A video showing the chief executive of a small Texas town pole dancing on a public street, allegedly during a work-related trip, has ignited a wave of mixed reactions online, with some voices demanding her resignation and others advising her critics to lighten up. Dayton City Manager Kimberly Judge, the first woman and Black person […]
With the Country Music Awards approaching in November, the debate about whether Beyoncé was snubbed by the award show or not has been ongoing. Two-time Country Music Award winner Luke Bryan has been on a press run to promote his newly released album, “Mind of a Country Boy,” and is one of the latest celebrities […]
Comedian Kevin Hart can’t seem to escape his association with disgraced music executive Sean “Diddy” Combs after years of gallivanting at the rapper’s super exclusive parties that are now at the center of a hefty criminal case that could land Diddy in jail for the rest of his life. When the standup comic posted pictures […]
Kyle Rittenhouse is having a hard time making and keeping friends. Two months ago, Rittenhouse — who became a national figure in 2020 after fatally shooting two men during a Kenosha, Wisconsin, protest over the police shooting of Jacob Blake — lost considerable street cred with the MAGA movement when he announced he would be writing in […]
The celebration was short-lived for two former Kentucky cops recently cleared of felony charges in the shooting death of Breonna Taylor — only to be indicted again by the U.S. Department of Justice this week. Now former Louisville Police Detective Joshua Jaynes and former Sgt. Kyle Meany are once again facing life in prison if […]
Sony Pictures Classics has acquired “The Penguin Lessons,” an uplifting dramedy starring Steve Coogan as a teacher who forms an unlikely bond with a feathered friend. Peter Cattaneo directed the film, which premiered at this year’s Toronto Film Festival. It’s adapted by Jeff Pope from Tom Michell’s 2016 memoir. It follows a cynical British professor […]
The box office is no laughing matter this weekend, because Joaquin Phoenix’s Joker is back. “Joker: Folie a Deux,” the sequel to the Oscar-nominated, DC Comic book film “Joker,” is opening in theaters this weekend and has made $7 million in Thursday previews so far. Phoenix’s crazed, killer Batman villain is back, and he’s now […]
“Coraline” is back in theaters once again — but now just in time for spooky season. The beloved, stop-motion animated film from 2009 will return on Halloween for a limited-time engagement in newly remastered 3D and 2D formats. If you feel like you just saw “Coraline” back in theaters, it’s not deja vu — you’re […]
Sean Baker was at home in Los Angeles writing the script for what would become his new movie, “Anora,” and he needed a little inspiration. His title character, Ani, had seen her circumstances change wildly — a first-generation Russian American sex worker, she finds herself in a chaotic romantic relationship with the son of a […]
Saudi Arabia in September launched a $100 million film fund aimed at attracting investments from global film studios to help fuel the kingdom’s rapidly growing local film industry. The Saudi Film Fund – as the fund is known – sees Saudi’s Cultural Development Fund making a 40% investment in collaboration with investment bank MEFIC Capital […]
