A different spell was cast. <p><strong>The Background</strong>: Sarah El-Mahmoud has been with CinemaBlend since 2018, starting as a freelancer shortly after graduating from Cal State Fullerton with a degree in Journalism. In college, she was the Managing Editor of the award-winning college paper, The Daily Titan where she specialized in writing/editing long-form features, profiles and arts &amp; entertainment coverage, including her first run-in with movie reporting, with a phone interview with Guillermo del Toro for Best Picture winner, The Shape of Water.</p> <p><br></p> <p><strong>What She's Into</strong>: Sarah is CinemaBlend's resident YA enthusiast, often bringing her lifetime love of books and the stories behind their often contentious adaptations to the site. Deeply into when music and movies intersect, from knowing the hype musical tracks of Mamma Mia!, beautiful scores of Michael Giacchino and yes, the absolute banger Twilight soundtrack way too well. She is also passionate about highlighting and interviewing voices within the industry to help open the door for Hollywood to better represent the world through movies and television. Horror, she really loves horror movies. The world of animation as well... OK don't make her pick one genre.&nbsp;</p> <p><br></p> <p><strong>What She's Excited About Right Now</strong>: The continued resurgence of horror and musicals. The next Hunger Games movie, Mike Flanagan's upcoming shows, the Wicked movies and the final Spider-Verse animated film.&nbsp;</p>
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Sounds like a win for the makeup and costume department.
This article is presented by Quibi. [Editor's note: The following contains spoilers for Quibi's The Stranger.] The menace of access is ever-present on Quibi's The Stranger, hailing from series creator, director, and writer Veena Sud (The Killing). Access through ridesharing apps, security cameras, phones, facial recognition software, and even the level of access people allow when face-to-face. All of these mediums are utilized to explore one possible answer to the question, "What happens when the wrong person suddenly has access to every part of your digital life?" It's an unsettling question, to be …
From creator/writer/director/executive producer Alex Garland, the limited series Devs, which is available to stream at FX on Hulu, follows software engineer Lily Chan (Sonoya Mizuno), as she tries to investigate the ultra-secretive development division of the cutting-edge tech company that employers her, following the murder of her boyfriend (Karl Glusman). As Lily gets in deeper and the extent of Amaya CEO Forest’s (Nick Offerman) commitment to the Devs project is pushed to the limit, the success of the company’s covert work is threatened, which could result in dire consequences for everyone. During this …
Survivor: Winners at War is about to premiere and here is a look at the men that will be returning this season to compete for the title of sole Surviv
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Among the big winners at Saturday night's Independent Spirit Awards was Adam Sandler. Good ol' Sandman took home the award for Best Male Lead for his incredible performance in Uncut Gems. Sandler made a meal of his time on stage, using it to deliver one of the best acceptance speeches of this entire award season and maybe the best speech in the entire history of the Spirit Awards. As if possessed by the spirit of his iconic SNL character Opera Man, Sandler gave an acceptance speech which rambled but was nonetheless entertaining. After remembering how he got the less …
Survivor's 40th season is just one week away, and Angie Caunce's Character Types have been released on Rob Has a Podcast. Here's the breakdown.
With No Time to Die being billed as Daniel Craig's final outing as James Bond, attention will inevitably turn to who takes on the mantle next. Craig has played the role since 2006 and starred in two of the best films in the series (Casino Royale and Skyfall), but with No Time to Die serving as his exit, there will be lots of talk about which actor would best be suited for the role. However, producer Barbara Broccoli makes clear in a new interview with Variety that it will be an actor, not an actress: “He can be of …
Her royal highness, Queen Elizabeth unveiled a historic new portrait of her with the three male heirs to welcome in the New Year with a bang.
After sharing out a photo of his ripped body on Instagram, Eternals star Kumail Nanjiani gets a $15,000 offer to perform at a gentleman’s club.
Taylor Swift calls out Scooter Braun of Big Machine for having ‘toxic male privilege’ while accepting her woman of the decade award from Billboard.
With Charlie's Angels bombing at the box office, Elizabeth Banks chalks Wonder Woman and Captain Marvel's success to them being part of a male genre.
The action-comedy's writer/director/producer/actor has some blunt thoughts about female-centric blockbusters.