‘Yesterday’ star Himesh Patel still has a Beatles song stuck in his head
Like many millennials, Himesh Patel wasn’t particularly well-versed in The Beatles as a kid.
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‘Breakfast Club’ star Judd Nelson says kids deserve more respect
His most iconic role was a swaggering, trench-coated antihero, so it makes a certain amount of sense that Judd Nelson of “The Breakfast Club” would,…
Keanu Reeves finally gets his due — and fans say ‘Excellent!’
To longtime Keanu-philes, he’s always been The One. Suddenly, though, the whole world’s gaga for Keanu Reeves. He’s having a hell of a year: “John…
After ‘Anna,’ Hollywood needs to bump off the sexy hit-woman genre
I have a simple litmus test for whether a female spy in a movie is legit. Is she effortlessly fighting off assailants while wearing stilettos?…
Patients left in the lurch as big health system and insurer duke it out in Pennsylvania
When you’re battling cancer, you can barely muster the energy to walk up a flight of stairs, let alone embark on a search for a…
Seth Green’s alternative to toxic masculinity: ‘Changeland’
When Seth Green visited Thailand a decade ago with his friend Dan, the besties were mistaken for honeymooners. This didn’t faze either of them.
Amid wave of states restricting abortion, advocates step up efforts to get women to clinics
The future of abortion access in the United States is in a major state of flux, with new restrictive laws or bills from red states…
‘Forrest Gump,’ 25 years later: Why this classic doesn’t hold up
This summer marks the 25th anniversary of the beloved Tom Hanks/Robert Zemeckis movie “Forrest Gump,” about a dim-witted but lovable everyman and his unintentional journey…
How Allison Williams became Hollywood’s smartest scream queen
She’s played a millennial underminer on “Girls,” a flat-out psycho in “Get Out” and a chilling cellist in a new horror movie. Right now, though,…
‘Hail Satan’ is trending: How the devil is firing up pop culture
When you’re fund-raising to make a documentary called “Hail Satan?,” you learn early on to expect pushback from potential backers. “Pitching [to studios], I’d get through maybe…