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Roger Ebert was a complicated character. He was the ultimate populist critic, bringing a love of cinema to the masses, but he could also be censorious, savaging films he saw as politically incorrect. Fans who recall his scathing takedown of the future classic Blue Velvet may be surprised to learn that Ebert wrote one of the most extravagant exploitation movies of all time: Beyond the Valley of the Dolls, a show business satire so extreme that it earned an X rating.

Filmmaker Russ Meyer was famous for witty, gritty independent pictures starring domineering women with outrageous topographical features. Roger Ebert was an early champion of Meyer's films, and together they created what the critic called "a rock horror exploitation musical" that does for music industry melodramas what RoboCop does for action blockbusters. Panned upon release but certified fresh today, Beyond the Valley of the Dolls adds a fascinating dimension...

Wicked, Nosferatu, Conclave, Shogun, The Penguin, Fallout and Squid Game were among the winners at the Art Directors Guild Awards on Saturday night.

The 29th annual Excellence in Production Design Awards were handed out by the Art Director’s Guild (Adg, IATSE Local 800) at the InterContinental Los Angeles Downtown during an event hosted by comedian Rachael Harris.

The Adg wins will have the attention of those looking for signs of who will take the Academy Award for production design. The winner of the Adg’s fantasy film honor have taken home the production design Oscar three times in the past six years, with Poor Things, Dune and Black Panther all going on to win the Oscar. The period film winner also won the Oscar twice during this period, with Once Upon a Time in Hollywood and Mank taking home statues. But in 2023, Babylon took home the Adg period win, but...

One would expect that the second instalment of Russ Meyer's Vixen trilogy would in some way follow on from the first film. Thinking that would be a mistake. SuperVixens has precious little to do with Vixen, in much the same way as Beyond The Valley Of The Dolls is unconnected with Valley Of The Dolls. There are of course some similarities between the two sexploitation comedies, and any other Russ Meyer film for that matter: scarlet as a motif for sex; large breasted, sexually dominant women; the bare wire frame of a mattress; nature and nudity.

Clint Ramsey (Charles Pitts), a mechanic at a gas station, receives a phone call from his partner SuperAngel (Shari Eubank). During the call SuperAngel hears the voice of a flirtatious customer, SuperLorna (Christy Hartburg), and goes ballistic, threatening to burn down their house. Clint rushes home. On his return he is subjected to a.

The Neon Demon‘s original soundtrack will be pressed on vinyl on March 7 via Real Gone Music.

In addition to the score composed by Cliff Martinez, it includes the extended version of Julian Winding’s “Demon Dance” plus tracks by Sweet Tempest and Sia.

The 2xLP album is housed in a gatefold jacket with full-color inner sleeves.

Two color variants are available. A pink with blue and purple splatter edition is limited to 900 for $54.99, while Real Gone’s exclusive red and blue color-in-color variant is limited to 100 for $74.99.

Directed by Nicolas Winding Refn, the 2016 psychological horror film stars Elle Fanning, Karl Glusman, Jena Malone, Bella Heathcote, Abbey Lee, Desmond Harrington, Christina Hendricks, and Keanu Reeves.

Martinez described the first half of movie as “a melodrama like Valley of the Dolls, and the second half is like The Texas Chain Saw Massacre,” for which he composed a hypnotic, electronic soundtrack in the tradition of Goblin,...

There’s a scene in “The Devil Wears Prada” where Meryl Streep’s Miranda Priestly is fighting to keep her top fashion magazine job. Over coffee in Paris, Priestly slips a piece of paper to her boss containing the names of “designers, photographers, editors, writers, models — all of whom found by me, nurtured by me and have promised me they will follow me whenever and if ever I choose to leave.” Naturally, the boss reconsidered and Priestly won the day.

A stylist friend recently recalled this scene to me in the context of Donatella Versace, the lauded designer (and star in her own right) who has been the face of her namesake fashion house for nearly 30 years. A January report said Versace’s contract with her brand’s owner, Capri Holdings, expires in February. Chatter from Milan wonders if that deal will be renewed.

It would be a fascinating pivot for Versace,...

The Art Directors Guild (Adg, IATSE Local 800) has announced the nominees for its 29th annual Excellence in Production Design Awards, set to be held Feb. 15 at the InterContinental Los Angeles Downtown.

Feature nominees include the production designers on A Complete Unknown, The Brutalist, Gladiator II, Nosferatu and Saturday Night in the period film category; Alien: Romulus, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, Dune: Part Two, Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga and Wicked for fantasy film; and Civil War, Conclave, Emilia Pérez, The Substance and Twisters in the contemporary film category.

Over the past six years, the winner of the Adg’s fantasy film prize has gone on to win the Academy Award for production design three times: Poor Things in 2024, Dune in 2022 and Black Panther in 2019. During that time, the winner of the period film prize won the production design Oscar twice: Once Upon a Time in Hollywood in 2020 and Mank in 2021. In 2023, the...

