Here are five entertainment and celebrity news sites that I frequent. Check them out!
Variety, as its twitter bio states, has been the premiere
source of entertainment news since 1905.
It is my go-to site for film, television and music news. The site lists the weekend’s top box
office successes, most-viewed T.V. shows and top songs and albums of the
day. It also provides
international entertainment news.
Variety keeps me updated on entertainment all over the world, not just
in the United States. For that
reason, it is one of my most frequented entertainment news sites.
If I could work for any magazine, it would be New York
Magazine. I love the accessibility
of its website, the boldness of the writing and its devotion to all things
culture: restaurants, entertainment, fashion, etc. Its subsection "Vulture" is my favorite part of the magazine's website.
Vulture has the most relevant news, interviews and videos of the
week’s top entertainment and cultural events.
I read the the New York Times for both entertainment and
non-entertainment news. I feel confident knowing the information I
read on its website is credible and accurate. The theater and film reviews are sophisticated and stylish and the critics present professional, knowledgeable opinions. I aim to model many of my film and theater reviews after the New York Times' reviews. A.O. Scott is my favorite movie critic on the website. His
writing is sharp, witty and well paced.
You can see his review of The
Descendants, which I critiqued in my last post, right here:
The Descendants Movie Review
The Descendants Movie Review
Alright, so this one is a little embarrassing. E! Online is what many would call a “trashy” Hollywood gossip site, and they wouldn't necessarily be wrong. Reading celeb gossip is a guilty pleasure of mine, but E! Online isn’t a mere gossip
site. Its movie reviews, though not to be thought of as exceptional pieces of writing by any means, are blunt and to the point, without all
the beating around the bush that the The New
York Times or New York Magazine’s reviews
tend to have. Its reviews
reflect more of what the average moviegoer wants to see in a film. I appreciate E!
Online’s candor, even if its site is peppered with silly who’s dating who
info or “PDA of the day” nonsense.
And last, but certainly not least, there is playbill.com. Playbill.com is my go-to theater
site. It has the latest information
on up-and-coming plays, musicals and other performance events. It covers Broadway, Off-Broadway,
Regional/Tours, and International theater and has links to buy tickets to shows near you. It has photo features and
interviews with playwrights, directors and actors and, not to mention, also lists a lot of great entertainment jobs and internships in
New York City that I plan on applying for!
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