Nicole Kidman and Sandra Bullock Are Brewing a Practical Magic Sequel

Potion for a perfect sequel includes: -2 Oscars -2 Emmys -1 George Lopez producer credit -1 AMC commercial -1 Paddington Bear astronaut It’s midnight somewhere, so start making some margaritas. According to The Hollywood Reporter, a Practical Magic sequel is brewing with Kidman and Bullock attached to executive-produce and to reprise their roles as sisters Gillian and Sally Owens. It will be written by one of the original screenwriters of the first film, Akiva Goldsman. [Read More]

Nims Island Trailer Includes a Special Guest Appearance By New York?

Courtesy of Walden Media This spring’s family adventure Nim’s Island stars Jodie Foster as children’s-book author Alex Rover, who writes thrilling adventures but because of agoraphobia can’t bring herself to leave the house. The movie looks pretty cute, playing little Abigail Breslin as an intrepid island-dweller off mousy yet superfamous Alex Rover. How famous is Alex Rover? So famous that the trailer opens with a lovely shot of Alex Rover’s appearance on the cover of New York, an honor accorded to, we assume, no other children’s-book author, like, ever. [Read More]

Noah Schnapp Breaks Down His Hardest, Scariest Stranger Things 2 Scenes

The 2018 Emmy race has begun, and Vulture will take a close look at the contenders until voting closes on June 25. One thing that’s important to know about Noah Schnapp, the 13-year-old actor who plays Will Byers on Stranger Things, is that he’s afraid of the dark. So when he has to act afraid, which is often, he closes his eyes and waits for the fear to seep into him. [Read More]

Normal People Recap: Sometimes I Run, Sometimes I Hide

Normal People Episode 6 Season 1 Episode 6 Editor’s Rating 3 stars *** «Previous Next» « PreviousEpisode NextEpisode » Normal People Episode 6 Season 1 Episode 6 Editor’s Rating 3 stars *** «Previous Next» « PreviousEpisode NextEpisode » In six weeks, something in Marianne’s life is going to go so far south she will accidentally shatter a wine glass in the sink and sob over the shards. [Read More]

Odds Are You Can Probably Score Showtime for Cheap

Streamliner At your service. Streamliner At your service. Binge Yellowjackets for free, if you dare. The fastest way to financial ruin is to pay full price for every streaming service out there. To keep you solvent, we’re constantly watching for new deals, promotions, and full-on freebies. Check back here or follow us on Twitter for updates. The Big Showtime Bundle With a sure-to-be terrifying Yellowjackets finale on deck for this coming weekend, now’s a good time to play catch-up — ideally with a Showtime free trial if you haven’t already ponied up for the service. [Read More]

Oh, Phylicia Rashad Wants Us to Forget She Celebrated Bill Cosbys Release

Cosby Show star Phylicia Rashad, believing that we all have the memory span of a goldfish, is attempting to walk back comments she made about Bill Cosby’s overturned sexual-assault verdict. In a tweet posted on June 30, the actress wrote that “a terrible wrong is being righted; a miscarriage of justice is corrected!” about Cosby’s release from prison, adding, in all caps, “FINALLY!!!!” Rashad, who recently started a tenure as a dean at Howard University, issued a follow-up tweet hours later, where she acknowledged the dozens of women who accused Cosby of sexual assault. [Read More]

Olivia Colmans Zany Best Actress Oscars Speech Is One for the History Books

The Gold Rush Brought to you by Olivia Colman, who’s already a national treasure across the pond in Britain, just won Best Actress for The Favourite at this years Oscars, beating out presumed front-runner Glenn Close for a surprise, albeit very deserved, win. There’s no need to bury the lede: Colman’s speech was an absolute goddamn delight, combining her stream-of-consciousness nerves with podium musings that have been mulling around in her head for years. [Read More]

On Watching Mad Men in the Middle of a Pandemic

Peggy, Don, the moon landing. “There are people out there who buy things,” Don Draper tells Peggy Olson in “Shut the Door. Have a Seat,” the season-three finale of Mad Men. “People like you and me. And something happened. Something terrible. And the way that they saw themselves is gone. And nobody understands that.” Then he adds, looking Peggy in the eye, “But you do.” This is one of countless Mad Men moments that resonated with the experience of the 2020 pandemic. [Read More]

One Day at a Time Recap: Family Is Everything

One Day at a Time The Man Season 3 Episode 10 Editor’s Rating 4 stars **** «Previous Next» « PreviousEpisode NextEpisode » One Day at a Time The Man Season 3 Episode 10 Editor’s Rating 4 stars **** «Previous Next» « PreviousEpisode NextEpisode » Whenever we discuss Schneider in this version of One Day at a Time, his absurd degree of white privilege almost requires us to not give him too much sympathy. [Read More]

Ordering the New J Balvin McDonalds Meal Is a Test I Narrowly Failed

No pickles. In 1986, economics journalist Pam Woodall devised the Big Mac Index, a tool still used today for measuring the relative purchasing power of different global currencies against one another based on the average cost of a Big Mac in each country. In 2020, J Balvin devised the J Balvin Meal, a tool still used today to charge me literally $20 for McDonald’s. Like the Travis Scott Meal of yore September, the J Balvin Meal, which launched on Monday, October 5, is an exclusive between the reggaeton singer and Mickey D’s to keep McDonald’s relevant and on the cutting edge without having to actually create any new food. [Read More]