Unfortunately, Ali Soufan was right. One year ago, shortly after the October 7 Hamas attack on Israel and the start of Israel’s military response, Soufan told me that the events had “ushered in a new era of chaos to the region.” The fallout has seen the displacement of millions of Gazans, the killing of Hamas
How to Make Millions Before Grandma Dies clinched a historic spot on the Oscar shortlist for Best International Feature Film this week, becoming the first Thai feature to ever make the December list. Thailand has submitted 24 films for the international Oscar to date, since 1984, but the country has never scored a nomination nor
TV is full of stars who light up the screen, but let’s be real — sometimes, it’s the unsung heroes who make the biggest impact. These are the character actors you’ve seen everywhere, constantly bringing depth, emotion, and complexity to every role, no matter how big or small. They might not always get the credit
Sonic the Hedgehog 3 is now in theaters and we already know that a fourth movie is in the works, so fans will be expecting extra footage in the credits to tease the future of the franchise. Fans who are checking out the movie will likely want to know if they should stick around after
You played Gwen Fontaine, wife to Black Panther Party founder Huey P. Newton, in The Big Cigar. Was it important for you to represent the women of the Black Panther movement too? Yeah. Getting to play Gwen was amazing for me. Even as a person who has always been interested in the Black Power movement
Count Robert Smith among the folks who are clinging to their Apple iPods for dear life rather than buying into streaming services. While appearing on the latest episode of BBC’s Sidetracked with Annie and Nick podcast, the frontman of The Cure revealed he’s sitting on a cache of the classic MP3 players — each of which
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Bestselling novel The Housemaid is getting a feature film adaptation from director Paul Feig (A Simple Favor, Ghostbusters), and Lionsgate has set a release date in stone today. The Housemaid will arrive in wide theatrical release on December 25, 2025. In Paul Feig’s suspense thriller The Housemaid, which adapts Freida McFadden’s novel, “Millie (Sydney Sweeney)
Former That ’70s Show actor Danny Masterson, through his lawyers, has appealed his 2023 rape convictions. In September of 2023, Masterson was sentenced to 30 years to life in prison for raping two women, both former members of the Church of Scientology (Masterson is still a member of the church). The actor, 47, was found guilty
The first trailer for James Gunn’s Superman premiered and showed audiences a preview of the new Man of Steel film set to be released in theaters on July 11, 2025. Gunn previewed the trailer for the press earlier in the week, saying that the movie was about “kindness” and “a movie about being good.” “I believe
EXCLUSIVE: Channel 4 has greenlit 2024: The Year From Space, telling the story of major 2024 events via satellite images. Titled Earth: A Year in Orbit globally and narrated by Sherwood star Robert Lindsay, the show, which is being sold internationally by Fremantle, will present the year’s headlines such as the April solar eclipse, destruction
Ree Drummond has discovered the recipe for true happiness. On Wednesday, The Pioneer Woman star’s daughter, Alex Drummond Scott, welcomed her daughter, Sofia Marie, with husband Mauricio Scott. We learned the blessed piece of news due to Ree’s inability to hide her excitement and enthusiasm over the precious addition. Ree Drummond speaks onstage at Hearst
Hunting down the best gifts for teenage boys has been one of my most difficult tasks ahead of Christmas. Not only are their personal interests and style choices constantly evolving, but — according to my trusted source, otherwise known as my 19-year-old brother — the things that I thought were cool as an adolescent are
When rapper/songwriter Kenny Mason released his debut single, “Hit,” in 2019, he was intentionally magnifying a version of Atlanta that many people outside of it probably didn’t think existed. The song and accompanying video were odes to the energy of the era, featuring voices of adolescent scammers plotting on their next “hit,” followed by Mason
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Mortal Kombat 1 is unleashing new holiday themed in-game events starting today, and continuing until the end of December. Five new Towers of Time mode events will be available as free content updates for all Mortal Kombat 1 owners, including Bloody Snow (Dec. 19-25), Naughty List (Dec. 21-26), A Christmas Krampus (Dec. 23-30), ‘Twas the
