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With 'Backrooms' and 'Obsession,' Hollywood Is Having a Zoomer-Horror Renaissance.
Alice tumbled down a rabbit hole; Lucy wandered through a wardrobe. For Clark (Chiwetel Ejiofor), the middle-aged man-child protagonist of the new thriller “Backrooms,” the portal to another dimension lies in a strip-mall furniture…
Meet Hollywood's new masters of horror: YouTubers
“Talk to Me,” a 2022 film by twins Danny and Michael Philippou, was the first notable horror movie to be made by YouTube filmmakers. The supernatural thriller, about a group of teens who contact spirits with a mysterious embalmed…
American Culture Quiz: Test yourself on fast-food flashbacks and Hollywood hurdles
The American Culture Quiz is a weekly test of our unique national traits, trends, history and people — including current events and the sights and sounds of the United States. This week's quiz highlights fast-food flashbacks, Hollywood…
The criticism of this new horror hit completely misunderstands Hollywood history
Backrooms is a new horror film from A24, based on the series of Backrooms short films that director Kane Parsons has been releasing on his YouTube channel since 2022. And the original germ of the story can be traced to a creepy bit of internet…
19 Celebrity Men Who Admitted Hollywood Completely Messed With Their Self-Esteem
This post includes topics of body image, body dysmorphia, and disordered eating. The National Eating Disorders Association helpline is 1-800-931-2237; for 24/7 crisis support, text “NEDA” to 741741. The National Alliance on Mental…
Obsession Box Office Collection Day 3: Sustained Growth For Hollywood Horror Film In 1st Weekend
Obsession Box Office Collection Day 3: Horror-thriller Obsession marks Curry Barker's directorial debut. The movie has been made on a nominal budget of under $1 million but has already become a major success after its collections internationally…
Scooby-Doo's Matthew Lillard Criticizes Hollywood's Approach To Casting Voice Actors
Scooby-Doo 's Matthew Lillard has been a voice actor for a long time, and he's taking issue with how Hollywood is casting performers for high-profile animated projects. After playing Shaggy in the first two live-action Scooby-Doo movies, Lillard…
'Marilyn Monroe: Hollywood Icon,' a new exhibit, opens at the Academy Museum
Marilyn Monroe: Hollywood Icon Academy Museum of Motion Pictures May 31, 2026-Feb. 28, 2027 (closed Tuesdays) Tickets are available through advance reservations; adults are $25 (other ticketing tiers are available); admission is free for guests…
Neon's Tom Quinn Worries About 'Lack of Competition' in a Merged Hollywood
At Saturday's Produced By conference, Neon CEO Tom Quinn said he “wouldn't survive a day” in the environment of corporate Hollywood. He said he's worked with major studios before, navigated layers of middle management, and sat in…
EastEnders' Gray Atkins star joins Hollywood legend in new 'stylish' whodunnit
EastEnders' Toby-Alexander Smith is set to appear in a new film alongside the iconic Dame Joan Collins. The 35-year-old actor, best known for his role as serial killer Gray Atkins on the BBC One soap, has been speculated to be making a return to…
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Cristiano Ronaldo in Hollywood!? 'One thing' Portuguese GOAT must do in order to become a 'great actor'
Former France international Frank Leboeuf, who successfully traded his boots for a career in cinema and theatre, believes Ronaldo has the potential to be a massive success in Tinseltown. However, the World Cup winner warns that talent alone won't…
EXCLUSIVE: Tom Hanks' Trailer Park Boy - Radar Exposes Life Inside Hollywood Icon's Troubled Son's Nashville Campervan Home
Hollywood hell-raiser Chet Hanks is kicking it in a Tennessee trailer park, RadarOnline.com can reveal. The 35-year-old son of Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson has long struggled with substance abuse, including crack addiction and numerous stints in…
Michael De Luca Warns About the Danger of Hollywood Cutting Development Funds for Original Material: 'If You Cut Too Deep Your Pipeline Dries Up'
Warner Bros. Pictures chief Michael De Luca offered a master class in being a studio executive during his session Saturday at the Produced By conference hosted by the Producers Guild of America. “The North Star [is] the relentless pursuit of…
Reddit short stories are popular in Hollywood: Here are 5 of the best short stories on film
Short stories published on Reddit have been selling for lucrative amounts to studios like Warner Bros, Amazon MGM and Netflix. It seems there's no need to write a full screenplay: a few thousand words in a short story could be enough to kick start…
The Future Of Horror Filmmaking Is YouTube ... If You're A Dude
Horror, as a genre, has always been a sanctuary for artists creating work outside the status quo, with underground, regional, and micro-budget films frequently finding audiences beyond the traditional studio system. It's unsurprising that an online…
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