Jenna Ortega is a very committed writer in the trailer for Miller’s Girl. In the clip, the Wednesday actress stars as a creative writing student who take things over the line with her teacher, played by Martin Freeman, as he offers her special treatment. The film, written and directed by …
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Jews are not a monolith. And yet, for the past several decades, those in favor of Benjamin Netanyahu’s administration have mendaciously branded any criticisms of the Israeli government as antisemitism. It is a curious conflation, given how a 2021 Pew Research Center survey revealed that only 58% of Jewish adults …
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Jenna Ortega will no longer be in Scream VII. Several outlets reported that the actress will be stepping away from the Scream franchise due to alleged scheduling conflicts with the second season of Wednesday. But the new reporting arrives just one day after Spyglass Media Group — the production company …
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For the first time in nearly two decades, the Emmys recognized the work of Latino actors in its comedy and drama lead actor categories when the Television Academy announced this year’s nominees on Wednesday. The awards ceremony will take place on Sept. 18. Jenna Ortega, who stars in Wednesday, is …
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Jenna Ortega, Emma Myers, Joy Sunday, and Hunter Doohan got together to tackle some of the fan theories that have sprouted from Wednesday. And while they did reveal a little tease about Season Two during their teaser for Netflix‘s Tudum event in Brazil on Saturday, they admitted they know about …
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Jenna Ortega let go of her people-pleasing tendencies when she signed up to play Wednesday‘s titular role. In a comedy actress roundtable for The Hollywood Reporter, the Latina star spoke openly about fighting to be heard as a young actor and “putting her foot down” when it came to changing …
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Jenna Ortega kicked off her Saturday Night Live hosting debut with a nod to her days as a child actor in a Colgate toothpaste commercial, but added a horror twist to the ad in light of her starring role in Wednesday, the Addams Family-inspired Netflix series. “A lot of people …
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Saturday Night Live host Jenna Ortega and Wednesday co-star Fred Armisen teamed up again for a not-so-PG version of the 1998 film The Parent Trap, with Armisen playing crude crew member Raymond who fills in as Ortega’s twin during a script read. During a scene where the two disagree about …
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Say what you want about Scream, the 2022 reboot of everybody’s favorite ‘90s/‘00s meta-slasher — it completely understood the pop-culture–osphere it was coming into and commenting on, i.e. the era of endless nostalgia retreads and “requels.” That original cycle was all about making horror movies that bet on how much …
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Jenna Ortega reluctantly agreed to recreate the dance scene from Tim Burton’s Netflix seriesWednesday for herSaturday Night Livepromo on Wednesday. “Honestly, this is really well-written, I just don’t feel like I want to do theWednesdaydance for promo because we’ve seen so much of that already and I think it’s time …
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