Once upon a November, 20 years ago, Twentieth Century Fox released its own take on an animated princess film—Anastasia, a fictionalized account of the Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna, the last remaining member of the Romanov dynasty. Since 1917 and the Russian Bolshevik revolution, rumors swirled that the youngest Romanov daughter, Anastasia, survived her family's massacre. In the 1997 film, Anastasia (Meg Ryan) is a young woman named Anya who suffers from memory loss, and, in her search for her family, is drawn into a plot to con the Dowager Empress (Angela Lansbury) into believing her granddaughter has been returned to her. Read More...
In the premiere of The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City, I learned that part of the Mormon doctrine is believing “perfection is attainable.” That was news to me, a person who is fairly unfamiliar with the Mormon faith, save for watching the video of Andrew Rannells singing “I Believe” at the 2011 Tonys during my biweekly 2:30 a.m. YouTube spiral. (Truly, 1,000 of those 2 million views are from me, and I hope 1,000 more of them will soon be from you. Read More...
Singer Macy Gray, actor Chet Hanks (yes, son of Tom), and Bravolebrity Kim Zolciak are among the celebrities set to cohabitate in a Los Angeles mansion for the new season of The Surreal Life. Ally Brooke, O.T. Genasis, Johnny Weir, and Josie Conseco round out the cast of MTV's revival of the VH1 reality series, which centers on the famous inhabitants' growing friendships, relationships, and conflicts as they compete in challenges. Read More...
