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Hindustan Times
07-08-2025
- Entertainment
- Hindustan Times
How Weapons director Zach Cregger was inspired by Tom Cruise's 1999 film Magnolia
Zach Cregger's Weapons has been garnering attention ever since its trailer was released. The horror film, which hits theaters on August 8, stars Josh Brolin and Julia Garner in the lead. With a 95 per cent rating on Rotten Tomatoes even before its release, Weapons is already a hit with critics, Fandomwire reported. Recently, Zach Cregger opened up about how a Tom Cruise movie was a big source of inspiration behind Weapons. Weapons stars Julia Garner and Josh Brolin in the lead.(AP) Also read: Weapons first reviews: Viewers say the hype for this horror film is real, calling it 'an unmissable new classic' While many Tom Cruise fans might think the actor's 1994 horror project, Interview with the Vampire, could have inspired Cregger, the answer is something different. In a chat with Collider, the Barbarian director said that the 1999 film Magnolia proved pivotal for Weapons. Zach Cregger on how Tom Cruise's Magnolia inspired Weapons The director told Collider that he and cinematographer Larkin Seiple discussed Magnolia a lot while filming Weapons. 'Magnolia was a big inspiration for this movie. And the cold open of Magnolia is another montage with really energetic camera moves and zooms on a dolly, and all kinds of swinging, and it's just never stationary,' Cregger said, while discussing how the movie influenced him. The cold open of Magnolia features three different events, which are later shown to be interconnected. What is Tom Cruise's film Magnolia about? The psychological drama by Paul Thomas Anderson follows a group of characters whose stories are interconnected. The movie is regarded as one of Anderson's best works to date. With Cregger citing Magnolia as an inspiration, there is a chance that the visuals of Weapons will be unflinching and to-the-face, as per Fandom Wire. The movie could also focus on emotional violence, just like Magnolia did, as per Collider. Also read: Is Weapons based on a true story? Here's what we know about Josh Brolin-Julia Garner's horror film What is Weapons about? Starring Josh Brolin, Julia Garner and Benedict Wong in the lead, Weapons follows a group of children belonging to the same classroom who go missing at exactly the same time. Julia Garner portrays a school teacher, while Brolin essays the role of a parent whose child has gone missing. FAQs: 1. When is Weapons releasing? The movie will hit theaters on August 8. 2. Which film is Weapons inspired by? Director Zach Cregger said that he was inspired by Tom Cruise's Magnolia. 3. Which stars are part of Weapons? The film stars Julia Garner and Josh Brolin.
Buzz Feed
02-08-2025
- Lifestyle
- Buzz Feed
37 Things To Make Your Life Easier If You Live Solo
A Shark Tank-featured Click & Carry Grocery Bag Carrier that'll help you take way fewer trips from the car to the house. It allows you to hook on your bags (up to 80 pounds!) and *comfortably* rest the carrier on your shoulder. Or perhaps a stair-climbing trolly dolly because I don't know about you, but the only time I hate living solo in a walkable city is when I have to grocery shop and then carry said groceries up my stairs. (Ugh, I think I need this.) Even if you have just a few stairs at your home, this'll come in handy for trips from your car to inside the house post-shopping trip. It can carry up to 150 pounds and the wheels LITERALLY climb stairs. (As you can see here.) Self-heating soothing foot masks made with Epsom salts, lavender, and peppermint for those nights when you REAAAALLY want a foot massage but no one but your precious cat is around to help. Your kitty is busy making biscuits overtime. He knows the rent is due! A double step stool with a safety lock and a weight limit of 330 pounds so you can reach stuff in the tippy-top of your kitchen cabinets without climbing on the counter. Trust me, you need one of these. (I live solo and use mine all the time in the kitchen, despite being tall.) Plus, a flexible grabber that's made for people with limited mobility but can come in handy for everyone while trying to grab stuff that's JUST out of reach. Also, you can fold it for easier storage and its sensitive grip means you get a better feel of what you're grabbing. A rapid defrosting tray so you won't have to put off cooking because your meat is still frozen. You can't go back in time to put out your main dinner ingredient to thaw, but you CAN use this instead of using the excuse to order Domino's. Stackable, modular freezer cubes to help you bulk stash all kinds of delish leftovers you wanna save for Future You. After all, your famous tomato soup is soooo good the first two times around. But maybe you don't wanna eat it four days in a row before it goes bad. And that's fine! Plus, a dishwasher-safe silicone soup cube tray that'll hold one cup (or a serving) of delicious hot entrees like soup/chili/stew/sauce per cube so you can freeze and then reheat it later. Heck. Have it for breakfast! You live alone and