Three years after the big series finale, a Downton Abbey movie is set to begin production in a few weeks. The popular TV series followed the fictional Crawleys and the servants who worked at the aristocratic family’s English country estate at the turn of the 20th century. Show creator Julian Fellowes wrote the screenplay for […]
More details are coming to light about British comedian Sacha Baron Cohen’s controversial new Borat-styled satirical TV series, “Who Is America?,” which premieres on the Showtime network Sunday. (Look for our review afterwards.) And from the looks of it, he’s taking on nearly everyone in American politics. Among the growing list of big name politicians […]
1950s Hollywood heartthrob Tab Hunter, who rose to fame with his California surfer looks, has died, three days short of his 87th birthday, according to a post on his Facebook page late Sunday night. Allan Glaser, Hunter’s life partner for more than 30 years, says Hunter died suddenly from a blood clot that caused […]
The brash young U.S. subscription service MoviePass, which has threatened to disrupt the business of moviegoing with its plan that allows moviegoers to watch up to 30 movies per month (one movie per day) for a monthly $9.99 fee, has unveiled “Peak Pricing,” an additional surcharge that will go into effect when MoviePass determines there […]
Cue the confetti cannons! Season 10 of RuPaul’s Drag Race concluded Thursday night on VH1 with the coronation of a new winner from downtown Los Angeles. Let’s recap! After a rousing, glam-filled introduction of all the contestants, RuPaul gets down to business with inspirational chats with the four finalists – Aquaria, Asia O’Hara, Eureka and […]
Filming for the long-awaited sequel to the wildly-popular 1986 military drama Top Gun has begun in San Diego, California. Tom Cruise and Val Kilmer will be reprising their roles from the original as the two rivals, Maverick and Iceman, who battled for the title of “Top Gun” at the U.S. Navy Fighter Weapons School at […]
June is LGBTQ Pride Month across the USA, with parades and other events scheduled to take place in cities nationwide. It was June 28, 1969, when a police raid at the Stonewall Inn in New York City resulted in several days of riots and clashes, sparking the modern LGBTQ rights movement. To date, only two […]
With the premiere of Solo: A Star Wars Story this weekend, let’s take a look at all of the Star Wars films, in a handy ranking from first… to worst! Feel free to chime in with your own thoughts in our comments section below! 1. Star Wars: Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (1980) This […]
The Japanese film Shoplifters has been the big winner at the Cannes Film Festival, taking the prestigious top prize, the Palme d’Or, at the closing of the festival Saturday night. Directed by Hirokazu Kore-eda, the story about a family of petty criminals scraping together a living in downtown Tokyo, was the surprise winner over 21 […]
Actress Margot Kidder, best known for her iconic role as newspaper reporter Lois Lane in the 1978 film Superman and its sequels, has died. The actress’ manager says Kidder died peacefully in her sleep Sunday at her home near Livingston, Montana. Superman director Richard Donner cast the raspy-voiced Kidder as Lane after seeing her in the […]