Monday, May 18, 2026

Movies

Barbra Streisand Follows Jacob Elordi as Second Hollywood Star to Skip Cannes Over Injury: Knee Problems Prevent Closing Ceremony Attendance

This is the Cannes from hell. With new Hollywood stars, Thierry Fremaux was counting on Barbra Streisand to attend closing ceremonies and receive her honorary Palme d'or. Now she says...

Cannes Annual Vanity Fair Party Lacks Celebs But Guests Included “the Ruling Family of Qatar,” And “a Cute Girl Taking Video from Meta Glasses”

Let's start with the parties. Thanks to Perpetual Guest Carl Tabor writing on Instagram we know the Vanity Fair party last night was a bust....

Box Office: “Michael” Moonwalks All Over “Devil Wears Prada 2,” Unknown “Obsession” Scores, “In the Grey” is in the Red

The juggernaut of "Michael" and "The Devil Wears Prada 2" continues unabated. The real news there is "Devil" is starting to slow down at the...

John Travolta Comes to Cannes in a Beret, Gets A Surprise Award, and Terrible Reviews for Hour Long Kid’s Movie

John Travolta had quite a day in Cannes. He arrived wearing a toupee and a weird half-beard that was probably hiding something. Let's not speculate. Cannes...

Vanity Scare, Un-Fair? Web Traffic Fell 55% in April for Once Popular Conde Nast Title After Changing Editors, Eschewing Hollywood

Vanity Fair is in deep trouble. Semrush reports that the Conde Nast title's web traffic fell 55% in April. According to Semrush: "In April vanityfair.com received...

Vanity Fair Cannes Not: Annual Party Shrunk, Moved from Famed Hotel Du Cap to Outskirts of Town at Revived Franchise

Just as the current Russian Tea Room in New York is not the actual place it once was, something similar has happened in Cannes. Tetou...

Conan O’Brien Returns to 2027 Academy Awards as Host for Third Time After Successful Stints This Year and Last

ABC has announced that Conan O'Brien will be back next March as host of the Oscars. This will be Conan's third year in a row...

Remembering the Great Rex Reed, Acerbic Film and Theater Critic, Performer, Raconteur, Who’s Left Us Too Soon at Age 87

Wow. I did not think I'd wake up to this sad news. Rex Reed is gone. He was 87, and he was a New York...

Exclusive: James Cameron May Not Be Finished with the “Titanic” After His Oscar Winning Feature and 2 Documentaries

James Cameron really likes being underwater. After winning the Oscar for "Titanic" in 1997, Cameron went on to make at least two documentaries about the...

Box Office Booms After Record Dry Spell: “Prada,” “Michael” Humming, “Mortal” “Sheep,” Billie Are Birds of a Feather

Theaters are singing with customers. Hallelujah! Who'd-a thunk it? Maybe everyone finally got tired of being at home or watching big screen features on their phones! "Devil...

Box Office: Billie Eilish Beats Sheep Hard and Soft in Thurs-Friday Opening, “Prada” Still Fashionable, “Michael” Don’t Stop

What was the Billie Eilish concert movie made for? Apparently, so I could write "Billie Beats Sheep" as a headline. The concert film, "Hit Me Hard...