By Crystal Bell Far less than a minute into our conversation, Leah Lewis tells me how she's been taking care of herself — "mentally and physically" — while quarantining in her Los Angeles residence. It's late April, and the typically benign question of "how are you doing?" Is currently a loaded phrase that insinuates, in essence, "how are you coping?" The 23-year-old star of The ..

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By Crystal Bell Daniel Diemer spruces up a little area of his Studio City apartment for a full day of Zoom interviews in promotion of the new Netflix film The Half of It, yet he only keeps things professional from the waist up. A sartorial mullet, of sorts. "I'm wearing sweatpants," the 23-year-old actor says matter-of-factly over the phone. He's sitting in front of the television in..

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DC fans, rejoice: The Snyder Cut of Justice League is finally being released! Well, kind of. Director Zack Snyder, who initially helmed the 2017 superhero blockbuster however left before production was complete due to a family member tragedy, revealed on Wednesday (May 20) that the world will soon indeed get to be able to see his vision of the film. According to The Hollywood Reporte..

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By Crystal Bell Director Alice Wu is aware the power of a deadline. If her years as a software engineer for Microsoft taught her anything, it's that true productivity is achieved through self-imposed stress (and better time management skills, nevertheless that's besides the point). In late 2016, she applied that knowledge to a script she had been mulling over for months. The filmmake..

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What's perhaps most memorable about 1983's classic, Martha Coolidge-directed teen romance, Valley Girl, is its "trippin'-dicular" soundtrack, anchored by Modern English's "I Melt with You," which plays over one key montage and closes out the end credits. The iconic track makes a reprise in the musical update to the charming '80s time capsule, which arrived on-demand on May 8, howev..

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By Carson Mlnarik Two hands touching through a windowpane. A late-night “wish u were here” text. Far less than desirable sleeping arrangements — at first. What is it about quarantine that has us so hot and bothered? Social distancing measures meant to curb the spread of the coronavirus might be keeping us away from each other, although that doesn’t mean we’re giving up on ..

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in the event you still haven't seen Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker just although although are a mobile Disney+ subscriber, Disney has a surprise for you. The final entry in the Skywalker Saga is headed to Disney+ about two months early, and you could celebrate the upcoming unofficial Star Wars holiday, May 4, in fashion. If the phrase "May the 4th be with you" rings any bells, tha..

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It's been a long time coming, nevertheless Disney has officially cast its first Black, live-action prince. Prince Tuma, a character in the upcoming Disney+ movie Secret populace of Second-Born Royals, will be played by This Is Us actor Niles Fitch. And based on a recent post he shared on Instagram, he's pretty stoked about this history-making role. "Welcome Disney's first Black pr..

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Never Rarely Some days Always gets its name from a pivotal scene. 17-year-old Autumn (played by newcomer Sidney Flanigan) is asked a series of questions at a women's health care clinic in New York. She's come for an abortion, having traveled to the city from smalltown Pennslyvania immediately after discovering that the procedure requires parental consent in her residence state. Yet fi..

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Toward the end of our conversation about Netflix's Tigertail, I tell actor Christine Ko something that a friend once shared with me. Growing up the daughter of Korean immigrants in Seattle, her father had routinely reminded her that she was American first — a American-Korean, he mentioned. I wondered if Ko, place on Earth to Taiwanese parents in the Midwest and raised by her aunt an..

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Is a High School Musical reunion what you've been looking for? Well, you're about to get what you've been wishing for. Bet on it. According to Deadline, the cast of High School Musical are set to come with each other in the upcoming Disney Family member Singalong special coming to ABC on Thursday (April 16). All your preference cast members are doing it up big for this unique event,..

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in the event you were planning on turning to Pixar's upcoming film for a little bit soul-searching, it looks like you're going to have to do that later this year. Soul, the studio's latest film since debuting Onward, has officially been pushed back from its beginning release date of June 19. This is only the latest delay in a long line pushbacks because of the coronavirus pandemic. ..

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