Two years ago, the bizarre story dominating the news cycle wasn’t about a group of billionaires lost at sea, but a different group of billionaires panicking as amateur investors on Reddit and YouTube inflated a doomed GameStop stock to get rich quick. In the first trailer for Dumb Money, the …
Read More »'Secret Invasion' Is Marvel's Weak Tribute to the Avengers' Daddy
Back when Marvel was first dipping its toes into the waters of television with shows like Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., then-Marvel TV boss Jeph Loeb liked to use the phrase “It’s all connected” as a selling point. The idea was not just that the various Marvel series — whether Agents of …
Read More »'The Stroll': The Black Trans Sex Workers Who Gave New York City Life
Egyptt, Lady P, Ceyenne, Cashmere: they’re all on intimate terms with The Stroll, a strip of 14th Street in the Meatpacking District once popular with Black trans sex workers in pre-yuppified Manhattan. It was a dangerous life; the streetwalkers often didn’t know if they’d be beaten up by the johns …
Read More »'And Just Like That …' Season 2 Puts the Sex Back in 'Sex and the City'
In an upcoming episode of Max‘s Sex and the City sequel series And Just Like That…, Kristin Davis‘ Charlotte pauses to take stock of her life in the wake of several personal setbacks. “What happened?” she asks with some dismay, before declaring, “I have got to get back to me.” …
Read More »Sofia Coppola Tells Elvis' Wife's Side of Story in 'Priscilla'
Sofia Coppola will highlight Priscilla Presley‘s perspective on her turbulent romance with husband Elvis Presley in new film Priscilla. A short teaser trailer dropped today, announcing that the film will be released this October. The film stars Cailee Spaeny (Pacific Rim Uprising) as Priscilla and Jacob Elordi (Euphoria) as Elvis. …
Read More »Luc Besson Cleared of Rape Allegations
Luc Besson — the French filmmaker behind The Professional, The Fifth Element, and La Femme Nikita — has been cleared of all charges in the alleged rape of actress Sand Van Roy. According to legal documents acquired by Rolling Stone, the ruling came Wednesday via the French high court the …
Read More »Exclusive: Nicolas Cage's Superman Graces the Cover of DC Comics
If you have not seen Andy Muschietti’s superhero extravaganza The Flash, starring Ezra Miller as the time-stopping/time-hopping superhero, you might want to stop reading now because we’re about to spoil one of its major cameos. Toward the end of the film, Barry Allen/The Flash uses Speed Force to travel back …
Read More »Samuel L. Jackson Talks Marvel, Racists Like Trump, and His FBI Threat
H e is the most prolific actor of his generation and his films have grossed close to $30 billion, making him one of the highest-grossing actors ever. He is Quentin Tarantino’s muse, and has worked with everyone from Martin Scorsese and Steven Spielberg to Spike Lee and Paul Thomas Anderson. …
Read More »Jonathan Majors' Domestic Violence Charge Will Go to Trial
Jonathan Majors’ domestic violence case is going to trial, a New York judge ruled on Tuesday, stemming from the actor’s arrest on assault and harassment charges in March. The Marvel and Creed III star, 33, appeared for the first time in court, wearing a brown suit jacket and carrying a …
Read More »Zendaya Is a Star Tennis Player Involved in a Love Triangle in 'Challengers' Trailer
A dramatic remix of Rihanna’s “S&M” serves as the perfect backdrop for the love triangle, sexual tension-filled trailer of Luca Guadagnino‘s upcoming film, Challengers, released Tuesday. The film is out Sept. 15. The new film follows tennis star Tashi Duncan alongside her husband Art (Mike Faist) as they reconnect with …
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