no one can tell you differently. A ~streamlined~ door draft stopper to help keep whatever temp air you prefer within the room you're currently in, rather than the rest of your home where you're not. Plus, a reviewer-beloved veggie chopper can make quick work of the ingredient-chopping portion of a recipe because, well, you have to designate it to yourself! An organizing couch pillow with a spot for everything you require as you catch up on the Interview with the Vampire TV series because you won't want to pry yourself off the couch AND can't ask someone to bring you a napkin. Listen, the cast was JUST as San Diego Comic Con doing press about Lestat's upcoming rockstar season and I need someone to talk to about it. A pair of blackout, noise-canceling, AND thermal insulating curtains to help solve a plethora of problems — even if you've brought them on yourself by staying up all night marathon-ing the first two seasons of the Interview with the Vampire series. Ya gotta watch! I'm telling ya! A folding sink topper that'll give you an ample surface when there's seemingly no room for all your getting-ready essentials. Now that you're done with the sink and don't have to wait for someone else to brush their teeth, you can make the sink pull double-duty! A Just Spices starter set with eight blends you'll actually use up before they expire — unless those dozen or so spices that Past You bought for a a recipe and you eventually find lurking in the back of your cabinet when you get the gumption to do some decluttering. An under-cabinet lid opener to help pop open that jar of pasta sauce in a jiffy. Everyone can use this, but reviewers with limited dexterity especially find it helpful! A UV black-light flashlight that'll track down all sorts of messes that've been avoiding you. Now, you can figure out the source of that weird smell without recruiting someone else's nostrils. Good luck figuring out who's to blame, though! (Maybe this is how you find out you've got a messy ghostly roomie.) A no-scrub weekly shower cleaner you can simply just spray on after you shower, wait 8–12 hours while it tackles mold and mildew stains, soap scum, and just about any gross grime without YOU having to scrub. Talk about practical to the max. A Hungryroot grocery delivery with 10-minute recipes tailored to your dietary needs/wants because you have a knack for letting ingredients you go bad that don't get used up completely in one recipe. A reusable pet fur remover might just have you tossing your old sticky roller after you see how much fur this reusable one (it has a sturdy brush system) picks up off your beloved couch. You don't wanna walk out the door with fur all over your behind, only to learn from your work nemesis. A three-pack of Velveeta cheese sauce you can simply pour in a bowl, microwave, and then dump over pasta or just use as a dip for some good old tortillas. These'll come in handy when it's a Wednesday night and you barely want to lift a finger to feed yourself. No one is watching. Eat what you want!! A drill brush cleaning kit that'll attach to your drill/driver for an informercial-like cleaning sesh at the flip of a switch that'll have you seeking out all the dirty surfaces you've been ignoring. A mini air fryer in case you've put off the investment, or given up a too-big version a while back because it hogged all your counter space. (I actually gave a family-size one to my mom!) A Dash mini rice cooker can easily make a hearty and filling side to go with that last piece of salmon or chicken you have in the fridge. But! It can also whip up oatmeal, stew, soup, quinoa, rice, and pasta. So that opens up all sorts of easy meal possibilities. Plus, it's small enough that you'll definitely find room for it on your one-bedroom apartment's kitchen counter. A rectangular lazy Susan made to hold more than the traditional round ones and to help you use every last bit of your apartment-sized fridge's space. Yep, it's time to really make the most of your legendary condiment collection before that fancy jar of preserves goes bad. Some sheet fasteners if that the fitted sheet won't stay put on your mattress, and you end up in a sheet burrito. These are exactly how they sound, so no matter how much you toss and turn, your fitted sheet won't come loose in the middle of the night and require an extra pair of hands to put back in place. A set of safe-locking magnetic duvet clips to keep your duvet in its proper place, instead of loose and saggy inside the cover you couldn't resist from Urban Outfitters. These work for duvets up to 10 pounds and then use a magnetic key to remove the clips on laundry day. A small compost bin/trash can will easily hang on a cabinet door for easy hiding and use. The lid lifts up *or* flips over for easily dumping as you food prep. Living solo means you likely create a LOT less waste and don't need a giant kitchen trash can to contain the mess! Or some pink! Cherry blossom–scented! Forceflex trashbags that'll be able to withstand all kinds of odds 'n' ends you throw in maybe buy you a little more time with bad food odors. A set of two rechargeable emergency LED bulbs can function like regular ole light bulbs and then when a big storm hits and your power goes out, they'll stay lit for 3–4 hours, which is enough time to help you figure out what you're going to do next without tripping on something and hurting yourself. A self-sealing magnetic screen door to let dogs help themselves out or in the house — so you won't have to peel yourself up from the hammock and leave your Margaritaville day dreams. A Rapid Ramen Cooker that'll transform a brick of noods into the base for a delish meal in just three minutes in the microwave! 