangs. The Long Game might follow the typical sports movie trope where the underdog ends up taking the prize, but the pacing and the camaraderie between its characters makes the movie stand out.

The Long Game has received positive reviews from critics and the cast is largely to thank for that. The Long Game...

Actress Kirsten Dunst, aka 'Mary Jane Watson' in Sam Raimi's "Spider-Man" trilogy and star of the new feature “Civil War”, poses for the latest issue of the “Violet Book”, photographed by Emma Summerton:

At the age of twelve, Dunst gained widespread recognition as vampire 'Claudia' in 'Interview with the Vampire' (1994), a role for which she was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress. She appeared in "Little Women" the same year and in "Jumanji" the following year.

After a recurring role in the NBC medical drama "ER" (1996–97) as 'Charlie Chemingo' and co-starring in films such as "Wag the Dog" (1997), "Small Soldiers" (1998) and "The Virgin Suicides" (1999), Dunst transitioned into romantic comedies and comedy-dramas, starring in "Drop Dead Gorgeous" (1999), "Bring It On" (2000), "Get Over It" and "Crazy/Beautiful" (2001).

Following her work in Raimi's "Spider-Man" trilogy (2002–07), her films have included the romantic comedy "Wimbledon" (2004), the...

Take a look at actress Kirsten Dunst, aka 'Mary Jane Watson' in director Sam Raimi's "Spider-Man" trilogy and the star of the new feature “Civil War”, posing for the Spring 2024 edition of “S” magazine, photographed by Danielle Levitt:

"I live in pieces that make me feel good," said the former child actress (“Interview With The Vampire”).

At the age of twelve, Dunst gained widespread recognition as vampire 'Claudia' in 'Interview with the Vampire' (1994), a role for which she was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress. She appeared in "Little Women" the same year and in "Jumanji" the following year.

After a recurring role in the NBC medical drama "ER" (1996–97) as 'Charlie Chemingo' and co-starring in films such as "Wag the Dog" (1997), "Small Soldiers" (1998) and "The Virgin Suicides" (1999), Dunst transitioned into romantic comedies and comedy-dramas, starring in "Drop Dead Gorgeous" (1999), "Bring It On...

Musician Naomi McPherson is joining the star-packed cast of SNL 1975, Jason Reitman’s forthcoming film about the debut night of the long-running NBC sketch series Saturday Night Live.

McPherson, who uses they/them pronouns, will make their acting debut as singer-songwriter Janis Ian, a musical guest on the first episode of SNL that aired Oct. 11, 1975. Reitman is directing the Sony Pictures project that focuses on the behind-the-scenes moments leading up to that initial broadcast. The cast includes Gabriel Labelle as series creator Lorne Michaels, Cooper Hoffman as former NBC exec Dick Ebersol and Rachel Sennott as Michaels’ ex-wife and former SNL writer Rosie Shuster.

McPherson is a member of the Los Angeles-based band Muna and handles production duties for most of the group’s music. Muna has spent the past two years touring in support of the self-titled 2022 album that includes the single “Silk Chiffon” featuring Phoebe Bridgers. The band,...

Actress Kirsten Dunst, aka 'Mary Jane Watson' in director Sam Raimi's "Spider-Man" trilogy and the star of the new feature “Civil War”, poses for the latest issue of “Marie Claire” magazine, photographed by Jonny Marlow:

"I live in pieces that make me feel good," said the former child actress (“Interview With The Vampire”).

At the age of twelve, Dunst gained widespread recognition as vampire 'Claudia' in 'Interview with the Vampire' (1994), a role for which she was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress. She appeared in "Little Women" the same year and in "Jumanji" the following year.

After a recurring role in the NBC medical drama "ER" (1996–97) as 'Charlie Chemingo' and co-starring in films such as "Wag the Dog" (1997), "Small Soldiers" (1998) and "The Virgin Suicides" (1999), Dunst transitioned into romantic comedies and comedy-dramas, starring in "Drop Dead Gorgeous" (1999), "Bring It On" (2000), "Get Over It...

Taryn Manning’s audition for the Britney Spears starrer Crossroads was so good it made director Tamra Davis nervous.

“She was picking something on her arm, and it looked like it might start bleeding,” recalls Davis of a casting session for the 2002 road trip drama, written by soon-to-be TV mogul Shonda Rhimes. “I thought ‘Oh my, she’s too much, this girl.’ But at the same time, she was the girl.”

Manning was vying for the role of Mimi, a trailer park teen with dreams of moving to Los Angeles to make it as a singer. Manning so nailed the mannerisms and soul of a girl from the wrong side of the tracks who longed for stardom that Davis also felt confused. “I remember quietly telling [casting directors Kim Davis-Wagner and Justine Arteta] that while she was amazing, I needed a real actress. My whole goal with the movie was to surround Britney with really talented actors,...

