On September 12, the eighth installment of FX’s “American Horror Story” kicked off its highly anticipated “Murder House” and “Coven” crossover season titled “Apocalypse.” We are just four months into the 2019 Emmys eligibility period, but with the premiere having struck a chord with viewers, awards talk is already underway. Could that lead to a comeback at next year’s Emmys? (See the list of 2018 Emmy winners.)
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“Apocalypse” takes place in the near future, when the world is destroyed by missiles and nuclear winter kicks in. An organization by the name of “The Cooperative” is selecting young adults based on their genetic makeup to be saved from the apocalypse. Two of these survivors, Timothy (Kyle Allen) and Emily (Ashley Santos), are sent to Outpost 3, an underground base led by Ms.
See Psst! Here are 7 secrets you didn’t know about the 70th Emmy Awards that I only learned by being there
“Apocalypse” takes place in the near future, when the world is destroyed by missiles and nuclear winter kicks in. An organization by the name of “The Cooperative” is selecting young adults based on their genetic makeup to be saved from the apocalypse. Two of these survivors, Timothy (Kyle Allen) and Emily (Ashley Santos), are sent to Outpost 3, an underground base led by Ms.
- 9/18/2018
- by Luca Giliberti
- Gold Derby
Tuesday’s all-new episode of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills came to an emotional conclusion when Erika Girardi opened up for the first time about her estranged relationship with her father.
“I don’t know him,” the 46-year-old pop singer told castmates Lisa Vanderpump, Dorit Kemsley, Teddi Mellencamp Arroyave, Lisa Rinna, and Camille Grammer. “I didn’t grow up with my father. We don’t speak.”
Girardi went on to explain that her mother, Renée Chahoy, gave birth to her at just 18 and that her father left “for good” when she was only 9-months-old.
“The first time I met...
“I don’t know him,” the 46-year-old pop singer told castmates Lisa Vanderpump, Dorit Kemsley, Teddi Mellencamp Arroyave, Lisa Rinna, and Camille Grammer. “I didn’t grow up with my father. We don’t speak.”
Girardi went on to explain that her mother, Renée Chahoy, gave birth to her at just 18 and that her father left “for good” when she was only 9-months-old.
“The first time I met...
- 12/27/2017
- by Dave Quinn
- PEOPLE.com
Bleecker St. Films has released the first trailer and poster for their upcoming gem of a film, Captain Fantastic.
The movie stars Viggo Mortensen, Frank Langella, George MacKay, Samantha Isler, Annalise Basso, Nicholas Hamilton, Shree Crooks, Charlie Shotwell, Ann Dowd, Erin Moriarty, Missi Pyle, with Kathryn Hahn and Steve Zahn.
Deep in the forests of the Pacific Northwest, isolated from society, a devoted father (Viggo Mortensen) dedicates his life to transforming his six young children into extraordinary adults. But when a tragedy strikes the family, they are forced to leave this self-created paradise and begin a journey into the outside world that challenges his idea of what it means to be a parent and brings into question everything he’s taught them.
In his Sundance 2016 review, Brian Moylan says the film is, “Gorgeously shot and peppered with genuine emotion, this is a great sophomore effort for writer/director Matt Ross,...
The movie stars Viggo Mortensen, Frank Langella, George MacKay, Samantha Isler, Annalise Basso, Nicholas Hamilton, Shree Crooks, Charlie Shotwell, Ann Dowd, Erin Moriarty, Missi Pyle, with Kathryn Hahn and Steve Zahn.
Deep in the forests of the Pacific Northwest, isolated from society, a devoted father (Viggo Mortensen) dedicates his life to transforming his six young children into extraordinary adults. But when a tragedy strikes the family, they are forced to leave this self-created paradise and begin a journey into the outside world that challenges his idea of what it means to be a parent and brings into question everything he’s taught them.
In his Sundance 2016 review, Brian Moylan says the film is, “Gorgeously shot and peppered with genuine emotion, this is a great sophomore effort for writer/director Matt Ross,...
- 4/29/2016
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Sorry John Travolta, but we don't remember Grease's Danny being this hot. Aaron Tveit had Twitter collectively swooning on Sunday night when his Danny donned a very tiny pair of shorts for a gym scene in Grease: Live. There isn't much to say, other than Tveit had even the most snarky viewers pausing to enjoy his rippling muscles. To be fair, the shorts had context - Danny dons the retro gym gear while trying to improve his athletic skills in order to impress the more straight-laced (and jock-loving) Sandy (Julianne Hough). You're all cool with the fact I'm mostly...
- 2/1/2016
- by Maria Mercedes Lara, @maria_mercedes
- PEOPLE.com
I have no idea where Brian Moylan is, but I'm super grateful to fill in for him on this particular recap. It's one of my favorite Real Housewives of Beverly Hills episodes ever."Busted BBQ" represents the franchise at its most transparently formulaic and its most compulsively watchable self. The episode deploys that most ancient and reliable of plot devices — a controversy over a Housewife's mention in a book. The book is quasi-Housewife Faye Resnick's Nicole Brown Simpson: The Private Diary of a Life Interrupted, and the controversy is sparked by a passage about Housewife Kathryn Edwards's marriage to ex-husband Marcus Allen. Rhobh combines two tricks here: The digging-up-old-literary-dirt trick (as seen on Real Housewives of New Jersey, when Dina Manzo exposed Danielle Staub's past in the book Cop Without A Badge), and the one-cast-member-writing-about-another trick (as also seen on Real Housewives of New Jersey, when Teresa Giudice called...
