The Today Show dedicates the week to celebrating the Paris Olympics, airing live from 7:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. on NBC. Here are the highlights for the week of July 29, 2024: Monday, July 29: The show welcomes Team USA Olympic medalists live. The anchors enjoy a picnic in Paris with Ina Garten, and Zanna […]
The Today Show: Paris Olympics Edition...
The Today Show: Paris Olympics Edition...
- 7/28/2024
- by Riley Avery
- MemorableTV
Red carpet arrivals are underway at the 2024 Golden Globe Awards and we’ll be bringing you photos of every celeb in attendance right here!
The stars are stepping out for the annual event held at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on Sunday (January 7) in Beverly Hills, Calif.
We’ll be highlighting all of the best fashion all night long and will be updating this post live, so keep checking back. Who do you think will be best dressed?!
Comedian Jo Koy is hosting the Golden Globes this year and so many celebs are expected to attend, including Taylor Swift, who is nominated for Cinematic and Box Office Achievement for The Eras Tour concert film.
The Golden Globes will air on CBS this year, marking a change in network after many years on NBC. Make sure to check out the full list of nominations!
Head inside for photos of every celeb who walked the red carpet…...
The stars are stepping out for the annual event held at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on Sunday (January 7) in Beverly Hills, Calif.
We’ll be highlighting all of the best fashion all night long and will be updating this post live, so keep checking back. Who do you think will be best dressed?!
Comedian Jo Koy is hosting the Golden Globes this year and so many celebs are expected to attend, including Taylor Swift, who is nominated for Cinematic and Box Office Achievement for The Eras Tour concert film.
The Golden Globes will air on CBS this year, marking a change in network after many years on NBC. Make sure to check out the full list of nominations!
Head inside for photos of every celeb who walked the red carpet…...
- 1/7/2024
- by Just Jared
- Just Jared
Hollywood has never shied away from provocative subject matter like the opioid epidemic, and that goes double for a major streamer like Netflix, which has already released "Painkiller" and "The Fall of the House of the Usher" in short order. If there's a way to tell a new story about fascinating but morally compromised characters selling everything but their souls in order to make a quick buck off of the misery of others, well, you can bet that a filmmaker will find it. Honestly, even if there wasn't a new way to do it, somebody would try anyway. "Pain Hustlers" lands somewhere in the middle of those two extremes, judging by the rather mixed reception to the movie. /Film's Rafael Motamayor reviewed the film and ended up on the more negative side of the equation, saying that, "At its best, the film is just a nice time spent watching Emily Blunt...
- 11/5/2023
- by Jeremy Mathai
- Slash Film
A new Netflix movie is taking a look at the dark side of the pharmaceutical industry. Pain Hustlers stars Emily Blunt and Chris Evans as Liza and Pete, a pair of sales reps pushing a powerful new opioid medication called Lonafen to doctors. Though the drug was designed for cancer patients, the greedy company has decided to market the product more widely, with deadly results. Blunt’s character, a single mom desperate to pay for her daughter’s medical treatment, initially is an eager participant in the scheme until she realizes the harm she’s causing.
Liza, Pete, and Zanna Therapeutics boss Jack Neel (Andy Garcia) are all fictional characters. But Pain Hustlers is inspired by a real story of corporate greed and malfeasance.
‘Pain Hustlers’ is inspired by the story of Insys Therapeutics
Like Netflix’s recent limited series Painkiller, which chronicled how Purdue Pharma’s marketing of OxyContin spawned the opioid crisis,...
Liza, Pete, and Zanna Therapeutics boss Jack Neel (Andy Garcia) are all fictional characters. But Pain Hustlers is inspired by a real story of corporate greed and malfeasance.
‘Pain Hustlers’ is inspired by the story of Insys Therapeutics
Like Netflix’s recent limited series Painkiller, which chronicled how Purdue Pharma’s marketing of OxyContin spawned the opioid crisis,...
- 10/31/2023
- by Megan Elliott
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
The opioid crisis in America, caused by greedy and selfish pharmaceuticals, is now the focus of several Netflix series and films. After the success of Painkiller, which highlighted the rise and fall of Purdue Pharma, David Yates’ direction has brought forth a semi-fictional story of a pharmaceutical company that spreads a fentanyl addiction among people in the name of treating cancer. Pain Hustlers revolves around Liza Drake, a woman who is desperately looking for any means to earn a reputation, respect, and money in the sales world. Her character amazes us, defined by her distinctive attitude, composed demeanor, and optimistic outlook on life. Let’s dive into her character journey to know her better.
