Author: Michael

Let’s face it: We are not OK. Horror movies have a beautiful — and beautifully nasty — way of reflecting our anxiety back at us. That’s how you know they’re working. Horror filmmakers aren’t just trying to reach the audience, they’re trying to scare the audience. So it’s in everyone’s best interest, artistically and financially, to keep track of what’s keeping everybody up at night. There was an illuminating and lucrative wave of ultraviolent, ultra-cynical horror films in the 2000s (“Saw,” “Hostel”), a response to the vulnerability Americans felt after 9/11, and our culture’s violent, ugly response to suddenly feeling…

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The Challenge: Cutthroat star Anna Leigh Wilson is expressing regret for some of her behavior with costar Leo Dionicio. “I said things I shouldn’t have said, and I understand why people are disappointed or uncomfortable watching it,” Anna Leigh, 31, shared via Instagram on Wednesday, August 19, acknowledging that it was inconsiderate to her husband, Coy Wilson, and their relationship. “I’m married, and I know the conversation crossed a line that I never should have allowed it to cross. I take responsibility for that.” During the Wednesday episode of The Challenge: Cutthroat, cameras rolled as Anna Leigh and Leo, 24,…

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The Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders put their own spin on “This or That” on Instagram before revealing America’s Sweethearts: Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders was officially returning for Season 4 in 2027. The DCC showed off some of their signature moves while sharing the August 20 renewal news, which came after Season 3 spent two weeks in Netflix’s Global Top 10 and reached the Top 10 in 22 countries. Per a press release, Season 4 is set to follow rookie candidates, comeback hopefuls and seasoned vets throughout the 2026-27 season, with Kelli Finglass and Judy Trammell back alongside the newly formed squad. The…

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Joy-Anna Duggar is opening up about getting married young to husband Austin Forsyth. “I was 4 and he was 8 when they moved up from Texas,” Joy-Anna, 28, said during her appearance on the Wednesday, August 19, episode of sister Jinger Duggar and brother-in-law Jeremy Vuolo’s eponymous podcast. “We actually met when we were really young,” the 19 Kids and Counting alum continued. “But then his family … I think they had visited wherever we were having church, and then they, like, went and they had a different church and we didn’t see each other really very often until he…

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