- 1/27/2016
- by Ben Rimalower
- Vulture
Compared to the Oscars, the Globes are unpredictable – and from Mad Max: Fury Road to The Martian, there are a wealth of great films up for this Sunday’s awards
Brian Moylan predicts the TV categories
Awards season kicks into high gear on Sunday with the 73rd annual Golden Globes, hosted for a fourth time by Ricky Gervais. The first major awards show of the year promises to be – as always – an unpredictable affair, with few clear frontrunners in the major film categories. The Hollywood Foreign Press Association, who vote for the awards, often don’t go with the tide: last year, the eventual best picture Oscar winner Birdman lost to Boyhood; in 2010, they opted for The Social Network over The King’s Speech, which went on to sweep the Oscars. Due to that factor, the Golden Globes usually make for a fun watch, spikier and less establishment than the Oscars.
Brian Moylan predicts the TV categories
Awards season kicks into high gear on Sunday with the 73rd annual Golden Globes, hosted for a fourth time by Ricky Gervais. The first major awards show of the year promises to be – as always – an unpredictable affair, with few clear frontrunners in the major film categories. The Hollywood Foreign Press Association, who vote for the awards, often don’t go with the tide: last year, the eventual best picture Oscar winner Birdman lost to Boyhood; in 2010, they opted for The Social Network over The King’s Speech, which went on to sweep the Oscars. Due to that factor, the Golden Globes usually make for a fun watch, spikier and less establishment than the Oscars.
- 1/7/2016
- by Nigel M Smith
- The Guardian - Film News
It's the most wonderful time of year, you guys — the time when Brian Moylan takes a break from recapping the Real Housewives to go gallivanting around the globe, and I get to share my thoughts on the latest from the ladies who lunch.Like my fairy godfather Brian before me, I am distinctly unenamored with new Housewife Erika Girardi. She doesn't do anything especially egregious in this episode, but I want to start out by talking about how much she bugs me because I'm scared my actual reactions will devolve into a Lisa Rinna bashing session. I don't want to go there. I love Lisa Rinna … but she wasn't at her best tonight. Anyway, Erika may very well have been at her best tonight, but her best is still pretty freaking crappy. If I hear her refer to herself in the third person one more time — using her "music business...
- 12/23/2015
- by Ben Rimalower
- Vulture
Hello, my name is Dame Brian Moylan. Welcome to the Real Housewives Institute. Sadly, we have been closed for some months because the ongoing responsibilities of the Teresa Giudice Legal Defense Fund were much more involved than we originally anticipated. But now that the Real Forehead Wrinkles of the Sherman Oaks Mall have returned to us, we have flung open our doors — and our hearts — to once again bear witness to their foibles and triumphs.This premiere episode was exactly what I wanted, a nice little catch-up episode with all of our returning champions before we suffer the indignities of meeting the new girls. God, I hate the new girls. They are always so awful and boring at first, and I have to say mean things about them and compare them to the security tag that the shopkeeper forgot to take off your scarf and now you're stuck trying...
- 12/2/2015
- by Brian Moylan
- Vulture
Before we get to this week’s episode of The Real Houseguests of Turks & Caicos, let me take a moment to apologize for not introducing myself last week. As I’m no one’s teacher and merely a fellow Bravo-holic trying to make sense of the crazy, I neglected to do what is required of a substitute. No, I don’t mean writing my name on the board (“Hello, my name is Ms. Rimalower”), but rather that I should have explained the absence of your usual recapper, the genius Brian Moylan. I actually don’t know where he is, exactly, and so I cannot confirm or deny reports that he’s been kidnapped and is being held for ransom by Jill Zarin or anyone affiliated with Zarin Fabrics. What I do know is that he is scheduled back next week. In the meantime, I will continue to do my best...
- 7/1/2015
- by Ben Rimalower
- Vulture
The 31st edition of the Sundance Film Festival opens tonight in Park City and what we'll do here, as succinctly as possible, is provide a guide to the guides. For some, such as Julia Sutherland in the Financial Times, Sundance is "a bellwether of economic trends within the industry." For others, like Brian Moylan in Guardian, it's all about the Big Race. He notes that the festival "has produced a slew of titles that have made the Academy Awards shortlist—including, in recent times, Precious, Little Miss Sunshine, The Kids Are All Right and Winter’s Bone." But if it wins, "Boyhood would be the first to actually scoop the prize (and, if it did, it would be beating another Sundance alumnus, Whiplash)." » - David Hudson...
- 1/22/2015
- Fandor: Keyframe
The 31st edition of the Sundance Film Festival opens tonight in Park City and what we'll do here, as succinctly as possible, is provide a guide to the guides. For some, such as Julia Sutherland in the Financial Times, Sundance is "a bellwether of economic trends within the industry." For others, like Brian Moylan in Guardian, it's all about the Big Race. He notes that the festival "has produced a slew of titles that have made the Academy Awards shortlist—including, in recent times, Precious, Little Miss Sunshine, The Kids Are All Right and Winter’s Bone." But if it wins, "Boyhood would be the first to actually scoop the prize (and, if it did, it would be beating another Sundance alumnus, Whiplash)." » - David Hudson...
- 1/22/2015
- Keyframe
The stars of film and TV gathered in Hollywood for the first big awards ceremony of the season, presented by Tina Fey and Amy Poehler. From the gongs to the glamour, this is how the action unfolded
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That’s it for tonight, everyone. Thanks for keeping us company while we watched North Korean jokes, grumpy Harrison Ford, and Tina and Amy slay for the third year in a row. It’s a night we’ll never forget. At least until next year.
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Boyhood is great. Richard Linklater is great. Patricia Arquette, Ethan Hawke & Ellar Coltrane are great. But how bout a shoutout to the secret weapon of that film: Lorelei Linklater. -Jh
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Meryl Streep’s dress looks like a Franz Kline painting. -Jh
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Boyhood! See it only takes 12 years to make a great movie.
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That’s it for tonight, everyone. Thanks for keeping us company while we watched North Korean jokes, grumpy Harrison Ford, and Tina and Amy slay for the third year in a row. It’s a night we’ll never forget. At least until next year.
