Movies
The Entire Twilight Saga Just Hit Netflix And Fans Are Screaming
Get ready to take a wild trip down memory lane, Twilight fans, because the entire saga is now available to binge on Netflix. Based on the books by Stephenie Meyer, the first novel Twilight, published in 2005, introduced the everyday teenage girl Bella Swan falling in love with the sparkly vampire Edward Cullen. Meyer later published over three sequels for the next three years: New Moon, Eclipse, and Breaking Dawn. The series also included a juicy love triangle between Bella, Edward, and the werewolf Jacob Black. However, the books did not pick up full steam until November 2008 when the first film dropped in theaters starring Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson in their breakout roles, grossing $393 million worldwide. New Moon set records for advance ticket sales and had the sixth-hig...
Sadie Sink On Fear Street, Stranger Things, And Hitting Her Stride
By Annie Zaleski When Sadie Sink connects with MTV News on a recent Monday, it’s mere hours before the in-person premiere for Netflix’s Fear Street trilogy. Later that night, the actress — who’s perhaps best known for portraying Max on Stranger Things — would be spotted in Los Angeles State Historic Park wearing a black bandeau top, wide black pants, and hefty boots. On the phone, however, the Texas native reveals that this very morning, she realized this screening was exactly two years to the day after the premiere for Season 3 of Stranger Things. Much has changed for Sink during this time. She turned 18 (and is now 19), graduated high school, and made some important decisions about post-grad life. But one of the most transformative things she did was film Fear Stre...
Scarlett Johansson’s Black Widow Story Is Right On Time, Even If It Took A Decade
By Emlyn Travis In an unexpected way, Scarlett Johansson is “thankful” that it took almost a decade for Marvel Studios to give her character, Natasha Romanoff, her own solo film. “This movie would’ve been so different if we had made it 10 years ago. It was another time, and I think we can all agree on that,” she said to a pool of journalists during a set visit to Pinewood Studios in 2019. Since her first appearance in 2010’s Iron Man 2, the story of the Russian spy-turned-first female Avenger has been exclusively tied to the successes of her male superhero counterparts. She was the sexy and mysterious “very expensive sexual harassment lawsuit” threat that kept Tony Stark on his toes in Iron Man 2 and the close friend and confidante that Steve Rogers could rely on while fighting the nefario...
INXS’ ‘Original Sin’ Short Film and Soundtrack Coming Soon
Accompanying the visual is a 13-song soundtrack, said to be the first-ever INXS-specific project between Petrol Records and UMe. Original Sin takes its name from the Australian new wave band’s 1984 song, produced by Nile Rodgers, and is the final project from the late Chris “CM” Murphy, INXS’s longtime executive producer and champion. Murphy managed the rockers from 1979 until 1995 and again in the 2000s, and oversaw a string of successful campaigns that breathed new life into their profile and catalog. He passed away Jan. 16 at the age of 66. Original Sin – The 7 Sins was presented to the world’s press with a webinar featuring the film’s cast, crew and INXS founding member Kirk Pengilly. “This has been a labor of love in every way that one can call something a labor...
Encanto’s Trailer Will Make You Dance, Thanks To Lin-Manuel Miranda
A trailer for Disney’s upcoming animated musical film Encanto has dropped today (July 8), and we have a first look at the new music Hamilton creator Lin-Manuel Miranda has composed for the movie. Set in the mountains of Colombia, Encanto tells the colorful story of a magical family called the Madrigals. However, teenage protagonist Mirabel, voiced by Brooklyn Nine-Nine star Stephanie Beatriz, is the only non-magical child and has to cope with being just “ordinary.” Yet danger lurks in the horizon to threaten her family’s magic, and she may be their only hope and savior. One of Miranda’s new songs is featured in the trailer, and it characteristically blends folk-music elements with a bright beat easy to dance to, as well as lyrics vocalizing the film’s title and its setting in Colombia. In ...
Elle Has A Tough Choice To Make In The Kissing Booth 3 Trailer
The first trailer for the third and final installment of The Kissing Booth trilogy is here! And not surprisingly, Elle is stuck yet again in another dilemma to choose between guys. Stars Joey King, Joel Courtney, and Jacob Elordi are back, reprising their roles as Elle Evans and the Lynn brothers Lee and Noah. The Kissing Booth 3 follows Elle as she enjoys her last summer at a beach house before going off to college, ticking off a list of fun bucket-list experiences with her best friend Lee while also balancing her relationship with Noah. But Elle has yet to choose which college to attend. Will she move across the country to go to Harvard with Noah or stay locally at UC Berkeley with Lee? Things get even more complicated when an old flame from the previous movie, Marco (Taylor Zakhar Perez...
