The movie adaptation of Mean Girls as a musical will feature a new cast of characters in the lead roles of Cady Heron, Regina George, Gretchen Wieners, and more – but Tina Fey and Tim Meadows will offer a sense of familiarity as they return to the franchise after previously …
Read More »Olivia Newton-John Cracked Jokes, Showed Love Until She Could No Longer Speak, Family Says
It’s only been six months since Olivia Newton-John died at the age of 73 following a decades-long battle with breast cancer. In their first on-screen interview since her death, the actress’ daughter Chloe Lattanzi and her husband John Easterling recalled the details of their final months together. “The last word …
Read More »Whole Liotta Love: Ray Liotta to Receive Posthumous Hollywood Walk of Fame Star
Ray Liotta will be posthumously honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at a special ceremony taking place next Friday, Feb. 24 at 12:30 p.m. PT. Liotta’s daughter, Karen, will accept the star on her father’s behalf, while Elizabeth Banks and Taron Egerton will pay tribute to …
Read More »Bruce Willis' Frontotemporal Dementia Diagnosis Explained: A 'Heartbreaking' Disease
Bruce Willis‘ family announced today that the actor has been diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia (FTD), a rare disease that will greatly affect his quality of life. Loosely defined, FTD represents a group of disorders that accompany degeneration of the frontal and/or temporal lobes of the brain, according to the Association …
Read More »Jenna Ortega, Travis Kelce to Debut as SNL Hosts
Following the Kansas City Chiefs win at the Super Bowl, tight end Travis Kelce will head to New York to host “Saturday Night Live” on March 4. The following week, “Wednesday” actress Jenna Ortega will also make her debut appearance on the SNL stage on March 11. Before they take …
Read More »Paul Rudd Really Should've Told Olivia Colman He Was in Town
Paul Rudd got a bit of a well-deserved “not-mad-just-disappointed” stick from his friend Olivia Colman when she prank-called him on a BBC Radio 1 show Friday morning, Feb. 17. Rudd, in London for the new Ant-Man press tour, was doing a call-in segment called “Agony Ant-Man” where he dished out …
Read More »'Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey' Is a Torture-Porn Travesty
At the outset of Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey, an independent horror film that makes feral killers out of the cuddly animals from beloved children’s books, you hope for some entertaining grindhouse slasher. Two minutes in, you’re reduced to praying that it’s “so bad it’s good.” And by the time Pooh …
Read More »'Sharper,' Apple TV+'s Con-Artist Caper, Is a Lot Less Sexy Than It Thinks It Is
Benjamin Caron’s Sharper, Apple TV+’s sleek but unsatisfying new thriller, needed to be a little smarter to work. It’s more plain than titillating, more predictable than mysterious. But its opening stretch is pleasurably deceptive. Sandra (Briana Middleton) is a grad student at NYU who walks into a humble indie bookstore …
Read More »Judi Dench Says Learning Lines Has Become 'Impossible' Amid Eyesight Loss
At the age of 88, Judi Dench is still working regularly and even has a new movie, Allelujah, arriving in theaters next month. But the storied actress has had to find new ways to practice her craft, especially as her degenerative eye condition has made it “impossible” to learn her …
Read More »'Return to Seoul' Is One of the Best Identity-Crisis Movies Ever
“Do you know what sight-reading is?” a young woman asks her dining companions. Neither of them know, so she explains: When you look over a score for the first time, “you have to able to analyze the music in one glance, evaluate the danger… and jump in.” The key is …
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