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Yahoo
09-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Brian Tyree Henry on how ‘Dope Thief' let him ‘reclaim' his name: ‘I was just Paper Boi to people,' and now ‘I became Brian again'
"Dope Thief allowed me to reclaim my name," says Brian Tyree Henry, the star and executive producer of the Apple TV+ limited series. The Oscar, Emmy, and Tony nominee tells Gold Derby, "I was just Paper Boi [from Atlanta] to people for quite a few years. And so with this one, I think that I became Brian again, and that is very special to me." Watch our full interview above. Henry plays Ray Driscoll on Dope Thief, a con artist who, along with his lifelong friend Manny Carvalho (Wagner Moura), robs from drug dealers by posing as DEA agents. Unfortunately, they steal from the wrong people, and mayhem ensues. The program is written by Peter Craig and based on the 2009 novel by Dennis Tafoya. "Everything that happens is absolutely terrible, but in the end, it's a fun ride," the actor recalls. More from GoldDerby Emmy experts debate Comedy Series race: 'Hacks' will compete against 'a bunch of new kids on the block' 2025 Tony Awards highlights: The best, the worst, and the 'Hamilton' mixtape Tonys 2025: Best prediction scores by Gold Derby experts, editors, and users "Wagner Moura is truly one of the best that's ever done it," Henry says of his costar. "Being able to do this show with him was the greatest gift I've ever been given, honestly." On their first day on set, he recalls Moura pulling him aside and revealing that he was "really scared," to which Henry responded, "'Regardless of what goes on, I promise you I won't leave your side. We've got each other.' And from then on, we were just connected and locked in." Henry calls Dope Thief a "love story between these two friends who are more than friends. I don't even think the word 'friend' is appropriate. They've been through so much together. It's very easy to see series where it's a Black and Brown man paired together — violence, drugs, all the yahooey — but you never really get to the core of who they are. But these two men are afraid and vulnerable, and there is grief, there is regret." Apple TV+ Henry sees a connection between his roles as the lead actor and executive producer, and takes both positions seriously. "What I realized by being the star of the show and also the EP, is that there's this phrase that floats around on sets that says, 'It starts from the top.' Whoever is considered the top of the show, their tone dictates the rest of how the show goes and is felt. And so, in this particular project, I felt like being No. 1 on the call sheet meant that I set the tone, and I didn't want anything but joy." The tone of Dope Thief shifts between incredibly dramatic and hilariously light-hearted. "Even if I'm on the ground covered in blood with a hole in my leg, in between takes, we're going to get up, I'm going to play music, we're going to talk," says Henry. "Peter would let us improv all the time, which is my juice. I love it. I just always want to be truthful in where the characters are." Regardless of what happens at upcoming awards shows, Henry is happy that Dope Thief gave him room "to show people my range and that I'm not just one thing." He's already been nominated at the Gotham TV Awards for this project, and the Emmy nominations will be unveiled on July 15. "I don't ever win sh-t," he laughs. "It's cool, but I'm always so wrong about what I think people will recognize. Let me tell you something: I'm honored." Henry opens up about how the sixth episode, in which Ray was in a "delirium" after being shot, came on the heels "of a major loss in my life, when my father died." He explains, "This episode also dealt with Ray and his father [played by Ving Rhames] and all these different things, and I was like, you have got to be kidding. There is no way that you can make this up. It was incredibly cathartic. It is an episode that I truly, truly, truly love. It was incredibly hard to make, but at the end of the day, it was so rewarding." The actor is proud of all of his collaborations and has nothing but thanks for Craig. "I tell Peter all the time, thank you for putting dialogue like this in my mouth," he says, "and for allowing space for me to actually show all these different emotions that they normally just don't let us as Black actors play." What does Henry think his character will be up to five or 10 years in the future? "I hope that Ray is on a farm in a garden that he has procured somewhere in New Hope, Pa.," he says with a smile. "I hope that he makes candles, is in love with his mother [played by Kate Mulgrew], that they're running a shop. I really want him to wear cardigans, but I want him to really feel like he's free," Henry continues. "I think that freedom is the thing that he needs." Dope Thief is now streaming on Apple TV+. SIGN UP for Gold Derby's free newsletter with latest predictions Best of GoldDerby 'Say Nothing' star Anthony Boyle on playing IRA activist Brendan Hughes: We 'get to the humanity as opposed to the mythology' The Making of 'The Eyes of the World: From D-Day to VE Day': PBS variety special 'comes from the heart' From 'Hot Rod' to 'Eastbound' to 'Gemstones,' Danny McBride breaks down his most righteous roles: 'It's been an absolute blast' Click here to read the full article.