How A Sisterly Friendship Helped Florence Pugh Through Black Widow
By Emlyn Travis It’s mid-afternoon on a hot September day in 2019 when the actress Florence Pugh sweeps into the press tent at Pinewood Studios, located in a rural town outside London, with a secret weapon: a package of Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups. “Do you want one?” she goads, outstretching the open bag toward a group of journalists. “I think some of you might want one of these, because there are so many.” Pugh’s lighthearted charisma is a salve in the sweltering autumn heat as she laughs loudly. She hands out candy while dressed in a white, battle-worn stealth suit minutes after stepping off the set of a multi-million dollar Marvel blockbuster film. “They’re minis! Go on, have one! Pass it around!” As she settles into a studio chair, Pugh is excited to “finally” talk about the marvelous m...
‘Amy Winehouse & Me: Dionne’s Story’ to Premiere on MTV, Paramount+: Exclusive
On July 23, MTV and Paramount+ will begin airing the documentary Amy Winehouse & Me: Dionne’s Story, which tell the singer’s story through the lens of her goddaughter, Dionne Bromfield, Billboard can announce. The doc about the iconic “Rehab” singer, who died on July 23, 2011, is slated to begin airing on July 23 in almost 180 countries outside the U.S. and on Paramount+ in Australia, Canada, Latin America and the Nordics later this summer. “I can’t tell you now just how therapeutic this journey has been for me. Finally, I can move forward into the next chapter of my career knowing that I have dealt with emotions that have been buried for years,” says Bromfield, a singer-songwriter. “I hope this documentary shows Amy as more than just a person struggling with ad...
Camila Cabello Is Spellbinding In The Magical Cinderella Teaser
The first teaser trailer for the new Cinderella has dropped! A modern twist to the classic fairy tale, the upcoming film stars Camila Cabello in her first major acting role as the title character. The 30-second trailer, released today (June 30), shows Cinderella, or “Ella,” as an aspiring seamstress who wants the world to know her name, away from the basement she is forced to dwell in. She belts an ambitious song that is implied to also be about her wish to go to the ball. A brief scene follows her genderless fairy godparent Fab G, played by Billy Porter, appearing to her, ready to make her dreams come true — to which Cinderella replies, “Yes, I was singing and crying about it like two minutes ago.” The musical film also features an all-star cast. Broadway and Frozen “Let It Go” sing...
Zola‘s Journey From Phone To Film Screen: ‘Every Tweet Is In There’
By Alex Gonzalez On a fateful weekend in 2015, A’Ziah “Zola” King embarked on a journey that would change her life. What was meant to be a quick trip from Detroit to Tampa, Florida to make some extra cash turned into a downward spiral of visits from strange men, pimping, stripping, and fallouts. In October of that year, King shared the story in a series of 148 tweets, pioneering the Twitter thread storytelling format and receiving international attention. This Wednesday (June 30), the iconic #ZolaStory comes to life on the big screen as Zola, a film almost six years in the making. While King herself has admitted that some parts of the original Twitter story are embellished, she says writer-director Janicza Bravo managed to capture the story King wanted to tell. “Every tweet is in there,” K...
Stone Temple Pilots’ Scott Weiland Movie Is in the Works
“Scott was glamorous, complicated and wounded. His childhood had a big effect on his struggles with addiction,” Beagan added in her own statement. A California native, Weiland formed the band Stone Temple Pilots with brothers Robert and Dean DeLeo and saw huge commercial success in the 1990s. In 1993, the band’s debut album Core peaked at No. 3 on the Billboard 200 followed by an even bigger achievement a year later in 1994 when STP released the No. 1 album Purple, which contained several radio hits including the songs “Big Empty,” “Vasoline” and “Interstate Love Song.” Erwin and producer Orian Williams are fulfilling a long-standing dream to make a film about Weiland’s life. “We want to make the most authentic film possible about this remarkable artist. Beyond Scott’s page ...
Ana de la Reguera on ‘Forever Purge,’ Artists Who Soundtracked Her Childhood & More
Mexican actress, producer and writer Ana de la Reguera grew up in a music-filled home with artists such as Lupita D’Alessio, Camilo Sesto, Emmanuel and Los Bukis soundtracking her childhood. In fact, her older sister, Ali Gua Gua, went on to become a singer-songwriter playing for rock-punk bands in Argentina and Mexico. De la Reguera took a different path, which led her to Hollywood, but she’s still entrenched in music thanks to her sister and her love for all types of Latin genres, from reggaeton to rock en Español. Following de la Reguera’s semi-autobiographical show Ana, where music is key to telling the story of her journey as an actress, the upcoming horror film The Forever Purge finds de la Reguera in a more serious and action-filled setting, where sh...
