Diana Ross in Mahogany.Courtesy of Everett Collection Mahogany (1975) As far as portrayals of fashion designers on-screen go, they don’t get more decadent than Diana Ross’s turn as the American design student Tracy Chambers, whose clothes become an unlikely hit in the salons of high society 1970s Rome. Directed by Motown Records’ Berry Gordy, the … Read more
Set: One Tree Hill (2003-2012) The proposal: Spring 2004 The marriage: April 2005 The breakup: September 2005 The divorce: December 2006 Current relationship status: The former costars, who played high school sweethearts Brooke and Lucas, don’t appear to be in touch much anymore. Miley Cyrus and Liam Hemsworth Photo: Jon Kopaloff/FilmMagic Set: The Last Song … Read more
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There are movies that feature weddings, and then there are wedding movies—as in, Hollywood flicks focused almost exclusively on the lead-up to walking down the aisle. It’s a surprisingly robust genre; but then again, weddings are often billed as the biggest day of one’s life, marked both by love and a life-altering decision. Sounds like … Read more
Ross and Rachel. Carrie and Big. Edward and Bella. Romeo and Juliet. What do these pairings all have in common? For one thing, not one of them made our list of the best fictional couples in film and television. (That’s right! No “breaks,” jilted weddings, imprinting by werewolves, or deaths by poison here.) Who did … Read more
Every year, the same gif appears on my social-media feeds like clockwork: Rachel McAdams as pissed-off, suburbs-resenting, concert-tee-wearing misfit Amy Stone in my favorite dysfunctional-family Christmas movie of all time, The Family Stone. Granted, calling her a “misfit” in a family where everyone is slightly weird is a little unfair, but Amy is messy-haired, grouchy, … Read more
How much about the chocolates was in the Wonka script? I had the title and description—for instance, the Silver Lining was filled with condensed thunderclouds and liquid sunlight. And the action it does—it makes you go, “Huh!” At the start, that was all I had. At that point, I didn’t know about any other production … Read more
Just as memorable as the darkly comic one-liners and the twisted romance between Winona Ryder and Christian Slater in this teen classic are the preppy, shoulder-padded plaid blazers and primary color tights of the high school clique that lend the film its name. The trio of girls—all named Heather, of course, and who begin to … Read more
