In Painkiller, Netflix’s new opioid epidemic drama, West Duchovny isn’t portraying a real person. But in a sense, she is. Her role of Shannon Schaeffer, an eager young sales rep for Purdue Pharma, is fictionalized but based on the real experiences of representatives who sold OxyContin to doctors. What’s also real is the harm they […]
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In the 2013 dark comedy Everyone’s Going to Die, writer/director collective Jones set out their stall early. Melanie (Nora Tschirner) wakes up dazed and blurry-eyed from a house party, dressed as Charlie Chaplin. In the cold light of day, she tells fellow guest Ali “I’m lost,” and then smokes a cigarette. The scene sets the […]
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By Emerson Pearson. Published: 44 mins ago Lindsay Lohan is on cloud nine following her recent pregnancy announcement, confirms her mother, Dina. In an exclusive interview with People, the Lohan matriarch expressed her immense excitement over her daughter’s pregnancy and shared that the “Freaky Friday” star has always anticipated becoming a mother. “I’m literally over […]
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By Corey Atad. Published: 40 mins ago Lindsay Lohan is looking radiant. On Thursday night, the “Freaky Friday” star made a rare public appearance at the Christian Siriano show during New York Fashion week to support her model siblings. READ MORE: Lindsay Lohan Mixes Pepsi And Milk In New Christmas Ad She flew in from […]
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By Samantha Schnurr Tionah Lee, ETOnline.com. 2 hours ago The self-proclaimed queen of New Jersey has married her king! ET can confirm that Teresa Giudice and boyfriend Louie Ruelas tied the knot on Saturday. The “Real Housewives of New Jersey” star and Louie, who she began dating in 2020, said their “I do’s” during a romantic ceremony where the […]
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By Brent Furdyk. 2 hours ago Selena Gomez made her “Saturday Night Live” hosting debut this weekend, and she got some unexpected support from her “Only Murders in the Building” co-star Steve Martin. Martin — whose association with “SNL” extends back to its early years in the late 1970s — made a surprise appearance in […]
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Despite starring in the action-thriller Moon Knight, the latest Disney+ show to introduce a Marvel Comics hero to the screen, May Calamawy never felt like a “badass.” Shooting the horror-infused limited series was tough work and she admittedly wasn’t used to this sort of exertion. “The stunt team would throw me into situations,” Calamawy tells […]
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By Brent Furdyk. 1 hour ago The Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television has announced the nominees for the 2022 Canadian Screen Awards, spread across 145 categories, including film, television, and digital media. The inaugural season of the CBC series “Sort Of” leads the television categories, with 13 nominations, followed by CBC’s “Pretty Hard Cases” […]
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