579 posts tagged ‘entertainment culture’
R.I.P. Lynne Marta, Footloose and Joe Kidd actor
AV Club,
Lynne Marta, the actor known for roles in Footloose and Joe Kidd, has died, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Marta’s friend Chris Saint-Hilaire confirmed to the outlet that she had been battling cancer. She was 78 years old. Read more...
Nicole Kidman was told she was "too tall" for movies
Nicole Kidman may know how to use her height to effectively tower over Alexander Skarsgård (twice!) or an empty AMC audience now, but the Expats actress was once told it would be a hindrance to her work. When she was a teen just starting out in Australia, she “was told, ‘You won’t have a career. You’re too tall,’” the… Read more...
Sharon Stone pitched a Barbie girl in a '90s world but was "laughed out of the studio"
As hard as it is to believe, there was a time in American film culture when the closest one came to a Barbie film was The Kentucky Fried Movie. In a pre-Pirates Of The Caribbean Hollywood, movies weren’t based on brands as much—least of all, brands that don’t have a strong narrative thrust. In the 90s, people couldn’t… Read more...
Game Of Thrones creators somehow narrow down one single thing they’d change about series
Ask any of the Freefolk for one thing they’d change about HBO’s Game Of Thrones, and they’d probably reveal a litany of issues. The White Walkers’ finale. The coffee cups. The lighting. Some would prefer to just redo the whole final season. But Game Of Thrones’ former showrunners David Benioff and Dan Weiss, who have… Read more...
It's 2024 and Jennifer Coolidge is starring in a Minecraft movie
At this point, the best we can do is throw up our hands and say... you know what, fine. Sure! We’re only 17 days into the new year and two-time Emmy Award winning actor Jennifer Coolidge is officially starring in a Minecraft movie. That’s fine. Everything is fine! Read more...
Vince Staples answers the question "Who's Vince Staples?" with The Vince Staples Show trailer
If you are a rap fan or a member of the chronically online, you probably know who Vince Staples is. If not, then Netflix has a show for you: The Vince Staples Show, a new meta-comedy premiering February 15. The limited series, produced by black-ish creator Kenya Barris, aims to introduce Staples to a new audience, one… Read more...
A Thousand And One director joins Ava DuVernay in award season frustration: "We're not even given a shot"
Award season is in full swing, which means we tend to see some of the same titles—Oppenheimer, Killers Of The Flower Moon, Poor Things, etc.—over and over. Much ink has already been spilled over this cycle’s biggest sweeps and the shows they consequently shut out, but even when mourning those baffling snubs, it can be… Read more...
Is Che Diaz No Longer???
Jezebel,
Welp, it sounds a lot like Sara Ramirez will not be reprising their role as And Just Like That...’s most...controversial (read: can’t look away from) character. And just like that...the Max series would get a whole lot less interesting, IMO. No, seriously. If this is true, what would we write about??? Read more...