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Boyhood is great. Richard Linklater is great. Patricia Arquette, Ethan Hawke & Ellar Coltrane are great. But how bout a shoutout to the secret weapon of that film: Lorelei Linklater. -Jh
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Meryl Streep’s dress looks like a Franz Kline painting. -Jh
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Boyhood! See it only takes 12 years to make a great movie.
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- 1/12/2015
- by Alex Needham, Brian Moylan and Jordan Hoffman in New York and Hannah Marriott in London
- The Guardian - Film News
Brian Moylan, your regular Rhobh recapper, is on hiatus for a week. Please welcome the Moylan-approved Ben Rimalower. The previews for this week’s episode of Real Housewives of Beverly Hills showed Brandi offering Lisa oral sex and much discussion of, namely, “cunnilingus.” Reality-television fans are wise to the ways networks lure us back each week, but this seemed like an awful lot of talk for something that wasn’t really going to happen. Would the franchise finally deliver the girl-on-girl action its name promised long ago when something pornographic might be inferred, before Real Housewives became a brand?Of course not. And while there was a great deal of pseudo sexually charged grandstanding (beyond dirty talk, there was boob-squeezing, ass-pinching, some light S&M, and even a wet T-shirt contest), actual sex seemed to be the furthest thing from any of the women’s minds. This was all about power — Lisa Vanderpump’s power,...
- 12/31/2014
- by Ben Rimalower
- Vulture
Hello, ladies and gentlemen who like gentlemen. Welcome, welcome to the Real Housewives Institute. I am your senior vice-president of cultural studies, Dame Brian Moylan. We have a very special treat for you today: a 60-minute video all about one of the biggest and most important backyard parties in all of California, the White Party. No, it was not named after the gay circuit party in Palm Springs, thought it features just as many gays with Botox and possibly even more inappropriately small articles of clothing. It was actually named after the Republican Party. Ha-ha. Just joking. That was just my little funny. The White Party is a decades-old institution started by Kyle Richards in the basketball court behind her house. Initially, it would just be a few of her drunk homosexual friends who would stumble over after too many mimosas during Sunday Funday, and they would play Cee-Cee Peniston...
- 11/19/2014
- by Brian Moylan
- Vulture
“The Bachelor” will try to spice things up with a 3-hour live premiere The Jan. 5 season premiere will mix in taped segments, such as the limo arrivals, with Chris Harrison live with a studio audience joined by "Bachelor" and "Bachelorette" alums offering commentary, according to TV Line. The live premiere may be a response to concerns that "Bachelor" Chris Soules is "boring" and "as exciting as watching soybeans grow." Toronto Mayor Rob Ford's newly elected successor declines Jimmy Kimmel’s invitation John Tory, who was elected this week to replace Mayor Rob Ford, says he’s not going on the ABC talk show because “I’m not in show business.” He adds: Let’s talk (about) why I’m there. I’m there because the previous guy was the subject of jokes and all the sort of stuff and they’ll probably replay old tapes. I just don’t...
- 10/30/2014
- by Norman Weiss
- Hitfix
On last night's Real Housewives of New York City, Aviva Drescher threw her leg. Who is Aviva Drescher? A Housewife of New York City. Why did she throw her leg? "Aviva Drescher threw her leg because she knew it would be great television," wrote sage Vulture recapper Brian Moylan. And that's a good enough answer for me. Hell, just show me the GIFs. (Thank you to RealityTVGIFs.) Here it is:Later, Andy's "response" on the post-show What What Happens Live: And if you'd actually like to see the whole thing go down, here's a video: Yes, sure.
- 7/23/2014
- by Lindsey Weber
- Vulture
'How I Met Your Mother' and the Problem of a Sex-Negative Happy Ending Barney wound up with the wrong girl. By Brian Moylan How I Met Your Mother created one of the best sluts in the history of television. Yes, I use that word as a compliment and, yes, I’m talking about Barney Stinson, Neil Patrick Harris’ character. For nine seasons Barney was the ultimate bimbro, using increasingly ornate pickup artist tricks to land women in the sack. Much to the world’s chagrin they often worked. So why was the show so intent on destroying the very essence of Barney and tying him down? It’s because that is what a “happy ending” is all about. On last night’s series finale Barney got married, divorced, and fell in love with another woman within the span of 60 minutes (about 43 if you take out the commercial breaks...
- 4/1/2014
- by Brian Moylan
- Nerve
OKCupid discourages Firefox, Bishop Robinson explains why Christians are not victims, baby elephant plays water polo
Lucas Entertainment was one of the last holdouts making only condom porn. Now they’ve gone condomless, and Michael Lucas provides an explanation why that’s worth reading. And he also thinks that activists have cause and effect backwards when it comes to bareback porn. “I don’t think that bareback porn has driven gay men to bareback sex; I think that the rise in bareback sex has driven the industry to bareback porn.”
If you go to the homepage of OKCupid using Firefox, you’ll get an interstitial telling you that they’d prefer you used another browser to access their product because the Mozilla CEO supported Prop 8. They then politely link you to alternative browser downloads before giving you a link to continue, if you must.
Of course things like this upset Maggie Gallagher,...
Lucas Entertainment was one of the last holdouts making only condom porn. Now they’ve gone condomless, and Michael Lucas provides an explanation why that’s worth reading. And he also thinks that activists have cause and effect backwards when it comes to bareback porn. “I don’t think that bareback porn has driven gay men to bareback sex; I think that the rise in bareback sex has driven the industry to bareback porn.”
If you go to the homepage of OKCupid using Firefox, you’ll get an interstitial telling you that they’d prefer you used another browser to access their product because the Mozilla CEO supported Prop 8. They then politely link you to alternative browser downloads before giving you a link to continue, if you must.
Of course things like this upset Maggie Gallagher,...
