Former President Donald Trump mocked Democratic Sen. Jon Tester’s (D-Montana) weight, stating that he “looks pregnant.”
Trump made these remarks on May 4 during a private fundraising event at his Mar-a-Lago resort for Rep. Ronnie Jackson (R-Texas), who had been the former president’s White House physician. Tester helped torpedo Jackson’s nomination for Veteran’s Secretary during the Trump administration.
“He’s now in a tough campaign, and he could very well lose,” Trump stated about Tester. “We ought to go up and campaign against him. In fact, I looked at him and I said, ‘Oh, this finally works for a man or woman, because he looks pregnant to me.'”
The audience laughed as the former president kept speaking.
“Have you seen this guy? He doesn’t look like a fat guy, except his stomach is out to here,” Trump mentioned while making hand gestures. “Not that...
Trump made these remarks on May 4 during a private fundraising event at his Mar-a-Lago resort for Rep. Ronnie Jackson (R-Texas), who had been the former president’s White House physician. Tester helped torpedo Jackson’s nomination for Veteran’s Secretary during the Trump administration.
“He’s now in a tough campaign, and he could very well lose,” Trump stated about Tester. “We ought to go up and campaign against him. In fact, I looked at him and I said, ‘Oh, this finally works for a man or woman, because he looks pregnant to me.'”
The audience laughed as the former president kept speaking.
“Have you seen this guy? He doesn’t look like a fat guy, except his stomach is out to here,” Trump mentioned while making hand gestures. “Not that...
- 5/9/2024
- by Alessio Atria
- Uinterview
April began with showers, plus a tiny regional earthquake on the East Coast, but that didn’t keep anyone away from theaters, even if it was a slower weekend than much of March. Read on for the weekend box office report.
There was little surprise that Warner Bros.’ “Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire” would win its second weekend at #1. Despite dropping 60% from its fantastic opening weekend, it still was able to take first place with an estimated $31.7 million to bring its total to $135 million after crossing the $100 million mark in its first week. It also passed the $361 million mark globally, with another $59.3 million grossed overseas this weekend.
The weekend offered two new wide releases in Dev Patel‘s directorial debut, the action-thriller “Monkey Man,” and 20th Century’s horror prequel “The First Omen,” the former released into 3,029 theaters vs. “The First Omen’s” 3,375 theaters. “Monkey Man” came into the...
There was little surprise that Warner Bros.’ “Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire” would win its second weekend at #1. Despite dropping 60% from its fantastic opening weekend, it still was able to take first place with an estimated $31.7 million to bring its total to $135 million after crossing the $100 million mark in its first week. It also passed the $361 million mark globally, with another $59.3 million grossed overseas this weekend.
The weekend offered two new wide releases in Dev Patel‘s directorial debut, the action-thriller “Monkey Man,” and 20th Century’s horror prequel “The First Omen,” the former released into 3,029 theaters vs. “The First Omen’s” 3,375 theaters. “Monkey Man” came into the...
- 4/7/2024
- by Edward Douglas
- Gold Derby
Law & Order Svu changed Mariska Hargitay’s life in more ways than one. In addition to the show being her breakthrough role, it also unexpectedly helped her find her soulmate.
Mariska Hargitay was told she wouldn’t be able to find a partner on ‘Law & Order’ Peter Hermann and Mariska Hargitay | Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images
During Hargitay’s single years, the actor found it difficult finding the one. The long hours she had to work in Law & Order limited the amount of time she could go out on dates. A friend of Hargitay’s tried to convince her to have more of a life outside of work. Especially since it was unlikely Hargitay would find a potential suitor at her job.
“She threw a dinner party for me and she was like, ‘Mariska, you need to get out more’ … I could never go anywhere because 15 hours a day, 16 hours a day [on set] every day,...
Mariska Hargitay was told she wouldn’t be able to find a partner on ‘Law & Order’ Peter Hermann and Mariska Hargitay | Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images
During Hargitay’s single years, the actor found it difficult finding the one. The long hours she had to work in Law & Order limited the amount of time she could go out on dates. A friend of Hargitay’s tried to convince her to have more of a life outside of work. Especially since it was unlikely Hargitay would find a potential suitor at her job.
“She threw a dinner party for me and she was like, ‘Mariska, you need to get out more’ … I could never go anywhere because 15 hours a day, 16 hours a day [on set] every day,...
- 2/1/2024
- by Antonio Stallings
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
In 1975, both Elvis Presley and his dad, Vernon, were in the hospital. Elvis’ doctor wanted to make sure the medication the musician was taking hadn’t caused too much damage to his organs, and Vernon was recovering from a heart attack. The two men had neighboring rooms, but this brought little comfort to them. According to Elvis’ cousin, the musician and his father were not getting along during this period. Vernon began to blame Elvis for significant problems.
Elvis’ dad lashed out at him while they were both in the hospital
On Jan. 29, 1975, Elvis complained of shortness of breath. His doctor admitted him to the hospital to try to get his use of medications under control and to make sure he hadn’t damaged his liver or intestines.
On Feb. 5, Vernon had a heart attack and was admitted to the same hospital. Elvis ensured his father had the room next to his own.
Elvis’ dad lashed out at him while they were both in the hospital
On Jan. 29, 1975, Elvis complained of shortness of breath. His doctor admitted him to the hospital to try to get his use of medications under control and to make sure he hadn’t damaged his liver or intestines.
On Feb. 5, Vernon had a heart attack and was admitted to the same hospital. Elvis ensured his father had the room next to his own.
- 1/1/2024
- by Emma McKee
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
In the world of classic television, I Love Lucy stands alone as groundbreaking for many reasons. It was the first series to use multiple, simultaneously filming cameras and a live studio audience. It was also one of the first TV shows to be shot on 35mm film rather than broadcast live. However, its Christmas episode was revolutionary and introduced a television first.
Before the ‘I Love Lucy’ Christmas show, this now-standard TV practice didn’t exist
The I Love Lucy Christmas show aired on December 24th, 1956, midway through the sitcom’s sixth and final season. The installment was not included alongside the 179 regular episodes in the syndication package for the CBS series.
