Originally published on Kirkus Anyone who says they don’t like a surprise ending in a book is probably a big liar. Maybe they don’t like books that have wacky, totally out-of-the-blue endings; we don’t like those, either. But books that pleasantly give you something to think about because they don’t end the way you thought […]
Quvenzhané Wallis has accomplished more than most kids her age. At 9 years old, she became a household name as the youngest actress ever to receive an Oscar nomination for Best Actress for her role as Hushpuppy in the 2013 film, “Beasts of the Southern Wild.” Now, at age 11, she’s set to star as […]
Quvenzhané Wallis has accomplished more than most kids her age. At 9 years old, she became a household name as the youngest actress ever to receive an Oscar nomination for Best Actress for her role as Hushpuppy in the 2013 film, “Beasts of the Southern Wild.” Now, at age 11, she’s set to star as […]
We all deal with impending trouble and tragedy in our own ways. For Hannibal Buress, that means fantasizing about a non-existent Kanye West song he imagined. On a recent tour, Buress saw West in the Minneapolis airport. Curious, he looked up West’s concert schedule only to reveal no Minneapolis stop scheduled. Buress thought further, concluding […]
Ansel Elgort made his big-screen debut in “Carrie” on Oct. 18, 2013. It kicked off a busy 52 weeks. Since the release of that horror remake, Elgort has appeared in three films: “Divergent” ($288 million worldwide), “The Fault in Our Stars” ($303 million worldwide) and Jason Reitman’s latest, “Men, Women & Children” (out now). Elgort […]
When you’ve got an exciting new project you’re working on, it’s good to have friends who can lend you a hand. For Aasif Mandvi, regular contributor to “The Daily Show,” getting his comedy friends to help promote his new book “No Man’s Land” seems like a great idea. Watch Aasif Mandvi approach John Oliver, Jack […]
Archie Panjabi is leaving “The Good Wife” to star in a show of her own. Variety reports that the actress has signed a development deal with Twentieth Century Fox that includes a plan for her to headline a new drama pilot for the studio. “Archie is an Emmy-award winning dramatic actress, and rightly so,” Twentieth […]
What’s one of the easiest ways to detect a racially homogenous writers’ room? According to filmmaker Justin Simien, a quick analysis of the token minority character should do the trick. In a HuffPost Live interview on Tuesday, the “Dear White People” director discussed the behind-the-scenes aspects of entertainment and suggested the value of having a […]
Chris Noth has not played Mr. Big since 2010, but he recently got frank about the “Sex and the City” series during an interview with News.com.au, including a discussion about how his character has been misunderstood all these years. “One of the things I tell people is that [Big] never tried to pretend he was […]
Dutch teenager Vera van Dijk was born with a severe hearing impairment that made it impossible to understand her mother’s voice or listen to pop music. But thanks to one savvy musician, the 19-year-old was recently able to experience her first live music concert, as reported by Alt Sounds. The innovative concert was part of […]