- 4/1/2014
- by Ed Kennedy
- The Backlot
These Three Bros Will Completely Ruin the Upcoming 'Jem and the Holograms' Movie This news is truly outrageous. By Brian Moylan There is nothing I hate more than the instant Internet reaction to the announcement of movie news or a casting decision where everyone instinctively rails against casting decisions. You know, the kind of torment Ben Affleck went through when it was announced that he would play Batman in the new Batman & Superman movie. How can these people judge the job he'll do when the script isn't even finalized and his rubberized codpiece hasn't been fitted? That said, I just received word that there is finally going to be a movie based on the genius '80s cartoon Jem and the Holograms and I know, for certain, that is it is going to be an absolute piece of shit that will destroy the franchise forever. The [...]...
- 3/20/2014
- by Brian Moylan
- Nerve
Vulture is holding the ultimate Reality Rumble to determine the greatest season of the greatest reality-tv shows, from The Real World on. Each day, a different writer will be charged with determining the winner of a round of the bracket, until Vulture’s Margaret Lyons judges the finals on March 25. As round one continues, Vulture reality recapper Brian Moylan pits The Amazing Race’s fifth season (with Mirna and Charla) against the second season of The Real Housewives of Atlanta, when the usual RHoA craziness happened.Comparing dramas and comedies is one thing, but presiding over a debate about two shows in the reality-television genre — which has more variations than Kim Kardashian has selfies — is a tall order indeed. Take perpetual Emmy winner The Amazing Race and The Real Housewives of Atlanta, the jewel in Andy Cohen’s tiara of aspirational douchebaggery. They’re so unalike that it’s not...
- 3/12/2014
- by Brian Moylan
- Vulture
You know the opening scenes of a horror movie, the part where a group of teenagers descend on a house in the lake with kegs and bikinis and start to have their own rager outside the prying eyes of the adult world? You know the trope, a blonde girl sunning topless with her friends on a raft in the middle of a lake thinking that there is absolutely nothing wrong with the world just before a giant trash monster burbles up from the depth and swallows them all into its gelatinous maw. Well, that’s what tonight’s premiere of The Real Beanie Caps of the Blair Witch Project was like. But before we get into that, I just want to say hello, my name is Brian Moylan, associate director of the Real Housewives Institute, and I will be your docent on this weekly tour through the sixth season of...
- 3/12/2014
- by Brian Moylan
- Vulture
Gays Everywhere Will Get to Argue About HBO's 'Looking' for a Second Season And some characters got promoted to series regular. By Brian Moylan My favorite thing about Looking, HBO's show about the lives and loves of three gay dudes living in San Francisco, isn't so much watching Looking but fighting about Looking. You can't swing a handbag in a bar in Hell's Kitchen or West Hollywood without hitting a gaggle of gays that is arguing about the relative merits of the show. Now we'll have another whole year to continue our squabbles. According to The Hollywood Reporter, HBO has picked the show up for Season 2 and has promoted three of the actors to series regulars which means we'll see a whole lot more of fag hag (fruit fly?) Doris (Lauren Weedman) and star Jonathan Groff's impossibly dreamy lover Richie (Raul [...]...
- 2/26/2014
- by Brian Moylan
- Nerve
Science Proves Watching 'Jersey Shore' Actually Made You Sluttier The Situation made you Dtf. By Brian Moylan Every so often conservatives and concerned parents let us all know that some reality show or another is ruining our culture and turning us all into promiscuous people who will have sex with everything. They sounded the clarion call for Jersey Shore, MTV's uber popular show about eight guidos cavorting on a boardwalk. They said that all that talk about sex and watching Sammy and Ronnie "smash" was going to turn us all into giant sluts. Well, according to science, they were right. A study in the latest issue of Media Psychology proves that Jersey Shore was not only the greatest sociological experiment of our time, but also one of the most sex-drenched shows on the tube. "Viewers of Jersey Shore were likely to see 23 instances of sexual [...]...
- 2/24/2014
- by Brian Moylan
- Nerve
Bravo Orders Its First Scripted Series about Divorced Women Getting Back in the Game This is basically exactly like Sex and the City, except everyone is divorced. By Brian Moylan Bravo, Andy Cohen's playground of women tearing at each other's weaves, is about to get a little classier now that they ordered 13 episodes of their first scripted program. They announced in a press release that Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce will premiere in 2015. The show, based on Vicki Iovine's Girlfriends' Guide book series, follows Abby (Lisa Edelstein of House) a self-help writer who is trying to cover up her divorce from the public and get back into the swing of the single life in her 40s in L.A. She gets by with a little help from her friends, including '90s treasure Janeane Garofalo as a tough-talking attorney, and Beau Garrett (who is a girl) as a [...]...
- 2/20/2014
- by Brian Moylan
- Nerve
First, I’d like to give a big thank you to Brian Moylan for covering Curse Gate last week, and for doing such a fabulous job of it. Second, Carlton is officially your emotionally disturbed friend from fourth grade who told you to how great you looked in L.A. Gear sneakers one day, only to declare L.A. Gears the ugliest of ugly shoes the next day, Melissa Gorton. I cannot keep up with the come-here-now-go-away attitude she serves up each week, and even though the bile is rising in my throat as I type this, I … just this week … I’m on Kyle’s side this time.What Sorcery Is This? What Dark Curse Flows Through My Veins Like Hot Knives? Kyle was right, Carlton is an asshole, and I will never forgive her for making me side with Kyle. I spent most of this week in a...
- 2/4/2014
- by Danielle Henderson
- Vulture
Hello, everyone. I am Brian Moylan, Vice-President of the Real Housewives Institute, filling in for Danielle Henderson. Some of you might know my Real Housewife recaps from Gawker and some other sites, and I’m very excited to be filling some mighty big shoes this week. And what a week it was! This season has been a collection of half-baked offerings and silly squabbles about whether or not Lisa tousled her hair at Joyce in a flippant manner. It’s been, at times, downright boring. But last night – whoa, Nelly. Between the Sisters Richards’ fame-mongering pathology, all the talk of witchcraft, and Carlton’s Eyes Wide Shut Pool Party brought to you by Fist Pump Tequila, Fat Burger, and Snooki Polizzi Brand Thong Undergarments, this was the most memorable night we’ve had since, well, at least since Andy Cohen decided to shave that pathetic dappled patch of fur he called a beard.
