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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.

Events of the Week: ‘Shazam! Fury of the Gods,’ ‘Swarm’ 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 Shazam! Fury of the Gods, Swarm, Extrapolations and Lucky Hank. Shazam! Fury of the Gods premiere Zachary Levi, Asher Angel, Jack Dylan Grazer, Helen Mirren, Lucy Liu, Rachel Zegler, Adam Brody, Ross Butler and […]

Kit Harington on Making a “‘Black Mirror’ of a Climate Change Show” With ‘Extrapolations’

When it comes to environmental storytelling, there’s several different routes a project can take. Some have opted for scaring an audience into action (like Adam McKay’s Don’t Look Up) while others have tried to Trojan horse climate messages into more uplifting fare, or take a more by-the-numbers documentary approach. For Extrapolations, Apple TV+’s new anthology […]

Yara Shahidi on “Beautiful” Response to Her and Halle Bailey Playing Disney Icons, “Seeing How Many People Feel Included in This Fairy Tale”

In the last two weeks, Disney has released trailers for both Peter Pan & Wendy and The Little Mermaid, with Yara Shahidi as Tinker Bell and Halle Bailey as Ariel, respectively. Both actresses, who co-starred on Grown-ish, break new ground in playing Disney icons, who have historically been white, and the two friends have been […]

Oscar Parties 2023: Inside the A-List Events

The 2023 Oscars week brought with it days of A-list celebrations leading up to Sunday night’s 95th annual Academy Awards. Parties returned in full force this year for the first time since before the COVID-19 pandemic, with studios, agencies, fashion houses and other organizations like Vanity Fair, Elton John and MPTF all hosting their own […]

From Timothée Chalamet and Daniel Kaluuya to Lupita Nyong’o and Jared Leto, a Field Guide to Awards Season BFFs

Jean Dujardin and George Clooney The two best actor nominees — Clooney for The Descendants and Dujardin (who went on to win) for The Artist — became fast friends on the awards circuit, which included cozying up at the 2012 Oscar Nominees Luncheon. They would go on to work together on 2014’s The Monuments Men, […]

Events of the Week: ‘Ted Lasso,’ ‘Scream 6’ 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 Ted Lasso, Scream 6 and House of the Dragon. Scream 6 premiere The latest Ghostface flick premiered in NYC on Monday with stars Courteney Cox, Jenna Ortega, Melissa Barrera, Jasmin Savoy Brown, Mason Gooding, […]

Priscilla Presley Makes First Event Appearance Since Daughter Lisa Marie’s Death

Nearly two months after the sudden death of her daughter, Lisa Marie Presley, on Jan. 12., Priscilla Presley made her first public appearance on Tuesday for a special screening and conversation around her new Netflix series Agent Elvis. Presley, who co-created and voices herself in the adult animated comedy, took part in a Q&A alongside […]

‘Scream 6’ Team on “Bigger, Bloodier” Return and Continuing Without Neve Campbell: “Everyone Pivoted”

Ghostface hit the Big Apple on Monday night, as the cast and creatives behind Scream 6 unveiled their latest entry in the iconic franchise at the New York premiere. “I’m so excited to be back. We didn’t get to have a premiere for the last one [Scream 5] so this is kind of like a […]

WGA Awards: ‘Everything Everywhere’ Wins for Original Screenplay, ‘Women Talking’ Takes Adapted

The 2023 Writers Guild Awards were handed out Sunday night in simultaneous ceremonies held in New York and Los Angeles. Among the winners were Everything Everywhere All at Once, for original screenplay; Women Talking, for adapted screenplay; The Bear, for comedy series; Severance, for drama series and for new series; The White Lotus, for limited […]

‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’ Star Stephanie Hsu on Starring Opposite “Silly” Ryan Gosling

Stephanie Hsu snagged her first Oscar nomination for her work in The Daniels’ Everything Everywhere All at Once and this awards season, it seems that she’s been needed everywhere all at once. In between appearances at the DGA Awards, Santa Barbara International Film Festival, the Oscar nominees luncheon, the AFI Awards, the Critics Choice Awards, […]

Spirit Awards: 9 Things the Cameras Missed

Film Independent posted up on Santa Monica Beach on Saturday for the Spirit Awards, the biggest party for the independent film scene. While cameras captured the live show for a stream on IMDb (a first after being aired on IFC for years), The Hollywood Reporter was inside the iconic white tent on the beach to bring you […]

Events of the Week: ‘The Mandalorian,’ ‘Creed III’ 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 The Mandalorian, Creed III and History of the World, Part II. Creed III premiere Michael B. Jordan premiered his directorial debut in Hollywood on Monday alongside costars Tessa Thompson and Jonathan Majors. History of […]