Are you ready to feel the Kenergy? Greta Gerwig’s plastic, pink-toned Barbie movie made $162 million in its first weekend, marking the biggest debut ever for a film directed by a woman. While the nostalgic enthusiasm and internet memes certainly fueled the hype, a combination of rave reviews, an endless …
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A Los Angeles County Superior judge ordered Pete Davidson to complete 50 hours of community service and attend an 18-month diversion program after he crashed his car intoa Beverly Hills home back in March, according to a statement from the district attorney on Monday, the New York Times reports. The …
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Horrible crimes have been committed amid Tokyo’s shadowy nightlife, and a young Western woman is in the middle of it. So are the police and the media, each handling things as they’ve been taught, which doesn’t endear them to each other. No, it’s not another season of HBO’s Tokyo Vice, …
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Clawdeena has always had a fascination for dolls. The Los Angeles-based content creator had about 150 Bratz dolls and 50 Barbies in her childhood years. Her favorites: Bratz’s Jade and Barbie’s Raquelle, because they aligned with her half-Chinese identity. Despite having a shared love for both, she says she gravitated …
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The jury in Kevin Spacey’s sexual assault trial in London began deliberations on Monday, July 24. As Variety reports, the jury retired after a brief morning session during which the judge presiding over the case reviewed the evidence with the jurors. The jury will now consider the 12 charges against …
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Toward the end of Greta Gerwig’s Barbie movie, our titular heroine’s (Margot Robbie) journey culminates in the arrival of an unexpected guest: Her creator, the late Ruth Handler (played by Rhea Perlman). Having just spent two hours confronting the reality that Barbies didn’t actually solve all inequality and are, in …
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The double feature is something of a bygone pleasure. Sure, repertory theaters will curate stacked showings of classic fare or art house favorites for the cultured cinephile in us, but the first-run double — one you might randomly drop into knowing little about either movie — seems the relic of …
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“All you have to do is just lay there and let me be Prince Charming,” my partner, who regularly groomed himself like a Ken doll, said to me as he readied to take my virginity. I nodded, because all I knew of sex back then was agreement. He’d move against …
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As ‘Barbie‘ fans gathered at the Alamo Drafthouse in New York for the Barbie premiere on Friday, director Greta Gerwig stopped by for a surprise visit. In an Instagram video posted by writer David Mack, Gerwig was seen in a denim jumpsuit and cap addressing the audience. “I can’t tell …
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Actors have now taken to the streets, walking shoulder to shoulder on picket lines with members of the Writers Guild of America (WGA) after failing to secure an equitable contract with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP). We are one week into the SAG-AFTRA strike, and, as …
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