“Wicked,” “Dune: Part 2,” “Conclave,” “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice,” “Emilia Pérez,” “Nosferatu” and “The Brutalist” were among the film nominees for the 29th Annual Excellence in Production Design Awards, which the Art Directors Guild announced on Thursday. Notably, Steve McQueen’s WWII drama “Blitz” and Pablo Larraín’s Maria Callas fantasia “Maria” were shut out.

On the TV side, “Shōgun,” naturally, scored yet another nomination to add to its Mt. Everest of accolades. “Pachinko,” “Bridgerton,” “Fallout” “Slow Horses,” “Squid Game,” “Hacks” and “Only Murders in the Building” were also nominated.

“This year’s nominees showcase the incredible artistry and vision that define our craft and our industry,” award show producers Michael Allen Glover, Adg, and Megan Elizabeth Bell, Adg, said in a joint statement. “We’re thrilled to bring the Guild together to celebrate the achievements of these incredible Production Designers and their Art Departments.”

The Adg Awards celebrate achievement in production design in movies,...

Awards-season regulars A Complete Unknown, The Brutalist, Dune: Part Two, Wicked, Conclave, Emilia Pérez and The Substance are among the nominees revealed Thursday for the Art Directors Guild’s 29th annual Excellence in Production Design Awards.

A Complete Unknown and The Brutalist, the latter coming off a Best Picture – Drama win at the Golden Globes on Sunday, are nominated in the Period Feature Film Category, joined by Gladiator II, Nosferatu and Saturday Night. In the Fantasy category, Dune 2 and Wicked are up against Alien: Romulus, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice and Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga.

This year’s Contemporary nominees are Conclave, Emilia Pérez, The Substance, Civil War and Twisters.

Last year, the Adg bestowed its top movie honors to Poor Things for Fantasy, Oppenheimer for Period and Saltburn for Contemporary, with Poor Things and designers James Price and Shona Heath going on to win the Oscar for Production Design.

In TV,...

It’s clear Hollywood stylists worked through the holiday season, securing an abundance of high style in time for Jan. 5, from haute-couture gowns to bespoke suits and veritable piles of diamonds and status watches, all to ensure stars achieved maximum glamour at the 2025 Golden Globes.

Indeed, “glamour” was the word of the night, especially among actresses who embraced an old-Hollywood vibe, in looks that distinctly channeled 1950s or ’60s style, evoking the likes of Grace Kelly in High Society, Audrey Hepburn in Charade or Faye Dunaway in The Thomas Crown Affair. From hair and makeup to jewelry, the addition of evening gloves and exquisite satin gowns — some indeed taking their cues from archival designs — the women’s style at this year’s Globes felt equal parts captivating and sophisticated. When Wicked director Jon M. Chu accepted his award for cinematic and box office achievement, he mentioned the work of everyone...

One of the leading figures of Hollywood, Oliva Hussey is no more. She sadly passed away at the age of 73. Born in Buenos Aires but having spent most of her early years in England, the actress gained worldwide fame when she starred in Franco Zeffirelli’s 1968 adaptation of Romeo and Juliet.

Olivia Hussey in Zeffirelli’s Romeo and Juliet (1968) | Credit: Paramount Pictures

As we look back on her life, here is a remarkable story from her early years in Hollywood. After moving to Los Angeles to make her career in Hollywood, the actress moved right into the house where the infamous Mason family killings took place.

Olivia Hussey was not scared moving into the house where Sharon Tate was brutally murdered Late actress Sharon Tate in Valley of the Dolls | Credit: 20th Century Studios

Tragedy often tends to leave an indelible mark on a place, transforming it into one with...

Sharon Tate, a name that once sparkled with promise, became synonymous with tragedy the night of 1969. The very woman who once graced magazine covers with a smile, was now at the mercy of one of the most horrific crimes in Hollywood history. She was the radiant actress, the model, the adored wife of director Roman Polanski, and, above all, the expectant mother who would never see her dreams realized.

Sharon Tate in Valley of the Dolls (1967) | Credit: 20th Century Fox

However, fate dealt a cruel hand on the night of August 9, 1969, when she and four others were brutally murdered by the notorious Manson Family, a crime that rippled through Los Angeles and left a lasting scar far beyond. This devastating event took not only her life but also her unborn child’s.

But beyond the glamorous image Hollywood painted, her last words before her murder, spoken in sheer desperation, remind...

Disney+'s new documentary, Music by John Williams, offers insight into the life of the famed composer and the legendary music that led him to achieve multiple records at the Oscars. John Williams is one of the most celebrated composers in history with a career spanning more than 70 years. He has the unique ability to convey a story and themes through emotional and powerful orchestration. John Williams is responsible for many acclaimed movie scores, and is considered one of the movie industry's most influential composers.

The documentary looks into Williams' impressive career and his decades-long friendship with director Steven Spielberg; since 1974, he has scored music for 29 of Spielberg's movies, including the Indiana Jones franchise, Saving Private Ryan, and Munich. For his musical talents, Williams has been recognized multiple times at different award ceremonies, including the Oscars, where he holds one remarkable record that looks unlikely to ever be broken.

