Outgoing Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour has kept quiet about her feelings on 2006 film The Devil Wears Prada—until now. Speaking to New Yorkereditor David Remnick during a recent episode ofThe New Yorker Radio Hourpodcast, Wintour reflected on the comparisons between her and Meryl Streep‘s Miranda Priestley. Remnick asked Wintour if …
Read More »'The Electric State' Is What You Get When You Turn Movies Into Content
There’s art, there’s entertainment — and then there’s “content,” the catch-all term that refers to the endless supply of stuff that is pumped out in the name of numbers and inventory. Art enlightens. Entertainment provides escapism. Content is simply there, clogging up the arteries of streaming services and clickbait sites, …
Read More »'Conclave' Is Some Truly Nutty Pope Fiction
The Pope is dead. For years, his Holiness had helped to move the Catholic church toward modernity and serving its constituents in a manner befitting the 21st century. Now, however, “the throne of the Holy See is vacant,” and a group of high-ranking cardinals — some of whom called the …
Read More »Stanley Tucci Argues Straight Actors Can Play Gay Characters if Done 'The Right Way'
Stanley Tucci spoke up in defense of straight actors playing gay characters, so long as it’s done “the right way,” and doesn’t slip into stereotypes, during an appearance on BBC Radio 4’s “Desert Island Discs” program. Tucci, who is straight, has played a handful of gay characters over the course …
Read More »Stanley Tucci Spends Date Night With His Wife at Harry Styles Wembley Stadium Concert
While people are still waiting for a text back from their latest situationship, Stanley Tucci is whisking his wife away to see Harry Styles in concert for date night. The musician recently brought his long-running “Love on Tour” show to England’s Wembley Stadium where the actor was spotted dancing along …
Read More »'Citadel' Is a $300 Million Disaster for Amazon
Imagine for a moment that in the late 2000s, Marvel did not simply announce a movie about Iron Man, but that they would simultaneously go into production on Captain America, Thor, and Avengers films, with even more in immediate development, and that these would be among the most expensive movies …
Read More »'I Wanna Dance with Somebody': Fact-Checking the Whitney Houston Biopic
No one will accuseWhitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebodyof glossing over the turbulent life of Whitney Houston. In its two-plus hours, the movie, which was authorized by Houston’s family and was co-produced by her music mentor Clive Davis, features a multi-layered performance by British actress Naomi Ackie, whose lip-synching …
Read More »Kasi Lemmons' Battle to Make the Whitney Houston Biopic 'I Wanna Dance with Somebody'
Kasi Lemmons had quite a few reservations prior to boarding the biopic Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody. For starters, she’d run in similar circles to the iconic musician in the ‘80s and early ‘90s, back when Lemmons was acting in films like School Daze and The Silence of …
Read More »'I Wanna Dance with Somebody' Comes to Praise Whitney Houston, Not to Bury Her
You don’t have to be fanatical about Whitney Houston to have a go-to Whitney moment — you just need to love the sound of a human voice soaring into the stratosphere. Early adopters would probably cite her 1983 appearance on The Merv Griffin Show, right after Clive Davis signed her …
Read More »Naomi Ackie Embodies Young Whitney Houston in Trailer for Biopic 'I Wanna Dance With Somebody'
Naomi Ackie hits the high notes as Whitney Houston in the first trailer for I Wanna Dance With Somebody, a dramatized biopic about the life of the late singer. The clip showcases Houston getting her start onstage and her subsequent rise to fame. Along with Ackie, the cast includes Ashton …
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