“Killers of the Flower Moon” actress Lily Gladstone has always felt comfortable using the she/they pronouns in an effort to “decolonize gender.” “I remember being 9 years old and just being a little disheartened, seeing how often a lot of my boy cousins were misgendered because they wore their hair long,” Gladstone, 37, told People … Read more
Like the Death Star obliterating planets, Zack Snyder is out to topple countless innocent genres. He already turned the DC Comics films into a black hole of misery with the gloomy “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice” and “Justice League.” And now the diabolical director is zapping the enjoyment out of outer space, too, in … Read more
Sofia Boutella knows what it’s like to lose a home. Born and raised in Algeria, Boutella was 10 when she and her family fled to Paris after Algeria descended into civil war. Now 41, she drew on that formative experience for Zack Snyder’s sci-fi epic “Rebel Moon — Part One: A Child of Fire” as … Read more
“Killers of the Flower Moon,” Martin Scorsese’s telling of the terrible history of the killings of at least 60 Osage people in the 1920s by white neighbors who coveted their oil money, has been part of the film conversation since it was first unveiled at the Cannes Film Festival in May. This month, New York … Read more
Vivid Seats is the New York Post’s official ticketing partner. We may receive revenue from this partnership for sharing this content and/or when you make a purchase. After headlining at six (!) U.S. festivals in 2023, Alanis Morissette is striking out on her own next summer. The seven-time Grammy winner and “Great North” voice actor … Read more
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — The little asteroid visited by NASA’s Lucy spacecraft this week had a big surprise for scientists. It turns out that the asteroid Dinkinesh has a dinky sidekick — a mini-moon. The discovery was made during Wednesday’s flyby of Dinkinesh, 300 million miles (480 million kilometers) away in the main asteroid belt beyond Mars. … Read more
Brendan Fraser’s bombastic performance in “Killers of the Flower Moon” has gotten criticism online, but he’s got one powerful defender. Director Martin Scorsese, 80, proclaimed that Fraser, 54, was “perfect” in his film. The Oscar-winning actor has been slammed by some viewers who thought his scenery chewing turn in the movie was over the top. Currently … Read more
The demimondes depicted by the American master Martin Scorsese vary widely — his New York stories alone span three centuries — but they have one common requirement: It takes intelligence, of one kind or another, to navigate them. His protagonists are smart, street smart, shrewd, skillful or some combination of those qualities as a rule. … Read more
Welcome to November, folks. With the trees bare, the sunlight waning and cuffing season cuffing, we have a month of intrigue, intensity and illuminations lie ahead of us. Mars, planet of will and war, and the sun are in the sign of Scorpio for most of November, imbuing all of us with the fire power … Read more
Cue the chaos and the closure. A full bull moon lunar eclipse in Taurus is on the rise. The moon will reach peak illumination at 4:24 P.M. EST on Saturday, October 28 and the partial eclipse will be visible over much of Africa, the Middle East and Asia, but will only be observable in the … Read more
He made sure his moon was fully protected. Leonardo DiCaprio is an actor known to roll with the punches but when it came time to film a “shocking” spanking scene in the new film, “Killers of the Flower Moon,” the Oscar winner made sure he was fully prepared by wearing padding on his butt to soften … Read more
That’s one giant leap into the past. A recent analysis of lunar dirt brought back by the final Apollo mission in 1972 has confirmed that Earth’s satellite is 4.46 billion years old — some 40 million years more than originally thought. It’s now thought that our moon began as the giant shard of a Mars-sized … Read more
Of all the haunting images and disturbing sounds that permeate Martin Scorsese’s “Killers of the Flower Moon,” none is more upsetting than the guttural cry from Mollie Burkhart (Lily Gladstone), a tortured wail of rage and grief that escapes her reserved visage when tragedy strikes. And it often does: “Killers” tells the true story, adapted … Read more
Throughout his acclaimed filmography, Martin Scorsese has been known for left-of-center casting choices. His longtime collaborator and casting director Ellen Lewis said in an interview that they always “try to go outside the box in interesting ways.” For evidence, consider memorable appearances by Scorsese’s mother, Catherine, in “Goodfellas” and the writer Fran Lebowitz as a … Read more
But “strong reviews and Mr. DiCaprio’s own box office history — especially with Mr. Scorsese — provide ample amounts of good will for audiences,” he added, and work in the film’s favor. “The market hasn’t had a high-profile film targeted toward adults for a while.” (“Oppenheimer,” with a similar run time and equally serious subject … Read more
Millions of people across the Americas were treated to a rare celestial phenomenon on Saturday as an annular solar eclipse — known as the “ring of fire” — temporarily darkened skies from Oregon to Brazil. Spectators hooted and hollered as the moon passed in front of the sun, not completely blocking it out, but leaving … Read more
Be careful not to fall into this burning “ring of fire” without protection. Each continental state in the union plus Alaska will be treated to a celestial spectacle as the sun, Earth, and Moon, will align to create, as NASA described it, a “ring of fire” in the sky. What is a “ring of fire” … Read more
Even for Martin Scorsese, a master of turning true stories into hot movies, “Killers of the Flower Moon” is a high-wire act of filmmaking. Its subject is a lot trickier than the rise and fall of Howard Hughes or the stock market shenanigans of Jordan Belfort. The serious drama is about the horrific Osage murders … Read more
Shoot for the moon — you could land a new home. By 2040, Americans could be living on the moon, despite skeptics’ doubt, a NASA spokesperson told The New York Times. “We’re at a pivotal moment, and in some ways, it feels like a dream sequence,” Niki Werkheiser, the director of technology maturation at NASA, … Read more
They’re just going through a phase. The moon and Venus will visibly “snuggle,” as Space.com puts it, in the pre-dawn sky Tuesday morning. The two celestial bodies will share the same right ascension — which astronomers call a conjunction, the site reports. This special event is for early risers, as the spectacle will likely unfold … Read more