Quick Links Only Murders in the Building Season 5 Must Unmask the Trio's Moriarty Omitb Season 5's Main Mysteries Might Connect to Season 1's Plot Holes

The following contains spoilers for Only Murders in the Building Season 4, Episode 10, "My Best Friend's Wedding," now streaming on Hulu.

Only Murders in the Building Season 4 ends much like any other season: Charles, Mabel and Oliver catch the killer they've been looking for just to stumble upon another murder victim right before the credits roll. However, as the podcasters investigated Sazz Pataki's murder, they also discovered a few other secrets of the Arconia. For instance, they met their neighbors in the West Tower, aka the Westies, and found out that they'd been illegally subleasing their apartments from a kind but deceased benefactor, Professor Martin Dudenoff. With the help of their movie actor counterparts, they also realized that they left some Season 1 mysteries unsolved, and as of the Season 4 finale,...

The following contains spoilers for Only Murders in the Building Season 4, Episode 10, "My Best Friend's Wedding," now streaming on Hulu.

Another season of Only Murders in the Building has come to a close, but not before the acclaimed Hulu series revealed who would be next season's murder victim. Unfortunately, the sweet, old doorman Lester was killed off in the Season 4 finale, with the show's core trio finding him dead in the Arconia's fountain.

While speaking with TVLine about the decision for Lester to be Season 5's murder victim, Only Murders in the Building co-creator/showrunner John Hoffman refused to confirm or deny if the Arconia doorman's death is in any way linked to the disappearance of the dry-cleaning king of Brooklyn, Nicky "The Neck" Caccimelio. "You have to wonder, dont you? There are a lot of areas that weve been talking about [in the writers room] looking at the life of someone who was...

As one Oliver Putnam (Martin Short) says, “Pack your bags, we’re going to Hollywood/the movies!” Only Murders in the Building is about to be a major murder picture.I

Season 4 of Hulu’s cozy murder mystery series arrives Tuesday, August 27, and the ensemble cast will make it the biggest installment yet. The story will go bicoastal with yet another murder in the Arconia and the Hollywood treatment of Mabel’s (Selena Gomez), Charles’ (Steve Martin) and Oliver’s podcast in Los Angeles.

For the full episode release guide, find details about Season 4 below:

When does Only Murders in the Building Season 4 premiere?

Season 4 debuts on Tuesday, August 27.

How many episodes are in Season 4 of Only Murders in the Building?

Season 4 contains 10 episodes, just as the past three seasons have.

Mabel (Selena Gomez) and Tobert (Jesse Williams) in Only Murders in the Building

Are new episodes streaming weekly or all at once?...

Only Murders in the Building spends much of Season 4 weaving yet another macabre mystery as Oliver, Charles, and Mabel desperately search for the killer who ended their friend Sazz Pataki's life. Caught between their investigation and producing a film adaptation of their podcast, the try-hard trio finally finds out the truth in the penultimate episode of the season: Sazz's killer was none other than Only Murders in the Building screenwriter Marshall Pope (a.k.a. former stuntman Rex Bailey).

Marshall's reveal as this season's killer might come as a shock to many viewers, but it doesn't come out of nowhere. As with its previous killers, Only Murders in the Building dropped just enough hints throughout the season to point toward its ultimate murderer without giving away his identity too soon. Looking back on the previous episodes of the season, there were plenty of hints along the way to alert viewers to Marshall's malevolent machinations.

Plot: From his early days as a jazz pianist to his 54 Oscar® nominations and five wins, the documentary takes an in-depth look at Williams’ countless contributions to film including many iconic franchises, as well as his music for the concert stage and his impact on popular culture. The film features interviews with artists and filmmakers whose lives have been touched by his timeless music.

Review: There is no one like John Williams. From Star Wars to Superman to Jurassic Park to Harry Potter and beyond, Williams has left an indelible mark on the landscape of cinema and music in general. In his nineties, John Williams became synonymous with movie soundtracks thanks to his collaborations with George Lucas, Steven Spielberg, and several other filmmakers and film franchises. The new documentary Music By John Williams, directed by the composer’s longtime friend and documentarian Laurent Bouzereau, is an ode to Williams’ creative...

Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce seemingly got a subtle nod in a new episode of Only Murders in the Building!

The 34-year-old entertainer’s Bff Selena Gomez is, of course, a star and executive producer on the Hulu television show and it seems she worked in a little reference.

Keep reading to find out more…

In this week’s episode, “Valley of the Dolls,” Mable (Gomez), Charles (Steve Martin) and Oliver (Martin Short) get out of New York City and go to Charles’ sister’s home in Staten Island.

There, fans noticed Selena sitting on a couch surrounded by dolls, and one of the dolls looked very familiar.

