Movies have been absolutely peerless when it comes to giving the world a chance to gaze at desirable females. What the seventh art has been notoriously bad at is exploring the concept of female desire, in all of its complexities and clandestine, dark-corner complications. This is where Babygirl comes in. …
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With every generation comes a moral panic about sex. Usually, the fear is that young people are having too much of it, or that the art they’re consuming — movies and TV, music, even video games — is encouraging reckless and immoral behavior. But the arrival of Gen Z, the …
Read More »Sky Ferreira Shares the Unexpected Song She Wrote for 'Babygirl' — and Promises 'Masochism' Is Coming
Sky Ferreira has been waiting for a call from A24 for years. “I’ve always wanted to do something like this for a long time because I felt like so many of my peers have worked with A24 musically,” she tells Rolling Stone over the phone. “I was like, ‘Why am …
Read More »Nicole Kidman Slyly Shades Martin Scorsese's Lack of Female Leads
In April, Nicole Kidman delivered a killer speech when accepting the AFI Lifetime Achievement Award that included a list of directors who “took a bet” on her throughout her prolific career. The lineup included the likes of Susanne Bier, Stanley Kubrick, Sofia Coppola, Jane Campion, Gus Van Sant, and more. …
Read More »An Oral History of the 'Midnight Margaritas' Scene in 'Practical Magic'
Even if you haven’t seen Practical Magic — the 1998 fantasy film starring Nicole Kidman and Sandra Bullock as cursed sister-witches — you know the “midnight margaritas” scene. It happens shortly after Gillian and Sally Owens (Kidman and Bullock, respectively) accidentally murder Gillian’s abusive boyfriend Jimmy Angelov (Goran Višnjić). They …
Read More »Watch Keith Urban Play 'Chuck Taylors,' Cover 'Espresso' on 'Fallon'
Keith Urban stopped by The Tonight Show to play his recent song, “Chuck Taylors,” alongside his live band. The mid-tempo rocker comes off the country singer’s new LP, High, out now. The singer also took the opportunity cover Sabrina Carpenter‘s “Espresso” on the banjo. Urban announced his new album onInstagram …
Read More »Blood and Secrets Spill During Wedding Season in 'The Perfect Couple' Trailer
The old wedding tradition of something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue gets an unexpected extension in the first trailer for Netflix‘s The Perfect Couple. Out Sept. 5, the six-episode series checks all four of those boxes but adds a fifth: something bloody. The Perfect Couple stars Nicole Kidman …
Read More »Nicole Kidman and Sandra Bullock in Talks for 'Practical Magic' Sequel
Get the midnight margaritas ready, Practical Magic 2 is coming. On Monday, Warner Bros. confirmed the news that the Nineties cult-classic Practical Magic will be returning with a sequel. Nicole Kidman and Sandra Bullock are in talks to come back as Gillian and Sally Owens, and as producers, according to …
Read More »A 'Self-Absorbed' Zac Efron Falls for His Assistant's Mom, Nicole Kidman, in 'Family Affair' Trailer
Boss turned stepdad? On Tuesday, Netflix released the trailer for the comedy film A Family Affair, out June 28, starring Zac Efron, Joey King, and Nicole Kidman in a less-than-ideal work-family situation. The trailer opens with a scene of King’s character Zara — a day-to-day assistant to actor Chris Cole …
Read More »Nicole Kidman Becomes First Australian to Earn AFI Life Achievement Award
Nicole Kidman received the American Film Institute Life Achievement Award Saturday at a gala in Los Angeles, where she became the first-ever Australian to earn the honor. Kidman co-stars like Meryl Streep, Reese Witherspoon, Naomi Watts, and Morgan Freeman — who spoofed Kidman’s iconic AMC ad at the ceremony — …
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