Celebrity Life
All of Paul Thomas Anderson’s Movies, Ranked
Your favorite Paul Thomas Anderson movie probably depends on whether you prefer his oddball comedies or his operatic psychodramas. Sometimes, when you’re lucky, you get both at once
Jon Batiste Leads 2021 Grammy Nominations With 12. Here Are the Other Nominees
Jay-Z, who was nominated for three Grammys on Tuesday, now has the most nominations of all time with 83
Brené Brown Thinks You Should Talk About These 87 Emotions
Why is it that people are quick to say they’re jealous of someone, but will not admit to being envious? What’s the difference between shame and guilt? Is feeling hopeless the same as feeling despair? These are the questions that Brené Brown, the sociology professor turned best-selling author and leadership consultant, tries to answer in…
How Waterbeds, Teen Love and an Unhinged Bradley Cooper Led To Licorice Pizza
Director Paul Thomas Anderson and star Alana Haim discuss the making of their sweet, California-drenched coming-of-age movie
Forget About the Accent. Lady Gaga Is Tremendous in House of Gucci
Her performance follows in the tradition of the best singers-turned-actors, from Frank Sinatra to Diana Ross
How Amazon’s The Wheel of Time Stacks Up Against Its Source Material
Warning: Spoilers ahead for the Amazon Prime Video series, The Wheel of Time The Wheel of Time, a fantasy TV show based on the novel series of the same name by Robert Jordan, premiered Nov. 19 on Amazon Prime Video, bringing new audiences and longtime fans alike to an adaptation of an expansive story. Developed…
The Strange Shortsightedness of Malfunction: The Dressing Down of Janet Jackson
Even as it pushes back on the demonization of Jackson, the film never steps outside its surprisingly conservative frame.
In C’mon C’mon, Mike Mills and Joaquin Phoenix Navigate the Puzzling Territory of Kid Logic
Movies about childless adults learning great life lessons from children are generally a terrible idea—unless they’re made by Mike Mills, whose semi-autobiographical reflections on his own upbringing resulted in the marvelous 20th Century Women, one of the finest films of 2016. In Mills’ C’mon C’mon, Joaquin Phoenix plays Johnny, a New York City radio journalist…
Will Smith and a Dazzling Cast Tell the Story of Venus and Serena Williams in King Richard
It hardly mattered whether you cared about tennis or not: In the mid-to-late 1990s, when Venus and Serena Williams blazed onto the scene, nearly everyone loved them—and those who didn’t were people you didn’t want to know. These young women were distinctive on the tiresomely chalk-white tennis scene because they were Black, and they’d come…
Ghostbusters: Afterlife Is Excessively Eager To Please
The new installment is less about zapping ghoulies than it is about Family, Reconnection and Forgiveness. It feels fully parent-approved—and where’s the fun in that?
Everything You Need to Know Before Watching Hawkeye on Disney+
Marvel’s small screen experiment has produced some of the most talked-about shows of the year, from WandaVision to Loki. Their fifth and final Marvel Cinematic Universe show of 2021, Hawkeye, is set to debut on November 24 on Disney+. The arrow-slinging superhero, played for the last decade by Jeremy Renner, could be a strong character…