Seen next to Selena was a doll with blonde hair and bangs who vaguely seemed to resemble Taylor. And if you’re wondering how Travis plays into this, the doll was also wearing an outfit with the number 87 on it. This is,...

After six episodes of waiting, Melissa McCarthy made her debut appearance in Only Murders in the Building Season 4, Episode 7, "Valley of the Dolls." She immediately outshines the already star-studded cast, taking the spotlight in this episode. Even in one short episode, her character takes fans on an emotional journey.

McCarthy arguably plays one of the show's most relatable characters. With Oliver Putnam finding love in Season 3, he has lost his comedic spark in Season 4. It seems like McCarthy is ready to take the torch. McCarthy is bar far the funniest character in Season 4, Episode 7.

Who Does Melissa McCarthy Play in Only Murders in the Building?

While McCarthy was featured in Season 4's teaser trailer, the news about her character was tightly under wraps until the actor made her debut in Episode 7. It turns out McCarthy plays someone very close to Charles. Given Charles' track record of having personal connections with all the murders,...

Unlike seemingly every other celebrity of his generation, singer-songwriting legend Billy Joel never begged to be featured on the mystery-comedy Only Murders in the Building, but if he did, maybe the show wouldn’t have turned his masterwork and his hometown into a punchline.

The ongoing fourth season of Hulu’s breakout hit about an unlikely group of homicide investigators, podcasters and neighbors has already treated its audience to a slate of A-list guest stars that any crowd-pleasing comedy series would envy. Thus far, Meryl Streep has made her reappearance as Martin Short’s struggling actress lady friend, Eugene Levy, Zach Galifianakis and Eva Longoria have played themselves as another true crime investigator trio, and, in the most recent episode, “Valley of the Dolls,” Melissa McCarthy appeared as Steve Martin’s estranged younger sister whose creepy Long Island home serves as the hideout for the protagonists amidst mounting danger.

And,...

Quick Links Charles, Mabel and Oliver Don't Always Get It Right Was Professor M. Dudenoff Really Murdered? The Only Murders in the Building Trio Forgot a Key Season 4 Clue

The following contains spoilers for Only Murders in the Building Season 4, Episode 7, "Valley of the Dolls," now streaming on Hulu.

Once again, Only Murders in the Building's podcasting trio seems to be narrowing in on a suspect or in this case, five suspects. Season 4, Episode 7, "Valley of the Dolls" ends with the actors revealing their own conclusions about the killer, most notably that whoever they are, they've been after Charles, Oliver and Mabel since their very first season. The trio then receives a message from Howard, who discovers that the Westies have been cashing Professor Martin Dudenoff's checks. This means they already know he's dead, and Howard and the trio conclude that they must have killed Dudenoff.

Considering their remains...

Only Murders in the Building Season 4, Episode 7 adds Melissa McCarthy to its growing roster of guest stars. 

The new episode, "Valley of the Dolls," sees the main trio escape New York after they realize that Sazz's killer installed cameras in their apartments. The episode also introduces Charles' estranged sister. 

Only Murders in the Building Season 4, Episode 7 premiered on Hulu on October 8. 

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The following contains spoilers for Only Murders in the Building season 4, episode 7, "Valley of the Dolls."Michael Cyril Creighton, who plays Howard in Only Murders in the Building, addresses whether season 4, episode 7's revelation is going to put his character in danger. In the latest episode, Howard figures out the Westies have been retracting Dudenoff's check while the trio seeks safety away from the city. At the same time, the Westies realize that their secret has been revealed, which puts Howard in a very awkward position.

In an interview with TV Insider, Creighton spoke about how this revelation would affect his character. The actor said that by uncovering the Westies being the ones who have been cashing out Dudenoff's check, he sends the show in "an incredible direction." The actor further teases the final three episodes, including plot twists that are "hard to predict." In terms of his character's fate,...

Spoiler Alert: The following reveals major plot points from episode 7 of Hulu’s Only Murders in the Building titled “Valle of the Dolls.”

If anyone had told Only Murders in the Building co-creator John Hoffman he’d have Meryl Streep and Melissa McCarthy in a full-on girl fight on the series, he’d have never believed you.

The thought itself sounds totally bonkers but it actually happens in this week’s new episode titled “Valley of the Dolls,” currently available to stream via Hulu. Streep’s Loretta Durkin and McCarthy’s character Doreen, Charles’ (Steve Martin) sister, duke it out in the suburbs as the latter is distressed her advances on Oliver (Martin Short) aren’t working because the former showed up unannounced.

As Hoffman tells Deadline, the epic tumble was originally meant to play out with stunt people but the seasoned actresses wanted to do it themselves, pigtails flying and all.

