Month: August 2023

Essence Magazine has celebrated beautiful black women and black culture for 50 years. Today, OWN debuted the official trailer for its highly anticipated original documentary series, “Time of Essence,” which premieres on Friday, August 18 at 9/8 pm ET/PT. The five-part, one-hour series celebrates the trailblazing magazine that reaches a global community of over 20
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IFC Films is beefing up its depleted leadership ranks, naming Nicole Weis VP of Distribution. Judy Woloshen also joins as VP of Public Relations, managing national publicity efforts across IFC’s three film brands (IFC, RJLE Films, Shudder). Weis, who will manage theatrical rollout for the film group’s slate, was previously VP of sales and distribution
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Gore Verbinski’s The Ring led the first wave of early 2000s horror remakes that partially defined the era’s landscape alongside Saw torture-porners and other reactionary post-9/11 subgenres. Granted, remakes have always been a foundational pillar that keeps horror reinventing itself decade after decade — but the 2000s were different. Production companies like Platinum Dunes and
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Giant theater chain AMC Entertainment has promoted Ellen Copaken to SVP Marketing, effective immediately. She was also appointed to sit on the company’s management executive committee. Copaken joined AMC in February of as VP, Growth Strategy, and led the exhibitor’s AMC Perfectly Popcorn launch in more than 2,600 Walmart stores (and Walmart.com) ), delivering “sales
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News Paramore Cut Tour Short, Citing Hayley Williams’ Lung Infection “My lungs are just not healing quickly enough to keep up,” Williams wrote after the band’s Seattle show. “It got a little scary tonight.” By Jazz Monroe August 10, 2023 Facebook Twitter Paramore’s Hayley Williams (Christopher Polk/Penske Media via Getty Images) Facebook Twitter Paramore have
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Where were you when you first heard about Ganni? Many fashion lovers—myself included—discovered the Scandinavian brand thanks to other cool girls wearing it, in an “I saw Cady Heron wearing army pants and flip-flops, so I bought army pants and flip-flops” kind of way, as one told me. The bright and playful yet sophisticated designs
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Deadline has confirmed that Warner Bros’ billion-dollar grossing Barbie won’t be getting a release in Kuwait, and it’s skating on thin ice in Lebanon. While local censorship authorities in Kuwait have deemed the Margot Robbie-Ryan Gosling pic as going against the grain of their values; Lebanon, which is typically liberal when it comes to LGBTQ+
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Hilary Swank‘s 49th birthday celebration was priceless. The Million Dollar Baby actress, who welcomed twins in April, marked her latest festivities by briefly stepping away from mom duties to enjoy a lakeside outing. She shared footage of herself riding an electric surfboard and dressed in a wetsuit, writing, “Meanwhile during nap time…” “While unplugging from my devices
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Kill List, Free Fire, and High-Rise director Ben Wheatley announced plans for the Brexit zombie drama “Generation Z” for UK’s Channel 4 back in 2019. Our friends at Fangoria report that Wheatley teased upcoming plans for “Generation Z” at a recent screening of his latest feature, Meg 2: The Trench. “Generation Z” was initially set to go into production in 2020, but we all know how
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Play video content Lil Wayne‘s historic career was stamped yet again last night as he was inducted into the Billboard Hip-Hop Hall of Fame … an honor that apparently interrupted his studio time. Weezy F. Baby embraced Billboard Executive Director Gail Mitchell and thanked the fans for their undying support … and also told the
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News Weyes Blood Shares New Video For “Hearts Aglow” The latest clip from And in the Darkness, Hearts Aglow  By Matthew Ismael Ruiz August 10, 2023 Facebook Twitter Weyes Blood performs at Pitchfork Music Festival Day 2 in Chicago, Illinois, July 22, 2023. (Photo by Barry Brecheisen/Getty Images) Facebook Twitter Weyes Blood has shared a
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Style Points is a weekly column about how fashion intersects with the wider world. Picture it: Sicily. Your beaded wrap skirt jangles gently in the breeze, your Aperol Spritz held aloft on a heavily bangled arm. Your look encompasses both animal prints and florals. Congratulations: you’re having a hot Cavalli summer. Recently on Instagram, Parade
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Tuesday night, Ivanka Trump continued her endless summer by taking her two boys to a Mets game with husband Jared Kushner. Enjoying America’s pastime at Citi Field is a little more humble, a little more “of the people” than recent yacht trips with DJ David Guetta or time spent at the nuptials of crown princes of
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