What is it about the English seaside and suppressed yearning? Is it the bracing winds? The overcast skies? The white cliffs and rocky beaches, as bloodless as the emotional lives of characters who are terrified of their heart’s true desires? The beaches of Brighton in My Policeman are slightly sunnier …
Read More »TikTok Just Got Scarier (for Millennials) — Check Out the First Horror Movie on the App
If you think the scariest thing about TikTok is how it makes anyone older than 30 feel culturally ignorant, you’re in for a treat. The platform has its first horror movie under the tag @lostgirl_emerson, and it seems to have it all: horrifying noises, creepy dolls, and, of course, a …
Read More »Kevin Spacey Found Not Liable in Anthony Rapp Sexual Misconduct Trial
Kevin Spacey was found not liable for battery in his civil lawsuit trial tied to the sexual misconduct allegations made against him by Anthony Rapp. As NBC News reports, the jury spent just 90 minutes deliberating before reaching a verdict Thursday, Oct. 20. Richard Steigman, a lawyer for Rapp, tells …
Read More »No Egg-scape: James Corden Finally Ends NYC Restaurant Ban Discourse on 'Late Late Show'
Despite being rescinded within hours of owner and restauranteur Keith McNally (a man who’s garnered no shortage of controversies himself) publicly blasting James Corden on Instagram, the conversation around the comedian’s brief ban from the notable New York City restaurant Balthazar has dragged on for days. Now, the Late Late …
Read More »Ellen DeGeneres, Bored in Retirement, Launches YouTube Series About Her Hobbies
Just five months after Ellen DeGeneres exited her long-running daytime show, the host is returning, albeit to a much smaller screen. About Time For Yourself… with Ellen, premiering weekly on DeGeneres’ YouTube page, will find the “retired” host doing what bored retired people do: Crocheting, bird watching, and other time-killing …
Read More »'I Thought I Was Going to Die': Danny Masterson Accuser Details Rape Allegations at Trial
The first of three women who have accused Danny Masterson of rape in his ongoing criminal trial continued her testimony in court in downtown Los Angeles on Wednesday, detailing a violent incident in which the That ‘70s Show actor allegedly forcibly had sex with her while she was severely intoxicated …
Read More »'American Horror Story: NYC' Introduces a Serial Killer You've Probably Never Heard Of
Warning: This story contains spoilers for the first two episodes of American Horror Story: NYC. American Horror Story: NYC seems a culmination of everything Ryan Murphy has made in the past: It’s like if Pose met Dahmer met the Rubber Man, the mysterious murderous figure that we first met in …
Read More »George Clooney? Julia Roberts? A Rom-com? 'Ticket to Paradise' Isn't a Movie, It's a Time Machine
Movie stars — remember them? Ticket to Paradise sure does, and it’s banking on the fact that you, the audience member, would actually be willing to leave the comfort of your couch and 7,200 streaming services to go see two of ’em! Together! In a romantic comedy! On a big …
Read More »'All Quiet on the Western Front' Trailer Highlights the Horrors of War in New Netflix Adaptation
The iconic anti-war novel, “All Quiet on the Western Front,” was written by Erich Maria Remarque, a German World War I veteran, in a newspaper in 1928, then later a book in 1929. The story follows the journey of German soldiers during the war and the mental and physical toll …
Read More »It's Time to Get Some Ass — and Occasionally Go to Class — in the New Trailer for 'The Sex Lives of College Girls'
Fall break is over, and it’s time for the young adult shenanigans to resume in the new trailer for Season Two of The Sex Lives of College Girls. The clip finds students returning to the hallowed grounds of the fictional Essex College and enjoying all the perks that come with …
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