Diagnosed with epilepsy, director Miles Levin refused to hide. Instead, he took an “emotional leap” with the upcoming feature “Under the Lights.” “The best movies come from journal entries you wouldn’t want anyone to read,” he says. “If you have a story that comes out of you with no risk whatsoever, it’s less likely to […]
The best way to end a long day of watching football is watching even more NFL action with “Sunday Night Football.” For Week 10, two NFL powerhouses go head-to-head as the Detroit Lions (7-1) face off against the Houston Texans (6-3) at NRG Stadium in Houston, Texas on Sunday, Nov. 11. The game kickoffs at […]
Something wicked this way comes on the packaging of Mattel’s “Wicked” dolls. There’s a website listed on the toy box, but instead of linking to the webpage for the movie adaptation of the Tony-winning musical, starring Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande, Mattel has mistakenly listed the URL to a pornographic website. The film’s official website […]
Long before Chappell Roan debuted her new country song, “The Giver,” on “SNL” and leaned into the camera to exert lesbian ownership of country-style expression, Fancy Hagood was committed to carving out space for queerness in country music. Earlier this year, he started covering Roan’s song “Casual,” joking that her unabashed lyrics had finally freed him up to […]
Filmmaker Tyler Taormina quickly fell in love with IFC Films’ idea for how to market his merry-and-bright feature. The indie distributor’s trailer for “Christmas Eve in Miller’s Point” plays as a full-on throwback to how holiday season comedies used to be advertised, complete with baby boomer doo-wop, a long list of grinning cast members and […]
“Red One,” a Christmas-themed release in which Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson plays Santa’s head of security, didn’t have too big a bounty to unwrap in its international box office debut. The film collected just $26.6 million from 25,195 screens across 75 overseas markets over the weekend. By comparison, “Venom: The Last Dance” added $33 million […]
Jaymes Vaughan debuted two new Christmas singles on Nov. 8, performing both on board Hallmark’s Christmas Cruise on the Norwegian Gem. The singer is married to Jonathan Bennett, Hallmark actor and producer, who also served as the host of the inaugural cruise. Vaughan performed “It’s Beginning to Feel a Lot Like Christmas” and “Home for […]
Elon Musk is apparently not impressed by Dana Carvey’s impression of him on “Saturday Night Live.” “Dana Carvey just sounds like Dana Carvey,” Musk wrote on X, replying under a clip of last night’s cold open, in which Carvey sported Musk’s “dark MAGA” hat and jumped up and down chanting, “USA! USA!” Responding to another […]
The 2024 NASCAR Cup Series Championship Race features Joey Logano, Ryan Blaney, Tyler Reddick, and William Byron and others during the 36th annual race. The race takes place at Phoenix Raceway in Avondale, AZ, on Sunday, Nov. 10 with a start time of 3 p.m. ET/12 p.m. PT. If you want to catch all of […]
Andra Day is joining the Season 2 cast of “Percy Jackson and the Olympians” as Athena. Athena, the Greek goddess of wisdom, is one of the most important Olympian characters in Rick Riordan’s “Percy Jackson” books, being the mother of Annabeth Chase (Leah Sava Jeffries), Percy’s (Walker Scobell) close friend and fellow demigod. Day made […]