The awards juggernaut Oppenheimer provides a blockbuster treatment of one scientist’s profoundly mixed feelings regarding his role in the creation of the atomic bomb, and its subsequent use in destroying the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Now Netflix has dropped a much slimmer but thematically similar docudrama, Einstein and …
Read More »Anya Taylor-Joy Will Appear in 'Dune: Part Two'
Anya Taylor-Joy will have a role in Dune: Part Two, appearing alongside an all-star cast that includes Zendaya, Timothée Chalamet, Austin Butler, and Florence Pugh among several others. Taylor-Joy made a surprise appearance at the film’s premiere in London on Thursday, and Variety confirmed that the actress will be featured …
Read More »Phaedra Parks Knows Exactly Why She's the Breakout Star of 'The Traitors'
Longtime Bravo fans know Phaedra Parks is — and always has been — a star. But thanks to her standout performance on Season Two of The Traitors, the rest of the world has also discovered an important fact: Phaedra is made for television. The hit Peacock show features reality TV …
Read More »'Girls5Eva' Reuniting for Third Season… This Time on Netflix
Despite being canceled by Peacock, the comedy series Girls5eva will return for a third season… this time on Netflix. The show — created by Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt’s Meredith Scardino and produced by Tina Fey — follows a 90s girl group in the midst of the comeback trail, with Sara Bareilles, …
Read More »How Nickelodeon Brought SpongeBob to the Super Bowl
When the Kansas City Chiefs scored the winning touchdown during a historic overtime nail-biter at the Super Bowl on Sunday, viewers were on the edge of their seats — including none other than SpongeBob Squarepants and his best friend, Patrick Star. An unlikely pair to have anything to do with …
Read More »'Rust' Armorer's Alleged Drug Use Can Be Included at Trial
As Hannah Gutierrez-Reed speeds toward an involuntary manslaughter trial next week linked to Alec Baldwin‘s accidental shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the Rust movie set two years ago, a New Mexico judge sided with prosecutors Wednesday and declined to sever an evidence-tampering charge against the rookie armorer. The tampering …
Read More »Tom Hollander Loves Playing 'Failures.' That's What Led Him to Truman Capote
Tom Hollander didn’t get into showbiz to play himself. He played a bumbling MP in In the Loop and a scheming socialite in The White Lotus. Most recently, he played the treasured author Truman Capote in FX’s Feud: Capote vs. The Swans, who slithers his way into high society New …
Read More »Joaquin Phoenix, Lady Gaga Have a Good Romance in New 'Joker 2' Photos
Director Todd Phillips celebrated Valentine’s Day by sharing three new images from his forthcoming sequel Joker: Folie à Deux. The stills, shared on Instagram and geo-tagged as Gotham City, reveal stars Joaquin Phoenix and Lady Gaga as the Joker and Harley Quinn in romantic situations. “Hoping your day is full …
Read More »'Life & Beth': Amy Schumer's Semi-Autobiographical Comedy Returns Better Than Ever
In 2022, Amy Schumer starred in two different series. One was the long-delayed fifth season of her sketch comedy show Inside Amy Schumer, which had been absent for six years while Schumer focused on family and on other professional opportunities. The other was Hulu’s Life & Beth, a semi-autobiographical dramedy …
Read More »Was Her Family Member the Zodiac Killer? 'The Truth About Jim' Follows One Woman's Quest for Answers
True crime documentaries are so ubiquitous that the subgenres now have subgenres. You’ll find countless serial killer stories, with various wrinkles to distinguish one from the next. And lately we’ve seen an influx of projects featuring citizen investigators sifting through their own family histories — Great Photo, Lovely Life, and …
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