Month: October 2023

SAG-AFTRA Chief Negotiator and National Executive Director Duncan Crabtree-Ireland is very happy with Taylor Swift and not so happy with Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos. We spoke with Crabtree-Ireland today at New York Comic-Con where he took the stage for a panel about AI. Talks collapsed on Wednesday night between studios and SAG-AFTRA following the guild’s
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The world honestly needs more of iconic actor and literacy advocate LeVar Burton, and will get just that during the National Book Awards’ 74th award ceremony. Though today’s announcement of Burton hosting is cutting it a bit close to the November 15th date for the black-tie ceremony. The scrambling is because of a last minute
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To even begin to unravel the puzzling, disturbing tragedy that is the Murdaugh Murders, it starts and ends with legacy. Lifetime’s latest in their Ripped From the Headlines True Crime slate, Murdaugh Murders: The Movie, is inarguably its strongest yet. Bill Pullman is utterly transformative in the role of Alex Murdaugh, from the mannerisms and
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Over the years, there have been movies with endings so shocking, so hard to believe, and so wild, that audiences have been left with their mouths agape and heads filled with all kinds of questions and emotions. We’ve seen Academy Award-winning films do it, some of the best Marvel movies have wrapped up with unforgettable
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We seem to be blessed with a burgeoning historical crime fiction scene in Britain at the moment and Leonora Nattrass is one of the most impressive newcomers. Her debut Black Drop struck a chord with readers and critics alike in 2021, which was followed by Blue Water.  Her latest, Scarlet Town, is the third Laurence
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Jada and Will drew controversy over the episode. After it was released, the actress, in pursuit of “clarity and emotional sobriety,” became what she calls an “urban nun of sorts,” The New York Times reported, adding that she meditates and reads texts like the Bhagavad Gita, the Quran and the Bible every day and abstains from sex, alcohol, violent entertainment and unnecessary
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Yesterday afternoon, the Hearst Tower in Midtown Manhattan welcomed some of the most powerful Latinx fashion designers working today: Narciso Rodriguez, Gabriela Hearst, Maria Cornejo, Willy Chavarria, and Fernando Garcia, the co-creative director of Oscar de la Renta and MONSE. They were joined by ELLE’s editor-in-chief Nina Garcia, along with curators Tanya Meléndez-Escalante and Melissa
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Piper Laurie — the Oscar-nominated actress — has died … this according to her team. Her manager, Marion Rosenberg, confirmed her passing Saturday to some outlets — with him telling Variety, “A beautiful human being and one of the great talents of our time.” He further shared with THR that she’d been ill now for
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The AMC distributed Taylor Swift: Eras Tour concert movie officially made $2.8M in Thursday night previews. We told you last night that the rough estimate was below $5M. The pic played in 2,700 theatres with showings last night beginning at 6 p.m. local time. Remember, these previews aren’t indicative of how the weekend will go.
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On the heels of V/H/S/85‘s record-breaking premiere on Shudder last week, the streamer announced at the ongoing New York Comic Con that the franchise will continue with a seventh installment, which will focus on sci-fi horror. The untitled sequel will feature five new bloodcurdling tapes, placing horror at the forefront of a sci-fi-inspired hellscape. The
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Nobel winning American poet Louise Glück died today, Friday, October 13. She was 80 years old. Glück was the US Poet Laureate from 2003 to 2004, and her work explored religion, mythology, and the natural world with deeply personal and autobiographical tones. Her poetry earned not only the Nobel in 2020 for her collection The
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Billie Eilish first turned heads with her gorgeous vocals at the age of 13 when she released her first single “Ocean Eyes” on SoundCloud, which nabbed her a record deal and served as the beginning to her now-massive career. But most people (including myself) first became acquainted with Billie four years later when “bad guy”
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Jason Kennedy and Lauren Scruggs Kennedy are officially a party of four. The couple announced on social media that they welcomed their second child together with a sweet picture of their newborn daughter. “I’m sure your feed could use some good news today,” Jason and Lauren captioned their joint Instagram post Oct. 13. “We wanted to share that our
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On the heels of V/H/S/85‘s record-breaking premiere on Shudder last week, the streamer announced at the ongoing New York Comic Con that the franchise will continue with a seventh installment, which will focus on sci-fi horror. The untitled sequel will feature five new bloodcurdling tapes, placing horror at the forefront of a sci-fi-inspired hellscape. The
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You know it’s been a tough year when people are talking about Christmas weeks and weeks before Halloween. It’s been a tough decade so far, come to think of it. Perhaps another Christmas will be introduced around June time? It would appear this would suit the publishing industry very nicely as here we bring you
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