Month: March 2024

The Best Actress category for the 2024 Oscar nominations was a tough one this year. You had Emma Stone portray Bella Baxter’s emotional and intellectual journey in Yorgos Lanthimos’ Poor Things. Then there was Lily Gladstone, who portrayed the pain the Osage Nation went through in the captivating Martin Scorsese film Killers of the Flower
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It’s been a newsy week in the world of books and reading, and I’ve got a smorgasbord of stories that didn’t make the cut for the full Today in Books treatment. Let’s catch up!  💸 Publishing models that rely on gig workers are bad for everyone.  🪐 The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association has announced the finalists
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Home is where the heart is—but what makes that heart want to live in that home forever? As someone who’s moved 10 times in his adult life and is “fascinated by the kind of people whose grandchildren visit the home that they raised their children in,” interior designer Jeremiah Brent found himself wondering what makes
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A trio of moderate releases – One Life, The American Society Of Magical Negroes and Knox Goes Away join Janus Films’ celebration of master musician Ryuichi Sakamoto, and César award winning The Animal Kingdom as the next wave of 2024 indie films rolls out post-Oscars. Focus Features’ American Society Of Magical Negroes, the feature directorial
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More details surrounding Cara Delevingne‘s house fire have emerged.  The supermodel’s Los Angeles home was heavily destroyed by flames in the early hours of March 15 while Cara was in London for work. Shortly before her Cabaret performance at the Playhouse Theatre that same night, Cara’s parents Pandora and Charles Delevingne addressed the situation, sharing there was an electrical fire
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The NAACP Image Awards announced its fifth round of winners in non-televised categories on Friday, which were presented amid a fashion show hosted by Brandee Evans. Warner Bros.’ The Color Purple swept all three categories, with Francine Jamison-Tanchuck winning outstanding costume design; Lawrence Davis, Tym Wallace, Andrea Mona Bowen, Angela Renae Dyson and Jorge Benitez Villalobos winning outstanding
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In a frame that will see Universal/DreamWorks Animation’s Kung Fu Panda 4 rally with a second weekend take of around $30M (-48%), three wide entries hit cinemas, the biggest being Lionsgate’s Mark Wahlberg canine sports movie Arthur the King with an eye on $8M-$10M at 3,003 locations. The movie directed by Simon Cellan Jones made
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Taylor Swift‘s The Eras Tour (Taylor’s Version) has officially landed on Disney+, giving fans around the world the chance to enjoy the superstar’s show-stopping performances from the comfort of home. Whether you were in the stands for one of Swift’s Eras Tour concerts or are watching for the very first time, the newly-released concert film
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10. Despite fans’ desires, pairing off managing partner Harvey with Rafferty’s Donna was not a foregone conclusion in creator Korsh’s mind. “When I wrote the pilot, I wasn’t like, ‘Harvey and Donna are destined to be together,’ or even, ‘Are they going to be the big “will they or won’t they?”‘ But we definitely went through that
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The details of American politics do not concern Alex Garland in Civil War. Despite the controversy it’s already courted about its supposed prescience, the unsettling feature from the British filmmaker doesn’t predict a future based on the country’s current two-party system. Garland is far more interested in the United States’ self-regarding exceptionalism, its belief in
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The title of Laura Bontje’s playful picture book is a palindrome sentence that can be read forward or backward. Palindromes are something that Hannah, protagonist of the delightful Was It a Cat I Saw?, loves: As Bontje tells us, “Anything Hannah could do forwards, she could do backwards too.” Hannah likes palindromes so much that
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Russell Wilson just leveled up his dad skills. But in case you needed proof: The Denver Broncos quarterback recently sprang into action to help Ciara, as he was seen holding onto a pouch of her breastmilk during a car ride for their 3-month-old daughter Amora Princess Wilson. “Okay, babe, what did you say?” Ciara said in a since-expired Instagram Story March 13,
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