Celebs Are Cozy at Christmastime

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. Fall on your knees! Oh see the celebs posting. O night divine, the nightBeyonce did a halftime show. Xmas 2024, in fitting with the rest of the year, was a bit of an up-and-downer. Up, Beyonces concert. Down, Gramercy Parkreportedlyrefused to open its doors to the plebs, breaking with tradition. Also, Khloe Kardashians kids were too sick to attend the familys annual Christmas Eve party....

December 25, 2024 · 1 min · 189 words · Erica Sharp

Every James Mangold Movie, Ranked

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. James Mangold made his first film at 17 as a student at CalArts. His newest, the Bob Dylan biopicA Complete Unknown,looks positioned to keep that streak going. Hes a man who always knows what hes doing, and how to deliver the goods. 13.Kate & Leopold(2001) 13. Especially early in his directing career, Mangold seemed game to tackle a new genre each time out....

December 25, 2024 · 2 min · 389 words · Kyle Myers

Everything That Happened at the Beyoncé Christmas Halftime Show

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. Cowboy Carter made sure everyone knows: Shes got the biggest ten-gallon hat in the business. More like 15-gallon, amirite? Heres everything that happened during the Beyonce NFL Christmas halftime show. The track list As Beys publicist confirmed, theCowboy Carterhalftime show was less than 20 minutes. As a result, most songs only got the medley treatment....

December 25, 2024 · 2 min · 237 words · Samantha Costa

Music Producer Richard Perry Dies at 82

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. Richard Perry who produced Youre so Vain for Carly Simon andNilsson Schmilssonfor Harry Nilsson has died. He worked extensively with Harry Nilsson, producing his most critically-acclaimed workNilsson Schmilsson,a.k.a. Perry also produced two of Ringos solo albums:RingoandGoodnight Vienna. Perry was a perfectionist in the studio, recording Youre So Vain 100 times before being satisfied. In 1978, Perry founded his own label, Planet Records....

December 25, 2024 · 1 min · 190 words · Mary Thompson

A Complete UnknownFact Check: Were Bob Dylan and Johnny Cash Really Pen Pals?

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. The film is based on Elijah Walds 2015 bookDylan Goes Electric! Newport, Seeger, Dylan, and the Night that Split the Sixties. Mangold doesnt play it completely straight though. Using Walds book as a guide, lets break down whats fact and whats fiction inA Complete Unknown. Dylans first days in New York Did Dylan really hitchhike into New York?...

December 24, 2024 · 4 min · 787 words · Zachary Hansen

Loneliness Explains a Lot About Bob Dylan

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. James Mangold isnt afraid of being thought of as a journeyman director. And, of course, biographical dramas about musical geniuses. I watchedA Complete Unknownwith my son the other day. Hes 15 and didnt know anything about Bob Dylan, but he enjoyed the film greatly. He was really puzzled by the Newport 65 scenes at the end, however....

December 24, 2024 · 8 min · 1494 words · Christopher Waters

Nosferatu’s Final Moment Is an Act of Consent

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. This article was originally published on December 24, 2024. On January 23, 2025,Nosferatuwas nominated for four Oscars.Spoilers follow. Murnaus silent 1922 original defines only as a willing victim in service of her husband. Lily-Rose Depps Ellen, meanwhile, pursues redemption for her own sake. (Taylor-Joywas castin the role first and then dropped out because of scheduling conflicts....

December 24, 2024 · 1 min · 171 words · Jessica Ramos

The Intern Puzzle

New crosswords dropped daily. Find all our gameshere. Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. More Crosswords Tags:

December 24, 2024 · 1 min · 26 words · Maurice Johnson

The untimely death of Christopher Cox

Silvis had just started his shift at the facility in Indiantown, Florida, and the nurses looked stunned. They explained, as well as they could, what had occurred the night before. A man was dead. Silvis called a prison captain and pulled the surveillance tape. At 7:28 p.m., Conrad entered the cell. She left seven minutes later. Silvis was taken aback. Anyone with that license certainly lacks the training or authority to declare a person dead....

December 24, 2024 · 8 min · 1602 words · Robert Gentry

Which Directors Can Match German Expressionism’s Freak?

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. German Expressionist films are not exactly popular fodder for the contemporary remake machine. So credit where it is due to Robert Eggers for having a go atNosferatu, F.W. Murnaus 1922 vampire classic. The cinematic language Expressionist filmmakers invented was esoteric, literally and figuratively shadowy, cerebral, and heavily symbolic. Visual distortion was a common feature in and out of frequent dream sequences....

December 24, 2024 · 2 min · 287 words · Melissa Guerra

‘She Was Just Trying to Fly’

Anne-Marie Duff gives Graces perspective, and hers, onBad Sisterss seasonlong mystery. Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. And most important, who are the Garvey girls without Grace? Them all being inside this bubble of grief the show isnt as much of a caper this time around. In finale Cliff Hanger, a flashback sequence clarifies how willing Grace was to embrace her own independence....

December 24, 2024 · 6 min · 1100 words · Courtney Bradford

Adrien Brody Found the Part

The Brutalistis his best, most personal work sinceThe Pianist. Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. Adrien Brodyhas stopped to contemplate a pile of cardboard. Thats a great breakdancing platform. Thats a gold mine, he says. Its also a village. I wait for him to explain. That was me being very foolish and young. Oh right, the cardboard. On Guadalcanal, many of the residents lived in homes made from cardboard boxes....

December 23, 2024 · 11 min · 2256 words · Maxwell Burch

Bad SistersSeason-Finale Recap: Irish Exit

Bad Sisters Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. Would it be as satisfying as the end of the first season already was? What could the show gain fromSharon Horganand her team unpacking the stories theyd already tied up so neatly? Sexual harassment, domestic violence, embezzlement … Cormacs done it all, baby! You were just a mark, Grace, he replied, practically rolling his eyes....

December 23, 2024 · 2 min · 288 words · Ryan Edwards