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Somebody forgot to read Fahrenheit 451. Or any of Laure Halse Anderson’s books. The acclaimed author is speaking out against the recent ban of a slew of her books from school shelves. This comes at the same time as the widespread crackdown by conservatives on education departments across the country. Florida teachers have already been

Some people simply have a wicked sense of humor. According to Drew Barrymore, Hugh Grant is one of them. Barrymore defended Grant on her talk show The Drew Barrymore Show after the actor called her singing “horrendous” in their 2007 film Music and Lyrics: “He is a hilarious, good human being.” Twitter content This content

Quentin Tarantino at Rome Film Fest 2021 in Rome, Italy on October 19th, 2021Courtesy of Rocco Spaziani for Mondadori Portfolio via Getty Images Tarantino reportedly finished the script and is set to start directing this fall. By Grant Rindner March 14, 2023 After more than 30 years as one of the most imaginative and incendiary

Kieran Culkin, Brian Cox, Jeremy Strong, Frank Rich, Alan Ruck attend HBO drama Succession premiere at Time Warner Center. By Lev Radin/Pacific Press/LightRocket/Getty Images. I asked Rich for one of his favorite moments working on the show. “There are many, many, many,” he began, “but one incredible moment was the end of season two, when Kendall

On Friday, Emma Stone was one of over 60,000 fans in the stadium at the opening night of Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour in Glendale, Arizona. She and Swift are friends in real life, but when Stone is in the audience, she is all stan. Another attendee took a clip that went viral on TikTok of

When Steve Jobs made the rounds of major record labels in 2000, he knew he had them over a barrel. Music piracy, kicked into high gear by the original Napster the previous June, was a threat to the recorded music industry. The new frontier for music was online and the labels were completely ill-equipped to

Major spoilers for My Hero Academia season 6, cour 2 below! The second cour of My Hero Academia‘s sixth season has been one hell of an emotional ride. With the deterioration hero society, the shounen series has let its darker themes take center stage. And it’s wearing them beautifully. The second half of the cour

James Gunn speaks onstage at the Marvel Cinematic Universe panel during 2022 Comic-Con International Day 3 at San Diego Convention Center on July 23, 2022 in San Diego, California. Courtesy of Daniel Knighton via Getty Images The Man of Steel film will be the official start of Gunn’s new DC universe. By Grant Rindner March 15,

On Friday morning, Selena Gomez was photographed on the set of her hit Hulu show Only Murders In The Building in Queens, NY, with her co-stars Steve Martin and Martin Short. The singer and actress’ look for the day included black denim pants peeking out from under an oversized dark purple trench coat by Olēnich.

Descrease article font size Increase article font size Tyra Banks is trading the ballroom for the boardroom. The American TV personality announced she will be leaving her hosting gig at Dancing with the Stars after three seasons at the competition show’s helm. Read more: ‘The Last of Us’: All the Alberta locations that got a

Entertainment publications have long sought out Academy voters (in all disciplines) willing to share their voting process anonymously. Supposedly, this is to “see how the sausage is made” and reveal how much of a meritocracy Hollywood isn’t. Back in February, Variety published the musings of five Grammy voters ahead of music’s biggest awards show. Earlier

Lance Reddick, an actor famous for his roles in the John Wick movies and HBO’s The Wire, has died at the age of 60. Reddick died “suddenly” Friday morning, his publicist Mia Hansen said in a statement, attributing his death to natural causes. His death was first reported by celebrity website TMZ.com. Read more: ‘The

Russell Crowe’s Gladiator (2000) will finally receive a sequel 24 years later. ©DreamWorks/courtesy Everett CollectionCourtesy of DreamWorks via Everett Collection Twenty years in the making, the sequel is reportedly set to star Paul Mescal, Barry Keoghan and maybe even Denzel Washington. By Grant Rindner March 17, 2023 It’s been more than two decades since the

The sixth and final season of The Crown is currently underway, and two of its most important subjects have finally been revealed. New photos of Ed McVey and Meg Bellamy, who play college-aged versions of Prince William and Kate Middleton, respectively, have surfaced as they film what appears to be the royal couple’s first meeting. McVey and Bellamy, both relative newcomers, were spotted

NOTE: The following article contains content that some might find disturbing. Please read at your own discretion. Former reality TV star Josh Duggar has been handed nearly two months of additional jail time on top of his existing 12 and a half year sentence, as per prison records. Duggar, 35, was convicted of child pornography

