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Burning at Both Ends: Surviving a Week in Wildfire-Torn Los Angeles
“We’d all assumed the Big One would be an earthquake,” writes Joy Press—“never imagined that Mother Nature might have a different apocalypse scripted for this city.”
By Joy Press
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Lucy Liu Has No Regrets After Speaking Out About Bill Murray
In a profile in The Guardian, Liu recalls fighting back after Murray allegedly said “inexcusable and unacceptable” things to her on the set of Charlie’s Angels. “I would have done that in any situation,” she says.
By Chris Murphy
Hi moms, Paul here
No, The Blake Lively-Justin Baldoni Legal Battle Has Not Killed A Simple Favor 2
Director Paul Feig took to social media Friday to debunk growing buzz that Lively's feud with her This Ends With Us co-star had shut his sequel down.
By Eve Batey
Mutual Aid
California Wildfires: How to Help Los Angeles From Anywhere in the World
Here’s where to donate, volunteer, or seek aid as flames continue for a fourth day.
By Chris Murphy and Savannah Walsh
California Wildfires
The Hollywood Sign Is Still Standing, Despite What You May Have Heard
Although fake, AI-generated images depicting the historic landmark ablaze have circulated online, the historic Hollywood sign has not been damaged in the California wildfires.
By Chris Murphy
Awards Insider!
2025 Directors Guild Nominees: Jacques Audiard, Brady Corbet, and Sean Baker Make the Cut
As awards season continues, the DGA nominees shed some light on a crowded field.
By Chris Murphy
FOLLICULAR FOLLIES
Jeremy Strong’s Golden Globes 2025 Bucket Hat Wasn’t Just About Fashion, It Was About Acting
The Succession actor’s rep told VF all about how fashion ties into Strong’s work in an upcoming Bruce Springsteen biopic.
By Kase Wickman
Pip Pip Cheerio
BAFTA 2025 Rising Star Nominees Include Mikey Madison, Marisa Abela, and David Jonsson
This year’s crop of rising stars includes an Oscar hopeful, an Emmy winner, and three vets of HBO’s Industry.
By Chris Murphy
Golden Globes 2025
Nikki Glaser, and Actually Surprising Winners, Saved the Golden Globes 2025
A comedian on the rise roasted a troubled awards show to a perfect medium rare.
By Richard Lawson
Golden Globes 2025
Wicked Is Not That Girl at the 2025 Golden Globes
All eyes were on Wicked and its stars, Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo, as it headed into the night with four nominations and a boatload of buzz.
By Chris Murphy
Awards Season
All the Highlights From the 2025 Golden Globes
The best looks from the red carpet, the night’s most shocking wins and losses, and everything else you missed.
It Ends With Court
Blake Lively Disputes “False Premise” of Justin Baldoni’s $250 Million New York Times Libel Suit
The publication stands by its reporting, though Baldoni’s camp alleges that the Times’ claims about misconduct on the set of It Ends With Us “relied almost entirely on Lively’s unverified and self-serving narrative.”
By Savannah Walsh
Streaming Guide
The 31 Best Movies on Amazon Prime to Watch Now (January 2025)
Whether you’re in the mood for a classic drama or a sexy tennis flick, see our list of the best movies on Amazon Prime Video.
By Jordan Hoffman
Obituary
Olivia Hussey: A Life in Photos
The award-winning star of Franco Zeffirelli's controversial adaptation of ‘Romeo and Juliet’ was 73.
By Eve Batey
stranger than fiction
This Year’s Biggest Documentaries Are a Liberal’s Nightmare
Dominated by religious content and conservative discourse, the documentaries at your local theater are about as far from Oscar bait as you can get. How did we get here?
By Eve Batey
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High Camp: Zsa Zsa Gabor, the Fabulous Fabulist
“From the start,” writes the oft-married 20th-century icon in her autobiography, One Lifetime Is Not Enough, “I luxuriated in having an audience, making people laugh, in binding them to me by all manner of spells.”
By Hadley Hall Meares
In Conversation
Harris Dickinson Isn’t Sure He’s Babygirl
His character in Halina Reijn’s erotic thriller, a sexy subordinate who seduces Nicole Kidman, “is someone who’s a little broken, and trying to find ways to seem not broken, like everyone in this world,” says Dickinson.
By Chris Murphy
Holiday Chill
Chris Columbus, the King of Christmas Movies, Has Now Gift-Wrapped a Nightmare With Nosferatu
He directed Home Alone and wrote Gremlins, among other holiday classics. Now he’s producing the wintery vampire drama alongside his daughter—and sharing real-life horror stories about how Chevy Chase chased him off Christmas Vacation and the clash he endured with Donald Trump over Home Alone 2.
By Anthony Breznican
Allegations
Blake Lively Accuses Justin Baldoni of Sexual Harassment, Retaliation in Bombshell Legal Filing
The star of domestic violence drama ‘It Ends With Us’ claims her co-star and the film's producers engaged in a covert PR war designed to ruin her reputation.
By Eve Batey
Review
Nosferatu Hasn’t Got Much Bite
A remake of a classic film is beautiful to look at but boring to watch.
By Richard Lawson
thank goodness
The Wicked Movie That Almost Was: Imagine No Songs, and Demi Moore or Whoopi Goldberg in Green as Elphaba
Producer Marc Platt reveals how a very different adaptation of Gregory Maguire’s novel almost happened, and why it took so long to get the stage and film version of the Oz story just right.
By Anthony Breznican