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Forbes
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Forbes
Lena Dunham's ‘Too Much' Misses Netflix Top 10 In Release Week
While some reviews hail it the 'best show on Netflix,' an extensive press rollout that included a feature in The New York Times and hype around show creator Lena Dunham's much-talked-about return to television, her new show, 'Too Much,' didn't take off on Netflix during its debut week. "Too Much" is now streaming. Netflix The streamer on Tuesday released viewing data for the top 10 most-watched shows of last week, and 'Too Much' didn't make the cut. The show, released on July 10, was not on the most popular list for the week of July 7 to 13, falling to the children's show "Miss Rachel" and other original programming like 'Ginny & Georgia" season 3, which first released six weeks ago. 'Too Much" is Dunham's return to the small screen after starring in and writing the hit series "Girls' in the mid 2010s, and she hit the publicity circuit hard before its release, giving interviews to Forbes, Interview Magazine, the New York Times, the Times of London, Variety and The New Yorker, among others. Dunham created the series with her husband, Luis Felber, and stars as the sister of main character Jessica, played by Megan Stalter, in a rom-com she said was inspired partially by her real-life relationships and bears several resemblances to her public breakup with Jack Antonoff, the writer-producer who works closely with Taylor Swift. Despite the hype, 'Too Much' has received mixed reviews—USA Today said it contained "the year's most devastating episode of TV" and MSNBC called it 'exactly what we need right now,' but the New York Times said it was "not nervy enough" and the Houston Chronicle called it a 'meh thing.' Get Forbes Breaking News Text Alerts: We're launching text message alerts so you'll always know the biggest stories shaping the day's headlines. Text 'Alerts' to (201) 335-0739 or sign up here : 'It is sharp, knowing and often funny. But it's also a self-consciously hip romcom with the whiniest leading man,' wrote Anita Singh of the Daily Telegraph. 'By the end, I didn't care if they lived happily ever after or not, as long as they weren't doing it in my earshot.' Dunham broke out as the creator and star of HBO's "Girls," which won two Primetime Emmy Awards, a Peabody, a BAFTA and a Directors Guild of America Award. The show ran from 2012 to 2017 and also starred Allison Williams, Jemima Kirke and Zosia Mamet as best friends in New York City. 'Girls' is also credited with launching actor Adam Driver, who has gone on to star in the Star Wars sequel trilogy. Dunham was included in the annual Time 100 list of the most influential people in the world in 2013 and had guest roles in other projects through the 2010s. She has created several films that were released to mixed reviews, and was on board to produce a film based on the Polly Pocket dolls before dropping out last year. Tangent "The Sandman" season 2 was the most-watched show on Netflix last week with almost 6 million views, followed by "The Waterfront," "Sullivan's Crossing," "7 Bears" and an all-women's boxing event starring Katie Taylor and Amanda Serrano. Further Reading Forbes Lena Dunham Talks About Obsession After Heartbreak In Netflix's 'Too Much' By Dana Feldman Forbes Netflix's 'Too Much' Is A Relatable Tale About Breaking Up In A Social Media World By Dana Feldman Forbes Lena Dunham Is A Monster Of Our Own Creation By Dani Di Placido
Yahoo
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Taylor Swift Explains the Real Pain Behind One of Her Greatest Hits in Resurfaced Footage
Taylor Swift Explains the Real Pain Behind One of Her Greatest Hits in Resurfaced Footage originally appeared on Parade. Taylor Swift may have risen to fame writing songs about romance gone wrong, but the 'Cruel Summer' singer also dives deep into the nuances—and heartbreak—of friendship in many of her songs. In a recently resurfaced conversation with producer and frequent collaborator Jack Antonoff, the 35-year-old, 14-time Grammy Award winner gives new insight into the pain behind one of her most thoughtful tracks, 'My Tears Ricochet,' from her 2020 masterpiece the video, Swift can be seen wearing her Folklore-era attire, complete with an oversized patterned coat and jewel-toned newsboy cap that hides her signature blonde locks. Sitting outside, Swift explains how the emotional song came to be. 'I wrote that one alone,' Swift shares. 