- 1/28/2014
- by Brian Moylan
- Vulture
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Darren Aronofsky is in early talks to direct an adaptation of Red Sparrow, based on the Jason Matthews spy novel.
The Angelina-Jolie-is-Kay-Scarpetta movie is looking more likely since some complicated-sounding re-negotiation by Patricia Cornwell on the novels.
The Thor sequel is apparently still shooting scenes to ramp up the time devoted to Tom Hiddleston's Loki.
Remember Vin Diesel's cryptic hints at Comic-Con about doing something massive with Marvel? He's still being a bit of a tease.
Jennifer Garner has joined Halle Berry in the fight for tougher anti-paparazzi laws.
Lee Daniels has revealed libertine details of his days as a manager to actors...
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We'll be honest: it's a little light. But we will be further investigating these:
Darren Aronofsky is in early talks to direct an adaptation of Red Sparrow, based on the Jason Matthews spy novel.
The Angelina-Jolie-is-Kay-Scarpetta movie is looking more likely since some complicated-sounding re-negotiation by Patricia Cornwell on the novels.
The Thor sequel is apparently still shooting scenes to ramp up the time devoted to Tom Hiddleston's Loki.
Remember Vin Diesel's cryptic hints at Comic-Con about doing something massive with Marvel? He's still being a bit of a tease.
Jennifer Garner has joined Halle Berry in the fight for tougher anti-paparazzi laws.
Lee Daniels has revealed libertine details of his days as a manager to actors...
- 8/15/2013
- by Catherine Shoard
- The Guardian - Film News
The top-line on the big news stories in cinema today – plus a preview of what's coming up on the site
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It's really hard out there to be pimp: Woody Allen prostitutes John Turturro to Sharon Stone in Fading Gigolo, one of a handful of new Toronto premieres unveiled yesterday.
Set phasers to portentous. Christopher Nolan has started shooting his space travel film, Interstellar.
Jennifer Garner wouldn't be surprised if Ben Affleck went into politics.
Neill Blomkamp's next project is a robot film called - ahem - Chappie.
Khan get no satisfaction: Star Trek fans have voted Into Darkness the weakest film in the whole Trek cinematic canon.
Breaking Bale: Christian "could get $50m" to play Batman in Man of Steel 2, while Bryan Cranston is apparently in the running for Lex Luthor.
And, holy moly, Joel Edgerton set to...
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News headlines today
It's really hard out there to be pimp: Woody Allen prostitutes John Turturro to Sharon Stone in Fading Gigolo, one of a handful of new Toronto premieres unveiled yesterday.
Set phasers to portentous. Christopher Nolan has started shooting his space travel film, Interstellar.
Jennifer Garner wouldn't be surprised if Ben Affleck went into politics.
Neill Blomkamp's next project is a robot film called - ahem - Chappie.
Khan get no satisfaction: Star Trek fans have voted Into Darkness the weakest film in the whole Trek cinematic canon.
Breaking Bale: Christian "could get $50m" to play Batman in Man of Steel 2, while Bryan Cranston is apparently in the running for Lex Luthor.
And, holy moly, Joel Edgerton set to...
- 8/14/2013
- by Catherine Shoard
- The Guardian - Film News
This week on Operation Kino, we're throwing out the usual format for plenty of reasons-- none of the week's new releases screened in time for us to see them, David is off recovering from surgery, and Katey and Patches are still (yes, still) at the Sundance Film Festival, where nightmares like Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters can't hurt them. So we're devoting most of this week's show to Sundance, discussing the festival with special guest Brian Moylan, and then tossing in a bonus tidbit from Da7e as he talks about the series finale of Fringe. Take a listen below and find your downloading options; for more from all of us, you can follow our special guest Brian Moylan (@brianjmoylan), the show (@opkino), Da7e (@da7e), David (@davidehrlich or @CriterionCorner), Patches (@misterpatches) and Katey (@kateyrich) on Twitter. To download the file directly, click Here [ Subscribe With iTunes ] 00:01-01:35 Star Wars ...
- 1/25/2013
- cinemablend.com
The Westboro Baptist Church has announced plans to picket the funerals of the children slain in the horrible school shooting in Connecticut. They believe the shootings are God's judgment on the nation, and put out a horrible video stating why (YouTube pulled it as hate/harm speech, but you can watch it here). Hacker group Anonymous has taken out the Westboro website and published all the personal details of the church members, and claim that they will take further action to stop the certified hate group.
Meanwhile, if social media is to be believed, gun shops are doing record business this weekend in the wake of the massacre, though some say it's just normal Christmas business.
Senator Diane Feinstein has announced plans to introduce a ban on assault weapons the first day that the new Congress is back in session, modeled on the previous assault weapon ban that expired in 2004.
Meanwhile,...
Meanwhile, if social media is to be believed, gun shops are doing record business this weekend in the wake of the massacre, though some say it's just normal Christmas business.
Senator Diane Feinstein has announced plans to introduce a ban on assault weapons the first day that the new Congress is back in session, modeled on the previous assault weapon ban that expired in 2004.
Meanwhile,...
- 12/17/2012
- by lostinmiami
- The Backlot
First up, you should probably plan your lunch break around Days of Our Lives, because something gay is happening, and our own snicks will be liveblogging the action today and tomorrow.
Very sad, news. Director Tony Scott apparently committed suicide last night by jumping off an L.A. bridge. The younger brother of Ridley, Tony Scott scored a number of number of movie hits, including Top Gun, Beverly Hills Cop 2 and most recently Unstoppable in 2010. In recent years Scott had ventured into TV producing (He was an Ep on The Good Wife.)
