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Olivia Wilde reacts to brutal comparisons to Gollum from Lord of the Rings

Olivia Wilde reacts to brutal comparisons to Gollum from Lord of the Rings

Published by Daniella Wilson

Get the latest entertainment news, reviews and star-studded interviews with our Independent Culture email Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Olivia Wilde has reacted in good humor to cruel comments about her appearance after a recent red carpet interview went viral for the wrong reasons. The 42-year-old actor and director spoke to SFGate at the San Francisco International Film Festival on April 24 ahead of the premiere of her new movie, The Invite. However, social media commentators suggested that Wilde looked bug-eyed and skeletal in the footage, even going so far as to compare her to Gollum from the Lord of the Rings films. Wilde addressed the comparisons in a video on her Instagram Story Sunday, posting a screenshot of her viral conversation with SFGate next to a photo of the Lord of the Rings character. In the background, her brother, Charlie Cockburn, asked: “Olivia Wilde, do you care to address recent rumors that you’re a resurrected corpse?” Olivia Wilde joked …

Olivia Wilde hits back at cruel trolls over Gollum comparisons

Olivia Wilde hits back at cruel trolls over Gollum comparisons

Published by Daniella Wilson

Olivia Wilde has addressed the viral moment that left fans both concerned and, in some corners of the internet, unkind, after a red carpet clip sparked comparisons to Gollum. The 42-year-old filmmaker found herself at the centre of online debate following her appearance at the San Francisco International Film Festival, where a close-up video,  viewed more than 10 million times , showed her looking unusually wide-eyed and gaunt, prompting a wave of speculation and commentary. Rather than ignore the noise, Olivia chose to respond in her signature self-aware style, taking to Instagram Stories to poke fun at the moment and set the record straight. © InstagramOlivia Wilde responds to cruel trolls Sharing a light-hearted clip filmed by her younger brother Charlie Cockburn, she addressed the viral reaction head-on. As he joked, “Olivia Wilde, do you care to address recent rumors that you’re a resurrected corpse?” she couldn’t help but laugh. “I don’t know why I was so close to the camera; I didn’t have to be,” she said, wrapping herself in a blanket and grinning …

Devora Wilde wants to return as Clea from Clair Obscur: Expedition 33

Devora Wilde wants to return as Clea from Clair Obscur: Expedition 33

Published by Daniella Wilson

Any actor would be thrilled to be involved in a project that sweeps up every award going. To have two such projects in quick succession? Few have managed it, but Devora Wilde can count herself among that hallowed number to achieve a double tap of the Midas touch. Wilde won legions of fans for her spiky turn as Lae’zel in 2023’s Baldur’s Gate 3, and she impressed players again as the enigmatic Clea in 2025’s Clair Obscur: Expedition 33. Both games won pretty much every Game of the Year award going. So, how did that amazing double bill come about? “Completely by chance, to be honest,” Wilde told Radio Times Gaming in our latest Arcade Hang interview. You can watch the full video in the player above, or on our YouTube channel, or read on for some choice quotes! Wilde continued: “I think people assume that, because of the way it’s happened, like one after the other, we are… well, first of all, people assume that we are just offered roles left, right, and centre, …

Olivia Wilde Sex Comedy ’The Invite’ Lands Distribution at A24

Olivia Wilde Sex Comedy ’The Invite’ Lands Distribution at A24

Published by Daniella Wilson

After a good old-fashioned Sundance bidding war, Olivia Wilde’s latest movie The Invite has landed at A24. This highly competitive eight-figure deal reteams Wilde with Megan Ellison and Annapurna, who produced Booksmart. The sex comedy, a remake of the Spanish language movie Sentimental, stars Seth Rogen, Ed Norton, Penelope Cruz and Wilde. It centers on a couple (Wilde and Rogen) whose relationship is on the brink of collapse and have an ill-timed dinner party with their enigmatic neighbors (Norton and Cruz), whose relationship seems to have the passion and open communication that the former’s is sorely missing. The audience at the Friday night premiere at the Eccles gave the film a standing ovation, while the critics praised the movie, Wilde’s third directorial effort following Booksmart (2019) and Don’t Worry Darling (2022). Reads The Hollywood Reporter Sundance review, “When it’s cooking, which is most of the run time, this is a smart, sophisticated and incisively acted adult entertainment that savages the crumbling institution of marriage, dangles the promise of sexual rescue and then brings the walls crashing …

Olivia Wilde hits back at cruel trolls over Gollum comparisons

Olivia Wilde stuns in lace see-through dress at Sundance

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Olivia Wilde turned heads at the 2026 Sundance Film Festival, stepping out in a daring lace, semi-sheer black gown for the premiere of her new movie The Invite in Park City, Utah. © Getty ImagesOlivia stole the show in a stunning lace dress The actress and filmmaker attended the screening at the Eccles Center Theater on Saturday, January 24, 2026. Olivia’s black dress played with transparency and texture, featuring delicate lace panels through the bodice and skirt. Thin straps and a fitted silhouette kept the look sleek and modern, while the floor-length hemline and floral lace detailing added an edgy, art-house chic. Olivia wore her blonde hair loose and softly waved, parted down the middle for an effortless finish, while her makeup leaned into understated glamour with smoky eyes, glowing skin and a neutral lip. The result was a look that felt confident rather than performative – the kind of fashion moment that reads as quietly bold up close and undeniably striking on camera.  © Getty ImagesOlivia was glowing on the night In photos from …