The original tracks from Daisy Jones and The Six’s album Aurora aren’t the only songs that appear in the new Prime Video series about the band. Embedded in the sepia-toned and whiskey-soaked scenes, there lie tracks by very real artists who graced stages and airwaves in the ’70s—and some even earlier—from The Byrds to Carole

By now, most people are used to Gwyneth Paltrow‘s bizarre health trends but talk of what the star eats in a day has set the internet ablaze. During a podcast appearance on The Art of Being Well with Dr. Cole, Paltrow, 50, was asked to describe her current wellness routine. Read more: ‘The Last of Us’

If you don’t know how to feel about that ending of The Last of Us, welcome to the club. The internet is ablaze with people feverishly debating the climactic decision that Joel made during episode 9 of The Last of Us. We here at The Mary Sue are part of the Joel Miller Fanclub, but

Some people simply refuse to see the magic in Disney‘s upcoming The Little Mermaid live-action remake. During the 95th Academy Awards on Sunday, actor Halle Bailey, who plays titular mermaid character Ariel, and Melissa McCarthy, who plays Ursula, introduced the first full-length trailer for the much-anticipated remake. Previously, Disney had released two short teaser trailers

L to R: Colin Stokes, Rajat Suresh, Justin Theroux, Vince Edgehill, Stephen Cofield, Jeremy Levick, and Stu Li.  The internet’s favorite satirists enlisted an A-list actor for their latest Hollywood Reporter-inspired parody.  By Gabriella Paiella March 16, 2023 Few people today are committing to the bit at the level of Jeremy Levick and Rajat Suresh.

Chris Appleton is officially off the market, confirming that he is “very happy” and “very much in love” with his boyfriend, Lukas Gage. The hairstylist, who works for high-profile stars such as Kim Kardashian, Jennifer Lopez, and Ariana Grande, made an appearance on The Drew Barrymore Show in an episode airing on Friday. In a

Descrease article font size Increase article font size A 19-year-old man has been charged with assault after he allegedly attacked Def Leppard drummer Rick Allen outside a hotel in Florida on Sunday. Police claim Ohio native Max Edward Hartley jumped out from behind a pillar and charged at Allen, who had lost an arm in

A month after dating rumors between Selena Gomez and the Chainsmokers’ Drew Taggart blossomed, Gomez used her TikTok to give a cheeky and definitive update on her relationship status: She is single and still looking for someone truly exceptional. She lip-synced to audio that said, “I hate it when girls are like, ‘Oh my gosh,

In her new memoir, Paris Hilton is dishing dirt and contemplating her past, both the good and bad. In Paris: The Memoir, the Hilton heiress alleged she was groomed by her Grade 8 teacher when she was only 14 years old. She claimed the incident happened at her Catholic school with a “handsome young teacher” who

It’s been a turbulent time at the network, from T.J. and Amy setting off a tabloid feeding frenzy to layoff fears under Bob Iger’s new regime at Disney. Vanity Fair caught up with Godwin amid frustrations over her handling of recent crises—and questions about her vision going forward.  By Charlotte Klein March 16, 2023

The Witcher is about more than Henry Cavill being hot? Seriously? I thought it was just a vehicle to put ol’ Hank in a Targaryen-lookin’-ass wig and generate more thirst than the Gobi desert. Wait … he’s leaving the show? What are we supposed to do now? Apparently he’s “disappointed” in it? Is the show

Adrien Morot, the Montreal-born makeup artist on The Whale, says his first Oscar wouldn’t mean as much if his friend Brendan Fraser didn’t come away with some hardware of his own. “If I would have won and Brendan didn’t, in some ways, I would have felt like I failed the movie,” said Morot on Tuesday,

If Luffy doesn’t go into Gear 2 right now, I’m gonna scream. I’m sick of waiting around for this rubbery bastard to power up. Oh, cool, he can stretch his head around in a circle like the girl from The Exorcist? I DON’T CARE. One Piece is a shonen anime and I wanna see IMPRESSIVE

Trumpism has cost the GOP in three consecutive elections, and yet it looks like the Republican base may continue to follow their basest ideological urges and stick with their guy in the next contest. A new CNN poll found that the majority of Republicans (and Republican-leaning independents) “care more about picking a 2024 GOP nominee who agrees