Celebrity Life

When John le Carré died last December, his obituarists struck a common theme: here was a master spy novelist who, despite selling millions of books and having his work adapted for television and film, never received the recognition he deserved as a literary giant. Over six decades, le Carré drew upon his brief career in…

Taken together with everything we’ve learned about the other Britney these past several months, this two-part HBO Max documentary raises questions about the lifelong perils of early fame, for women in particular

Now that Craig has put his Bond to bed, the franchise has an opportunity to signal to the world that it is rethinking this character, dragging him into the modern era if it must

The drinking game goes like this: every time you mention COVID-19, take a sip. It’s six minutes into my conversation with Meg Cabot when she makes the rules. We’re sharing margaritas over Zoom to discuss topics like fictional feuding authors, rom-coms and the magnificent Julie Andrews. But, as it always seems to go these days,…

The rare all-Black Western looks stylish and boasts an incredible cast, but in working so hard to entertain, it can’t quite keep the story going

Over the past few months, the Spotify podcast "Loud" been revealing the aspects of the genre’s history too often overlooked: its working class roots, its anti-government impulses, its tenuous relationship with major labels.

The first-time actor on being cast for the hit Netflix show, relating to her character Sae-byeok and where she hopes her career goes next

“A few times a week, you’re facing the issue of if you’re going to fall asleep and die driving home or not,” says film worker Paul Rodriguez

I remember my college acting teacher George Morrison telling us that audiences love to watch people eating, drinking or smoking on stage and screen. This always stuck with me. As usual, he was more than right. Having seen countless films and plays since those days, I know there is indeed something very compelling about watching…

Netflix paid more than $500 million for the streaming rights, which begin Oct. 1

The best new books arriving this month dive deep into a range of topics, from a wrenching portrait of homelessness and poverty in America to the dissection of a marriage and its eventual unraveling. October welcomes the return of best-selling novelist Amor Towles as well as a posthumous book from British spy master John le…

There’s a fine line between movies that are genuinely original and those that feel deliberately orchestrated to shock and repel us in a winking, self-congratulatory way. French filmmaker Julia Ducournau’s alleged film scandale, Titane, in which a sullen young woman has sex with a car and finds herself pregnant, won the Palme d’Or, the top prize…