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Jennifer Lawrence is smiling on a red carpet, reflecting on her decision to turn down the role of Alice in Wonderland. (Photo Credit – Facebook)

Jennifer Lawrence may be a Hollywood heavyweight today, but even she’s haunted by a role that slipped through her fingers: Alice in Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland. During an interview on the Howard Stern Show, the Red Sparrow actress confessed that this lost opportunity devastated her.

While we know Lawrence today as a go-to star for bold roles, her early career was littered with auditions—some successful, some not so much. And this one? Losing out on Alice in Wonderland stung. She shared that, at the time, she and fellow actress Emma Stone were often up for the same parts, with this one hitting particularly hard. “Emma Stone and I had this conversation once, ’cause we used to always audition for the same thing…...

Lewis Carroll's 1871 fable "Through the Looking Glass, and What Alice Found There" features a notable scene wherein the young titular protagonist runs across a pair of whimsically dunderheaded identical twins while lost in an alternate dimension. The characters are named Tweedledee and Tweedledum and are based on numerous 18th-century folk poems variously attributed to John Byron, John Pope, and Jonathan Swift. In an early epigram by Byron, the two characters agree to have a battle but are startled by a crow, and forget to fight each other. It wouldn't be until the publication of "Through the Looking Glass," and John Tenniel's illustrations therein, that Tweedledee and Tweedledum would be depicted as identical twins. 

In Carroll's book, the twins reenact the Byron epigram and flee when a crow appears. Some might say that Tweedledee and Tweedledum represent easily distracted governments, or merely the capriciousness of children. Either way,...

Tim Burton is one of our most distinctive filmmakers. Whether you love him, hate him, or land somewhere in the middle, there is no denying that Burton has a voice and that voice has become rather valuable. From proving that "Batman" could be an A-tier superhero franchise to producing undeniable classics like "Beetlejuice," he's been making his mark on cinema for decades. Burton's biggest moment came in 2010 when his live-action take on "Alice in Wonderland" hit theaters. Divisive though the movie may be, it made box office history at the time -- and what's more, it laid the groundwork for the next decade of blockbuster filmmaking in Hollywood, particularly at Disney.

In the modern era, a big blockbuster film making $1 billion or more at the box office is not all that uncommon. To date, 55 movies have made at least that much money worldwide. Rather crucially, though, the vast majority of...

Refresh for latest…: Warner Bros unleashed Tim Burton’s Beetlejuice Beetlejuice this weekend, as the ghost with the most tallied up a $145.4M global start. That’s in line with where we saw it ahead of the weekend, and includes $110M from domestic as well as $35.4M from 69 international box office markets. The launch gives the sequel bragging rights to being front of the line this frame domestically, internationally and globally.

The Michael Keaton-starrer racked up No. 1 starts in 40 overseas markets while such key plays as France, Germany and Japan are still on deck to release in the coming weeks and months.

Internationally in like-for-likes and using today’s exchange rates, the film is tracking 28% ahead of Alice Through the Looking Glass and 74% over Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire.

In Latin America it was No. 1 everywhere, and roughly on par with the opening weekend of Wonka,...

The former President of America’s plans to become one of the richest paid men in TV has just been exposed by Variety’s Ramin Setoodeh in his new book, titled ‘Apprentice in Wonderland: How Donald Trump and Mark Burnett Took America Through the Looking Glass.’

How Donald Trump Demanded NBC Pay Him A Hefty Amount To Host ‘The Apprentice’

Imagine wanting to jump from $25,000 an episode to $6 million, but that’s Donald Trump for you. According to journalist Ramin Setoodeh, the former President hatched a brilliant plan to become one of the highest paid stars in TV during his reality TV run.

To gather information on the book, Setoodeh reportedly interviewed Trump from May 21 through November 2023. They talked about Trump’s experience as a reality TV host and his relationship with NBCUniversal CEO Jeff Zucker. Reportedly, a lot of false and misleading statements were made by Trump during the cause of the interview.

Jennifer Lawrence Once Revealed Being Devastated After Losing A Role In A Johnny Depp Starrer Film(Photo Credit – IMDb/Instagram)

Jennifer Lawrence is undoubtedly one of the most talented actresses in Hollywood who has achieved a lot at a young age, including an Oscar. Actors always want to do something new and exciting on screen, and JLaw is no different. When she loses some roles, the actress gets upset and moves on, but there was one role in a Johnny Depp starrer movie that she did not get, and Lawrence was devastated by it. Keep scrolling for more.

JLaw gained recognition with The Hunger Games and earned the Oscar award for the Silver Linings Playbook. She has appeared in different genres of movies throughout the years. Meanwhile, Depp is the master of quirky roles, from Pirates of the Caribbean’s Captain Jack Sparrow to Alice in Wonderland’s Mad Hatter.

