The Best Movies of 2024
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Lindsay Lohan on new Christmas movie, life in Dubai with husband and son
Actress Lindsay Lohan is a masterful holiday comedy star, but don’t underestimate how seriously she takes Christmas. Especially now that she’s a mom.
NBA star Kyle Kuzma on fashion, Art Basel and dating model Winnie Harlow
On and off the court, Kyle Kuzma is a man in motion. He’s constantly evolving, whether it’s his approach to fashion, his innovative philanthropic moves…
Is an end to Pa.’s 163-year ban on fortune telling in the cards? One tarot reader is suing to make it happen.
It’s the time of year when our thoughts turn to witches, hauntings, and all manner of supernatural goings-on. But if accepting money to tell fortunes…
Opinion: I want a better world for women in comedy than the one in ‘Sorry/Not Sorry’
CNN — “Sorry/Not Sorry,” in theaters Friday, revisits the 2017 comedy-world firestorm involving five women’s accounts of sexual misconduct by comedian Louis C.K. and the aftermath in which he was welcomed…
Opinion: The female gaze is taking over page and screen, and it is hot
CNN — No matter how much progress we’ve made on middle-aged women and visibility — from a huge increase in menopause research and advocacy to the relatively recent expansion of…
In It’s Not Hysteria, Dr. Karen Tang Translates Her TikTok Ethos To The Page
In a TikTok video posted on May 2, Jonathan Van Ness does a sort-of call-and-response with Dr. Karen Tang. He and the gynecologist go back and forth…
Opinion: This Netflix show is hard to watch. That doesn’t diminish its message
CNN — The Netflix hit “Baby Reindeer” has taken the world by storm with its nuanced, painfully honest portrayal of one man’s experience of stalking and abuse….
Opinion: It’s time to change the way we think about sociopaths
CNN — Are we finally ready to take another look at why we love to hate sociopaths so much? The answer to that question may depend on…
Opinion: As a cancer survivor, I feel for Kate Middleton
CNN — As news that Catherine, Princess of Wales had announced her cancer diagnosis dominated headlines Friday, I felt a deep and traumatic solidarity. Recovering from major abdominal surgery…
Opinion: The next time I want to see Timothée Chalamet, I’ll do it from the comfort of my couch
CNN — Last week, I ditched work one day and went to a matinee at a local AMC theater. It was a Timothée Chalamet movie, because statistically of course it was.
Sundance Is Virtually Inaccessible
Sundance is back, baby! And by “back,” I mean limited to artists and members of the press who have the deep-pocketed funding and the physical…
Opinion: These people are fat. It’s none of your business
CNN — I’m aware of the inherent cliché in saying that someone’s “so brave” for talking publicly about their own struggles. But it’s a challenge not to associate that…
Inside the queer, witchy ‘they bar’ of Millvale, Pa.
MILLVALE — Don’t call Harold’s Haunt a gay bar. Or a lesbian bar. The queer, Wiccan-owned watering hole bills itself as a “they bar,” a nod to…
Opinion: The hilarious movie that puts shame in the corner
CNN — In a year that’s seen one hit after another to women’s rights, “Poor Things” is a welcome, raunchy, hilarious escape. Yorgos Lanthimos’ steampunk dark comedy stars Emma Stone, who gives…
Opinion: It’s time for radical transparency about money
CNN — When comedian Maria Bamford was writing her memoir, she wanted to pack it with as many financial details about herself as possible. “As a Minnesotan, I…
Opinion: Julia Ormond is speaking for a generation of women who won’t be silenced
CNN — There’s a question I find myself asking when watching movies from previous decades: Whatever happened to that actress? She was so good and then just … not…
Opinion: Why bad behavior is good in these new teen-girl satires
CNN — If you want a barometer of cultural terrors, the latest movie about teenage girls is usually a good place to look.
Opinion: Why I’m hoping ‘motherhood spectrum’ will be the new ‘sober curious’
CNN — Imagine, if you will, seeing this headline: “Jon Hamm is happy as a man without kids: ‘I’ve had a great sexy-ass life.’”
Opinion: We no longer know how to behave in public
CNN — The simultaneous arrival of “Barbie” and “Oppenheimer” in movie theaters has spawned a slew of hand-wringing articles about a drastic decline in people’s behavior in cinemas. More disturbingly, a number of touring…
Opinion: The kind of superhero we need right now
CNN — Like a plot twist out of the multiverse, a huge comic-book movie is currently tanking at the box office while an anti-superhero, anti-capitalist streaming series garners raves….
Opinion: When the answer could be a bullet, no one will ask the question
The entirety of our culture now seems increasingly like the Wild West, where the answer to “could you please stop doing that?” or even just…
Opinion: I was diagnosed with colon cancer at a young age. We’re seeing a lot more cases like mine
CNN — If I could pick one refrain I heard the most from doctors and nurses during my months of treatment for colon cancer in 2018, it’d…
Opinion: Rest is indeed resistance. For me and others, so is being childfree
We rarely talk about the positive possibilities that open up when women make the informed choice not to be mothers – or choose not to do…
It’s time for Americans to un-weaponize ‘laziness’
(CNN) Why do we only learn to appreciate our lives when we’re in dire straits?
‘This Is Us’ alum Justin Hartley dishes on new season of ‘Tracker,’ his watch collection and parenthood
There’s just something magical about a guy who knows how to keep cool in an emergency. In CBS’ ratings-dominating show “Tracker,” the weekly stakes involve one of…
‘Outer Banks’ star Chase Stokes on new films, country star girlfriend
Actor Chase Stokes may be living the luxe life in LA, but his heart is still running around down South.
Kathryn Hahn dishes on her signature locks, talks career evolution as she enchants audiences in ‘Agatha All Along’
“I’ve been in so many ensembles where I’ve been, like, the horny mom. Or the horny divorced mom. And I loved all those parts! But…
Opinion: The glorious ‘Hacks’ threw its audience a bleak curveball. What now?
Who saw that “Hacks” finale twist coming? Possibly only someone who had just finished a rewatch of “All About Eve.”
Opinion: Andrew McCarthy still has hurt feelings about the ‘Brat Pack’ label. I can understand why
CNN — At first glance, the Hulu documentary “Brats” promises a deep dive into 1980s nostalgia via its director and star, Andrew McCarthy. His mission: to unpack the decades of damage…