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Kevin Hart in Netflix Intergenerational Comedy

Kevin Hart in Netflix Intergenerational Comedy

Published by Daniella Wilson

There’s an amusing, insightful movie to be made about the culture clash that would inevitably result between a 40-year-old Millennial and several Gen Z twenty-somethings. But that’s not the new Netflix comedy directed by Tim Story (Barbershop, Ride Along) and starring Kevin Hart. Instead, as might have been predicted, 72 Hours aims for the lowest common denominator, with a wildly farcical plotline in which Hart’s character is mistaken at various times for a human trafficker, a cop and a Cuban drug lord. He also gets into a brawl with several women in a moving limousine and finds himself in a smuggler’s boat carrying an illegal contraband haul of “whale dicks.” Add to that Hart’s face swollen to monstrous proportions after being stung by a jellyfish, and if all of this sounds hilarious, then this is the movie for you. 72 Hours The Bottom Line Feels longer. Release date: Friday, July 25Cast: Kevin Hart, Marcello Hernández, Mason Gooding, Kam Patterson, Ben Marshall, Kevin Dunn, Zach Cherry, Teyana Taylor, Andy GarciaDirector: Tim StoryScreenwriters: Jon Hurwitz, Hayden Schlossberg, Kevin …

Teyana Taylor Sobs as Janet Jackson Presents Her BET 2026 Icon Award

Teyana Taylor Sobs as Janet Jackson Presents Her BET 2026 Icon Award

Published by Daniella Wilson

Teyana Taylor sobbed as Janet Jackson presented her with the Icon of the Year Award at the 2026 BET Awards. And the fact that the “Control” singer was set to present Taylor the honor was kept a secret, even to the Golden Globe-winning actress herself. “Oh my God. Bitch, I’m gagging,” Taylor said as she took the stage to accept the esteem. “They did not tell me Janet was coming, bitch, and it’s so crazy because when Kehlani said, ‘Janet is here,’ I said, bitch, is that the surprise? I wasn’t sure!” Taylor began by thanking Jackson, whom she called her “biggest inspiration.” “I love you so much. Thank you, thank you, thank you for always seeing me. Thank you for every text, every hug, every talk. You are my biggest inspiration,” Taylor said of Jackson. “Everybody who knows me know how I feel about you, the fact that you even took up the time to be here to celebrate with me, this is crazy. I love you so much. Like, you don’t even understand.” The …

Teyana Taylor Says It’s ‘Powerful’ When Women Are Given the ‘Space’ to ‘Step Into Their Vision’

Teyana Taylor Says It’s ‘Powerful’ When Women Are Given the ‘Space’ to ‘Step Into Their Vision’

Published by Daniella Wilson

Lights, camera, inspiration! Teyana Taylor is bringing her bold creative vision to the 25th Tribeca Festival for a special event celebrating women in film and storytelling. The multi-hyphenate star will take the stage for a talk presented by Through Her Lens: The Tribeca CHANEL Women’s Filmmaker Program as part of Tribeca’s Storytellers Series on Sunday, June 7, at Spring Studios in New York City. Through Her Lens Taylor, who recently joined the Through Her Lens Advisory Committee alongside powerhouse names including Jane Fonda, Lucy Liu, Tessa Thompson, Kerry Washington, Olivia Wilde, and more says the mission behind the initiative feels especially personal to her. “Joining the Through Her Lens Advisory Committee with Tribeca and CHANEL felt personal to me because I know how powerful it is when women are given the space, support, and confidence to fully step into their vision,” the Golden Globe winner said in a press release. “That’s what Through Her Lens is about, empowering women to tell bold, honest stories in their own voice. I’m proud to be part of something …

Teyana Taylor Wears Silver Fringe Tom Ford Look

Teyana Taylor Wears Silver Fringe Tom Ford Look

Published by Daniella Wilson

Teyana Taylor was a silver stunner at the 2026 Met Gala. The actress-singer was dripping in a metallic fringe Tom Ford dress by Haider Ackermann for fashion‘s biggest night. As Taylor walked across the carpet and up the Met steps, the movement of her look was on full display, as she shook the stringy look back and forth, making for a series of stunning action shots. The One Battle After Another star has had a fruitful year in her career. She notably earned her first Oscar nomination and won her first Golden Globe for her role as Perfidia Beverly Hills in the Academy Award-winning film helmed by Paul Thomas Anderson. Teyana Taylor attends the 2026 Met Gala celebrating “Costume Art.” Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images Beyoncé, Nicole Kidman, Venus Williams and Anna Wintour served as co-chairs of the 2026 Met Gala; Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez Bezos were honorary chairs. This year’s exhibition, “Costume Art,” was curated by by Andrew Bolton, and promised to “explore the relationship between clothing and the body beneath,” per official descriptions. Taylor …

Exclusive: Images From Teyana Taylor’s Spectacular Burlesque Show

Exclusive: Images From Teyana Taylor’s Spectacular Burlesque Show

Published by Sam Flores

Teyana Taylor, the Oscar-nominated star of One Battle After Another (and every red carpet she walks) is making the most of her breakout year. The actor, singer, and single mom began her working life as a dancer and choreographer—her first job, at age 15, as on Beyoncé’s “Ring the Alarm” video. She dusted off those early career skills Saturday as she hosted The Dirty Rose, a Met Gala 2026 weekend burlesque show and party where cameras were banned…except for Vanity Fair‘s. The lush and beautiful room inside the Times Square EDITION (a co-host of the event) filled up quickly, with stars including Sarah Paulson, Naomi Watts, and Harry Hamlin and Lisa Rinna. The show, when it began, was highly interactive with the star-studded audience, with dancers—including Taylor— leaping from stage to audience and back again, gravity no object. Also on stage was Danielle Brooks, who MCed the evening and performed a knockout song and dance number. Not on stage—but he might as well have been—was Baz Luhrmann, who held court at a booth with a …