Summertime is the best time to transport yourself into a nostalgic world, as Freeform celebrates 30 Days of Disney with legendary Disney films starting June 1. Viewers can relive their childhood with films from the full Disney catalog, including Disney-Pixar’s Inside Out, National Treasure, Avatar, Spider-Man (2002), and many more.

The programming event will also feature the world television premiere of Disney-Pixar’s animated film Lightyear. Other Freeform premieres include Disney-Pixar’s Soul and Disney Animation’s Fantasia (1940 and 2000).

Throughout each week in June, fans can reminisce with special summer marathons that will stir up fond memories and reconnect them with the films they cherish.

During the first weekend of June, you can check out your Disney “faves” with classic films like Disney Animation’s Aladdin, Beauty and the Beast, and The Little Mermaid (1989). During the second weekend, check out your Pixar faves with movies like Inside Out, Coco, and Cars.

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Anne Hathaway credits Christopher Nolan for essentially saving her career amid backlash she received online.

In a new interview, the Idea of You star recalled that after she won an Oscar for Les Miserables and co-hosted the Oscars, she received a lot of vitriol, which affected her career.

“A lot of people wouldn’t give me roles because they were so concerned about how toxic my identity had become online,” Hathaway told Vanity Fair in a recent interview. “I had an angel in Christopher Nolan, who did not care about that and gave me one of the most beautiful roles I’ve had in one of the best films that I’ve been a part of.”

Hathaway refers to Nolan’s 2014 film Interstellar, where she played NASA scientist and astronaut Dr. Amelia Brand. The actress had previously worked with the filmmaker in 2012’s The Dark Knight Rises, where she took...

John Lennon will always be associated with LSD. Some of that association was warranted. However, John decried the notion that LSD inspired one of his songs.

John Lennon preferred LSD to other drugs

The book All We Are Saying: The Last Major Interview with John Lennon and Yoko Ono features an interview from 1980. In it, John discussed his opinion of LSD at length. “Acid is only real life in CinemaScope,” he said. “Whatever experience you had is what you would have had anyway. I’m not promoting, all you committees out there, and I don’t use it because it’s chemical, but all the garbage about what it did to people is garbage.”

John seemed to be more comfortable with LSD than other drugs. “A little mushroom or peyote is not beyond my scope, you know, maybe twice a year or something,” he said. “But acid is a chemical.

The Beatles‘ “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds” is one of the most mysterious-sounding songs in rock history. Paul McCartney explained one of its secrets to Taylor Swift. Notably, Paul’s approach to writing the track wasn’t that different from the way Swift pens some of her music. John Lennon refuted a misconception about the tune.

What Paul McCartney told Taylor Swift about The Beatles’ ‘Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds’

In a 2020 Rolling Stone, Swift and Paul interviewed each other. Swift revealed she decided to use her favorite words in her songs, even if they weren’t radio-friendly. Some of these words included “marzipan,” “divorcée,” “elegies,” and “epiphany.” She said she had lists and lists of her favorite words. She also discussed looking through books to find words she could use in her tunes.

Paul said he added the word “kaleidoscope” to The Beatles’ “Lucy in the Sky...

When Johnny Depp Earned Over $50 Million For A Brief Cameo(Photo Credit –IMDb)

Johnny Depp is known for playing quirky characters, and he even makes them iconic, be it his Captain Jack Sparrow in the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise, Edward Scissorhands, or Willy Wonka in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. In the 2000s, Depp was at the peak of his career, and the makers did not hesitate to pay millions to get him for a role, especially if it was a fantasy film, even for a few minutes. This leads us to the time when he took home a staggering amount for his role in Alice in Wonderland.

Johnny Depp is one of the highest-paid actors in Hollywood, and that is for a reason! He is a versatile actor and brings a lot of charm to every role he appears in. But things took an ugly turn when he...

James Bobin, known for directing shows like The Muppets and Alice Through the Looking Glass, has now proven his skill yet again with Percy Jackson and the Olympians. The series guides its audiences into a wonderful magic realm, circling the adventurous life of Percy Jackson. Percy had been an outcast from the very beginning for being different from others. The reason for that comes out once it is revealed that he is half-blood. The wonderful cast includes Walker Scobell, Leah Jeffries, and Aryan Simhadri, with their amazing acting skills adding more layers to the series. How will Percy pass into the magic realm? Will Percy be claimed by his father? What adventures and dangers will come in his path? Let’s find the answers to these questions.

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What Made Percy Different From Others?

From a very young age, Percy could see strange creatures that none of his friends could.

Prepare to step through the looking glass into a mesmerizing world of wonder and whimsy with the theatrical adaptation of Lewis Carroll’s “Through the Lookingglass.” Airing on PBS at 9:00 Pm on Friday, December 15, 2023, “Lookingglass Alice” promises an enchanting experience that fuses the classic tale with the captivating artistry of circus arts and acrobatics.

In this visually stunning production, viewers can expect a fresh and imaginative take on Alice’s journey through the fantastical realms beyond the looking glass. The integration of circus arts adds an extra layer of magic, bringing the characters and story to life in ways that will captivate both young and old.

