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Genoa City is going glam. Some of the most powerful are attending Aristotle Dumas’s party on The Young and the Restless. Of course, they arrived in grand style. Now, we’re finding out the details of Nikki Newman’s Old Hollywood look.

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Y&r fans are in awe over the new sets that were unveiled this week. Nikki (Melody Thomas Scott) and her husband Victor (Eric Braeden) were the first to embark on the train that took them to Dumas’s party. They weren’t alone. Sharon (Sharon Case) and Nick (Joshua Morrow) joined them, which made for some awkward interactions.

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Nikki looked stunning in her luxury resort wear, conveying an Old Hollywood look. Justin Jackson shared the details of her look on his Instagram page, including a shot of Scott sitting in...

There's something very comforting about curling up with a cozy murder mystery. Easy-going, nostalgic, and usually low on violence after an inciting incident, they can be the perfect antidote to the stresses of modern life. Sure, a few people might get killed, but you know that the bad guys will (almost) always get their comeuppance and order in the movie's self-contained world will be restored by the time the credits roll. Little wonder that the format enjoyed a resurgence during the pandemic with millions seeking solace from the likes of "Murder, She Wrote" and "Columbo." These old shows are so relaxing, their modern-day equivalents like "Poker Face" even helped me beat insomnia a few years back.

Although the term "cozy mystery" didn't exist when she was writing, Agatha Christie is now regarded as the mother of the format. After introducing Hercule Poirot in her first novel, "The Mysterious Affair at...

What are Tom Cruise’s “snoratoriums” ( Photo Credit – Wikimedia )

Hollywood icon Tom Cruise is navigating the tricky terrain of romance while indulging in his well-documented love for solitude—a penchant that includes retreating to a soundproof “snoratorium” after intimate moments with his partners.

Though this sleep sanctuary may ensure uninterrupted rest for the ‘Eyes Wide Shut’ star, it’s reportedly leaving his love interests less than impressed as he searches for his next leading lady.

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Tom Cruise’s Solo-Sleeping Habits First Came to Light in 2011

Cruise’s solo-sleeping habits first garnered attention in 2011 when he was married to Katie Holmes. At the time, his Los Angeles mansion boasted a soundproofed bedroom designed to shield the world, or his then-wife, from his snoring. Since then, similar rooms have become a staple in his global properties, cementing his reputation as...

Warning: This article contains Spoilers for The Simpsons season 36, episode 8, "Convenience Airways."

Although The Simpsons didn’t make a big deal of the development, season 36, episode 8, quietly included a huge surprise that could go on to redefine the show’s focus. The Simpsons season 37’s renewal has not yet been announced, but this has not stopped the series from doing all the show can to prove its enduring relevance. As noted by Vulture and YouTube creator SuperEyepatchWolf, critics and fans alike have come to the conclusion that “The Simpsons is good again” ever since season 34 saw the series focus more on character comedy and less on random, zany humor.

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Milhouse's voice actor Pamela Hayden recently announced her retirement from The Simpsons, but Bart's best friend isn't her only memorable character.

While the Simpsons themselves never age, this...

The horror anthology series American Horror Story is one of the most unusual shows to have been aired over the past couple of decades, and its supporting characters were often as fascinating as the main stars. Each season of American Horror Story has a different horror theme, including witches, circus freak shows, and cults. The show is famous for its intricate storylines and terrifying moments, and its creator Ryan Murphy has confirmed that American Horror Story's seasons are connected. This highlights another unusual feature of the show: many American Horror Story actors play different characters in later seasons.

There are standout performances in every American Horror Story season, and Sarah Paulson, Evan Peters, and Lily Rabe have appeared in most. That said, American Horror Story has an ensemble cast, rather than the show having a clear distinction between a main character and the rest of the cast. This means that...

"Mistakes may always happen. And I'm not trying to hide anything." Quiver Distr. has revealed an official trailer for an indie drama titled A Mistake, a medical thriller from filmmaker Christine Jeffs (of Sunshine Cleaning from 2008). This premiered at the 2024 Tribeca Film Festival a few months ago, and it's getting a theatrical release in September. A gripping cinematic adaptation of the best-selling novel, A Mistake delves into the perilous aftermath of surgeon Elizabeth Taylor's split-second medical decision, unfolding a thrilling exploration of the fatal ripple effects triggered by a single human error. After a new scheme to publicly report surgeons' performance, a gifted surgeon's life is thrown into disarray as her colleagues begin to close ranks, and even her partner who is a nurse at the hospital turns her back on her. Elizabeth Banks stars as surgeon Liz Taylor, with Mickey Sumner, Richard Crouchley, Simon McBurney, Fern Sutherland, Rena Owen,...