Oscars Organisers Address ‘Unacceptable’ Teyana Taylor Security Incident

Oscars Organisers Address ‘Unacceptable’ Teyana Taylor Security Incident

Published by Sam Flores

Oscars bosses have responded to an incident involving Teyana Taylor during this year’s ceremony. Shortly after Sunday night’s awards show, footage emerged depicting the One Battle After Another actor confronting a security guard who she alleged had “shoved” her and another female guest. “You’re a man putting your hands on a female, you’re very rude,” she said in the clip. Teyana Taylor confronts security who allegedly shoved her while heading to take Best Picture photos with her ‘One Battle After Another’ cast at the #Oscars: “You’re a man putting your hands on a female. You’re very rude!” pic.twitter.com/wxNIaPonEr — Buzzing Pop (@BuzzingPop) March 16, 2026 A representative for the Academy has since told Variety: “We were extremely upset to learn about the experience endured by Teyana Taylor at the end of the Oscars ceremony last night. We have worked with Teyana over the last several months during awards season, and she has been nothing short of remarkable, supportive, kind, and all about community. “Though the incident was with our outside security firm SIS, the experience …

Teyana Taylor Addresses Criticism About Her Behaviour At This Year’s Oscars

Teyana Taylor Addresses Criticism About Her Behaviour At This Year’s Oscars

Published by Sam Flores

Teyana Taylor has responded to criticism aimed her way following this year’s Oscars. On Sunday night, the singer and actor attended the Academy Awards, where she had been nominated for the Best Supporting Actress title off the back of her performance in One Battle After Another. At the beginning of the ceremony, this award was the first to be announced, with Teyana visibly jumping to her feet when the winner was revealed as Weapons star Amy Madigan. Later in the night, when One Battle After Another was announced as the recipient of the Best Picture prize, Teyana was seen celebrating with director Paul Thomas Anderson, even jokingly putting him in a headlock on their way up to the stage. Following the ceremony, one critic on X questioned “WTF” was “going on with Teyana”, accusing her of “wildin’ at the Oscars”, while another claimed that they “knew from the first hour something was off” with her. Teyana reacted on Monday night, lamenting to her X followers: “The world holds so much misery that miserable hearts forget …

Teyana Taylor Slams ‘Sore Losers’ After Amy Madigan Reaction Criticism

Teyana Taylor Slams ‘Sore Losers’ After Amy Madigan Reaction Criticism

Published by Daniella Wilson

Teyana Taylor doesn’t care if you don’t like the way she celebrates her fellow creatives who just won an Oscar. The actress, who was nominated for best supporting actress at the 98th Academy Awards for her role as Perfidia in One Battle After Another, took to X on Monday to slam those who have grown “comfortable being sore losers.” Her comments came after she received criticism for being excited about her fellow nominees, specifically when she jumped out of her seat to cheer for Weapons star Amy Madigan, who ended up taking home the Oscar in the best supporting actress category on Sunday. Related Stories “I knew from the first hour something was off,” one person wrote on X about Taylor, to which she replied, “The world holds so much misery that miserable hearts forget the face of happiness.” The actress continued, “They grow comfortable being sore losers, so when they see real sportsmanship it unsettles them! like holy water touching a demon. Because clapping for someone else’s victory requires something many people never learned…how to win …

Teyana Taylor Reacts to Security Guard’s “Disrespect” in Post-Oscars 2026 Confrontation

Teyana Taylor Reacts to Security Guard’s “Disrespect” in Post-Oscars 2026 Confrontation

Published by Sam Flores

No matter how often you walk the red carpet, being a celebrity is certainly no walk in the park, as a tense interaction between best supporting actress nominee Teyana Taylor and a security guard at the Oscars 2026 Sunday evening proves. Video posted to social media Sunday after the ceremony showed Taylor stopped in the midst of a crowd heading backstage at the Dolby Theater for a cast photo to celebrate One Battle After Another’s six Oscar wins. “You’re a man putting your hands on a female,” she can be heard saying, adding, “you’re very rude.” She was reportedly reacting to a male security guard who she said shoved her in the crowd, in an attempt to block her and Warner Bros. co-chair Pamela Abdy from their destination. “He literally shoved me,” she explained to a nearby onlooker as Abdy held her hand. “He was damn near shoving her.” Taylor’s reps declined to further comment on the incident when contacted by Vanity Fair. Shortly after the altercation, Taylor spoke to TMZ. “I just don’t tolerate …

Paul Thomas Anderson on One Battle After Another Criticism

Paul Thomas Anderson on One Battle After Another Criticism

Published by Daniella Wilson

After taking home wins for best picture, director and adapted screenplay for One Battle After Another at the 2026 Oscars on Sunday, Paul Thomas Anderson addressed criticism about the film’s portrayal of Black women that has surrounded the movie since its fall release. The filmmaker, who has done very little press during One Battle‘s awards run, appeared in the Oscars press room following his wins, where he was asked about comments particularly over the racial politics involving Teyana Taylor‘s character, revolutionary Perfidia Beverly Hills. “I know a little bit about that critique. I know that Teyana has talked about it a lot. I know that we have the portrayal of many different characters. In particular her character, who was so flawed and unfortunately makes decisions that are detrimental to the revolution that she’s trying to fight,” Anderson told the room of reporters. “It’s complicated. We always knew that we were trying to make something complicated. We knew that we weren’t making something that was heroic and we needed to lean into that. We need to own …