For an evening of theatrical magic, join Alice on her extraordinary adventure as “Lookingglass Alice” unfolds on PBS at 9:00 Pm on Friday, December 15, 2023. It’s a unique blend of classic storytelling and mesmerizing performance art that promises to be a treat for the senses.

As the CIA characters overseeing the office monitors might say, “My god, it’s Jason Bourne!” TheWrap has learned that Universal has begun early development for what would be a sixth movie in the so-called Jason Bourne universe. Edward Berger, whose Netflix-distributed re-adaptation of “All Quiet on the Western Front” received nine Oscar nominations and won four, is in talks to possibly helm the next chapter.

There is no screenplay, nor has Matt Damon officially been approached, but the actor who starred in four of the five previous installments certainly has first right of refusal. Damon starred in “The Bourne Identity” in 2002, launching the ongoing spy franchise and reprising in three sequels. Jeremy Renner took over in “The Bourne Legacy,” a spin-off chapter released in 2012.

The Doug Liman-directed smash earned rave reviews and strong word-of-mouth in the summer of 2002, grossing $214 million worldwide on a $60 million budget. It also...

The Beatles were one of the most literate bands ever. Paul McCartney said The Beatles’ “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds” reminded him of two books. John Lennon discussed a literary passage that inspired the song.

Why Paul McCartney and John Lennon loved The Beatles’ ‘Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds’

In the 1997 book Paul McCartney: Many Years From Now, Paul recalled the writing of “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds.” “John had the title and he had the first verse,” he said. “It started off very Alice in Wonderland: ‘Picture yourself in a boat, on the river.’ It’s very Alice. Both of us had read the Alice books and always referred to them, we were always talking about ‘Jabberwocky’ and we knew those more than any other books really.” “Jabberwocky” is a poem from the second Alice book, Through the Looking-Glass.

“And when psychedelics came in, the...

“The Marvels” began its domestic box office run with just $6.6 million in Thursday preview grosses. That compares to the $20.7 million which “Captain Marvel” earned via advance-night showings in early 2019, which led to a $155 million opening weekend. A similar Thursday-to-weekend split (13.3%) would give the MCU action fantasy just $49.6 million for the weekend. That would be well below the $61 million that “Captain Marvel” earned on its first full day of theatrical release.

There is a grim irony that a major movie belonging to the MCU — a franchise that has often been credited (sometimes unfairly) with killing the movie star as a bankable variable — will open to comparatively miserable numbers partially because the trio of heroines — Brie Larson, Iman Vellani, Teyonah Parris — could not promote the film amid the SAG-AFTRA strike.

That’s not the entire reason for the downturn, but Marvel and the Walt Disney Company were certainly expecting the...

Prince’s estate has unveiled a super deluxe reissue of the late artist’s 1991 album Diamonds and Pearls, complete with 47 previously unreleased tracks. Check it out below via Apple Music or Spotify.

Diamonds and Pearls marked Prince’s first album with The New Power Generation and featured hits like “Get Off,” “Cream,” “Money Don’t Matter 2 Night,” and “Insatiable,” as well as its title track. The 12xLP/7xCD super deluxe reissue of the record features a new remaster, one disc of edits, and three CDs full of vault tracks, as well as a Blu-ray of live videos.

Prince’s estate has signed off on a fair share of from-the-vault releases in the years since his 2016 death, including fresh reissues of 1999 and Sign O’ the Times. Earlier this summer, we heard “All a Share Together Now,” a track originally recorded in 2006, and “7 (E Flat Version),” a remix of a cut from...

Harry Potter star Alan Rickman had the voice, according to science. A study once concluded the late actor’s voice to be so good, in fact, it was considered perfect. What about Rickman’s voice earned him the title, and who else has received praise for their perfect voices. Plus, where to hear Rickman’s voice in all its glory courtesy of his animated film roles.

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Prince’s Diamonds and Pearls, his first album with The New Power Generation, is receiving a massive reissue. Out on October 27th via Paisley Park Enterprises in partnership with Sony Music Entertainment and Warner Records, the expanded release will be available on vinyl, CD, and digital platforms.

In addition to a fresh remastering of the 1991 album, the 12xLP/7xCD super deluxe version includes 47 unreleased tracks and a Blu-ray containing more than two hours of concert performance videos from Prince’s fabled vault, plus a 120-page book containing previously unseen photos and essays from Prince experts.

Other options include the 4xLP/2xCD deluxe edition featuring a collection of single mixes and edits and the standalone remastered album. Pre-orders are ongoing. See the artwork and full tracklist below.

As a preview of the collection, Prince’s estate has shared the previously unreleased tracks “Alice Through the Looking Glass” and “Insatiable (Early Mix – Full Version).” Stream them below.