Exclusive: Ryan Phillippe (MacGruber), Mireille Enos (Hanna), Kyle MacLachlan (Twin Peaks) and Taryn Manning (Orange Is the New Black) are the latest additions to Michelle Danner’s courtroom drama, Miranda’s Victim. They join an ensemble led by Abigail Breslin, which also includes Luke Wilson, Andy Garcia and Donald Sutherland, as previously announced.

The film will tell the true story of Trish Weir (Breslin), who in 1963 was kidnapped and brutally raped by Ernesto Miranda. Committed to putting her assailant in prison, Trish’s life is destroyed by America’s legal system as she triggers a law that transforms the nation. Her case notably results in the establishment of the Miranda rights afforded to criminal suspects taken in police custody, to ensure the admissibility of statements made during interrogation, as part of subsequent criminal proceedings.

Phillippe will play the ACLU lawyer Flynn, who successfully argues in front of the Supreme Court...

This The Simpsons review contains spoilers.

The Simpsons Season 32 Episode 3

While it may not be a masterpiece, The Simpsons season 32, episode 3, “Now Museum, Now You Don’t” can hang in most galleries. Beyond the humor, the visuals are quite impressive, and varied.

This is another story-time episode for The Simpsons, repopulating pages from history with Springfield residents. Lisa is home sick, so delirious she thinks she’s in school. Marge, ever the enabler, encourages her in her fantasia. When Lisa asks if she will be graded on whatever she reads, Marge promises pop quizzes galore.

This really encapsulates the mother-daughter relationship in the Simpson family. Marge is incredibly encouraging, often overly so, when she sees opportunity. This is a chance for Lisa to indulge her most intellectual pursuits, without the resistance of reality, with just a little sweat. Who cares if it’s a fever in the making?

Lisa lives...

Kirsten Dunst has had a long and successful film career.

Though the actress began gaining recognition as a child, appearing in films including Little Women and Jumanji, her appeal grew as she starred in teen comedies including Bring It On, Get Over It, and Crazy/Beautiful.

Related: 5 Sci-Fi Films From The 2000s That Are Way Underrated (& 5 That Are Overrated)

Dunst's career only continued to skyrocket there when she played Mary Jane in Sam Raimi's Spider-Man, and took on leading roles in iconic 2000s movies including Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, and Marie Antoinette. Today, Dunst can be found executive producing and starring as Krystal Gill in the Showtime dark comedy On Becoming a God in Central Florida.

To celebrate her long career, we thought it was time to look at Dunst's highest-rated works to date. Rather than picking our own favorites, however, we're turning to Rotten Tomatoes for answers.

Exclusive: Actress Taryn Manning, who recently wrapped on the final season of Netflix’s Emmy-winning women’s prison dramedy, Orange Is The New Black, has moved from Apa to Buchwald for agency representation. Manning has been a regular on the series since its debut in 2013.

She served as a series regular on the first season of CBS’ Hawaii Five-0 revival and continues to recur on the show. She also recurred on the FX hit series, Sons Of Anarchy.

On the film side, she is known for starring opposite Terrence Howard and Taraji P. Henson in Hustle & Flow, as well as the Britney Spears-starrer Crossroads, Crazy/Beautiful, and 8 Mile.

Manning’s upcoming film projects include The Gateway, with Olivia Munn and Frank Grillo, and The Murder of Nicole Brown Simpson.

She’s also repped by Mpe and Felker, Toczek, Suddleson, Abramson.

Screenwriter Phil Hay reveals that the idea for “Destroyer” really started to take shape when the character of Erin Bell (Nicole Kidman), a hard-bitten police detective, came into focus. Prior to that he and co-writer Matt Manfredi had some ideas “about a certain type of crime story. But when we discovered who Erin was, and specifically what her relationship was with her daughter, that’s what kind of lit the whole thing up for us.” Watch our exclusive video interview with Hay and Manfredi above.

Directed by Karyn Kusama, this Annapurna release centers on a cop who spent years undercover in a drug ring until a tragedy upended her life. Her past decisions have destroyed her present, especially when it comes to her relationship with her rebellious teenage child (Jade Pettyjohn). But when the violent gang leader Silas (Toby Kebbell) returns after years in hiding she must confront her demons once and for all.

Harry J. Ufland, agent-turned producer and frequent collaborator of Martin Scorsese, has died. He was 81.

Ufland died in his Los Angeles home after suffering from brain cancer, his son Tommy told The Hollywood Reporter. Ufland spent many years in the entertainment industry as an agent with William Morris, where he represented names like Martin Scorsese, Robert De Niro, Ridley Scott, Martin Sheen, Harvey Keitel, Peter Bogdanovich, Catherine Deneuve, Charles Grodin and Jodie Foster.

There, he packaged movies such as “Raging Bull” and “Blade Runner” and produced films including “Crazy/Beautiful,” “One True Thing,” “Night and the City,” “Snow...

Harry J. Ufland, a veteran agent turned producer who collaborated with director Martin Scorsese on The Last Temptation of Christ and the music video for Michael Jackson's "Bad," has died. He was 81.

