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JEDDAH, SAUDI ARABIA - DECEMBER 10: Anthony Hopkins and Ryan Ashore  attend the In Conversation with Sir Anthony Hopkins during the Red Sea International Film Festival 2025  on December 10, 2025 in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. (Photo by Vittorio Zunino Celotto/Getty Images for The Red Sea International Film Festival)
MAN OF MANY TALENTS

Hollywood Legend, 88, Makes Surprising New Career Switch

The actor is fulfilling his lifelong dream.

Meera Navlakha

JEDDAH, SAUDI ARABIA - DECEMBER 10: Anthony Hopkins and Ryan Ashore  attend the In Conversation with Sir Anthony Hopkins during the Red Sea International Film Festival 2025  on December 10, 2025 in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. (Photo by Vittorio Zunino Celotto/Getty Images for The Red Sea International Film Festival)
THE BRANDO EFFECT

Hollywood Icon Warns Young Actors of Career-Ruining Habit

The two-time Oscar winner chided his younger counterparts for trying too hard to emulate a legendary star.

Tom Sanders

Anthony Hopkins attends the 94th Annual Academy Awards at Hollywood and Highland on March 27, 2022 in Hollywood, California.
'BEYOND MY UNDERSTANDING'

Anthony Hopkins Got Sober After Hearing 'Radio Voice'

The ‘Silence of the Lambs’ star opened up about a moment in which he “could have killed somebody.”

Roosa Rahkonen

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SILENCE OF THE GLAMS

Watch Hannibal Lecter Review Kim Kardashian’s Face Shapewear

Apparently, the viral “shapewear for face” goes well with some fava beans and a nice Chianti.

Nealy Simms

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SWORDS & SANDALS

New Ancient Rome Series Desperate to Be a ‘Game of Thrones’

Gladiators combat each other. Families war for power. Anthony Hopkins shows up. “Those About to Die” positions itself as an epic—and almost delivers.

Nick Schager

Anthony Hopkins in Freud’s Last Session.
PSYCHOANALYSIS

‘Freud’s Last Session’: Anthony Hopkins’ Scene-Chewing Feast

An imagining of Sigmund Freud’s debate with C.S. Lewis, it’s how bland “Freud’s Last Session” is that should be studied. Hopkins, at least, is doing the most.

Nick Schager

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THERE’S BEEN A ROBBERY!

‘Rebel Moon’—An Egregious, Embarrassing ‘Star Wars’ Knockoff

More infuriating than the absurd punctuation of its title is how blatantly Zack Snyder’s “Rebel Moon—Part One: A Child of Fire” skirts homage and rips off “Star Wars.”

Nick Schager

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KLEENEX ALERT

Anthony Hopkins Plays the Man Who Saved 669 Children

The Oscar winner gives the stunning performance you expect from him in the new drama, which will make you sob. But the film itself doesn’t rise to his level of his performance.

Barry Levitt

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YOU FOOLS

Ian McKellen: Hopkins, Connery Turned Down Gandalf First

The classically-trained actor says he hopes his contemporaries “feel silly” for passing on the role now.

AJ McDougall

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AWARD SEASON

Steven Spielberg’s Oscar-Nominated Actors, Ranked

The veteran director’s new film, “The Fabelmans,” could add Michelle Williams and Judd Hirsch to the surprisingly short list of actors who’ve been nominated for his movies.

Chris Feil

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DADDY ISSUES

Hugh Jackman’s ‘The Son’ Is a Shocking Misfire of a Film

Writer-director Florian Zeller’s follow-up to the Oscar-winning “The Father” is an astoundingly clunky and obtuse film about fatherhood and depression. How did it miss so badly?

Nick Schager

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