Prince and the New Power Generation’s 1991 classic Diamonds and Pearls is getting the special reissue treatment complete with 47 unreleased tracks and over two hours of live concert footage. The reissue (in all of its various formats, available to pre-order now) will be released on Oct. 27.

Two of those unreleased recordings are available to hear now: “Alice Through the Looking Glass,” a Prince vault track originally recorded May 28, 1991 at Larrabee Sound Studios, Studio A, in Los Angeles. And an early mix of the Diamonds and Pearls cut “Insatiable,” which features...

At long last, the "Percy Jackson and the Olympians" series has a release date, and a brand new teaser to go along with it. This show has been in the works at Disney+ for quite some time now, with the first trailer debuting in September of last year. That was nearly a full year ago. So it's been a hot minute. But patient fans are being rewarded with some concrete information as a December release date has been confirmed. Let the countdown begin.

The first two episodes will premiere on Wednesday, December 20, 2023, with episodes to premiere weekly thereafter. The series cast is led by Walker Scobell as Percy Jackson, with Leah Sava Jeffries as Annabeth Chase and Aryan Simhadri as Grover Underwood. Meanwhile, Disney also dropped a brief teaser to help tee up the ball and build some excitement. Check it out.

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The Beatles‘ “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds” is often assumed to be about LSD. Paul McCartney said certain lines of the song reflect The Beatles’ drug use. On the other hand, John Lennon said the writing of “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds” had nothing to do with LSD.

Paul McCartney’s feelings on the trips behind The Beatles’ ‘Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds’

In the 1997 book Paul McCartney: Many Years From Now, Paul discussed his experiences with LSD. “I had mixed feelings about it, certainly, but we took it and in songs like ‘Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds,’ when we were talking about ‘cellophane flowers’ and ‘kaleidoscope eyes’ and ‘grow so incredibly high!’ we were talking about drug experiences, no doubt about it,” he said.

Paul said he sometimes cried when he was on LSD because he felt like he’d seen God. “And sometimes you were just plain knackered,...

Not bad for a story of a bored but determined girl who followed a nervous rabbit, moaning that he was getting late, into a bizarre underground world, and then, climbed through a mirror into a parallel world, set out like a chess board.

And in her peregrinations through these strange illogical worlds, she meets the White Rabbit, the Cheshire Cat, the King and Queen of Hearts, the Gryphon, the Jabberwock, Tweedledee and Tweedledum, Humpty Dumpty, the White Knight, and a host of many more.

‘Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland’ (1865), or ‘Alice in Wonderland’, as it is more popularly known, and its sequel ‘Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There’ (1871-2) (‘Through the Looking-Glass’ more commonly) stand high both by themselves, and the adaptations that they have inspired across various media.

The appeal of these two books, by Oxford academic and cleric Charles Luttwidge Dodgson (1832-98), who took the pen name Lewis Carroll,...

One of John Lennon’s favorite Beatles songs was “I Am the Walrus.” It’s also one of the band’s most confounding tunes. Based on the Lewis Carroll poem “The Walrus and the Carpenter” from Through the Looking-Glass, Lennon wrote intentionally confusing lyrics. He explained that when he went back over the source poem, he realized he’d misinterpreted it. He’d written the song about the wrong character.

John Lennon | Max Scheler – K & K/Redferns John Lennon didn’t realize ‘I Am the Walrus’ was about the villain

Lennon appreciated that “I Am the Walrus” was a song that listeners could find new meaning in every time they heard it. He wrote it based on “The Walrus and the Carpenter,” a poem he admitted to not understanding until after writing the song.

“It’s from ‘The Walrus and the Carpenter’; Alice in Wonderland,” he said in The Beatles Anthology.

With The Little Mermaid opening in first place this weekend, we wanted to know what movie in the long line of live action remakes, dating all the way back to 1994’s Jason Scott Lee starring Rudyard Kipling’s The Jungle Book, has been your favorite. With 22 films already released and over $2.5 Billion in total grosses, we can expect many more live action remakes in the future

Favorite Live Action Disney RemakeRudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book (1994)101 Dalmatians (1996)102 Dalmatians (2000)Alice in Wonderland (2010)The Sorcerer's Apprentice (2010) (Fantasia)Maleficent (2014) (Sleeping Beauty)Cinderella (2015)The Jungle Book (2016)Pete's Dragon (2016)Alice Through The Looking Glass (2016)Beauty and the Beast (2017)Christopher Robin (2018) (Winnie the Pooh)Dumbo (2019)Aladdin (2019)The Lion King (2019)Maleficent: Mistress of Evil (2019) (Sleeping Beauty)Lady and the Tramp (2019)Mulan (2020)Cruella (2021) (101 Dalmatians)Pinocchio (2022)Peter Pan & Wendy (2023)The Little Mermaid (2023)Submit Your VoteView Results Here

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Aussie actress Mia Wasikowska earned a reputation in the mid-2010s for insidious roles in indies like “Stoker” and “Maps to the Stars.” After Tim Burton’s “Alice in Wonderland” and “Alice Through the Looking Glass” films found her briefly courting the mainstream, she largely faded from view to pursue passion projects and more prickly, socially conscious fare like last year’s “Blueback” and this year’s “Club Zero.” The new film set in a boarding school and around new teacher Miss Novak’s (Wasikowska) unusual methods makes Austrian director Jessica Hausner one of seven women in a record-breaking competition section. Within the walls of the boarding school, it’s not long before other teachers notice their new hire is teaching young students of the Gen Z set that eating less is somehow healthier.