'It's one of the saddest songs on the album.' Antonoff compliments Swift, calling it one of the best on Folklore. Swift responds with deeper insight into her writing process and the inspiration behind the song: 'It's a song about greed. It's a song about how somebody could be your best friend and your companion and your most trusted person in your life, and then they could go and become your worst enemy who knows how to hurt you because they were once your most trusted person.' Swift compares the end of a friendship to a divorce before likening it to superhero stories. 'Writing this song, it kind of occurred to me that in all of the superhero stories, the hero's greatest nemesis is the villain that used to be his best friend… There's this beautiful moment in the beginning of a friendship where these people have no idea that one day they'll hate each other.' View this post on Instagram A post shared by Songs by Taylor Swift (@songsbytaylor)While some fans speculated whether Swift was referencing a specific friendship breakup, others were simply happy to join the conversation in the social media comment section—one encapsulating the mood with, 'Love this woman.' 🎬SIGN UP for Parade's Daily newsletter to get the latest pop culture news & celebrity interviews delivered right to your inbox🎬 Taylor Swift Explains the Real Pain Behind One of Her Greatest Hits in Resurfaced Footage first appeared on Parade on Jul 14, 2025 This story was originally reported by Parade on Jul 14, 2025, where it first appeared.
Daily Mail
07-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Anne Hathaway's Hollywood celebrity best friend is revealed... and it's NOT a female
Anne Hathaway has landed another Vogue magazine cover. This time the Oscar-winning actress is discussing playing a pop star in the vein of Taylor Swift in her new movie Mother Mary, which was unchartered territory for the Hollywood veteran. The brunette shared with the fashion bible that she was not good at singing at first, but she pushed herself. 'I had to submit to being a beginner,' shared the 42-year-old New York native. 'The humility of that—showing up every day knowing you're going to suck. And it has to be okay. You're not 'bad.' You're just a beginner. 'Getting to that mindset—I had to shed some things that were hard to shed. It was welcome. But it was hard, the way transformational experiences can be hard.' Also in the interview, it is revealed who her celebrity best friend is, and it's not a woman. What made it extra challenging was that she did not have all the music finalized before she went in front of the camera. 'It was so confusing. I had to learn…. Because if I'd had the music a year before we ever turned a camera on, I would have tattooed every note of it on my soul, and there would have been a whole process, very specific. 'And that was not available to me. In the end. I am very grateful I could not take control.' The star worked with hit-making music producer Jack Antonoff as well as pop icon Charli XCX. 'I finally learned how to breathe,' said Hathaway. 'My body was so locked up—I literally couldn't take a deep breath. 'I'd been trying to open that space for years and I thought it was physically impossible. All my breath, it was stuck.' Hathaway also spent two years trying to learn how to dance for the role. As far as her celebrity best friend, it's Bradley Cooper. They became pals in NYC in 2019. The Oscar-winner talked to Vogue about what makes Anne special. 'You see how she treats everyone—and it's everyone—she's so kind,' said Cooper. 'We started hanging out as parents, having dance parties with children in my kitchen, and I fell in love with both of them.' Them is Anne and her husband Adam Shulman. Bradley said their union is 'an emblem for that kind of commitment,' in that they 'enrich' each other. The actor then tells the writer: 'You've met Anne: She's very present and grounded, I'll put it that way. And kind. She's viciously intelligent.' When not working, Anne is a regular person she insists, as she loves to stay home with her family. She loves 'hanging out' with her kids - she has sons Jonathan, nine, and Jack, five, with her husband. 'I'd been trying to open that space for years and I thought it was physically impossible. All my breath, it was stuck.' Hathaway also spent two years trying to learn how to dance for the role 'Uno games, baking when there's time, teaching the kids to dribble a basketball in the apartment without upsetting the neighbors….' she said. 'I am so, so grateful [her] husband is a great cook and an early riser,' she told writer Maya Singer. Anne looked glamorous in a photo shoot by Annie Leibovitz with help from Fashion Editor: Tabitha Simmons, hair by Orlando Pita and makeup by Gucci Westman. Vogue's August 2025 issue is available on newsstands nationwide on July 15.
