Keep Sweet Trailer Netflix Docuseries Uncovers Abuse In Mormon Sect

Such is the reasoning for enduring the generational abuse at the hands of self-professed prophet Warren Jeffs, who led a secretive polygamous sect of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (FLDS). Netflix’s true crime docuseries “Keep Sweet: Pray and Obey,” streaming June 8, analyzes the radical arm of the Mormon Church of the Latter-Day Saints, with Jeff at the helm of an abusive polygamist child-marrying branch. Jeff accumulated 78 wives — 24 of which were underage girls — over the course of his religious dictatorship....

February 5, 2023 · 3 min · 454 words · Nathan Hines

Kirsten Dunst Asks Kanye West Why She S On His Campaign Poster

“What’s the message here, and why am I apart [sic] of it?” Dunst tweeted. Anna Wintour is also among the faces included on the poster, below. The photo of Dunst, it turns out, was taken by Mario Testino for a 2002 Vanity Fair shoot. Ahead of the primaries, Dunst publicly endorsed Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders, who recently gave remarks at the 2020 Democratic National Convention. Dunst was last seen in the Showtime dark comedy series “On Becoming a God in Central Florida,” which aired in the fall and was picked up for a second season shortly thereafter....

February 5, 2023 · 2 min · 246 words · Robert Lara

Leslie Grace Responds To Batgirl Not Being Released

Leslie Grace took to her Instagram Wednesday night to share her thoughts on the DC film being shelved by Warner Bros. Discovery without hope of being released in any format. “Batgirl” was expected to be a direct-to-HBO Max movie and hit the service late this year or in early 2023. Grace would have been the first Latina lead in a film based on a DC Comics character. “Querida familia!” Grace wrote....

February 5, 2023 · 2 min · 362 words · Troy Kaufman

Leslie Jordan Remembered Sean Hayes Paul Feig Jack E Henry

“Will and Grace” star Sean Hayes, who frequently acted alongside Jordan during the latter’s guest appearances on the sitcom, called him “one of the funniest people” he ever worked with, and “a unique talent with an enormous, caring heart.” — Sean Hayes (@SeanHayes) October 24, 2022 Paul Feig, who appeared with Jordan in the 1990 film “Ski Patrol,” called Jordan, “A true sweetheart” and said, “The world is a much sadder place without him in it....

February 5, 2023 · 2 min · 343 words · Brandy Kelley

Loki How Brazil And Blade Runner Influenced The World Building

However, Farahani had his own personal influence: “Brazil,” which provided a distinctive atmosphere of oppression. “For me, ‘Brazil’ was the perfect reference,” he said, “because of the anachronism, which was an important part of our show, where you’re combining [elements] from different timelines, but also the feeling of bureaucracy: this giant monolithic entity crushing the individual.” In designing the TVA sets, Farahani combined the clean, angular American mid-century modernism of “Blade Runner” and “Mad Men” with the cold, brutalistic architecture found in Europe and the Soviet Union during the same period....

February 5, 2023 · 4 min · 804 words · Thomas Jones

Lord Of The Rings Script Leaked To Get Film Away From Harvey Weinstein

At the time Jackson and Weinstein were developing “The Lord of the Rings,” McWeeny worked as a writer for Ain’t It Cool News. In his Polygon essay, McWeeny discusses getting the script for the two-film “Lord of the Rings” adaptation leaked to him by people at WingNut and WETA studios. The hope was that positive buzz created for the project on Ain’t It Cool News would be noticed and potentially save the project from the limitations Weinstein was enforcing....

February 5, 2023 · 2 min · 312 words · Sarah Hunter

Loretta Lynn Dead Country Music Legend Was 90

The country music star passed away at her home in Hurricane Mills, Tennessee per the Associated Press. Lynn’s memoir and life story was previously adapted into the Oscar-winning 1980 film “Coal Miner’s Daughter,” directed by Michael Apted and starring Sissy Spacek as Lynn. Deemed as one of the best musical biopics, “Coal Miner’s Daughter” starred Spacek as Lynn, with Tommy Lee Jones as her husband Doolittle Lynn. Beverly D’Angelo played Patsy Cline....

February 5, 2023 · 2 min · 394 words · Michelle Wright
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