‘The Beanie Bubble’ Review: A Flamboyant if Understuffed Satire of the ’90s Plush Toy Phenom

Stand Up To Cancer (SU2C) will produce its eighth fundraising telecast on Aug. 19 at 8 p.m. ET to raise money for cancer research and treatments.

Stand Up To Cancer is back with their SU2C fundraising special that is set to air on Saturday, August 19 at 8 p.m. ET with a star-studded list of celebrities.

told The Guardian. “It’s always a hard adjustment for child actors, young actors. People see the kid out of ‘Leave It to Beaver’ grown up and they don’t buy it — they want to see little Beaver.”“People associated me with younger roles, but I wanted them to come with me and get used to the fact that I’m wrinkly.

In this first trailer for Shout! Studios' new caper, Uma Thurman stars as a high-end art gallery owner who gets in over her head in a money laundering scheme with a hitman (Joe Manganiello) and his handler (Samuel L. Jackson).The film also brings Thurman together on-screen for the first time with her real-life daughter, star Maya Hawke — whom she shares with ex-husband Ethan Hawke.It also serves as a reunion for Thurman and Jackson, who haven't starred together in a film since in 1994.In the film, Jackson stars as an assassination facilitator who turns to Thurman to launder money by selling artwork made by Manganiello, a hitman who uses his tools for murder (specifically, plastic bags he suffocates victims with) as materials for Avant-Garde artworks.Unexpectedly, the hitman — going by the name The Bagman — becomes an overnight sensation in the art world and begins attracting media attention, to the frustration of his boss.

New details have come out surrounding the tragic death of Euphoria actor Angus Cloud. The breakout star, who played Fezco on the HBO series, died on Monday. He was 25.

actor Angus Cloud. The breakout star, who played Fezco on the HBO series, died on Monday. He was 25.

NeNe Leakes is opening up about her former friendship with Wendy Williams and sharing where things took a turn for the worst.During an appearance on Carlos King's podcast released on Tuesday, the former star shares that she would be «very confused» when the 59-year-old former talk show host would call her out on her now-canceled series, «There [are] many times that I would call Wendy, but you also have to know that I was one of her friends that was on the inside, so I saw a lot of things and I would take it with a grain of salt where other people would take it personal,» she explains. «So Wendy saying that, I knew then something's going on with Wendy at that moment because she wouldn't say that in the other case.

Sofia Vergara is without a doubt one of the most beautiful stars in Hollywood. The Colombian icon has dazzled with her beauty since she first stepped into the entertainment industry, proving that she had all the charisma, uniqueness, and talent to achieve success.Now that the 51-year-old actress is starting a new chapter in her life, many have been catching up on her personal and professional projects.

A gang spashed cash from a huge drug plot on holidays to Spain and Greece, a court has heard.

Elizabeth Wagmeister Chief Correspondent This summer, “Barbie” has revived the box office, making nearly $500 million worldwide in its first week. Earlier this year, “The Super Mario Bros. Movie” surpassed the billion-dollar mark.

With “Command Z” and “Full Circle” out now, Steven Soderbergh continues build the legend that he’s the busiest filmmaker in show business. Why so busy? Part of the reason is because Soderbergh shoots his own films.

The 1990s were without a doubt an unforgettable decade for anyone living in Scotland.

Greta Gerwig’s bubblegum fever dream “Barbie” gave clever nod to ill-fated Barbie Land dolls — such as pregnant Midge, Ken’s BFF Allan, Tanner the pooping pup and Growing Up Skipper, to name a few.“I think I got most of them in there,” Gerwig, 39, told IndieWire of brushing off the decades of dust on the misfit toys for the new summer flick.“There’s like a million of them.”Among the many popular iterations of Barbie over the last 64 years, these unfortunate few fell flat.The “weird,” as “Barbie” narrator Helen Mirren says, concept of the pregnant figurine was born into Mattel lore in 2002.Midge — whose full name is Margaret Hadley Sherwood in the Barbieverse — was originally billed as Barbie’s best friend, but was meant to be the “ugly sidekick” to Barbie’s “dream girl” persona, M.G. Lord, the author of “Forever Barbie: The Unauthorized Biography of a Real Doll,” told Buzzfeed News.When Midge, played by Emerald Fennell in the summer blockbuster, was launched in 1963, the redhead could fit in all of her bestie’s outfits.But that ended when she was re-released with her magnetic bump that revealed an infant inside — nevermind the anatomical logistics.

While it’s not exactly “The Beanie Bubble’s” fault that it’s being released at the tail-end of a film cycle that has seen every inch of corporatized IP mined for stories about the wonders (or horrors) of capitalism — “Air,” “Blackberry,” “Tetris,” and even “Flamin’ Hot” come to mind, all with varying degrees of success — it’s also fitting that such a historical footnote would be last out of the gate. Continue reading ‘The Beanie Bubble’ Review: A Great Zach Galifianakis Performance Cannot Save This Messy I.P.

Elizabeth Banks was too busy in the ’90s to be collecting Beanie Babies.

2023 FIFA Women's World Cup is underway. The biggest international tournament in women's soccer is being co-hosted by Australia and New Zealand this year. For the first time, 32 teams — eight more than the previous edition held in France — will face off for the coveted FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023 trophy.The USA women's team won their first match on Friday, July 21 against the Vietnam soccer team.

Survival of the Thickest creator Michelle Buteau and lead costume designer Keia Bounds worked hard to create looks to remember. 

is always in style. And the triumphant return of the '90s supermodel bob proves just that.Also known as the flipped bob or “flob,” the '90s supermodel bob is the best of all hair worlds: The chop combines the texture and volume of Cindy Crawford’s signature with the length, movement, and low-maintenance of Christy Turlington's beloved bob. So while the look is (obviously) incredibly chic, it's practical too.“The ‘flob’ cut has the line and length of the bob but the top layers much more texture, so it’s lighter on top and easier to flip around,” celebrity hairstylist tells Glamour.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans Editor OK Go has shared the new track “This,” from the Apple Original Film “The Beanie Bubble.” The band’s lead singer and guitarist Damian Kulash co-directed the film with his wife Kristin Gore, who also wrote the screenplay. According to Kulash, the idea for the song, filled with exuberant guitars and horns, was in the script: “The term said, ‘We close to unbelievably joyful music.” The film debuts theaters on limited release on July 21 before streaming on AppleTV+ on July 28. It stars Zach Galifianakis, Elizabeth Banks, Sarah Snook and Geraldine Viswanathan and follows the story of the Beanie Baby phenomenon.

It is probably no accident that Apple has chosen this week to launch its own legendary toy biopic, The Beanie Bubble, in the shadow of Warner Bros. about-to-be blockbuster Barbie. It can only benefit from the obvious connections and themes of female empowerment bubbling under the surface of both.