Month: August 2024

Jonathan Bailey isn’t dancing through this question. The Fellow Travelers star—who recently earned his first Emmy nomination for his supporting role in the Showtime limited series—recently shared insight into playing a character across four decades. And this includes how he chose the prosthetic penis he wore for the show’s more intimate scenes. “There are these beautiful sex scenes throughout,” Jonathan emphasized on Late Night
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When Vanessa kidnaps her ex-lover’s newborn baby, some might call her evil. Those who know her story might call her justified. Vanessa thought she found her soulmate in August. Mind-bending sex. Soul-baring conversations. Safety and acceptance and being seen. Perhaps too perfect? Yes. August is married to his college sweetheart, Cassidy. When Vanessa gets pregnant,
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This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Welcome to Today in Books, our daily round-up of literary headlines at the intersection of politics, culture, media, and more. Here are the most popular stories from the past week. Tennessee High School Closes Library to Comply with
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When Emily in Paris‘ Lily Collins met Charlie McDowell, she felt the amour right away. “We both are in the industry and we have parents that are in a similar industry as well, but we met randomly, actually,” the actress, who is the daughter of Phil Collins and Jill Tavelman, told Ellen DeGeneres in 2022
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The Fashion Entrepreneur Fund (FEF), India’s first venture studio dedicated to the fashion sector, has joined hands with Karan Johar, an Indian filmmaker and fashion icon, as an investor and promoter. FEF, an initiative by the FEF India Fashion Awards, aims to nurture a collaborative ecosystem within the fashion industry. After Akshay Kumar, Indian business
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Houston rapper and producer BeatKing, who rose to prominence in the 2010s with his fusion of hip-hop and raw club rhythms, has died. His longtime manager, Tasha Felder, announced the news in a statement posted to her Instagram. “BeatKing has been the best part of the club for over a decade,” she wrote. “He has
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Most horror movies don’t even receive one novelization, yet Friday the 13th Part III somehow ended up with two. In fact, the second sequel in this beloved franchise was the first to be novelized; the original 1980 movie and its immediate follow-up were not adapted until ‘87 and ‘88, respectively. Meanwhile, Michael Avallone’s divisive take
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Powerful in its nuanced details, Mina’s Matchbox is an immersive and poignant coming-of-age story. After the death of her father, 12-year-old Tomoko is sent to live with her aunt’s family in the coastal Japanese town of Ashiya, while her mother stays in Tokyo. Mina’s Matchbox chronicles Tomoko’s transformative year with her extended family, from 1972
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What About Francesca Bridgerton? Francesca Bridgerton (Hannah Dodd) is unfortunately sometimes considered the forgotten Bridgerton child, not because her family doesn’t love her, but because—as she does on the show—the sixth Bridgerton sibling prefers quiet and calm. In the book series, it’s casually mentioned that Francesca found her husband seven years before we pick up with Penelope and Colin. However, executive
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It’s summertime which means one thing in the cinemaverse: shark movie season! We have already been served fin-ematic releases like Under Paris from Netflix and Something in the Water over the past couple of months, but Mad Angel Films adds one more helping to our “shark”-cuterie plate with their horror-comedy Graveyard Shark. The Indiegogo-funded feature
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Once the first Despicable Me movie was released in 2010, it didn’t take long for this Universal Pictures and Illumination property to become one of the most popular animated franchises. 14 years later, six movies comprise the Despicable Me film series, including two Minions spinoffs, and now it ranks as the highest-grossing animated franchise of
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This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Book Riot Managing Editor Vanessa Diaz is a writer and former bookseller from San Diego, CA whose Spanish is even faster than her English. When not reading or writing, she enjoys dreaming up travel itineraries and drinking entirely
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Many ideas for the film, he added, came from Lively. “She was extremely involved, and she really made the film better,” Baldoni told Access Hollywood Aug. 7. “There were many instances where I honestly just tried to get out of the way and let her take the lead.” Still, co-workers don’t always agree. And Lively
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Hermès has announced the reopening of its renovated and expanded Melbourne store. Opened on Collins Street ten years ago, the store is one of six in Australia, where the house has had a presence for nearly four decades. Inspired by the city’s European architecture as well as its landscapes and coastline, the bespoke design of
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