Arab News
25-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Arab News
Iran's Jafar Panahi Wins Palme d'Or at Cannes
DUBAI: Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi made a triumphant return to the global stage, winning the prestigious Palme d'Or for his latest film 'It Was Just an Accident' at the 78th Cannes International Film Festival. For the latest updates, follow us on Instagram @ Panahi, long a symbol of artistic defiance in Iran, had previously faced imprisonment and a 20-year ban on filmmaking and international travel. His emotional appearance at the festival, where he received the award from jury president Juliette Binoche — a vocal supporter of his work — marked a significant moment for both the director and Cannes. A post shared by Festival de Cannes (@festivaldecannes) The political thriller centers on a former prisoner who kidnaps the man he believes tortured him and grapples with fellow dissidents over whether to exact revenge or offer forgiveness. The ceremony also recognized other global talents. Chinese director Bi Gan received a special jury prize for 'Resurrection,' while Iraqi filmmaker Hasan Hadi made history as the first from his country to win the Camera d'Or for debut feature 'The President's Cake.' A post shared by Festival de Cannes (@festivaldecannes) Brazil's Wagner Moura took home best actor honors for 'The Secret Agent,' a 1970s-set political drama by Kleber Mendonça Filho, who also won best director. German director Mascha Schilinski and Spain's Oliver Laxe shared the Jury Prize for their respective films 'Sound of Falling' and 'Sirat.' The former is a sweeping multigenerational family saga, while the latter explores an apocalyptic vision of the Moroccan desert through techno-infused storytelling. Actor John C. Reilly surprised audiences with a rendition of 'La Vie en Rose' before presenting best screenplay to Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne for 'Young Mothers,' the Belgian brothers' latest social drama.
CNA
25-05-2025
- Entertainment
- CNA
Iranian filmmaker Panahi wins top prize at Cannes
It Was Just an Accident by dissident Iranian director Jafar Panahi won the Palme d'Or for best film at the Cannes Festival on Saturday (May 24). The highly political but wry film tells the tale of five ordinary Iranians confronted with a man they believed tortured them in jail. Panahi, who has been imprisoned twice in his home country and banned from making films, used his acceptance speech to urge Iranians to work towards freedom. "I believe this is the moment to call on all people, all Iranians, with all their differing opinions, wherever they are in the world – in Iran or abroad – to allow me to ask for one thing," Panahi said, according to a translation. "Let's set aside all problems, all differences. What matters most right now is our country and the freedom of our country." Brazil's Wagner Moura won the best actor award for his performance in police thriller The Secret Agent, while France's Nadia Melliti clinched the gong for best actress. Melliti, appearing in her first film, plays a 17-year-old Muslim girl in Paris struggling with her homosexuality in Hafsia Herzi's widely acclaimed The Little Sister. Sentimental Value by Norway's Joachim Trier, a moving family drama given a 19-minute standing ovation on Thursday, picked up the second prize Grand Prix. The victory for Panahi is a huge endorsement for a director who has become a symbol of defiance in his country, where his films are routinely banned. He has vowed to return to Tehran after the festival despite the risks of prosecution. SABOTAGE Saturday's closing ceremony was the final act of a drama-filled day in Cannes that saw the glitzy seaside resort suffer a more than five-hour power cut. The outage knocked out traffic lights and had visitors and locals scrambling for paper money because cash machines were out of order and restaurants were left unable to process card payments. Local officials said a suspected arson attack on the substation about 12km northwest of central Cannes had caused a major fire at around 2am. Along the coast in the opposite direction, a pylon which carries a high-voltage line was discovered with three of its four legs damaged, the local prosecutor's office announced. German director Mascha Schilinski joked that she had "had difficulty writing her speech" because