Stream of Reading (Prepare to be Forwarded) – An Archive of What I'm Reading
In the run-up to Halloween, I’ve seen really young girls dressed up as Harley Quinn pop up on social media. Confession: it grosses me out when I see it. I get that Harley was the best part of the Suicide Squad movie and is on a lot of merchandise nowadays. And, like lots of superhero…
Image Credit: America #1 cover by Jamie McKelvie and Matthew Wilson/Uncanny X-Men #600 interior art by Sara Pichelli, Mahmud Asrar, Stuart Immonen, Kris Anka, Chris Bachalo, David Marquez, and Frazer Irving Over the past few years, Marvel’s comic roster has steadily become more and more diverse, as their comics star a range of heroes of…
How the genre has attracted an unprecedented number of female directors – and why these artists are elevating scary movies to a whole other level From ‘Babadook’ to ‘Raw’: The Rise of the Modern Female Horror Filmmaker Female horror fans are hardly unicorns. Quite the opposite – we go to the movies to…
King Bach, Amanda Cerny, Marcus Johns and more walked away when Vine refused to fix its bugs and compensate them for their work. Most of us learned just last week that Vine’s mobile app will be shutting down. But some of the platform’s biggest stars have suspected for months that the end was near — because they…
storytext Stephen Colbert probably spoke for most in the comedy business when he told me in a recent interview that this has been probably the most extraordinary period for comedians and comedy writers in recent memory. He was talking, of course, about the opportunities that this presidential election has created for topical humor, largely directed…
storytext Fox News has offered Megyn Kelly more than $20 million a year to stay with the network, sources familiar with the matter confirmed to CNNMoney. The offer, first reported by Vanity Fair, is one of several offers that Kelly has received from major television networks, the sources said. It would make her one of…
Just eight months after Seth-Grahame Smith departed Warner Bros. stand-alone Flash film, director Rick Famuyiwa is following suit. Famuyiwa, best known for directing 2015’s Sundance hit, Dope, confirmed to Variety today that he had left the project. Famuyiwa cited differences in creative vision for the film between himself and the studio. The director said that…
Anna Camp, left, Erin Darke and Genevieve Angelson appear in a scene from Amazon Studios’ “Good Girls Revolt.” (Amazon Studios) In March 1970, 46 women staffers at Newsweek—shunted away from reporting, writing and editing positions and paid less than their male colleagues—filed a lawsuit charging the magazine with sex discrimination. It was timed, brilliantly, to…
Silicon Valley The Inside Story of Vine’s Demise Former employees paint a picture of management issues, changing strategies, and existential questions. Nash Grier, a Vine star, at the premiere of his first movie The Outfield in November 2015. By Laura Cavanaugh/WireImage/Getty Images. The intersection of Hollywood Boulevard and Vine Street in Los Angeles holds a…
At first glance, Trolls looks like a lower-rent Smurfs, a sticky-sweet concoction based on a paper-thin premise, designed as a 3-D marketing campaign to push the kids some toys they don’t need right before the holidays. This was helped along, of course, by a ubiquitous Justin Timberlake song that has been pummeling us all…