Screenwriter Mattson Tomlin’s latest movie,Project Power, is about a new street drug called Power that can make those who swallow it a superhero — at a price. The movie stars Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Jamie Foxx, and Dominique Fishback (Darlene on HBO’sThe Deuce) and is now streaming on Netflix. In our latest …
Read More »'The First Time' With Jamie Foxx and Dominique Fishback
Jamie Foxx and Dominique Fishback — co-stars of the upcoming Netflix action flick Project Power — discuss their earliest performances, first records, and most striking celebrity encounters in the latest installment of Rolling Stone’s The First Time. The clip opens with Fishback recalling her audition for Project Power. She flew …
Read More »Maya Rudolph Reacts to Kamala Harris VP Pick: 'Oh, Shit'
Maya Rudolph, who was nominated for an Emmy earlier this month for her impersonations of Senator Kamala Harris on Saturday Night Live, will likely be reprising that role more often following the announcement that presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden has named Harris as his running mate. Rudolph, an SNL …
Read More »Watch the Trailer for Miranda July's Quirky Heist Film 'Kajillionaire'
The first full-length trailer forKajillionaire — the latest bizarre comedy from Miranda July — is here. The film earned rave reviews when it premiered at Sundance earlier this year, and it’s scheduled to arrive in theaters on September 18th. Kajillionaire stars Evan Rachel Wood as Old Dolio, a 26-year-old outcast …
Read More »'RS Interview: Special Edition' With Jeff Bridges
The great thing about Jeff Bridges is that he is the Dude — just with a social conscience and a mystical tilt. “’Shut the fuck up, Donny,’” that could be a koan, Bridges told me during our recent video chat. “Or, ‘Well, that’s just like your opinion man.’ That’s another …
Read More »'Mucho Mucho Amor' Trailer Explores Life, Wisdom of Puerto Rican Astrologer Walter Mercado
Netflix has released the official trailer for its upcoming documentary on the storied Puerto Rican astrologer, Walter Mercado, Mucho Mucho Amor, set to premiere July 8th. For decades, Mercado was one of the most celebrated figures on Spanish-language television — an extravagant, endlessly positive, gender non-conforming sage who dispensed horoscopes, …
Read More »'Doom Patrol' Season 2 Trailer: DC Comics' Weirdest Series Returns
The weirdest series in the DC Comics stable of TV shows returns later this month with the season season of Doom Patrol, which will jump to HBO Max for Season 2. The preview reintroduces the offbeat superhero team — Robotman (Brendan Fraser), Negative Man (Matt Bomer), Elasti-Woman (April Bowlby), Jane …
Read More »Trailers of the Week: 'F Is for Family,' 'Lenox Hill,' 'NOS4A2' and More
F Is for Family, Season Four The animated comedy’s new season promises plenty of Lamaze classes, brawls on the hockey rink, and a lifetime’s worth of family resentment. As Frank Murphy (voiced by Bill Burr) prepares for the birth of his fourth child, he’s confronted by the return of his …
Read More »Fred Willard, 'Best in Show' and 'A Mighty Wind' Actor, Dead at 86
Fred Willard, the prolific and beloved comic actor and master of the mockumentary genre who stood out in ensemble comedies like Best in Show, For Your Consideration and This Is Spinal Tap, died Friday at the age of 86. Willard’s rep Glenn Schwartz confirmed his death toRolling Stone,adding that the …
Read More »'Rise Up New York': How NYC Star Power Highlighted Life at the COVID-19 Epicenter
On Monday night, Billy Joel was one of the few faces lingering in the otherwise largely deserted Times Square. His face appeared high in the sky, beamed onto 12 giant digital billboards in the famously chaotic midtown Manhattan neighborhood. It simultaneously beamed into TVs and internet livestreams as part of …
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