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Chris Gardner

Award-winning journalist Chris Gardner serves as a Senior Staff Writer at The Hollywood Reporter. For a decade, he wrote Rambling Reporter, a legendary column that dates back to the first issue of the magazine, published Sept. 3, 1930. In addition to writing about Hollywood culture, Gardner moves between breaking news, event coverage, talent interviews and features. He has covered the Oscars, Emmys, Golden Globes and Grammys, film festivals like Cannes, Sundance and Toronto, and cultural events including the Super Bowl. He has won a National Arts & Entertainment Journalism Award, four Los Angeles Press Club Awards, a SoCal Journalism Award and been nominated for a Daytime Creative Arts Emmy Award.

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Elton John Joins President Biden, Katy Perry at Stonewall Visitor Center Unveiling: “One of the Biggest Honors”

On the heels of a controversial debate with Republican opponent Donald Trump, President Joe Biden bounced back with a busy Friday schedule. The morning saw Biden hit a campaign rally in Raleigh, North Carolina, where he seemingly ignored calls to step aside in the 2024 election by declaring, “I know how to do this job.” […]

Childish Gambino Among New Roster of Performers Set to Hit BET Awards Stage

Childish Gambino is back. Donald Glover is confirmed to hit the stage at Sunday’s BET Awards, bringing his music alter ego back into the spotlight by joining a roster of newly announced performers that also includes Chlöe, Coco Jones, Keke Palmer, Marsha Ambrosius and Summer Walker. Also set to take the stage will be presenters […]

Rapper Killer Mike Won’t Face Charges for Grammys Arrest

The saga surrounding Killer Mike’s arrest at the Grammy Awards is a step closer to a conclusion. The Grammy Award winning rapper, real name michael Santiago Render, was detained at the telecast on Feb. 4 following a scuffle with a security guard outside Crypto.com Arena. He will not face charges for the incident after prosecutors […]

Reneé Rapp Teases New Album in ‘Close Friends Only’ Chat With Actress Rachel Sennott

After making a splash last fall with her debut album Snow Angel, Reneé Rapp has revealed that she’s back to work on a new album. “Are you currently working on a new album?” actress Rachel Sennott asks Rapp in a new installment of Instagram’s Close Friends Only podcast. Rapp, who recently graced the big-screen in […]

Women in Film Sets 60 Members for 2024 WIF Fellowship Program With Industry Mentors

Women in Film has found its class of 2024. From nearly 900 applications, the organization has confirmed 60 members for its WIF Fellowship Program for this year, bringing together cohorts of directors, writers, cinematographers, producers, line producers, executives, representatives, artisans and below-the-line crewmembers for a year of mentoring, guest speakers, master classes, networking and individualized […]

Halsey Channels Cher in Midriff-Baring Gold Gown as Singer Talks ‘MaXXXine’ and Acting Ambitions

Halsey may be best known for her chart-topping success in the music industry but the Grammy nominated singer-songwriter has been dipping her toes into Hollywood for some time. She had a cameo in Bradley Cooper’s A Star Is Born, appeared in Cameron Crowe’s rocker series Roadies, voiced a lead role as Porsha Crystal in the […]

Mathew Rosengart, Power Litigator Who Freed Britney Spears From Conservatorship, Closes Chapter of Representing Pop Superstar

Mathew Rosengart, a powerhouse litigator whose resume includes clerking for U.S. Supreme Court Justice David Souter and a stint as a Department of Justice trial attorney, has a stable of high-profile Hollywood clients like Steven Spielberg, Michael Mann, Sean Penn and Casey Affleck. But it’s his work with Britney Spears in successfully freeing the pop […]

Jonathan Majors Tearily Accepts Perseverance Award: “I’ve Had to Embody That Word More Than I Wished or Wanted To”

“I reckon folks want to know about the last year,” Jonathan Majors began at the Hollywood Unlocked Impact Awards on Friday, where he was honored with the Perseverance Award, before beginning a tear-filled, 17-minute long speech about his much-publicized trial and misdemeanor conviction for domestic assault in April. “As a Black man in the criminal […]

Casey Wasserman Details Major Venue Changes for LA28 Olympics (Like Swimming at SoFi Stadium)

LA28 chairman Casey Wasserman on Friday unveiled updated blueprints for the Olympics with four years, three weeks and two days to go before the games land in Los Angeles. The makeover includes major changes to venues and locations — swimming at SoFi Stadium, gymnastics at Crypto.com Arena and softball way out of state in Oklahoma, […]

Liz Sargent’s Sundance Short ‘Take Me Home’ to Be Adapted into Full-Length Feature Film

Liz Sargent’s Take Me Home, a deeply personal short film that debuted at the Sundance Film Festival, will be rebuilt as a full-length feature. The adaptation is being done in partnership with Caring Across Generations, a national advocacy organization that focuses on aging, disability and care, which will help finance the project while raising additional […]

Tony Goldwyn to Attend New Hampshire Reproductive Rights Event on Anniversary of Dobbs Decision

Tony Goldwyn is heading to New Hampshire. The veteran actor and multihyphenate is scheduled to appear at a campaign event in Concord on Monday, June 24, a date that coincides with the two-year anniversary of the Supreme Court’s decision in the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization case. The controversial ruling overturned Roe v. Wade […]

Sphere Las Vegas Has Big Plans for Independence Day: Debut of ‘XO Audio’ and ‘XO Stream’

The main attraction at Sphere in Las Vegas is usually what happens inside the cutting edge venue, but on the Fourth of July there will be plenty to see and hear on the outside. Sphere Entertainment Co. revealed plans for Independence Day to mark the one-year anniversary of the first illumination on the venue’s exterior […]

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