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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...
As much fun as Mary & George can be, what with all of Julianne Moore’s plotting and perversion as the devious Mary Villiers, it surprises when it...
Apparently, it’s not encouraged to shout, “Alright boys, pucker up!” at a movie theater screen during a packed showing of one of the most...
Everyone remembers their first brush with death. Whether you’re 5 or fortunate enough to be 75, coming face-to-face with your own mortality for the...
Do you hear the ceremonial bagpipes playing? That’s the sound of a few ruddy Celtic men, bellowing into their horns to honor the dearly departed...
When we last left the residents of Deerfield, the fictional Midwest town at the center of the strange occurrences in The Big Door Prize , everyone...
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...
At the age of 29, few things are as soul-affirming as getting an earnest text asking if you want to see Real Housewives of New York alum Sonja...
Any show with an episode that begins with an orgy and ends with a murder is my kind of show. As much as I adored all of the nefarious scheming that...
Watching the episode of American Horror Story: Delicate where Kim Kardashian was suspiciously missing from and when my family dog died: the two...
“Genius” is a word that should be reserved for brilliant scientists and whoever created Dairy Queen’s brownie earthquake. When the word gets...
Is this a safe space for a confession? Well, thank you. Just between you and me: I never banged a pot or clanged a pan during the pandemic. I did not...
Teenagers are horrific—that much, we know. They’re a tornado of hormones, pheromones, acne, adolescence, mood swings, and frankly, bad taste. But,...
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 are few distinctly human biological experiences more frustrating than wanting to cry but being unable to make the tears flow. We can feel the...
Now that Mary & George has set the scene for Mary Villiers’ loathsome exploits in its dastardly premiere, the show can start getting truly down...
The orgasmic groaning and grunting are part of tennis’ appeal. They reflect the intensity of the sport: how hard players have to hit the ball; how...
Last week’s long-awaited return of American Horror Story: Delicate to the airwaves was less-than-stellar, but at least we had Siobhan. I’ve...
Fine, I’ll admit it: I was dead wrong. Let me clarify. There was a time, not too long ago, when Lady Gaga signing onto a Joker sequel was...
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...
For as light and fun as it can be, Mary & George begins with a thud. The first episode of Starz’s scintillating new limited series about...
In November 2019, Prince Andrew, Duke of York and his team had a problem that would not go away. After a photo of Prince Andrew alongside convicted...
Siobhan, Siobhan, wherefore art thou, Siobhan? When we last left Kim Kardashian’s dubiously named American Horror Story: Delicate character,...
Look closely at the tagline on the poster for Mary & George—the lecherous new limited series about royal courts and courtship, beginning Apr. 5 on...
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...
It’s woefully ironic that the first clip from the upcoming Amy Winehouse biopic Back to Black is of star Marisa Abela covering Winehouse’s...
There are countless upsides to never seeing a single episode of Breaking Bad . For one, I get to tune out of those “best television shows of all...
“Obviously no added sugar.” That phrase, printed on the box for Kylie Jenner’s new brand of canned vodka sodas, Sprinter, perplexed me....
Over the years, I’ve come to consider myself an arbiter of what is and is not real in reality television. But truthfully, to watch any modern...
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 you take a close look at the promotional material for Immaculate , the new nunsploitation horror film starring Sydney Sweeney, now in theaters,...
More and more, I am interested in what happens when we abandon social niceties completely. I don’t mean going wolf mode and acting feral in every...
“Remarkable” almost doesn’t feel like a big enough word to quantify Shirley Chisholm. The Brooklyn-born politician was not only the first Black...
In Palm Royale ’s version of Palm Beach, Florida—where everything is just south of reality—there’s always something new competing for your...
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...
What’s the deal with Florida these days? It seems like everyone is migrating to the Sunshine State—and specifically Palm Beach—for a little...
If you stuck it out through seven hours of Peacock’s limited series Apples Never Fall just to be disappointed by an anticlimactic ending, you’re...
Let’s make one thing perfectly clear: Netflix needs Lindsay Lohan, not the other way around. After Lohan’s highly anticipated, perfectly decent...
At this point, time travel movies are about as commonplace as reality dating shows. They’re everywhere, and that ubiquity has almost entirely...
When hundreds of 30 Rock clips went viral on social media over last year’s holiday season, the people made their demands clear: They want more...
The runaway success of Big Little Lies has resulted in a highly infectious residue of toxic, televised goo, which the CDC (Critics for Discerning...
It’s rare to watch a movie that feels less like it was influenced by other, better films and more like a straight-up clone of one. Even in a genre...
I’ve always said that there aren’t enough romantic comedies that depict how horrific most first dates are. I’ve been on enough casual meetups...
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...
It’s unbelievable that Monkey Man, Dev Patel’s raucous directorial debut—which had its world premiere at the SXSW Film Festival March...