Spoilers Ahead
Who Was Liza Drake? What Happened To Her?
Liza Drake is the heart and soul of Pain Hustlers. She was not someone who had been raised with all the privileges. She and her mother...
Spoilers Ahead
Who Was Liza Drake? What Happened To Her?
Liza Drake is the heart and soul of Pain Hustlers. She was not someone who had been raised with all the privileges. She and her mother...
- 10/27/2023
- by Poulami Nanda
- Film Fugitives
There were so many celebs in attendance at the New York City Ballet’s 2023 Gall Fashion Gala!
Sarah Jessica Parker, Justin Theroux, and Diane Kruger were just some of the many stars who walked the red carpet on Thursday night (October 5) at Lincoln Center’s David H. Koch Theater in New York City.
More stars in attendance included Sjp‘s husband Matthew Broderick, Diane‘s longtime love Norman Reedus, Oscar winner Ariana DeBose, Naomi Watts, Broadway legend Patti LuPone, and many more.
The gala featured new costume designs by Carolina Herrera‘s creative director Wes Gordon, along with performances that were choreographed by NYC Ballet’s founders George Balanchine and Jerome Robbins.
Head inside to see all of the celebs in attendance at the event…
Keep scrolling to see all of the celebs in attendance…
Naomi Watts
Fyi: Naomi is wearing a Carolina Herrera dress.
Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew...
Sarah Jessica Parker, Justin Theroux, and Diane Kruger were just some of the many stars who walked the red carpet on Thursday night (October 5) at Lincoln Center’s David H. Koch Theater in New York City.
More stars in attendance included Sjp‘s husband Matthew Broderick, Diane‘s longtime love Norman Reedus, Oscar winner Ariana DeBose, Naomi Watts, Broadway legend Patti LuPone, and many more.
The gala featured new costume designs by Carolina Herrera‘s creative director Wes Gordon, along with performances that were choreographed by NYC Ballet’s founders George Balanchine and Jerome Robbins.
Head inside to see all of the celebs in attendance at the event…
Keep scrolling to see all of the celebs in attendance…
Naomi Watts
Fyi: Naomi is wearing a Carolina Herrera dress.
Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew...
- 10/6/2023
- by Just Jared
- Just Jared
There were so many celebs in attendance at the New York City Ballet’s 2023 Gall Fashion Gala!
Sarah Jessica Parker, Justin Theroux, and Diane Kruger were just some of the many stars who walked the red carpet on Thursday night (October 5) at Lincoln Center’s David H. Koch Theater in New York City.
More stars in attendance included Sjp‘s husband Matthew Broderick, Diane‘s longtime love Norman Reedus, Oscar winner Ariana DeBose, Naomi Watts, Broadway legend Patti LuPone, and many more.
The gala featured new costume designs by Carolina Herrera‘s creative director Wes Gordon, along with performances that were choreographed by NYC Ballet’s founders George Balanchine and Jerome Robbins.
Head inside to see all of the celebs in attendance at the event…
Keep scrolling to see all of the celebs in attendance…
Naomi Watts
Fyi: Naomi is wearing a Carolina Herrera dress.
Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew...
Sarah Jessica Parker, Justin Theroux, and Diane Kruger were just some of the many stars who walked the red carpet on Thursday night (October 5) at Lincoln Center’s David H. Koch Theater in New York City.
More stars in attendance included Sjp‘s husband Matthew Broderick, Diane‘s longtime love Norman Reedus, Oscar winner Ariana DeBose, Naomi Watts, Broadway legend Patti LuPone, and many more.
The gala featured new costume designs by Carolina Herrera‘s creative director Wes Gordon, along with performances that were choreographed by NYC Ballet’s founders George Balanchine and Jerome Robbins.
Head inside to see all of the celebs in attendance at the event…
Keep scrolling to see all of the celebs in attendance…
Naomi Watts
Fyi: Naomi is wearing a Carolina Herrera dress.
Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew...
- 10/6/2023
- by Just Jared
- Just Jared
Editor’s note: This review was originally published at the 2023 Toronto International Film Festival. Netflix releases the film on its streaming platform on Friday, October 27.
A smirking (and heavily fictionalized) rise-and-fall story of American greed that aspires to do for fentanyl what “The Wolf of Wall Street” did for Steve Madden, Netflix’s seriocomic “Pain Hustlers” is the first magic and/or Tarzan-free movie that “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them” maestro David Yates has directed since 1998’s “The Tichborne Clarinet.” On paper, that sound like a combination of tone, subject matter, and storyteller that probably shouldn’t work. On screen, it absolutely doesn’t.
The problem with “Pain Hustlers” isn’t that its approach to the opioid crisis feels glib (it does), or that Yates keeps digitally inserting Dobby the elf into scenes of pharmaceutical sales reps pushing their latest drugs on morally flexible doctors (he doesn’t...
A smirking (and heavily fictionalized) rise-and-fall story of American greed that aspires to do for fentanyl what “The Wolf of Wall Street” did for Steve Madden, Netflix’s seriocomic “Pain Hustlers” is the first magic and/or Tarzan-free movie that “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them” maestro David Yates has directed since 1998’s “The Tichborne Clarinet.” On paper, that sound like a combination of tone, subject matter, and storyteller that probably shouldn’t work. On screen, it absolutely doesn’t.
The problem with “Pain Hustlers” isn’t that its approach to the opioid crisis feels glib (it does), or that Yates keeps digitally inserting Dobby the elf into scenes of pharmaceutical sales reps pushing their latest drugs on morally flexible doctors (he doesn’t...
- 9/12/2023
- by David Ehrlich
- Indiewire
Netflix’s Pain Hustlers is a largely fictionalized tale of a very real-world and rather eye-opening business: selling an easy fix for what ails us, even if it leads to addiction and death.
Although names have been changed and characters invented (though inspired for some by actual cases and people), the original source material is all too real. Based on a New York Times article by Evan Hughes and then developed as Hughes was turning his research into the book The Hard Sell: Crime and Punishment at an Opioid Start-Up, screenwriter Wells Tower has fashioned a riveting if disturbing scenario brought to life by director David Yates, who was looking for a less fantastical tale to tell other than the Harry Potter movies he was directing. He found it, and also his way in to what might be quite a shocking exposé of just how far into a grift some...
Although names have been changed and characters invented (though inspired for some by actual cases and people), the original source material is all too real. Based on a New York Times article by Evan Hughes and then developed as Hughes was turning his research into the book The Hard Sell: Crime and Punishment at an Opioid Start-Up, screenwriter Wells Tower has fashioned a riveting if disturbing scenario brought to life by director David Yates, who was looking for a less fantastical tale to tell other than the Harry Potter movies he was directing. He found it, and also his way in to what might be quite a shocking exposé of just how far into a grift some...
- 9/12/2023
- by Pete Hammond
- Deadline Film + TV
Films can be interesting time capsules of historical moments or can at least represent what movie studios think an audience is interested in. Right now, there seems to be a belief that we really want to know how the opioid crisis, which kill 136 Americans a day, came to be. Netflix, most recently, came out with the series “Painkiller,” looking at the topic and, in October, will release “Pain Hustlers,” a fictionalized exploration of a drug company that foisted opioids on doctors for personal gain.
“Pain Hustlers” is a weird look into the topic, with long-time “Harry Potter” director David Yates at the helm to tell a story with heavy shades of Martin Scorsese’s “Wolf of Wall Street” and Craig Gillespie’s “I, Tonya.” Those are certainly great movies to lift tones from but in the case of “Pain Hustlers” its never gels and, coupled with Wells Tower’s simplistic script,...
“Pain Hustlers” is a weird look into the topic, with long-time “Harry Potter” director David Yates at the helm to tell a story with heavy shades of Martin Scorsese’s “Wolf of Wall Street” and Craig Gillespie’s “I, Tonya.” Those are certainly great movies to lift tones from but in the case of “Pain Hustlers” its never gels and, coupled with Wells Tower’s simplistic script,...
- 9/12/2023
- by Kristen Lopez
- The Wrap
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