Sacheen Littlefeather, the Native American civil rights activist who declined Marlon Brando’s 1973 Best Actor Oscar on his behalf, discussed that famous night and the Academy of the Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ recent apology for the way she was treated at an event in her honor over the weekend. …
Read More »Ezra Miller Believed They Were the Messiah, the Flash Was Jesus of the Multiverse: Report
A month after Ezra Miller said they would enter treatment to deal with “complex mental health issues,” a new report details the actor’s disturbing downward spiral over the past two years, with Miller believing they were “the Messiah.” According to Vanity Fair, Miller’s mental health issues began to worsen in …
Read More »Victim Speaks: Dave Chappelle Attack Suspect Left Notes That 'Didn't Make Sense' Before Alleged Stabbing
The man charged with attackingDave Chappelle onstage at the Hollywood Bowl last May was acting paranoid and aggressive – and leaving strange notes – before he allegedly rushed his roommate and stabbed him at a transitional housing complex in Los Angeles last December, the alleged victim testified Friday. In the …
Read More »Cameron Diaz Talks Return to Acting: 'I Just Fell Back Into It'
Cameron Diaz opened up about her return to acting after an eight-year hiatus during an interview on The Tonight Show, where the actress talked about co-starring in the upcoming action-comedy appropriately titled Back in Action. “It’s a little bit of muscle memory, you know what I mean? I did that …
Read More »10 Best Movies at Toronto Film Festival 2022
Should you have wondered whether the Toronto International Film Festival was indeed “back” in full force — in its 47th edition, and its second since Virtual TIFF Year Zero — you simply had to look outside. Folks milled in front the Bell Lightbox when they weren’t packed into screenings, chatting …
Read More »'Blonde' Tells a Story of Marilyn Monroe That's All Pain, No Pleasure
If your stance is, rightly, that Marilyn Monroe was a kind of genius, an actress for whom the status of sex symbol comes with an asterisk, because she was not helplessly beholden to her iconic image — not merely a slave to the culture’s open-flied erotic hunger, not simply the …
Read More »'Atlanta' Season 4 Premiere Recap: Revenge of the Karens
Atlanta is back for its final season. A review of the two-part season premiere, “The Most Atlanta” and “The Homeliest Little Horse,” coming up just as soon as I return my air fryer… Back in March, Atlanta Season Three premiered with back-to-back episodes. The scheduling seemed only fair, because it …
Read More »Anne Heche Estate War Looms as Ex Claims She Left Him in Charge, Not 'Estranged' Son
A battle is brewing over the estate of Anne Heche, the Six Days, Seven Nights actress who died from inhalation and thermal injuries suffered in a fiery car crash last month. Heche’s ex-boyfriend James Tupper, the father of her 13-year-old son Atlas Heche Tupper, filed a probate petition Thursday objecting …
Read More »Late-Night Hosts Take Aim at Ron DeSantis Sending Migrants to Martha's Vineyard
Earlier this week, Florida governor Ron DeSantis took credit for sending two planes filled with migrants to Martha’s Vineyard, much to the delight of late-night television hosts. Several joked about DeSantis’ action, which was apparently part of a program to transport undocumented immigrants to so-called sanctuary destinations. “Ron DeSantis is …
Read More »'Moonage Daydream' Isn't Just a Bowie Doc — It's a Trip Through the Thin White Duke's Mind
It could have been a straightforward documentary about the David Bowie story — but who wants straightforward when it comes to Bowie? Instead, Moonage Daydream is a gloriously innovative trip into the Thin White Duke’s mind, written, directed, and edited by Brett Morgen. He specializes in portraits of twisted artists, …
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