Written and directed by Hausner, “Club Zero” is about many things, namely how the idealism of...

Johnny Depp’s once white-hot career has flamed out in the wake of his many scandals, but the controversial actor has every reason to expect a movie star welcome when he hits Cannes on Tuesday for the premiere of “Jeanne du Barry.” The costume drama is Depp’s first leading role in three years, a period of time in which the star has mostly made headlines for his ongoing legal battles with ex-wife Amber Heard.

But through that tempestuous period, one that saw Depp fired from high-profile projects like the “Harry Potter” spinoff franchise “Fantastic Beasts,” Europe has remained a port in the storm. He has continued to be celebrated at film festivals throughout the continent with audiences loyally showing up to see the movies he has managed to make in between tabloid appearances. For its part, Cannes has pushed back at suggestions that it shouldn’t be offering Depp...

Nothing's a surefire bet in Hollywood until it is. Few took "Star Wars" seriously until it forever changed the movie landscape in 1977, ushering in our modern blockbuster era. Many were just as skeptical of the very concept of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, right up until "The Avengers" became the highest-grossing non-James Cameron movie ever at the time of its release in 2012. But when it did, you can bet your bottom dollar studios did everything in their power to replicate that success as quickly as possible -- and you can be just as well-assured that the outcome was often more regrettable than not.

Sequels like Sony's "The Amazing Spider-Man 2" and Warner Bros.' "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice" were hastily rejiggered into launchpads for shared universes to noticeably sloppy results. Universal even announced its 2017 reboot of "The Mummy" would give rise to a retooled version of its...

The Beatles‘ Magical Mystery Tour LP contains some of the Fab Four’s most famous songs. In addition, it features an obscure George Harrison composition that’s incredible. Here’s a look at the five best songs from The Beatles’ Magical Mystery Tour.

The Beatles’ ‘Magical Mystery Tour’ | Michael Ochs Archives / Stringer 5. ‘Blue Jay Way’

The Beatles’ Magical Mystery Tour contains many famous songs and “Blue Jay Way” is not one of them. It’s one of George’s more obscure compositions. That makes sense, because it certainly doesn’t have a traditional pop hook. Despite this, the song’s chillingly slow tempo hypnotizes the listener.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, the real Blue Jay Way is just a street in Los Angeles. Despite this, George makes it sound mysterious and surreal. The fact that he wrote “Blue Jay Way” as well as effective love songs like “Something” and “What...

When Tim Burton's "Alice in Wonderland" hit theaters in 2010, it was hard to imagine it would be as monumental as it ended up being. Yet, Burton's reimagining of the Disney classic in live-action proved to be a $1 billion hit at a time when crossing the $1 billion mark at the box office was exceptionally rare. In the decade and change since, Disney has reimagined several classics with varying degrees of success. Now? The studio is aiming to capitalize twice on more recent films, beginning with a live-action take on 2016's "Moana."

Yesterday, Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson confirmed in a flashy video that a live-action version of the Oscar-winning animated film is on the way and is in very early development. A press release implied that Johnson will star in the film, though very little else has been revealed at this time. What this news does reveal, however, is quite...

Paul McCartney and John Lennon were both inspired by surreal and colorful imagery and often incorporated these images into The Beatles‘ songs. The two were fans of Lewis Carroll, who is responsible for some of the most imaginative stories, such as Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass. Their interest in Carroll can be heard in their songwriting, as Carroll’s writing inspired several Beatles songs.

Here are 5 Beatles songs inspired by Lewis Carroll books ‘Yellow Submarine’ Paul McCartney and John Lennon | Cummings Archives/Redferns

“Yellow Submarine” was written by McCartney and Lennon, and featured contributions from Scottish musician Donovan. The Revolver track was The Beatles’ attempt at creating a children’s song, and Donovan said Alice in Wonderland was an inspiration for this.

“Children’s songs were easy for me because I had absorbed so much poetry,” he explained in a 2008 Goldmine interview. “My father had read me Robert Louis Stevenson,...

“I Am the Walrus” is one of The Beatles’ most bizarre and surreal tracks. The song was written by John Lennon, who, according to Paul McCartney, also provided many of the weirder moments that improved the track.