In a moment of gross stupidity, Congressman Todd Akin, who is running against Senator Claire McCaskill for her Senate seat, said “From what I understand from doctors… if it’s a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down.” Akin has since said he "misspoke" but still doesn't support abortion in cases of rape,...
Very sad, news. Director Tony Scott apparently committed suicide last night by jumping off an L.A. bridge. The younger brother of Ridley, Tony Scott scored a number of number of movie hits, including Top Gun, Beverly Hills Cop 2 and most recently Unstoppable in 2010. In recent years Scott had ventured into TV producing (He was an Ep on The Good Wife.)
In a moment of gross stupidity, Congressman Todd Akin, who is running against Senator Claire McCaskill for her Senate seat, said “From what I understand from doctors… if it’s a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down.” Akin has since said he "misspoke" but still doesn't support abortion in cases of rape,...
- 8/20/2012
- by lostinmiami
- The Backlot
Did you miss me? Probably not, since Louis and snicks kept you company. I spent the last week riding roller coasters, walking gardens, caves, blowing my diet, and hiking waterfalls, and feel much less homicidal than normal. On to the news!
It turns out that the Defense of Marriage Act isn't just bad for the gays, it would also keep Jeannie from marrying Master, and Superman from marrying Lois Lane.
Joseph Gordon-Levitt says that he's too good of a friend with Zooey Deschanel to ever consider dating her, but he does offer up tips about what he looks for in a partner. Are you listening, Morgan? “Making checklists of things you’re looking for in a person is the numero uno thing you can do to guarantee you’ll be alone forever. You just have to pay attention, keep your eyes open, listen to people and be present. I guess...
It turns out that the Defense of Marriage Act isn't just bad for the gays, it would also keep Jeannie from marrying Master, and Superman from marrying Lois Lane.
Joseph Gordon-Levitt says that he's too good of a friend with Zooey Deschanel to ever consider dating her, but he does offer up tips about what he looks for in a partner. Are you listening, Morgan? “Making checklists of things you’re looking for in a person is the numero uno thing you can do to guarantee you’ll be alone forever. You just have to pay attention, keep your eyes open, listen to people and be present. I guess...
- 8/19/2012
- by lostinmiami
- The Backlot
Matt Bomer is passing down his perfect style to his kids. It's definitely proven influential to his son. 'Our oldest has a fascination with ties. We'll be going to a family dinner and he'll come downstairs in a pair of shorts, a T-shirt, and a blue blazer with a tie. We let him rock that.' He and husband Simon Halls, a Hollywood publicist who counts Tom Ford among his clientele, are the parents to three: a seven-year-old and four-year-old twins."
Early Fleetwood Mac guitarist Bob Welch has committed suicide in his Nashville home. I'm sure that snicks knows the perfect song to memorialize him.
A new study out of the University of Missouri suggests that bisexual college students, coming to terms with their sexuality, are likely to drink much more than their gay or straight counterparts. It also suggests that women are more comfortable with a fluid sexuality, while...
Early Fleetwood Mac guitarist Bob Welch has committed suicide in his Nashville home. I'm sure that snicks knows the perfect song to memorialize him.
A new study out of the University of Missouri suggests that bisexual college students, coming to terms with their sexuality, are likely to drink much more than their gay or straight counterparts. It also suggests that women are more comfortable with a fluid sexuality, while...
- 6/8/2012
- by lostinmiami
- The Backlot
As more and more celebrities and politicians comment on President Obama's support for marriage equality, it just becomes a blur. But on The Graham Norton Show, Chris Rock really stood out talking about the noise itself. "It just shows you how screwed up the world is though, that a man just goes "Hey, I think gay people should be treated like everyone else." Controversy! What kind of world is this, it's so horrible."
Why is it so hard to come up with an HIV vaccine? This is a tough, adaptive little bug we're dealing with.
The group Here We Go Magic were driving between gigs and saw a hitchhiker on the side of the road, and realized that it was John Waters. So they looped back and picked him up, finding that he's on his way across country. They're dropping him in Indianapolis if anybody wants the next leg.
Why is it so hard to come up with an HIV vaccine? This is a tough, adaptive little bug we're dealing with.
The group Here We Go Magic were driving between gigs and saw a hitchhiker on the side of the road, and realized that it was John Waters. So they looped back and picked him up, finding that he's on his way across country. They're dropping him in Indianapolis if anybody wants the next leg.
- 5/17/2012
- by lostinmiami
- The Backlot
In a Hollywood explosion seldom seen, Joe Eszterhas, the screenwriter for The Maccabees, the Jewish historical film Mel Gibson is making, published a nine-page letter accusing Gibson of being anti-Semitic and just doing the film to fix his reputation. Mel Gibson published a response saying Eszterhas was unprofessional and delivering a late, substandard script (that Warner Bros rejected).
Brian Moylan is stirring the pot again with an etiquette guide for straight people at gay bars. I have to admit though, I tend to agree with him. Back in my party days nothing could clear a dance floor full of shirtless circuit boys faster than some of this stuff, plus mixed drinks on the dance floor? Who does that?
Macy Gray is out with a new album and talking about her support for the Glbt community as well. The money line is "It’s a very powerful community in music. And,...
Brian Moylan is stirring the pot again with an etiquette guide for straight people at gay bars. I have to admit though, I tend to agree with him. Back in my party days nothing could clear a dance floor full of shirtless circuit boys faster than some of this stuff, plus mixed drinks on the dance floor? Who does that?
Macy Gray is out with a new album and talking about her support for the Glbt community as well. The money line is "It’s a very powerful community in music. And,...
