Across the Spider-Verse’ Directors Talk Film’s Insane Process
Though Sony’s Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse is swinging into theaters on June 2, the directing trio still have their work cut out for them. Following the massive success of the first Oscar-winning film, Into the Spider-Verse, Kemp Powers, Justin K.…
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Drag Me to Dinner Stars Dish About Their New Reality Show
This summer, it’s all about shiny pumps, batting eyelashes, and drag queens hosting fabulous dinner parties (ish). Or at least trying to. That’s the inventive premise creators/producers Neil Patrick Harris and husband David Burtka put in their new Hula drag-a-ganza,…
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Drew Tarver on Cary’s New Trajectory & What’s Ahead
Editor’s note: The below contains spoilers for The Other Two, Season 3, Episode 6.When it comes to perfect comedies everyone needs to watch right now, nothing on network television and streaming combined offers more jokes a minute, flawless delivery from…
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Rise of the Pink Ladies’ Cast on Performing the Original Songs
The Paramount+ musical series Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies is set in 1954, four years before the original Grease, at a time when four outcasts decide to band together and support each other, and even have super cool pink…
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Neil Patrick Harris and Husband David Burtka Dish on Drag Me to Dinner
Dear ones, dinner is being served. But keep your napkins handy. You may need them to cover your mouths from uproarious laughter. Or not. Either way, the new Hulu romp, Drag Me To Dinner, from creators/producers Neil Patrick Harris and…
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“Annoying, Finicky Placement Stuff”: DP Jody Lee Lipes on Shooting Two Rachel Weiszs for Dead Ringers
Jody Lee Lipes on the set of Dead Ringers Cinematographer Jody Lee Lipes says that shooting an actor playing twins is like learning a new filmmaking language. By now, he’s fluent. Lipes lensed all six episodes of the 2020 HBO…
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‘You Hurt My Feelings’ Arian Moayed & Michaela Watkins on Filming in NYC
From writer-director, Nicole Holofcener, A24’s comedy drama You Hurt My Feelings is, like Holofcener’s previous work, a study in human connections and emotions. It stars Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Tobias Menzies as the film’s main focus, and Succession’s Arian Moayed and…
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“I Had Three Art Directors and Two Cinematographers”: Rodrigo Moreno on The Delinquents at Cannes 2023
Daniel Elias and Margarita Molfino in The Delinquents It’s the rare three-hour film that has as light a touch as The Delinquents while keeping a deft hold on the audience. That’s partly down to its surefire bank heist plot, borrowed…
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Lena Headey on ‘White House Plumbers’ and Dorothy Hunt’s Shocking Fate
[Editor’s note: The following contains spoilers for White House Plumbers.]From creators Alex Gregory and Peter Huyck and directed by David Mandel, the HBO limited series White House Plumbers follows former CIA agent E. Howard Hunter (Woody Harrelson) and former FBI…
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“It Really Does Take a Village”: Ted Schaefer on Giving Birth to a Butterfly
Annie Parisse in Giving Birth to a Butterfly. Our projected identities—and the constant performance inherent in presenting ourselves—fuel the surrealist philosophy of Ted Schaefer’s Giving Birth to a Butterfly. The filmmaker’s directorial debut, from a script he co-wrote with author…
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Across the Spider-Verse’ Writers on Spinoffs, Live-Action, & More
In 2018, Sony’s Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse blew audiences away with its inspired story, co-penned by Phil Lord, and style, and introduced us to the Spider-Verse. Now, Shameik Moore is back as Miles Morales in Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, and…
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Boozing and Flirting on the Red Carpet for The Machine Premiere
Disclaimer: Even in Hollywood, life seldom happens the way it should. This is the gonzo version of a Hollywood Story.The cloud ceiling had parted, and the sun rays poured in as we rolled into Westwood. We call it “May Gray”…
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