John Lennon wrote “I Am the Walrus” on two acid trips John Lennon | Harry Benson/Express/Getty Images

“I Am the Walrus” debuted in 1967 as a part of The Beatles’ Magical Mystery Tour movie and album. The song features some of the band’s more surreal and nonsensical lyrics. The track was inspired by the work of Lewis Carroll, specifically The Walrus and the Carpenter story from Through the Looking Glass. In the 1980 Playboy interview, John Lennon said the inspiration for “I Am the walrus” came to him during two acid trips.

“The first line was written on one acid trip one weekend. The second line was written on the next acid trip the next weekend,...

Mia Wasikowska has spoken about her decision to step out of the Hollywood limelight in the late 2010s to return to her native Sydney, Australia.

The now-33-year-old actor landed her breakthrough role leading Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland (2010) opposite Johnny Depp. She was 21 at the time.

The film’s box office success catapulted Wasikowska to fame among the Hollywood “It girls” of the era.

Her career continued on an upward trajectory as she booked starring film roles in Jane Eyre (2011), Stoker (2013), Madame Bovary (2014) and Crimson Peak (2015).

However, it was just after she reprised her role as young Alice in Burton’s spinoff, Alice Through the Looking Glass (2016), that she disappeared from the big screen.

“I want to do more things in life other than be in a trailer,” Wasikowska recently told IndieWire in a new interview. “I didn’t entirely like the lifestyle of going back to back to back.

Mia Wasikowska seemed to be everywhere at one point. Starting in 2010, the young actress was on a seemingly unending spree of plum roles in indie films and studio products alike, from Cary Fukunaga’s “Jane Eyre” to “Alice in Wonderland” and “The Kids Are All Right,” “Maps to the Stars,” Tracks,” “Stoker,” and “Crimson Peak.” But it seemed to stop when Tim Burton’s “Wonderland” sequel “Alice Through the Looking Glass” sputtered, a financial bleed-out for Disney that also took a critical beating, though not for Wasikowska’s performance. A not unheard-of phenomenon then occurred: A once in-demand, ubiquitous performer suddenly seemed to have vanished.

Well, the Australian actress never went away, exactly — she just stepped out of the limelight. “I want to do more things in life other than be in a trailer,” she told IndieWire in a recent interview discussing her new film “Blueback,” an endearing eco-conscious message...

Warning: This article contains spoilers for Star Trek: Picard episode ‘Disengage’. Proceed with caution.

England-born actor Ed Speleers is no stranger to fantastical action-adventure roles — his big cinematic breakout came as the title role of the 2006 adaptation of high-fantasy epic Eragon. Since then, he’s worked steadily both in and out of genre work, including a stint as Jimmy Kent on Downton Abbey and roles in Outlander and Alice Through the Looking Glass.

But 2023 has been a big year for Speleers: Not only does he have a prominent role in the fourth season of Netflix’s You, but he’s also been inaugurated into the annals of Star Trek royalty in the third and final season of Star Trek: Picard. As we learned in the second episode of the season, which premiered this week, Speleers’ mysterious character isn’t just the wry, laconic son of Gates McFadden’s Beverly Crusher...

If you’re anything like me, you can’t get enough of Tim Burton’s quirky and visually stunning films. Burton’s unique style and offbeat sense of humor have made him a beloved figure in the world of cinema.

So, we thought it would be fun to rank the Tim Burton movies list from best to worst. Of course, ranking movies is subjective, what we think is “best” may differ from others’ opinions.. But we’ve taken a few different factors like box office gross, IMDb rating, and Rotten Tomatoes audience score into account to come up with a list that we hope will spark some lively discussions.

In this article, we’ll be ranking the best and worst movies on the Tim Burton movies list. We’ll give you a brief synopsis of each movie, along with our take on its strengths and weaknesses. So, settle in, and...

Leonis Productions, the Newen Studios-owned French banner created by Jean-Benoit Gillig, is developing a raft of international shows on the heels of “Liaison,” Apple TV+’s first French original.

The company reached a milestone with “Liaison,” a thriller series created and entirely penned by Virginie Brac (“Spiral”) and directed by Stephen Hopkins. Vincent Cassel and Eva Green lead a cast that includes Peter Mullan, Gérard Lanvin, Daniel Francis, Stanislas Merhar, Irène Jacob, Laëtitia Eïdo, Eriq Ebouaney, Tchéky Karyo, Bukky Bakray and Thierry Fremont.

“It’s a sprawling French-British thriller set against the backdrop of Brexit, and there’s a metaphor between the love tragedy playing as the primary plot and the political tragedy embodied by Brexit unfolding in the background,” said Gillig.

“The starting point of this series was our wish to create a series using Brexit as a canvas, and from there Virginie Brac was able to conceive a...

Some of The Beatles‘ songs that became huge hits are mostly forgotten today. On the other hand, some of The Beatles’ songs that remained album tracks are as popular as ever. Notably, a very famous Beatles album track has its own music video.

The Beatles | Bettmann / Contributor 5. ‘A Day in the Life’

“A Day in the Life” is one of The Beatles’ most acclaimed songs and one of the most important songs in the history of psychedelia. It even had a star-studded music video featuring appearances from Mick Jagger and Mike Nesmith. Despite this, the song was never actually a single.

