You can’t discount the sheer amount of good will that Ke Huy Quan generated when Everything Everywhere All at Once turned him into the Official Comeback Kid of 2022. The narrative read like a true Hollywood success story, even if it was Hollywood that sidelined him in the first place: …
Read More »'Kraven the Hunter' Is Its Own Self-Inflicted Killshot
A PSA for folks who don’t have 60-plus years of Spider-Man comic-book history at their immediate beck and call: Kraven the Hunter was one of the webslinger’s earliest supervillains, having made his first appearance in The Amazing Spider-Man #15. Created by Stan Lee and artist Steve Ditko, he’s a big-game …
Read More »Ariana DeBose Cooks Up Moldy Meals in 'House of Spoils' Trailer
Ariana DeBose stars as a gourmet chef with a haunting, food spoilage problem in the trailer for House of Spoils. As DeBose opens up her first restaurant as head chef, she gathers fresh herbs and other plants, despite a neighbor’s warnings to not eat anything from the previous owner’s garden. …
Read More »Ariana DeBose 'Couldn't Pass Up the Chance' to Host Tony Awards for a Third Time
Ariana DeBose made a striking hosting debut at the Tony Awards in 2022. When she returned in 2023, it was an unscripted, off-the-cuff evening in the midst of the writers strike. Now, the actress and singer is planning for her third consecutive year of hosting the show celebrating Broadway. “I …
Read More »'Argylle' Has a Big Secret: It's a Stunningly Bad Movie
There are few movie-marketing gimmicks more enticing than the suggestion of a secret — a twist or revelation so shocking, so earth-shaking that it changes everything you thought you knew about a film, its characters, yadda yadda yadda. The audience’s curiosity is piqued, then they become co-conspirators: Once you know, …
Read More »'Wish' Trailer: Ariana DeBose and Chris Pine Lead Voice Cast of Disney's New Fairy Tale
Ariana DeBose and Chris Pine lead the voice cast of Disney Animation’s upcoming fairy tale Wish, due out this November. As the movie’s title suggests, Wish is all about wishes, with DeBose playing 17-year-old Asha in a magical kingdom where a ruler (Pine’s King Magnifico) strictly determines which wishes are …
Read More »'Kraven the Hunter' Red Band Trailer Flexes Aaron Taylor-Johnson's Abs, Bloody Kills
A shirtless Aaron Taylor-Johnson. Russell Crowe doing a questionable Russian accent. And a CGI lion attack that seems to result in superpowers. Judging by the official red band trailer for Kraven the Hunter, this could be a standalone Spider-Man villain origin story that brings home the bounty for Sony Pictures …
Read More »Tony Awards Behind the Scenes: All the Tea You Didn't See on TV
J. Harrison Ghee started their day eating a bacon, egg, and cheese McGriddle. They ended the night making history as the first non-binary performer to win a Tony Award for best leading actor in a musical for their role as Jerry/Daphne in the new musical comedy Some Like It Hot, …
Read More »Ariana DeBose Launches Unscripted Tonys Due to Writers' Strike: 'Darlings, Buckle Up'
Ariana DeBose opened the 76th annual Tony Awards Sunday night in a style befitting the festivities with a choreographed dance number that turned the whole United Palace in the Washington Heights neighborhood of New York City — from the lobby to theater aisle — into a stage and had her …
Read More »Ariana DeBose Will Host the Tonys for a Second Year in a Row
Ariana DeBose will do the thing again this summer, hosting the Tony Awards for a second year in a row. The ceremony will air live on CBS from New York City’s United Palace at 8 p.m. ET on June 11. “I was honored to serve as host last year and …
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