A giant, 40-foot-long slide, notorious for its bumpy rides, is back in business after being shuttered for two years amid safety concerns. The six-lane slide at Belle Isle Park in Detroit, Michigan, which went viral in 2022 after videos emerged showing riders bouncing along its ramp, reopened Friday. This time around, Michigan’s Department of Natural … Read more
“I dreamed of being the Iranian Martin Scorsese,” confesses Leila (Layla Mohammadi), the lead character in “The Persian Version,” Maryam Keshavarz’s semi-autobiographical reverie about a rising Iranian American director and her tumultuous family life. The film won the audience award at this year’s Sundance Film Festival, the second of Keshavarz’s movies to take that prize. … Read more
Blinding criticism hasn’t dimmed his light. Raunchy HBO show “The Idol” is over, and co-creator and star Abel “The Weeknd” Tesfaye said he’s “grateful” — despite fans slamming the racy, five-episode first season for the “worst sex scenes in history.” “Continue to push the vision no matter how bumpy the journey,” Tesfaye, 33, told his … Read more
Turns out, the third time is not the charm. At least not for Robin Wright, whose latest marriage is over. The actress filed for divorce from Clement Giraudet, Saint Laurent’s VP of Celebrity Relations, in September. They’d been married for four years, having met at the brand’s 2017 fashion show in Paris. Wright’s career is … Read more