Deadline reported that “The Christmas Episode” finds Lucy and Ricky Ricardo (Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz) and Ethel and Fred Mertz (Vivian Vance and William Frawley) decorating Lucy and Ricky’s Christmas tree. Together, the couples reminisce about...
Before the ‘I Love Lucy’ Christmas show, this now-standard TV practice didn’t exist
The I Love Lucy Christmas show aired on December 24th, 1956, midway through the sitcom’s sixth and final season. The installment was not included alongside the 179 regular episodes in the syndication package for the CBS series.
Deadline reported that “The Christmas Episode” finds Lucy and Ricky Ricardo (Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz) and Ethel and Fred Mertz (Vivian Vance and William Frawley) decorating Lucy and Ricky’s Christmas tree. Together, the couples reminisce about...
- 12/25/2023
- by Lucille Barilla
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
The royal family Christmas meal is chock full of tradition. They tend to eat the same things year after year. Who would know better about the clan’s eating habits on the Christmas holiday than their former royal chef? He spilled all the details.
The royal family eats a lot on Christmas Day, says their former chef
Darren McGrady, former chef to Queen Elizabeth II, revealed that the Christmas menu is extensive and varied. He told Good Housekeeping that the feast begins on Christmas Eve.
Christmas Eve begins with afternoon tea. During that time, typically, the royal family arrives at Sandringham, and that same evening, they exchange Christmas presents.
A hearty pre-church breakfast on Christmas Day includes eggs, bacon, and sausages. After church, they have a big lunch that includes upwards of 20 dishes, including salad with shrimp or lobster.
Following are roasted turkey and traditional side dishes like parsnips, carrots,...
The royal family eats a lot on Christmas Day, says their former chef
Darren McGrady, former chef to Queen Elizabeth II, revealed that the Christmas menu is extensive and varied. He told Good Housekeeping that the feast begins on Christmas Eve.
Christmas Eve begins with afternoon tea. During that time, typically, the royal family arrives at Sandringham, and that same evening, they exchange Christmas presents.
A hearty pre-church breakfast on Christmas Day includes eggs, bacon, and sausages. After church, they have a big lunch that includes upwards of 20 dishes, including salad with shrimp or lobster.
Following are roasted turkey and traditional side dishes like parsnips, carrots,...
- 12/24/2023
- by Lucille Barilla
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Goran Stolevski is the rare rising filmmaker with three strong features right out of the gate in the last few years. He made a splash at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival with his witchy, body-jumping folk horror parable “You Won’t Be Alone,” starring Noomi Rapace, and immediately followed it up with the decade-spanning gay romance “Of an Age” and, now, has North Macedonia’s entry for the 2024 Academy Award for Best International Feature, “Housekeeping for Beginners.”
All three films have been housed at Focus Features, which releases the Venice Film Festival premiere “Housekeeping for Beginners” in theaters in January. IndieWire shares the trailer for the film exclusively below ahead of the Oscar shortlist announcement next week on December 21. Stolevski returns to his Macedonian roots (he now lives in Australia) for “Housekeeping,” a raw cinéma vérité tale of unlikely found family led by what was certainly dream-casting for the director: “4 Months, 3...
All three films have been housed at Focus Features, which releases the Venice Film Festival premiere “Housekeeping for Beginners” in theaters in January. IndieWire shares the trailer for the film exclusively below ahead of the Oscar shortlist announcement next week on December 21. Stolevski returns to his Macedonian roots (he now lives in Australia) for “Housekeeping,” a raw cinéma vérité tale of unlikely found family led by what was certainly dream-casting for the director: “4 Months, 3...
- 12/14/2023
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Indiewire
‘Dancing With the Stars’ Fans Recall the Finale That Almost ‘Broke’ the Series: ‘No One Expected It’
Of all the memorable moments Dancing With the Stars has historically provided for its loyal viewers, there was one that topped them all. Viewers call this the finale that almost “broke the series,” claiming “no one expected” the outcome that sent the ballroom into a tizzy. Here are all the details.
‘DWTS’ fans recall the finale that almost ‘broke’ the series
Fan votes were always critical to Dancing With the Stars success. They remain an integral part of getting celebrities to the next round of the competition.
However, there was a time when voting was unlimited for fans of a particular star. Rumors of over-voting for a specific celebrity were not uncommon. But there was no more circumstance of that happening when, during Dancing With the Stars season 27, the finale results shocked viewers and the season’s finalists.
Bobby Bones was declared the season’s champion after scoring 8s weekly alongside pro Sharna Burgess.
‘DWTS’ fans recall the finale that almost ‘broke’ the series
Fan votes were always critical to Dancing With the Stars success. They remain an integral part of getting celebrities to the next round of the competition.
However, there was a time when voting was unlimited for fans of a particular star. Rumors of over-voting for a specific celebrity were not uncommon. But there was no more circumstance of that happening when, during Dancing With the Stars season 27, the finale results shocked viewers and the season’s finalists.
Bobby Bones was declared the season’s champion after scoring 8s weekly alongside pro Sharna Burgess.
- 10/10/2023
- by Lucille Barilla
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Star Wars brought back the late Carrie Fisher as the iconic Princess Leia. But there were a few incidences that occurred while filming the anticipated sequel where Fisher felt she embarrassed herself.
Carrie Fisher thought this was the worst day she’s ever had on a film set Carrie Fisher | Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images
Fisher admitted to being a bit anxious when reprising her role as Princess Leia in The Force Awakens. The actor hadn’t portrayed the character since Return of the Jedi, and she felt pressure having to do the role justice decades later. This led to Fisher making a few errors while revisiting Leia.
“I’m the custodian of Princess Leia, so it’s my job to kind of protect her. It’s my whole life, so I was very nervous. The first day I had was this massive scene. I was scared that I would make mistakes,...
Carrie Fisher thought this was the worst day she’s ever had on a film set Carrie Fisher | Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images
Fisher admitted to being a bit anxious when reprising her role as Princess Leia in The Force Awakens. The actor hadn’t portrayed the character since Return of the Jedi, and she felt pressure having to do the role justice decades later. This led to Fisher making a few errors while revisiting Leia.
