Let’s talk about love — and open secrets. Because both are at the heart of what makes Valérie Lemercier’s new film Aline such an oddity, if not quite the oddity that was promised. The New York Times, writing about the movie’s debut at Cannes last year, made Lemercier’s project out …
Read More »The Righteous, Riotous Return of 'Atlanta'
On March 29, 2018, FX premiered an episode of Atlanta called “Barbershop,” in which rising rap star Alfred “Paper Boi” Miles (Brian Tyree Henry) goes through a series of ridiculous ordeals on behalf of his talkative con man of a barber. Seven nights later, Atlanta gave us “Teddy Perkins,” a …
Read More »'SNL': Oscar Isaac Unveils Childhood Precursor to 'Moon Knight' in Monologue
Oscar Isaac began his first-ever monologue as the host of Saturday Night Live with an air of self-deprecation: “They actually asked me to host back in 2015 but I said, ‘Nah, I’m not ready. I want to wait until after the pandemic.’ And they were like, ‘What pandemic?’” The Star …
Read More »Andy Warhol Reads From His Own Diaries — With Some AI Assistance — in New Doc Trailer
A new documentary, The Andy Warhol Diaries, will reexamine the life of the 20th century’s most famous artist through the lens of his own letters. Filmmaker Andrew Rossi used AI software to recreate Warhol’s voice to read entries from the artist’s posthumously published 1989 memoir, also titled The Andy Warhol …
Read More »'Rust' Medic Sues Crew, Producers Over Fatal Set Shooting, Excluding Alec Baldwin
The medic who responded to the deadly shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the set of Rust last October has filed a negligence lawsuit against several of her fellow crew members and the movie’s producers — but not actor Alec Baldwin, whose weapon fired the lethal shot. In a complaint …
Read More »Jenna Ortega, Maddie Ziegler Grapple With Grief in Billie Eilish-Backed Trailer for 'The Fallout'
On Thursday, HBO Max released the trailer for The Fallout, a film about two teenage girls grappling with the grief of surviving and losing classmates in a school shooting. The trailer, which opens with a trigger warning, sees Vada (Jenna Ortega) and Mia (Maddie Ziegler) meeting in a school restroom …
Read More »Young Women Remember Chris Noth, Accused of Sexual Assault, As a 'Sleazy' Figure Around New York
Holly worked as a bartender at The Cutting Room, a New York City music venue co-owned by Chris Noth. It was 2013, a few years after his role as Mr. Big in Sex & the City had been reignited in films, but she remembers being unfazed by seeing the actor …
Read More »Comedy and Commies: Nicole Kidman, Javier Bardem Star as Lucy and Desi in New 'Being the Ricardos' Trailer
Nicole Kidman and Javier Bardem capture the tumult that simmered beneath the comedy of Lucile Ball and Desi Arnaz in the new trailer for Aaron Sorkin’s Being the Ricardos. The film is set to hit theaters Dec. 10 before arriving on Amazon Prime Video Dec. 21. Being the Ricardos is …
Read More »Inside the Mind of El Chapo With 'Narcos: Mexico' Star Alejandro Edda
When Alejandro Edda showed up at the federal courthouse in downtown Brooklyn on Jan. 28, 2019, he didn’t turn heads — not at first. The 37-year-old actor is not a household name, and in real life he doesn’t much look like the man he depicts in his best-known role to …
Read More »'Rust' Director 'Gutted by the Loss' of Halyna Hutchins in New Statement
Joel Souza, the director of Rust who was injured when Alec Baldwin unknowingly fired a live round on the New Mexico set, has issued his first statement since the incident that also claimed the life of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins. “I am gutted by the loss of my friend and colleague, …
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