Jesse Plemons

From the meth “cook” in “Breaking Bad” and the mobster in “The Irishman” to the FBI agent in “Killers of the Blooming Moon” and the conservative brother in “Power of the Dog” (which earned him his first Oscar nomination), Jesse Plemons has played a wide range of supporting roles before being promoted to star status.

CANNES - In the new Yorgos Lanthimos film "Kinds of Kindness," a character played by Emma Stone recounts a dream in which she was the denizen of a bizarre world. "There, dogs were in charge," she murmurs. "People were animals, animals were people." But being brought to heel by their canine masters wasn't as bad as it sounds, she says: "I must admit, they treated us pretty well."

Still fresh off the great success of "Poor Things," Greek film director Yorgos Lanthimos (second from right) and cast members Emma Stone, Willem Dafoe, Hong Chau, Jesse Plemons and Joe Alwyn pose on the red carpet during arrivals for the screening of the film "Kinds of Kindness" at the 77th Cannes Film Festival on Friday.

Yorgos Mavropsaridis celebrated his nomination at this year's Oscars alongside his two daughters, who joined him on his journey to Los Angeles: 24-year-old Ilektra, a musician, and 27-year-old Penelope, a director. Perhaps this was his greatest joy.

The new Taylor Swift concert movie held on to the top spot in North American theaters this weekend, but history-based crime epic "Killers of the Flower Moon" had an impressive debut, the best for a Martin Scorsese film since 2010.

Jane Campion's gothic Western "The Power of the Dog" led the Oscars nominations on Feb. 8, as the Netflix film fended off big-screen studio movies from a year in which COVID-weary audiences slowly headed back into theaters.

Kirsten Dunst gave birth to her first child. The actress and her fiancé Jesse Plemons became parents of a baby boy over the weekend.

It is still unclear how the 35-year-old star and her fiance have named their first-born son. "Everyone is fine," a source reported to ''People''.