Vicky Krieps explains why making ‘Corsage’ was ‘a mistake’

A woman in Victorian evening dress smokes a cigarette in the movie 'Corsage.'

Vicky Krieps brings a sense of spontaneity and live-wire unpredictability to every role she plays, from her breakout performance in Paul Thomas Anderson’s “Phantom Thread” opposite Daniel Day-Lewis to her new, celebrated part in Marie […]

Why a kiss was worth it in the new Whitney Houston biopic

Two women laying on the floor with one's head on the other's stomach.

Not long before Whitney Houston‘s career takes off in the Sony Pictures musical biopic “I Wanna Dance with Somebody,” the young singer shares a romantic kiss with her best friend, Robyn Crawford. It’s sweet, intimate […]

Whitney Houston biopic: Musical highs outweigh personal lows

An actress recreates the moment when Whitney Houston sings the National Anthem at the Super Bowl.

The new Whitney Houston biopic climaxes with a detailed reenactment of the pop superstar’s show-stopping performance at the 1994 American Music Awards. Stretched across 10 minutes, Houston’s act that night combined three songs from three […]

How Weird: The Al Yankovic Story pulled off its cameo-crammed pool party

Musician Wolfman Jack (played by Jack Black) smirks at “Weird Al” Yankovic (Daniel Radcliffe) by a backyard pool at the home of Dr. Demento (Rainn Wilson), as ’80s celebrities including Gallagher (Paul F. Tompkins) and Alice Cooper (Akiva Schaffer) look on in Weird: The Al Yankovic Story

Imagine you were famous in the 1980s, and instantly recognizable for one signature look: Hawaiian shirt, a bushy mustache, and a big cap of tightly curled hair. Now imagine it’s the present, and you’re watching […]

Phoenix: ‘Every political cycle France has an existential crisis’ | Phoenix

Phoenix (clockwise from top left) Christian Mazzalai, Thomas Mars, Deck D'arcy, Laurent Brancowitz

Deck D’Arcy has a theory. The Phoenix bassist thinks that, on the band’s fifth album, 2013’s Bankrupt!, they “lost the groove”. The French four-piece were at the height of their fame: 2009’s Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix […]

The battle for Highgate: George Michael’s old house at centre of face off over ‘resort for super-rich’ | London

Tributes to George Michael in Highgate, north London, in 2018, with his former house in the background.

Fan worship takes many forms. When George Michael died on Christmas Day 2016, his more ardent devotees were moved to lay tributes in a small fenced green opposite his house in Highgate, the north London […]

Legendary Talk Show Host Revealed

Legendary Talk Show Host Revealed

The Muppets get in on the action, with Miss Piggy joining the panel and even guessing that one of the contestants is … her?! Is that even possible? The Muppets took over “The Masked Singer” […]

Angela Lansbury, A Broadway Darling Turned TV Favorite, Dies

Lansbury in 1960's "Season of Passion."

Angela Lansbury, the celebrated actor who spent seven decades in film, television and theater, died on Tuesday, according to a statement released by her family. She was 96. “The children of Dame Angela Lansbury are […]

Doom Flamingo Announce Debut Live LP ‘In The Rain,’ Share Live Video of “Bohemian Rhapsody” Cover

Doom Flamingo Announce Debut Live LP 'In The Rain,' Share Live Video of "Bohemian Rhapsody" Cover

Photo by Paul Chelmis Today, Doom Flamingo announced they’ll release their debut live album, In The Rain, on Oct. 7. The collection of live tracks comes from the synth-wave group’s eclectic and explosive shows over […]

Glenn Weiss And Ricky Kirshner To Produce 95th Academy Awards – Deadline

Movie Academy Promotes Jenny Galante To EVP Revenue & Business Development – Deadline

Deadline In an effort to get the Oscar telecast back on track, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences today announced that awards show and live television veterans Glenn Weiss and Ricky Kirshner will […]

‘Moonage Daydream’s’ Brett Morgen on David Bowie’s mystery

A man with gray hair in a suit, tie and sunglasses

Brett Morgen dashes across his office to grab his phone. “I wanna play you something,” says the documentary filmmaker behind “Moonage Daydream,” a trippy and mesmerizing new movie about David Bowie. Morgen is recounting his […]

‘Butt-shakers and toe-tappers’: Ramsey Lewis brought jazz to the people | Jazz

Lewis warming up before a taping of Legends of Jazz with Ramsey Lewis in 2005.

For the first half of the 20th century, jazz musicians would interpret the popular music of the age, with Tin Pan Alley hits, Broadway showtunes, blues songs and Latin dance numbers providing the basis for […]

Ramsey Lewis, the pop chart’s favorite jazz pianist, dies at 87 : NPR

Ramsey Lewis, the pop chart's favorite jazz pianist, dies at 87 : NPR

Ramsey Lewis, seen here performing at the Ontario Jazz Festival in 1981, died Monday at his home in Chicago. Ron Bull/Toronto Star via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Ron Bull/Toronto Star via Getty Images […]

The Al Yankovic Story’ Script ‘Is so Insane’ – Rolling Stone

Hold Me Closer, Elton John, Britney

Weird: The Al Yankovic Story star Daniel Radcliffe says shooting a scene where a fictionalized Weird Al Yankovic goes on a drug trip and hatches from an egg is the second strangest thing he’s ever […]