{"id":328556,"date":"2025-12-03T19:32:10","date_gmt":"2025-12-03T19:32:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/328556\/"},"modified":"2025-12-03T19:32:10","modified_gmt":"2025-12-03T19:32:10","slug":"leonardo-dicaprio-jennifer-lawrence-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/328556\/","title":{"rendered":"Leonardo DiCaprio, Jennifer Lawrence, More"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tActors on Actors<\/a> is ready for its closeup. <\/p>\n

\n\tVariety and CNN have revealed the star-studded lineup for the 23rd season of Actors on Actors, the Emmy-winning franchise that pairs the year\u2019s best performers in candid interviews about their craft. <\/p>\n

\n\tThis season\u2019s highlights includes conversations with Jennifer Lawrence<\/a> and Leonardo DiCaprio<\/a>, Adam Sandler and Ariana Grande<\/a>, Julia Roberts and Sean Penn, and Dwayne Johnson and Brendan Fraser, reuniting after they first worked together on 2001\u2019s \u201cThe Mummy Returns.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tSeason 23 will begin rolling out on Friday, Dec. 5, with one conversation premiering each day for 13 consecutive days. This marks the first season under the recently announced collaboration<\/a> between CNN and Variety, with new episodes debuting exclusively for subscribers of CNN\u2019s new streaming offering before premiering across Variety\u2019s digital platforms. Full episodes will debut each day on CNN at 9 a.m. ET, followed by a 3 p.m. ET premiere on Variety\u2019s YouTube channel. The annual Variety Actors on Actors print magazine issue, photographed by Alexi Lubomirski, will hit newsstands on Dec. 17.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cWith exclusive revelations from Leonardo DiCaprio, Julia Roberts, Sean Penn, Jennifer Lawrence, Dwayne Johnson, Michael B. Jordan, Ariana Grande, Cynthia Erivo, Ethan Hawke and more, this is our best season of Actors on Actors yet,\u201d said Ramin Setoodeh, Variety\u2019s co-editor in chief and co-president. \u201cWe can\u2019t wait for fans of this Emmy-winning series to savor every minute of these conversations on CNN and Variety.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tThe Actors on Actors pairings include:<\/p>\n

Friday, Dec. 5: Ariana Grande (\u201cWicked: For Good\u201d) and Adam Sandler (\u201cJay Kelly\u201d)<\/p>\n

Saturday, Dec. 6: Julia Roberts (\u201cAfter the Hunt\u201d) and Sean Penn (\u201cOne Battle After Another\u201d)<\/p>\n

Sunday, Dec. 7: Jonathan Bailey (\u201cWicked: For Good,\u201d \u201cJurassic World Rebirth\u201d) and David Corenswet (\u201cSuperman\u201d)<\/p>\n

Monday, Dec. 8: Dwayne Johnson (\u201cThe Smashing Machine\u201d) and Brendan Fraser (\u201cRental Family\u201d)<\/p>\n

Tuesday, Dec. 9: Gwyneth Paltrow (\u201cMarty Supreme\u201d) and Jacob Elordi (\u201cFrankenstein\u201d)<\/p>\n

Wednesday, Dec. 10: Cynthia Erivo (\u201cWicked: For Good\u201d) and Hugh Jackman (\u201cSong Sung Blue\u201d)<\/p>\n

Thursday, Dec. 11: Sydney Sweeney (\u201cChristy\u201d) and Ethan Hawke (\u201cBlue Moon\u201d)<\/p>\n

Friday, Dec. 12: Stellan Skarsg\u00e5rd (\u201cSentimental Value\u201d) and Alexander Skarsg\u00e5rd (\u201cPillion\u201d)<\/p>\n

Saturday, Dec. 13: Michael B. Jordan (\u201cSinners\u201d) and Jesse Plemons (\u201cBugonia\u201d)<\/p>\n

Sunday, Dec. 14: Kate Hudson (\u201cSong Sung Blue\u201d) and Jeremy Allen White (\u201cSpringsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere\u201d)<\/p>\n

Monday, Dec. 15: Oscar Isaac (\u201cFrankenstein\u201d) and Teyana Taylor (\u201cOne Battle After Another\u201d)<\/p>\n

Tuesday, Dec. 16: Colin Farrell (\u201cBallad of a Small Player\u201d) and Jessie Buckley (\u201cHamnet\u201d)<\/p>\n

Wednesday, Dec. 17: Jennifer Lawrence (\u201cDie My Love\u201d) and Leonardo DiCaprio (\u201cOne Battle After Another\u201d)<\/p>\n

\n\tThroughout the season, CNN entertainment correspondent Elizabeth Wagmeister will take viewers inside the making of Actors on Actors with exclusive behind-the-scenes content across CNN\u2019s platforms. A selection of episodes from previous seasons of Actors on Actors are available to stream now for CNN\u2019s streaming subscribers on CNN.com and CNN\u2019s connected TV and mobile apps.<\/p>\n

\n\tSeason 23 of Actors on Actors is executive produced by Ramin Setoodeh and Donna Pennestri for Variety, along with Amy Entelis and Roxanna Sherwood for CNN Originals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Actors on Actors is ready for its closeup. Variety and CNN have revealed the star-studded lineup for the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":328557,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[166957,12875,88,54606,2942],"class_list":{"0":"post-328556","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"tag-actors-on-actors","9":"tag-ariana-grande","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-jennifer-lawrence","12":"tag-leonardo-dicaprio"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/328556","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=328556"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/328556\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/328557"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=328556"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=328556"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=328556"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}