Calista Flockhart
Calista Flockhart on Dealing With Sudden ‘Ally McBeal’ Fame: “I Stopped Leaving My House”
Calista Flockhart is opening up about her titular role in the hit ’90s show Ally McBeal. In a conversation for The Hollywood Reporter‘s Awards Chatter podcast, the Feud: Capote vs. The Swans star discussed how her quick rise to fame thanks to Ally McBeal changed her daily life. Flockhart, who was in a play at […]
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‘Awards Chatter’ Pod: Calista Flockhart on TV Return in ‘Feud,’ ‘Ally McBeal’ Era and Urging Harrison Ford to Do ‘Shrinking’
Calista Flockhart, our guest on this episode of The Hollywood Reporter’s Awards Chatter podcast, is a TV legend. The actress shot to fame 27 years ago playing a Harvard Law graduate who goes to work in a Boston firm on David E. Kelley’s groundbreaking Fox comedy series Ally McBeal (1997-2002), for which she garnered three […]
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Calista Flockhart on High Stakes of Playing Lee Radziwill in ‘Feud’ and Sad End of Old New York
[This story contains spoilers from the sixth episode of Feud: Capote vs. the Swans, “Hats, Gloves and Effete Homosexuals.”] Feud: Capote vs. the Swans is a reunion for Calista Flockhart and showrunner Jon Robin Baitz, who created Brothers & Sisters on which the actress starred during its five-season run. It was an instant yes, says […]
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‘Feud: Capote vs. The Swans’ Director on Dramatic Liberties Taken for Black and White Ball Episode
[This story contains spoilers from the third episode of Feud: Capote vs. the Swans, “Masquerade 1966.”] The catalyst for Feud: Capote vs. the Swans‘ third episode is absolutely true. On Nov. 28, 1966, Truman Capote held the Black and White Ball at New York City’s Plaza Hotel — an event so lavish, boasting a guest […]
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Who Were Truman Capote’s “Swans”? The ‘Feud’ Cast Unpacks Their Counterparts
[This story contains spoilers from Feud: Capote vs. The Swans.] In Feud: Capote vs. The Swans, author Truman Capote’s close relationship with a group of wealthy American socialites unravels when he permits Esquire magazine, in 1975 and 1976, to publish four chapters of his unfinished novel Answered Prayers, in which the unsavory personal details of […]
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‘Feud: Capote vs. The Swans’ Review: Naomi Watts Leads Stellar Cast in Ryan Murphy’s Otherwise Spotty Anthology
Diane Lane, Demi Moore, Chloë Sevigny, Calista Flockhart and Molly Ringwald star with Tom Hollander in the new FX season, scripted by Jon Robin Baitz, with Gus Van Sant as lead director.
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Calista Flockhart Says She and Husband Harrison Ford Play Practical Jokes on Each Other
Harrison Ford and Calista Flockhart make sure to keep things playful and fun at home with practical jokes. Flockhart recently opened up to The New York Times about their life together and said she often refers to herself as the “Scare Monster” when they’re at their house. “Because I hide behind every corner,” the Ally […]
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Critics Choice Awards: Harrison Ford Gets Emotional Accepting Career Achievement Honor
Harrison Ford got emotional accepting the the Career Achievement Award at Sunday night’s Critics Choice Awards. The actor was introduced by his Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny director, James Mangold, who called Ford a “hypergiant.” “The largest stars in the known universe are called variable hypergiants. Hypergiants are about 1700 times larger than our sun. […]
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‘Feud: Capote vs. the Swans’ Trailer Unites Ryan Murphy Favorites for Long-Awaited Second Season
Feud is finally returning, and FX has dropped a first look at the long-awaited, star-studded second season of Ryan Murphy’s anthology series. The first season of Feud, Bette and Joan, aired back in March 2017, starring Jessica Lange and Susan Sarandon as rival Hollywood icons Joan Crawford and Bette Davis, respectively. Now, nearly seven years […]
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Throwback: Calista Flockhart Rewears Yellow Skirt From 1999 Emmys to ‘Indiana Jones’ Premiere
Calista Flockhart took a walk down memory lane at the Los Angeles premiere of Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny on Wednesday. The actress attended the premiere to support husband Harrison Ford’s fifth and final performance as the iconic character in the film, which is set to hit theaters June 30. But that didn’t […]
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Zachary Quinto on Starring in ‘Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?’ and When the Next ‘Star Trek’ Film Will Happen
Most moviegoers know him as Mr. Spock in the Star Trek franchise, but Zachary Quinto is first and foremost a theater rat. A nominee and winner of numerous awards for his work in plays like Angels in America, The Glass Menagerie and more recently, The Boys in the Band, he’s now undertaking perhaps his toughest […]
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Richard Schiff, Calista Flockhart, Christine Lahti, David Morse Pay Tribute to Acting Teacher William Esper
Family, friends and former students honored acting teacher William Esper on Friday afternoon at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre.
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