Maybe it’s the cumulative effect of watching so much top-notch talent being wasted. Or the woozy sensation of being subjected to two hours of cut-rate CGI effects apparently purchased in a bulk deal. Or the blatant product placement for Burger King jalapeño poppers. Or the in-joke nod to Beetlejuice, a …
Read More »Offset and Jamie Lee Curtis Spoof Wild 1988 James Brown Interview
Offset channeled funk’s founding father in a video shared on Monday in which the rapper parodied James Brown’s irreverent 1988 CNN interview. Assisted by Jamie Lee Curtis standing in for reporter Sonya Friedman, the Migos member captioned the video “Y’all ready for some new music???….JEALOUSY!!” In the clip, the Oscar-winning …
Read More »Stephanie Hsu Clears the Air About Jamie Lee Curtis' Oscar Win
This past awards season, Everything Everywhere All at Once was the little engine that could — an A24 immigrant-family saga with a mostly Asian cast made for around $20 million going up against studio titans like Avatar: The Way of Water and Top Gun: Maverick. Before long, the underdog became …
Read More »'The Bear' Star Ebon Moss-Bachrach on Cousin Richie's MVP Season 2
The Bear’s Cousin Richie, played by Ebon Moss-Bachrach, has come a long way from when viewers first met him as a curmudgeonly creature of habit who’s quick to fight his cousin, Carmy Berzatto (Jeremy Allen White), and his sous chef Sydney (Ayo Edebiri) at every turn. When Carmy returns to …
Read More »Inside 'The Bear' Season 2: Damaged Souls, A-List Cameos, and That Finale
This post contains spoilers for Season Two of The Bear, which is now streaming on Hulu. Late in the finale of this extraordinary season of The Bear, Sydney (Ayo Edebiri) runs out to the alley behind the FX dramedy’s eponymous restaurant to puke. She still has PTSD from the incident …
Read More »MTV Movie & TV Awards Scaled Back to Pre-Taped Special Amid Writers Strike
After losing host Drew Barrymore and much of its announced presenters due to the ongoing writers strike, the MTV Movie & TV Awards announced Friday it would no longer broadcast live this weekend, opting instead for a pre-taped special. Just days before the May 7 event, Barrymore withdrew from the …
Read More »Jamie Lee Curtis Mouths 'Shut Up' as She Wins Best Supporting Actress at 2023 Oscars
In what became one of the most hotly contested, unpredictable categories at this year’s Academy Awards, Jamie Lee Curtis won Best Supporting Actress for her role in Everything Everywhere All at Once on Sunday. In disbelief that her name was the one being called as the winner, Curtis excitedly mouthed …
Read More »How Jimmy Kimmel, 'Everything Everywhere All at Once' and a Donkey Saved the Oscars
Now this was a damn good Oscar Night. The 95th Academy Awards show sure helped dispel the bad odor of the past few years. Watching the In Memoriam interlude last year, as a cheerleader squad honored dead people by singing “Spirit in the Sky,” I said aloud, “This show can’t …
Read More »Oscars 2023: What Will Win and What Should Win
We have just one question for you regarding the Oscars: How do you feel about hot-dog fingers? When the nominees for the 95th Academy Awards were announced on Jan. 24, the lineup was a traditional combination of the usual suspects and welcome outliers. The expected standouts from the fall festival …
Read More »Ke Huy Quan Becomes First Asian Male Film Winner at SAG Awards
Ke Huy Quan and Jamie Lee Curtis won early awards for award favorite Everything Everywhere All at Once during the Screen Actors Guild Awards ceremony on Monday. Quan emotionally acknowledged the honor during his acceptance speech. He made history, becoming the first Asian male to win a film acting Screen …
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