Elizabeth Banks commands the screen as distinguished surgeon Dr. Liz Taylor, grappling with turmoil both personal and professional in A Mistake. Adapting Carl Shuker’s novel, director Christine Jeffs crafts a nuanced portrait of accountability through a deceptively simple medical drama.

During a routine procedure, Taylor’s inexperienced registrar, Richard, makes a mistake with lasting consequences. A young patient named Lisa doesn’t survive complications, throwing the hospital into disarray. Taylor insists on taking full responsibility to protect Richard, unprepared for the storm ahead. Questions linger over duty and mistake, liability and lives.

Resolute in her skills, Taylor faces conflicts internally and externally as the tragedy’s effects spread. Hospital administration and the patient’s grieving parents demand answers, testing Taylor’s discipline and principles. Banks skillfully brings the star surgeon’s unraveling to life, navigating trauma with a tangible humanity. Subtleties in directing and storytelling probe complex issues of...

Younger readers might be shocked to hear this, but back in the mid-90s "The Simpsons" was nothing short of a phenomenon. While it has now become a sort of incongruous TV specter, simultaneously forgotten but somehow still haunting the airwaves with new episodes, "The Simpsons" was once about as popular as TV shows get. After "Married with Children" helped put Fox on the map by proving dysfunctional TV families could work just as well as the more wholesome fare being offered elsewhere, things were perfectly primed for "The Simpsons" to dominate — and dominate it did.

"Simpsons" mania was a real and inexorable force during the height of the show's popularity, and not just in the US. As a BBC Two documentary for the show's ten-year anniversary explained, the series created a "bonanza," whereby its biggest breakout star, Bart Simpson, became fodder for global bootleggers — surely the clearest sign that...

"The Simpsons" gets a lot of mileage out of its voice actors. Seriously, it feels like half of Springfield is voiced by Hank Azaria, Harry Shearer, or Tress MacNeille. Despite the numerous cases of voice actors doubling up, each character in the cast sounds unique and immediately recognizable. Even Maggie Simpson, the perennial infant who never says a word, has her distinctive pacifier sound.

Most of Maggie's baby sounds are provided by Nancy Cartwright (whose primary "Simpsons" is playing Maggie's older brother Bart). On the rare occasions where Maggie does do more than squeal or suck on her binky, the show has brought out some big acting guns.

In season 2's "Bart vs Thanksgiving," Bart imagines his family being angry with him; Maggie declares, "It's your fault I can't talk!" That one line was provided by none other than an uncredited Carol Kane (who these days is rocking it as...

A Mistake explores the consequences of a single error in a heartfelt and emotional way. Christine Jeffs expertly delves into ethics and emotional accountability in the medical field. Elizabeth Banks shines in a challenging role that balances vulnerability and detachment.

Medical dramas can often be sensationalized and dramatic for the sake of stirring up conflict; A Mistake is anything but. Deftly written and directed by Christine Jeffs, who adapted Carl Shukers novel of the same name, the drama sidesteps fictional medical tropes for something that is all too real and emotional. A Mistake is thorough in examining what happens when a medical mistake occurs, and the consequences that come up because of a moment gone wrong. In doing so, Jeffs explores ethics, moral and emotional accountability with a compassionate and nuanced eye.

A Mistake (2024)

DirectorChristine JeffsRelease DateJune 7, 2024WritersCarl Shuker, Christine JeffsCastByron Coll, Fern Sutherland, Joel Tobeck, Matthew Sunderland, Elizabeth Banks,...

With the question “What is a Jew?” as much of a politicized hot potato these days as it’s ever been, “Sabbath Queen” adds plenty of fuel to an already fiery debate. Like director Sandi DuBowski’s prior documentary “Trembling Before G-d” (2001), this long-aborning followup puts a spotlight on LGBTQ protagonists struggling to make a place for themselves within — or despite — the cultural and religious strictures of the Orthodox Judaism they were raised in. But principal subject Amichai Lau-Lavie has gone well beyond that to publicly promote notions of gay and interfaith marriage, among other progressive concepts considered heretical by many. His critics include members of his own family, whose rabbinical lineage can be traced back to the 11th century.

