Nothing stays the same forever. Not even summer. It’s a fact most people have to come to terms with on their own time, but in The Summer I Turned Pretty’s second season, rapid-fire change drags its characters along kicking and screaming, whether they’re ready or not. Fans of the show …
Read More »George Clooney Supports SAG-AFTRA Strike, Saying the 'Journey Starts Now'
George Clooney voiced his support for the SAG-AFTRA strike Friday morning in a statement to the press. “This is an inflection point in our industry,” he said. “For our industry to survive that has to change. For actors, that journey starts now.” Deadline reports that the actor, one of the …
Read More »Don't Ask Ben Platt This One Question
In many ways, Ben Platt is one of the most successful theater kids of our time, third only to Lin-Manuel Miranda and Taylor Swift (proof of this ignominious past can be found here and here). The prodigiously talented tenor grew up with fellow L.A.-based theater kid Molly Gordon and BFF …
Read More »Woman Arrested in Connection With Death of Robert De Niro's Grandson
A 20-year-old woman has been arrested on federal drug charges stemming from an investigation tied to the death of Robert De Niro’s grandson, ABC News reports. Sofia Haley Marks was arrested Thursday evening, July 13, and is expected to be arraigned in Manhattan federal court Friday. She was reportedly arrested …
Read More »'Never Have I Ever' Cast Share Advice on Dating, What to Do If You Send Your Crush 50 Selfies
The cast of Netlfix’s Never Have I Ever have lived through some social nightmare scenarios on screen. Across the show’s four seasons, Devi (Maitreyi Ramakrishnan) became the poster character for the slogan: “I support women’s rights, but more importantly I support women’s wrongs.” Now, the actors who’ve navigated these scenarios …
Read More »How the Actors' Strike Will Turn Hollywood Upside Down
After the Screen Actors Guild – American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) spent four weeks negotiating with the Alliance of Motion Pictures and Television Producers (AMPTP), which represents Hollywood’s studios and streamers, the two sides failed to agree on a new contract and SAG-AFTRA has now joined the …
Read More »'What We Do in the Shadows' Season 5 Premiere: Guillermo Gets His Wish
This post contains spoilers for the first two episodes of the fifth season of What We Do in the Shadows. Coming into its fifth season, FX‘s vampire mockumentary What We Do in the Shadows has nothing left to prove, and barely anything to improve upon. It remains, pound-for-pound, the funniest …
Read More »President Joe Biden, Bernie Sanders Voice Support for SAG-AFTRA Strike
The White House has weighed in on the SAG-AFTRA strike after the guild announced a walkout that will effectively shut down Hollywood. “The President believes all workers – including actors – deserve fair pay and benefits,” Robyn Patterson, a White House spokesperson, said in a statement obtained by Deadline. “The …
Read More »'20 Days in Mariupol' Is a Chilling, You-Are-There Look at the Ukraine War
“My brain desperately wants to forget all of this. But the camera will not let it happen.” The voice on the soundtrack belongs to Mstyslav Chernov, a longtime war correspondent for the Associated Press. He had grown up in Ukraine, in the town of Kharkiv, and was part of a …
Read More »Kevin Spacey Calls Crotch Grabbing Claim 'Absolute Bollocks'
Kevin Spacey repeatedly rebuffed groping claims during his second day of testimony at his London sexual assault trial, July 14, leading to one particularly contentious exchange with a prosecutor. Per The Associated Press, Spacey responded to one complainant’s claim that the actor grabbed him backstage at a charity event by …
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