Daniel Day-Lewis News

A parable of mass hysteria that draws a chilling parallel between the Salem witch hunts of 1692 and McCarthyism, which gripped America in the 1950s, The Crucible by Arthur Miller remains eerily timely in today's climate of fake news. Will Geer's Theatricum Botanicum, its own history firmly rooted in the McCarthy-era Hollywood blacklist - when actor Will Geer and his wife, Herta Ware, created the theater as a haven for blacklisted actors - opens a new production of Miller's modern classic onJune 30. Theatricum artistic director Ellen Geer, Will's daughter, is at the helm, with family members Thad Geer,Willow Geer and Melora Marshall featured in the cast.

Eugene O'Neill's Pulitzer Prize-winning masterpiece Long Day's Journey Into Night  comes to the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts for a limited three-week engagement from Friday, June 8 through Sunday, July 1. Richard Eyre's acclaimed Bristol Old Vic production stars Academy Award winner Jeremy Irons(Brideshead Revisited, Reversal of Fortune,  'The Borgias') and Olivier Award winner and Oscar nominee Lesley Manville(Another Year,  'Harlots,' Phantom Thread). Matthew Beard (The Imitation Game, The Riot Club), Rory Keenan (BBC's 'War & Peace,' 'Peaky Blinders') and Jessica Regan (reprising the role as Cathleen from the 2016 Bristol Old Vic production) round out the ensemble cast.  

Nominated for six Academy Awards including Best Picture, Best Actor and Best Director, the critically-acclaimed film Phantom Thread arrives today on Blu-ray and DVD, also available on Digital. Phantom Thread features a mesmerizing performance by Daniel Day-Lewis as an obsessed but elegant couture designer and the complex and intense influences he both exerts and attracts, especially on the women in his volatile, keenly-observed world including his formidable sister (Oscar-nominated Leslie Manville) and a strong-willed muse and lover (Vicky Krieps). Director, writer and producer Paul Thomas Anderson creates a spectacular world of heightened sensations and emotions, gorgeous style, rapturous artistry and unforgettable characters.

FIVE POINTS is an ambitious, tuneful, dance-rich new musical in the final stages of preparation for its world premiere in Minneapolis at Theater Latte Da, the locally famous small house committed to smart re-imaginings of traditional musical theater pieces but also-and with real vigor-to playing a significant role in creating "the dramatic canon of tomorrow."

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Nominated for six Academy Awards including Best Picture, Best Actor and Best Director, the critically-acclaimed film Phantom Thread arrives today on Digital and on Blu-ray and DVD on April 10.  Phantom Thread features a mesmerizing performance by Daniel Day-Lewis as an obsessed but elegant couture designer and the complex and intense influences he both exerts and attracts, especially on the women in his volatile, keenly-observed world including his formidable sister (Oscar-nominated Leslie Manville) and a strong-willed muse and lover (Vicky Krieps). Director, writer and producer Paul Thomas Anderson creates a spectacular world of heightened sensations and emotions, gorgeous style, rapturous artistry and unforgettable characters. 

The cast is phenomenal, especially Ned Averill-Snell in a performance that brings to mind the odd combination of Daniel Day-Lewis, Harpo Marx and Lon Chaney, Jr. It's a timely show that must be seen to be believed.

It's Hollywood's biggest night! Who will go home with Oscar gold tonight? It's anyone's guess!

It's almost Oscars time! Before you fill out your ballot, catch up on how this year's nominees have been doing throughout the 2018 awards season!

AARP The Magazine is pleased to announce the nominees for the upcoming 17th Annual Movies for Grownups Awards, with Get Out, Lady Bird, Star Wars: The Last Jedi, The Shape of Water and Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri contending in the Best Picture/Best Movie for Grownups category.

The performances of all three actors are outstanding.

The Santa Barbara International Film Festival officially reached the midway point as Christopher Nolan (DUNKIRK), Jordan Peele (GET OUT), Paul Thomas Anderson (PHANTOM THREAD), Greta Gerwig (LADY BIRD), and Guillermo Del Toro (THE SHAPE OF WATER) were in town to receive the 2018 Outstanding Directors of the Year Award. The five Oscar® nominated directors arrived at the Arlington Theatre to a crowd of screaming fans eager to catch a glimpse of some of their favorite filmmakers. 

Three time Oscar winner Daniel Day-Lewis earns his sixth Academy Award nomination as Reynolds Woodcock, the fastidious and controlling fashion designer whose glamorous and carefully tailored life is disrupted by love in Phantom Thread, arriving on Digital and the all-new digital movie app MOVIES ANYWHERE on March 27, 2018 and on Blu-ray TM, DVD and On Demand on April 10, 2018 from Universal Pictures Home Entertainment. Daniel Day-Lewis reunites with multi-Oscar nominated director, writer and producer Paul Thomas Anderson in this spectacular film praised as a 'pure delicious pleasure' (Guardian). The Blu-ray TM, DVD and Digital versions include special bonus features to give viewers a more in-depth look into the behind the scenes of the film. Phantom Thread received six Academy Awards nominations for Best Picture, Best Actor in a Leading Role, Best Director, Best Actress in a Supporting Role, Best Original Score and Best Costume Design.

Wordless Music presents the U.S. premiere live score in New York (Saturday, February 24) and Los Angeles (Friday, March 2) of Paul Thomas Anderson's PHANTOM THREAD, nominated for six Oscars, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor (Daniel Day-Lewis), and Best Original Score, by Jonny Greenwood. In both cities, Wordless Music Orchestra will team up with principals from London Contemporary Orchestra, who recorded the original score for Nonesuch. Together, the orchestra will perform the entirety of Greenwood's score, which itself is heard in more than 70% of the film, along with selections from Brahms, Schubert, Faur , and Debussy. This event marks the third collaboration between Anderson and Wordless Music, following live score premieres for THERE WILL BE BLOOD and PUNCH-DRUNK LOVE.

Nominated for six Academy Awards including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Original Score, Paul Thomas Anderson's Phantom Thread starring Daniel Day-Lewis, Vicky Krieps, and Lesley Manville, will be screened at BAM for one night only with Jonny Greenwood's (Radiohead) live score. New York's Wordless Music Orchestra will team up with principals from London Contemporary Orchestra, who recorded Greenwood's original score for Nonesuch Records.

The nominations for the 90th Annual ACADEMY AWARDS were announced this morning on a global live stream. Find out which of your favorite theater stars received a nomination!

Be afraid, be very afraid. In Miller's searing masterpiece, an invisible enemy unleashes a dangerous hysteria. As Artistic Director Mark Booher observed, From time to time, we human beings have periods of moral panic that overtakes us. The Crucible is one such timeless telling. While focused on literal witch hunts, it is also an allegory for any number of misguided crusades through the ages, including ominous opinions against select groups of people in our current state of the world.

Comedian, writer and director Jordan Peele opens up to CBS SUNDAY MORNING about race, President Donald Trump, and his career goals in a revealing interview with Tracy Smith to be broadcast Sunday, Jan. 21 (9:00 AM, ET) on the CBS Television Network.

The nominations for the 90th Annual ACADEMY AWARDS were announced this morning.The 90th Oscars will be held on Sunday, March 4, 2018, at the Dolby Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center in Hollywood, and will be televised live on the ABC Television Network at 7 p.m. EDT/4 p.m. PDT.