Ufland died of brain cancer at his Playa Vista home in Los Angeles, his son, Tommy Ufland, told The Hollywood Reporter.

Ufland also produced films including Irwin Winkler's Night and the City (1992), starring Robert De Niro and Jessica Lange; Carl Franklin's One True Thing (1998), with Meryl Streep nominated for best actress; Snow Falling on Cedars (1999), starring Ethan Hawke; and Crazy/Beautiful (2001), featuring Kirsten Dunst.

Ufland ...

Harry J. Ufland, a veteran agent turned producer who collaborated with director Martin Scorsese on The Last Temptation of Christ and the music video for Michael Jackson's "Bad," has died. He was 81.

Ufland died of brain cancer at his Playa Vista home in Los Angeles, his son, Tommy Ufland, told The Hollywood Reporter.

Ufland also produced films including Irwin Winkler's Night and the City (1992), starring Robert De Niro and Jessica Lange; Carl Franklin's One True Thing (1998), with Meryl Streep nominated for best actress; Snow Falling on Cedars (1999), starring Ethan Hawke; and Crazy/Beautiful (2001), featuring Kirsten Dunst.

Ufland ...

Jay Hernandez, who's revving his engine in Torque, will trade in his motorcycle helmet for a football helmet in his next film. The actor is the latest to join the cast of Friday Night Lights, Universal Pictures' pigskin drama that Brian Grazer is producing through Imagine Entertainment. Peter Berg is directing. Hernandez plays Brian Chavez, a defensive tackle on a football team in a gridiron-obsessed West Texas town. A straight-A student, Chavez is the "smart" one on the team. Hernandez joins a football squad that includes Lucas Black, Derek Luke and Lee Thompson Young. Billy Bob Thornton plays their coach. Hernandez's credits include crazy/beautiful and The Rookie. He has Ladder 49 in the can as well as the indie film The Nomad, executive produced by Milos Forman. He is repped by CAA and attorney Michael Fuller.

The Walt Disney Co. has picked up the teen comedy pitch Princess Boot Camp from writer Caryn Lucas and producer Rachel Pfeffer. Boot Camp is a comedy about a group of spoiled teenage girls whose parents can't take their indulgent behavior anymore and send them to away to boot camp, where the "spoil" is squeezed out of them. The project was brought to Pfeffer and Disney by Pfeffer Film production vp Asha Kurian and is being overseen for the studio by Disney production execs Kristin Burr and LouAnne Brickhouse. The project marks Lucas' first time working with Disney. She previously co-wrote the Warner Bros. Pictures comedy Miss Congeniality and was a co-executive producer on the WB television series What I Like About You. She is repped by Marathon Entertainment and the Gersh Agency. Pfeffer, who most recently produced crazy/beautiful, has a number of projects in the works at Disney through her studio-based Pfeffer Film production banner, including the action drama Until the Sea Shall Free Them and the comedies Tempting Fate and Pants on Fire.

Girlfight helmer Karyn Kusama is in final negotiations to direct Paramount Pictures/MTV Films' Aeon Flux, a live-action feature based on the 1995 animated MTV Networks series of the same name that Gale Anne Hurd's Valhalla also is producing. Written by Matt Manfredi and Phil Hay (crazy/beautiful), the project is described as a stylish, fast-paced, female-driven action thriller set in a future where a top agent at an underground organization takes on a secret mission. Peter Cheung created the original series, whose feature film version will be produced by Hurd and MTV's David Gale. Valhalla executive Barbara Boyle and MTV exec Michael Cole are overseeing. Kusama is repped by WMA.

Hunky Latin actor Jay Hernandez's movie success is tinged with sorrow because the man who guided his career died just as their dream was coming true. As his film Crazy/Beautiful was premiering in Hollywood, his manager and mentor Howard Tyner suddenly collapsed from a heart attack. He fell into a coma and died two weeks later, leaving Hernandez heartbroken. The 21-year-old star explains, "There are so many things going through my head. I keep hearing his words. He has been more than my manager - he's like a part of my family." Tyner discovered the Mexican-American actor three years ago in an elevator. He enrolled Hernandez into acting school and sent his pictures to casting agents. Then Hernandez hit success with his role opposite Kirsten Dunst. Now he faces the future without his friend to show him the way. But he is remaining positive and staying focused on his own real-life goals - especially making Tyner proud. He says, "It's all about doing the right films and choosing the right roles."...

Hollywood star Kirsten Dunst has banned a two minute nude scene from her new movie. The 19-year-old demanded changes from the film Crazy/Beautiful after seeing it with her mother. Director John Stockwell said, "I think her mom was a bit taken aback. Kirsten felt a little uncomfortable about too much attention on the nudity in her first sexual movie." He cut the scene in half, erasing all traces of nudity, and finally got Dunst's approval. The actress, who at 13 had to kiss Brad Pitt in Interview With A Vampire, is currently filming Spider-Man opposite Tobey Maguire.