'Tis time to put that ramen you've been hoarding the pantry to tasty use and wash the minimum number of dishes possible. A game-changing "bed wedge" pillow in a high-density foam and triangular shape to prevent stuff from falling into that gap between the mattress and the headboard. No need to scrounge down there for your phone or other stuff. Totally the stuff of nightmares! A powerful dishwashing spray that, honestly, if you buy anything from this list, this should be it — especially if your old house *doesn't* include a dishwasher. You can spray down that casserole dish caked with enchilada sauce, let it sit, and you simply wipe and rinse away that saucy mess in a few minutes after you've conquered your meal. (Can you sense an enchilada theme here?) A clear magnetic refrigerator dry-erase board that'll stick directly on your fridge. It's a little bit more aesthetic of a reminder than a series of sticky notes. Feel free to jot down reminders to eat the leftovers that are about to go bad! A jumbo pack of toilet cleaning tabs you simply throw in the tank every two weeks to keep your bowl (and bathroom) fresher on the reg. A handheld steam cleaner (perfect even if you're in a small space and that's how you can afford to live solo) with a nearly 10-foot-long cord to help you get at all sorts of greasy, stuck-on messes sans chemicals. And a playful bath mat because you NEED one anyway. Might as well make your nonslip, machine-washable mat extra cute. It's your bathroom. Decorate how you want!
Metro
30-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Metro
Supernatural thriller fans insist 'give it a chance' after BBC drops 16 episodes
The mega fans of Interview with the Vampire might already be well acquainted with another series of occult novels from the author Anne Rice. The trilogy Mayfair Witches has been adapted into two eight-part seasons of TV, starring The White Lotus's Alexandra Daddario, and the BBC has just added the second season to iPlayer. Daddario plays the preternaturally gifted surgeon Rowan Fielding, an adoptee aching to connect with her birth family, who learns she can hurt people with the power of her mind. Here comes the lore, because in Rowan's mission to learn more about herself, she discovers she is heir to a lineage of numerous such powerful women. But there's a dark legacy attached to her family tree, as she comes to discover in a saga of sex, death and magic across the years. Rowan is joined along the way by Lasher, a shapeshifter that has been bound to the family for generations, and is cryptically played in its most common form by Jack Huston. To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video 'Things don't end well for the women in this family,' Rowan is told during her quest for answers. And we start to get a sense why, with a smattering of flashbacks from the present New Orleans setting to a 17th-century Scottish village. There, we see a past generation of Mayfairs grapple with being women with witchy reputations and the stigma attached in the eyes of religious authorities. In amongst the secrets, murders and various dances, there are also gestures to Mayfairs even further back. There might be some ropey Scottish accents along the way, but a strong contingent of fans have urged viewers not to judge the show against the books, given it's not a wholly faithful adaptation of Rice's trilogy. Those existing outside the Mayfair book universe have praised the show as a spooky watch that's worth giving a go, in spite of a fairly low Rotten Tomatoes rating (59%). Taking to Google reviews, Leia Sadinsky wrote: 'From the first episode, I was hooked—the storytelling unfolds in such an intriguing way, keeping me captivated as each new piece of the mystery falls into place. More Trending 'If you're on the fence about watching because of the reviews—give it a chance. You might just find yourself just as enchanted as I am.' 'As someone who hasn't read the novels & loves fantasy that takes hints from real life – I recommend it to all those who might have enjoyed series like Sabrina on Netflix,' echoed Maha Zainab Ishtiaq. Stephanie Lily added: 'So many bad reviews from those who read the book, I guess I'm happy I didn't because I am really captured by the story! I highly recommend!' View More » Mayfair Witches is available to stream on BBC iPlayer. Got a story? If you've got a celebrity story, video or pictures get in touch with the entertainment team by emailing us celebtips@ calling 020 3615 2145 or by visiting our Submit Stuff page – we'd love to hear from you. MORE: 'Best crime thriller of 2025' confirms season 2 on Netflix after 26,100,000 views MORE: RuPaul's Drag Race star rushed to hospital after 'homophobic' attack at Tesco MORE: Gregg Wallace announces autism charity role after claim he 'used autism as an excuse'
