Taika Waititi never had “direct a Marvel movie” on his bucket list. During an appearance on a new episode of the“SmartLess” podcast, the director revealed that his decision to join the Marvel Cinematic Universe and helm Thor: Ragnarok in 2017 was strictly a financial one. “You know what? I had …
Read More »'Highly Trans, Highly Goddess': Sasha Colby on Her Historic 'RuPaul's Drag Race' Win
The second Sasha Colby was cast on RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 15, she was already a frontrunner. The former Miss Continental was already deemed a legend within drag communities, but Colby’s star power reached a new level on Friday when she was crowned America’s Next Drag Superstar by RuPaul. She …
Read More »Albuquerque Honors 'Breaking Bad' Meth Duo With Bronze Statue
The city of Albuquerque paid tribute to its most infamous (fictional) meth manufacturers Friday with the unveiling of a statue dedicated to Breaking Bad. Actors Bryan Cranston and Aaron Paul, who played Walter White and Jesse Pinkman on the acclaimed series, along with Breaking Bad creator Vince Gilligan were on …
Read More »Yes, 'Paper Girls' Has Kids on Bikes in the Eighties — But It's No 'Stranger Things' Rip-Off
If adaptations of Brian K. Vaughan’s comic books didn’t have terrible luck with timing, they’d have no luck at all. Vaughan has co-created some of the most acclaimed, beloved comics of this century, but they have tended to involve such elaborate concepts and dense storytelling that they’ve taken an incredibly …
Read More »Cameron Diaz Plots Return to Acting With Some Help From Jamie Foxx and… Tom Brady?
Cameron Diaz is finally ready to return to the screen — the actress revealed that she’s coming out of retirement and will begin working on her first movie since 2014 later this year. Diaz has signed on to star in Back in Action, a Netflix action-comedy flick that will find …
Read More »Todd Phillips Confirms 'Joker' Sequel With Photo of Finished Script
Director Todd Phillips confirmed that a Joker sequel is officially in the works, sharing photos of star Joaquin Phoenix flipping through the pages of the new script on Instagram. Phillips didn’t offer any actual details about the film, though his photo of the script cover did reveal its full title …
Read More »Jada Pinkett Smith Finally Addresses Oscars Slap, Hopes Will Smith and Chris Rock 'Reconcile'
More than two months after Will Smith stormed the stage at the 2022 Oscars and slapped Chris Rock for making a joke about his wife, Jada Pinkett Smith is (very briefly) addressing the incident. Ahead of Wednesday’s episode of Red Table Talk about alopecia, Pinkett Smith said she hopes both …
Read More »The Kids in the Hall Are Back — Older, Slightly Less Angry and Still Incredibly F-king Funny
It starts with one of them casually saying, “Write what you know” — it may be Mark McKinney, slightly leaning back in his chair and staring at the ceiling, or it might be Bruce McCulloch, who’s wandering around the conference room, checking his phone as it charges and idly munching …
Read More »A Delivery Driver's Livestream Becomes a Horror Flick in New 'Dashcam' Trailer
A delivery driver with a penchant for live-streaming gets thrown into a chaotic mess of unspecified horror in the new trailer for Dashcam. The film was directed by Rob Savage, the British filmmaker behind the 2020 pandemic hit, Host, which takes place over the course of a lockdown Zoom call …
Read More »How Son Lux Crafted a Maximalist Soundtrack for 'Everything Everywhere All at Once'
When the mind bending sci-fi comedy Everything Everywhere All at Once was met with a sweeping applause at its South by Southwest premiere, it left L.A.-based band Son Lux — Ryan Lott, Rafiq Bhatia, and Ian Chang — in tears. The trio are credited with creating the 49-track maximalist film …
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