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The Odyssey‘s Samantha Morton has opened up about being homeless amid her mother’s mental health issues and father’s battle with alcoholism. “I went pillar to post with foster families, homeless hostels, sleeping by the bins at the back of the Co-op,” Morton, 49, told The Sunday Times in an article published on Saturday, August 1. “I have made choices that have always been about survival, because I watched my mum trying to survive and I watched my dad trying to survive.” The English actress, who portrays the sorceress Circe in The Odyssey, is the daughter of her late mom, factory…
“If not me, who?” said actor Billy Porter in a 2024 Guardian interview, explaining the rationale for his plan to direct and star in a biopic of Black queer author and activist James Baldwin. “Who’s going to tell it better than the Black gay man who embodies that in today’s age?” Porter was right that the movie industry has been unduly slow to engage with Baldwin as a subject and source, relative to white authors of equivalent renown; one presumes, however, that he didn’t know “Jimmy” would premiere later that year. The directorial debut of photographer Yashaddai Owens is no…
One of the craziest moments of House of the Dragon Season 3 so far was when Aemond Targaryen (Ewan Mitchell) kissed his mother Alicent Hightower (Olivia Cooke) on the lips, not realizing that her sudden softness towards him was a calculation to get him the heck away from King’s Landing. In this week’s all-new episode of the HBO hit, Aemond takes this Oedipal fixation one step further in a dream… that also includes new lady love Alys Rivers (Gayle Rankin)?? **Spoilers for House of the Dragon Season 3 Episode 7, now streaming on HBO Max** Early on in House of…
Locarno is not “just” about the discovery of new film gems and the celebration of the art of cinema. It’s also about discussing and conducting business, about addressing the challenges facing the industry and about networking to enable all of that. So, while people can explore new and classic cinema during the 79th edition of the Locarno Film Festival, running Aug. 5-15, the Swiss fest’s Locarno Pro industry program returns with a spotlight on the big issues of the day and the future, along with much more, during its 15th edition, taking place Aug. 6-11. The 2026 program of panels and…
Getty Christopher Nolan has some issues with today’s amateur film critics. We live in a modern era of social media, where anyone can join the discourse of film criticism through videos on Instagram and TikTok, posts on X, and reviews on websites like Reddit, Letterboxd, and more. While promoting The Odyssey, Nolan chatted with podcast host Zhong Shu and pointed out why he takes issue with amateur criticism. “The criticism that’s often leveled at movies in general is, ‘Oh, the character has to be made sympathetic, so the character is manipulated in different ways or changed in different ways.’ And…
Emilia Clarke’s Brain AneurysmEmilia Clarke filmed battle scenes for Game of Thrones, but in 2019, she published an essay in The New Yorker titled “A Battle for My Life.”Having a bad headache at the gym, “I reached the toilet, sank to my knees, and proceeded to be violently, voluminously ill,” the actress wrote. “Meanwhile, the pain—shooting, stabbing, constricting pain—was getting worse. At some level, I knew what was happening: my brain was damaged.”She was taken to the hospital for a brain scan.”The diagnosis was quick and ominous: a subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH), a life-threatening type of stroke, caused by bleeding into…
Independents from Hadestown to The Invite did their part to fuel one of the biggest weekends in box office history led by Spider-Man: Brand New Day, The Odyssey and other studio heavyweights. Hadestown: The Musical from Bleecker Street grossed $2 million in week 2 on 1,567 screens for a cume of $18.2 million, surpassing Hamilton as the top grossing live capture of a musical and nabbing the no. 6 spot at the domestic box office. Hadestown, captured from the West End production featuring the original principal cast, opened strong last weekend at $9.7 million on 1,949 screens in a crowded…
Courtesy of HBO When I ask Gayle Rankin if she knows Alys’ full story on “House of the Dragon,” she offers a look as enigmatic as the woman/witch?/ghost? — no one really knows yet — she plays on the HBO drama… and then she nods. The actress and showrunner Ryan Condal had a conversation about her mysterious character “pretty early on,” she says, but “I didn’t really know the full extent until I read the episode. And I was like” — her voice takes on a tone of wonder —…
Is that Dakota Johnson’s voice in Role Model’s new song?? OMG! On Thursday, Role Model, whose real name is Tucker Pillsbury, took his Chuck On Tour to the Thalia Hall in Chicago, where he debuted a brand new song seemingly inspired by his romance with the Madame Web actress! Titled Love I You, the 29-year-old sings, “Hey, I think you’re perfect” before a familiar-sounding voice responds over the speakers: “You say that to everyone.” Related: Katy Perry & Justin Trudeau Want To Take THIS Important Step In Their Relationship! Role model continues: “Kay, well is it working?” To which the…
Paramount+ just picked up another major piece of the soccer calendar. CBS Sports and Concacaf announced a new multi-year rights deal that makes Paramount+ the exclusive English-language home in the United States for the Concacaf Champions Cup, Concacaf Central American Cup and Concacaf Caribbean Cup through the 2030 season. Under the agreement, every match from the three competitions will stream live on Paramount+, with select Concacaf Champions Cup matches also airing on CBS Sports Network and CBS Sports Golazo Network. The package includes 137 matches per season, including all 51 Concacaf Champions Cup matches, and coverage begins in February. “The…