- 4/12/2012
- by lostinmiami
- The Backlot
Did you miss me? Because I brought presents, if I can just find time to prepare them for you guys. I have about 800 pictures, interviews with Travis Wall and Nick Lazzarini (they're huggers!), Alec Mapa, Bruce Vilanch and Dixie Longate. I have stories galore, from the over-the-top dance parties to just how filthy Idina Menzel's mouth is when she's not singing. I do want to thank Don and Rich at Atlantis Events for having me and Andrew Oldershaw of Fifteen Minutes for facilitating everything. That will all come later in the week, so let's get to our Meme. I hope you're ready for Meme Classic after all the tasty new writers you had last week!
Lifetime has cast the leads in their contemporary remake of The Blue Lagoon, and they went Down Under to grab Brenton Thwaites and Indiana Evans from Home and Away. But the big question is...
Lifetime has cast the leads in their contemporary remake of The Blue Lagoon, and they went Down Under to grab Brenton Thwaites and Indiana Evans from Home and Away. But the big question is...
- 2/7/2012
- by lostinmiami
- The Backlot
“Ohh a hashtag in the titles!!! This has got to be good!” — What the world is thinking. Oh, and it will be. Tomorrow night on VH1, The star-studded 2012 Critic’s Choice Movie Awards will air at 8 Pm Et, hosted by beloved Best Week Ever alums Paul Scheer and Rob Huebel. And would you believe?? They asked Me to host the VH1 Livestream on the red carpet! That’s right, beginning at 6 Pm Et, I’ll be on the red carpet interviewing the Amazing list of attendees (I don’t think I can say anything now, but it rhymes with Bleogarbo Glijaprio), and then during the show, interviewing the winners right as they step off the stage and into my arms for a hearty squeeze of congrats. (Martin Scorsese, don’t think you’re getting out of this one.) Joining me live throughout the show will be some of your favorite bloggers,...
- 1/12/2012
- by Michelle Collins
- BestWeekEver
All Mugshots Via My New Web Obsession, Hot And Busted. 30. Public intoxication and resisting arrest 29. Driving with a revoked license 28. Failure to appear on the original charge of failure to possess a saltwater fishing license (Swoon) 27. Failure to pay fines or fees 26. Driving with a suspended license and felony probation violation on the original charge of armed robbery 25. Driving while intoxicated 24. Probation violation on the original charges of marijuana possession and possession of drug paraphernalia 23. Driving with a suspended license and probation violation 22. Probation violation 21. Aggravated battery 20. 19. Possession of liquor by a minor 18. Probation violation on the original charge of driving with a suspended license 17. Criminal registration 16. Reckless driving warrant 15. Public intoxication 14. Domestic violence (Yikes) 13. Probation violation on the original charge of driving under the influence 12. Theft of property and filing a false police report 11. Public intoxication 10. Second degree burglar 9. Theft under $50 (Aw) 8. 7. Driving under the influence 6. Public Intoxication (hot...
- 1/10/2012
- by Michelle Collins
- BestWeekEver
Bravo held their winter TCA meeting today and announced that Kathy Griffin was getting a once/week pop culture talk show starting in the spring. They also announced that Sandra Bernhard would be popping into Watch What Happens Live each week for "Sandrology," a rant about something from pop culture from Bernhard's unique perspective. Here's hoping they film on opposite coasts.
Dr. Dre is under fire from PETA for a limited edition set of "Beats by Dre" headphones that come with fox fur for $695. Beyond the obvious issues with fur, who would wear these? I'd think something was crawling on me the whole time!
In 10 Things We Didn't Know Last Week, a priest may have saved a young Adolf Hitler from drowning. So many jokes, and all of them inappropriate.
Speaking of priests, Cardinal George has finally, quietly, issued an apology for repeatedly comparing gays and lesbians to the Kkk.
Dr. Dre is under fire from PETA for a limited edition set of "Beats by Dre" headphones that come with fox fur for $695. Beyond the obvious issues with fur, who would wear these? I'd think something was crawling on me the whole time!
In 10 Things We Didn't Know Last Week, a priest may have saved a young Adolf Hitler from drowning. So many jokes, and all of them inappropriate.
Speaking of priests, Cardinal George has finally, quietly, issued an apology for repeatedly comparing gays and lesbians to the Kkk.
- 1/8/2012
- by lostinmiami
- The Backlot
New York Times reviewer Ben Brantley draws criticism for labelling married star the 'bi-est guy in town' – then claims he doesn't mean it literally
New York Times theatre critic Ben Brantley has created controversy by suggesting Hugh Jackman behaves like "a flaming queen" in his one-man Broadway revue.
"Let's face it," Brantley wrote of the actor, whose solo show Hugh Jackman: Back on Broadway is regularly breaking sales records at the Booth Theatre in New York, "Mr Jackman is, unapologetically and triumphantly, the bi-est guy in town: bicultural, bimorphic, binational, biprofessional and, for entertainment purposes, bisexual."
Though Brantley is careful to stress that he is "not talking about sexual identity", the review has become a talking point. In a piece for Gawker, Brian Moylan writes that Brantley "totally calls Hugh Jackman gay", while Australia's Daily Telegraph describes the piece as "laced with insinuations about the Australian star's sexuality".
Brantley's...
New York Times theatre critic Ben Brantley has created controversy by suggesting Hugh Jackman behaves like "a flaming queen" in his one-man Broadway revue.
"Let's face it," Brantley wrote of the actor, whose solo show Hugh Jackman: Back on Broadway is regularly breaking sales records at the Booth Theatre in New York, "Mr Jackman is, unapologetically and triumphantly, the bi-est guy in town: bicultural, bimorphic, binational, biprofessional and, for entertainment purposes, bisexual."
Though Brantley is careful to stress that he is "not talking about sexual identity", the review has become a talking point. In a piece for Gawker, Brian Moylan writes that Brantley "totally calls Hugh Jackman gay", while Australia's Daily Telegraph describes the piece as "laced with insinuations about the Australian star's sexuality".
