Author: David Grove
Nowadays, new mother Margot Robbie is an undisputed film star who can’t solely headline a significant blockbuster however can produce billion-dollar juggernauts like Barbie and immediately draw audiences to theaters. But it surely wasn’t too way back that she was nonetheless proving herself in Hollywood. Again in 2015, earlier than she grew to become a family title, the Harley Quinn performer starred within the trendy crime thriller Focus, and gave us an early have a look at the charisma and expertise that might quickly make her a worldwide sensation. Now, one of many finest streaming providers has added Focus to…
Editor’s be aware: This story was initially revealed throughout the 2024 Telluride Movie Competition. “The Piano Lesson” is now in theaters and begins streaming on Netflix November 22. Regardless of Samuel L. Jackson being the one to originate the function of Boy Willie within the first manufacturing of August Wilson’s “The Piano Lesson” on the Yale Repertory Theatre in 1987, his spouse LaTanya Richardson Jackson fully banned him from speaking to John David Washington about taking up the function after they started working collectively on the 2022 Broadway revival that she directed. “So the entire time we did the play,…
Elon Musk and Saturday Night time Dwell have been fairly synonymous as of late, with the latter sharing less-than-glowing ideas about Dana Carvey’s impression of him on the present final weekend. Now, a brand new can of worms has seemingly been opened, as forged member Chloe Fineman made a big allegation in opposition to Musk this week. Fineman alleged that when Musk visitor hosted the present again in 2021, he made a number of members of the ensemble cry. Now, the Tesla head honcho has issued a response to the actress’ accusation.Months in the past, forged member Bowen Yang recalled…
In September, Lionsgate introduced a partnership with AI firm Runway to construct inside fashions primarily based on its library of movies and TV exhibits for pre-vis and storyboarding. Nevertheless, panelists at IndieWire’s Way forward for Filmmaking Summit consider AI capabilities will help filmmakers in pitching their tales and promoting their tasks. “It’s not this concept of changing, it’s this concept of augmenting us as filmmakers and giving us a superpower to essentially present our imaginative and prescient,” mentioned filmmaker and futurist Dave Clark on the panel titled “How Filmmakers Are — and Aren’t — Utilizing AI.” The panel touched on…
For many contestants who expertise an embarrassing second on Jeopardy! — whether or not that’s leaving the “L” off of “Republic” or complicated Michael Caine for Mick Jagger — they actually simply have to put low and take the social media jabs for a few days till their quarter-hour of disgrace blows over. Ken Jennings, nevertheless, is not any atypical Jeopardy! champion, and he due to this fact continues to be haunted by one of many present’s funniest fake pas. The writers are making certain we’ll always remember both, as they took a chance on the 2024 TV schedule to…
Robert Eggers has already made it clear that the Lily-Rose Depp you see onscreen in “Nosferatu” is all actual: No CGI was used to boost how bodily and psychically mad she goes below the spell of demon-lover vampire Depend Orlok (Invoice Skårsgard). However the author/director revealed extra particulars about her unhinged efficiency as Ellen Hutter in a Q&A for Academy members in New York over the weekend, moderated by “Tàr” and “Little Kids” director Todd Subject. Lily-Rose Depp, who already confirmed a willingness to stretch her bounds when it comes to choreography on HBO’s glitteringly messy collection maudit “The Idol,”…
Despite the fact that we’re properly previous the Halloween season, spooky tales are all the time welcome round these elements, particularly when hilarious celebrities are concerned. On this occasion, we’re speaking about Saturday Night time Stay vet and MacGruber star Will Forte, who shared a bonkers story about having a Ouija Board expertise as an adolescent that predicted he’d get stabbed to dying as an older man. Yikes…With Ouija Boards getting highlighted in Agatha All Alongside just lately, I suppose the spirit world was primed for extra headline consideration within the type of Forte’s look on fellow SNL alum Rachel…
Jon Stewart was simply as shocked by the presidential election consequence as you have been. Within the quick aftermath, the part-time “Every day Present” host was in a position to collect himself sufficient to vow that one other Donald Trump presidency “will not be the tip.” Final week was about mourning — and hopefully, some consolation — this week is about determining simply what the fuck went fallacious. Stewart spent a lot of Monday night time’s episode analyzing precisely that. One key takeaway: “Democrats by no means as soon as talked about Arnold Palmer’s c**okay.” Although which may be the…
With the Depraved film simply weeks away from lastly coming to theaters, it’s time to get your arms on a bunch of the musical movie’s themed merchandise to set the temper. Particularly if we’re going to have a Wickediator field workplace opening weekend, youngsters can present they’re Staff Depraved with their Glinda or Elphaba costumes together with dolls from the film that act as excellent companions. Talking of Glinda/Elphaba dolls, Mattel made an enormous NSFW error with their Depraved merch and issued a basic apology as soon as they seemingly found the error on the similar time we did.Depraved has…
A friendship’s energy is often confirmed throughout arduous occasions: Will they run away or present help? For Harper Steele, the query turned a urgent one after popping out as a trans girl, questioning how family and friends would react, together with her good friend of three many years, “Saturday Night time Reside” colleague Will Ferrell. Ferrell’s help was instant — and included a cross-country street journey from New York to California to introduce Harper to the world and vice versa. Chronicling the 17-day odyssey had been filmmaker Josh Greenbaum and cinematographer Zoë White, with the ensuing footage assembled by editor…