“I’m the custodian of Princess Leia, so it’s my job to kind of protect her. It’s my whole life, so I was very nervous. The first day I had was this massive scene. I was scared that I would make mistakes,...
- 9/20/2023
- by Antonio Stallings
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Winner of the Queer Lion Award at the Venice Film Festival, where it premiered in the Horizons section, writer-director Goran Stolevski’s Housekeeping for Beginners (Domakinstvo za pocetnici) is a fizzy, huggable portrait of a self-made, roughly blended queer family.
Set in North Macedonia, where Stolevski was born and spent part of his childhood (he’s now mostly based in Australia), this naturalistic comedy-drama unfolds in a large house in the hills above the capital city Skopje, where social worker Dita (Anamaria Marinca, from 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days) lives with her partner Sauda (Alina Serban), Sauda’s kids, their gay male friend Toni (Vladimir Tintor) and assorted waifs and strays. But when tragedy strikes, this makeshift family has to pull together to protect one another, which doesn’t come naturally for some of them. Already acquired by Focus and Universal before its debut, Housekeeping should find an audience easily thanks to its compelling,...
Set in North Macedonia, where Stolevski was born and spent part of his childhood (he’s now mostly based in Australia), this naturalistic comedy-drama unfolds in a large house in the hills above the capital city Skopje, where social worker Dita (Anamaria Marinca, from 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days) lives with her partner Sauda (Alina Serban), Sauda’s kids, their gay male friend Toni (Vladimir Tintor) and assorted waifs and strays. But when tragedy strikes, this makeshift family has to pull together to protect one another, which doesn’t come naturally for some of them. Already acquired by Focus and Universal before its debut, Housekeeping should find an audience easily thanks to its compelling,...
- 9/15/2023
- by Leslie Felperin
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The fall festival circuit features a powerhouse lineup of Polish cinema that showcases an industry in full stride, with hard-hitting topical dramas, award-season hopefuls and potential box-office breakouts highlighting the strength and diversity of filmmaking in a country with a storied cinematic history.
Among the hotly anticipated premieres at this week’s Toronto Film Festival is “The Peasants,” a lavish, hand-painted animated feature from the filmmaking team behind Oscar nominee and box-office sensation “Loving Vincent.” Meanwhile, three-time Oscar nominee Agnieszka Holland will be on hand for the North American premiere of “Green Border,” her searing portrayal of Europe’s refugee crisis that just bowed in competition at the Venice Film Festival.
Also on the Lido, two-time Berlin Silver Bear winner Małgorzata Szumowska and Michał Englert are vying for the Golden Lion with “Woman Of,” their decades-spanning portrait of a transgender Polish woman on a journey of self-discovery.
Producer Klaudia Śmieja-Rostworowska,...
Among the hotly anticipated premieres at this week’s Toronto Film Festival is “The Peasants,” a lavish, hand-painted animated feature from the filmmaking team behind Oscar nominee and box-office sensation “Loving Vincent.” Meanwhile, three-time Oscar nominee Agnieszka Holland will be on hand for the North American premiere of “Green Border,” her searing portrayal of Europe’s refugee crisis that just bowed in competition at the Venice Film Festival.
Also on the Lido, two-time Berlin Silver Bear winner Małgorzata Szumowska and Michał Englert are vying for the Golden Lion with “Woman Of,” their decades-spanning portrait of a transgender Polish woman on a journey of self-discovery.
Producer Klaudia Śmieja-Rostworowska,...
- 9/8/2023
- by Christopher Vourlias
- Variety Film + TV
Elvis Presley‘s unique moniker will forever be synonymous with the superstar entertainer. However, the name was considered unusual when the king of rock and roll first grew in popularity. Who was Elvis Presley named after, and what are the origins of his name?
Why did Gladys and Vernon Presley name their son Elvis?
Gladys Presley reportedly had no idea she was carrying twins when she delivered her child on Jan. 8, 1935, in Tupelo, Ms. She first delivered a stillborn son via a midwife.
Her husband, Vernon Presley, described the heartbreaking moment in an interview with Good Housekeeping in 1978. Vernon explained the combination of hurt and happiness during the life-changing event.
“After what seemed to be an eternity, a baby boy was born, dead. I was desolate at the loss of our child. But then my father put his hand on my wife’s stomach and announced, ‘Vernon, there’s another baby here!
Why did Gladys and Vernon Presley name their son Elvis?
Gladys Presley reportedly had no idea she was carrying twins when she delivered her child on Jan. 8, 1935, in Tupelo, Ms. She first delivered a stillborn son via a midwife.
Her husband, Vernon Presley, described the heartbreaking moment in an interview with Good Housekeeping in 1978. Vernon explained the combination of hurt and happiness during the life-changing event.
“After what seemed to be an eternity, a baby boy was born, dead. I was desolate at the loss of our child. But then my father put his hand on my wife’s stomach and announced, ‘Vernon, there’s another baby here!
- 9/4/2023
- by Lucille Barilla
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Jeymes Samuel’s sophomore feature The Book of Clarence, Martin Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon, and The Boy and the Heron by Hayao Miyazaki are among the titles that have been announced within the full lineup of the British Film Institute’s (BFI) 67th London Film Festival. Scroll down for the full list.
The Book of Clarence, starring Benedict Cumberbatch, Lakeith Stanfield, and David Oyelowo will screen at London as a World Premiere. Running October 4-15, Lff will feature 29 World Premieres, seven International Premieres (six features and one short), and 30 European Premieres.
Eye-grabbing entries from today’s launch include headline gala screenings of May December by Todd Haynes, Yorgos Lanthimos’ latest feature Poor Things, Bradley Cooper’s Maestro, and The Killer by David Fincher, the last three which make their way to London after debuts on the Lido.
The Book of Clarence, starring Benedict Cumberbatch, Lakeith Stanfield, and David Oyelowo will screen at London as a World Premiere. Running October 4-15, Lff will feature 29 World Premieres, seven International Premieres (six features and one short), and 30 European Premieres.
