When I first had the opportunity to watch Dogtooth in 2010, I instantly recognized writer/director Yorgos Lanthimos as a filmmaker with fascinating sensibilities and style, and I committed to keeping an eye on his work in the years ahead… but I never had even the slightest inkling that he would find what can be called “mainstream” success. And yet, that’s exactly what has happened in the last 14 years. His 2015 movie The Lobster and 2017’s The Killing Of A Sacred Deer saw him start collaborating with notable Hollywood stars like Colin Farrell, Rachel Weisz, and Nicole Kidman, and he…
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The star also played a mash-up of “Maroon” and “Come Back… Be Here” for the crowd at Wembley Stadium on Friday night Taylor Swift kicked off the first show of three nights at London‘s Wembley Stadium on Friday. The singer delivered a live debut of “The Black Dog” from her double album, The Tortured Poets Department: The Anthology. “I’ve never played this one live before,” Swift said to the crowd in videos shared to X, before diving into the surprise section of her set. After performing the TTPD track, Swift played a mash up of “Maroon” and “Come Back… Be…
Joe Scaife — the man behind two of the most ear-catching country songs of all time — died last weekend at age 68.In addition to producing “Redneck Woman” for Gretchen Wilson in 2004 and “Achy Breaky Heart” for Billy Ray Cyrus in 1992, Scaife was a part of hit songs for K.T. Oslin, Montgomery Gentry, Toby Keith, Shania Twain and more.The Tennessean notes that Scaife was part of making records that sold over 80 million copies.Often he was an engineer for well-known music producer and executive Harold Shedd.Scaife’s wife Danielle confirmed the news on Facebook.”Our hearts are broken. We love you…
31. Streep is the second of four consecutive Outstanding Supporting Actress Oscar winners with the initials “M.S.,” beginning with Maggie Smith in 1978, followed by Streep in ’79, Mary Steenburgen in ’80, and Maureen Stapleton in ’81. 32. She lobbied for the lead role in Oliver Stone’s 1989 adaptation of Evita, but dropped out only two months prior to shooting. Initially, her decision to walk was blamed on exhaustion, but it was later revealed there was a dispute over her salary. The role would eventually be played by Madonna in 1996. 33. After starring in 1990’s Postcards from the Edge, written by…
This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Early June marks the latest round of Nebula Award winners. I’m writing this post before the awards, so by the time this goes live, the winners will have been announced. Congratulations to them all! As both an admiring reader and aspiring writer in the science fiction and fantasy genres, the Nebula Awards is an important annual event. As a writer, it’s a chance for me to support writers and friends in my community when they’re nominated and/or win. As a reader, both in…
It’s summer, the temps are climbing, and if you’re anything like me (Kristen) and Will, you’re looking for anything a little breezy, even when it comes to your horror. And boy, does 2022’s The Blackening feel like a breath of fresh air, which is why we’re lucky that a listener suggested we cover it on our podcast, Guide to the Unknown, this week. The Blackening is a horror-comedy without being a total Scary Movie spoof-fest (no matter what the first Google results tell you), inspired by comedy group 3Peat’s sketch of the same name. It’s actual lol funny, it’s an hour and thirty-seven minutes long,…
Over the years, Jennifer Lawrence hasn’t been shy when it comes to sharing her love of reality TV shows, especially Bravo’s Real Housewives franchise. Now the Oscar-winner is bringing her passion to the next level by producing and starring in a movie inspired by its viral socialites., and my goodness is this an incredible idea!Jennifer Lawrence is partnering with A24 and Apple Original Films to make a murder mystery movie called The Wives, following the actress being a longtime fan of Real Housewives. Per Variety, The Wives is being written by Michael Breslin and Patrick Foley, who were Pulitzer Prize…
In response to a lawsuit by Rolling Stone and National Security Counselors, the Department of Justice has turned over two tranches of FBI documents related to former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger. Rolling Stone’s Freedom of Information Act request, filed hours after the announcement of his death in November 2023, seeks expedited processing of FBI files related to the former Secretary of State and National Security Advisor to President Nixon. Kissinger is widely considered to be a war criminal for his role in the bombing of Cambodia, a coup in Chile, and massacres in East Timor and Bangladesh, and his…
As predicted by Charli XCX, working with Lorde on a remixed version of “Girl, so confusing” indeed made the “internet go crazy.” And, it also touched one of Charli’s earliest friends, Marina, who shared that she teared up while listening to the two singers work through their differences on the track. “This is beautiful. Just cried listening to it,” wrote Marina on X Friday. “It’s so courageous and humans to make work about this topic and it’s so healing to listen to it. Congratulations on an iconic album @charli_xcx.” Soon after, Charli XCX responded to the tweet, writing, “Aww marina!!…
Blue Light Therapy & Green Light Therapy for the Skin: How Does It Work? According to Dr. Hartman light therapy, “works by delivering wavelengths of light to the skin, either from an at-home device or an in-office procedure. The light penetrates the surface of the skin, causing a reaction on and in the skin. Most blue and green light therapies are quick (less than 15 minutes) and are painless. Green and blue light are different wavelengths of light spectrum, so they offer different and some overlapping benefits.” What Are the Benefits of a Blue Light Treatment or a Green Light…
This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. At first glance, Piranesi by Susanna Clarke is not an intuitive book to try to adapt to the screen. It takes place in a labyrinthian house of endlessly stretching hallways where an ocean threatens to overtake the rooms at any moment. It’s also mostly centered on just one character. Put those two factors together and you have a high-budget film with a narrow appeal — it’s more thought experiment than action movie.But it turns out that these limitations might just take a little…
An adaptation of the Stephen King story, horror movie The Monkey is headed our way early next year from NEON, producer James Wan and director Osgood Perkins (Longlegs). The Monkey will release in theaters February 21, 2025. [Related] Osgood Perkins Previews His Fun-for-the-Family Stephen King Movie The Monkey is a short horror story that appeared in Skeleton Crew, a 1985 collection that also featured The Mist, The Jaunt, The Raft, Survivor Type, The Reach, and more. Theo James (The White Lotus) stars alongside Tatiana Maslany (She–Hulk: Attorney at Law), Elijah Wood (Maniac), Christian Convery (Sweet Tooth), Colin O’Brien (Wonka), Rohan Campbell (Halloween Ends) and Sarah Levy (Schitt’s Creek). Osgood Perkins (The Blackcoat’s Daughter, Gretel & Hansel, the upcoming Longlegs) wrote the…
The world lost one of its great actors yesterday with the passing of Donald Sutherland. With 200 film and TV credits to his name throughout his career, Sutherland touched millions of fans and also performed with some of the biggest stars during multiple generations of Hollywood. Now those stars are paying tribute to the man they worked with, the man they called friend, or simply the man they idolized.Back in 1993, Will Smith appeared in his first dramatic film role, and one of Smith’s best performances, in Six Degrees of Separation. He had scenes opposite Sutherland in that film and…
Crash begins with Kehlani Parrish tumbling through watery depths. “I’m kind of crazy,” they sing as a backing chorus trills lightly in a reflection of asphyxia. When they hit the ocean’s floor, the beat switches on “GrooveTheory” into a slow, sinuous cut, the kind that will be familiar to fans of the non-binary singer’s vibrant, iconoclastic past work, which has exerted a major influence on the queering of contemporary Black pop. “Come talk with me/Wanna get you open,” they sing. What unfolds on Crash proves to be anything but formulaic. “After Hours,” which has made some noise on the pop…