The Idol
How Moses Sumney Went From Music to ‘MaXXXine’: “I Wanted to Prove Myself as an Actor”
In Moses Sumney’s first film acting role, he dies onscreen. That’s not so much a spoiler as it is an inevitability; the movie is MaXXXine, the final installment of Ti West’s beloved Mia Goth-starring horror trilogy from which nobody makes it out alive. Sumney plays Leon, a Hollywood Boulevard video store employee and the closest […]
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Da’Vine Joy Randolph Is Proud of Her Work in ‘The Idol’ Despite Cancellation
After her supporting role in HBO’s critically panned series The Idol, which was canceled after one season, Da’Vine Joy Randolph is now an Oscar nominee for her supporting role in The Holdovers. In an interview for Vanity Fair‘s Hollywood Issue, she was asked about the response to The Idol in light of the praise she’s […]
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Dan Levy Admits He Hasn’t “Caught Up” on ‘The Idol’ After Scene Cut From Controversial HBO Series
Dan Levy admitted that he was too “busy” to finish watching The Idol last summer, especially after one of his scenes was cut from the HBO show. The actor played Benjamin, Jocelyn’s (Lily-Rose Depp) publicist, in the controversial five-episode series, but his character appeared only in the first episode, and another scene never made it […]
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‘Thanksgiving’ Director Eli Roth on Making a Black Friday-Inspired Slasher and Lessons He Took From ‘The Idol’
The Vista Theatre hosted two premieres on Tuesday night — the first was for Thanksgiving, Eli Roth’s latest horror offering based on the fake trailer he created for the 2007 film Grindhouse. The second was for the movie house itself, which held its first premiere since Quentin Tarantino purchased the single-screen theater in 2021 and […]
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Kevin Turen, Producer on ‘Euphoria’ and ‘The Idol,’ Dies at 44
Kevin Turen, a producer on HBO’s Euphoria and The Idol and Ti West’s X, Pearl and MaXXXine, has died. He was 44. A spokesperson for Penske Media Corp., the parent company of The Hollywood Reporter, confirmed Turen’s death. No other details were immediately available. “Despite his many achievements in Hollywood, Kevin’s greatest passion was his […]
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‘The Idol’ Finished After One Season at HBO
There won’t be a comeback for The Idol. HBO won’t move ahead with a second season of the drama from Euphoria creator Sam Levinson and Abel “The Weeknd” Tesfaye, who also starred. The series, starring Lily-Rose Depp as a pop star who falls under the sway of a Hollywood club owner (Tesfaye), suffered mostly negative […]
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Emmys: Why ‘The Idol,’ ‘Silo’ and ‘Outlander’ Were Not Eligible
Unlike many awards shows, which simply honor the media that came out within a single year, the Emmys makes things a little more complicated, and that means nominations day can be a bit befuddling. Why wasn’t that show you just watched nominated for a prize? Well, because it was not eligible. But that one you […]
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Da’Vine Joy Randolph on ‘The Idol’ Finale Plot Twist: “In a Weird Way, it’s Feminine Empowerment”
[This story contains spoilers from The Idol finale.] After five episodes, Sam Levinson’s latest drama The Idol has come to an end. But the controversy surrounding the hotly debated Max series created with Abel “The Weeknd” Tesfaye and Reza Fahim continues. After four episodes of building a narrative that appeared to be about a young […]
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Critic’s Notebook: Is ‘The Idol’ Worth Saving?
The first season finale of Sam Levinson's messy series starring Lily-Rose Depp and The Weeknd makes you wonder what could have been.
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Lily-Rose Depp Defends Graphic ‘The Idol’ Sex: “Not Interested in Something Puritanical”
The Idol star Lily-Rose Depp defended the controversial HBO Max series in a new interview in which she discussed the pop-star drama’s content that some viewers have dubbed overly graphic and even “torture porn.” Speaking to co-star Troye Sivan for Vogue Australia, the 24-year-old actress talked about the series, which chronicles the toxic relationship between […]
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‘The Idol’ Ratings Slip With Episode Two
The second episode of The Idol drew a smaller first-night audience than its series premiere. HBO says 800,000 people watched the music-industry drama’s second outing Sunday night across all platforms. That’s down about 12 percent from the 913,000 people who watched the June 4 series premiere on its first night. A decline for the on-air […]
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‘The Idol’ Falls Short of 1M Viewers for Premiere Night
The premiere of The Idol didn’t draw a huge audience for HBO Sunday — but it did fall in line with some other recent series debuts on the premium cable outlet. The Idol, which courted controversy with provocative trailers and was met with mostly negative reviews, drew 913,000 viewers across HBO (for the premiere and three […]
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