Month: January 2024

Brandon Stosuy is a master of pulling together the inspiring words of artists: He has gifted us with the stellar online magazine of interviews The Creative Independent, and three elegantly designed creativity guides. Now he returns with Sad Happens: A Celebration of Tears, a book of reflections, illustrated by Rose Lazar, about the experience and
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There are cool threads that tie together the careers of Jason Momoa and Dave Bautista. Individually they are known for their on-screen charisma and massive muscles, but they were also both part of the ensemble in Dune: Part 1, co-starred in the second season of the Apple TV+ series See, and they were each considered
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News Watch Playboi Carti’s Video for New Song “Backr00ms” Featuring Travis Scott The track also lists Sexisdeath and Indiana420Bitch as collaborators By Nina Corcoran January 1, 2024 Facebook X Playboi Carti (Joseph Okpako/WireImage) and Travis Scott (Kevin Mazur/Getty Images) Facebook X Playboi Carti has released a new song with Travis Scott called “Backr00ms” alongside a
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We’ve all had that feeling: when things are going really well in your life, you’re able to step outside your own body and assess the awesomeness of the whole situation in its totality. Having this kind of positive revelation is wonderful… though it can also lead to the unexpected blurting out of sentiment. This is
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MONDAY AM writethru: Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus, and he’s delivering the motion picture industry a $9 billion-plus year at the domestic box office, a feat many thought was unimaginable with the lack of a mega-tentpole over the holiday, coupled by a Q4 impacted by the double strikes. The numbers were compiled from
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Maria Hummel’s fifth novel offers the atmospheric story of an old friendship gone awry. As Goldenseal opens in 1990, Edith has arrived in Los Angeles, a city that’s unrecognizable to her after 40 years in Maine. Her destination is a grand hotel she once knew well. Waiting for Edith is Lacey, who has withdrawn not
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Never has an actress felt so grateful not to be the lead.  Because more than a decade-and-a-half later, Tracie Thoms can still recall the terror she felt when Meryl Streep spoke those first intently hushed words at The Devil Wears Prada table read. “We could barely hear her,” said Thoms, cast as grad student Lily, the loyal, tell-it-like-it-is best
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The indie box office busted out this year, hitting is stride post-Covid with an eclectic string of releases that made a splash artistically and financially. Independents and mini-majors saw $1.47 billion in box office receipts as of Dec. 27, up from $811.7 million in 2022, according to Comscore. Focus Features had the biggest limited opening
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The Grammy winner had previously attended the Chiefs’ Dec. 25 game and made that event a full family affair, bringing along for the first time both of her parents at the same time—with her mom Andrea Swift making her debut—as well as her brother Austin Swift. Taylor’s mom and her dad Scott Swift were spotted chatting with Travis’ dad Ed Kelce at the event. Taylor’s mom
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When an actor like Paul Giamatti really wants a part, good luck trying to stop them from getting it. This lesson was something the actor’s representation learned pretty early on, as far back as the casting for Tim Burton’s reboot to one of the best sci-fi movies of all time, Planet of the Apes.  Through
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