Ridley Scott’s ‘The Dog Stars’: First Reactions
Ridley Scott is back! The visionary filmmaker’s latest feature The Dog Stars hits theaters globally on Aug. 28. and early social media reaction suggests the post-apocalyptic sci-fi film has plenty of Scott’s visual flair but feelings were mixed over the script.
Kate O’Flynn Broke Out in ‘Widow’s Bay.’ Just Wait Until Mike Leigh’s Final Film
Kate O’Flynn has been a working actor for 20 years and, on this blinding August morning, is adjusting to the beginnings of her first-ever trip to Los Angeles. Over the years, she’s starred opposite the likes of Toni Collette and Olivia Colman on high-profile series for Netflix and HBO, respectively; she’s an Olivier-nominated stage regular who drew raves for her brittle take on The Glass Menagerie’s Laura on the West End. But it is the funky Apple TV horror comedy Widow’s Bay that did the trick: O’Flynn is now a first time Emmy nominee while her character, the indefatigable mayor’s assistant Patricia Moyer, has become an unlikely internet sensation. And so it goes — welcome to Hollywood.
Grace Passô’s ‘Our Secret’ Nabs the Best Film Kikito at the 54th Gramado Film Festival
GRAMADO, Brazil — “Our Secret” (“Nosso segredo”), the first feature from Grace Passô, nabbed the best feature film Kikito award at the Aug. 22 closing ceremony of the 54th Gramado Film Festival. The feature also scooped cinematography (Wilssa Esser) and art direction (Lucas Osório) plaudits.
Big Thief Preview New Album Live in Nashville: Five Things We Learned
surprise debut
The trio brought out guests like Iris DeMent, Gillian Welch, and Lucinda Williams to play their forthcoming LP, Horsepower, in its entirety at the Ryman Auditorium
On Saturday night, Aug. 23, in Nashville, fans arrived to Big Thief’s show at the Ryman Auditorium prepared for a standard (but no less great) evening of songs. Instead, they were in for a pretty epic surprise: the band would be playing their new unreleased triple album, Horsepower, in its entirety, alongside some of the people who helped create it. And those people? An incredible array of Americana and roots icons including Iris DeMent, Gillian Welch, and Lucinda Williams, as well as a renowned cast of players.
Charlize Theron Reflects on ‘Mad Max: Fury Road’ a Decade Later: “There’s a Deep Connection to This Film”
Ahead of her upcoming honor at the Academy Museum Gala this fall, Charlize Theron stopped by the museum on Saturday night for a discussion about one of her biggest — and most famously fraught — projects, in Mad Max: Fury Road.
Leslie Parrish, Actress in ‘Li’l Abner’ and ‘The Manchurian Candidate,’ Dies at 90
Leslie Parrish, who starred as the hopelessly in love Daisy Mae in the Paramount Pictures musical Li’l Abner and sported a Queen of Diamonds costume for The Manchurian Candidate, has died. She was 90.
The Lindsay Clancy Trial Is Sparking a Political Divide on the Right
Hot Air
After Matt Walsh dismissed postpartum depression as women acting "selfish," many of them jumped in to correct him
Lindsay Clancy does not deny that she murdered her three young children. In her trial, which is set to wrap up in the coming days, the facts of the case are virtually undisputed: In 2023 following months of devolving mental health and attempts to secure mental health support, Clancy strangled her three children — ages five, three, and eight months — with rubber exercise chords. Shortly after, she attempted to end her own life by jumping out of the window of her family home in Duxbury, Massachusetts, and was paralyzed from the waist down.
‘Sentimental Value’ Sweeps Amanda Awards
Joachim Trier’s Oscar winner “Sentimental Value” became this year’s biggest Amanda Awards winner, taking home eight statuettes, including the top prize for best Norwegian film.
Trier was also awarded for directing, as well as his screenplay written with longtime collaborator Eskil Vogt.
Meghan Markle Reportedly Dropped From Consideration to Join Guy Ritchie’s ‘The Gentlemen’
Meghan Markle‘s reported casting in Guy Ritchie‘s The Gentlemen has been withdrawn, according to Tina Brown, who reported that the decision came after intense backlash in the U.K.
In a column published Saturday on Substack, Brown, the former editor-in-chief of Vanity Fair and The New Yorker, wrote, “I learned this morning that the casting of Meghan Markle in season 3 of Guy Ritchie’s Netflix series The Gentlemen has been withdrawn. The backlash in the UK was so intense, it became untenable to go forward. This does not bode well for Meghan’s acting comeback in the UK.”
How to Watch The Tragically Hip Farewell Show 10th Anniversary Special Tonight: Stream Here
LIVE BETWEEN US
The Canadian band played their final concert in their hometown of Kingston, Ontario on Aug. 20, 2016 after lead singer Gord Downie announced his terminal brain cancer diagnosis