The smartest people in the world are often featured in film, sometimes they are real, and sometimes fictional. They don’t always have anything in common, either, other than being geniuses. One might be a math wizard, another a musician who hears music no one else could conceive of. Here is our list of people like
Month: August 2024
There Amanda Jones was, living in her hometown of Watson, Louisiana, working as a middle school librarian in the school she once attended—an unremarkable and happy life. Then, everything changed. On a mid-July evening in 2022, Jones gave a short, powerful speech against censorship at her local public library’s board meeting. Four days later, she
Chigvintsev’s arrest came shortly after the couple celebrated their second wedding anniversary on Aug. 26, which he commemorated on Instagram by sharing photos of their Paris nuptials, writing, “Happy anniversary my love, can’t see my life without you. You are my everything.” Garcia, 40, posted her own special message alongside a video of their special
Oh yeah, life goes on—especially long after the thrill of Claim to Fame is gone. That’s the case for John Mellencamp‘s son Hud Mellencamp and Trace Adkins‘ daughter Mackenzie Adkins, who confirmed that they’ve continued seeing each other after striking up a flirty relationship during season three of the reality series. “We’re just hanging out,”
You know it’s coming. That awkward stage between summer and fall where it’s too cold to wear a sweater but too hot for just a t-shirt. I can honestly say it’s one of my most hated times of year – I just don’t know what to wear to stay comfortable when the weather begins to
A$AP Rocky has shared a zany video for new song “Tailor Swif,” finally released after leaking in 2022. Directed by Vania Heymann and Gal Muggia, and filmed in Kyiv, Ukraine, two months before the Russian invasion, the video presents a surreal tapestry of bathroom hijinks, canine chaperones, airborne vehicles, and urban pandas and dolphins—soundtracked by
Share Tweet Share Share Email My Notes on Mars is a sci-fi romance that’s set to blend the best of both genres. Directed by Lili Horvát, known for her unique storytelling style, this film marks her English-language debut. Starring Andrew Scott and Greta Lee, the movie promises a mix of romance, mystery, and futuristic intrigue.
While horror remakes are inevitable, its rare that international filmmakers are hired to helm American remakes of their originals. Even fewer filmmakers get to make not one, but TWO movies about sentient killer elevators (Killovators? Murdervators?). Lucky for us, Dick Maas laughs in the face of convention. His feature debut, The Lift, is a zany
It Ends With Us’ release date has come and gone, but following the movie’s box office success, it remains a hot topic among the 2024 movies, especially for what happened behind the scenes. The latest we’ve learned about the making of the romantic drama is how Ryan Reynolds’ apparent collaboration on the script was news
As part of hosting the Book Riot Podcast, co-writing Today in Books, while also keeping my own reading train running, I collect interesting book lists. Some I get around to linking to, some I don’t. So here on the precipice of Fall, I offer 42 book lists I’ve collected over the last couple of months.
Leah Remini is ready for her second act. After all, the King of Queens alum has parted ways with her husband Angelo Pagán after almost three decades together. “After 28 years together and 21 years of marriage, we have decided to file for divorce,” Leah and Angelo said in a joint statement shared on X
However, Garcia shared the couple were in Napa in an Aug. 28 Instagram Story, shortly after they celebrated their anniversary on Aug. 26. To mark the occasion, Garcia, 40, share a video of the couple’s nuptials, quoting Elvis Presley‘s “Can’t Help Falling in Love,” and writing, “This song is our love story.” “I’ll never forget where I
Jenna Ortega is on a sartorial roll (an on-theme one at that): Earlier this month, the actor began her press tour circuit for the highly anticipated “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice” film. A sequel to the beloved 1988 horror comedy, the movie also stars returning actors Winona Ryder, Catherine O’Hara and … Continue reading View Original Source Here
Earlier today, the deputy director of communications for former President Donald J. Trump posted a video on X that featured the White Stripes’ 2003 Elephant song “Seven Nation Army.” The aide, Margo Martin, has since deleted the post, but that did not stop Jack White from criticizing Martin and her boss. “Oh….Don’t even think about
This post is an excerpt from nonbinary author Ginelle Testa’s book Make a Home out of You, which will be released by She Writes Press on September 3, 2024. Testa spent their adolescence searching for a home in one destructive place after another and grappling with addiction – to sex, love, weight loss, drugs, and
Currently there is only one movie where Kylie Minogue is murdered by a masked madman, and then former Brat Packer Molly Ringwald swoops in to save the day. Of course that movie is none other than the horror obscurity Cut (2000). This hidden gem from Down Under popped up during the first slasher revival, which
All art is naturally subjective… but what does it mean if a particular piece of art finds extreme popularity? Is said popularity a direct result of great quality, or does it suggest a level of accessibility that suggests that the work doesn’t do enough to challenge the audience? It’s a debate that has no real
In his bestselling 2020 novel, The Midnight Library, Matt Haig told the story of a woman, who, after deciding to end her life, finds herself transported to a new metaphysical plane in the form of a magical library. With his new book, Haig sticks to our ordinary world and makes it magical, which makes The
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