Brantley's...
- 12/15/2011
- by Matt Trueman
- The Guardian - Film News
I have a lot of questions for personal injury attorney Andrew Smiley. First of all, how does he look so good in a suit? I digress. My real question is: Who’s behind these ads? In these commercials for his firm, which run locally here in New York, an announcer asks us “if we know Tuesdays.” Ok, I don’t even understand what this means. Is Tuesdays like a janky version of Fridays? Do they serve SoCo Ham? What we soon learn is that this rhetorical nonsensical Tuesday question is just a silly way to lead in to Andrew Smiley’s catch phrase…. “See You Next Tuesday.” Wait… am I going to get hit by a bus next Tuesday? Maybe that’s why Andrew’s so sure he’s gonna see me. What Does He Know??? I will Paypal a dollar to anyone who can explain to me why this...
- 12/15/2011
- by Michelle Collins
- BestWeekEver
I'm in a weird position here. I'm publicly on record as someone who doesn't mind spoilers. And generally, I really don't. I have no problem with someone telling me the end of a movie I'm not planning on seeing ("No, please! Don't spoil the end of "Hide and Seek!" I might casually flip past it on basic cable someday!"). To me, twelve years is enough time to talk freely about the major twist in the film whose image appears above ("He sees dead people. He sees dead people."). And I believe strongly that writers should be able to write seriously and thoroughly about films and television shows; if that means they have to write about important elements of the plot, then so be it. If you are sensitive to these matters, then avoid articles by and conversations with people who are not.
And yet! An article I read yesterday infuriated...
And yet! An article I read yesterday infuriated...
- 7/5/2011
- by Matt Singer
- ifc.com
A few days ago, Brian Moylan over at Gawker [1] wrote up a manifesto for spoiler alerts. I'd tell you to go read it [2], except Moylan straight up spoils plot elements from Treme, Game of Thrones, and Lost with no warning whatsoever. To quote my colleague Matt Singer [3], if you spoil things in your article about the rules of spoilers, maybe you're not really an authority on spoilers. Before we begin, I must say I read Gawker all the time and respect many of its writers, including Moylan. But that doesn't change the fact that this manifesto was pretty off-the-mark. I've addressed this issue before [4], and my opinion hasn't changed. In a world where people are time-shifting all the time and often saving up seasons worth of TV episodes, online writers have a special responsibility to prevent viewers from getting unwanted information about shows they don't want to read about quite yet.
- 7/5/2011
- by David Chen
- Slash Film
If the first season of Fox's hit show Glee kept Kurt Hummel in the background for some, this season’s most recent episodes have brought him front and center. In the culmination of a story arc on bullying spanning several episodes, the latest Glee rallied the cast in defense of our embattled hero: the girls unleashed their boyfriends on Dave the bully, Mike Chang and Sam roughed Dave up, Sue Sylvester expelled him, while Finn and the rest of the gang lifted Kurt’s spirits with song.
All in all, it was pretty amazing television and Chris Colfer continued to prove himself one of the show’s breakout stars.
So why did the episode seem to start a trickle of haterade from the blogosphere, complete with calls that the show had “jumped the shark” and lost its mojo?
The complaints about Glee have been varied and not all crazy, and...
All in all, it was pretty amazing television and Chris Colfer continued to prove himself one of the show’s breakout stars.
So why did the episode seem to start a trickle of haterade from the blogosphere, complete with calls that the show had “jumped the shark” and lost its mojo?
The complaints about Glee have been varied and not all crazy, and...
- 11/29/2010
- by Aymar Jean Christian
- The Backlot
File under "bad romance": Lady Gaga has topped Last.fm's latest "Most Unwanted Scrobbles" list, meaning her tracks--including megahits "Poker Face" and "Paparazzi"--were most frequently deleted from user playlists last month. Is this the beginning of the end for Fast Company's Most Creative Person in Business?
Not quite. For one, in order to become Last.fm's most unwanted artist, Gaga had to be pretty in-demand in the first place. Indeed, she touts more than 1.8 million fans on the site, and her songs have logged some 85 million plays. Tack on the 6.5 million Twitter followers and 19 million Facebook "likes," and she's still got plenty of die-hard "little monsters."
But Gaga's ubiquity is clearly grating on more casual fans. For the last two years, the Lady has been everywhere: awards shows, gay-rights rallies, magazine covers, stadiums, YouTube, etc. She consistently makes headlines for wearing outrageous outfits--a meat dress here, a...
Not quite. For one, in order to become Last.fm's most unwanted artist, Gaga had to be pretty in-demand in the first place. Indeed, she touts more than 1.8 million fans on the site, and her songs have logged some 85 million plays. Tack on the 6.5 million Twitter followers and 19 million Facebook "likes," and she's still got plenty of die-hard "little monsters."
But Gaga's ubiquity is clearly grating on more casual fans. For the last two years, the Lady has been everywhere: awards shows, gay-rights rallies, magazine covers, stadiums, YouTube, etc. She consistently makes headlines for wearing outrageous outfits--a meat dress here, a...
- 9/28/2010
- by Dan Macsai
- Fast Company
To the right is a preview for tonight's two-hour premiere of "Heroes" on NBC and as you can see around the site NBC is promoting the show a lot around these parts, but I can't help but wonder where the "Heroes" fans stand when it comes to the show that took television by storm in 2006, disappointed in 2007, hit a writers strike snag in 2008 and is now back with a season headlined by the name "Redemption." I mean things even got so bad writer/producer Tim Kring apologized for the show's problems in season two and I still can't stop laughing looking at the these three quotes from the season three premiere. I didn't really think about writing this until reading Brian Moylan's editorial headlined "Dear 'Heroes': Our Abusive Relationship Is Over" talking about the roller-coaster he had gone on over the past three years and how he just wasn't...
- 9/21/2009
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
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