Hollywood Outbreak

Gillian Anderson says Dana Scully changed her life, and yes, you read that right. The skeptical FBI agent usually gets credit for changing everyone else. For three decades, fans have approached Anderson with stories about how Scully steered them into science, medicine, and law enforcement. There’s even a name for it, the Scully Effect, and […] The post Gillian Anderson Says Scully Chan...

Released on July 5, 1989, Weekend at Bernie’s is one of those movies that could only have come from the late ’80s. Back then, Hollywood could look at a completely bananas idea and say yes. Two guys dragging their dead boss around a beach town for an entire weekend? Sure, that sounds like a comedy […] The post ‘Weekend at Bernie’s’: Why This 1989 Cult Classic Still Rul...

Billions is not your typical summer binge-watch, and that is the point. Not every great summer show needs a beach, a romance or an easygoing comedy. Sometimes you want private jets, sharp suits, backroom deals and outrageous conversations in rooms with million-dollar views. That is exactly where this Showtime drama delivers. The Showtime drama turned […] The post ‘Billions’ Is a Perfect Summ...

Anyone who lived through the summer of 1996 remembers what Independence Day did to America. The hype started months earlier, when that Super Bowl teaser showed the White House going up in a fireball. By the time the movie opened on July 3, 1996, lines wrapped around multiplexes across the country. Alien ships the size […] The post ‘Independence Day’ at 30: Welcome to Earth! appea...

20 years ago, on June 30, 2006, The Devil Wears Prada swept into theaters. It turned out to be far more than a hit comedy. The movie became a true pop-culture staple. You can thank the fashion, the razor-sharp dialogue, and an all-star cast led by Meryl Streep. The film dropped audiences inside Runway magazine. […] The post 20 Years Ago: ‘The Devil Wears Prada’ Became Iconic appeared first o...

If you grew up in the ’90s, Eddie Murphy‘s The Nutty Professor was not just another comedy. It was an event. Eddie Murphy‘s hit hit theaters June 28, 1996. It delivered huge laughs and remarkable makeup. The story also carried more heart than anyone saw coming. Three decades later, it ranks among its era’s best […] The post Eddie Murphy’s ‘The Nutty Professor&#8...

When Superman Returns hit theaters on June 28, 2006, it carried the weight of a very long wait. Two decades on, the Superman Returns 20th anniversary makes Brandon Routh‘s chapter look better than ever. By then, 19 years had passed since Superman IV: The Quest for Peace flew into theaters in 1987. A whole generation […] The post Brandon Routh’s ‘Superman Returns’ Legacy, 20...

Welcome to Summer Binge Club, our seasonal look back at TV shows perfect to revisit or discover for the first time. Each installment celebrates a series that still delivers great performances and addictive storytelling, with plenty of reasons to keep watching “just one more episode.” This time, we head back to Chicago with The Good […] The post ‘The Good Wife’ Is a Perfect Summer...

Simon Cowell has judged talent on TV for a long time now. He has heard the greats. He has also sat through some genuinely rough auditions. By now, Simon Cowell knows the difference cold. So as America’s Got Talent returns for Season 21, Cowell sits right where he always does, sorting the acts you forget […] The post Simon Cowell Knows ‘Talent’ Is Only Part of the Equation a...

Twenty years ago this week, audiences filed into theaters for another big, goofy Adam Sandler comedy. They got a stressed out husband, a strange universal remote, and Christopher Walken being Christopher Walken. It looked like an easy summer escape. Two decades on, Click at 20 still has people pressing play. Then Click got real. Released […] The post ‘Click’ at 20: Why Adam Sandler’s Comedy...