• The best Christmas movies on Netflix

    The best Christmas movies on Netflix

    The best Christmas movies on Netflix right now
  • Madonna slated to direct her Diablo Cody-scripted biopic

    Madonna slated to direct her Diablo Cody-scripted biopic

    Madonna. In her 60s. Probably with a subscription to the AARP magazine. The current adored and worshipful love of her life — maybe temporarily — is Ahlamalik Williams. He’s 26 and probably roller skates to the store for his copies of Bop Magazine and Teen Vogue. This nice boy’s parents are younger than she is, …
  • ‘I Am Woman’ review: Helen Reddy biopic stars stellar leading lady

    ‘I Am Woman’ review: Helen Reddy biopic stars stellar leading lady

    Watching this biopic about the creator of an iconic feminist anthem, I wondered what singer Helen Reddy makes of the one we’re loving in 2020: Cardi B’s “WAP.” If Tilda Cobham-Hervey’s lively-eyed portrayal of Reddy is accurate, I bet the 78-year-old entertainer is getting a kick out of the raunchy ode to women’s pleasure. What …
  • Why Cate Blanchett is re-wearing her old gowns for the 2020 Venice Film Festival

    Why Cate Blanchett is re-wearing her old gowns for the 2020 Venice Film Festival

    Cate Blanchett is breaking fashion’s cardinal rule at the 2020 Venice Film Festival this week. The actor, who is the festival’s jury president, is re-wearing old gowns, and for good reason. On Wednesday, she hit the red carpet for the event’s opening ceremony in Venice, Italy, in an Esteban Cortazar “Stingray” midnight blue shimmer jersey …
  • Cate Blanchett to remain at helm of the Venice Film Festival

    Cate Blanchett to remain at helm of the Venice Film Festival

    Cate Blanchett, who was named jury president of the 77th Venice Film Festival in January, will remain at the helm. The fest — the first major global film event to go ahead in person since the coronavirus pandemic hit — is now meant to take place Sept. 2 to 12. Jurors include French actress Ludivine …
  • ‘Handmaid’s Tale’ star Yvonne Strahovski jumps from Gilead to ‘Stateless’

    ‘Handmaid’s Tale’ star Yvonne Strahovski jumps from Gilead to ‘Stateless’

    “The Handmaid’s Tale” star Yvonne Strahovski jumps from the dystopian confines of Gilead to a modern-day detention center in “Stateless.” The Netflix drama follows flight attendant Sofie Werner (Strahovski), who gets swept up in a New Age-y cult run by a cheerful couple played by Cate Blanchett (“Mrs. America”) and Dominic West (“The Affair”). When …
  • Cate Blanchett suffers ‘nick’ to the head in chainsaw accident

    Cate Blanchett suffers ‘nick’ to the head in chainsaw accident

    Cate Blanchett revealed a frightening medical scare she suffered while in quarantine at her home in England. The Australian actress and mother of four joined Julia Gillard, the former prime minister of Australia, on her podcast last week, where she was asked about her time spent in quarantine amid the coronavirus pandemic. Aside from helping …
  • How Phyllis Schlafly kneecapped feminists to kill the Equal Rights Amendment

    How Phyllis Schlafly kneecapped feminists to kill the Equal Rights Amendment

    The Equal Rights Amendment to the US Constitution was on its way to ratification — until Phyllis Schlafly went on the attack. Schlafly, a two-time loser for a Congressional seat, and staunch conservative, seized an opportunity to raise her political profile by decrying the bill as a threat to the sanctity of American families. In …