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Naomie Harris narrates Swim Sistas, a short documentary directed by actress and author Catherine Joy White that was designed as a “poetic and visually rich love letter to water, sisterhood, and the resilience of Black women across generations.” Hannah Congdon’s short doc The Long Away Game tells the story of a female Afghan refugee soccer player finding a home and community in Yorkshire, England. And Julie Magnaudet’s comedic short The Contraception Fair, starring Alex Rider‘s Ronkẹ Adékọluẹ́jọ́, Derry Girls‘ Kathy Kiera Clarke and The Baby‘s Amber Grappy, follows a young woman who wants to stop taking the birth control pill,…
Credit: Getty Alison Brie has a new hair color! The former GLOW actress, 43, stepped out with new blonde hair while attending two events in Los Angeles on Wednesday (September 10). Alison kicked off the day by attending the 2026 Daytime Beauty Awards, where she showed off her new look for the first time. 5 5 “They *do* have more fun?!” she wrote on her Instagram Stories with the new look. Alison previously went blonde back in 2019 for a role in husband Dave Franco‘s movie The Rental, though this is a much lighter shade for the current ‘do. 5…
Manifest has proven time and time again that it’s not a show to be counted out. Just when you think it’s down, it’s bigger than ever and on top of the world. That’s what happened when NBC canceled the series just as it became a massive hit on Netflix, inspiring the streamer to save the fan-favorite for a super-sized final season. Now, we’re taking off on another mysterious flight.When Manifest ended its run on Netflix back in 2023, devoted fans were right away hopeful that the series could return again, in some form, in the future. Well, all that “keeping…
Gentle Monster is getting awards love from the Mill Valley Film Festival. The festival is honoring the film’s director, Marie Kreutzer, and its star, Léa Seydoux, with separate awards for their work on the feature. Gentle Monster, which is being released next month by Netflix, follows a concert pianist Lucy (Seydoux) who faces how little she knows about her husband after he is accused of an unspeakable crime. Kreutzer will receive the fest’s Mind the Gap Award, which recognizes standout work by women filmmakers and continues the festival’s commitment to advancing gender equity in the industry. Last year, the honor…
7. Stockard Channing and Dianne Wiest make memorable turns as Sally and Gilly’s aunts Frances and Jet, with Channing recalling most of their conversations centered on the looks of their elder witches. “I remember a makeup and hair test that didn’t work out because I wasn’t wearing much makeup,” Channing told Vulture in 2020. “We came up with the idea together: ballet makeup.” This meant black lipstick and long, curly wigs, because “the more eccentric it was,” Channing explained, “the more it worked.” 8. When it came to France and Jet’s “timeless” wardrobe, Channing said the costume designers took inspiration…
It’s hard to imagine a time when Blade Runner wasn’t celebrated as an all-time classic. But during its initial release in 1982, Ridley Scott’s film was actually notoriously overlooked by critics and audiences alike. After being initially disregarded and presented in inferior cuts for years — most notably the infamous theatrical cut that featured a sleepy narration track by star Harrison Ford as Rick Deckard — Blade Runner has come to redefine the science fiction film, thanks to its prescient commentary on the collision between humanity and artificial life forms. No matter what cut you’re watching, the dystopian sci-fi classic’s…
Picture Credit: BBC If you’ve just finished bingeing Call the Midwife season 15 on Netflix, you are likely still recovering from that incredibly emotional finale. With major structural changes happening for the midwives and the tragic loss of a beloved fan-favorite character, the future of the show is looking quite different. Call the Midwife has proven to be one of the most enduring period dramas in television history. But after an earth-shattering season 15 finale that saw Nonnatus House temporarily closed due to funding cuts and the heartbreaking death of Sister Monica Joan (Judy Parfitt) from end-stage renal failure, fans…
In the first and best of many late ‘70s needle drops that punctuate Being Heumann, the punchy guitar groove of Iggy Pop’s “The Passenger” starts out over a close-up of wheels turning on pavement before the camera pulls back to take in disability rights activist Judy Heumann, maneuvering her wheelchair around crowded city streets and refusing to be intimidated even when a bus driver is bearing down on her with his hand clamped on the vehicle’s horn. As played here with an iron will and a take-charge attitude by British actress Ruth Madeley, Judy is a tenacious figure with uncommon gumption.…
A unique approach for a unique bride! Selena Gomez got to live out her childhood fantasies when she married Benny Blanco a year ago. And this week, on the Friends Keep Secrets podcast, he revealed how. Related: Travis Kelce Reveals One Regret From Taylor Swift Wedding In conversation with Gwyneth Paltrow, the 38-year-old record producer described the “unconventional” way they designed their Santa Barbara wedding: “We rented a palm tree farm and converted it into a … we just wanted to do something unconventional and Selena … she had a dream for a wedding since she was a kid. She’s…
Picture Credit: Apple Apple and Netflix have partnered to unveil a next-generation version of the Netflix iOS app, bringing new features to get the most out of the all-new foldable iPhone Duo. Every year in September, tech behemoth Apple holds a keynote where they unveil their next-generation lineup of products. Over the years, this event has seen the company unveil everything from the Apple Watch, to AirPods, to the Apple Vision Pro, and so on. This year was a particularly big outing, and not only because former CEO Tim Cook stepped down from his role, with John Ternus taking the…