Bestselling author Kathryn Stockett’s new novel, “The Calamity Club,” was inspired by a photo of an oyster shucker girl. The novel centers on 11-year-old Meg, an orphan at a Mississippi orphanage where the older girls are shipped off to work in Biloxi canneries. Stockett’s book delves into Mississippi’s bleak history, including sterilization laws targeting women. … Read more
How to Be Cultured Menu Film A scene from Billy Wilder’s “Sunset Boulevard” (1950). ‘Sunset Boulevard’ (1950), directed by Billy Wilder “What I love about this movie,” says Bronstein, “is Gloria Swanson,” who plays Norma Desmond in Wilder’s tragic portrait of a former silent-film star desperate to make a return to the screen. Bronstein, 46, … Read more
These two Hollywood legends are seasoned. Mandy Patinkin and his wife, Kathryn Grody, put their relationship on-screen while playing versions of themselves in their new TV series, “Seasoned.” The idea for the show originated when “The Princess Bride” star, 72, and Grody, 78, became unlikely TikTok stars during the 2020 COVID pandemic. “During the pandemic … Read more
Kathryn Crosby, the actress who was married to Bing Crosby, has died. She was 90. A Crosby family representative confirmed to EW she passed away Friday night at her home in Hillsborough, Calif. while surrounded by family. The late star was born Olive Kathryn Grandstaff in West Columbia, Texas, in Nov. 1933. Kathryn and Bing … Read more
It was a cheeky choice for Disney. The first episode of “Agatha All Along,” now streaming on Disney+, has one of the only instances of nudity in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. During one scene, Agatha (Kathryn Hahn) runs around without clothing, while her bare rear end can be seen on-screen — shocking in the notoriously … Read more
‘I’ve been in so many ensembles where I’ve been, like, the horny mom. Or the horny divorced mom. And I loved all those parts! But there’s something about this where it was women — and this one beautiful queer boy — that just felt very next level.” “Agatha All Along” star Kathryn Hahn is Zooming … Read more
From Pawnee to LA! The crowd was in for a surprise at the premiere of Disney+’s newest series, “Agatha All Along,” when special guests made an appearance on the purple carpet Monday. Kathryn Hahn, 51, and Aubrey Plaza, 40, who play Agatha Harkness and Rio Vidal, respectively, were joined by their former “Parks and Recreation” … Read more
Kathryn Hahn stars as an unlikely advice columnist in “Tiny Beautiful Things.” The half-hour dramedy, premiering April 7 on Hulu, was created by Liz Tigelaar (“Little Fires Everywhere”) based on a book by Cheryl Strayed (author of the hit memoir-turned-movie “Wild”). Reese Witherspoon and Laura Dern are executive producers — in other words, it’s catnip for … Read more