Fans can find a lot in the song by reading between the lines. Much of the song’s lyrics revolve around mundane things like going to the movies or combing one’s hair. The music turns horribly sinister at several points in the track. Perhaps the song is about...

One of the best parts of "Lost" season one was its flashback structure. This was a show with a massive cast, and having each episode give us a close look at a specific character's life helped to make them all feel special and compelling. The "Lost" writers understood how to play with our expectations, so season 1 was filled with flashbacks that radically reshaped our understanding of certain characters. Most notable is "Walkabout," the fourth episode of the series, which reveals in its final moments that John Locke (Terry O'Quinn) had been paralyzed from the waist down prior to the plane crash. 

Even when it wasn't blowing our minds with any big revelations, the flashback structures still helped to deepen our understanding of each character and add context to their current struggles. If "Lost" had chosen to simply stick to the on-island storylines, the show would've been worse off for it.

Season 4 of You takes place in a new country, meaning new faces. Rhys Motrose (Ed Speleers) is one of them and had a unique interaction with Joe Goldberg (Penn Badgley). Here is why some fans might recognize his face.

Who is Rhys Motrose in ‘You’ Season 4?

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Joe goes to a party with Malcolm (Stephen Hagan) in the first episode of season 4 at an exclusive club. Lady Phoebe Borehall-Blaxworth (Tilly Keeper) is the center of a friend group that includes Nigerian princess Blessing Bosede (Ozioma Whenu), artist Simon Soo (Aidan Cheng), and influencer Sophie Soo (Niccy Lin).

Of course, Joe hates all of them. But there was one person who he surprisingly had a good time with.

Rhys (Ed Speleers) was reading a book, and Joe recognized him. “The book is about how he was born into poverty,...

Exclusive: Netflix has added four to its action-comedy Back in Action, with Jamie Foxx and Cameron Diaz. The newest actors to sign on are BAFTA winners Andrew Scott (Catherine Called Birdy) and Jamie Demetriou (Cruella), McKenna Roberts (Euphoria) and Rylan Jackson (Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves).

Details as to the storyline and characters of Diaz’s first feature since 2014’s Annie are under wraps. But Kyle Chandler and Glenn Close are also aboard for roles, as previously announced.

Seth Gordon (Horrible Bosses) is directing from his script written with Neighbors‘ Brendan O’Brien. Producers are Jenno Topping, Peter Chernin and Sharla Sumpter Bridgett for Chernin Entertainment, Beau Bauman (Central Intelligence) for Good One Productions, and Gordon for Exhibit A. Foxx, Datari Turner, O’Brien and Tim Lewis are serving as exec producers.

Scott won his BAFTA for his work as the villainous Jim Moriarty in...

John Christopher “Johnny” Depp II is a true Hollywood icon, renowned for his electrifying performances and his ability to bring even the most unconventional characters to life. From the quirky and off-beat to the dark and brooding, Johnny Depp’s filmography is simply unparalleled.

But where do you even start with a career as extensive and diverse as Johnny Depp’s? That’s where this comprehensive Johnny Depp movies list comes in. We’ve compiled the best films Johnny Depp has ever starred in. Read on as we also take a closer look at his acting style and the roles that have made him a true legend of the silver screen.

So, whether you’re a die-hard Johnny Depp fan, or you’re just discovering his work for the first time, this Johnny Depp movies list is your ultimate guide to the career of one of Hollywood’s most fascinating actors.

During the late 1960s, The Beatles entered a more psychedelic era. The album Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band and the Magical Mystery Tour movie were paired with colorful images and surreal lyrics, partly because The Beatles began experimenting with LSD and psychedelic drugs. John Lennon said one of The Beatles’ more surreal songs came to Lennon after experiencing two acid trips.

The Beatles were heavily inspired by surrealism John Lennon | Bettmann/Contributor

In the later days of The Beatles, the band became heavily influenced by surreal and psychedelic imagery. Many of their songs had nonsensical lyrics that made fans ponder what they could mean. After being inspired by drugs and surrealist authors, John Lennon and Paul McCartney wrote many songs with bizarre lyrics. In an interview shared by Far Out, Lennon explained why he connected with surrealism.

“Surrealism had a great effect on me because then I realized...

Liz Garbus, director of Harry & Meghan, has spoken out against critics of the Netflix docuseries. Why Garbus said criticism of the show, as well as Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, “doesn’t quite add up.” Plus, her “looking glass” experience with Buckingham Palace.

‘When Harry and Meghan want to tell their story in their own words, it suddenly becomes an issue,’ Liz Garbus says Netflix’s ‘Harry & Meghan’ plays on TV | Daniel Leal/Afp via Getty Images

Garbus discussed the criticism surrounding Harry & Meghan — and the Duke and Duchess of Sussex — in a Jan. 24 Vanity Fair interview.