[Warning: The below contains Major spoilers for Only Murders in the Building Season 4, Episode 7, “Valley of the Dolls.”] Only Murders in the Building‘s fourth season continues to deliver plenty of twists and turns, and in the show’s latest installment, “Valley of the Dolls,” all signs of guilt have begun to point at the Westies. Introduced earlier in the season, the Westies are the group of people living in Arconia’s west tower across from Charles’ (Steve Martin) bullet-pierced window. But who was responsible for pulling the trigger that ultimately killed his stunt double Sazz (Jane Lynch)? Only time will tell, but as Charles, Mabel (Selena Gomez), and Oliver (Martin Short) sought protection outside of Manhattan at Charles’ sister Doreen’s (Melissa McCarthy) Long Island abode, friend Howard (Michael Cyril Creighton) was tasked with seeking out those responsible for cashing Professor Dudenoff’s (Griffin Dunne) checks following his death. Hulu In the episode’s final moments,...

Disney has released the trailer for the upcoming Music by John Williams documentary that offers a long-overdue focus on the legendary composer! Check it out!

In the world of movie soundtrack composers, there are two categories: John Williams and everyone else. His early works showed his skills, such as The Towering Inferno, Valley of the Dolls, The Cowboys, and Fiddler on the Roof, which won him his first Oscar. It was in 1974 that Williams first worked with director Steven Spielberg on The Sugarland Express, beginning an amazing partnership.

A year later, they combined forces on Jaws, the mega-blockbuster hit that earned Williams a second Oscar and launched him to fame. Since then, Williams has crafted some of the most iconic movie music of all time: Star Wars, the Indiana Jones trilogy, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, E.T., Jurassic Park, Schindler’s List, Saving Private Ryan, Superman, Home Alone and the first three Harry Potter films.

Oscar winner John Williams is the subject of a new documentary coming to Disney Plus. “Music by John Williams” from Lucasfilm Ltd, Amblin Documentaries, and Imagine Documentaries, which offers a fascinating and insightful look at the prolific life and career of the legendary composer, will hit the streamer and have a limited theatrical release in New York, Los Angeles, and London on November 1. The documentary will also open the 38th edition of AFI Fest on October 23. Watch the trailer below.

From his early days as a jazz pianist to his 54 Oscar nominations and five wins, the documentary takes an in-depth look at Williams’ countless contributions to film, including many iconic franchises, as well as his music for the concert stage and his impact on popular culture. The film features interviews with artists and filmmakers whose lives have been touched by his timeless music. Directed by award-winning filmmaker and best-selling author Laurent Bouzereau,...

Actress Sharon Case is about to reach a milestone through her work on the soap opera, The Young and the Restless. The series is planning a special episode to honor her. Case herself has also discussed the upcoming episode and what it was like first getting on the show.

The Story Won’t Be A Standalone Episode

Case is about the celebrate the 30th anniversary on the show. Back in 1994, the actress took on the role of The Young and the Restless‘ Sharon Newman. Beforehand, the character had been played by Monica Potter and Heidi Mark.

The series is planning a spotlight episode to honor Case’s years on the show. In an interview with TV Insider, she even gave a bit of a preview on what fans can expect.

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Case’s scenes will tie into the main storyline, which sees her character dealing with the loss...

When Sharon Case heard that The Young and the Restless was interested in her for the role of Sharon Collins in 1994, she didn’t jump at the chance to audition. “I had just finished shooting a season of Valley of the Dolls, a primetime show based on the book and the movie and that was an exhausting shoot,” she recalls. “So once I had finished, I was on a much-needed vacation and that was when Young and the Restless called. But I was at this excruciating point where I had to carry on with my vacation; I needed the rest.” Nevertheless, she agreed to cut her trip a little short, auditioned for Y&r, and landed the role. But having already appeared on General Hospital as Dawn Winthrop and As The World Turns as Debbie Simon, she didn’t think she’d be sticking around. “At the time, I was thinking...

Three films by Russ Meyer, the sexploitation director film critic Roger Ebert described as “the ultimate auteur,” are coming to physical media in December.

The estate of the pioneering independent filmmaker has reached an agreement with media company Severin Films to distribute three of his signature films, “Vixen,” “Supervixens” and “Beneath the Valley of the Ultravixens,” on home video for the first time in decades. Working in collaboration with Janice Cowart and The Russ Meyer Trust, Severin’s discs — available in 4K Uhd, Blu-ray and DVD — mark the first remastering of Meyer’s films from the original camera negatives since the early 1980s, and each will be accompanied by both new and archival special features curated exclusively for these releases.

“As a filmmaker, distributor and First Amendment warrior, Russ Meyer is one of the last great icons of American cinema,” David Gregory, co-founder and CEO of Severin Films said in a statement.

Six weeks since her sudden anointment at the top of the Democratic ticket, Vice President Kamala Harris has not only galvanized her party in advance of the Nov. 5 presidential election, but also one of the much-buzzed-about sentiments at the heart of her campaign — joy — is also being embraced by the designers who unveiled their Spring 2025 collections in New York this week. If not for President Joe Biden dropping out of the race against former President Donald Trump — after the Democratic incumbent was trailing the GOP nominee in polls — New York Fashion Week would have exuded a decidedly different vibe. “I was feeling very dejected; I remember thinking, is this the America I came for?” Prabal Gurung recalled about the first half of 2024, as he spoke with The Hollywood Reporter prior to Saturday’s debut of his collection.

