Emma Thompson’s new film captures the truth about sex
(CNN) If you wrote up a list of buzzwords to infuriate the cult of online misogyny, you’d likely find all of them in the delightful “Good…
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As Barbie’s Ken, Ryan Gosling is Now Someone Else’s Real Doll
Is Ryan Gosling finally atoning for the creepy 2007 indie Lars and the Real Girl? A new photo from the set of Greta Gerwig’s Barbie shows the 41-year-old actor in…
Dee Wallace Celebrates ‘E.T.’ for Blockbuster’s 40th Birthday
Forty years ago this Friday, Steven Spielberg’s E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial had its world premiere in Los Angeles before proceeding to conquer the known universe of entertainment. And…
Why it matters that ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ is so much better than the original
“Top Gun: Maverick” may well be the box-office hit of the year, thanks to a perfect storm of circumstance. It’s Memorial Day weekend; people are…
‘Firestarter’ and the evolution of the psychic teen girl
The metaphor of the unknowable mystery, power and instability of a girl on the cusp of womanhood — 16th birthdays and proms have both figured…
The Andie MacDowell Renaissance Is Upon Us
The ’90s icon has always done things her own way. Now, the world is finally catching up to her.
Lisa Rinna on family, wigs and stirring up the ‘Real Housewives’
Never try to predict Lisa Rinna’s taste. “I heard someone saying, ‘Hide those hideous boots! Lisa will hate those,’ ” says the actress, on the…
This swashbuckling comedy is a resounding clap back to our toxic politics
(CNN) It ought to be hard to imagine a gang of fictional 18th-century pirates being more progressive than a group of modern-day American politicians. But…
‘Twilight’ Star Ashley Greene’s New Podcast Explores the Saga’s Renaissance
In ”The Twilight Effect” podcast, Greene, who plays Alice Cullen, examines the cultural phenomenon as it grows beyond the realm of teenage girls.
New York’s raunchiest cabaret singer paints a disarmingly genuine portrait of middle America
CNN — The best new show about middle America stars New York City’s raunchiest cabaret singer. Anyone have that on your cultural-weirdness bingo card?