Celebrity
James Franco Admits in New Radio Interview “I Did Sleep with Students” in Acting Classes He Taught
James Franco is a sociopath. That's the main takeaway from the interviews Jess Cagle has posted with Franco from Sirius XM and ET Canada....
Television
Exclusive: Selena Gomez’s Mabel May Be Mixing It Up On “Only Murders” with Cara Delevingne Romantically
We all know Mabel on "Only Murders in the Building" is willing to do anything to solve a crime. But on season 2, Mabel...
Movies
Review: Japan’s “Drive My Car” Is Winning All the Critics Prizes for a Reason, It’s the Only Contemporary Drama
Life moves slowly. Loss. Grief. So much happens in Ryusuke Hamaguchi's "Drive My Car," Japan’s entry for the Best International Film Academy Award, it...
Business
Steady “Spider Man” Flies to $328 Million on 6th Day of Release With No End in Sight
Spider Man, Spider Man, does whatever a spider can.
Actually, thank God spiders can't really do what Peter Parker can nowadays. Otherwise, the world might...
Theater
Broadway COVID Emergency: Actor Knocked Out by Virus, Playwright Steps in and Takes Over Role
What to do when COVID comes for a Broadway cast right before it's curtain up?
Last night on Broadway the new, highly praised play "Thoughts...
Books
Ringo Starr Publishing “Closest Thing to a Memoir” He’s Had So Far, With New Stories and Pictures
"Lifted" is the strange name of a book we will want to read. It's by Ringo Starr, and according to sources, it's the closest...
Theater
UPDATE: Sorting Out the Mysterious Announcement of an Unlikely “West Side Story” Sequel as Told in Forbes.com
UPDATE 12/30/21: Marc Hershberg wrote a follow up story to his original one about all this. Here's the link. Hershberg tells me he wrote...
awards
Oscars: French “Horror” Film “Titane,” Submitted by France Fails to Make Short List, Almodovar Missing for A Stupid Reason
The Academy has spoken. The Foreign Film branch has announced its shortlist and left off Julia Ducournau's "Titane," unlikely winner of this year's Palme...