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On today's 'Daily Variety' podcast, Variety's Daniel D'Addario on his cover story interview with David Harbour; Red Carpet Rundown with Marc Malkin.
LISTEN: David Harbour Finds a Port in the Storm in ‘DTF St. Louis’; ‘Toy Story 5’ Red Carpet Rundown LISTEN: How NBC Created the Broadcast Network Paradigm and Other Firsts; Andy Cohen Reflects on 20 Years of ‘Real Housewives’as the actor tries to navigate that trickiest of transitions – moving on from a career-making role after five seasons as Jim Hopper on Netflix’s “Stranger Things.
” AndHarbour was in the headlines last year after his former wife, singer-actor Lily Allen, released an album with pointed lyrics about their marriage which ended in early 2025. Harbour used the interview to share his perspective after keeping mostly quiet during the height of the controversy after the release of Allen’s “West End Girl” album last October.
'Every Year After' Author Carley Fortune on TV Adaptation's Title Change, Sequel Books and Why She's Not Worried About 'The Summer I Turned Pretty' Comparisons D’Addario says Harbour seemed very clear-eyed about what he wanted to say — and what he wouldn’t say — about Allen and the experience overall. “I was struck that he seemed serene and poised in walking me through his experience.
I think part of what is at work here is that, happily, he is a very reflective person and has spent a lot of time over the course of the past year working through stuff out of the public eye on his own time. He’s able to speak about it in a very clear, thoughtful way,” D’Addarios says.
“There was no ambiguity with him about where the boundaries were. One might expect someone to be fidgety if they were still undecided about how much they were willing to say about something. There were no-go zones, perhaps not even because it’s so salacious but because he was not a major celebrity until deep into his career,” he says.
“He never expected this. Even as a theater actor in New York and a character actor in Hollywood, he had the expectation that he would have a private life, that in which the media was not interested in him. And now that the media is interested, he’s had years of practice of just not talking about it. He would not down talk or speak negatively about his ex-wife, Lily Allen at all.
And I think that when you stand in that, it’s easy to remain unruffled, because he knew what the bright lines were for him. ” At the “Toy Story 5” premiere, actor Cusack explained why she’s taken a break from Hollywood in recent years. She’s enjoyed running a gift shop in Chicago.
“I feel so honored to be able to work in this industry for a long time.
But it’s also great to live your life and raise your kids and be in Chicago, and be a normal person,” Cusack toldBox Office: ‘Scary Movie’ Scores Franchise-Best $55 Million Opening, ‘Masters of the Universe’ Stumbles With $29.3 Million ‘Backrooms’ Director Kane Parsons Says Using AI ‘Defeats the Purpose’ of Filmmaking: ‘I Get No Enjoyment From Using Those Tools’ ‘Backrooms’ Star Mark Duplass Slams Rumor That Kane Parsons Didn’t Actually Direct Horror Movie: ‘Kane Was 100% in Control’‘Backrooms’ Crosses $100 Million in 6 Days to Become A24’s Biggest Movie at Domestic Box Office ‘Scary Movie 6’ Targets Michael Jackson Child Abuse Allegations With ‘Michael’ Spoof Poster and Tagline: ‘Touching Fans Everywhere’
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