In the Heights, the highly anticipated film adaptation of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s hit musical, is stirring up strong reactions after opening in theaters and on HBO Max last week. But though the movie celebrates the Latino community, some viewers have expressed dismay that In the Heights falls short when it comes to Afro-Latino representation, since members […]
Even though the duo didn’t find out about the platform change until near the end of production on the horror drama’s sophomore season – meaning a week or so before the public found out – they’ve already started to reap the benefits. Created by The Good Wife and The Good Fight’s Michelle and Robert King, […]
In the grand tradition of declaring Saturdays “for the boys” and bromances sacred, Anthony Mackie has some thoughts about his onscreen chemistry with Sebastian Stan. “The idea of two guys being friends and loving each other in 2021 is a problem because of the exploitation of homosexuality.” He went on to suggest that the sanctity […]
After weeks of speculation, Denis Villeneuve’s Dune will have its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival on September 3. has had a lot of luck at the Venice Film Festival, debuting several films — Gravity, A Star Is Born, and Joker — that could have been considered untraditional Oscar fare, but went on to […]
Facing severe shortfalls, cultural groups across the country are looking for ways to streamline operations and establish new sources of revenue. The orchestra has won accolades for its artistry under the music director Yannick Nézet-Séguin, who also serves in that role at the Metropolitan Opera, but it has long struggled financially. The arrangement will allow […]
NEW YORK — Janet Malcolm, the inquisitive and boldly subjective author and reporter known for her challenging critiques of everything from murder cases and art to journalism itself, has died. Supreme Court allowing it go to trial and Malcolm testifying, to much skepticism, that she could not find a notebook in which she wrote down some […]
After a flurry of different shots, the teaser returns to the amusement park scene and we see a shadowed figure violently beating someone – is it Todd? – with a crowbar, as Brenton Thwaites’ Dick Grayson ominously narrates. With the foreboding narration, the Joker’s laugh, and crowbar imagery, it seems as though the HBO Max […]
Season 36, The Challenge: Double Agents, took the Challengers to Iceland to compete for a $1 million prize. “For my rookie season, it to be so cutthroat wasn’t easy,” Borzotra, 33, added. Kam “Killer” Williams and Cory Wharton finished in second place and split $100,000. …Read the full story
The new film is a modern reimagining of the 1972 movie, directed by William Crain and starring William Marshall as Blacula. Blacula is an ancient African prince who is cursed by Dracula after he fails to agree to end the slave trade. “It’s mind-blowing that this franchise never got the energy or appreciation that other […]
Among the first seven women selected to join the “VS Collective” are professional soccer star Megan Rapinoe, actress Priyanka Chopra Jonas and LGBTQ model and activist Valentina Sampaio, the first transgender model to be featured in the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue. The first Black VS model to do so many other groundbreaking things with the brand – as […]
Lin-Manuel Miranda, who conceived and wrote the music and lyrics for the stage hit “In the Heights,” apologized Monday for the lack of Afro-Latinx representation in the film adaptation, directed by John M. “I can hear the hurt and frustration over colorism, of feeling still unseen in the feedback,” Miranda wrote on social media, saying […]
On Thursday, the firm reported that 64 percent of the time American viewers used their television sets in May 2021 was spent watching network and cable TV, while they watched streaming services about 26 percent of the time. A Nielsen spokesman said that the firm anticipates the streaming share could go up to about 33 […]
The toymaker will sell three unique pieces of digital art in the form of NFTs, or nonfungible tokens, on its Mattel Creations website starting June 22, the company said Thursday. The auction will run for one week, and the winner will have the option of paying via the cryptocurrency ethereum, another first for the company with […]
George—in black fur coat and lime green pants—straps on a Telecaster as John arrives to take in the weird scene through gold-framed spectacles: amplifiers and mics, movie cameras and crewmen scurrying around the rooftop of a five-story building on a cold gray day. The approximately 43-minute sequence from director Peter Jackson’s forthcoming documentary, The Beatles: […]
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From July, all of Disney Plus’ global original series will be released on Wednesdays rather than Fridays, according to The Hollywood Reporter. spinoff Monsters at Work for example, will now release on Wednesday, July 7th rather than July 2nd, while Turner & Hooch has shifted from July 16th to Wednesday, July 21st. That’s in contrast […]
Merging two biographies is a solid way to enliven the often-tedious genre of the literary documentary. The director Lisa Immordino Vreeland uses the friendship between Truman Capote and Tennessee Williams to construct a dialogue between them, using the writing and appearances they left behind. We hear the Southern-born authors on their writing habits, on how […]
In addition to applauding Lin for his wonderful movie version of In the Heights, let me add my appreciation for his sensitivity and resolve to be more inclusive of the Afro-Latino community going forward. Moreno next serves as executive producer for Steven Spielberg’s remake of West Side Story, in which she also plays the role […]
Most documentaries about famous people tend to be exercises in celebrity worship, and “Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It” is no exception. Under studio contract in the 1950s and ’60s, Moreno recounts the painful times she spent playing “illiterate, immoral island girls” and fending off Hollywood executives who demanded sexual […]
The performance follows this week’s release of the acoustic version of “Higher Power,” a new single the band originally dropped last month. The song marks the band’s first new music in two years and follows their most recent album, Everyday Life, which arrived in 2019. Coldplay have been fairly active so far this year, including […]