Gaspar Noé subverts his history with quiet, compassionate 'Vortex'

- - - As a beloved character actor taking a spin through the literary world, Tim Blake Nelson is fittingly drawn to detours in "City of Blows," his unfocused if intriguing debut novel about bitterness and ambition in Hollywood. Nelson, also an occasional playwright and filmmaker, seemingly aims to capture...

Kevin Costner’s Yellowstone will be coming to an end and the actor’s future with the show is up in the air, RadarOnline.com has learned. Earlier today, Deadline broke the story, Paramount + and Yellowstone creator Taylor Sheridan have come up with a plan to end Yellowstone. The parties have decided to launch a Matthew McConaughey-lead spin-off which will continue with the majority of the cast. Sources revealed that Costner has been refusing to commit to a lengthy shooting schedule. Deadline said that Costner originally had agreed to 65 days of shooting for the show. However, for the first part of...

Festus Haggen actor Ken Curtis almost returned for 'Gunsmoke: Return to Dodge,' but it never happened because of a serious argument with the producer.

Madonna graced the 2023 Grammy Awards stage on Sunday to present another singer's performance. However, she quickly shared a speech to the crowd and those watching from home. The "Material Girl" singer told everybody, "I'm here to give thanks to all the rebels out there, forging a new path and taking the heat for all of it."

- - - Reading Sadeqa Johnson's redemptive gut punch of a novel, "The House of Eve," made me recall the dissonance I felt in the summer of 2021 when National Book Award winner Ibram X. Kendi declared that the United States was experiencing a Black Renaissance. In Time magazine, Kendi and other prominent writers hailed the power of Black art across a variety of cultural forms. It felt strange to celebrate such victories at a time that otherwise felt so devastating. Two years on, amid a decidedly unfinished and inadequate reckoning, those feelings remain. And yet, it is also undeniable that the renaissance is real. Despite continued barriers to entry, Black creatives are producing phenomenal and socially relevant art at an impressive rate. It's an especially great time to be a reader of historical fiction that illuminates the African American experience. "The Prophets," "The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois," "Libertie" and "The Trees" are towering achievements, but they are just the best known of a remarkably vibrant category.

Raise a many-feathered tentacle if you love stories in which people are transformed into bizarre new shapes. If so, you're in luck: This February, four new science fiction and fantasy books feature some truly unreal transmogrifications. "Sterling Karat Gold" by Isabel Waidner is a quick read, written in simple, clean...