Edgar Wright talks music doc ‘The Sparks Brothers’ and why he’s ‘a frustrated band member’

The British filmmaker of “Shaun of the Dead” and “Scott Pilgrim vs. “When you become an evangelist for a band, you grab anybody within earshot to say, ‘Hey, listen to this!’ ” he says. I’d sort of become friendly with them in Los Angeles and I’d observed enough of them just as people that I found […]

‘Keeping Up’ reunion revelations: Explosive fights nearly cut, where Kim and Kanye stand today

Today, the Skims founder says the two “have an amazing co-parenting relationship” with their kids North, 8, Saint, 5, Chicago, 3, and Psalm, 2. Kris wanted to remove a blow-up between Kim and Kourtney that played out during Season 18 in March 2020. Cohen transitions to the topic of Kim’s ex-husband, former basketball player Kris Humphries, by pretending […]

Writer Janet Malcolm, ‘The Journalist and The Murderer’ author, dies at 86

NEW YORK — Janet Malcolm, the inquisitive and boldly subjective author and reporter known for her challenging critiques of everything from murder cases and art to journalism itself, has died. Supreme Court allowing it go to trial and Malcolm testifying, to much skepticism, that she could not find a notebook in which she wrote down some […]

‘The true spectrum’: Victoria’s Secret replaces Angels with Megan Rapinoe, Priyanka Chopra

Among the first seven women selected to join the “VS Collective” are professional soccer star Megan Rapinoe, actress Priyanka Chopra Jonas and LGBTQ model and activist Valentina Sampaio, the first transgender model to be featured in the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue. The first Black VS model to do so many other groundbreaking things with the brand – as […]

After ‘Schitt’s Creek,’ Annie Murphy wanted to go ‘as far from Alexis Rose as I possibly could’

But casting directors tried totypecast Murphy into roles similar to the frothy and shallow and self-seeking celebutante. She wanted to follow the wife “from her brightly lit, laugh-tracked living room with her funny husband” to the kitchen, where her unfunny reality sinks in. “Allison was so appealing because she was so different from Alexis,”  says Murphy. “It’s that desperate […]

‘In the Heights’ Lin-Manuel Miranda apologizes for lack of Afro-Latino representation: ‘We fell short’

During the musical’s opening weekend, people on social media discussed issues of colorism in the movie. “I’m seeing the discussion around Afro-Latino representation in our film this weekend and it is clear that many in our dark-skinned Afro-Latino community don’t feel sufficiently represented, particularly among the leading roles,” wrote Miranda. “The bottom line I can […]

Jessica Biel gives rare update on birthing ‘secret COVID baby’ with Justin Timberlake

“I had, like, a secret COVID baby,” the “Cruel Summer” executive producer said. Biel said she gave birth during the summer of 2020, though Timberlake didn’t publicly confirm the news until January. I think if I had to be there alone, that would have been horrible. “The conversations I’m having now with my 6-year-old  so cool,” she said. […]

‘In the Heights’ falls short, finishes behind ‘A Quiet Place 2’ at box office

The release of “In the Heights” – a lavish song-and-dance musical accompanied by glowing reviews from critics and considered a milestone movie for Latinos – was widely seen as a cultural event. After a string of good box-office weekends, the opening of “In the Heights” was a reminder of the challenges of the marketplace. Starring […]

‘I am way out of my comfort zone’: Nicole Kidman reveals challenges playing Lucille Ball

Kidman and Rock were discussing things they do to prepare for acting roles. Her most recent role was playing Grace Fraser opposite Hugh Grant as Jonathan Fraser in HBO thriller “The Undoing.” In the series, Kidman plays a a successful therapist who unfolds incriminating secrets about her husband while he is on trial for the murder of his […]

Muslim characters virtually missing in top films: ‘The data doesn’t lie,’ Riz Ahmed says

When it comes to onscreen representation in film, Muslims are hardly anywhere to be found, according to a new study. While Muslims make up 24% of the global population, they made up less than 2% of the films researched, meaning out of 8,965 speaking characters in 200 movies, 144 were Muslim. “The representation of Muslims […]