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The Weekend Hollywood Stopped Pretending Not To See YouTube
HOLLYWOOD, CA: The Hollywood Sign is seen with smoke. (Photo by AaronP/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images) This weekend, two films directed by twenty-something filmmakers who built their audiences on YouTube did something Hollywood has been refusing to admit…
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…
Hollywood actor blasts airplane mode as 'nonsense' in hilarious podcast flight rant
Actor Paul Rudd sparked a lighthearted debate about airline etiquette after calling airplane mode 'nonsense' during a recent podcast appearance. Rudd made the comments during an appearance on the May 28 episode of Jake Shane's podcast, 'Therapuss.'…
Kurt Russell proved Hollywood wrong by ditching LA decades before the celebrity exodus began
Kurt Russell wasn't looking for an escape, but found home in the mountains after leaving Los Angeles. Russell, 75, admitted that his ranch life in Colorado allows him to do 'the things that I want to do on a day-to-day basis.' 'What I want to look…
Hollywood star left in 'tears' after Meghan Markle move
Meghan Markle marked a milestone last month Meghan Markle has left a Hollywood singer “in tears” after she used their song to mark a very special milestone in her life last month. On May 19, the Duchess of Sussex upped her social…
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 Future of Movies Is Here: 'Backrooms,' 'Obsession' Mark Turning Point for Hollywood | Analysis
It's entirely possible that this past weekend at the box office will go down in history as a pivotal change for the film industry. Twenty-year-old filmmaker Kane Parsons shattered box office records with his theatrical feature debut…
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…
Hollywood Needs To Hurry Up And Adapt Andy Weir's Gripping Heist Short Story
The overwhelming love received by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller's 'Project Hail Mary' is a testament to the film's extraordinary merits. This hopeful sci-fi epic, based on Andy Weir's eponymous book, was also shaped by the author's active…
Hollywood honors Marilyn Monroe, 100 years after her birth
At the historic Chinese Theatre, where Monroe's handprints are immortalized alongside 'Gentlemen Prefer Blondes' (1953) co-star Jane Russell, fans plan to sing 'Happy Birthday' -- echoing her famed sultry serenade to president John F. Kennedy. One…
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…
73 Years Later, the Western That Helped Define Hollywood Is Coming Back to Streaming
Westerns don't need to be complicated to become iconic, and in fact, that might be what makes a Western a true Western. That's especially true of this latest movie, 73 years later, as it hits streaming and prepares to wow audiences for the latest…
Hollywood honours Marilyn Monroe, 100 years after her birth
LOS ANGELES - Marilyn Monroe's hometown of Hollywood kicks off on June 1 a series of special events marking the 100th anniversary of the movie icon's birth. At the historic Chinese Theatre, where Monroe's handprints are immortalised alongside…
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