Before the SXSW premiere of Another Simple Favor, Paul Feig admitted that he was reluctant to make a follow-up to his campy 2018 mystery A Simple Favor. Sequels, in his and many other people’s estimation, rarely live up to the standards of their predecessors. Unfortunately, Another Simple Favor doesn’t prove to be the exception to that rule; fortunately, though, it …
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Director Rodney Ascher’s obsession with horror and mysterious phenomena takes a tragic real turn in Ghost Boy, which is based on the book of the same title by South African author, speaker and miraculous locked-in syndrome survivor Martin Pistorius. Pistorius’ harrowing true story may be known to those who have read his autobiography, seen his TEDx Talk or listened to …
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Bill Maher says “cancel culture” is absolutely “a real thing” and he has proof. On the latest episode of HBO’s Real Time, while chatting with author-humorist David Sedaris, the host explained how “cancel culture” most recently impacted the 2025 Oscars, specifically with the controversy surrounding Emilia Pérez star Karla Sofía Gascón. “There are people who say cancel culture isn’t a …
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Hans Zimmer is still not interested in joining the MCU. The two-time Oscar-winning composer has previously said how he’s “retired” from working on superhero films after 2016’s Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice was apparently “very hard” to work on. He’s already worked on The Dark Knight trilogy, The Amazing Spider-Man 2, Wonder Woman 1984 and X-Men: Dark Phoenix. However, …
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Another Simple Favor earned a very warm welcome from the Austin audience at the opening night of the SXSW Film and TV festival, as star Blake Lively premiered her first movie since her ongoing and well-publicized legal battle with her It Ends with Us director and co-star Justin Baldoni. Lively was on hand at The Paramount theater, along with her …
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So far in 2025, I’ve seen shows about doctors in urgent care, cannibals stranded in the woods, superheroes battling the forces of evil, vast governmental conspiracies that go all the way to the top. None have stressed me out half as much as Apple TV+’s The Studio, a comedy about the relatively lower-stakes world of moviemaking. From episode to episode, …
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If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, The Hollywood Reporter may receive an affiliate commission. Sixteen years after making headlines for giving birth to octuplets, Natalie (previously Nadya) Suleman is sharing her story in a new Lifetime movie. I Was Octomom premieres on Saturday, March 8, and stars Kristen Lee Gutoskie as …
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The first reactions to Another Simple Favor have arrived following its premiere at 2025’s South by Southwest. Another Simple Favor, which will hit Amazon’s streaming service on May 1, takes place after the events of the first 2018 film, A Simple Favor, and follows Stephanie Smothers (Anna Kendrick) and Emily Nelson (Blake Lively) as they head to the island of …
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If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, The Hollywood Reporter may receive an affiliate commission. Just in time for highly anticipated premieres such as record-breaking film Moana 2 and The Handmaid’s Tale season six, Disney+ is offering one of its best deals on the ad-supported Disney+ and Hulu bundle. Now through March …
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If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, The Hollywood Reporter may receive an affiliate commission. When Desert Smash calls, Hollywood listens. Hosted earlier this week by three-time Grammy Award-winner Pink, the annual pickleball and tennis charity event welcomed dozens of actors, musicians and tennis pros, including Nick Kyrgios, Naomi Osaka, Aryna Sabalenka, …
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