Modern movies can now be slotted into five distinct categories: Comedies, dramas, horror/sci-fi, superhero films and Tom Cruise. The 61-year-old actor has gone beyond being a marquee-name star to becoming his own movie genre, a sort of one-man blockbuster flavor that borrows liberally from those other types and adds in …
Read More »A Kennedy Himbo's Viral Rant Is Making Nepo Babies Look Good
With the Eat the Rich movement in full force and RFK Jr. spewing nonsense about antidepressants and vaccines as part of his campaign strategy, the Kennedy legacy has taken somewhat of a beating as of late. Which is why the famous family should be thanking their lucky stars for Jack …
Read More »Fans Are 'Devastated' Beyoncé's 'Renaissance' Tour Isn't Coming to Pittsburgh Anymore
Consider the souls of Beyoncé‘s Pittsburgh fans irrevocably broken. On Wednesday morning, Acrisure Stadium, which was set to host the Renaissance world tour on Aug. 3, shared a statement via social media announcing that the concert has been canceled “due to production logistics and scheduling issues.” Mayor Ed Gainey released …
Read More »03 Greedo Is Back Home and Working on Building an Empire
03 Greedo is back home. After his return from a Texas county jail in January, the L.A. rapper released Halfway There, a 33-track odyssey replete with Greedo’s melodic flourishes. He followed it up by performing at South by Southwest in Austin and, in June, a two-night stint at the Novo …
Read More »CoCo Lee, Chinese Pop Star Who Crossed Over to American Charts, Dead at 48
CoCo Lee, the singer who performed Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon’s “A Love Before Time” at the 2001 Oscars and who voiced Fa Mulan in the Mandarin version of Mulan, died by suicide Wednesday. Her sisters, Carol and Nancy Lee, confirmed the news in an Instagram post. She was 48. “Although …
Read More »'The Real Wild West': The Dark, Bloody History of How the West Was Won
“When the legend becomes fact, print the legend.” The adage comes from The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, made by John Ford, the undisputed master of a genre that plays with the disparity between American myth and reality like no other. The new four-part Curiosity Stream docuseries The Real Wild …
Read More »Anti-Sunscreen Influencers Want to Fry Your Skin
This summer, like many before, a lot of people won’t wear sunblock. The difference you might notice this year is just how many are proudly posting about it. James Middleton is a fitness coach in the U.K., with a wellness brand that reaches about a quarter of a million people …
Read More »Michael Imperioli Clarifies Comments On Banning 'Bigots' From Watching 'The Sopranos'
Michael Imperioli has clarified previous statements in which the actor barred “bigots and homophobes” from watching his work — including The Sopranos and The White Lotus — following the Supreme Court’s ruling that allows businesses to discriminate against LGBTQ Americans. In an Instagram post on Tuesday, Imperioli called his previous …
Read More »'The Idol': HBO's Cringey Drama Ends Not With a Bang But Whimper
We come not to praise The Idol, but to bury it. That is assuming Sunday’s fifth episode is the last gasp for the widely scorned HBO series. The show’s creative team claims a five-episode season was the plan all along, scathing criticism be damned; HBO has not come out and …
Read More »'Barbie' Movie Banned in Vietnam Over Controversial South China Sea Map
Greta Gerwig’s Barbie will not be headed to Vietnam. The country has banned commercial screenings of the film because of a scene that shows a map of the contested “nine-dash line” in the South China Sea. The nine-dash line is a U-shaped demarcation China has used to assert territorial claims …
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