Months earlier Gurung had visited his native Nepal to see family and friends and celebrate Holi,...

Lee Daniels tried to warn everybody before The Deliverance dropped on Netflix: “Y’all are not ready for Glenn in this.”

The director is talking about Glenn Close, who plays the chain-smoking, cancer-riddled mother of Andra Day in the film that’s inspired by real events. Daniels’ first foray into the horror genre shot to No. 1 on Netflix after dropping Aug. 30, which may have a little bit — or a whole lot — to do with Close, who clearly had the time of her life playing a tramp named Alberta.

In The Deliverance, Alberta is the mom of Ebony (Day), an alcoholic single mom whose hands are full with three kids, no money and a haunted home that’s fooling a social worker (Mo’Nique) into thinking that she’s beating her kids. The story is inspired by the 2011 case of Latoya Ammons, who moved with her family into a scary Indiana rental...

One of the few moments of calm in Lee Daniels‘ new Netflix thriller “The Deliverance” comes when the tormented Jackson family sits down together to watch a favorite movie. The movie Daniels chose to bring three generations together in a communal viewing experience? The 1967 adaptation of Jacqueline Susann’s camp classic “Valley of the Dolls.”

For Daniels, it was a tip of the hat to a movie he loves even though he doesn’t exactly think it’s good. “It’s one of my favorite films, and I still don’t know why,” he told IndieWire’s Filmmaker Toolkit podcast. “It really is camp, but in a bad way camp. Not in a good way. But I love it, I live for it.”

The “Valley of the Dolls” reference in “The Deliverance” isn’t just a tribute to a favorite movie; it’s also a callback to one of Daniels’ unrealized projects.

“Only Murders in the Building” is back for Season 4, once again bringing a murder with it. Charles, Mabel and Oliver really don’t have great luck in avoiding that.

But the show will also bring some very famous faces into the mix as story for the fourth season finds the trio getting a proper Hollywood movie made about them. In addition to the actors playing them, fans will also see some beloved returning cast members. But more on that momentarily.

First and foremost, we need to get into when you can actually watch the new episodes. Well, here’s everything you need to know.

When does “Only Murders in the Building” season 4 come out?

Season 4 premieres on Tuesday, August 27th.

Where is it streaming?

Once again, new episodes of the series are streaming exclusively on Hulu.

Are the episodes released weekly or all at once?

In keeping with past seasons,...

Inspired by the alleged 2011 haunting of a rental home in Gary, Indiana, occupied by Latoya Ammons and her three children, Lee Daniels’s The Deliverance generally abides by the tried-and-true Amityville Horror playbook when it comes to its scare tactics. But Daniels isn’t one to turn in an anonymous genre effort, so his stab at a haunted house story leaves plenty of room to explore the toxic cycles of abuse endured by the family at its center, freely indulging his penchant for robust miserabilist melodrama and showy performances.

Ebony (Andra Day) is a single mother from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, who’s struggling to provide for her three children, the teenaged Nate (Caleb McLaughlin) and Shante (Demi Singleton) and younger Dre (Anthony B. Jenkins), on a low-wage salary while their estranged father is away on indefinite duty in Iraq. Ebony has also taken in her patronizing mother, Alberta (Glenn Close), while...

“RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars” continued its 9th season on Friday, June 21 with the seventh episode featuring returning queens from seasons past. Making their way back into the Werk Room for the second time are Angeria Paris VanMichaels (season 14), Gottmik (season 13), Jorgeous (season 14), Nina West (season 11), and Plastique Tiara (season 11). Three queens are returning for the third time: Roxxxy Andrews (season 5 and All Stars 2), Shannel (season 1 and All Stars 1), and Vanessa Vanjie Mateo (seasons 10 and 11).

In addition to their chance at the coveted crown, this season the queens are competing to have a $200,000 contribution, provided by The Palette Fund, to a charity of their choice. Series judges RuPaul Charles and Michelle Visage will be joined on the dais by friends and series regulars Carson Kressley, Ts Madison, and Ross Mathews as well as a rotating cast of guest judges to help determine episodic winners and their choice for “next drag superstar.

Quick Links Who Is Richard Dreyfuss? 2017 Sexual Harassment Allegations May 2023 Academy Award Controversy May 2024 Cabot Theater Controversy

Oscar-winning actor Richard Dreyfuss has experienced a major fall from grace over the past seven years. The once-beloved actor who came to prominence in the 1970s with such classic George Lucas and Steven Spielberg movies as American Graffiti, Jaws, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, and others has recently made headlines by lashing out and insulting several marginalized groups at a public Jaws retrospective screening in Beverly, Massachusetts. The latest controversy comes seven years after Dreyfuss was accused of sexual harassment by a female TV writer.

