“I think it’s cyclical,” offers Elizabeth Banks. “Everything has its moment, goes away, and comes back.” The wildly prolific actress, who’s appeared in everything from Wet Hot American Summer and the original Spider-Man films to The 40-Year-Old Virgin and The Hunger Games franchise, is talking about the YA craze she …
Read More »Ending One of the Last Vestiges of Blackface in Hollywood
Actor Jason George was a few years into his career when he secured his first starring role in a movie. It was the early 2000s, and he’d been cast as a co-lead in a mountain climbing flick called The Climb. He was excited for the prospect of a break until …
Read More »Michelle Yeoh's Oscar Was the Guest of Honor at Her Wedding
Michelle Yeoh‘s 19-year engagement to former Ferrari CEO Jean Todt came to an end on July 27 when the couple officially tied the knot at a wedding ceremony in Geneva, Switzerland. The actress had all of the most important people in her life present at the event, including her friends, …
Read More »'The Kardashians' Finale Skips Right Over Kim Kardashian's Balenciaga Scandal
“We’re sharing every last detail of our lives. I just think our show is what made us. I’ll always want to give it my all. I’ll always want to film and be a part of it and give everything I can.” During the second episode of the third season of …
Read More »'Talk to Me' Is a Thrillingly Weird Horror-Movie Debut From A24
Teenagers — you can’t reason with them, you can’t get them off their phones, and you definitely can’t convince them that fucking around with a cursed mummified hand that allows them to speak to the dead is a bad idea, amirite? Talk to Me, the directorial debut from Australian twin …
Read More »Netflix's 'The Lady of Silence' May Be the Year's Best True Crime Doc
You can scarcely surf the great streaming ocean without happening on a serial killer documentary or series, a fact that probably says more about us than the entertainment industry. All options, however, are not created equal. For every few quick-and-dirty procedurals, you’ll find something with real style and personality — …
Read More »'The Morning Show' Reconfigures Alliances and Morals in Season 3 Teaser
The Morning Show will hit reset with its third season, premiering Sept. 13 on Apple TV+. In the first teaser trailer for the upcoming set of episodes, led by Reese Witherspoon and Jennifer Aniston, loyalties within alliances formed at the broadcast morning news program are put to the test — …
Read More »Man Sentenced to 30 Months in Connection to Overdose Death of Michael K. Williams
Carlos Macci was sentenced on Tuesday to 30 months in prison in connection with the death of The WireactorMichael K. Williams. Macci, 72, was part of a group of four men selling drugs out of a Williamsburg apartment and was with the man who sold the actor a bag of …
Read More »Greta Gerwig on Outraged Conservatives Burning Barbies
Greta Gerwig’sBarbie grossed a record-breaking$155 million domestically— and $377 million internationally — in its first weekend. The blockbuster film also crushed right-wing efforts to boycott the film for its “man-hating” and “woke feminism,” and Barbie has since driven her pink Corvette over the delicate egos of outraged conservatives to score …
Read More »Ariana Madix's 'Love Island' Cameo Is a Big F-You to Tom Sandoval
“You don’t sit there and watch episodes of Love Island with me,” Ariana Madix said when she tried to explain her idea of quality time to her then-boyfriend Tom Sandoval in what was supposed to be the Season 10 finale of Vanderpump Rules. The scene between the former couple shows …
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