of the black-out as she accepted the jury prize for widely hailed Sound Of Falling. POLITICS Beyond the official competition, the French Riviera has been buzzing with A-listers this year including Tom Cruise, pop sensation Charli XCX and model Bella Hadid. Beyond the champagne-filled beach parties, the wars in Ukraine and Gaza as well as US President Donald Trump have been major talking-points. US filmmaker Todd Haynes warned of the "barbaric US presidency", while Chilean-American actor Pedro Pascal admitted it was "scary" to speak out against President Donald Trump. The Gaza war has been on the minds of some of the festival's guests, with more than 900 cinema figures signing an open letter denouncing "genocide" in the Palestinian territory, according to organisers. Cannes jury head Juliette Binoche, Schindler's List star Ralph Fiennes, US indie director Jim Jarmusch and WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange – in town to present a documentary he stars in – were among the signatories. But UN special rapporteur for the occupied Palestinian territories, Francesca Albanese, said the festival felt like a "bubble of indifference" when she visited it Friday. AWARDS Other secondary awards were announced before Saturday's closing ceremony. The first Chechen film to screen at the Cannes Festival, Imago, won best documentary, while the film about the life of Assange, The Six Billion Dollar Man, picked up a special jury prize on Friday. In the secondary Un Certain Regard section, Chilean filmmaker Diego Cespedes won the top prize for The Mysterious Gaze Of The Flamingo, which follows a group of trans women living in a desert mining town in the 1980s. On a lighter note, a sheepdog which features in Icelandic family drama The Love That Remains won the Palm Dog prize for canine performers in festival films.
CNA
25-05-2025
- Entertainment
- CNA
Dissident Iranian filmmaker Panahi wins top prize at Cannes
CANNES: It Was Just an Accident by dissident Iranian director Jafar Panahi won the Palme d'Or for best film at the Cannes Festival on Saturday (May 24). The highly political but wry film tells the tale of five ordinary Iranians confronted with a man they believed tortured them in jail. Panahi, who has been imprisoned twice in his home country and banned from making films, used his acceptance speech to urge Iranians to work towards freedom. "I believe this is the moment to call on all people, all Iranians, with all their differing opinions, wherever they are in the world - in Iran or abroad - to allow me to ask for one thing," Panahi said, according to a translation. "Let's set aside all problems, all differences. What matters most right now is our country and the freedom of our country." Brazil's Wagner Moura won the best actor award for his performance in police thriller The Secret Agent, while France's Nadia Melliti clinched the gong for best actress. Melliti, appearing in her first film, plays a 17-year-old Muslim girl in Paris struggling with her homosexuality in Hafsia Herzi's widely acclaimed The Little Sister. Sentimental Value by Norway's Joachim Trier, a moving family drama given a 19-minute standing ovation on Thursday, picked up the second prize Grand Prix. The victory for Panahi is a huge endorsement for a director who has become a symbol of defiance in his country, where his films are routinely banned. He has vowed to return to Tehran after the festival despite the risks of prosecution. SABOTAGE Saturday's closing ceremony was the final act of a drama-filled day in Cannes that saw the glitzy seaside resort suffer a more than five-hour power cut. The outage knocked out traffic lights and had visitors and locals scrambling for paper money because cash machines were out of order and restaurants were left unable to process card payments. Local officials said a suspected arson attack on the substation about 12km northwest of central Cannes had caused a major fire at around 2am (0000 GMT). Along the coast in the opposite direction, a pylon which carries a high-voltage line was discovered with three of its four legs damaged, the local prosecutor's office announced. German director Mascha Schilinski joked that she had "had difficulty writing her speech" because of the black-out as she accepted the jury prize for widely hailed Sound of Falling. POLITICS Beyond the official competition, the