Eye-grabbing entries from today’s launch include headline gala screenings of May December by Todd Haynes, Yorgos Lanthimos’ latest feature Poor Things, Bradley Cooper’s Maestro, and The Killer by David Fincher, the last three which make their way to London after debuts on the Lido.
- 8/31/2023
- by Zac Ntim
- Deadline Film + TV
Queen Elizabeth II had an unmistakable style. The late monarch wore bright colors often and usually had a matching hat and pair of gloves to go with every outfit. But after an embarrassing incident at Prince William and the Princess of Wales’ (formerly known as Kate Middleton) wedding, she always made sure she had an extra pair of gloves with her.
Here’s what the queen’s former stylist said left her mortified the day of her grandson’s wedding.
Queen Elizabeth II ready to depart for the procession to Buckingham Palace following Prince William and Kate Middleton’s wedding | Dan Kitwood/Getty Images Why Queen Elizabeth always wore gloves
Throughout her 70-year reign, Queen Elizabeth almost always wore gloves manufactured by Cornelia James.
The creative director of Cornelia James, Genevieve James, once told Good Housekeeping that the queen always wore gloves because they were part of her style and...
Here’s what the queen’s former stylist said left her mortified the day of her grandson’s wedding.
Queen Elizabeth II ready to depart for the procession to Buckingham Palace following Prince William and Kate Middleton’s wedding | Dan Kitwood/Getty Images Why Queen Elizabeth always wore gloves
Throughout her 70-year reign, Queen Elizabeth almost always wore gloves manufactured by Cornelia James.
The creative director of Cornelia James, Genevieve James, once told Good Housekeeping that the queen always wore gloves because they were part of her style and...
- 4/29/2023
- by Michelle Kapusta
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Ask around, and you’d be hard-pressed to find anyone who has not seen at least an episode or two of the popular game show Wheel of Fortune. The show is fun and, let’s face it, a little addictive to watch. Pat Sajak has been hosting Wheel of Fortune for decades and is arguably one of the most recognizable faces on television. However, he wasn’t the first to be in that iconic position. Wheel of Fortune hired Pat Sajak after the original host asked for more money.
About the show
According to Paleymatters.org, the game show has been in syndication for about four decades. It continues to entertain people just like it did when it first premiered.
In 1975, creator Merv Griffin had the idea for a hangman-type game show. As a result, Wheel of Fortune was born. Three contestants compete in each episode, and The New Republic...
About the show
According to Paleymatters.org, the game show has been in syndication for about four decades. It continues to entertain people just like it did when it first premiered.
In 1975, creator Merv Griffin had the idea for a hangman-type game show. As a result, Wheel of Fortune was born. Three contestants compete in each episode, and The New Republic...
- 4/17/2023
- by Lisa Geiger
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Little People, Big World and 7 Little Johnstons are two of the most popular shows on TLC. 7 Little Johnstons stars Trent Johnston, Amber Johnston, Jonah Trent Johnston, Elizabeth Renee Johnston, Anna Marie Johnston, Alex Joseph Johnston, and Emma Lee Johnston. Meanwhile, Little People, Big World currently stars Matt Roloff, Amy Roloff, Zach Roloff, and Zach’s wife Tori Roloff.
Even though the casts of the two shows do not live in the same state, fans of Little People, Big World and 7 Little Johnstons might be curious to know if the cast members are friends with one another.
(L-r) Matt and Amy Roloff and Jonah Johnston, Anna Johnston, Trent Johnston, Emma Johnston, Amber Johnston, Alex Johnston, and Elizabeth Johnston | Cast members from ‘Little People, Big World’ and ‘7 Little Johnstons’ seem to know each other
Even though the Roloff family and the Johnston family live in different states, it appears that the families have crossed paths before.
Even though the casts of the two shows do not live in the same state, fans of Little People, Big World and 7 Little Johnstons might be curious to know if the cast members are friends with one another.
(L-r) Matt and Amy Roloff and Jonah Johnston, Anna Johnston, Trent Johnston, Emma Johnston, Amber Johnston, Alex Johnston, and Elizabeth Johnston | Cast members from ‘Little People, Big World’ and ‘7 Little Johnstons’ seem to know each other
Even though the Roloff family and the Johnston family live in different states, it appears that the families have crossed paths before.
- 4/1/2023
- by Eryn Murphy
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Long-lasting relationships on Criminal Minds are few and far between. Over the years, viewers have seen romantic partners tragically die at the hands of serial killers or leave Bau members behind due to their busy schedules and dangerous line of work. One couple that has remained steady is JJ (A.J. Cook) and Will (Josh Stewart), although their relationship has been put at risk many times. They faced a frightening medical scare in Criminal Minds: Evolution, and according to A.J. Cook, that storyline was inspired by her real life.
A.J. Cook as JJ and Josh Stewart as William Lamontagne in ‘Criminal Minds: Evolution’ | Michael Yarish/Paramount+ JJ and Will’s home life gets a spotlight in ‘Criminal Minds: Evolution’
JJ first met Will in Criminal Minds Season 2 during a Bau investigation in New Orleans. They dated for a while and had their first son, Henry, before getting married in season 7. A few seasons later,...
A.J. Cook as JJ and Josh Stewart as William Lamontagne in ‘Criminal Minds: Evolution’ | Michael Yarish/Paramount+ JJ and Will’s home life gets a spotlight in ‘Criminal Minds: Evolution’
JJ first met Will in Criminal Minds Season 2 during a Bau investigation in New Orleans. They dated for a while and had their first son, Henry, before getting married in season 7. A few seasons later,...
- 3/12/2023
- by Elise Nelson
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Sarah Jessica Parker became the iconic Carrie Bradshaw with the premiere of Sex and the City in 1998. But the actor had a successful career long before uttering the catchphrase “and just like that.” Though fans can’t wait to see what happens next with Carrie and her friends, it’s fun to look back at what Parker was doing in the ’80s and ’90s. That includes exercising to the same dance music hit on repeat “like a lunatic.”
