Actors are drawn to biopics like moths to a particularly bright, often gold-tinted flame because it allows them to test their impressionistic mettle, to inhabit the real life of someone who’s often larger than life, to chart how an extraordinary human being is transformed into an emblem of their moment. …
Read More »Regina King Wants People to Know Shirley Chisholm's Good Fight
M ost people have a pet peeve, but for powerhouse actress Regina King, her latest project is a shot at trying to fix hers. And it’s a solution so necessary it’s been almost 15 years in the making. Premiering March 22 on Netflix, the new biopic Shirley stars King as …
Read More »Aespa, Jessie Reyez, and Tokischa Will Appear on 'Rebel Moon Part 2'-Inspired EP
Several of the leading characters on Rebel Moon – Part Two: The Scargiver are getting their own songs! Rolling Stone can exclusively reveal that stars such as Jessie Reyez, Tokischa, Aespa, and Black Coffee will be featured on Songs of the Rebellion, an EP inspired by the characters of Netflix‘s …
Read More »Prince Andrew Sweats (Or Doesn't) Through Jeffrey Epstein Questions in New 'Scoop' Trailer
Amid online conspiracies around Kate Middleton’s whereabouts, Netflix has released a trailer for its new film about a famous “car crash” interview with another member of the royal family. The streaming giant has offered a new look at Scoop, which tells the behind-the-scenes story of Prince Andrew‘s infamous 2019 BBC …
Read More »Busy Philipps Took Over Social Media. Now She's Taking Over Netflix
When she’s not earning laughs as the flighty but metamorphosing Summer Dutkowsky, the self-proclaimed “hot one” of Girls5eva, the real Busy Philipps — beloved actor, internet personality, and podcaster — has spent the past seven years building a reputation as the brutally honest one. Around 2017, Philipps started chronicling her …
Read More »'Black Mirror' Returns for Season 7 in 2025
Charlie Brooker’s dark, satirical series Black Mirror will make a comeback in 2025. The popular Netflix show’s seventh season will have six episodes, including a sequel to Season 4’s sci-fi adventure “USS Callister.” As a recap: The first episode of Season 4, “USS Callister,” draws inspiration from Star Trek: The …
Read More »How the 'Netflix Effect' Saved 'Girls5eva,' 'The Tourist' and Other TV Orphans
Starting today, three seasons of Girls5eva — the Tina Fey-produced comedy starring Sara Bareilles, Renée Elise Goldsberry, Busy Philipps, and Paula Pell as members of a one-hit wonder pop group struggling to mount a comeback in middle age — are streaming on Netflix. The average subscriber will be forgiven for …
Read More »Jennifer Lopez Must Save Mankind in Teaser for Sci-Fi Flick 'Atlas'
Fresh off starring in her This Is Me… Now: A Love Story, Jennifer Lopez will return to the small screen this Memorial Day weekend with the sci-fi flick Atlas. In the teaser for the film, arriving May 24 on Netflix, Lopez is on a solo mission to save mankind with …
Read More »New Netflix Doc Asks If Putin Restarted the Cold War — Or If It Ever Ended in the First Place
And the award for good timing goes to Netflix. In the wake of Oppenheimer’s inevitable Oscar coronation Sunday night, a celebration of a movie about the tormented father of the atomic bomb and the world he helped create, the mega-streamer has dropped Turning Point: The Bomb and the Cold War, …
Read More »Meet Abbey Romeo, Half of the 'Love on the Spectrum' Super Couple
When Abbey Romeo, 25, was little, her favorite Disney princess was Ariel from The Little Mermaid. “She’s a mermaid who wanted to be with the humans, just like how I wanted to be with neurotypical people,” she says. “And when she finally became human, she couldn’t talk. She felt isolated …
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