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Keke Palmer's movies and TV shows show her acting chops shining in all sorts of ways. From her breakthrough role playing a Spelling Bee contestant in Akeelah and the Bee to starring in Jordan Peele’s Nope, she has an uncanny knack for putting spunk, power, and personality into her performances. Now that the True Jackson, VP star is 30 and a mother to a one-year-old son, she might be joining the long list of people thinking of quitting Hollywood.The Just Keke host experienced her whole childhood in front of the camera,…

The Mattel Inc. logo is displayed outside the headquarters of the toy company known for products including Barbie and Hot Wheels in El Segundo, California, on June 8, 2023.Patrick T. Fallon | AFP | Getty ImagesActivist investor Barington Capital is pushing Mattel to consider selling off its American Girl and Fisher-Price brands, citing underperformance within the divisions.Mattel shares were up around 3% in premarket trading Friday following a letter sent to Mattel Thursday, which was first reported by the Wall Street…

British actress Amy Jackson, who has been part of many Indian films, has gotten engaged to her boyfriend Ed Westwick. Ed, best known for his role as Chuck Bass in the hit American TV series Gossip Girl, went down on one knee to propose to Jackson, who happily said yes. Amy and Ed have been dating for a while now. Amy Jackson gets engaged to Gossip Girl star Ed Westwick The actress shared photos from the dreamy proposal on Instagram. The photos show the couple on a bridge against snow-capped mountains in Gstaad,…

From perfectly shining as the titular figure in Netflix’s Wednesday to proclaiming her status as a modern-day scream queen, it’s apparent now there’s not much that Jenna Ortega can’t do. And with the young actress headlining a new pulse-pounding thriller, it’s obvious her acting prowess is seemingly limitless in terms of range. We’re speaking about Miller’s Girl, of course, which is a fresh-faced thriller film reviving the once-oversaturated concept of a student and teacher embarking on a bizarre romance. The modern-day…

Upon first glance, Miller’s Girl is a romantic thriller set in a dark academia world that seems entrancing. And in moments, it is. Starring Jenna Ortega as Cairo, a highly intelligent 18-year-old high school student, and Martin Freeman as Mr. Miller, her English teacher, Jade Halley Bartlett’s directorial debut is meant to be an examination of power dynamics through the dangerous relationship between this pupil and educator. However, because the film tries so hard to be ambiguous and complex, it doesn’t exactly complete…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeHaven’t you seen the movie Gone Girl?” These were the shocking words uttered by a Vallejo Police investigator in 2015, after accusing 29-year-old Denise Huskins of staging her own kidnapping and lying about a rape. To the eyes of the cop – and much of the media – the case bore a striking resemblance to David Fincher’s hit crime thriller, released the year before. In Gone Girl, Rosamund…

When the mid-60s oeuvre of the Shangri-Las is discussed, attention often focusses on the input of their producer, George “Shadow” Morton. You can see why. From the moment you dropped the needle on the New York City girl group’s first hit, 1964’s Remember (Walking in the Sand), Morton’s production style was hard to ignore. Working, so he claimed, without any experience or musical ability, he was not a man at home with subtlety or good taste. He drenched everything in echo and slathered on dramatic sound effects: screaming…

Mary Weiss, the singer who channeled the melodrama of adolescence as the lead vocalist of the quintessential girl group the Shangri-Las, has died at the age of 75. Her death was announced Friday in a Facebook post by Miriam Linna, whose label Norton Records released Weiss’ lone solo album in 2007. The cause of death was not disclosed.The Shangri-Las were the last of the great girl groups, emerging in 1964 just as the sound was eclipsed by the rise of British Invasion bands. Unlike peers such as the Shirelles and the…

Stop us if you’ve heard this before, but there’s a true crime docuseries on Netflix that has tongues wagging. The appetite for such endeavors appears bottomless; it seems we really enjoy depraved and aberrant behavior so long as we can hit pause and take a bathroom break every now and then. But sometimes, a series will sneak through that offers more than titillation, cheap thrills, and hyperventilating aesthetics. And so, American Nightmare, a swift, concise piece of work that even mixes in a dash of investigative…

Coachella dropped its 2024 poster Tuesday night and there weren’t many big surprises when it came to the nightly headliners, which include Lana Del Rey; Tyler, the Creator; and Doja Cat. Things grew slightly more interesting a line down with the announcement that Blur were playing their first North American show since 2015, and news that Sublime would be appearing with Bradley Nowell’s son Jakob Nowell on lead vocals. The big shock came at the bottom of the poster with the words “and…No Doubt.” The ska-punk quartet…