My gateway to period dramas starring white girls was probably Anne of Green Gables, a Canadian classic from 1908 about an irrepressible orphan who dreams of being a writer. I consumed the books and the 1980s Emmy-winning TV series as a kid, and by middle school, I was reading Jane Austen’s Emma. Then came 1995,
Julien Chang is a singer-songwriter, producer, and multi-instrumentalist from Baltimore, Maryland. While studying classical and jazz music throughout high school, he built a home studio in his parents’ basement from the money he earned from his grocery shop job, where he recorded his first album, 2018’s Jules. Along with its 2022 follow-up, The Sale, it
Strap in for another round of fast-paced governmental intrigue from Netflix’s hit political thriller! The Diplomat is a sharp-witted drama about American Ambassador Kate Wyler (Keri Russell), who is in London trying to diffuse a tense international situation while navigating her rocky marriage to an ambitious career politician. The couple’s different (and often opposing) approaches
Are the best eye creams for men really necessary for the everyday guy? If you’re looking to reduce dark circles, cut back on puffiness, and smooth out fine lines, there are certainly major benefits in integrating an eye cream into your skincare routine. Although there’s plenty of debate about whether eye creams are worth it,
EXCLUSIVE: Just in time for SXSW season, A24 has dated MaXXXine, the third movie in the Ti West horror franchise, for July 5. The first movie, X, made its world premiere in 2022 at SXSW, where the filmmaker promptly announced its sequel, Pearl, starring the franchise’s main scream queen, Mia Goth. Savor the retro teaser
Steven Raekwon Reynolds, the NYC-based singer-songwriter who records as S. Raekwon, has announced a new album. Steven, which follows his 2021 debut album Where I’m at Now and the 2022 EP I Like It When You Smile, is out May 3 via Father/Daughter Records. Check out the new single ‘Old Thing’ below. “I recorded this
It’s been awhile since we got new Murakami, but we won’t have to wait much longer: Haruki Murakami’s first novel in six years will hit shelves this fall. The City and Its Uncertain Walls will be published this November by Harvill Secker, a novel billed as “an ode to books and to the libraries that
Warner Bros. Pictures has released the very first trailer for The Watchers, a brand new thriller from Ishana Night Shyamalan. “The film follows Mina, a 28-year-old artist, who gets stranded in an expansive, untouched forest in western Ireland. When Mina finds shelter, she unknowingly becomes trapped alongside three strangers who are watched and stalked by mysterious
Netflix has released the trailer for Ripley, the thriller drama, starring Andrew Scott. The miniseries will be available for streaming on April 4. “In the series, Tom Ripley, a grifter scraping by in early 1960s New York, is hired by a wealthy man to travel to Italy to try to convince his vagabond son Dickie Greenleaf
Musician marks the one-year anniversary of his album One Thing at a Time with live recordings, an unreleased song, and cover of “Graveyard Whistling” Morgan Wallen is marking the one-year anniversary of chart-topper One Thing at a Time with the surprise-release of Abbey Road Sessions. The songs were recorded at the legendary Studio Two at
Jonathan Majors is gaga for Meagan Good … and not even his recent legal woes can put a dent in their relationship — just check out the first words out of his mouth about her. The couple was out and about Sunday at the 7th annual AAFCA Special Achievement Awards luncheon here in L.A. …
CreatorVC continues to sweeten things with their upcoming TerrorBytes: The Evolution of Horror Gaming documentary, bringing in additional participants for the documentary, as well as giving those potential backers still on the fence a bit more time to decide. In addition to the 38 participants already revealed, CreatorVC has announced six additional personalities joining the
I won’t pretend to have influenced Greta Gerwig. If Greta Gerwig is aware of my existence, it’s likely because I’ve written about her record-breaking blockbuster Barbie, or about the Hollywood ecosystem that made Barbie such an outlier. I never expected us to have the same penchants for clothing as we do cinema. And yet it’s
O. – the London-based duo of baritone saxophonist Joe Henwood and drummer Tash Keary – have announced their debut album, WeirdOs. It arrives June 21 via Speedy Wunderground. To accompany the announcement, they’re sharing the new single ‘Green Shirt’, which you can hear below. ‘Green Shirt’ is “a short rock/metal rinse out,” according to the band.