Sarah Jessica Parker’s career in the ’80s and ’90s Sarah Jessica Parker on the set of ‘And Just Like That…’ Season 2 on Feb. 9, 2023, in New York City | James Devaney/Gc Images
Parker’s career began on Broadway when she was 11 in the 1976 revival of The Innocents. She followed that with the title role in Annie.
Her first TV part was Patty Greene in the 1982 sitcom Square Pegs. Patty and her best...
Sarah Jessica Parker’s career in the ’80s and ’90s Sarah Jessica Parker on the set of ‘And Just Like That…’ Season 2 on Feb. 9, 2023, in New York City | James Devaney/Gc Images
Parker’s career began on Broadway when she was 11 in the 1976 revival of The Innocents. She followed that with the title role in Annie.
Her first TV part was Patty Greene in the 1982 sitcom Square Pegs. Patty and her best...
- 2/25/2023
- by Stacy Feintuch
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Exclusive: Warsaw-based New Europe Film Sales has boarded international sales on Goran Stolevski’s Housekeeping For Beginners starring top Romanian actress Anamaria Marinca as an unmaternal, gay woman who suddenly finds herself responsible for her partner’s two young daughters.
The drama is one of the buzziest productions to come out of Southeastern Europe this year and brings together a host of hot indie producers from three continents.
Australian-Macedonian director Stolevski’s star has been rising ever since Focus Features pre-acquired world rights to his debut feature, the Serbian mountains-shot horror You Won’t Be Alone, featuring Marinca, Noomi Rapace and Alice Englert in the cast.
After a Sundance debut, the film launched theatrically in the US in April 2022, via Universal. Focus Features also pre-acquired Stolevski’s Australia-set second feature Of An Age which opens in the U.S. on February 17.
Marinca plays the character of Dita, whose mansion in the...
The drama is one of the buzziest productions to come out of Southeastern Europe this year and brings together a host of hot indie producers from three continents.
Australian-Macedonian director Stolevski’s star has been rising ever since Focus Features pre-acquired world rights to his debut feature, the Serbian mountains-shot horror You Won’t Be Alone, featuring Marinca, Noomi Rapace and Alice Englert in the cast.
After a Sundance debut, the film launched theatrically in the US in April 2022, via Universal. Focus Features also pre-acquired Stolevski’s Australia-set second feature Of An Age which opens in the U.S. on February 17.
Marinca plays the character of Dita, whose mansion in the...
- 2/13/2023
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- Deadline Film + TV
Like most celebrities, Sarah Jessica Parker puts a lot of time and effort into her appearance. She often looks stunning on the red carpet and on screen. However, the And Just Like That… star understands that staying fit doesn’t come easy for everyone.
Sarah Jessica Parker is a fashion icon Sarah Jessica Parker | Charles Sykes/Bravo/NBCU Photo Bank
Parker has been a style icon since rising to fame as Carrie Bradshaw on Sex and the City.
In the hit HBO series, the actor wore many memorable pieces, including designer shoes and handbags, little black dresses, and even tutus. Even though Sex and the City was set in the late ’90s and early 2000s, Carrie’s outfits still serve as fashion inspirations for women today.
Parker has even ventured into the fashion designing business. In 2007, she launched her clothing line, Bitten, sold at the former clothing chain Steve & Barry’s.
Sarah Jessica Parker is a fashion icon Sarah Jessica Parker | Charles Sykes/Bravo/NBCU Photo Bank
Parker has been a style icon since rising to fame as Carrie Bradshaw on Sex and the City.
In the hit HBO series, the actor wore many memorable pieces, including designer shoes and handbags, little black dresses, and even tutus. Even though Sex and the City was set in the late ’90s and early 2000s, Carrie’s outfits still serve as fashion inspirations for women today.
Parker has even ventured into the fashion designing business. In 2007, she launched her clothing line, Bitten, sold at the former clothing chain Steve & Barry’s.
- 2/3/2023
- by Tram Anh Ton Nu
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Dolly Parton is a national treasure with a music career spanning more than 50 years. But, her talents aren’t limited to the recording studio. Dolly also has some fantastic skills in the kitchen, and she’s got a recipe for a 5-layer casserole that everyone should have in their dinner rotation. Here is a quick look at Dolly’s layered casserole — plus 9 other famous celebrity recipes.
National treasure Dolly Parton | John Lamparski/Getty Images 1. Dolly Parton’s layered casserole is a signature dish
Dolly’s recipe for 5-Layer Casserole is the ultimate Southern comfort food, and it’s rumored to be one of her signature dishes. The only ingredients you’ll need are three large russet potatoes, a pound of ground beef, two onions, a can of diced tomatoes, green bell peppers, and salt and pepper.
Simply spread a layer of sliced potatoes on the bottom of a greased 13×9 baking...
National treasure Dolly Parton | John Lamparski/Getty Images 1. Dolly Parton’s layered casserole is a signature dish
Dolly’s recipe for 5-Layer Casserole is the ultimate Southern comfort food, and it’s rumored to be one of her signature dishes. The only ingredients you’ll need are three large russet potatoes, a pound of ground beef, two onions, a can of diced tomatoes, green bell peppers, and salt and pepper.
Simply spread a layer of sliced potatoes on the bottom of a greased 13×9 baking...
- 1/29/2023
- by Perry Carpenter
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Revisiting last year's introduction when putting together 2021's favorites, it is with a shock to realize how little has changed in the wildly disrupted world of cinema under the shroud of the pandemic. The urge to copy-and-paste the whole shebang is quite tempting indeed.What can we say about this year, 2021? We got a little more used to long-term instability. Cinemas and festivals re-opened, only for some to close again. We, like many, ventured carefully out into the world to finally see films again with audiences, all kinds: nervous ones, uproarious ones, spartan ones, and delighted ones. It was an experience both anxious and joyous. We also doubled down on the challenges, but also the pleasures, of home viewing: of virtual cinemas and virtual festivals, of straight to streaming premieres, of trying to capture a social joy in semi-isolation by connecting with others over experiences shared and disparate.The long...
