Author: Michael

Sydney Sweeney is seemingly — and subtly — hitting back at swirling commentary about her stripped-down ad campaign for sports betting site Novig. “It’s game dayy,” Sweeney, 29, wrote in a sponsored Sunday, September 13, Instagram Stories post alongside nude images from her Novig photoshoot. In follow-up slides, Sweeney shared clothes-free images of pro athletes Serena Williams, Ronda Rousey, Sue Bird, Megan Rapinoe, Caroline Wozniacki, Myles Garrett, Rob Gronkowski, Karl-Anthony Towns, in addition to Jason Kelce and the Philadelphia Eagles offensive line during their respective covers for ESPN’s Body Issue. Sweeney didn’t publicly share the reason behind her decision to…

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Achingly rooted in the tribulations of this world, director Basam Tariq’s “Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother” takes the trappings and tropes of the hitman story and baptizes it with spiritual sensibilities. The Islamic faith that defines Tariq’s assassin-for-hire protagonist Latif (Mahershala Ali) is not merely window dressing, nor is it just eclectic seasoning to separate it from other “contract killer with haunted past unleashes vengeance” films. This movie is a piece of art that seriously grapples with what it means to be a people of faith, to offer grace and to labor for a better world when the world…

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When “Pretenders” was announced as one of the galas at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival, the title appeared on the list without any advance word or details about what it was. The director, Joss Crowley, was best known for documentaries and music films, so it made sense that it might be a doc about the rock band of that name – but would Chrissie Hynde, the famously opinionated and press-shy leader of the band, really want to cooperate with a feature length portrait? Well yes, “Pretenders” really is a documentary about the Pretenders. And no, Hynde really didn’t want…

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Courtney Stodden is detailing the ongoing effort to end child marriage in the United States after publicly calling out problematic behavior from powerful men, including reality TV physician Dr. Drew Pinsky and Seinfield star Jason Alexander. “I’ve been working with Unchained at Last, and we have be working on AB 1267 – a bill that will end child marriage [in California] with no exceptions,” Stodden, 32, exclusively told Us on Saturday, September 12, while attending GBK Brand bar’s Annual Pre-TV Awards at Sun Rose in West Hollywood. Child marriage — defined as a legal union made to anyone under the…

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After gracing the big screen last year as Superman, David Corenswet will play a different kind of inspiring figure in “Mr. Irrelevant: The John Tuggle Story,” which got its first trailer on Sunday to time with the start of the 2026 NFL season. As many NFL fans know, “Mr. Irrelevant” is a tongue-in-cheek moniker given to the man who is the last player selected each year in the NFL Draft. In 1983, that man was John Tuggle, a running back who played for the Cal Golden Bears in college and was drafted by the New York Giants. With a combination…

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