It’s rare when you can actually witness the moment on screen when a talent steps into their star status, the spark that sets the marquee ablaze as they, in the exact right role with the exact right material, ascend to their talent’s full potential. You saw that moment with Naya […]
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People might debate whether The Old Guard is a superhero movie, what with its blessed existence outside the Marvel-DC dick-measuring contest and not a swatch of spandex to be found. To me, the film is as if the Avengers and the Justice League met up with the Fantastic Four and […]
This is a preview of our pop culture newsletter The Daily Beast’s Obsessed, written by senior entertainment reporter Kevin Fallon. To receive the full newsletter in your inbox each week, sign up for it here. Emmy voting ends Monday, which is important because it means there are just days left […]
This is a preview of our pop culture newsletter The Daily Beast’s Obsessed, written by senior entertainment reporter Kevin Fallon. To receive the full newsletter in your inbox each week, sign up for it here. It’s been mere hours, but I already miss my friends. Kristy, Claudia, Mary Anne, Stacey, […]
No one laughed harder at the 69 joke than Cristin Milioti. The actress, the mother from How I Met Your Mother and your favorite part of so many projects since, plays the lead in Palm Springs, the mind-melting existential romantic comedy co-starring Andy Samberg and produced by his Lonely Island […]
This is a preview of our pop culture newsletter The Daily Beast’s Obsessed, written by senior entertainment reporter Kevin Fallon. To receive the full newsletter in your inbox each week, sign up for it here. This week: The Viola Davis Speech We Need to Talk About It’s not a surprise that, […]
This is a preview of our pop culture newsletter The Daily Beast’s Obsessed, written by senior entertainment reporter Kevin Fallon. To receive the full newsletter in your inbox each week, sign up for it here. Imagine Going to See Tenet Someone, somewhere saw the trailer for the Christopher Nolan would-be blockbuster, […]
It is an unspeakably awkward time to be promoting a TV show. On the one hand, hundreds of people work hard on any given series. That work deserves to be recognized and publicized, so that audiences actually watch the damn thing and those people can stay employed. At the same […]
Hamilton is incredible. I know. The hottest take of 2015, coming at ya fast. It’s hardly breaking news, but it’s what arrives at face value with the filmed version of the musical, releasing on Disney+ this Friday. Even if, like me, you haven’t been able to afford a ticket or […]
On May 29, 1953, Sir Edmund Hillary and Sherpa mountaineer Tenzing Norgay became the first two people to summit Mount Everest, the highest peak in the world. But… what if they weren’t? It’s not just a historical hypothetical, but one of climbing lore’s greatest mysteries. Now, it’s a search-and-rescue mission, […]
This is a preview of our pop culture newsletter The Daily Beast’s Obsessed, written by senior entertainment reporter Kevin Fallon. To receive the full newsletter in your inbox each week, sign up for it here. This week: Everyone watching Netflix is horny. Floor Is Lava, a thing that exists. 30 […]
This is a preview of our pop culture newsletter The Daily Beast’s Obsessed, written by senior entertainment reporter Kevin Fallon. To receive the full newsletter in your inbox each week, sign up for it here. ‘Netflix and Chill’ Is Now Actually Porn When you click on the film Love on […]
On Thursday night’s episode of Bravo’s Watch What Happens Live, Sen. Kamala Harris shocked viewers and host Andy Cohen by revealing she already thought of a slogan: “I’ll give you my opinion, but my beliefs are not up for debate.” OK, the current frontrunner to be Joe Biden’s democratic running […]
Cramped in dusty chambers tucked in the labyrinth of the Bronx County Courthouse—one of those grand, Art Deco monoliths of marble seemingly made for filming movies and TV—Search Party creators Sarah-Violet Bliss and Charles Rogers are taking a break from shooting and talking about a red dress. As in, the […]
If you want to fix your show, a great first step is to feature Judith Light in a starring role. If you can, it is highly recommended to pair her with Bette Midler, preferably in scenes that have them extolling the virtues of romantic throuples for women over 50, or […]
Bryce Dallas Howard thought she was making a comedy. She quickly learned, however, that when men talk about their fathers and fathers talk about their children, they cry. A lot. In Dads, the documentary that the actress, whose career has traveled from The Village to Jurassic World, directed about modern […]
This is a preview of our pop culture newsletter The Daily Beast’s Obsessed, written by senior entertainment reporter Kevin Fallon. To receive the full newsletter in your inbox each week, sign up for it here. This week: Fitting Oscar for a mask. The best TV episode of the week. The […]
When people said they were dying to see movies in cinemas again, the CEO of AMC Theatres may have taken the words too literally. Adam Aron, CEO and president of the country’s largest theater chain, is the target of pointed outrage after announcing that the company’s plan to reopen 450 […]
This is a preview of our pop culture newsletter The Daily Beast’s Obsessed, written by senior entertainment reporter Kevin Fallon. To receive the full newsletter in your inbox each week, sign up for it here. Award Shows in the Time of Coronavirus Amidst all the, well, everything going on in […]
Matthew Rhys is on a roll. It’s very charming. The Welsh accent is lilting along, as if ricocheting off the hills and dales of Wye Valley, as he stammers, jokes, and tells vivid stories about his time shooting HBO’s new reboot/prequel/reimagination, however you want to describe it, of Perry Mason. […]
This is a preview of our pop culture newsletter The Daily Beast’s Obsessed, written by senior entertainment reporter Kevin Fallon. To receive the full newsletter in your inbox each week, sign up for it here. This week: The Muggles are acting up. Everything you like is canceled. Some excellent counterprogramming. […]
This is a preview of our pop culture newsletter The Daily Beast’s Obsessed, written by senior entertainment reporter Kevin Fallon. To receive the full newsletter in your inbox each week, sign up for it here. The Muggles Are Acting Up If you’re a person in this world, there is a […]
“I think we can Google ‘Laverne Cox’ and see how often I respond to individuals,” actress and activist Laverne Cox, whose Netflix documentary Disclosure is released next week, says. The individual she is referring to in this instance is Harry Potter creator J.K. Rowling, whose recent series of dangerous transphobic […]
The two-night special OWN Spotlight: Where Do We Go From Here? that was hosted by Oprah Winfrey Tuesday and Wednesday night was remarkable. It aired across 19 different Discovery-owned networks simultaneously in primetime, which means on outlets like OWN, HGTV, Food Network, Animal Planet, and the Travel Channel—in other words […]