This post contains spoilers for the Season Three premiere of The Bear, as well as spoilers for when certain scenes appear again later in the season. All of Season Three is now streaming on Hulu. Calling this article “The Bear Season Three premiere explained” perhaps feels like we’re missing the …
Read More »The Real-Life Rebels Behind 'The Bikeriders'
The biker has been such a constant figure of Hollywood fascination — the rebel, the outsider, the last American pioneer — that you might wonder what’s left to say about him. But Jeff Nichols‘ drama The Bikeriders, starring Austin Butler, Tom Hardy, and Jodie Comer, strips away the mythology and …
Read More »Sherri Papini Faked Her Own Kidnapping. Her Ex Husband Is Finally Talking
According to her former husband Keith Papini, Sherri Papini started with little white lies. She told him she went to college in Orange County, and he believed her. She’d told him about a previous hip injury from when she danced ballet, and he believed her. Nothing could have prepared Keith …
Read More »'We Need Our Triumphs': Queer Comics Take Center Stage in New Netflix Doc 'Outstanding'
Page Hurwitz knows funny. The longtime director and producer has spent her two-decade career in Hollywood working on some of the biggest and boldest comedy productions and stand up sets from comics like Wanda Sykes, Tiffany Haddish, and Michelle Buteau. But over the years, she noticed a history playing out …
Read More »Inside the Making of 'Black Barbie' — and the Doll that Changed History
Lagueria Davis hates dolls. At least that’s what the director of Netflix’s Black Barbie documentary (streaming now) says in the first few minutes of the film. As a kid, she preferred powering remote-control cars, listening to the radio, playing computer quiz games, and shooting hoops. But an internal switch flipped …
Read More »'Don't Tell Me I Can't Do Something': June Squibb on Kicking Ass in 'Thelma'
If there’s one thing June Squibb has always known, it’s that she wanted to pursue a career in acting on her own terms. She’s the first to admit that she’s stubborn, but it’s a trait that has served her well over the past seven decades as she transitioned from local …
Read More »How 'Tuesday' Brings Death to Life With Heart, Humor, and a Giant Bird
To Julia Louis-Dreyfus, funerals can be a great place to laugh — “maybe one of the best laughs you would ever have,” she says. “In dark times, a good laugh is almost like a drug. It’s bumping up against something it’s the opposite of, which makes it much more needed.” …
Read More »'Welcome to Wrexham' Wins No Matter What
This post contains spoilers for the third season of Welcome to Wrexham, which is now streaming in its entirety on Hulu. Last week, I found myself wildly cheering a play in a game that happened a yearand a half ago, in a sport I had never much cared about previously, …
Read More »Jane Fonda Says the Climate Fight Is 'What I'm Going to Do Till I Die'
J ane Fonda has two Best Actress Oscars (and five more nominations) to her name, but over the past five-plus decades, the Hollywood icon, 86, has become far better known — and sometimes excoriated — for her political activism. She’s protested the Vietnam War, fundraised for the Black Panthers, and …
Read More »'Hit Man' Star Adria Arjona Wanted to Be a Pop Sensation. She'll Have to Settle for Hollywood It Girl
Adria Arjona says she was destined for pop stardom. She dreamed of becoming the next Beyoncé or Britney Spears as she crisscrossed the Americas with her father, the Guatemalan singer Ricardo Arjona, watching him serenade audiences with Latin pop ballads. Her home became a hotel room. She jetted between tour …
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