archiveOctober 2021

On this episode of "Notes on a Scene," Jon M. Chu, the director of Crazy Rich Asians, breaks down the scene where Rachel sees her boyfriend's family home in Singapore for the first time. Crazy Rich Asians is in theaters now. Still haven’t subscribed to Vanity Fair on YouTube? ►►...

HBO Max's new docuseries, The Way Down: God, Greed and the Cult of Gwen Shamblin, delves into the bizarre and disturbing story of the Remnant Fellowship Church, a religious cult with a toxic emphasis on dieting. Founder Gwen Shamblin's first success was The Weigh Down Workshop, a Christian diet program...

It’s been a charmed few years for Brandi Carlile since she released 2018’s By the Way, I Forgive You. The Washington State singer-songwriter co-founded the groundbreaking country collective the Highwomen, covered Joni Mitchell’s Blue at a triumphant concert event, produced Grammy-winning work for Tanya Tucker, and wrote a memoir. Carlile...

The 40th anniversary celebration of Elvira continues with a brand new action figure from NECA, shown off tonight on the first night of NECA’s month-long “Monster Madness” event. NECA writes, “The devilishly delightful Cassandra Peterson has played the part of Elvira for 40 years with grace, humor and more than...

The memo said games featuring queer relationships or "effeminate males" should not be approved for release. (Envato) China will ban video games featuring same-sex relationships, ‘effeminate’ men and moral choices, according to a leaked memo. The internal memo from a recent internal training by the state-backed gaming association was revealed by the...

Elvis Presley wasn't swayed by discouragement, and it's a good thing. The singer made his first -- and last -- Grand Ole Opry appearance on this day (Oct. 2) in 1954 ... and it didn't go as well as he had hoped.Presley performed on the Opry's famous stage in the very...

On Sept. 19, human remains swiftly identified as belonging to Petito were discovered in Wyoming's Bridger-Teton National Forest, near the Spread Creek site. After an autopsy, the Teton County coroner ruled her death a homicide.A Louisiana couple told CNN a few days after Petito was confirmed dead that they had seen a "commotion"...

Wattpad has long been a safe space for writers to share the stories they create for a massive audience, often leaning toward romance and erotica genres without the barriers of needing any sort of book deal to get it published. In recent years, the app/website has also become a launching...

Photography courtesy of RBCxMusic "My music is the window to my soul." By Patricia Karounos Date September 29, 2021 Facebook Twitter When it comes to music, there doesn’t seem to be anything American R&B singer-songwriter H.E.R. (née Gabriella Sarmiento Wilson) can’t do. The 24-year-old artist has a series of hit...

Products featured are independently selected by our editorial team and we may earn a commission from purchases made from our links; the retailer may also receive certain auditable data for accounting purposes. Live from New York … it’s finally time for another season of Saturday Night Live. SNL returns to...

The first line of Maid, Stephanie Land’s remarkable 2019 memoir about working as a maid during her impoverished early years as a single mother, reads: “My daughter learned to walk in a homeless shelter.”In Netflix’s series adaptation of the book, which is now streaming, that scene never takes place. In...

Former Van Halen singer David Lee Roth will play the last concert of his career on January 8th, 2022, at the House of Blues at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas, a spokesperson for Roth confirmed to Rolling Stone. “I’m throwing in the shoes,” Roth told the Last Vegas Review on...

James Wan is producing a new take on Stephen King‘s vampire story Salem’s Lot for Warner Bros. and New Line, with Gary Dauberman (It, The Nun, Annabelle Comes Home) attached to write the script and also direct the film. THR brings us some new casting news tonight, with Jordan Preston Carter, Nicholas Crovetti and Cade Woodward all...

President of Brazil Jair Bolsonaro. (Andressa Anholete/Getty Images) Brazil’s homophobe-in-chief Jair Bolsonaro is back at it again with the homophobia, this time sending cruel, anti-LGBT+ texts. On the instant messaging app WhatsApp, the president privately on a new number made homophobic remarks as he mocked LGBT+ rights demonstrators. He blasted...