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Everything Everywhere All at Once has emerged as the crowd favorite film of 2022, pleasing both critics and audiences alike with its lovably bizarre blend of humor, science fiction, action, family drama, and romance. The resulting buzz around it has put Michelle Yeoh on the pedestal she deserves to stand upon, granted Ke Huy Quan

Daniel Roher, director of the Oscar-nominated documentary about imprisoned Russian opposition leader Aleksei Navalny, says that he’s far more interested in keeping Navalny breathing than he is in promoting his film. “This is an extraordinarily bittersweet moment,” says the Toronto-born filmmaker, adding that the success of the film is overshadowed by the more grim reality

After Charlie Cox’s surprise cameo in Spider-Man: No Way Home and Vincet D’Onofrio’s role in Hawkeye, fans went wild when Kevin Feige announced at San Diego Comic-Con 2022 that Daredevil would star in a reboot of the beloved Netflix series. Details about Daredevil: Born Again, part of Phase 5 of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, are

Donatella Versace revealed that she had no idea the dress she designed for Angelina Jolie for the 2012 Oscars would become an instant viral sensation. The fashion designer reminisced about a few of the standout Oscars red carpet moments throughout her career in an interview with WSJ. Magazine published on Thursday. She said, “For sure,

Robert Blake, the Emmy award-winning performer who went from acclaim for his acting to notoriety when he was tried and acquitted in the killing of his wife, died Thursday at age 89. A statement released on behalf of his niece, Noreen Austin, said Blake died from heart disease, surrounded by family at home in Los

Chris Rock live at the Hippodrome Theater in Baltimore for his Netflix show, Selective Outrage.Courtesy of Kirill Bichutsky via Netflix There were, of course, Will Smith jokes in Rock’s new show last night. Here’s what he said, plus other highlights. By Grant Rindner March 5, 2023 For the last year or so, Chris Rock toured

Today, nudity in film and television seems almost commonplace, but for stars of decades past, there have been real-life repercussions for even the smallest of glimpses. Actor Sharon Stone, known for playing some of the most iconic femme fatales of the 1990s, said she lost custody of her son because of her role in the

That People magazine profile, a cover story headlined, “Fame Cost Me My Family,” referenced Blake’s unhappy childhood, bouts with alcoholism, substance abuse and depression, and the divorce that year from his wife, Sondra Kerr, whom he married in 1964. In other interviews he spoke about child abuse at the hands of his alcoholic father. Hell

After releasing her global hit “Flowers,” Miley Cyrus has another single—well, a whole album, really—for us to play on repeat. The bop is called “River,” and Cyrus dropped a fresh new music video for it at midnight, coinciding with the debut of her long-awaited album Endless Summer Vacation. Cyrus teased what “River” is about in

Some of Canada’s top music talents are headed to the Juno Awards in Edmonton this weekend. The annual celebration of homegrown music takes place over two nights in Alberta’s capital, with pop singer the Weeknd leading the nominees with six, though he’s not expected to attend. READ MORE: 2023 Juno Awards nominations: The Weeknd leads

At the Shounen Jump Festa in December 2022, One Piece mangaka Eiichiro Oda delivered his annual message about what lays ahead for his beloved series. Major clues have been dropped in this statement before, and considering that the One Piece manga had just entered the first arc of its final saga, fans were riveted to

“I saw Jeff through the years—he’s actually a good example of someone I didn’t know real well, but then I’d see him through the years, and watch his rise and watch his work and see what happened to him,” Dafoe said.  Dafoe spent his early years in New York performing avant-garde theater to fellow artists

By now, most people know that prime-time wrestling is scripted, but that’s not stopping World Wrestling Entertainment — commonly known as the WWE — from pursuing the option to allow people to legally bet on its matches. CNBC reports that WWE is in talks with state gambling regulators in Colorado and Michigan to legalize betting

Kevin Faingnaert / Redux  The Belgian director discusses how his own adolescence led to him crafting the Cannes Grand Prix winner. By Raymond Ang March 8, 2023 On a chilly winter evening in February, the 31-year-old Belgian filmmaker Lukas Dhont found himself at the Griffith Observatory, on a field trip of sorts with his two