- 12/27/2021
- MUBI
In addition to a jam-packed January of new releases, the horror streaming service Shudder has plenty of scares in store for viewers in February, including Jeremy Gardner and Christian Stella's After Midnight, Padraig Reynolds' Open 24 Hours, Jennifer Harrington's Shook, the Nicolas Cage-starring Vampire's Kiss, the practical effects wizardry of Basket Case, Takashi Miike's One Missed Call, and much more!
Below, you can check out the full list of titles coming to Shudder in the U.S. in February, and be sure to visit Shudder's website to learn more about the streaming service and their scary good lineup!
A Nightmare Wakes — premieres February 4
While composing her famous novel Frankenstein, Mary Shelley descends into an opium-fueled fever dream while carrying on a torrid love affair with Percy Shelley. As she writes, the characters of her novel come to life and begin to plague her relationship with Percy.
Below, you can check out the full list of titles coming to Shudder in the U.S. in February, and be sure to visit Shudder's website to learn more about the streaming service and their scary good lineup!
A Nightmare Wakes — premieres February 4
While composing her famous novel Frankenstein, Mary Shelley descends into an opium-fueled fever dream while carrying on a torrid love affair with Percy Shelley. As she writes, the characters of her novel come to life and begin to plague her relationship with Percy.
- 1/19/2021
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
The November 2020 lineup for The Criterion Channel has been unveiled, toplined by a Claire Denis retrospective, including the brand-new restoration of Beau travail, along with Chocolat, No Fear, No Die, Nenette and Boni, Towards Mathilde, 35 Shots of Rum, and White Material.
There will also be a series celebrating 30 years of The Film Foundation, featuring a new interview with Martin Scorsese by Ari Aster, as well as a number of their most essential restorations, including films by Jia Zhangke, Ritwik Ghatak, Luchino Visconti, Shirley Clarke, Med Hondo, and more.
There’s also David Lynch’s new restoration of The Elephant Man, retrospectives dedicated to Ngozi Onwurah, Nadav Lapid, and Terence Nance, a new edition of the series Queersighted titled Queer Fear, featuring a new conversation between series programmer Michael Koresky and filmmaker and critic Farihah Zaman, and much more.
See the lineup below and learn more on the official site.
There will also be a series celebrating 30 years of The Film Foundation, featuring a new interview with Martin Scorsese by Ari Aster, as well as a number of their most essential restorations, including films by Jia Zhangke, Ritwik Ghatak, Luchino Visconti, Shirley Clarke, Med Hondo, and more.
There’s also David Lynch’s new restoration of The Elephant Man, retrospectives dedicated to Ngozi Onwurah, Nadav Lapid, and Terence Nance, a new edition of the series Queersighted titled Queer Fear, featuring a new conversation between series programmer Michael Koresky and filmmaker and critic Farihah Zaman, and much more.
See the lineup below and learn more on the official site.
- 10/27/2020
- by Leonard Pearce
- The Film Stage
Lake Bell is opening up about her daughter’s diagnosis.
On Wednesday, the Bless this Mess actress, 41, revealed on Instagram that her 5-year-old daughter Nova is epileptic, a reality she didn’t originally intend on sharing with others.
Bell — who also shares son Ozgood, 3 next month, with husband Scott Campbell — said she decided to share her family’s experience with the neurological disorder to feel less alone.
“It’s taken me a few months to gather the courage to post about it because I do not want to endorse its existence,” Bell captioned a photo of Nova peering into the...
On Wednesday, the Bless this Mess actress, 41, revealed on Instagram that her 5-year-old daughter Nova is epileptic, a reality she didn’t originally intend on sharing with others.
Bell — who also shares son Ozgood, 3 next month, with husband Scott Campbell — said she decided to share her family’s experience with the neurological disorder to feel less alone.
“It’s taken me a few months to gather the courage to post about it because I do not want to endorse its existence,” Bell captioned a photo of Nova peering into the...
- 4/16/2020
- by Benjamin VanHoose
- PEOPLE.com
Close-Up is a feature that spotlights films now playing on Mubi. Bill Forsyth's Housekeeping (1987) is playing October 18 - November 17, 2017 in the United Kingdom. On first viewing Bill Forsyth’s film Housekeeping (1987) I was somewhat unimpressed by its low-key television-movie feel; a small town family drama lacking cinematic spectacle, featuring relatively unknown actors. It seemed thrifty, in keeping with the unfussiness of the story’s central character, Sylvie. By contrast, Marilynne Robinson’s novel, on which the film is based, describes moments of fantastical prophecy, strengthened by the author’s knowledge of Scripture, in images of dead souls recovered from a deep lake resonant of the Bible’s account of the Flood and Apocalypse. Forsyth’s better-known Local Hero (1983), a comedy set in a remote Scottish village, gives viewers a meteor shower, the Northern Lights and Burt Lancaster descending from the sky, so the director’s use of Robinson’s...
- 10/17/2017
- MUBI
Rectify Season 3, Episode 3 “Sown with Salt”
Written by Coleman Herbert
Directed by Billy Geirhart
Airs Thursday nights at 10pm Et on Sundance
It’s no surprise one of Daniel’s dream destinations is the land of Carthage in Tunisia, home of the Carthagian empire that fell to the Romans in 146 BC. When their lands were stripped and the Carthagian people were enslaved, legends said the Romans “salted the earth” of Carthage, cursing the land for re-inhabitation by the Carthagians or any others. This practice has appeared throughout history, most notably in medieval Spanish culture, when convicted traitors often had their lands covered in salt, as punishment,usually right before their heads ended up on spikes. There’s a strange two-sided nature to this practice; while often a symbolic gesture of destroying the land for agriculture, thus killing any chance of rebirth the civilization might have, the idea of salting a fallen civilization preserves it,...
