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One of the godfathers of vlogging, Hank Green, has successfully made a name for himself on TikTok, much like he did years before with his brother John on YouTube with Vlog Brothers. While he still appears regularly in educational YouTube videos today on Crash Course and Sci Show, Hank also explains certain topics, scientific or

The Golden Globes kicked off the 2023 awards season Tuesday night in an attempt to win back the hearts and minds of Hollywood. Up first: the red carpet. Last year NBC refused to air the 2022 ceremony, citing a scandal that revealed serious financial and ethical lapses in the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA), the

If there’s one thing the film history books prove, it’s FFC thrives in chaos. By Grant Rindner January 10, 2023 Francis Ford Coppola speaks onstage during the The Godfather Screening at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures on March 21, 2022 in Los Angeles, California.Courtesy of Matt Winkelmeyer via Getty Images Stop us if you’ve

Los Angeles prosecutors will retry “That ’70s Show” actor Danny Masterson on three rape counts after a hopelessly deadlocked jury led to a mistrial in his first trial in November. The LA County District Attorney’s Office declared prosecutors’ plans in court filings and at a Tuesday hearing, where Superior Court Judge Charlaine F. Olmedo rejected

Karen Rosalie In ELLE.com’s monthly series Office Hours, we ask people in powerful positions to take us through their first jobs, worst jobs, and everything in between. This month we spoke to Cara Santana, an actor, activist, and entrepreneur. You might know her from her blog Cara Disclothed or the company she founded, The Glam

A viral video posted by Ellen DeGeneres is drawing attention to the extraordinary flooding hitting California amid a storm-related state of emergency. The former talk show host posted a clip of herself standing on the bank of a raging stream on her property in Montecito, where other celebrities like Oprah and Prince Harry also reside.

Gwyneth Paltrow is grateful that she got her wild partying out of her system in the ’90s, long before everybody started carrying a camera around in their pocket to document all her scandalous behavior. The Goop founder made an appearance on The Late Late Show with James Corden on Monday to promote her new four-part

Netflix has a lot of content—and tons in the anime space. After all, they’re the only paid subscription service that offers every season/part of JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure in dub and sub. But, as such, it can be overwhelming to find the exact show (or movie) you’re in the mood for amongst the sea of titles.

A premature leak plus a 60 Minutes interview has created a whirlwind of anecdotes and comments from the Duke of Sussex. By Grant Rindner January 9, 2023 Prince Harry hosts the Rugby League World Cup 2021 draws at Buckingham Palace on January 16, 2020 in London, England.Courtesy of Jeremy Selwyn for WPA Pool via Getty

Prince Harry’s favourability has fallen to an all-time low amongst Britons just one day ahead of the official release of his autobiography, Spare, new polling has found. Close to two-thirds (64 per cent) of Brits now have a negative view of Harry, and only a quarter (26 per cent) view him in a favourable light,

In his 60 Minutes interview with Anderson Cooper, Prince Harry addressed why he and Meghan Markle decided to talk publicly, on the record, about all they experienced with the royal family. They tried to discuss their issues with the family privately, Harry said, but the royals kept briefing British media against them. Speaking to the

Adam Rich, the child actor with a pageboy mop-top who charmed TV audiences as “America’s little brother” on Eight is Enough, has died. He was 54. Rich died Saturday at his home in the Brentwood section of Los Angeles, according to Lt. Aimee Earl of the Los Angeles County Medical-Examiner Coroner’s office. The cause of

Love Island UK is on its way back to its screens for its winter season for the first time after two years with just one season a year. While many might say one season is too many, it’s a guilty pleasure for many and, for better or worse, certainly captures the hearts and minds of

Some negative rumors pushed musical artist SZA to clarify on Twitter that she and Taylor Swift do not have any issues between them. Both stars released albums in 2022, and both of those albums are doing really well by the numbers. For some reason, SZA thinks her fans are extrapolating her charts rivalry with Swift

Inspired by Quentin Tarantino’s book, Cinema Speculation, I resolved to spend 2023 going deep into the movies of the late 1960s and through the ’70s. Tubi has been my friend for the D-grade grindhouse and horror films that Tarantino loves (I do, too) while other on-demand channels have filled in some gaps. One of the