Shot over the course of 21 years, with archival materials going back much further, this is the kind of activist portrait whose sides seem so diametrically opposed, it’s hard to imagine reconciliation is even possible.

THR puts the spotlight on the best films from the festival circuit that have yet to land a U.S. distribution deal.

La Cocina

Directed by Alonso Ruizpalacios

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From Anthony Bourdain giving American readers an inside look at the rock ’n’ roll restaurant industry in Kitchen Confidential to Nancy Meyers’ citrus-dotted white marble countertops in enviable home kitchens, modern American audiences have had an infatuation with cookery. Though previously largely reserved for the nonfiction space with entries like Bourdain’s No Reservations and Netflix’s operatic Chef’s Table, the narrative possibilities of the dark underbelly of back-of-house restaurant staff have began to emerge lately. The Bear, the anxiety-inducing FX series about a Chicago Italian beef joint, swept the Emmys in January and is poised to do the same this go-around. Enter director Ruizpalacios’ La Cocina. “Think The Bear on cocaine with a Red Bull chaser...

Palais Intrigue Warren Beatty and Natalie Wood

Warren Beatty and his Splendor in the Grass co-star (and then girlfriend) Natalie Wood on the steps of the Palais du Festival, 1962.

Queen Elizabeth Liz Taylor

A bejeweled and becrowned Liz Taylor grabs a seat, and all the attention, at the 1957 edition of the festival.

Bonjour, Bb! Brigitte Bardot

French actress Brigitte Bardot at the Ninth Cannes Film Festival in 1956, the year Roger Vadim’s And God Created Woman made her a star.

Stars Aligning Cary Grant and Kim Novak

Cary Grant and Kim Novak at the 12th edition of the festival, perhaps discussing their recent work for Alfred Hitchcock.

Belle Journée Marie Laforêt

French singer Marie Laforêt in a dreamy moment at the Cannes Festival in 1960.

Moment of Reflection Grace Kelly

Grace Kelly in the Carlton Hotel in 1955, the year she appeared with Grant in Hitchcock’s To Catch a Thief, about...

Some actors are so good, that they make every show they're in much better just by being in it. For example, Ann Dowd always adds complexity to her roles. Her performances in The Leftovers and The Handmaid's Tale are captivating and intense. Sarah Paulson seamlessly transform into her characters, always elevating the shows she appears in.

There are actors who consistently deliver remarkable performances, particularly on television, enhancing the quality of any show they join, regardless of the role they play. When such actors are announced as part of a series, it's a clear signal that the show is worth watching. This can be attributed to their incredible talent or their ability to select exceptional projects. For example, Denis O'Hare, whose remarkable characters in True Blood elevated the show, even during its inconsistent run. Another example is Sarah Paulson, who seamlessly transformed into Marcia Clark in American Crime Story.

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Venice film festival: James is the Liz Taylor-ish diva claiming a young star-struck girl as her new best friend in Saverio Constanzo’s tale set in 1950s Rome

The Italian writer-director Saverio Constanzo has offered the Venice film festival some unpretentious calorific fun with this enjoyable film: a tasty, showbizzy crowd-pleaser and romantic melodrama with a vivid streak of surreal absurdity in the tradition of Federico Fellini’s The White Sheik or Woody Allen’s The Purple Rose of Cairo.

It is the tale of an unconventionally beautiful duckling who becomes more of a swan than the glamorous people she idolises; her dreams come true – or sort of true – in 1950s Rome in the heyday of the giant Cinecittà film studio. There are seductive performances from Lily James as the Liz Taylor-ish American movie diva, Willem Dafoe as her elegant, kindly confidant, Rachel Sennott as the disaffected up-and-coming actor...

Taylor is both hammy and subtle as a woman on the verge of a breakdown in this preposterous but watchable 1974 drama that features an extraordinary cameo from Andy Warhol

It’s peak 70s Liz Taylor in this arrestingly bizarre movie which is being released in the UK for the first time; it was directed by Italian film-maker Giuseppe Patroni Griffi in 1974, which he co-adapted from the 1970 novella by Muriel Spark and was issued under the title Identikit in Italy. With her big sunglasses and permanently dishevelled jet-black hair, Taylor gives an intense and more-than-slightly alarming performance in a preposterous, slightly dated yet very watchable psycho-existential mystery, a cousin to the era’s paranoid thrillers. It was shot by Vittorio Storaro, who repeatedly directs light sources into the camera so that the figures often move like shadows behind a disconcerting glow, which is part of the film’s distinctive puzzle.