In the past year, Dreyfuss has also spoken out against the Academy Awards' new diversity rules that promote inclusion, showing how far the world has left him behind and how out of touch with reality he seems to be. Unfortunately, the once-venerated Hollywood actor has doubled down on his seething outrage,...

Few creative talents have the breadth of a career equal to Lee Grant. The 98-year-old director, actor, and writer has a storied body of work, debuting on screen in 1951 in William Wyler’s Detective Story, for which she received a Best Supporting Actress Oscar nomination and Cannes Best Actress win, while also receiving a Supporting Actress Oscar for Shampoo. Grant, who has also appeared in Mulholland Drive, Valley of the Dolls, and In the Heat of the Night, has also set a few records: she’s the oldest living film director, while 1980’s Tell Me a Riddle was the first major American film to be entirely written, produced and directed by women, and she’s the only Academy Award-winning actor to also direct an Academy Award-winning documentary with 1986’s Down and Out in America.

Among the most revelatory repertory cinema I saw last year, the much-deserved 4K restorations of Grant...

Splashy and flashy (but not really trashy), Palm Royale on Apple TV+ fits easily into the ranks of high-gloss, high-concept, female-driven dramas that have enjoyed a Golden Age on premium streaming channels this past decade.

Recent series like Bad Sisters (also on Apple TV+) and Max's Big Little Lies drew a substantial audience with a combination of star-studded ensemble casts, heavy themes, and plots from best-selling domestic thrillers like those written by author Liane Moriarty.  

Palm Royale ticks many of those boxes (it's based on the 2018 novel Mr. and Mrs. American Pie by Juliet McDaniel), but instead of sexual violence and trauma, it brings big laughs and a soapy jewel-box mystery to the female-centric limited series tablescape. 

Palm Royale's opening credit sequence immediately places the series in time and taste by evoking Valley of The Dolls and James Bond with its graphic animation.

The series follows the current social...

Starfish is quickly becoming one of The Masked Singer judges’ favorite contestants this season, despite them having absolutely no clue who she really is. (Seriously, those guesses have been way off.)

Based on the clues provided thus far, it’s clear to TVLine that Starfish — who returns to compete with the rest of Group A on Wednesday (Fox, 8/7c) — is Kate Flannery, best known for playing Meredith Palmer on all nine seasons of NBC’s The Office.

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Lashana Lynch became the first woman to own the 007 title in the 2021 James Bond tentpole “No Time to Die,” but it turns out a plan to make James Bond a woman was actually pitched over 60 years prior. In Nicholas Shakespeare’s upcoming biography of Bond author Ian Fleming, titled “Ian Fleming: The Complete Man,” it’s confirmed that producer Gregory Ratoff floated the idea of casting Susan Hayward in a film adaptation of Fleming’s first Bond novel “Casino Royale.”

Shakespeare writes in the biography (via IndieWire): “Since the mid-1950s, many well-known actors had been approached [to play Bond]. Gregory Ratoff had the arresting idea of having Bond played by a woman, Susan Hayward. Ian had entertained several possibilities, from Richard Burton (‘I think that Richard Burton would be by far the best James Bond’), to James Stewart (‘I wouldn’t at all mind him as Bond if he can slightly...

Yes, a female James Bond has been over a half-century in the making.

Before Lashana Lynch briefly donned the 007 title in “No Time to Die,” the film adaptation of “Dr. No,” a woman was in talks to lead the franchise 50 years prior.

In Nicholas Shakespeare’s upcoming biography of Bond author Ian Fleming, titled “Ian Fleming: The Complete Man,” it’s revealed that original “Casino Royale” producer Gregory Ratoff had imagined a woman in the titular lead role. In fact, Oscar-winning actress Susan Hayward was in Ratoff’s mind to take the part.

Prior to “Casino Royale,” the two Bond films had floundered with “Thunderball” and “Casino Royale” receiving poor reviews, hence the proposed gender-swap.

Shakespeare writes in the biography, “Since the mid-1950s, many well-known actors had been approached. Gregory Ratoff had the arresting idea of having Bond played by a woman, Susan Hayward. Ian had entertained several possibilities,...

On David X. Cohen and Matt Groening's 31st-century sci-fi sitcom "Futurama," the world's citizens are hooked on a high-octane ultra-soap-opera called "All My Circuits," a long-running TV series starring a cast of mostly robots. The main character in "All My Circuits" is a tall, egocentric blowhard named Calculon who is constantly discovering evil twins, engaging in robotic infidelities, and discovering multiple personalities. In a strange metanarrative twist, the Calculon on "All My Circuits" is played by a robot ... that also happens to be named Calculon, and also happens to be an egocentric blowhard.

In reality, Calculon is played by veteran voice actor Maurice Lamarche, one of the best voice actors currently working. Maurice Lamarche plays Calculon with a bloviating confidence that only seems to infect famous actors. Calculon eventually reveals that he is many hundreds of years old, and changes his identity every few decades. In previous lives, he...

Oscar winners John Williams and Martin Scorsese continue to prove that age is just a number with their 2024 nominations.

