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Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeShe Said actor Zoe Kazan, the band Massive Attack and I’m a Virgo creator Boots Riley are among the stars showing support for director Jonathan Glazer, following the backlash he received for his Oscars speech.Glazer brought some audience members to tears while accepting the Best International Film award. He won the gong for The Zone of Interest, his movie following the domestic…

Melissa Etheridge reflected on the systemic challenges women have faced in the music industry for decades — and how her own queerness protected her, in a way — in a new foreword for Tunecore’s annual report, “Be the Change: Gender Equity in Music,” released March 8 to coincide with International Women’s Day. In the short essay, Etheridge spoke about the ways the music industry boys’ club has long cast a shadow on the “decades of music defined by incredible women dominating the chart.” Amidst those more…

The actress, a fan of the singer whom she first met in utero, scores a humorous forehead autograph Billie Eilish and Melissa McCarthy teamed up as presenters at the SAG Awards on Sunday to present the Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series, which Ayo Edebiri won for her role in The Bear, and McCarthy walked away with a special autograph… signed to her forehead in permanent marker. McCarthy told Eilish that they had met several times, one of them being when Eilish was still…

Center Theatre Group presented the North American premiere of Matthew Bourne’s Romeo + Juliet on Wednesday evening, and when it ended, the entire Ahmanson Theatre audience was on its feet offering a standing ovation. After the dance company had taken final bows — with Paris Fitzpatrick’s Romeo and Monique Jonas’ Juliet receiving the love while covered in (spoiler alert!) blood-drenched white ensembles — Melissa McCarthy and Adam Shankman sat back down in their orchestra seats in row F. The good…

The horror genre's renaissance has been going on for a number of years, to the joy of moviegoers. Some of the best horror movies have returned thanks to reboots or sequels, including Wes Craven's slasher series Scream. The last two movies were wild successes, with Scream VI breaking records for the franchise. But the next movie hit a number of setbacks, starting with Melissa Barrera's firing as Sam Carpenter. And now Scream icon Hayden Panettiere has broken her silence on Barrera's departure.The internet exploded when…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeMelissa Barrera has spoken out about her recent firing from Scream VII over comments she made about the Israel-Hamas war. In November, the 33-year-old In the Heights star was dropped from the sequel after the film’s production company Spyglass Media found that one of her posts about the war “floated an antisemitic trope that Jews control the media”.She had written on her Instagram…

Melissa Barrera seems remarkably composed for someone navigating one of the most trying periods of their personal and professional lives. You’ve probably seen the headlines: The rising star of Vida, In the Heights, and the Scream films was fired from the horror franchise and falsely branded antisemitic for a series of Instagram posts calling attention to the humanitarian crisis in Gaza that’s claimed the lives of tens of thousands of people. She subsequently released a statement saying, in part, “I condemn…

Traffic on Main Street in Park City came to a complete halt on a busy Sunday afternoon during the Sundance Film Festival as several hundred Palestinian protesters — among them actors Melissa Barrera and Indya Moore — packed the sidewalk to chant “free Palestine” and “stop the genocide.” Pose star Moore, in town for the festival premiere of Ponyboi, took the microphone at one point to say, “I’m gay as — God forgive me — fuck. I love everybody. I love people. I have Israeli friends. I have Jewish…

Just a few months ago, actor Melissa Barrera was fired from Scream 7 over her pro-Palestinian stance in the Israel-Hamas conflict. The shockwave of that firing has basically upended that franchise in various ways, while Barrera herself has been focused on doing promo for her next film, the upcoming horror musical Your Monster. Hulu’s Hellraiser Reboot Has So-So Sights to Show YouAt Sundance earlier in the week to premiere her new flick, she told the Associated Press she was glad for the experience, in a way. The firing…

Fans of horror movies, particularly those who love the Scream franchise, have had a tumultuous past few months. Melissa Barrera was fired from the franchise due to comments she made on social media regarding Gaza. Subsequently, Wednesday star and secondary franchise lead, Jenna Ortega, also left the project. Perhaps the final nail in the coffin for the sequel was when the newly announced Scream 7 director Christopher Landon stepped down, claiming that his dream job “turned into a nightmare.” This has left the production…