The Goldfinch: When Adaptation Is Way Too Reverent

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. The problem is that the grogginess seeps into the narrative. I saw only opportunities blown. Watching the movie at itsToronto International Film Festivalworld premiere, I felt the same thing. And I sensed the audience go from rapt to absorbed to indifferent to let down. I like those first two-thirds of the movie a lot, though....

September 12, 2019 · 2 min · 236 words · Jacqueline Lopez

The Pharaoh We Need

Countertenor Anthony Roth Costanzo brings the sexually ambiguous monarch of Philip GlasssAkhnatento the Met. Fall Preview The most anticipated releases of the season ahead. Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. (Glass accentuates the mystery by having the libretto sung in ancient languages.) Costanzo is a fast-talking enthusiast who has kept the engines of his career perpetually revved. My parents were both psychologists, Costanzo says, and thats such a psychologically tortured story!...

September 12, 2019 · 1 min · 154 words · Richard Tran

TheAHS: 1984Credits Are a Spandex Slasher Nightmare

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. Ryan Murphy shared the title sequence forAmerican Horror Story: 1984on his Instagram Thursday morning. Its a mix of Jane Fonda workout tape and 1980s video nasty. Emma Roberts gets top billing, with Billie Lourd coming in second. Will one of them be the typical 1980s Final Girl? 1980s horror never looked so good.

September 12, 2019 · 1 min · 68 words · Sydney Hall

This Video of Shawn Mendes and Camilla Cabello Kissing Is Cursed

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. Some things dont belong on Instagram.TikToks for one, and cringey make-outs for two. Now, Senorita singersShawn MendesandCamila Cabelloare doubling down. Its even worse than the washing-machine-syndrome kiss fromAngus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging. And the whole world is the friend who just has to stand there awkwardly and watch. We just wanna show you how we really kiss....

September 12, 2019 · 1 min · 157 words · Melissa Johnson

Akili McDowell on Playing the Highs and Lows ofDavid Makes Man

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. He just wants to be there for his mom. She doesnt gotta worry about David. Thats what he wants. Davids gonna do his job; David gonna get things done. And I felt that way in my life as well. Thats whats important to me that somebody else out there has looked up to me. In tonights episode, David says, Im mad I cant be normal....

September 11, 2019 · 3 min · 619 words · Bianca Meyer

Bachelor in ParadiseRecap: End Times

Bachelor in Paradise Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. The final days of Paradise loom, and its just chaos out there. Bri is still a thing? Were expected to watch Demi and Kristian have full conversations without looking at each other? Clay is made of sweat somehow? Hes more emotional stress sweat than man at this point, and theres nothing we can do about it....

September 11, 2019 · 3 min · 573 words · Jordan Cook

Chrissy Teigen Actually Does Agree With Trump on Two Things

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. Chrissy Teigens Twitter presence is its own special subset of mayhem on an already-chaotic app. (The final straw? Lolllllll no one likes you.) Those two things are true, she admitted onThe Ellen Degeneres Show. I do have a filthy mouth. The thing is, she knows how to use it. Should I say this? Should I say this?...

September 11, 2019 · 1 min · 110 words · Matthew Brown

Cult Music Icon Daniel Johnston Dead at 58

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. His former managerconfirmedhis passing to the AustinChronicle,citing a heart attack. Johnston had been open in the past about his diagnoses of schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. Johnstons family released a statement in remembrance of his life and legacy. Daniel was a singer, songwriter, an artist, and a friend to all, the statement read. Related Tags:

September 11, 2019 · 1 min · 69 words · Heather Munoz

Ex-Southern CharmStar Thomas Ravenel Avoids Jail Time, Pleads Guilty to Assault and Battery Charges

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. He agreed to a $500 fine and probation, avoiding a 30-day jail sentence. Ravenel was arrested that September. Ledwell is not the first woman to accuse Ravenel of sexual assault. Ravenel ultimately settled with Holloway Perkins for $200,000. Related Tags:

September 11, 2019 · 1 min · 55 words · Shelly Nguyen

HowSharp Objects’Makeup Team Mastered the Art of Being Slowly Poisoned to Death

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. Theyre sweating and throwing up that force-fed medicine onto their nightgowns. Their eyes are cocooned in dehydrated despair. Their skin isbeggingfor Creme de la Mer. They are, simply, dead women walking, unless the spoonfuls of poison stops. Theres nothing worse than watching a film or TV show and the makeup taking you out of it....

September 11, 2019 · 3 min · 572 words · Randall Hunt

Kelly Clarkson’s ‘Bad Romance’ Cover Has Changed Me Fundamentally

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. Every episode kicks off with a different Kellyoke, where she covers a popular song. Kellys stripped back version ditches the (again, iconic, dont come for me, stans!) synth pop and transforms it into a 1980s headbanger. Simply put: It rocks. If we dont get a Kellyoke soundtrack eventually, NBC will be hearing from me and my lawyers....

September 11, 2019 · 1 min · 81 words · Samantha Henry

Robert Frank, 1924–2019: The Rage and the Benevolence

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. He had awesome shoes and no socks and he wore the same pants for days on end. Im famous, he joked to a friend a long time ago. It may be that, as your doctor says, it isnt healthy to live your life angry. But Frank lived to be 94, bum heart and all. So be mad, and risk appearing corny, and dont wear socks....

September 11, 2019 · 3 min · 581 words · Charles Jackson

Someone Tell Billie Eilish That Jenna Fischer and Angela Kinsey Are Starting anOfficePodcast

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. The two actresses arevery close in real life, so theyll also just talk about being friends. We know whatBillie Eilishwill be listening to as she tours the world. Sources Related Tags:

September 11, 2019 · 1 min · 46 words · Chelsea Hicks