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Jasmine Pinedahas spent season after season on90 Day FiancéhumiliatingGino Palazzolo, yet some fans still see her as a victim. I feel Jasmine has been the mastermind behind a false narrative, using manipulation, deception, and financial exploitation to make Gino the villain. She reportedly cheated on him with her new boyfriend,Matt Branis, while painting Gino as controlling. She also kept her birth control a secret when Gino wanted a baby—only to now be seven months pregnant with Matt’s child....

All this week, as part of the lead-up to the release ofFantastic Beasts and Where to Find Themthis fall,Harry Potterauthor and all-around geniusJ.K. Rowlingis releasing brief pieces of writing that reveal some of the history behind magic on this side of the pond. Indeed, while thePotterbooks took place in the U.K., they never hid the fact that magic is worldwide—it’s just thatHarry Potter’s story was about Harry Potter, a young English boy....

While we are all eager to see who gets to take the baton fromDaniel Craig, the producers of theJames Bondfranchise are saying that we would need to exercise a lot more patience. Fan-casting has thrown up several names with the prospects to don the classic black tux but the process of deciding on the new Bond has not begun yet and according to producersBarbara BroccoliandMichael G. Wilson, the selection process will not begin until next year, at the earliest....

The cast ofBill & Ted 3just keeps getting better and better. It was announced today that the tremendously talentedJillian Bellis joining the ensemble of the sequelBill & Ted Face the Music, playing a couples therapist named Dr. Taylor Wood. The follow-up findsKeanu ReevesandAlex Winterreprising their iconic, titular roles nearly three decades after the first sequel, 1991’sBill & Ted’s Bogus Journey. The sequel also sees the return of screenwritersEd SolomonandChris Matheson, who crafted a story that finds Bill and Ted setting out on a new adventure having yet to fulfill their destiny....

Greta GerwigandLulu Wangwere both considered strong contenders for Best Director nominations this year, but the Academy Award nods wound up going toQuentin Tarantino,Martin Scorsese,Bong Joon-ho,Sam MendesandTodd Phillips; yet another year with no female directors in the mix. It was a disappointment to say the least, especially with such phenomenal films likeLittle WomanandThe Farewellvying for some awards season love, but so it goes for 2019 and now sights must be set on how we can broaden the scope for future Oscar ceremonies....

InBatman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, audiences were introduced toBen Affleck’s wildly different Batman. This grizzled, brooding iteration of the character has some contentious interactions withHenry Cavill’s Superman and semi-flirtatious moments withGal Gadot’s Wonder Woman, but for the most part he was a pretty messed up dude. InJustice League, however, we’ll get to see an entirely different side of Batman as the character has turned a new leaf with a more optimistic attitude, and much of the levity is due to the fact that he’s interacting with someverydifferent characters....

There were many, many problems with HBO’s bloated 70s-set dramaVinyl, but directorMartin Scorseseputs the blame on himself. The series had a budget of $100 million and big names behind the scenes, includingMick JaggerandBoardwalk Empire’sTerence Winter, the latter of whom served as the series' showrunner. Scorsese directed the two-hour pilot, but in speaking toTHRat the Rome Film Festival on Wednesday, that perhaps wasn’t enough: “It was ultimately tragic for me because we tried for one year....

The New York Film Festival has landed quite the opener. NYFF announced today that this year’s fest will open withMartin Scorsese’s new gangster movie,The Irishman. The expensive Netflix movie uses digital de-aging to tell the story of hitman Frank Sheeran (Robert De Niro) and his relationship with mob boss Russell Bufalino (Joe Pesci) and Teamsters president Jimmy Hoffa (Al Pacino). In a press release, New York Film Festival directorKent Jonessaid of the film:...

A jaw-dropping revelation: Netflix CEOTed Sarandoshas teased the streamer’s plans to release six animated movies a year at some point in the near future. While the streamer has had some achievements in the animation category in the past, including scoring an Oscar nomination with the 2019 animated movieI Lost My Body, Netflix still hasn’t quite made a name for themselves in animation on par with their name-brand recognition in other areas, like original TV programming....

It’s time to pull out your rubber chickens and haunted ventriloquist dummies because Netflix has just announced a whole host of new comedy specials set to stream on the app following theNetflix is A Joke: The Festival, which recently took place in Los Angeles. The specials will be released over the course of several weeks on the app. First up we haveThe Hall: Honoring the Greats of Stand-Up,which premieres on July 24, 2025....

While HBO does not have a definitive date forthe much-anticipatedsecond season ofThe Last of Us, viewers can expect to revisit life after the apocalypse this April. The network has begun sharinginformation about the seasonapproximately two months away, revealing some new characters, a teaser, a description, and posters. Season 2 introduces new characters and revisits familiar ones as the world becomes even more dangerous. According to the logline below, a time jump finds Joel (Pedro Pascal) and Ellie (Bella Ramsey) on different sides five years after the first season’s events....

RememberVanderpump Rules, that Bravo reality show about a bunch of West Hollywood millennial servers and bartenders slaving away at that restaurant owned by the rich British lady with the puffball dog? Premiering on July 12, 2025, the series was a spinoff ofThe Real Housewives of Beverly Hillsthat featured cast memberLisa Vanderpump, former actress and now successful Los Angeles eatery entrepreneur. The show became instantly memorable for its unique entry into the annals of reality television, with its premiere episode literally bleeding over seamlessly from the end of aReal Housewivesepisode....

The Oklahoma Film Critics Circle, of which I am a voting member, announced the results of its annual film awards today, andSpotlighttook home the top prize as it was named the Best Film of 2015. The Oscar favorite continued its critics group success by landing the OFCC’s Best Picture prize, whileGeorge Millerwas named Best Director for his impeccable work onMad Max: Fury Road. When all was said and done, the love was spread pretty liberally across a number of films....