Maybe 2023 is starting off on a good foot after all! Nicolas Cage gave an interview with Yahoo Entertainment reporter Kevin Polowy on Friday in which he shared some surprising news while discussing his new film The Old Way. Nicolas Cage does not want to be in The Mandalorian or the Star Wars universe (sorry,

Just weeks after Brad Pitt was rumored to be seeing Emily Ratajkowski (who went on to reportedly date Pete Davidson for a couple weeks), the 59-year-old actor seems to have a different new woman in his life. The Daily Mail ran photos of Pitt at a Bono concert on Nov. 13 with Ines de Ramon,

Allies of Britain’s royal family pushed back Saturday against claims made by Prince Harry in his new memoir, which paints the monarchy as a cold and callous institution that failed to nurture or support him. Buckingham Palace hasn’t officially commented on the book. But British newspapers and websites brimmed with quotes from unnamed “royal insiders,”

In a December interview with French website 20 Minutes, James Cameron called Avatar and Avatar: The Way of Water an “introduction” to future Avatar films, implying that we haven’t seen the main meat of the story yet. In the interview, which is in French, Cameron says, “I can say that the [upcoming movies] will be

The song was released with a somber, minimalist music video last night. By Grant Rindner January 5, 2023 Quavo and Takeoff attend their Only Built For Infinity Links album listening event on September 28, 2022 in Los Angeles, California.Courtesy of Cassidy Sparrow via Getty Images Quavo has released a poignant tribute song for his nephew

Each of Melling’s characters share an intensity that few performers can muster, let alone replicate. “I think that comes from a place of exposing your inside, your inner life to people. And I don’t know if that’s where the haunted quality comes from,” he tells Vanity Fair. “I mean, my head goes to The Devil

For years it was rumored that Prince William had told Prince Harry to slow down his romance with Meghan Markle, and that that conversation had strained the princes’ relationship. Meghan and Harry started dating in the summer of 2016, going out for the first time in July 2016; Harry proposed to Meghan in November 2017.

The Last of Us is a hit video game for a reason and it has everything to do with its plot. There are ways to judge how good a video game is for one reason or another but with The Last of Us, the plot is cinematic in nature. That means fans expect a lot

“I guess I’m more like Will than I thought.” By The Editors of GQ January 5, 2023 Noah Schnapp attends Netflix’s Stranger Things Event at Netflix FYSee Space on May 27, 2022 in Los Angeles, California.Courtesy of Kevin Winter via Getty Images Noah Schnapp, one of the young stars of Stranger Things has come out as gay. Schnapp

It was this time last year that New York Times media columnist Ben Smith announced he’d be giving up one of the most coveted jobs in journalism. The former BuzzFeed editor’s abrupt departure quickly sparked a guessing game among media-watchers and members of the newsroom as to who would take his place. While Smith went on

Hollywood actor and filmmaker Edward Norton always thought his connection to Pocahontas was nothing more than “family lore.” In a new episode of the PBS show Finding Your Roots, an investigation into Norton’s genealogy discovered that Pocahontas, one of the most widely portrayed (and oft misrepresented) Indigenous women in history, is his 12th great-grandmother. Norton, who

Prince Harry, in his upcoming memoir Spare, is reportedly giving more details about what transpired between Meghan Markle and Kate Middleton over the flower girl disagreement they had ahead of Harry and Meghan’s 2018 wedding. The Daily Mail reports that Meghan got into hot water after accusing her future sister-in-law of having “baby brain.” Kate

Ashley Olsen and her longtime boyfriend, artist Louis Eisner, apparently secretly tied the knot last week. The very private couple kept their recent nuptials totally under wraps, according to Page Six. The pair held the low-key ceremony at a private home in Bel-Air last Wednesday with only a few dozen guests in attendance. While no

The entertainment industry has made plenty of perplexing decisions over the years. Harvey Weinstein was allowed to continue working in Hollywood when, by all accounts, many in the industry knew of his sexual abuse. And why do we keep letting Mel Gibson star in movies? And how are Bill Cosby and Louis C.K. still going

After hanging up his wrestling tights, Dave Bautista could’ve made an easy living cranking out one brainless, explosion-happy blockbuster after another. Instead, he’s improbably emerged as a serious thespian trapped in an action hero’s body, and the who’s-who of Hollywood auteurs—from Glass Onion‘s Rian Johnson to Dune‘s Denis Villeneuve—keep lining up to work with him.