2023-09-17 23:36:00 Halle BerryPhoto: Frazer Harrison (Getty Images) No one is safe at the Kids’ Choice Awards. Just ask Halle Berry. Slimed at the 2012 ceremony, the Oscar winner still deals with the fallout. Gold Standard: Oscars edition – Best Actor After Drake used a photograph of Berry slimed at the Kids Choice Awards for … Read more
2023-06-24 17:15:00 Here’s a short list of words and phrases you don’t want showing up in stories about your big, expensive superhero movie’s second week in theaters: “Catastrophic.” “More than 70 percent decline.” “Dismal.” And, of course, “Morbius-esque.” And yet, that’s exactly the fate facing The Flash this weekend, as Friday night box office numbers … Read more
For the last week or so, chaos has been swirling (even moreso than usual) around HBO’s new drama series The Idolwith accusations that series creator (and Euphoria mastermind) Sam Levinson has been overseeing a “shitshow” that leans heavy on “torture porn” on the show’s set. The series, which stars The Weeknd as a cult leadetype … Read more
Mitch Winehouse with a statue of his daughter, Amy WinehousePhoto: Dave Hogan (Getty Images) Does father know best? Mitch Winehouse’s critics would probably disagree. Production on Sam Taylor-Johnson’s new Amy Winehouse biopic, Back To Blackhas begun, and fans have taken issue with the images that have circulated so far. Yet Mitch—who, as both a parent … Read more
Strange World Image: Disney Whether fighting, feasting, or frolicking, there’s one thing people weren’t doing over Thanksgiving: going to see Strange World. Since its debut on November 23, the film has risen in the ranks to one of Pixar’s biggest flops ever and could stand to lose $100 million at the box office. Strange World … Read more
Antoine Fuqua recently held a screening for his upcoming Apple TV+ film Emancipationwhich stars Will Smith as the real-life slave who famously posed for a photo published in Harper’s Weekly that showcased his horrifically scarred back (a crucial piece of compelling evidence for campaigns against slavery at the time), and everyone seems to have nothing … Read more
Kaley Cuoco and Pete Davidson in Meet CuteImage: MKI Distribution Services / Peacock The first day at any “introduction to screenwriting” class worth its salt hammers one thing home: your story won’t connect with an audience if your lead characters don’t want anything. Yes, yes, rules are made to be broken, and experimental art is … Read more
Tiffany Haddish (Frazer Harrison/Getty Images), Aries Spears (Ethan Miller/Getty Images)Image: The A.V. Club A surprising story has come to a surprisingly quick end: The anonymous siblings who accused comedians Tiffany Haddish and Aries Spears of “intentional infliction of emotional distress, gross negligence, sexual battery, sexual harassment, and sexual abuse of a minor” in a lawsuit … Read more