Written by Coleman Herbert
Directed by Billy Geirhart
Airs Thursday nights at 10pm Et on Sundance
It’s no surprise one of Daniel’s dream destinations is the land of Carthage in Tunisia, home of the Carthagian empire that fell to the Romans in 146 BC. When their lands were stripped and the Carthagian people were enslaved, legends said the Romans “salted the earth” of Carthage, cursing the land for re-inhabitation by the Carthagians or any others. This practice has appeared throughout history, most notably in medieval Spanish culture, when convicted traitors often had their lands covered in salt, as punishment,usually right before their heads ended up on spikes. There’s a strange two-sided nature to this practice; while often a symbolic gesture of destroying the land for agriculture, thus killing any chance of rebirth the civilization might have, the idea of salting a fallen civilization preserves it,...
- 7/24/2015
- by Randy Dankievitch
- SoundOnSight
Cable TV and its alpha-males are certainly enjoying a surge in quality, but they're still no match for the great directors of film
The testosterone comes off Brett Martin's new book, Difficult Men: Behind the Scenes of a Creative Revolution, like wafts of Brut. A short, stocky account of the rise of such shows as The Sopranos, The Wire, The Breaking Bad, Mad Men, it comes with the muscular thesis that cable TV has "become the significant American art form of the first decade of the 21st century, the equivalent of what the films of Scorsese, Altman, Coppola, and others had been to the 1970s or the novels of Updike, Roth. And Mailer had been to the 1960s." You see? Now that's what I call a thesis: beefy with name-drops, and a cultural frame of reference that could stun a herd of bison at 30 paces.
Martin corrals as hairy a...
The testosterone comes off Brett Martin's new book, Difficult Men: Behind the Scenes of a Creative Revolution, like wafts of Brut. A short, stocky account of the rise of such shows as The Sopranos, The Wire, The Breaking Bad, Mad Men, it comes with the muscular thesis that cable TV has "become the significant American art form of the first decade of the 21st century, the equivalent of what the films of Scorsese, Altman, Coppola, and others had been to the 1970s or the novels of Updike, Roth. And Mailer had been to the 1960s." You see? Now that's what I call a thesis: beefy with name-drops, and a cultural frame of reference that could stun a herd of bison at 30 paces.
Martin corrals as hairy a...
- 8/2/2013
- by Tom Shone
- The Guardian - Film News
Again this week, I'm double-posting a major review to permit your comments, which my main site can't accept--although they'll be added to our redesign, soon to be unveiled.
Ang Lee's "Life of Pi" is a miraculous achievement of storytelling and a landmark of visual mastery. Inspired by a worldwide best-seller that many readers must have assumed was unfilmable, it is a triumph over its difficulties. It is also a moving spiritual achievement, a movie whose title could have been shortened to "life."
The story involves the 227 days that its teenage hero spends drifting across the Pacific in a lifeboat with a Bengal tiger. They find themselves in the same boat after an amusing and colorful prologue, which in itself could have been enlarged into an exciting family film. Then it expands into a parable of survival, acceptance and adaptation. I imagine even Yann Martel, the novel's French-Canadian author, must be...
Ang Lee's "Life of Pi" is a miraculous achievement of storytelling and a landmark of visual mastery. Inspired by a worldwide best-seller that many readers must have assumed was unfilmable, it is a triumph over its difficulties. It is also a moving spiritual achievement, a movie whose title could have been shortened to "life."
The story involves the 227 days that its teenage hero spends drifting across the Pacific in a lifeboat with a Bengal tiger. They find themselves in the same boat after an amusing and colorful prologue, which in itself could have been enlarged into an exciting family film. Then it expands into a parable of survival, acceptance and adaptation. I imagine even Yann Martel, the novel's French-Canadian author, must be...
- 5/12/2013
- blogs.suntimes.com/ebert
Again this week, I'm double-posting a major review to permit your comments, which my main site can't accept--although they'll be added to our redesign, soon to be unveiled.
Ang Lee's "Life of Pi" is a miraculous achievement of storytelling and a landmark of visual mastery. Inspired by a worldwide best-seller that many readers must have assumed was unfilmable, it is a triumph over its difficulties. It is also a moving spiritual achievement, a movie whose title could have been shortened to "life."
The story involves the 227 days that its teenage hero spends drifting across the Pacific in a lifeboat with a Bengal tiger. They find themselves in the same boat after an amusing and colorful prologue, which in itself could have been enlarged into an exciting family film. Then it expands into a parable of survival, acceptance and adaptation. I imagine even Yann Martel, the novel's French-Canadian author, must be...
Ang Lee's "Life of Pi" is a miraculous achievement of storytelling and a landmark of visual mastery. Inspired by a worldwide best-seller that many readers must have assumed was unfilmable, it is a triumph over its difficulties. It is also a moving spiritual achievement, a movie whose title could have been shortened to "life."
The story involves the 227 days that its teenage hero spends drifting across the Pacific in a lifeboat with a Bengal tiger. They find themselves in the same boat after an amusing and colorful prologue, which in itself could have been enlarged into an exciting family film. Then it expands into a parable of survival, acceptance and adaptation. I imagine even Yann Martel, the novel's French-Canadian author, must be...
- 11/27/2012
- by Roger Ebert
- blogs.suntimes.com/ebert
Kelly Ruth Winter Marilynne Robinson
When I was a child I read books. My reading was not indiscriminate. I preferred books that were old and thick and hard. I made vocabulary lists.
Surprising as it may seem, I had friends, some of whom read more than I did. I knew a good deal about Constantinople and the Cromwell revolution and chivalry. There was little here that was relevant to my experience, but the shelves of northern Idaho groaned with just...
When I was a child I read books. My reading was not indiscriminate. I preferred books that were old and thick and hard. I made vocabulary lists.
Surprising as it may seem, I had friends, some of whom read more than I did. I knew a good deal about Constantinople and the Cromwell revolution and chivalry. There was little here that was relevant to my experience, but the shelves of northern Idaho groaned with just...
