Many people have called Dame Helen Mirren a “goddess” throughout her life. Now the Oscar-winning actor gets to portray a literal one onscreen, and destroy an entire city block in the process. Shazam! Fury of the Gods, the sequel to the 2019 D.C. Comics superhero movie, finds Mirren playing Hespera, …
Read More »Sam Neill Says He's 'Alive and Kicking' and In Remission Following Blood Cancer Battle
Sam Neill turned to social media to ease fans’ concerns about his health following news that the Jurassic Park actor battled stage 3 blood cancer last year. The actor reveals the cancer diagnosis in his upcoming memoir Did I Ever Tell You This?, as well as a recent interview he …
Read More »Keanu Reeves, Wendell Pierce, and More Hollywood Stars Pay Tribute to Lance Reddick
Lance Reddick is being remembered by his Hollywood friends and colleagues following the news of his passing Friday. Keanu Reeves, Wendell Pierce, James Gunn, and more shared touching tributes in remembrance of the late actor. Reddick, who reprised his role of Charon the hotel concierge in John Wick: Chapter 4, …
Read More »'RuPaul's Drag Race' Tackles Anti-Drag Hysteria: 'It's Very Scary'
The contestants of RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 15 are confronting anti-drag hate in the show’s latest episode. On Friday, the queens performed in a Wigloose Rusical, a reimagined version of Footloose where a local teacher is attempting to ban drag, as the queens opened up about their fears of new …
Read More »Halsey Stuns SXSW in Acting Debut as Gun-Toting Ex-Cultist
This year’s SXSW Film & TV Festival opened with the premiere of Swarm, the dark tale of Dre (Dominique Fishback), a stan whose obsession with a Beyoncé-esque pop idol turns deadly. And the Prime Video series’ fourth episode treated audiences to a little surprise: Billie Eilish’s screen acting debut as …
Read More »'Boston Strangler' Wants to Be 'Zodiac' So Badly
In 1962, Loretta McLaughlin, a reporter at the Boston Record-American, noticed a small item buried on page five of a local paper. It detailed the murder of a woman who had been found strangled in her apartment. Something about this seems familiar to McLaughlin, who digs through some old clippings …
Read More »'Shazam!: Fury of the Gods' Proves It's One of the DCEU's Finest
As the loud but litheShazam!: Fury of the Godscommences, our hero is suffering from a bit of imposter syndrome. Lying on a couch, spilling his guts to a shrink (who turns out to be a mere pediatrician), the as-yet-unnamed superhero (Zachary Levi) explains that he’s just a kid, a dude …
Read More »The Rock, Like All of Us, Wants Brendan Fraser to Enjoy His Flowers After Oscar Win
Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson got the chance to reunite with, and congratulate, his old Mummy Returns co-star Brendan Fraser after the latter won his Oscar for Best Actor at the Academy Awards last weekend. The Rock shared a video of the backstage meeting on Instagram, writing, “Very cool full circle …
Read More »Drug Busts and Cardi B Covers Derail Ashley Park & Stephanie Hsu's Road Trip in 'Joy Ride' Trailer
The girl’s trips that never make it out of the group chat should just stay there sometimes. In the red band trailer for Adele Lim’s directorial debut Joy Ride, Ashley Park, Stephanie Hsu, Sherry Cola, and Sabrina Wu find their trip to Asia entirely derailed when they have their luggage …
Read More »Lance Reddick, Memorable Star of 'The Wire,' 'John Wick' Series, Dead at 60
Lance Reddick, the exceptional character actor famous for his performances in The Wire and the John Wick franchise, has died. He was 60. Reddick’s reps confirmed his death to Rolling Stone, saying he “passed away suddenly this morning from natural causes.” The statement continues, “He is survived by his wife …
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