There’s a popular concept on Twitter known as the Main Character, or someone who fills the position of flogging post after having posted something outrageously stupid. Usually, the Main Character is a minor columnist with a bad parenting take, or a clueless centrist pundit who takes umbrage to people making …
Read More »Watch John Cusack Star as Crime Boss in 'Pursuit' Trailer
John Cusack is not one to mess with in the trailer for upcoming thriller Pursuit. The Lionsgate film, directed by Brian Skiba, stars Cusack as a crime boss alongside Emile Hirsch, Jake Manley, and Elizabeth Ludlow. The high-action trailer showcases Hirsch’s hacker character (complete with face tattoos) on the run …
Read More »Goodbye, Golden Girl: How Betty White Conquered TV Over Six Decades
“You know, being together every week is getting to be a very, very nice habit. I hope you’ll keep it up, will ya?” https://youtu.be/gjkIo4WTMBo?t=1483 This was Betty White‘s line at the end of each episode of her very first sitcom, Life with Elizabeth, in which she and Del Moore played …
Read More »Jean-Marc Vallée, 'Dallas Buyers Club' Director, Dead at 58
Jean-Marc Vallée, the director of the Oscar-winning Dallas Buyers Club and HBO hit show Big Little Lies, died Sunday at his home in Quebec City, Canada at the age of 58. Vallée’s publicist, Bumble Ward, confirmed the news to CNN, though a cause of death was not immediately available. “He …
Read More »Nevertheless They Persisted: Golden Globes Announce 2022 Nominees After Scandal-Filled Year
After a scandal-plagued year, the Golden Globes forged ahead with film and television nominees for its 2022 show, which is set to take place Jan. 9, but will not be televised. In the film world, Kenneth Branagh’s Belfast and Jane Campion’s The Power of the Dog led all nominees with …
Read More »'West Side Story' Is Classic Spielberg, Classic Moviemaking — Just Classic, Period.
Movie musicals are back — maybe you’ve heard? In the past few years, we’ve basked in the glow of new gotta-sing-gotta-dance extravaganzas, from recent Broadway hits (Dear Evan Hansen) and cult favorites (The Prom) to Tony winners (Into the Heights) and personal tributes to/from Tony winners (Tick, Tick…Boom!). Want something …
Read More »What to Watch in December: New 'Matrix,' Spider-Man, 'Being The Ricardos' and Boba Fett
If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. It’s December which, when it comes to movies and television, tends to mean two things: Christmas specials and prestige movies. This year is no exception. In theaters (and …
Read More »Flashback: Halle Berry Accepts Razzie Award for 'Piece of Shit' 'Catwoman' Movie
Hollywood has been in love with Batman ever since Lewis Wilson first strapped on the cape in 1943 for a series of short films, but the infatuation will reach absurd proportions next year when three A-list actors will be playing him on the big screen. The blitz begins in March …
Read More »Kal Penn Comes Out, Announces Engagement to Partner of 11 Years
Harold & Kumar star Kal Penn has shared that he is gay and also announced his engagement to his long-term partner in a new book. In a recent interview withPeople, the actor and former White House staff member for the Obama administration said he discovered his sexuality “relatively late in …
Read More »Dave Chappelle, Who's Definitely 'Canceled,' to Screen New Documentary in Arenas
Dave Chappelle leaned into the already dubious notion that he’s been “canceled” to promote a run of special screenings for his new documentary, Untitled: Dave Chappelle Documentary Film. Chappelle shared a clip from a recent stand-up appearance on Instagram, in which he addressed the ongoing controversy over his jokes about …
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