In 2019, A24 released The Souvenir, British filmmaker Joanna Hogg’s semi-autobiographical tale about a young, upper class woman involved with an older man. She also has to face their evaluations of her as both a director and a person when she takes on the project of her very intimate graduate film. But The Souvenir Part […]
In the land of prequels, Dieter and his wavy blond locks live on! And if his star turn in Netflix’s new film, Army of Thieves, proves to be popular, we may see him yet again, says Schweighöfer, who also directed the movie. As it stands now, Dieter is trapped within the scientific concept of Schrödinger’s […]
In the land of prequels, Dieter and his wavy blond locks live on! And if his star turn in Netflix’s new film, Army of Thieves, proves to be popular, we may see him yet again, says Schweighöfer, who also directed the movie. As it stands now, Dieter is trapped within the scientific concept of Schrödinger’s […]
Squid Game is one of the year’s most pervasive shows, becoming Netflix’s biggest series of all time and topping internet searches for Halloween costumes. Craig Tice, superintendent of the Fayetteville-Manlius School District, which includes the schools Enders Road, Mott Road, and Fayetteville, told CNYCentral that staff had observed students reenacting Squid Game scenarios at recess. […]
The Emmy nominee seems to be channeling his scathing Succession persona in his upcoming memoir, Putting the Rabbit in the Hat. Cox, who declined a role in the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise, writes of Depp: “Personable though I’m sure he is, is so overblown, so overrated. I walked out of Pulp Fiction,” adding the […]
Many of the show’s eclectic characters have returned, save for its two most prominent players: Joe Exotic, who is currently serving a 22-year prison sentence for attempting a murder-for-hire plot, and Carole Baskin, the woman at the center of his ire. If you give a damn, it’s time to speak up.” Later in the trailer, […]
Not all of them are lethal, but Sheriff Adam Mendoza believes some will prove to be real bullets. Blanks have explosive powder in them but no slug, so they create a bang, smoke, and fire, but should launch no projectile. “We suspect there were other live rounds that were found on the set,” Mendoza added. […]
When Queen Elizabeth returned from an overnight stay at King Edward VII Hospital in London last Thursday, Buckingham Palace announced that she had returned to undertaking “light duties.” At the time, royal insiders believed she was still planning to attend the opening reception of the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Glasgow on November 1, […]
After he injured his knee, the series lead tried to muscle through the pain—but was soon rushed to the emergency room, where he learned he had torn his ACL. But now, after nearly a year’s delay and a unique border exemption for cast and crew that saved production, Cowboy Bebop is finally set to premiere […]
Ted Lasso decided we could all use an advance on holiday cheer. But as the episode unfolds, Higgins finds himself host to virtually the whole team in a heartwarming sequence that illustrates how much the players have bonded under their new coach. He has an Emmy nomination for best supporting actor in a comedy series, […]
The 6-foot-6-inch comedian with an arsenal of exaggerated faces was a common presence on television and in web videos beginning in 2007. Moore was born in Montclair, New Jersey to Mickey and Becki Moore, Christian rock singers who had some success in the 1970s. In the 2000s, at New York’s School of Visual Arts, he […]
Though Kate Middleton has already spent the year expanding her charity portfolio by founding a new center for early childhood research, it seems like she still has room for a few more high-profile jobs. Ever since the exit, tabloids have speculated that other royals will be asked to pick up the slack, but Kate’s appointment […]
On Friday, Netflix released the first photo of the Oscar nominee playing Queen Elizabeth II in Season 5 of The Crown. Despite an initial report that The Crown’s fifth season would be its last, Staunton will play the role for seasons 5 and 6. “I have loved watching The Crown from the very start,” Staunton […]
But a few instances of local protest did make it into the papers, like the moment in Australia when Diana was presented with the anti-monarchist Eureka flag as she entered the couple’s Rolls Royce. Metro reports that Sir Richard Stratton, then New Zealand’s British-appointed high commissioner, claimed that Charles and Diana did encounter a group […]
As the tale goes, Sir Gawain must journey from his home to the Green Chapel, the faraway place where the Green Knight set up the second half of their beheading game. He carries himself to the bedroom and falls asleep, until Lady Winifred wakes him up, inquiring about his intrusion. The cookie-cutter version of this […]
What we know for sure about Brendan Hunt’s stoic assistant coach on Ted Lasso is that he’s a loyal friend, a voracious reader, and a masterful chess enthusiast who doesn’t even need a board to play. The true appeal of Coach Beard is in the negative space he creates: what we don’t know, can’t see, […]
Fears of mortality both immediate—what was the source of that cough?—and more wide-ranging—what happens after we die?—have lately taken nagging root in my mind, distracting me as I go about the regular things of life. It’s a poetic kind of confrontation, one addressing our particular worries and the haunt of human history, the many centuries […]
“A lot of people working in cannabis love what they do—but there’s a little bit of that Daniel Day-Lewis oil-crazed land baron frenzy,” says Rose cofounder Nathan Cozzolino. “I didn’t understand why, in this mecca of amazing produce and arguably the cannabis capital of the world, those two things weren’t joined,” says Cozzolino, who is […]
In State of the Streamers, Vanity Fair’s Awards Insider goes inside the campaigns of some of this Emmy season’s biggest players—from front-runners to underdogs, on streaming networks both well established and brand new to the game. For Netflix, this is finally the year—the moment it wins a top program Emmy Award for the first time. […]
To announce the festival’s triumphant return—and the return of all of cinema—Cannes has brought out the big guns. The film is loosely based on the life of Benedetta Carlini, a 17th century nun revered as a mystic and persecuted for engaging in a lesbian affair with another member of her convent. She’s probably making it […]