Business Upturn
28-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Business Upturn
When is Interview With the Vampire Season 3 releasing? Everything we know so far
By Aman Shukla Published on July 28, 2025, 17:30 IST Last updated July 28, 2025, 11:03 IST If you're like most fans still recovering from the emotional chaos of Interview with the Vampire Season 2, you're probably wondering: when is Season 3 coming, and what's next? Well, good news—Season 3 is not only confirmed, but it's also getting a fresh new name and a completely different vibe. Here's everything we know so far. When Will Interview With the Vampire Season 3 Release? No exact date yet, but AMC has confirmed Interview With the Vampire Season 3 is aiming for a 2026 premiere. If we look at the show's track record—Season 1 kicked off in October 2022, and Season 2 landed in May 2024—it's likely we're looking at spring or summer 2026. Why the wait? Well, this show's all about those jaw-dropping sets, lush costumes, and a killer soundtrack, so they're taking their time to make it perfect. What Will Interview With the Vampire Season 3 Be About? Season 3 will dive into The Vampire Lestat , the second book in Anne Rice's The Vampire Chronicles . Unlike the first two seasons, which focused heavily on Louis de Pointe du Lac's perspective (played by Jacob Anderson), this season shifts the spotlight to Lestat de Lioncourt (Sam Reid). AMC teases that Lestat, 'resentful of the perfunctory portrayal in the trashy bestseller Interview With the Vampire ,' will set his story straight by starting a band and going on a rockstar tour. This rockstar arc promises a bold, vibrant shift in tone. Lestat's tour will span 50 stops, with Season 3 picking up around stop 33. The season will explore Lestat's response to Louis' memoir, published by journalist Daniel Molloy (Eric Bogosian), which has stirred controversy among vampires. Expect a 'sexy pilgrimage across space, time, and trauma' with 'no auto-tuning, no trigger warnings, all feels amplified,' according to AMC's official description. Key plot points include: Lestat's Rockstar Era : Lestat's transformation into a rockstar will feature original music by composer Daniel Hart, including the already-released single 'Long Face,' showcased in a teaser at San Diego Comic-Con 2024. New and Returning Characters : The season will introduce Lestat's mother Gabrielle, his maker Magnus, the ancient vampire Marius, and the enigmatic Those Who Must Be Kept (Akasha and Enkil, the first vampires). Returning characters include Louis, Armand (Assad Zaman), Daniel Molloy, Sam Barclay (Christopher Geary), Raglan James (Justin Kirk), Fareed (Gopal Divan), and Nicolas de Lenfent (Joseph Potter). Daniel's Vampire Journey : After being turned into a vampire by Armand in Season 2's shocking finale, Daniel's new undead life will be a focal point. Flashbacks and Lore: Expect deeper exploration of Lestat's past, including his relationships with Nicolas and Armand, as well as the origins of vampirism through characters like Marius and Those Who Must Be Kept. Interview With the Vampire Season 3 Cast The core cast is set to return, with some exciting new additions: Sam Reid as Lestat de Lioncourt Jacob Anderson as Louis de Pointe du Lac Assad Zaman as Armand Eric Bogosian as Daniel Molloy Christopher Geary as Sam Barclay Justin Kirk as Raglan James Gopal Divan as Fareed Joseph Potter as Nicolas de Lenfent New characters like Gabrielle, Magnus, Marius, and Those Who Must Be Kept are yet to be cast, but fans are buzzing with speculation about who will bring these iconic figures to life. Ahmedabad Plane Crash Interview with the Vampire Aman Shukla is a post-graduate in mass communication . A media enthusiast who has a strong hold on communication ,content writing and copy writing. Aman is currently working as journalist at
UPI
27-07-2025
- Entertainment
- UPI
Watch: AMC offers a sneak peek of 'The Vampire Lestat'
Sam Reid stars in "The Vampire Lestat," Season 3 of the horror drama, "Interview with the Vampire." Photo courtesy of AMC July 27 (UPI) -- AMC has released a sneak peek at Season 3 of its horror drama, Interview with the Vampire, which is subtitled The Vampire Lestat. Starring Sam Reid as the titular immortal rock star, the show is slated to return in 2026. "It's a wild ride," Reid said in the 2-minute preview video released on Saturday. "In Season 3, Lestat is living a rock star's life in its most hedonistic, authentic way. Right now, he wants to be completely engulfed in the music. It lights a fire in him." The new season will focus on Lestat, but also will feature appearances by Interview veterans Jacob Anderson (Louis), Eric Borgosion (Daniel), Delainey Hayles (Claudia) and Assad Zaman (Armand). Joining the cast next season are Jennifer Ehle, Christopher Heyerdahl and Damien Atkins.
