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Defying gravity is hard, sure. But defying expectations is nearly impossible, especially when it comes to adapting a property as universally beloved...
Ramping up to a nail-biting election, a slew of people with steadfast political beliefs and questionable moral values descended on New York City from...
Though her name means “light and bright,” those two adjectives are hardly how anyone would describe Ani, Mikey Madison’s titular sex worker with...
To be a Real Housewives obsessive is to wade into the murky darkness of the death-laden and designer label-strewn realities of being an affluent...
MaXXXine, the final film in Ti West’s bloody-brilliant X trilogy, has a lot riding on it. X was not only a smash success that made its $1 million...
If you enjoyed watching Anne Hathaway play a mother seduced by her daughter’s favorite superstar in last month’s The Idea of You , but found...
There are roughly 47,000—oh, wait, a new Netflix Original just dropped; make that 47,001—TV shows and movies coming out each week. At Obsessed, we...
Watching a diligent artist and actor finally get their due is one of the rare gratifying, non-toxic experiences that Hollywood can offer an outsider....
Vampires have problems too. Sure, they’re ruthless, fiendish, bloodsucking creatures of the night. But just because they’re immortal doesn’t...
The ability to fake cry is a tried-and-true ability that any person must be armed with to make it onto reality television. It’s an essential tool to...
There are roughly 47,000—oh, wait, a new Netflix Original just dropped; make that 47,001—TV shows and movies coming out each week. At Obsessed, we...
Do you know what you’re doing for Jackie Washington Day next month? You know, July 15, Jackie Washington Day! It’s the annual holiday that...
For as much as studies of grief and death have been twisted and mangled into trite gimmicks in the genre films of late, it’s rare to see a...
After the sun-drenched disappointment of Colin Farrell’s Sugar , it’s nice to see a Los Angeles-set neo-noir that manages not to squander its...
Are you really an adult if you haven’t couch-surfed for at least a brief period of your life? The vagabond in me, who once slept on his friend’s...
New Yorkers know that living in the city comes with a certain amount of unavoidable noise. The construction, shouting, car horns, and bumping bass are...
It’s Pride month, which means that if you’re within 100 yards of an open bottle of Tito’s vodka or a DSW with a sale on Tevas, you’re liable...
The latest of Variety’s wacky Actors on Actors pairings reads a little bit like one of those old-school clickbait headlines (which I’m told still...
There are roughly 47,000—oh, wait, a new Netflix Original just dropped; make that 47,001—TV shows and movies coming out each week. At Obsessed, we...
Each summer, I am left chasing a high that is increasingly difficult to reach, and that high would be a little thing called “seeing matinees at 3...
If you heard the film Robot Dreams be called among the five Best Animated Feature nominees at this year’s Oscars ceremony and said, “What the...
While I’d never root for a movie to be delayed, especially not because of a labor strike, I think it may have been divine intervention in the case...
Max’s Hacks may have just finished out its third season, but the show has never felt quite so energetic. In Season 3, young comedy writer Ava...
Lasagna is not healthy. You can hear the sound of hundreds of meat tenderizers slapping the palms of some angry Italian hands right now, but it’s...
There are roughly 47,000—oh, wait, a new Netflix Original just dropped; make that 47,001—TV shows and movies coming out each week. At Obsessed, we...
The start of the COVID-19 pandemic gave us some of the absolute worst media imaginable. Anne Hathaway’s luxury department store heist movie was...
As a creative, I am constantly worrying myself with questions about artificial intelligence. Will my job be obsolete one day? Can AI as we know it...
There’s something strange happening to the Kardashians. When I check in on America’s First Family every few months—often timed to the release of...
Who the hell gave Garfield a smartphone? Granted, the world has changed significantly in the 46 years since Jim Davis’ comic strip about the...
There are roughly 47,000—oh, wait, a new Netflix Original just dropped; make that 47,001—TV shows and movies coming out each week. At Obsessed, we...
There is something preternaturally alluring about Bella Hadid. Maybe it’s the supermodel-activist-lemon heiress’ cheekbones, which look like...
You, me, and anyone with even a tangential grasp on modern technology may have true-crime podcast fatigue. But for the people of Bodkin, Ireland—the...
There have been five—count ‘em, five!—entries in the Pretty Little Liars franchise since the pulpy teen drama, based on the popular book...
As if being a freelancer weren’t hard enough, try being a freelancer chasing down invoice payments halfway around the world, after already getting...
In Pablo Larráin’s 2016 film Jackie , Natalie Portman—playing John F. Kennedy’s wife Jaqueline Kennedy, following her husband’s...
There are roughly 47,000—oh, wait, a new Netflix Original just dropped; make that 47,001—TV shows and movies coming out each week. At Obsessed, we...
If there is one person who can shake up the stale reality competition show format, it’s Julia Fox. The actor, model, author, sometimes singer, and...
Welcome to modern rom-com week at The Daily Beast’s Obsessed! In honor of two big romance releases this week—The Fall Guy and The Idea of...
Law Roach is no stranger to controversial looks. Whether the renowned celebrity stylist and image architect is showing up bulge-first to the 2023 CFDA...
As if there weren’t enough power struggles being waged from week to week on Mary & George , real war is brewing for the English in 1618, and Mary...
In bad relationships, coffee shops that turn into wine bars after a certain hour, and television productions, there is one core rule to abide by:...
During my tenure at the Fashion Institute of Technology, I was required to take one fashion merchandising class, where my professor impressed upon me...
Alright, ready those tomatoes and warm up your pitching arm because I’ve got something to say: Max’s Velma series is fantastic. In a world...