Karate Kid: Legends Review – Wildly Entertaining & Charming, Legends Proves The Karate Kid Franchise Has Not Yet Lost Its Spark
After decades of new stories and characters, a franchise can grow tired and even phone it in. It’s what many franchise movies have done in the past. After all, why put in the effort when you know it’s going to…
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Oscars Producers Katy Mullan And Raj Kapoor On Pouncing On Conan O’Brien To Return, And That ‘Defying Gravity’ LA Moment
The 97th Oscars made history in multiple ways. Sure, thanks to Adrien Brody, it had, arguably, the longest acceptance speech in history, but it also shocked many by taking a ratings jump from 2024. A year that had the double…
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Joe Locke Reveals Billy’s Guilt After ‘Agatha All Along,’ Why ‘Heartstopper’ Needed A Movie and How Patti LuPone Lived Up To The Hype
In just a few short years, Joe Locke has had a life-changing career. His first professional acting role was in “Heartstopper,” which went from potentially being a nice little gem of a show on Netflix primarily intended for a UK…
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Taron Egerton & Dennis Lehane Reteams For Arsonists Investigators Apple TV+ Series In June
Who is behind a streak of devastating fires? A detective teams up with an arson investigator to search for answers in “Smoke.” This Apple TV+ series hails from creator Dennis Lehane, a celebrated author whose novels have been adapted by…
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A Flawed But Entertaining Distraction That Doesn’t Quite Live Up To The Franchise’s Legacy
When “The Karate Kid” landed in theaters in June 1984, it became a pop culture phenomenon. The pairing of Ralph Macchio’s Daniel LaRusso and Pat Morita’s Mr. Miyagi became instantly iconic. An Oscar-nominated box office smash, it spawned a franchise.…
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Legends’ Is Its Own Chapter in the Franchise
Summary Jonathan Entwistle chats with Perri Nemiroff about Karate Kid: Legends. Taking on his first feature directorial debut posed new challenges for Entwistle after years of television. Entwistle discusses how Jackie Chan's role grew as the story developed, the film's…
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Nothing’s Ever Gonna Keep Ben Wang Down in a Consistently Fun Franchise Reboot
The Karate Kid was nothing short of a sensation when it was first released in 1984, so it's no wonder that the underdog story blossomed into a multi-faceted franchise. Following the original trilogy's conclusion, things got a bit bumpy with…
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‘The Traitors’ Producers Revisit ‘Jaw Dropping’ Season 3 And Tease ‘Slightly Differen’ Celebrity U.K. ‘Traitors’
A month ago, before a sojourn to the South of France, we caught up with two of the main creative producers behind “The Traitors,” Sam Rees-Jones and Mike Cotton. It was part of a week of back-to-back interviews that will…
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Writing By Committee – Testing The Limits of AI
They say that in great novels, the plot takes over control from the writer, and characters make their ‘own’ decisions. Recently, this saying has become a fact rather than a metaphor. Tech is starting to showcase exactly those kinds of…
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‘Ant-Man’ Star, Michael Douglas, Addresses His MCU Future & Potential ‘Avengers: Doomsday’ Casting
Avengers: Doomsday just lost its smallest hero, or, at least, the older version of Ant-Man. Michael Douglas, who starred in all three Ant-Man movies as Hank Pym, the creator of the Pym Particle and father of Hope Van Dyne (Evangeline…
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People Share Best And Worst Celebrity Experiences
Recently, I asked the BuzzFeed Community to share their best and worst experiences working with celebrities. Here's what they had to say: Note: Some of these responses have been edited and condensed for clarity. BuzzFeed can not confirm whether these…
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Prince William, Kate Middleton, King Charles III Address Liverpool Crash
Prince Harry and King Charles III Are Not SpeakingHarry told the BBC May 2 that his father King Charles III won’t speak to him “because of this security stuff,” but added that “it would be nice to reconcile.” The Duke…
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