French Riviera has been buzzing with A-listers this year including Tom Cruise, pop sensation Charli XCX and model Bella Hadid. Beyond the champagne-filled beach parties, the wars in Ukraine and Gaza as well as US President Donald Trump have been major talking-points. US filmmaker Todd Haynes warned of the "barbaric US presidency", while Chilean-American actor Pedro Pascal admitted it was "scary" to speak out against President Donald Trump. The Gaza war has been on the minds of some of the festival's guests, with more than 900 cinema figures signing an open letter denouncing "genocide" in the Palestinian territory, according to organisers. Cannes jury head Juliette Binoche, Schindler's List star Ralph Fiennes, US indie director Jim Jarmusch and WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange - in town to present a documentary he stars in - were among the signatories. But UN special rapporteur for the occupied Palestinian territories, Francesca Albanese, said the festival felt like a "bubble of indifference" when she visited it Friday. AWARDS Other secondary awards were announced before Saturday's closing ceremony. The first Chechen film to screen at the Cannes Festival - Imago - won best documentary, while the film about the life of Assange - The Six Billion Dollar Man - picked up a special jury prize on Friday. In the secondary Un Certain Regard section, Chilean filmmaker Diego Cespedes won the top prize for The Mysterious Gaze of the Flamingo, which follows a group of trans women living in a desert mining town in the 1980s. On a lighter note, a sheepdog which features in Icelandic family drama The Love That Remains won the Palm Dog prize for canine performers in festival films.
Yahoo
24-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
NEON Shines Brightly With Six For Six Palme d'Or Winners After Jafar Panahi's ‘It Was Just An Accident'
Call them a barometer, clairvoyant, or just god damn shrewd when it comes to choosing award-winning movies, but NEON has just scored its sixth Cannes Palme d'Or in a row with It Was Just an Accident. Deadline's Andreas Wiseman first reported two days ago that NEON scooped up North American rights to the movie. More from Deadline Cannes Film Festival Winners Announced: Palme D'Or Goes To Jafar Panahi's 'It Was Just An Accident' Grand Prize To 'Sentimental Value'; 'The Secret Agent's Wagner Moura Best Actor, Kleber Mendonça Filho Best Director - Updating Live Neon Taking North American Rights To Natalie Portman Cannes Animation 'Arco' 'Imago' Director Déni Oumar Pitsaev On Winning Two Prizes In Cannes: "I Didn't Expect It At All" This comes after last year's Cannes top prize winner Anora, Justine Triet's 2023 title Anatomy of a Fall, 2022's Triangle of Sadness, 2021's Titane and 2019's Parasite. Out of that bunch, Anora and Parasite went on to win Best Picture at the Oscars, which is whole other level of award campaigning genius on behalf of the Tom Quinn run distribution label. It Was Just an Accident blurb reads 'What begins as a minor accident sets in motion a series of escalating consequences.' The pic was one of the best-reviewed movies at the festival, deals in a fictional way with past wrongfully incarcerated working-class people seeking revenge against the guard who tortured and berated them. Interesting, NEON had all bases covered in regards to who might spring up as a Palme d'Or winner with their other acquisitions coming up with alotta gold tonight. Last year, Deadline exclusively reported that NEON took domestic on Joachim Trier's Sentimental Value which was buzzed to take the top prize as well, but settled with the Grand Prix. NEON's Un Poeta from Simon Mesa Soto won the Jury Prize. In addition, NEON took Brazil's buzzy 1977 political thriller The Secret Agent earlier this week, that Kleber Mendonca Filho directed movie walking away with Best Director tonight as well as Best Actor for Wagner Moura. No theatrical release dates have been set yet for these titles by NEON. October has been a prized timeframe for the distributor to launch Cannes titles, read, that's when Anora, Parasite and Triangle of Sadness opened. Best of Deadline 'Poker Face' Season 2 Guest Stars: From Katie Holmes To Simon Hellberg Everything We Know About Amazon's 'Verity' Movie So Far Everything We Know About 'The Testaments,' Sequel Series To 'The Handmaid's Tale' So Far
