Fans of Elvis Presley – and his famous family – take a closer look at their lives in a posthumous memoir titled From Here to the Great Unknown, co-written by Lisa Marie Presley and her daughter Riley Keough. Oprah Winfrey She revealed the memoir as her latest book club pick on “CBS Mornings” on Tuesday. … Read more
Based on the novel by Matt Haig, The Radleys is a vampire horror-comedy that can’t quite get its tone right, so more often than not, it ends up in a lukewarm middle ground. The British production stars Damian Lewis and Kelly Macdonald as Peter and Helen Radley, vampiric parents in recovery whose suburban normalcy can … Read more
Choreographer, dancer and creative director Charm LaDonna has signed with WME to help build her profile as a filmmaker. LaDonna choreographed Dua Lipa’s videos for “Dance the Night” and “Houdini.” Earlier this year, La’Donna took home an MTV Video Music Award for her work in the latter. She previously won in 2019 for the choreography … Read more
Cissy Houston, mother of the late Whitney Houston A two-time Grammy Award winner who has performed alongside such star musicians as Elvis Presley and… Aretha FranklinCBS News confirmed that she had died. She was 91 years old. Houston died Monday morning at her home in New Jersey while receiving hospice care for Alzheimer’s disease, her … Read more
The desire to be one with another is both an impossible and downright terrifying romantic proposition. In his feature debut, “Else,” which premiered at the Toronto Film Festival, director Thibault Amin flirts with the romantic-comedy trappings of the former, but quickly becomes immersed in the disorienting possibilities of the latter. Based on the story of … Read more
In Nick Hamm’s film William Tell, it is Claes Bang’s turn to shoot an apple at his son’s head. “How do you get someone to say yes to that?! We’ve spent a long time talking about that. This is a man who doesn’t want to be part of the war anymore: he’s seen too much.” … Read more
Christopher Ciccone, the former entertainer and dancer who was also Madonna’s younger brother, has died, his representative Brad Taylor confirmed to CBS News. He was 63 years old. Taylor said in a statement that he died of cancer on October 4, surrounded by his husband, Ray Thacker. Born on November 22, 1960 in Pontiac, Michigan, … Read more
“What do you think about girls’ boxing?” The man asking that is Jason Crutchfield (Brian Tyree Henry), the coach of the boys’ boxing club in Flint, Michigan. It’s 2012, and five years before he allowed one girl to join his club (even though it was against protocol): a sulky 11-year-old named Clarissa Shields, played by … Read more
Al Pacino revealed on The New York Times’ podcast “The Interview” that he lost his pulse during a near-death experience with Covid during the 2020 pandemic. The infection led to dehydration and “my pulse was gone,” the Oscar winner said. It was just like that – you’re here, you’re not there. I thought: Wow, you … Read more