All the nerves, emotions, and hidden layers of meaning that went into the psychosexual thriller’s final provocation. This article was originally published on November 20. We are recirculating it now timed to Saltburn’s streaming debut on Prime Video. Be sure to also read Alison Willmore’s review of the film, our interview with the bathtub scene’s foley artist, and Roxana Hadadi’s analysis of the ending.
Once you’ve made it through the slurping, jizz-spiked bathwater scene and the grave-fucking moment in Emerald Fennell’s outrageous psychosexual thriller Saltburn, really, where can it all go from there?
The ObserverAnthony HorowitzReviewBond is headhunted by Smersh in a plot to eliminate the moderate Khrushchev in this rollicking Russian spy story
Anthony Horowitz’s third James Bond tale begins both dynamically and canonically. It starts immediately after the events of Ian Fleming’s final Bond novel, The Man With the Golden Gun, at M’s funeral; his murderer is none other than 007, who has now been brainwashed by the Russians and turned into their prime asset.
Back in 2015, Young Thug was taken into custody in Georgia. He spoke to police about Lil Wayne's tour bus shooting, despite him being in jail on a separate charge. A majority of his conversation with police surrounded the shooting, and it went on for quite some time. While he was never charged in relation to the shooting, authorities thought he could have been involved, and chatted with him for roughly two hours about it.
The Pittsburgh PD just announced an arrest warrant has been issued for a former Steelers running back -- whose alleged graffiti exploits have made him the Banksy of the Steel City.
The player is ex-RB Baron Batch -- a 2011 draft pick who was cut in 2013.
Cops say the 28-year-old has been tagging all over the city -- and caused more than $16,000 in damage after hitting the Three Rivers Heritage Trail, the Hot Metal Bridge and the Mon Wharf Parking lot.
Costume designer Andrea Flesch assembled more than 50 outfits to define the title character in “Colette,” a film in which period costumes strongly support the story of avant-garde French novelist Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette, who lived from 1873 to 1954 and became identified with such issues as creative copyright ownership and women’s emancipation.
Diddy is bringing his family to TV with a new docuseries, and the music mogul's 25-year-old son, King Combs, is opening up about what fans can expect.
King walked the carpet at the 2023 BET Awards at the Microsoft Theatre in Los Angeles on Sunday, and he spoke with ET's Kevin Frazier about the forthcoming reality series.
"Yeah, everyone's gonna be in it, the whole family," King shared. "We got a TV show coming soon on Hulu and, yeah, it's gonna be crazy.
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Frank Sinatra's "That's Life" was part of a major career resurgence for Ol' Blue Eyes at a time when his traditional pop style was no longer dominant.
Published on June 6, 2023 2 min read TL;DR:
Frank Sinatra’s “That’s Life” features a passive-aggressive lyrical addition from Ol’ Blue Eyes himself. The co-writer of the song revealed what he thought of Sinatra’s cover of it. “That’s Life” became the singer’s next-to-last top 10 single in the United States.
Another day, another fun example of celebrity fan culture, beauty ideals, fatphobia and the internet intersecting. How parasocial! Isn’t modern life a ride!
Lana Del Rey has had one of the most engaged and die-hard fan bases since her debut single Video Games was released in 2011. Not only do people love her music, but they love the way she looks – her coolness coveted, her style emulated, her beauty put on a pedestal.
“There are aspects of the play we kindly ask you not to reveal in your review of Gloria.” So read the email from the press agents for Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’s new shocker at the Vineyard.
Under ordinary circumstances it would be a perfectly reasonable request. But no Jacobs-Jenkins play (among them, recently, Appropriate and An Octoroon) is an ordinary circumstance: He is a genre-subverting provocateur who deals in discomfort as others do in bon mots.