“People are very happy to read everything about Harry and Meghan when it’s somebody else writing about them,” the Emmy-winning filmmaker said. “But when Harry and Meghan want to tell their story in their own words, it suddenly becomes an issue.”

Harry & Meghan premiered on Dec. 8, 2022, with Volume I...

Liz Garbus, director of the controversial Netflix docuseries “Harry & Meghan”, is opening up about her eye-opening insights into what Prince Harry and Meghan Markle claim to have experienced.

Garbus, the Oscar-nominated director of such acclaimed documentaries as “What Happened, Miss Simone?” and the HBO series “I’ll Be Gone in the Dark”, spoke with Vanity Fair about how her own involvement with Buckingham Palace gave her a unique look into what the Duke and Duchess of Sussex claim to have experienced.

“For instance, Buckingham Palace said that we didn’t reach out for comment [on the docuseries] when we did,” Garbus said.

Read More: Palace Insiders: Prince William Ready To ‘Push Back Any Wild Claims’ In Harry & Meghan’s Netflix Docuseries

“They did that to discredit us… and by discrediting us, they can discredit the content of the show,” she noted, adding, “We lived through some of those moments that were a...

Helena Bonham Carter embodies British soap opera star Noele “Nolly” Gordon in the forthcoming three-part drama series hailing from “Doctor Who” showrunner and “It’s a Sin” creator Russell T. Davies. The ITV Studios production that has found its U.S. home on Masterpiece on PBS, with an airdate to be announced.

“Nolly,” which was announced back in late 2021, marks the first production from Nicola Shindler’s new production company Quay Street Productions. The multi-bafta TV Award winner was an executive producer on “It’s a Sin” and “Queer as Folk.”

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It’s easy to take Anne Hathaway for granted. She’s that smart tall girl who always does her homework, raises her hand, and knows the answer. She’s been in demand in Hollywood since her 2001 breakout in “The Princess Diaries” and she’s been rewarded for her doing her best: She earned a Best Actress Oscar nomination for her recovering addict in Jonathan Demme’s 2009 drama “Rachel Getting Married, and she won the Supporting Actress Oscar in 2013 for her moist and skeletal singing of “I Dreamed a Dream” in “Les Misérables.”

And then, social media slagged Hathaway for her goody-two-shoes perfectionism. At last week’s Elle annual Women in Hollywood tribute, Hathaway admitted that her time in the virtual hate box left scars. “Ten years ago, I was given an opportunity to look at the language of hatred from a new perspective,” she said. “For context — this was a...

Johnny Depp at the European premiere of Alice Through The Looking Glass. Pic credit: ©ImageCollect.com/Can Nguyen/Landmark Media

Johnny Depp is dating one of his former lawyers, but it is not Camille Vasquez, who shot to fame during his defamation trial against Amber Heard.

The 59-year-old actor has reportedly found love again with U.K.-based lawyer Joelle Rich.

She represented him in his 2020 U.K. libel lawsuit but is only said to have offered moral support — rather than professional — when he faced his ex-wife in a court in Virginia earlier this year.

During the televised defamation lawsuit, the rumor mill went wild with claims that the former Pirates of the Caribbean star was dating his lawyer, Vasquez.

Vasquez, who became a social media sensation, said in an interview that she was disappointed in the rumors of a romance with Depp and called the notion sexist.

Depp’s...

Netflix has started rounding out the cast for its Lindsay Lohan-led romantic comedy Irish Wish, with Ed Speleers (Outlander), Alexander Vlahos (Sanditon), Ayesha Curry (A Black Lady Sketch Show), Elizabeth Tan (Emily in Paris) and Jane Seymour (The Kominsky Method) signing on for roles.

The film from director Janeen Damian (Falling for Christmas) picks up with Maddie as the love of her life gets engaged to her best friend, watching as she puts her feelings aside to be a bridesmaid at their wedding in Ireland. Days before the pair are set to marry, Maddie makes a spontaneous wish for true love, only to wake up as the bride-to-be. With her dream seeming to come true, Maddie soon realizes that her real soulmate is someone else entirely.

Irish Wish is being made as part of Lohan’s two-picture creative partnership with Netflix. The project reteams Lohan with Janeen Damian, following...

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Gregory Jein, the acclaimed model maker and artist who worked on eight Star Trek properties and earned Oscar nominations for Steven Spielberg’s Close Encounters of the Third Kind and 1941, has died. He was 76.

Jein died May 22 in his Los Angeles home after a long history of health issues that included a battle with diabetes, a family spokeswoman told The Hollywood Reporter. His family elected to keep his death quiet until this week, she added.

According to the website Memory Alpha, Jein began his association with Star Trek in 1977 by designing a Klingon battle cruiser for Star Trek: Phase II, which would have been the first live-action spinoff of NBC’s original Star Trek had it gone forward.

He collaborated with visual effects maestro Douglas Trumbull on Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979), then followed with Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989), Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country...