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A collective gasp echoed like a thunderclap in a valley in our Daily Beast newsroom late Wednesday afternoon at the news that singer Liam Payne,...

While next month’s Wicked movie was always going to be a huge, seismic, obsessive, once-in-a-lifetime, make-it-my-entire-personality Big Deal in...

As word spread via countless headlines in recent weeks that The Apprentice is the film that Donald Trump doesn’t want you to see, suffice it to say...

It turns out that when you make the film that Donald Trump doesn’t want you to see, everybody wants to see it. At the very least, they want to talk...

This week’s episode of The Real Housewives of New York City ended with the conversation that fans have been dying to see since this season’s cast...

A naked gay man changed American culture as we know it. That’s not cheeky (heh), but very real: Twenty-four years ago, Richard Hatch was the first...

Joker: Folie à Deux is experiencing the rare Holy Trinity of cinematic failure: a critical thrashing, box office flopping, and fan outrage. Now, in...

“Bad” is on a spectrum. For example, 2019’s Joker was bad in a way that was infuriating: intellectually ludicrous and philosophically empty, while...

I am always in the market for a new crush. I wouldn’t consider myself a person of many passions or hobbies. (What am I going to do in my free time,...

Ryan Reynolds’ Deadpool and Hugh Jackman’s Wolverine are more popular than Jesus—at least at the box office, where Deadpool & Wolverine broke...

As everyone knows, nothing says Christmas like coziness, joyful holiday carols, family all together, and kinky BDSM sex with your younger employee....

In an exceptional vote of confidence for taste—and progress—in America, the gorgeous, hilarious, and incredibly urgent documentary Will & Harper...

Kelly Clarkson spent the weekend getting Americans excited about the democratic process again. How patriotic, with the presidential election coming...

Like many things that can be described as big and gay, The Big Gay Jamboree owes much to Céline Dion. For a full year—and in fits and starts for a...

I have a tried-and-true morning routine. It’s less been “honed” over the years than it’s been thrust on me by the universe, to the point that...

To be a master of sauciness—sharp-tongued like a dagger—and also perhaps one of the warmest presences most of us can remember seeing on screen:...

This review originally published during the 2024 Sundance Film Festival. Will & Harper is now available to stream on Netflix. Will Ferrell and his...

Few stories lend themselves to sensationalism like that of Aaron Hernandez. He was a rising star, a football hero, and an all-time great. And he was...

The chills come just seconds into the first teaser trailer for Season 2 of The Last of Us . And they come courtesy of Catherine O’Hara. The...

Get ready to feel the whole range of emotions—but especially Joy—as Disney/Pixar’s hit film Inside Out 2 is now available to stream on Disney . The...

I was shocked and dismayed to watch the first two episodes of Agatha All Along on Disney this week and not once see butt sex. All week long I’ve...

The first teaser for the footage for the new Ryan Murphy series Monsters: The Lyle and Eric Menendez Story didn’t so much raise an eyebrow as it...

Well, that’s one take on the situation… In the trailer for what she’s calling her last comedy special, Ellen DeGeneres jokes that she was...

My relationship with Emily in Paris is complicated. That’s appropriate, I suppose. Netflix’s titular expat with the magically unexpiring visa’s...

When a pop star suffers a litany of embarrassing failures, it can be hard to remember the time when they were the biggest, arguably most successful...

Everything I know about the Mormon religion, I’ve learned from reality TV. So to my understanding, it’s an organization teeming with sex-obsessed...

One conversation with Natasha Rothwell accomplishes what a decade of therapy couldn’t. The self-doubt, loneliness, shame, and an inability to see...

Chappell Roan capped off her huge first trip to the MTV Video Music Awards with a major win and a powerful message. Roan won the fan-voted award...

It’s tempting, especially as an Old Person, to question the relevance—let alone the existence—of the MTV Video Music Awards in a world that has...

It’s been a whirlwind 24 for hours for Taylor Swift—which, given that this is Taylor Swift we’re talking about, is certainly saying something. A...

A truly great artist excels at all endeavors because they charge towards the work with full-force conviction. That is precisely what Patti LuPone...

“The first rule is: attack, attack, attack.” A kaleidoscopic trailer was released Tuesday of the new Donald Trump biopic/origin story The...

James Earl Jones’ booming basso profundo may be the entertainment industry’s all-time most iconic voice. And yet, when I think of him, it is always...

I’ve been loving the absolutely delightful new season of Only Murders in the Building , which has gotten mostly positive reviews and responses. But...

Should anyone be mourning the unofficial “end” of summer, now that Labor Day weekend is in the rear view mirror, Netflix is doing us a solid. Its...

All these years later, people are still buzzing about Abraham Lincoln’s love life. That’s owed in large part to Lover of Men: The Untold Story of...

Fans excited for the sequel to Joaquin Phoenix’s Oscar-winning Joker are, apparently, going to be disappointed. Joker: Folie à Deux, an incredibly...

There are many of us who, whether or not we’d like to admit, watched director Luca Guadagnino’s gorgeously erotic coming-of-age gay love story...

The “rager” months in the making is set to take place Monday night—only some of the college students the party’s being thrown for don’t want it....

Online, people are gathering to support each other through a collective trauma. They are seeking comfort. They are seeking community. They are...

It was a tennis lesson that Barron Trump won’t soon forget. In a recent interview with Fox News’ Mark Levin, Donald Trump revealed his youngest son...

This summer movie season didn’t necessarily have a Barbenheimer Mania moment, but it did have Inside Out 2 and Deadpool & Wolverine : two huge box...

I’m old enough to remember rolling my eyes at the dad joke about cable TV: “All these channels, and there’s still nothing on!” I don’t even...

It is almost unspeakably refreshing to discover the next great show. With FX’s The English Teacher , which premieres Sept. 2, the joy is two-fold:...

This piece originally ran during the 2024 Sundance Film Festival. Seeking Mavis Beacon hit theaters Aug. 30. PARK CITY, Utah—The reason that I am...

We, as a society, love it when huge celebrities are paired together in a new movie or TV show. And, even more so, we love to imagine that those...

Even in 2024, there is one thing that can still be counted on to make headline news: a penis. And so the pop culture news cycle was adorned Sunday...

Never in my life have I been so emotionally invested in the love story of two people who seem to miserably hate each other. And yet! Here I am,...

Television is at its best when it surprises. That’s what the airing of the Democratic National Convention delivered. It was something unfamiliar...

Just about the only thing Real Housewives of Orange County star Heather Dubrow can’t control is the weather. Though, if that were possible,...
