After 14 years, the Friday the 13th franchise is finally getting set to return to the screen with “Crystal Lake,” an upcoming prequel series from A24, Peacock and Bryan Fuller (“Hannibal”) that’s miraculously able to use any and all existing elements from the franchise. Peacock has given the project a straight-to-series order, with “Crystal Lake” being described as an “expanded prequel” to the original Friday the 13th franchise. Variety had detailed, “The show will be written by Bryan Fuller, who is also the showrunner and an executive producer. Victor Miller, who penned the original film in the franchise, will also executive produce…
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It’s a new year, meaning that the groups and individuals creating hell for public educators will be developing their new plans for continued “work.” What began as an attack on “Critical Race Theory” in 2021 — spearheaded by the right-wing darling Christopher Rufo — has morphed into disdain for other categories of teaching and books, including “Social Emotional Learning” and “Comprehensive Sexuality Education” (yes, “sexuality”). These terms used by right-wing groups simply mean they don’t want their children “exposed” to any books by or about queer people or people of color, let alone those who might fall at the intersection…
Hosted by Chance the Rapper and his close friend and collaborator Vic Mensa, the inaugural Black Star Line Festival — a week of talks, parties, skating, and music in Accra, Ghana — was dreamt of and designed to catalyze physical connectivity, understanding, and eventually, radical movement-making among Black people globally. “I think this is kind of what they call a pilot in TV, where this is an example of what it could be like yearly or biyearly to have something that we all just go to that’s free, that you bring your kids to, that you bring your elders to,…
Baby joy for Carey Mulligan and husband Marcus Mumford!The two-time Oscar nominee is pregnant with her and the Mumford & Sons frontman’s third child. Mulligan’s rep confirmed the news to People Jan. 14. A day earlier, the actress attended the star-studded AFI Awards at the Four Seasons Hotel in Beverly Hills, wearing a long black caped dress. Inside, she was photographed holding a mineral water bottle while chatting with Zoe Kazan, her co-star in the 2022 movie She Said. The film was honored at the event. Mulligan, 37, and Mumford, 35, have been married since 2012 are already parents to daughter Evelyn Grace, 7, and son…
From cream cable-knit sweaters and beige fuzzy socks to ivory-hued loungewear, here’s everything you need to start your #vanillagirl era. By Ivy Tang Date January 13, 2023 Facebook Twitter Grab your cream-coloured cashmere, it’s officially #vanillagirl winter. All about soft, cozy looks, the vanilla girl wraps herself in lush neutrals, likes to cuddle up in her ivory silk pyjamas and takes vanilla santal-scented bubble baths. As an extension of the “clean girl” aesthetic and “sad beige” trend, the vanilla girl is all about channelling the scent, taste, colour and texture of vanilla. She’s like the little sister of the “coastal…
Billy Strings is one of those once-in-a-generation artists who revitalize their genre with the scope of their talent and original perspective.While to some, it may have seemed like Strings appeared on the bluegrass scene suddenly, his connection to the genre was far from new. Strings began playing guitar at five years old, thanks to the influence of his father, Terry Barber. Strings learned the bluegrass songs that were the soundtrack to his rowdy family’s life, along with metal and classic rock favorites.Born and raised in a small town in Michigan, Strings’ childhood was marked by difficult losses and hard times as…
While California has always been a mecca for celebrities, in recent years a lot of big names have moved from the City of Angels for a slew of different cities and environments. Most recently among these was actor and producer Mark Wahlberg, who left California for Nevada and brought his family with him. But why did he go? Well it turns out he thought Hollywood would be the place he needed to be in order to secure big acting roles in projects like Transformers or Uncharted. So he came to the heavily populated state only to find out he really didn’t…
Following in the wake of dolls based on The Shining, Stephen King’s IT, Beetlejuice, and Gremlins 2, Elvira is the latest horror icon to join Mattel’s “Monster High” collection! Bloody Disgusting has learned that on Friday, January 13th, Mattel Creations, Mattel’s e-commerce and content platform for creators, collaborations, and innovators, will be releasing the newest Monster High Skullector Doll, Elvira, Mistress of the Dark. Elvira, the nationally syndicated horror hostess and Queen of Halloween, is here just in time for Friday the thirteenth. The launch follows previous Skullector sellout drops of Universal Monsters’ The Bride of Frankenstein and her betrothed, Dracula, and classic…
Now You Know The 16-track set includes collaborations with Father John Misty, Jack Antonoff’s Bleachers, and more With two months left to go before the release of Lana Del Rey’s ninth studio album, Did You Know That There’s A Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd, the singer-songwriter shared the official track list and new cover art on Friday in an Instagram post. She also announced that the upcoming album’s release has been pushed two weeks from March 10 to March 24. While the cover has since been taken down for violating the platform’s nudity guidelines, the 16-track list includes collaborations with Father John…
Gabriella Brooks is celebrating boyfriend Liam Hemsworth’s 33rd birthday like a true victor.The model posted a snapshot of the Hunger Games alum to her Instagram Story on Jan. 13, showing Liam taking a dip in the ocean as he flashes the camera a smile. Per People, Gabriella captioned the photo, ”It’s Liam day,” with a smiley face. The photo comes one day after the release of Miley Cyrus’ breakup song “Flowers” that seems to reference Liam four years after their split. Liam and Gabriella, 26, first sparked romance rumors in December 2019 when he was photographed introducing her to his parents, Craig Hemsworth and Leonie Hemsworth, in Australia. An insider told…
Photography courtesy of Charlotte Tilbury Including a new collection of Louis Vuitton x Yayoi Kusama fragrances. By Lauren Knowles Date January 13, 2023 Facebook Twitter Louis Vuitton and Yayoi Kusama launch a fragrance collection Photography Courtesy of Louis Vuitton Ten years after the French fashion maison first collaborated with Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama, a new collection of three reinterpreted Louis Vuitton fragrances has arrived. The collectible perfumes include the peony-scented Attrape-Rêves, the sophisticated and sensual Spell on You, and L’Immensité, a fresh fragrance livened up with ginger and grapefruit. Each bottle is decorated with signature Kusama motifs worthy of a…
Dierks Bentley has revealed details of his upcoming tenth studio album, Gravel & Gold, which includes two intriguing collaborations.Out Feb. 24, the record’s 14th and final track, “High Note,” features bluegrass breakout Billy Strings. The pair are joined on the plucky ode to the “devil’s lettuce” by Jerry Douglas on dobro, Sam Bush on mandolin, singer-songwriter and Bentley’s newly-added touring band member Charlie Worsham on guitar, along with Bryan Sutton on banjo and guitar.Gravel & Gold promises to treat fans with Bentley’s carefully curated exploration of classic country music, bluegrass and beyond. To help cultivate that perfect soundscape, the singer-songwriter opted…
It’s been fifteen years since National Treasure 2: The Book of Secrets came out. Is all hope lost on a third movie after all of this time? We already have a National Treasure TV show for Disney+, but it’s not the same without Nicolas Cage and Diane Kruger back to reprise their roles and see what their journey has been like since. One of the franchise’s OGs talks about what is actually holding up National Treasure 3 at Disney.We may not see the characters of Ben and Abigail in National Treasure: Edge of History, but we do see Justin Bartha…
Fay Wray began her autobiography On the Other Hand with an open letter to her most famous co-star. In it she said, “for more than half a century, you have been the most dominant figure in my public life. To speak of me is to think of you. To speak to me is often a prelude to questions about you.” This most dominant figure was of course the mighty King Kong and the film they appeared in together is unquestionably the best remembered in Wray’s career. She went on to tell Kong, “I admire you because you made only one…