These days, Angelina Jolie is embracing uncharted territory. She’s coming off her turn as opera icon Maria Callas in Pablo Larraín’s stylish biopic, for which she spent months in intensive singing lessons. Having been running around Los Angeles of late, getting the word out for the film—she was nominated for both a Golden Globe and
Sean Baker’s Anora and Brady Corbet’s The Brutalist have topped the nominations for the 45th London Critics’ Circle Film Awards, making it into seven categories each. Further frontrunners in the nominations, announced today, include Edward Berger’s Conclave and Coralie Fargeat’s The Substance with six nominations each. They are followed by Jacques Audiard’s Emilia Pérez with
Legal dramas have long been a staple of television, from the slick courtroom theatrics of Law & Order to the cutthroat maneuvers on The Good Wife. But before we had Jack McCoy or Alicia Florrick, there was The Defenders, a 1960s legal drama that broke new ground — and taboos. Unlike its contemporaries, The Defenders
SPOILER ALERT! This post contains details from the Season 12 finale of The Masked Singer, including the winner and their identity. The Masked Singer crowned a Season 12 victor on Wednesday night. In the spirit of the holiday season, the episode opened with a performance of “It’s The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year” from
Address: Brooks & Brooks, 28 Great Queen Street, London, WC2B 5BB. “I’ve been very lucky to have my hair cut in lots of London salons – all of them wonderful – but I’ve never been happier with a restyle than I was when I stepped out of Brooks & Brooks earlier this year. I hadn’t
According to a detailed new report from Liz Pelly for Harper’s Magazine, Spotify is supplementing playlists with “ghost artists” as a means of decreasing the amount of royalties to pay and increasing overall profit margins. Known as Perfect Fit Content, this practice allegedly primarily impacts playlists in genres like jazz, classical, ambient, and lo-fi hip-hop.
This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Welcome to Today in Books, our daily round-up of literary headlines at the intersection of politics, culture, media, and more. 2024 NBCC Awards Longlist: Fiction With the PEN Award, the NBCC often has the most unexpected end of
The involvement of franchise mainstay Courteney Cox has been expected but unconfirmed for Scream 7 up to this point, but Variety reports tonight that she has officially signed on. Courteney Cox has of course played iconic character Gale Weathers in the previous six films in the Scream franchise, who just barely survived the events of
It appears as though Alec Baldwin knows something that has never been revealed about the tragic shooting that went down on the set of Rust three years ago – and he says he’s getting ready to “expose what really happened.” While the case was dismissed in July, Baldwin told fellow actor David Duchovny that “there
Although the involuntary manslaughter case against him was dismissed in July, Alec Baldwin still wants to tell his side of the 2021 Rust on-set shooting that killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins. The Oscar nominee said there’s “another phase” to come in the next couple months as he seeks to “expose what really happened” on the New
Olivia Williams (The Sixth Sense), Luke Fetherston (Doctor Who), Callum Kerr (Hollyoaks) and Nuno Lopes (White Lines) have joined the Season 3 cast of Prime Video‘s fantasy epic series The Wheel of Time, starring Rosamund Pike, Madeleine Madden and Josha Stradowski. Williams, Fetherston, Kerr and Lopes will portray the royal family of the kingdom of Andor. Andor
Hallmark Channel is previewing their annual “Winter Escape” films, debuting in the month of January 2025! Each Saturday night in January, a fun new film, taking place in a different country, will debut as part of the post-holiday programming lineup. We’re bringing you the movie titles, synopsis, premiere date, and cast for each of the
Torode, who has presented alongside Wallace since 2005, added, “I have loved working with Grace on MasterChef over the years. She has been an excellent guest, an inspiring critic and also set some incredible challenges.” Here’s what we know about Celebrity MasterChef’s newest star. Grace Dent got her start as a restaurant critic Dent was
Scattered across the New York City subway system, strewn between its millions of comers and goers, are thousands of long-term loiters, perpetual itinerants, and permanent subterranean residents. Of these, many are veterans of the city’s mental wards. Many are visibly disturbed, and potentially volcanic. Some still sport their plastic ID bracelets. These are the patients