Merry Christmas, Joker fans. Director Todd Phillips celebrated the holiday by unveiling two new images from his forthcoming sequel, Joker: Folie à Deux. The photos, which he shared on Instagram, showcases stars Joaquin Phoenix and Lady Gaga as the Joker and Harley Quinn. “Wishing everyone a happy holiday and a …
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Jonathan Glazer was, by his own admission, a little lost. The writer-director behind Sexy Beast and Under the Skin had been chasing an unformed idea for a movie for years, uncertain of where he would go with the story or what he wanted to say about the subject. “It wasn’t …
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It’s no secret that the royals are not huge fans of The Crown, Netflix’s smash-hit series chronicling a lightly fictionalized version of the Windsors. But Prince Harry, the famously more chill scion who stepped down as a working royal in 2020, has previously said that he is “comfortable” with the …
Read More »How Donald Trump 'Bullied' His Way Into 'Home Alone 2'
If you spent your Christmas holidays binge-watching the Home Alone franchise on Disney+, you were probably stunned to see the familiar off-white dome of former President Donald Trump wandering through New York City’s Plaza Hotel lobby at the beginning of Home Alone 2. (It’s the scene where Kevin asks him …
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Nearly 60 actors and public figures, including British actress Charlotte Rampling and former French first lady Carla Bruni, have signed an open letter claiming that French actor Gerard Depardieu is the victim of a “torrent of hatred.” Depardieu, who was previously charged with rape in 2021, is currently facing a …
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Jeopardy! fans were stunned when Mayim Bialik, the Blossom star and co-host of the franchise, announced on Instagram she would be stepping down from hosting the syndicated version of the show earlier this month. In her post, she stated that Jeopardy! producers Sony Pictures Television had “informed” her she would …
Read More »Greta Lee First Got Rejected from 'Past Lives' Casting. Then They Wanted Someone 'Older'
Sometimes what’s meant for you ends up finding you months later. In a new interview with Deadline, actress Greta Lee spoke about getting cast as Nora Moon for Celine Song‘s Past Lives almost a year after first being rejected from the role. In the interview, Lee explained that she received …
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Blitz Bazawule could care less about The Color Purple’s recent award nominations. The film’s director isn’t worried about the movie-musical’s Best Picture snub at the Golden Globe or wowed by the musical’s five Critics Choice nominations and three mentions on the Oscars’ shortlist for its music. He understands the significance …
Read More »2023 Was the Year of the Reality TV Villain
It was the reality TV scandal to end all scandals. So earth-shaking that it got its own hashtag: #Scandoval. In early March, just a few episodes into the tenth season of Vanderpump Rules, it was sensationally revealed that Tom Sandoval — the worm-mustached cover-band lead and minority-stake West Hollywood bar …
Read More »'American Fiction': How Cord Jefferson Took on Hollywood and Won
Cord Jefferson wants to tell a quick story. It involves something that happened to a friend of his, although the writer-director of American Fiction is quick to point out that the incident in question could have easily happened to any number of Black creatives he knows, or for that matter, …
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