579 posts tagged ‘entertainment culture’
Taika Waititi Jokes About Why He Went From Indies to Marvel
Gizmodo,
At this point, you have to know Taika Waiti is gonna Taika Waititi—especially since it’s been long known he isn’t coming back for a potential Thor 5. But the director’s self-deprecating appearance on the SmartLess Podcast, hosted by comedic actors Will Arnett, Sean Hayes, and Jason Bateman, has left some Marvel fans… Read more...
Saltburn's Emerald Fennell Dreams of Making an Erotic Jurassic Park
Where can the Jurassic Park franchise go after the disappointing Jurassic World Dominion? How about down an unexpectedly sexy path? If Oscar winner Emerald Fennell (Saltburn, Promising Young Woman) has her druthers, that maybe could happen—if only in our collective imaginations. Read more...
Taylor Swift's Concert Doc Coming to Streaming in December
December is a month that’s known for celebrating a very significant birthday. That’s right, Taylor Swift arrived as a little bundle of joy on the 13th and the mega-star just announced her blockbuster concert film Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour will be hitting streaming to mark the occasion, with three bonus songs as an… Read more...
Godzilla Minus One: what to watch before the new movie
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Taika Waititi agreed to Thor because he "was poor"
Marvel’s habit of poaching talented young writer-directors for their films has gone from something largely positive (cultivating diverse up-and-coming artists) to something seen as negative (wasting years of the lives of potential new auteurs on paint-by-the-numbers franchise filmmaking). Taika Waititi was an early… Read more...
Avatar 2 Made More Money in 2023 Than Most of Disney's New Releases
Just when you thought James Cameron might take a break from winning, you realize he’s been beating up Marvel, Lucasfilm, Disney, and Pixar without even trying. Let us explain. Read more...
Jennifer Lopez is releasing a film to accompany her first album in a decade
Jennifer Lopez is really coming for all the other pop girls’ crowns. First, the multi-hyphenate hopped on the ever-trendy Y2K aesthetic by reminding everyone that she, in fact, was the Y2K aesthetic with the announcement that she was remaking her classic Ben-Affleck-inspired album This Is Me...Then. This morning, she… Read more...
Kim Kardashian is really doing the acting thing
Look out, Hollywood, there’s a new It Girl in town. This It Girl was already an It Girl in other realms—reality television, fashion, even law apparently—but now Kim Kardashian has decided to really commit to being an actor. She’s coming off of a buzzy supporting role in American Horror Story: Delicate, in which she… Read more...