Williams, 91, already the most nominated person alive and second most nominated ever behind Walt Disney, added an Original Score nomination for Indiana Jones and the Dial Of Destiny, his 54th overall. Meanwhile, Scorsese surpassed Steven Spielberg to become the living director with most Oscar nominations, 10, with a directing nom for Killers of the Flower Moon.

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This is Williams’ second consecutive Oscar nomination; he was nominated in the same category last year for The Fabelmans when he became the oldest Oscar nominee at 90. Williams’ nominations, which include mentions for four movies in the Indiana Jones franchise, span seven decades, with the first one coming in 1968 for Valley of the Dolls.

Richard Dreyfuss will star in the movie Into the Deep, battling a killer great white shark. It marks Dreyfuss' return to a shark-related movie since his role in Jaws in 1975. Dreyfuss has continued to add to his impressive list of credits at the age of 76.

It is almost fifty years since Richard Dreyfuss faced down a great white shark in Steven Spielberg’s Jaws, and now he is about to do it all over again in the new movie Into the Deep. Releasing later this year, the movie is "about a group of divers searching for sunken treasure who witness the murder of drug dealers by modern-day pirates, but that is the least of their worries as a killer great white shark stands between them and their escape from the water."

Dreyfuss’ character in the movie has not yet been revealed, but he will star alongside Scout Taylor-Compton, best known...

After his short battle with cancer, actor Kamar de los Reyes has died at age 56.

The actor is best known for his long-time role, Antonio Vega, on the television soap opera One Life to Live and for his voice acting in the video game Call of Duty.

De los Reyes was born on November 8, 1967, in Puerto Rico and grew up there until he moved to Los Angeles in the 1980s.

He landed a few small roles in several projects including Valley of the Dolls. He went on to secure a recurring role in One Life to Live where his character, Antonio Vega, appeared in 287 episodes over the course of a combined 13 years.

Over the years, de los Reyes has built up his repertoire and starred or guest-starred in many shows and movies.

One of these major appearances was in 2012, when he provided voice work as well as physical motion capture...

Call of Duty and One Life to Live actor Kamar De Los Reyes is being remembered by Hollywood following news of the actor’s death on Christmas Eve at 56 following a cancer diagnosis.

Reyes’ death was confirmed to The Hollywood Reporter on Monday by a family spokesperson. The late actor shared two children with his wife and fellow performer Sherri Saum, who co-starred with Reyes on ABC’s long-running soap One Life to Live.

The Locke & Key and The Fosters star posted a tribute to her late husband and fellow actor on Tuesday on her Instagram, writing “Of The Kings.”

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Kamar de los Reyes, a veteran film, TV and voice actor best known for his portrayal of Antonio Vega on the ABC soap opera One Life to Live and as the villain Raul Menendez in the video game Call of Duty: Black Ops II, died Sunday in Los Angeles after a brief battle with cancer, a rep for the family confirmed to Deadline. He was 56.

Born in Puerto Rico but raised in Las Vegas, de los Reyes moved to Los Angeles in the late ’80s to begin an acting career which spanned the next 30-plus years. In 1994, de los Reyes originated the role of Pedro Quinn in the critically acclaimed off-Broadway play, Blade to the Heat, which led to the role of Ferdinand in George C. Wolfe’s Shakespeare in the Park production of The Tempest. From there, he went on to work alongside big names such as Oliver Stone in Nixon,...

Kamar de los Reyes, the compelling Puerto Rican actor who portrayed the troubled cop Antonio Vega on the ABC soap opera One Life to Live and the villain Raul Menendez in Call of Duty video games, has died. He was 56.

De los Reyes died on Christmas Eve in Los Angeles after a brief battle with cancer, a family spokesperson announced.

De los Reyes also appeared as Watergate burglar Eugenio Martínez in Oliver Stone’s Nixon (1995) and starred as Tomas in Lisa France’s Love & Suicide (2005), a feature shot clandestinely in Cuba while the principals were attending the Havana International Film Festival.

Most recently, he had recurring roles as Jobe on Fox’s Sleepy Hollow in 2017, as a detective on ABC’s The Rookie in 2021 and as a college football coach on the CW’s All American since 2022.

On One Life to Live, de los Reyes first showed up in Llanview...

Actors often take on the challenging task of portraying themselves in movies, whether it's in a biopic or a fictionalized account. Some notable examples include Nicolas Cage in "The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent" and Patty Duke in "Call Me Anna", showcasing the range of genres and subjects covered in these films. "To Hell and Back" stands out as Audie Murphy's remarkable performance of his own war experiences, highlighting his talent and versatility both on and off the battlefield.

Over the course of their careers, actors are honored for the roles that they play, especially if they are especially difficult or moving characters, however, one task that may be even harder than portraying fiction is when an actor portrays themself in a movie. Although it sounds strange, this scenario actually occurs much more often than it seems. Whether it is in the form of a biopic, a satire, or a generally odd movie concept,...