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Everything is politics. From the moment the 2016 presidential election ended to today, Election Day 2018, we’ve been living through (barely surviving?) an era of unprecedented political activism and consciousness, one in which every aspect of our daily lives has become inextricably tied to this reality show of a presidency. So what better way to […]

Gwyneth Paltrow in Titanic? Tom Hanks in Jerry Maguire? Find out which stars almost played some of the most iconic roles in film and TV! Credit: 20th Century-Fox/Getty Images; Stefanie Keenan/Getty Images (inset) Matthew McConaughey: Jack Dawson in ‘Titanic’ The actor revealed in November 2018 that he auditioned for the role, which eventually went to Leonardo DiCaprio. “I wanted that,” he […]

The world of film lovers is still reeling over the announcement that their beloved FilmStruck will shut down permanently on November 29. Naturally, with their grief comes a desire to get as much out of the streaming service as possible before it becomes a footnote in digital history. The home of the Criterion Collection and TCM Movies, […]

Hulu has given a series order to the comedy “Dollface” starring Kat Dennings. The streamer has given the series a 10-episode order. It follows a young woman (Dennings) who, after being dumped by her longtime boyfriend, must deal with her own imagination in order to literally and metaphorically re-enter the world of women, and rekindle the female […]

The fall TV season has officially arrived, and here are Vulture’s picks for the best TV shows of 2018 so far. We’ve continually updated this list from January to October on a monthly basis, both as a service to readers and also to help us keep our TV clutter properly organized. (The shows that don’t “spark joy,” […]

In the Nov. 3 Saturday Night Live cold open, Kate McKinnon reprised her impression of Fox News host Laura Ingraham to discuss the migrant caravan, perpetuating what Seth Meyers dubbed Trump’s “scaremongering” about the refugees. “All of a sudden, the term nationalist is bad,” McKinnon’s Ingraham lamented. “The word white is bad. The phrase white nationalist is bad.” Her […]

“The View” is adding Republican strategist Ana Navarro as a guest co-host one day a week, Variety has learned. Navarro will fill in on “The View” every Friday, rounding out the Season 22 panel with Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, Meghan McCain, Sunny Hostin, and Abby Huntsman. Goldberg takes Fridays off as the moderator, which is why the show needs […]

Turn to movies and art for a mental reset during these trying political times. Here are seven picks to remind you that unity and shared values still exist. No one should bury their head in the sand about the reality of our politics, culture, and media. But we also shouldn’t ignore our past trials and […]

Early in the production of The Other Side of the Wind, Orson Welles’ lead actor, the impressionist Rich Little, was having trouble understanding his part. The scene was a party for the legendary movie director Jake Hannaford, played by the legendary director John Huston, on what would become the last day of Hannaford’s life. Welles instructed […]

Ewan McGregor is in talks to play Batman villain Black Mask in the Harley Quinn spinoff, “Birds of Prey,” sources tell Variety. Variety first reported that Warner Bros. was eyeing McGregor for this role when Mary Elizabeth Winstead and Jurnee Smollett-Bell joined the cast as Huntress and Black Canary, respectively. At the time, no meeting had taken place, but the studio was eager to […]

While he has been eyeing other projects that include a coming of age Merlin movie at Disney, Ridley Scott has begun forward progress on a sequel toGladiator, the 2000 film which garnered 11 Oscar nominations and five wins including Best Picture and Best Actor for Russell Crowe. While Crowe’s Maximus character met his end in the classic original film, Gladiator […]

With Halloween upon us, horror movies are in fashion to be watched this evening. Horror has faced aspersions time after time. In being on the fringe of pop culture, the genre has had the space to do bold things. To be transgressive. To leave an indelible mark on the medium of film. This isn’t to […]

Memes come and go, but the really resonant ones have a way of sticking around, even evolving. Twitter users keep finding new uses for the deathless “distracted boyfriend” image, for instance, which has become so instantly recognizable it’s taken on a life of its own. Ditto the phrase “large adult son.” Its origins can be […]