Month: July 2024

Dearest reader, the ton has gathered to celebrate Jennifer Lopez. The Hustlers actress celebrated her 55th birthday early with a Bridgerton-themed party in the Hamptons in New York July 20. Her family and friends were seen arriving wearing Regency-era attire resembling those seen on Shonda Rhimes‘ hit Netflix period drama, which often features lavish balls. J.Lo’s
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The 2024 movie schedule wasn’t exactly slouching throughout its first six months, with Abigail’s blood-soaked chaos and I Saw the TV Glow’s lo-fi hypnosis (among others) keeping vibes interesting, but the pre-Halloween months are generally when the genre hits hardest on the big screen. Following Oz Perkins’ Longlegs giving audiences Nic Cage-fronted nightmares, a new
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Independents look solid this weekend with Vertical’s Widow Clicquot nice alternative programming amid summer blockbuster season, IFC Film horror Oddity off to a fine start, and Thelma, one of the year’s biggest specialty hits, passing $8 million. New films and holdovers in limited release did business. Thomas Napper’s Widow Clicquot is looking at an estimated
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New York City’s East Side at the turn of the 20th century comes vibrantly alive in The Incorruptibles: A True Story of Kingpins, Crime Busters, and the Birth of the American Underworld. In the late 1800s, Eastern European Jews began fleeing Germany’s pogroms and Russia’s Pale of Settlement, the largest ghetto in history. The East
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The soap opera world is in mourning. Esta TerBlanche, who starred on All My Children in the late ’90s and early aughts, died July 18, her rep said. The actress was 51. “It’s with a heavy heart that my friend and client Esta TerBlanche passed away Thursday of natural causes,” her rep, Lisa Rodrigo, announced
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Deadpan standup comedian Bob Newhart, who died at age 94 on July 18, started out as an accountant, only to soon discover that his motto “that’s close enough” was hardly fitting for the trade. He began sending comedy audition tapes to radio stations and soon was signed to Warner Brothers Records. His first release, The
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Hollywood whines there’s a lost moviegoing audience in the middle and southern part of the U.S. that the industry doesn’t make movies for. Well, then make movies for them. That’s exactly what Universal, Warner Bros and Amblin did in rebooting Twisters to a grand stateside start of $80M, an awesome 60% ahead of its $50M+
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It’s a busy weekend at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Today, the NASCAR Cup Series returns to the iconic racetrack because the Brickyard 400 is back! After a three-year hiatus, one of NASCAR’s most prestigious races lands back on the schedule this afternoon. It’s the Brickyard 400’s 30th anniversary, so make sure you know how to watch the race
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Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman knew it wasn’t going to be easy to get Madonna‘s permission to use her 1989 hit “Like a Prayer” in Deadpool & Wolverine. The two actors, along with director Shawn Levy, shared in a recent interview with Andy Cohen on SiriusXM, via People, that they actually had to visit the iconic singer to ask her
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We are inundated by media updates about global warming, from statistical warnings and satellite images to news and weather reports on the latest storms, fires and floods. These ever-present alerts often focus on what’s happening to the land, but what about threats to the unique ecosystems of our oceans? This vast water world is the
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If four full seasons of 9-1-1: Lone Star have taught us anything, it’s that these first responders’ lives are just as fiery off the clock as on, and that’s why we love them. There’s something for fans of all types of romances to enjoy, from the long-term couples (Jim Parrack‘s Judd and Sierra McClain‘s Grace) to
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Well, it looks like we have not seen the last of our favorite sentient child’s playthings, who are set to return to the big screen once again in Toy Story 5. The upcoming Pixar movie will be the latest installment of the beloved animation studio’s oldest franchise, as the original, revolutionary Toy Story — which
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