Bindi Irwin revealed that she has been diagnosed with endometriosis — and she’s looking to raise awareness about the condition that caused her 10 years of “indescribable” pain. Irwin, the daughter of the late Australian zookeeper Steve Irwin, shared a photo of herself in a hospital bed to Instagram on Tuesday. She wrote that she

The artist and author of a pandemic breakout about how to “resist the attention economy” returns with a book-length examination of the nature of time. “I remember being like, Why didn’t I write a book about, like, table tennis?” she says. “But then I was like, Well, you know, if I wrote a book about

One of TV’s most beloved stars at the moment, Pedro Pascal, has returned to Disney+ for the third season of The Mandalorian. As Din Djarin, Pascal travels across the Star Wars galaxy along with Grogu, a.k.a Baby Yoda, whom fans might just adore as much as they do Pascal. The series has been incredibly popular

Descrease article font size Increase article font size The JUNOs are coming back to Nova Scotia next year for the first time since 2006. The Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (CARAS) announced on Tuesday the JUNO Awards are set to be hosted in Halifax in March 2024. Read more: Juno Awards in Edmonton

The newest episode of The Mandalorian, Chapter 18, “The Mines of Mandalore,” features Mando and Grogu searching for the titular mines. Din Djarin (Pedro Pascal) believes that he must reach the mines in order to be redeemed in the eyes of his people, the Children of the Watch. But what exactly are the Mines of

From activist mothers to MAGA stars, just about everyone at last week’s CPAC was awash in fears that satanism, marxism, and “transgenderism” are creeping into schools nationwide. “They’re trying to erase us as women and moms,” says the president of Moms for America, and “steal the hearts and minds of our children.” By Caleb Ecarma March

Why are people interested in virtual reality and what can it tell us about who we are and what we might become in a digital world? “As an artist, it’s a question I’ve been asking for decades,” said artist and media arts professor Marilene Oliver. “Now with virtual reality, when we really are completely immersed

Photographs: Everett Collection, Getty Images; Collage: Gabe Conte 20 years after its release, the mildly successful historical nautical drama has become an inescapable hit with a certain type of movie fan. By Gabriella Paiella March 8, 2023 March—2023. Napoleon is master of Europe. Only the British fleet stands before him. Oceans are now battlefields. And

Descrease article font size Increase article font size Ben Savage, who famously played the titular boy in the 1990s sitcom Boy Meets World, is running for U.S. Congress in California’s 30th district. The seat for the Los Angeles-area district is currently being held by Democratic Rep. Adam Schiff, but the office is now up for

Hailey Bieber may publicly be keeping silent about fans on TikTok dissecting her history with her husband Justin Bieber’s ex Selena Gomez, but she is aware of what’s happening. A source spoke to Us Weekly about how she is coping with the attacks on her character and accusations that she is secretly a “mean girl.”

Arnold Schwarzenegger has a pretty strong message for antisemites and those who participate in hate speech: “I don’t want you to be a loser.” The Austrian-born actor and former governor of California, in a lengthy video posted to his YouTube channel on Monday, shared the horrors and atrocities that occurred at the Auschwitz-Birkenau extermination and

In School Spirits, the new teen drama on Paramount+, high school student Maddie (Peyton List) faces an unlikely task: solving the mystery of her own murder. When I heard the premise, I was skeptical. Didn’t I already read about a ghost girl haunting her friends in The Lovely Bones? Didn’t we cover beautiful undead detectives

Anthony Shim says it hasn’t fully settled in yet that his semi-autobiographical film “Riceboy Sleeps” has won one of the biggest film prizes in Canada. On Monday night, the Toronto Film Critics Association honoured “Riceboy Sleeps” with the Rogers Best Canadian Film Award. “To have the members of the Toronto Film Critics Association select our

Photographs: Krista Schlueter; Collage: Gabe Conte Here’s everything you need to know about how to get in on GQ’s first Web3 drop.   By The Editors of GQ March 6, 2023 By now you’ve probably heard that GQ is dropping its first-ever digital art NFTs. With 1,661 tokens, the GQ3 Issue 001: Change Is Good collection is offering unprecedented

A deadly crowd crush at the Sunday night concert of Memphis rapper GloRilla claimed the lives of two women, aged 33 and 35, in Rochester, N.Y. One other woman remained in critical condition on Monday, police said. After reporting one woman had died earlier Monday, police confirmed later in the evening the death toll had