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Naomi Grossman as Pepper in American Horror Story

‘American Horror Story: Freak Show’ Star Naomi Grossman: “Hollywood so rarely entrusts the little guys with these types of opportunities”

Naomi Grossman is enjoying the success of American Horror Story: Freak Show in her role as the gremlin-like Pepper. However, getting to that point of career satisfaction certainly wasn’t easy. She talked to Salon about her journey to series regular on the Ryan Murphy show. “It was an audition like

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Eddie Redmayne as Stephen Hawking

Eddie Redmayne’s Portrayal of Stephen Hawking in ‘The Theory of Everything’ was “a bit like training for a marathon”

Eddie Redmayne is making a big splash this Oscar season by taking on the role of Stephen Hawking in the biopic, The Theory of Everything. That’s a heady public persona to tackle, but the Les Misérables actor understood what he was up against. He told The Hollywood Reporter at the

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Acting Advice

Al Pacino, Jake Gyllenhaal, Michael Douglas, Ben Kingsley and More on the Best Advice They Ever Got (Video)

The Hollywood Reporter attended the Toronto Film Festival and asked some of the industry’s biggest celebrities about the best career advice they had ever received. From Michael Douglas to Al Pacino, the actors dished out their words of wisdom. Here are some of the highlights: From Jake Gyllenhaal, “Dustin Hoffman said

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F. Murray Abraham: “I am, and I say this almost sincerely, afraid of nothing on stage. I will try anything”

F. Murray Abraham is 74 and still going strong, but he has a lot of thoughts about what it takes to follow up on an Oscar win. The Homeland star spoke to The Guardian about his successful career and getting older in Hollywood. Abraham, who’s currently on Broadway in It’s

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JK Simmons Whiplash

J.K. Simmons on His ‘Whiplash’ and ‘Oz’ Roles and Shedding the Intensity at the End of the Day

J.K. Simmons has primarily stuck to humorous roles in recent years — including his ongoing TV commercial gig with Farmers Insurance — so perhaps that is why his role as a dictatorial music teacher in the film festival hit Whiplash is getting so much attention. However, in an interview with

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Michael Keaton in Birdman

Michael Keaton on ‘Birdman’: “I can’t tell you how hard it was. I like hard; it keeps me interested”

When director Alejandro González Iñárritu announced that Michael Keaton would star in his film Birdman about a former superhero actor attempting to revive his career with a Broadway play, many assumed that it would be a self-parody of Keaton’s career. After all, Keaton starred as the title character in 1989’s

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