Taylor plays Lise,...

Like any movie by Wes Anderson, “Asteroid City” is the epitome of a Wes Anderson movie. A film about a television program about a play within a play “about infinity and I don’t know what else” (as one character describes it), this delightfully profound desert charmer — by far the director’s best effort since “The Grand Budapest Hotel,” and in some respects the most poignant thing he’s ever made — boasts all of his usual hallmarks and then some. A multi-tiered framing device, diorama-esque shot design, and Tilda Swinton affectlessly saying things like “I never had children, but sometimes I wonder if I wish I should have” are just some of the many signature flourishes that you might recognize from Anderson’s previous work and/or the endless parade of A.I.-generated TikToks that imitate his style.

As expected, the world of “Asteroid City” is meticulously arranged with clockwork precision,...

In the latest TV show ratings, ABC’s American Idol dominated Sunday in the demo, while CBS’ 60 Minutes clocked in with the night’s largest audience.

ABC | Afv (with 4.4 million total viewers and a 0.6 demo rating) was up week-to-week, while Idol (5.5 mil/0.8, read recap) dropped some eyeballs but was steady in the demo. Superstar: Liz Taylor drew 2.7 mil/0.3.

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The ‘90s were the decade of The Simpsons, sorry Seinfeld. The family was introduced in 1987 through a series of short clips in between skits on Fox’s The Tracey Ullman Show, overstayed their welcome and were spun off. The series debuted on Dec. 17, 1989 with a holiday special, “Simpsons Roasting on An Open Fire,” before hopping on the rotisserie of regular rotation on Jan. 14, 1990 with “Bart the Genius,” directed by David Silverman, and written by Jon Vitti.

The half-hour animated series was created by Matt Groening, who came up with it as a last-second pitch to foil his own plan to animate his comic strip Life in Hell. The Simpsons was produced by TV legend James L. Brooks, who drove The Mary Tyler Moore Show and Taxi, and Sam Simon, who wrote for Taxi and Cheers.

The voice talent continued over from the shorts. Dan Castellaneta performed the voices of Homer Simpson,...

One of the paradoxes of the great early rock ‘n’ rollers is that they possessed a cathartic sexuality and bombs-away rockabilly-on-pep-pills energy that was unlike anything we’d ever seen, yet their revolution shook the world so profoundly that within a few years it was hard to imagine what the world was like before them. If you came along (as I did) after that earthquake, their fervor no longer looked shocking; it looked old-fashioned. When I was growing up, everything about Elvis Presley, including his hip-swiveling erotic brashness, seemed impossibly quaint. For the most part, it took years for me to be able to see past the wilder era I was living in and connect with the anarchic spirit of early rock ‘n’ roll.

But Little Richard was always another story. If Elvis and Jerry Lee Lewis were wild-ass country boys, teasing their audience with a grin of delinquent effrontery,...

They were two actors, who happened to briefly meet in the New York office of their mutual manager; the beautiful blonde from Georgia said she initially “hated him,” what with this blue-eyed Greek god looking so damned gorgeous in his seersucker suit. But let’s not kid anybody — it was lust at first sight. When the two of them were cast as understudies in the original Broadway production of William Inge’s Picnic, they’d watch the play together in the wings. During a scene in which the lead characters...

Welcome back to the “American Horror Story” franchise, Denis O’Hare. The three-time Emmy nominee for “AHS: Murder House,” “AHS: Freak Show” and “This Is Us” appears as a creepy dollhouse manager wearing spectacles and a blue bowtie in Hulu’s just-released “American Horror Stories” Season 2 trailer (watch above). “This is my private dollhouse,” he tells an unwitting woman in a yellow dress (Kristine Froseth) who has entered his plastic arena. “There’s only one way out of here, young lady, and it’s not through any windows or doors.” Read on to see the full “‘American Horror Stories” cast list.

O’Hare has appeared in six seasons of FX’s parent series, most recently as interior designer Holden Vaughn in “AHS: Double Feature.” He also played burn victim Larry Harvey (“AHS: Murder House”), witch butler Spalding (“AHS: Coven”), well-endowed con artist Stanley (“AHS: Freak Show”), transgender bartender Liz Taylor (“AHS:...