Some things are better left untouched under the sea. Chloë Grace Moretz, star of the new live-action “Little Mermaid” film, dished on preparing for her role and revealed a key detail that left the fandom in a tiff. In an interview with Entertainment Tonight, Moretz said that her character will trade Ariel’s red locks for […]
Sam Smith is winding down 2015 and gearing up for his musical hiatus by getting some fresh ink. On Tuesday, the 23-year-old singer-songwriter revealed four new tattoos on Instagram, People magazine reports. Each design, he explained, has its own unique, personal significance. The first, an equal sign on his “wedding” finger, is a pointed reference […]
There’s a lot to look forward to in the second season of “Transparent,” Amazon’s breakout hit series, but star Gaby Hoffmann distilled it all down to just one phrase during an interview with HuffPost Live: “a lot of shenanigans.” The show, which recently won five Emmy Awards for its moving depiction of a father’s transition […]
The African American Film Critics Association (AAFCA) has named “Straight Outta Compton” as the best picture of 2015. The N.W.A biopic has already taken the spot as the highest-grossing movie by a black director, F. Gary Gray, and now it will be honored as the top prize winner at the 8th Annual AAFCA Awards. Other […]
On Wednesday, it was announced that “Dirty Dancing” is getting the remake treatment (again). ABC greenlit a three-hour musical version of the 1987 film, and all we can say is: WHY? Have we all learned nothing from “Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights”? The original film is a camp classic complete with steamy love scenes and political […]
Calling from a hotel room in San Francisco last week, Swedish filmmaker Fredrik Gertten marveled at the swell of bikers he’d seen that morning while walking to a coffee shop. “It’s kind of amazing,” he said. “It almost looks like Copenhagen down at Market Street.” That counts as effusive praise from Gertten, the director of […]
Where is the last place you would ever expect to find “Transparent” star Gaby Hoffmann? If your answer was something along the lines of, “at Michael Jackson’s ranch with Nicole Richie, Kim Kardashian and a pair of chimps,” we’ve got news for you: your imagination is reality. When Hoffmann dropped by HuffPost Live on Tuesday […]
When fresh ideas are hard to come by, don’t settle for plagiarism. Or Settl, as the case may be, which happens to be the name of a satirical dating app featured in a sketch on last week’s “Saturday Night Live.” Coincidentally, it’s the same name used by developer Matt Condon and designer Ben Zweig in […]
J.K. Rowling sprang to the defense of her most evil character Voldemort on Tuesday after he was compared to Donald Trump. The Harry Potter author posted on Twitter that it was “horrible” that people were calling Trump by the half-blood wizard’s name. And she added, “Voldemort was nowhere near as bad.” How horrible. Voldemort was […]
Type A individuals are often derided as “workaholics,” “control freaks” or “too competitive.” Obviously, Type As, who possess wonderful qualities in addition to not so great ones, are often misunderstood. But if Hollywood success is any indication, Type A characters are universally embraced. Some of our favorite characters from TV and film — ones we […]