Vogue
07-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Vogue
Anne Hathaway on the Most Challenging Role of Her Career
Anne Hathaway is screaming. Eyes wild, skin aflame. Cresting, her voice vaults to a frequency you figure could shatter glass. 'How was that?' she asks Jack Antonoff, lowering her headphones. 'Try another one?' 'Sure, let's go again,' Antonoff replies, fiddling with various buttons and levers on his monumental recording console. 'One more like that. Keep it frightening.' 'Got it: hounds of hell,' says Hathaway, nodding. Ever the diligent student. Then she turns to me, mischievous. 'I have no idea where all this anger is coming from….' Hathaway and Antonoff are spending this first balmy spring Saturday tucked away at a Manhattan studio because they are in the final stages of transforming famously plucky Anne Hathaway, movie star with a megawatt smile, into a moody pop diva. She's dropped her two sons off at Little League and come here in low-glam mode (Knicks jersey, jeans) to record songs for David Lowery's upcoming film Mother Mary, in which Hathaway plays the title character—a sort of Gaga–Taylor Swift hybrid who is, uh, having a moment. And not 'having a moment' in the sense of basking in the glow of public adoration, but something more like its opposite. Searching for her own center and finding only darkness, she has fled her tour and sought out the old friend (played by Michaela Coel) who helped craft her all-consuming public persona in the first place. It's a strange, indelible film—which won't surprise anyone familiar with Lowery's previous work (The Green Knight, A Ghost Story). Hathaway coveted the part, she says, and it wound up challenging her more than any previous role. 'What struck me right away, reading the script, is that you can't 'perform' Mother Mary,' says Hathaway. 'If I got the part, I would have to become material David could craft with.' In essence, she had to make herself into a credible global pop star, one capable of executing complex choreography in a headdress and high heels and channeling the songs that Antonoff and Charli XCX were writing on her behalf. But preparing for all of this wasn't simply a matter of dance practice or learning to sing by seething and sneering and, yes, sometimes screaming. 'I had to submit to being a beginner,' she explains. 'The humility of that—showing up every day knowing you're going to suck. And it has to be okay. You're not 'bad.' You're just a beginner. Getting to that mindset—I had to shed some things that were hard to shed. It was welcome. But it was hard, the way transformational experiences can be hard.'
The Onion
04-07-2025
- Entertainment
- The Onion
The Onion's Exclusive Interview With Lorde
New Zealand singer-songwriter Lorde has released Virgin, her fourth studio album. The Onion sat down with the artist to discuss identity, inspiration, and what's next. The Onion : How has your music evolved as you've gotten older? Lorde: When I was younger I was really intimidated by the black keys on the piano, but now I can't get enough of them. The Onion : What inspired the X-ray album cover? Lorde: It's an homage to the TV show Bones . The Onion : Are you touring soon? Lorde: I hope not. I just signed up for a pizza-making class. The Onion: What's your writing process like? Lorde: My secretary types up my thoughts and faxes them to Jack Antonoff. The Onion : Who are some artists you'd like to collaborate with in the future? Lorde: I've always wanted to work with one of those guys who paints themselves silver and pretends to be a statue. The Onion : You've described yourself as 'in the middle gender-wise.' What does this mean to you? Lorde: Sitting on a horse in oversized Wranglers, no top. Alternatively, standing barefoot in the rain in a wedding dress. And in both of these scenarios it's heavily implied that I'm a ghost. The Onion : What are some things to consider when tying a bowline knot? Lorde: The bowline is an extremely secure knot, but can be hard to adjust. It all comes down to context. The Onion : What's next for you? Lorde: Disappearing into some tall grass.
