Month: July 2021

Robert Downey Sr. — whose credits included filmmaking, directing, writing, acting and fathering Robert Downey Jr. — has died at the age of 85. Sr. died in his sleep at home in NYC Wednesday after a battle with Parkinson’s Disease, according to his wife, who spoke to the NY Daily News. Downey Sr.’s career started
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As we learned last month, the ’90s-set thriller “Cruel Summer” has been renewed for a second season by Freeform, but today brings an interesting update on that particular story. Via The Hollywood Reporter, “Cruel Summer” creator Bert V. Royal is no longer involved with the series, and what’s particularly interesting here is that Royal actually
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Megan Thee Stallion, meet Pieter Mulier. Mulier’s excellent first collection at Alaïa—the house founded by Azzedine Alaïa, which literally defined body-con dressing—comes at a time when Hot Girl Style is being made newly relevant by a generation of stars who weren’t alive when the beloved Tunisia-born designer set up shop in the Marais neighborhood of
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Amazon did not report viewership figures for their $200M Skydance acquisition title The Tomorrow War, but third-party streaming analytics corp Samba TV did, and the Chris Pratt movie drew 2.41M U.S. households during the 4-day holiday weekend. The previous 3-day weekend viewership for Amazon movies Tom Clancy’s Without Remorse, another Skydance pick-up by the streamer, and
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Maple Street, in New York State’s Garden City, is a solid middle-class neighbourhood. It benefits from facing Sterling Park which, as estate agents will tell you, is a safe area for the neighbourhood kids to play. The parents are professionals and have aspirations for their children who, even if they refer to themselves as the
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A new deal has been inked between Universal Filmed Entertainment Group and NBCUniversal’s streaming service Peacock, The Hollywood Reporter explains this afternoon. The basic gist? Starting in 2022, Universal’s theatrical releases will be heading to the Peacock streaming service “no later than four months” after they arrive on the big screen. THR further explains, “However, Universal
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News Watch Dry Cleaning’s NPR “Tiny Desk (Home) Concert” They performed tracks from their debut LP New Long Leg By Madison Bloom July 6, 2021 Facebook Twitter Still from Dry Cleaning’s NPR “Tiny Desk (Home) Concert” Facebook Twitter Dry Cleaning performed a “Tiny Desk (Home) Concert” in the latest installment of NPR’s live music series.
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Stephen Knott (L) and Alastair Bruce (R) married in Edinburgh. (Twitter) An army general has shared details of his poignant wedding to his partner of 20 years on social media, telling his followers that “love is constant”. Army Major General Alastair Bruce married Stephen Knott at St John’s Episcopal Church in Edinburgh on Saturday (3 July)
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As we learned last month, the ’90s-set thriller “Cruel Summer” has been renewed for a second season by Freeform, but today brings an interesting update on that particular story. Via The Hollywood Reporter, “Cruel Summer” creator Bert V. Royal is no longer involved with the series, and what’s particularly interesting here is that Royal actually
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US transportation secretary Pete Buttigieg speaks during the daily White House briefing on 12 May 2021, in Washington, DC. (Photo by NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP via Getty Images) Pete Buttigieg has called out politicians who think it is “good politics” to “pick on” trans kids. Buttigieg, who is America’s first out gay Senate-confirmed cabinet member, appeared on
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