Netflix is releasing a limited series based on The Talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia Highsmith. Ripley stars Andrew Scott as Tom Ripley, Johnny Flynn as Dickie Greenleaf, and Dakota Fanning as Marge Sherwood. It’s written and directed by Steven Zaillian, the Academy award winning screenwriter of Schindler’s List, Moneyball, The Irishman, and many more. The
Lala Kent just broke some big baby news … she’s pregnant with baby number 2. The “Vanderpump Rules” star made the announcement Sunday night on Instagram, writing in a post, “I’m expanding my pod.” Lala also posted a black-and-white image of her belly, proving she’s got another bun in the oven. Her first child, 2-year-old
Judges Luke Bryan, Lionel Richie and Katy Perry have seen and heard a lot over their many seasons working together as American Idol judges — but they’d never heard anything quite like Jennifer Jeffries. The high school-aged Idol hopeful from Mississippi auditioned with an original song called “Change My Ways” during the episode that aired
There are a number of exciting franchise titles currently scheduled to arrive in theaters this summer, and one of those titles is Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah’s Bad Boys 4. One of the big differences between the Will Smith/Martin Lawrence sequel and other big titles on the slate, however, is that while most of
Julia Fox made one hell of an entrance at the Mugler PFW show Sunday … rocking a look that only she could pull off, and kinda stealing the spotlight again like it’s 2022. The actress rocked a tight sequined nude-colored jumpsuit that hugged every single curve and left little to the imagination — but she
Two well-reviewed indies are taking a bow in limited release in the shadow of Dune, A24’s Problemista by Julio Torres, and Shayda from Sony Pictures Classics, the feature debut of Noora Niasari. Torres, the comedian, actor and writer, in his directorial debut, stars with Tilda Swinton as Problemista gets its release at last after being
UPDATED, Friday AM after Thursday EXCLUSIVE: Legendary/Warner Bros‘ Dune Part Two has now grown to $12 million-plus in previews, Warner Bros said Friday. That’s from 4,500 locations; Imax alone delivered $4.5M of that number, or 38%. Of that preview figure, $2M came from an Imax fan screening on February 25. Audience reactions have hit Rotten
Julio Torres’s directorial debut Problemista from A24 posted the highest per-screen average of the weekend with a solid limited opening, grossing $140.9k on five screens in New York and LA with multiple sold out Q&As. The film starring Torres and Tilda Swinton saw a PSA of $28k and strong exits at all locations. A surreal
Legendary Entertainment/Warner Bros.’ Dune: Part Two came in higher with an $82.5M opening. That’s all thanks to a higher than anticipated Sunday of $21.65M versus $20.3M. Presales, I hear in Imax remain strong into next weekend as some moviegoers want to sidestep crowds and get the best seats. The sandworm epic is following a box
EXCLUSIVE: Sound of Freedom distributor Angel Studios says nearly 84% of the tickets furnished by “pay-it-forward” buyers who wanted other patrons to see the movie for free were ultimately redeemed. With Jim Caviezel starring as real-life anti-child-trafficking activist Tim Ballard, the film became a left-field box office smash in 2023, outdoing mega-budget Hollywood titles like
FRIDAY UPDATE: Dune: Part Two added 42 international box office markets on Thursday, taking the offshore cume on the Denis Villeneuve-directed sequel to $20.8M in a total 55. This includes two full-days of play and previews in those markets. The Warner Bros/Legendary Entertainment sci-fi spectacular is the No. 1 U.S. title in all markets and
I think you all know by now that I love a good Austen retelling or Austen-inspired book, so of course I had to pick up this book when it released in January! For anyone who loves classic literature but wishes they could see more LGBTQ experiences reflected, this book is for you! Content warning: This
March is Women’s History Month, and what better way to recognize it than by picking up some relevant books? In some ways, this is such a broad category that it can be overwhelming. Do any books by or about women count as Women’s History Month reads? I’m not here to be the arbiter on that,
Josh Folsom has sworn he‘s tried to change where he came from by helping others and solving crimes. Yet when he suspected Kahn Schefter murdered his mother, he snapped. Many of us can relate to that as you’d want to harm someone who killed your parents, but would you do it, especially if you were
The genealogy company Ancestry revealed on TODAY that Taylor Swift is related to the poet Emily Dickinson: “Swift and Dickinson both descend from a 17th century English immigrant (Swift’s 9th great-grandfather and Dickinson’s 6th great-grandfather who was an early settler of Windsor, Connecticut),” making them sixth cousins, three times removed. Swift has compared her lyrics to
Fox is taking viewers back to the beach with a reboot of an iconic ’90s series. According to a new report from Deadline, the network has joined forces with the indie studio Fremantle to bring David Hasselhoff’s beach rescue drama Baywatch back to the small screen. The remake is being described as an “action-packed” take