Thirty years ago, the coming-of-age romantic comedy โCluelessโ opened in movie theaters and went on to become an enduring American pop culture touchstone. โIโm thrilled that people love it and continue to love it,โ the movieโs star, Alicia Silverstone, said in a recent conversation in New York. โYoung people. Old people. Itโs really gone on…
In the latest episode of The Envelope video podcast, Kathy Bates discusses starring in a hit TV series at 77 with โMatlock,โ and Jason Segel explains why he finds the emotional vulnerability of โShrinkingโ so creatively fulfilling. Mark Olsen: For the Los Angeles Times, Iโm Mark Olsen. Welcome to The Envelope podcast. Iโm here today…
From the opening moments of โHighest 2 Lowest,โ Spike Leeโs remix-as-remake of Akira Kurosawaโs 1963 crime thriller โHigh and Low,โ you should know that the filmmaker is here primarily for a good time and heโs asking us to play along. Over aerial shots of the sun hitting the New York City skyline, including the stunning…
Itโs a good time to be Danielle Brooks. She received an Oscar nomination for โThe Color Purpleโ in 2024 โ her performance as Sofia also earned her a Grammy for best musical theater album โ but Brooks has arguably had an even better 2025. So far this year, she has starred in the nearly billion-dollar-grossing…
The entertainment news show โExtraโ is getting a new host in its old age. Derek Hough, best known as a dance pro and now judge on โDancing With the Stars,โ will replace Billy Bush as lead anchor of the syndicated series, which is going into its 32nd season in September. In a statement to The…
Comedy Centralโs โSouth Parkโ continues to target President Trump, and viewers appear to be loving it. Ratings for the 27th season of the irreverent and often ribald animated series have surged, according to data from Nielsen and Comedy Central. The second episode, which premiered Aug. 6, scored 6.2 million viewers across the cable network and…
Tech scion David Ellison and his leadership team at Paramount sent a message to Hollywood: A new era is underway. Nearly a week after taking the keys to the battered media company, Ellison and his top executives met with reporters at the Paramount Pictures lot Wednesday to show that they mean business. Ellison and his…
Taylor Swift will enter her latest era in a matter of months. The ubiquitous โShake It Offโ pop star announced her upcoming album, โThe Life of a Showgirl,โ would drop Oct. 3 as she made her podcasting debut Wednesday on โNew Heights,โ co-hosted by her NFL star boyfriend Travis Kelce and his retired football pro…
Marc Maron is not interested in being just another podcaster in a sea of mediocrity. In a new interview, the comic โ who recently announced the end of his popular and long-lived podcast โWTFโ โ criticized the current podcast landscape as awash in meh. โThings were better before everyone had a voice,โ Maron told the…
Tory Lanezโs attempt to submit new evidence and challenge his 2022 felony conviction has collapsed. Lanez, whose legal name is Daystar Peterson, brought forward two petitions in his case, which concerns the 2020 shooting of hip-hop artist Megan Thee Stallion. According to Complex, one involved Petersonโs driver not testifying and the other sought to bring…