In the last handful of years, intimacy coordinators have been normalized on Hollywood sets when it comes to actors engaging in nudity and sex scenes. But it wasn’t until SAG-AFTRA negotiated their tentative agreement with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers that language around intimacy coordinators was officially …
Read More »Jamie Foxx Mourns Death of Friend and Actor Keith Jefferson: 'This One Hurts'
Keith Jefferson, the actor who appeared in Quentin Tarantino’sDjango Unchained,The Hateful EightandOnce Upon a Time in Hollywood, has died at the age of 53. Jamie Foxx, a longtime friend of the actor, shared news of Jefferson’s death onInstagram, writing that “this one hurts.” “Keith, you’ve been nothing but absolute grace, …
Read More »Austin Butler Says 'Elvis' Oscar Nomination Honors Lisa Marie Presley: 'This Is for Her'
The nominations for the 2023 Oscars are officially out, and both first-timers and Academy Award veterans are sharing their reactions to being up for the prestigious award. Austin Butler, who earned a nod for Best Actor for his role as the King of Rock and Roll in Elvis, used the …
Read More »Billy Eichner on 'Bros' — and Why He's 'Beyond' 'Billy on the Street'
“I never thought a major studio would do an authentically gay film,” says Billy Eichner, “and treat it the same way they would treat Bridesmaids or 40-Year-Old Virgin or Forgetting Sarah Marshall.” Eichner is the star of Bros, the groundbreaking, hilarious gay rom-com he also co-wrote, which — defying his …
Read More »'Marcel the Shell With Shoes On' Turns a One-Inch Viral Sensation Into a Movie Star
The eye blinks. It’s just the one eye, located on the right side of his body, but it takes in so much of the world around him, and thanks to the power of stop-motion animation, it blinks. The mouth isn’t more than a line that’s been digitally scribbled onto the …
Read More »Kate McKinnon, Aidy Bryant, Kyle Mooney Join Pete Davidson in Exiting 'Saturday Night Live'
Kate McKinnon, Aidy Bryant, and Kyle Mooney will join fellow cast member Pete Davidson in exiting Saturday Night Live after this weekend’s Season 47 finale, Rolling Stone has learned. Representatives for SNL did not respond toRolling Stone’s request for comment. McKinnon joined the cast in 2012 and became a repertory …
Read More »Harvey Weinstein Trial Can Include 6 More Accusers, But Not Daryl Hannah or Rose McGowan
Prosecutors can use accusations from six additional women — but not Daryl Hannah or Rose McGowan — when they try to convince a Los Angeles jury that Harvey Weinstein raped or sexually assaulted five women in and around Beverly Hills between 2004 and 2013, a judge decided Wednesday. Los Angeles …
Read More »'Star Trek: Strange New Worlds' Boldly Goes Where the Franchise Has Gone Before
When a franchise has been around as long as Star Trek, it’s not hard to understand a desire to reinvent the wheel — or, I suppose, the warp core. Lean too much on what Trek has been doing since the Sixties and you risk your futuristic space opera feeling old, …
Read More »'Better Call Saul' Recap: Nacho Libre?
A review of this week’s Better Call Saul, “Rock and Hard Place,” coming up just as soon as I take care of you and the Key Master… “Adios, papa.” —Nacho The writers of both Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul are proud to admit how much each show has been …
Read More »Larry David Confirms 'Curb Your Enthusiasm' Will Return for Season 12
Curb Your Enthusiasm is still going strong as Larry David reveals that the improvisational comedy series will return for a twelfth season. The actor, who stars in the series derived as a follow up to the 1999 HBO comedy special Larry David: Curb Your Enthusiasm, revealed the news at an …
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