James Franco’s legacy is getting painted over. At least, the mural he painted at his alma mater, Palo Alto High School, is. In 2014, the actor donated 20 large paintings to the high school campus, along with the murals he painted himself. While one of the murals was taken down in 2016, the second was…
Read moreAn estimated 4.9 million protestors gathered at 673 marches around the world on Saturday to support equal rights for women, protest against sexual harassment and assault, encourage crowds to vote in this year’s midterm elections, and speak up for the rights of immigrants and Dreamers. As people gathered in the streets of cities like New…
Read moreI use a screenwriting software called “Final Draft.” Love the program. Hate the name. “Final” Draft? Really?? I’m trying to bridge that first tentative connection between inspiration and manifestation, and already I’ve got the word final hanging over my head? Okay, maybe I’m being sensitive. But as an actor, evolution has been key to my…
Read moreThere’s one element to Taylor Swift’s song “Gorgeous” that people have been talking about for weeks: the baby’s voice at the beginning. I mean that literally, by the way; the song begins with an actual baby cooing the word “gorgeous.” Seconds after the song dropped, fans started theorizing about the identity of this child, who…
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PHOTO: FILIPPO MONTEFORTE/AFP/Getty Images Almost 40 women have come forward to accuse Hollywood director and screenwriter James Toback of sexual harassment in a bombshell L.A. Times story published Sunday morning. Known for movies like The Pick-Up Artist (1987), Love & Money (1982), and Two Girls and a Guy (1997), he would allegedly approach young women…
Read moreLast month director James Cameron received some (justified) criticism when he called the titular character in Patty Jenkins’ Wonder Woman film an “objectified icon.” “All of the self-congratulatory back-patting Hollywood’s been doing over Wonder Woman has been so misguided,” he said. “She’s an objectified icon, and it’s just male Hollywood doing the same old thing!…
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