Brenda Blethyn has starred in “Vera” since 2011. (Helen Williams) Of all the moody, broody British police dramas that ever forced a dogged detective to tramp through windswept moors, old-growth forests and muddy farmyards only to confront a desperate killer on the edge of a cliff (and there are loads of them), ITV’s “Vera,” available … Read more
Pamela Anderson in the movie “The Last Showgirl.” (Roadside Attractions) You may be just as surprised to find a Werner Herzog cameo in Pamela Anderson’s breezy 2023 memoir “Love, Pamela” as you’d be to her see in one of his films. Nevertheless, a potential collaboration nearly happened, and the German auteur gave the Canadian bombshell … Read more
How Pamela Anderson made herself the ‘hero’ of her own story — and of ‘The Last Showgirl’ In the latest episode of The Envelope video podcast, “The Last Showgirl” star Pamela Anderson reflects on what she’s learned from a life in the spotlight and John Magaro delves into the process of making journalism drama “September … Read more
Zoe Saldana, Liza Minelli, Cynthia Erivo, Bing Crosby — Oscar winners and potential Oscar winners (Natalia Agatte / For The Times) Movie musicals go in and out of fashion. But never in Academy Awards history have so many women from musicals been potential Oscar nominees in a single year. 3 Karla Sofía Gascón (lead), Zoe … Read more
Marianne Jean-Baptiste, left, and Michele Austin in the movie “Hard Truths.” (Simon Mein) Mike Leigh’s “Hard Truths” invites you to spend an hour and a half with the most insufferable woman in the world. (If you personally know a worse one, my condolences.) That the unpleasantness turns out to be time well spent is a … Read more
Versatile and self-aware, Betty Gilpin moves with ease onscreen and onstage Betty Gilpin is not one to complain. She spent seven months in New Mexico making “American Primeval,” a gory western set in the treacherous Utah Territory in 1857. She filmed in the elements, often at night, with the most volatile co-stars of all: horses. … Read more
Chrissy Teigen and her husband John Legend have sought refuge at a hotel with their four children, four dogs, and a pet bearded dragon as the horrific Palisades Fire rips through the area near her California home. The former model, 39, told fans that she and the 12-time Grammy winner, 46, were packing their essential belongings … Read more
From left, former California Govs. Pete Wilson, Gray Davis and George Deukmejian fit the drab mold voters in the state tend to favor. (Associated Press) California is about to ease into the 2026 race for governor, and if you can pick any of the current candidates from a police lineup, either you work in Sacramento, … Read more
A firefighter with a headlamp hoses down flames as the Palisades fire ravages homes on El Medio Avenue on Tuesday. (Brian van der Brug/Los Angeles Times) Santa Ana winds are infamous for driving fast-moving fires in Southern California, pushing embers well beyond a blaze’s boundary and into neighborhoods and across major roadways. But officials say … Read more
New York-based AI startup Mosaic is trying to create a new kind of Wall Street: one with humane hours, where all-nighters no longer need to exist. Mosaic has created software that does the grunt work of building financial models — a laborious task with complicated calculations that, for eons, has been done by a junior banker. … Read more
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