Miley Cyrus joined Beyoncé onstage at the Stade de France in Paris on Thursday night for the live premiere of “II Most Wanted.” The two friends, both dressed in shimmering gold outfits, held hands as they belted the duet to throngs of screaming fans. Though this marks the first guest …
Read More »Torchbearer Snoop Dogg Will Carry Olympic Flame on Journey Through Paris
The Paris Olympics are heating up. The torch relay through France is already underway, currently passing through Yvelines into Hauts-de-Seine. After those territories have been covered, the second to last stretch of the journey before the opening ceremony will begin tomorrow, with Snoop Dogg serving as torchbearer for the Saint-Denis …
Read More »Sabrina Carpenter Hallucinates on Espresso in Paris Olympics Promo
If you see Sabrina Carpenter talking to a little bird, it’s probably because she’s had too much (espresso) to drink! On Monday, NBC released a new promo slot for the upcoming Olympics in Paris starring none other than the “Espresso” queen herself. The video follows the musician having a full …
Read More »Poop in the Seine, Packed Trains, Convoluted QR Codes — Is Paris Ready for the Olympics?
When the City of Paris first made its bid to host the 2024 Summer Olympics, organizers promised free public transportation, the extension of several metro lines to accommodate crowds at stadiums outside of the city limits, and a pollution-free Seine open to hosting swimming events. Eight years later, with a …
Read More »'Passages' Is One of the Year's Best Films — and in a Ratings Battle
“I wanted to make a movie of pleasure,” offers Ira Sachs. “For me, that means skin is revealed. Skin is part of what cinema can offer in a way that creates a kind of… horny environment for the audience and the actors.” Sachs, the veteran indie filmmaker behind intimate dramas …
Read More »'Passages' Is So Sexy and Raw It Got Slapped With an NC-17 Rating
You can find hundreds of egotistical monsters who’ve graced movie screens (don’t get us started on the ones working behind the scenes; that’s a whole other piece), but few of them can compare to Tomas Freiburg. A renowned filmmaker who’s a tyrant on set — his volatile Rainer Werner Fassbinder …
Read More »'Heartstopper' Season 2 Captures the Beauty of Queer Teen Love
At one point in the new season of Netflix‘s Heartstopper, a pair of adult chaperones on a school field trip observe the various romantic entanglements of their students. One is touched and a bit amused by it all, while the other feels wistful about it. “When you don’t figure out …
Read More »Influencers Mildly Inconvenienced by Police Shooting Protests During Paris Couture Week
“OK the past few weeks have been MANICCC,” Masoom Minawala Mehta, a lifestyle and fashion influencer with 1.3 million Instagram, posted in her stories on Sunday. In addition to dealing with events in her personal life — a canceled trip to Spain, and a husband with a broken leg — …
Read More »'John Wick: Chapter 4': How Keanu Reeves' Stunt Double Became Hollywood's Hottest Action Director
“Are we really gonna have dogs biting crotches?” These are the questions that keep Chad Stahelski up at night. After getting his start doubling for Brandon Lee in The Crow and Keanu Reeves in The Matrix films, the former stuntman and stunt coordinator made his feature directorial debut (alongside fellow …
Read More »'Emily in Paris' Loses Its Camp Magic in Messy Third Season
“Everyone likes watching a story about two people trying to fight off their natural attraction to each other,” declares the dashing Chef Gabriel (Lucas Bravo) while strolling after dark with Emily (Lily Collins) in the new season of Emily in Paris. Gabriel and Emily have just left a very uncomfortable …
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