- 3/21/2012
- by Marilynne Robinson
- Speakeasy/Wall Street Journal
From Page To Screen, Bridport
Guest curator Jonathan Coe lends the appropriate literary lustre to this festival of movies adapted from novels, and for a respected author he's not as sniffy as you'd expect. Coe's list includes some successful examples recent and ancient – from True Grit, The Social Network and How To Train Your Dragon to Jacques Demy's Donovan-scored The Pied Piper and forgotten 1945 melodrama They Were Sisters – most of which are introduced by himself and other experts. Coe also talks to some of those concerned in the process, including Kazuo Ishiguro about the recent version of his Never Let Me Go and Bill Forsyth on his version of Marilynne Robinson's Housekeeping, while Rowan Joffé discusses his recent adaptations of The American and Brighton Rock.
Bridport Arts Centre & Electric Palace, Wed to 17 Apr
From Ecstasy To Rapture: 50 Years Of The Other Spanish Cinema/Pere Portabella, London
You...
Guest curator Jonathan Coe lends the appropriate literary lustre to this festival of movies adapted from novels, and for a respected author he's not as sniffy as you'd expect. Coe's list includes some successful examples recent and ancient – from True Grit, The Social Network and How To Train Your Dragon to Jacques Demy's Donovan-scored The Pied Piper and forgotten 1945 melodrama They Were Sisters – most of which are introduced by himself and other experts. Coe also talks to some of those concerned in the process, including Kazuo Ishiguro about the recent version of his Never Let Me Go and Bill Forsyth on his version of Marilynne Robinson's Housekeeping, while Rowan Joffé discusses his recent adaptations of The American and Brighton Rock.
Bridport Arts Centre & Electric Palace, Wed to 17 Apr
From Ecstasy To Rapture: 50 Years Of The Other Spanish Cinema/Pere Portabella, London
You...
- 4/8/2011
- by Steve Rose
- The Guardian - Film News
When he was asked to be guest director for a festival dedicated to films based on books, Jonathan Coe set out to disprove the adage that great literature makes terrible movies
In the course of their famous book-length interview, François Truffaut once asked Alfred Hitchcock about his approach to literary adaptation, and Hitch's response was as magisterial, worldly and mischievous as one would expect: "What I do is to read a story only once, and if I like the basic idea, I just forget all about the book and start to create cinema. Today I would be unable to tell you the story of Daphne du Maurier's The Birds. I read it only once, and very quickly at that."
Hitchcock's comment was the first thing that occurred to me when, towards the end of last year, I was approached with an interesting proposition. "From Page to Screen" is the...
In the course of their famous book-length interview, François Truffaut once asked Alfred Hitchcock about his approach to literary adaptation, and Hitch's response was as magisterial, worldly and mischievous as one would expect: "What I do is to read a story only once, and if I like the basic idea, I just forget all about the book and start to create cinema. Today I would be unable to tell you the story of Daphne du Maurier's The Birds. I read it only once, and very quickly at that."
Hitchcock's comment was the first thing that occurred to me when, towards the end of last year, I was approached with an interesting proposition. "From Page to Screen" is the...
- 4/1/2011
- The Guardian - Film News
Marilynne Robinson has written three novels. Her first, Housekeeping, was written in 1980 and nominated for the Pulitzer Prize. It was over 20 years before her second novel, Gilead was published, and also nominated for a Pulitzer. Gilead is written from the point of view of Reverend John Ames and is an account of his life for his 7-year-old son. Home is its companion, telling the same events from different perspectives. Ames still features, but the focus is now on his neighbour Robert Boughton and his children Glory and Jack, who have both recently returned home. Jack has always been unreliable and something of a disappointment to his father, who worried for the state of his son's soul. Glory is the peacemaker, living her own nightmare of returning to the town of Gilead and becoming stuck there. Her other siblings may want their home to stay exactly as it was in their memories,...
- 4/28/2010
- by Dustin Rowles
Repertory theaters on the coasts are truly offering a window onto the world this spring, with Jia Zhangke and Bong Joon-ho retrospectives, as well as New French Cinema in New York, "Freebie and the Bean," "Killer Klowns from Outer Space" and Jason Reitman's favorite films invade Los Angeles, and the Alamo Drafthouse in Austin is offering a fond farewell to the video cassette. But consider this a hello to seeing classics, oddities and rarities on the big screen over the next few months.
Cities: [New York] [Los Angeles] [Austin] More Spring Preview: [Theatrical Calendar]
[Anywhere But a Movie Theater]
New York
92YTribeca
Is there a more energetic way to start the spring than with a screening of Russ Meyer's "Faster Pussycat! Kill! Kill!" (Feb. 20, with editors Rumsey Taylor, Leo Goldsmith and Jenny Jediny in attendance)? Perhaps not, but it's only the start of an exciting spring season at the 92YTribeca Screening Room, which will present several special events over the next few months.
Cities: [New York] [Los Angeles] [Austin] More Spring Preview: [Theatrical Calendar]
[Anywhere But a Movie Theater]
New York
92YTribeca
Is there a more energetic way to start the spring than with a screening of Russ Meyer's "Faster Pussycat! Kill! Kill!" (Feb. 20, with editors Rumsey Taylor, Leo Goldsmith and Jenny Jediny in attendance)? Perhaps not, but it's only the start of an exciting spring season at the 92YTribeca Screening Room, which will present several special events over the next few months.
- 2/20/2010
- by Stephen Saito
- ifc.com
Twenty-four years passed between Marilynne Robinson's stunning debut Housekeeping and her second novel, Gilead. Now that Home, a sequel to Gilead, has appeared only four years later, fans of Robinson's still-waters-run-deep prose and achingly poignant characterizations must feel their cups are overflowing. Robinson's is no less a treasure for arriving more frequently; her prose remains an experience to be savored, page by page and often word by word. Yet its appeal lies in Robinson's ability to capture moments on the way toward the inevitable decline and end of all things, without harming the fragile, fleeting quality of the singular instance. She writes about the tipping of the scales between memory and hope, as her characters close their eyes on the past with only a thread of faith connecting them to the unknown beyond. Gilead recorded the theological reminiscences of John Ames, pastor of the Congregationalist church in Gilead,...
- 9/18/2008
- by Donna Bowman
- avclub.com
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