Edward Norton, Olivia Wilde Speak Out Against ICE at Sundance

Edward Norton, Olivia Wilde Speak Out Against ICE at Sundance

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As protests continue in Minneapolis after a Border Patrol agent shot and killed anti-ICE protester Alex Pretti, attendees of the Sundance Film Festival are speaking out against the lethal actions of law enforcement and the continued attacks on protesters. Talent, including Olivia Wilde, Zoey Deutch and Natalie Portman, have been wearing “ICE Out” pins to festival premieres and events. “We’re all here getting to celebrate something really beautiful and hopeful in film storytelling. But the world is hurting right now, and this country is hurting. And it’s appalling,” Wilde said on the carpet to Variety before the Friday night premiere of her film The Invite. Edward Norton, who is in Park City for Wilde’s dinner party-set movie, was at The Hollywood Reporter’s studio discussing the subject of small talk with his co-stars Wilde and Seth Rogen. “These days it’s: ’What are we gonna do about mass Gestapo shooting American citizens?,’ Norton said, acknowledging the difficulty of light conversation in light of current events. “We are sitting here talking about movies while an illegal army is …

Olivia Wilde, Charlie XCX and Kiernan Shipka lead the A-list style at the Sundance Film Festival

Olivia Wilde, Charlie XCX and Kiernan Shipka lead the A-list style at the Sundance Film Festival

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At the Sundance Film Festival, style plays by different rules. This is a red carpet where practicality meets personality, and stars routinely swap couture gowns for boots, knits and perfectly broken-in tailoring. The 2026 festival was no exception, with Hollywood favourites including Olivia Wilde, Charlie XCX and Kiernan Shipka embracing darkly glamorous, relaxed silhouettes and a distinctly indie sensibility that feels worlds away from awards-season gloss. From sharp suiting to bohemian layers and effortlessly undone beauty, these looks prove that Sundance may be low-key – but it’s never low effort. Here, fashion is less about spectacle and more about confidence, comfort and quiet cool. © Getty Images Charli XCX Charli put a sharp, subversive spin on festival dressing in a tailored black suit paired with a striped tie and flowing shirt. The masculine-leaning silhouette feels intentionally oversized, balanced by pointed heels and dramatic, glossy hair worn long and loose. Draping a faux-fur coat at her side, she injects high-fashion attitude into Sundance’s casual setting – proof that even low-key festivals can still handle a little …

Olivia Wilde, Cooper Hoffman Get Dangerously Kinky

Olivia Wilde, Cooper Hoffman Get Dangerously Kinky

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When Olivia Wilde first read the script for I Want Your Sex, co-written by Karley Sciortino, she had exactly the reaction that any fan of the provocative filmmaker Gregg Araki would hope for: “[I] laughed so hard, just cackling away on my couch, sending them both voice notes about how much I fucking loved it,” the 41-year-old star says, “and said, ‘Yes of course I need to play this insane character, as long as we find the best actor of all time to play Elliot.’”  This would be Araki’s first film in over a decade. Wilde would play Erika Tracy, a boundary-pushing artist in contemporary Los Angeles. She would need to act opposite a fearless younger actor portraying Elliot, Erika’s new intern — oh, and sadomasochistic sexual muse.  Wilde suggested the 22-year-old Cooper Hoffman, a rising star (and son of the late, great Philip Seymour Hoffman) who’s not exactly known for risqué fare. “I’m all, ‘Cooper Hoffman? You mean the kid from Licorice Pizza? That’s so creepy and weird. He’s like a baby!’” Araki says …

Baldur’s Gate 3 star Devora Wilde pitches her Lae’zel return idea

Baldur’s Gate 3 star Devora Wilde pitches her Lae’zel return idea

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Devora Wilde, who played Lae’zel in the beloved Baldur’s Gate 3, has been chatting to us about potentially revisiting her iconic Githyanki character. Wilde is the latest guest in our Arcade Hang interview series, and you can watch our BG3 chat in the player above (or over on the Radio Times Gaming YouTube channel). Of course, despite the fact that Dungeons & Dragons mainly takes place in a vaguely historical setting, it didn’t take long for talk to turn to the future. And given that Wilde is constantly told that she looks like Lae’zel (much to the actor’s chagrin), surely that puts her in good stead for the live-action BG3 adaptation that fans keep asking for? Wilde answered with a laugh, “When is that happening? Yeah, I’d love that. That would be amazing. Yeah, it would put me in good stead. I guess I’d have to have some prosthetics, but I’m fine with that.” Devora Wilde holds court with her fellow BG3 stars, Aliona Baranova and Jennifer English, at the “Rolling the Dice: The Cast …

David Harbour backs out of movie with Pedro Pascal and Olivia Wilde after Stranger Things finale chaos

David Harbour backs out of movie with Pedro Pascal and Olivia Wilde after Stranger Things finale chaos

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Get the latest entertainment news, reviews and star-studded interviews with our Independent Culture email Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter David Harbour has reportedly dropped out of Tony Gilroy’s forthcoming drama, Behemoth!, following the whirlwind press tour that concluded Stranger Things. The 50-year-old was set to star alongside Pedro Pascal and Olivia Wilde in the film, but Searchlight Pictures confirmed Tuesday that he exited the production. His role has reportedly been recast, according to Variety, but the new actor has not been announced. Gilroy, who is known for directing the Jason Bourne movies and the Star Wars series Andor, has said in interviews that Behemoth! revolves around a cellist. The movie will also star actors Matthew Lillard and Eva Victor. According to the film’s official logline, the plot “follows a musician from a family of musician who returns to Los Angeles. A love letter to the music of the movies and the people who make it.” Harbour reportedly cited his mental …