“Julie Keeps Quiet” ignores the usual movie playbook on post-trauma drama with its unusually internal portrait of a teenage tennis player, Julie. After her ex-coach is suspended under murky circumstances, she prefers not to share details of his behavior. But her feelings in the aftermath run deep, and this Belgian film’s virtue lies in its … Read more
In “Grand Tour,” a lush, melancholy story of yearning, a man treks across Asia in flight from his fiancée. But this one-sentence plotline barely scratches the surface of the Portuguese director Miguel Gomes’s magnificent black-and-white film, which mixes mannered studio footage with fluid documentary images to build a world that doesn’t abide by traditional rules … Read more
Over the past decade, David Letterman — who walked away from “Late Night” in 2015 — has had time to reflect on the ups and downs of his career. In a recent interview, the 77-year-old former late-night television host opened up about the challenges he faced while in show business and explained why he thinks the pressures of Hollywood … Read more
Ray J has claimed he knows of multiple celebrities who are so scared of their ties to Sean “Diddy” Combs that they’ve been offering accusers cash to stay quiet as part of a “catch and kill” scheme. The R&B singer, who is friends with the fallen music mogul, told a new TMZ documentary that high-profile names have … Read more
As workers worry that they could lose their jobs to AI in the future, some experts claim it’s already happening. Instead of letting their employees “quiet quit,” employers are “silent firing,” or making the roles so hard that workers quit and, subsequently, are replaced by artificial intelligence. George Kailas, the CEO of Prospero.Ai and Fast … Read more
A 2011 video of Justin Bieber and Sean “Diddy” Combs on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” has resurfaced in the wake of the rapper’s arrest for alleged sex trafficking and racketeering. The clip begins with host Jimmy Kimmel asking the pair what their friendship is like and if they are working on music together. “I think that we have become … Read more
Travis Kelce’s slow start to the 2024 season continues to dominate sports media talk following his third straight underwhelming performance, a 30-yard, four-reception outing in Sunday night’s 22-17 win over the Falcons. While NBC’s Cris Collinsworth called out the lack of “magic” between Kelce and star Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes, former ESPN personality Todd McShay … Read more
Let the influx of Diddy documentaries begin. A new high-profile docuseries about Sean “Diddy” Combs’ alleged sex crimes was announced on Wednesday, just two days after the hip-hop star was arrested on charges of sex trafficking and racketeering. The untitled series got the green light from the Investigation Discovery network and is being produced by … Read more
LOS ANGELES — In a sleepy summer weekend at the box office, holdovers reigned supreme as newcomers landed without a splash. “Deadpool & Wolverine” reclaimed first place at the North American box office in its fifth weekend with $18.3 million. Its cumulative international earnings now sit at over $1.2 billion. The Walt Disney Co., which owns … Read more
The “A Quiet Place” franchise likely isn’t finished just yet — if “A Quiet Place: Day One” director Michael Sarnoski has any say in the matter. The prequel, which serves as the third installment in John Krasinki’s successful franchise, explores the early stages of the alien invasion depicted in the previous films. Joseph Quinn and … Read more
Yankees general manager Brian Cashman got an earful Wednesday from WFAN’s Brandon Tierney over the team’s quiet MLB trade deadline on Tuesday. Cashman was pressed on the team’s urgency compared to the past during the exchange with Sal Licata and Tierney. “If the urgency was always there, why was [Joey] Gallo given the leash that … Read more
After “quiet quitting,” one worker has graduated to “quiet vacationing,” spending a month overseas while only utilizing one week of paid time off. In an essay for Business Insider, an anonymous employee revealed how they pulled off the jet setting stunt without raising any eyebrows after the company implemented a return-to-office policy last year. The … Read more
There will be no sleeping in this sleepy village. A swarm of swingers descended on a quiet British village for a weekend of raunchy debauchery that has locals fuming. The four-day “Swingathon” kicked off Thursday in the small hamlet of Allington, a quaint landlocked neighborhood 40 miles southeast of London, according to SWNS. Matthew Cole … Read more
“A Quiet Place: Day One” is making noise at the box office. The prequel earned an estimated $53 million in its first weekend in North American theaters, according to studio estimates Sunday. It’s both a franchise best and significantly more than expected. Going into the weekend, prerelease tracking had “Day One” pegged for a $40 … Read more
It wasn’t so silent in sales. “A Quiet Place: Day One” was No. 1 at the box office on its opening day Friday, raking in $22.5 million, The Numbers reported. The film, the third installment in the “A Quiet Place” franchise, centers around New York City during an alien invasion and stars Lupita Nyong’o, whom … Read more
The cat. It’s all about the cat. No matter what else happens in “A Quiet Place: Day One,” no matter how sensational Lupita Nyong’o is — and she is — her character’s feline buddy is going to take over the story and, likely, the discourse around it. Mind you, there also was a cat, Jones, … Read more
Best friends — but not necessarily forever. Gen Z workers made waves two years ago by quiet quitting their jobs — a clever term for doing the bare minimum to get by, also known as acting your wage. Now, they’re doing the same with less-than-perfect friendships and relationships — the ones where they’re no longer really feeling … Read more
It’s the latest work-around. Move over quiet quitting. Millennials have devised a new way to surreptitiously play hooky at the workplace — quiet vacationing. That’s right, 30-something office workers are increasingly taking time off under the guise of working remotely — a hack facilitated by the uptick in work-from-home arrangements following the COVID-19 pandemic. According … Read more
A royal scolding. Sarah Ferguson ordered an unruly audience looking for “the next party” to be quiet as she delivered her speech at Thursday night’s Cannes Film Festival. The Duchess of York, 64, was captured scolding the crowd to “stop” multiple times as she thanked Simon de Pury, who had auctioned off a portrait of Queen … Read more
How the mighty have fallen. Jennifer Lopez was on cloud nine two years ago when she announced her engagement to Ben Affleck for the second time. “Two very lucky people. Who got a second chance at true love,” the singer said then. Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck got engaged for the second time in April … Read more