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Kirsten Chuba

Events Editor

Kirsten Chuba oversees THR's events coverage, frequently covering red carpets, panels and awards shows as well as writing feature stories and interviews for print and online. She is based in Los Angeles, where she also grew up, and joined THR as a staffer in 2018 after starting as an intern.

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James Corden Talks Final ‘Late Late’ Shows and Next Steps, With Hopes to Return to Theater: “It’s Absolutely Terrifying”

James Corden is getting honest about his post-Late Late Show steps, admitting to some uncertainty about his future and revealing hopes to return to the theater. “There’s loads of things I’d love to do, but they’re very reliant on people wanting me to do them,” Corden said at a PaleyFest event in Los Angeles on […]

Chris Pratt Promises “Your Childhood Is Firmly Intact” With ‘The Super Mario Bros. Movie’

Chris Pratt is saying, “It’s-a-me, Mario!” and weighing in on the response to him voicing the iconic video game character in The Super Mario Bros. Movie. “It makes sense, I was pretty nervous when they offered it to me. I thought, ‘Wow, let’s not screw this up,'” Pratt told The Hollywood Reporter of the fan […]

Paramount Network President Says They’re “Very Confident” Kevin Costner Will Continue With ‘Yellowstone’

Speaking at a Yellowstone panel on Saturday night, Keith Cox, president of development and production at Paramount Network, addressed the elephant in the room concerning star Kevin Costner’s future with the show. “What I can say is our star, the face of our show and the executive producer, [we] are very confident he’s going to continue with […]

Events of the Week: ‘AIR,’ ‘Renfield’ and More

Here’s a look at this week’s biggest premieres, parties and openings in Los Angeles and New York, including red carpets for AIR, Renfield, Beef, Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves and Murder Mystery 2. Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves premiere Chris Pine, Michelle Rodriguez, Regé-Jean Page, Sophia Lillis, Justice Smith, Hugh Grant, Daisy Head […]

GLAAD Media Awards: Stars Denounce Attacks on LGBTQ+ Community as Bad Bunny, Christina Aguilera Accept Honors

Amid the growing attacks against LGBTQ+ people — particularly the trans community — currently going on in the U.S., this year’s GLAAD Media Awards took on a particularly urgent tone Thursday night in Beverly Hills, and one that brought it home to Hollywood as well. After Jennifer Coolidge and Jane Lynch kicked off the show, […]

GLAAD Media Awards: ‘Bros,’ ‘A League of Their Own’ Take Top Prizes

GLAAD announced recipients for 15 of this year’s 33 categories for the 34th annual GLAAD Media Awards on Thursday in Beverly Hills, with Bros, A League of Their Own, What We Do in the Shadows and The White Lotus among the top winners. Also at the event, Christina Aguilera received the Advocate for Change Award, […]

Nicolas Cage Dismisses Reports He Went Method as Dracula on ‘Renfield’ Set: “I Had a Lot of Laughs in Between Takes”

Blame it on the fangs. On the heels of Renfield director Chris McKay saying Nicolas Cage went method on the set while playing Dracula — the filmmaker told Insider “whatever scene we did he would still be 100 percent living in that attitude after we stopped shooting” — the veteran actor recalled his own version […]

Jennifer Aniston and Adam Sandler Have Sights Set on Drama for Next Collaboration

Adam Sandler and Jennifer Aniston have tackled the rom-com with 2011’s Just Go With It and action with 2019’s Murder Mystery and its new sequel. Now, the longtime friends are eyeing a drama for their next collaboration. “We were saying we would love to be able to do something serious together — not that this […]

Events of the Week: ‘Succession,’ ‘Yellowjackets’ and More

Here’s a look at this week’s biggest premieres, parties and openings in Los Angeles and New York, including red carpets for Succession, Yellowjackets, John Wick: Chapter 4 and A Good Person. Succession premiere Creator Jesse Armstrong and stars Brian Cox, Jeremy Strong, Sarah Snook (who debuted her baby bump), Kieran Culkin, Nicholas Braun, Alan Ruck, Matthew […]

‘Yellowjackets’ Stars on Season 2’s Darker Material and How the Split Cast Interacts on Set

Buzz buzz! Season two of Yellowjackets has arrived, with several new cast members, a snowier backdrop and darker plot that star Jasmin Savoy Brown admitted when first reading the script made her think, “This is so fucked up.” “I was excited to explore what was going to happen but freaked out for what everyone was […]

How to Green-ify Awards Season

This story is part of The Hollywood Reporter’s 2023 Sustainability Issue (click here to read more). As the 2023 awards season fades into the rearview mirror, it’s time to look past the big winners and red carpet moments to the long-lasting environmental impact of major awards shows, and how it can be improved going forward. […]

‘Succession’ Cast on Final Season and Ideas for a Greg Spinoff: “‘The Life of An Idiot’ Would Be An Interesting Thing”

“I feel like I’ve come to a crazy funeral party or something,” admitted Sarah Snook, as Succession held its fourth and final season premiere in New York on Monday night. “It’s the beginning of the end but there’s a lot of celebration and a lot of sadness, because this is the last time we’re going […]