Before her breakthrough role in Thirteen (2003), perhaps Evan Rachel Wood's biggest movie role was Practical Magic (1998), for which she was nominated for Best Supporting Young Actress at the 20th Young Artist Awards. In 2018 it was the 20th anniversary of Practical Magic , and since then fans had been calling for a sequel with the old cast returning to reprise their roles. For a few years now, every Halloween season, Evan has been posting about Practical Magic , promoting for it to be watched. It became obvious that she knew a sequel was probably on the horizon, and she wanted to make sure she was a part of it. In 2024 it was finally confirmed that a sequel to Practical Magic is on the way, which in May 2025 was announced to be released on September 18, 2026. These announcements came with the news that the two leading actresses from the beloved original, Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman, would be reprising their roles and be the film's producers. Then this past Friday, on J...
Marilyn Manson in the News (January 24-30, 2022) - Phoenix Rising News, Updates on the Ashley Walters Case, and a New Marilyn Manson Website
Media Response to Phoenix Rising After Phoenix Rising premiered at the Sundance Film Festival on January 23rd, the reviews starting pouring in, and to no ones surprise the critics loved it. Evan is portrayed as brave and courageous for coming forward, while readers are encouraged to be disturbed while watching how Hollywood has protected celebrities to incur such abuse on women. They must not have been watching the same documentary I watched, because the one directed by Amy Berg was an absolute disaster of a documentary, that should only be shown at midnight showings of independent theaters along with The Room and Cats as movies that are so bad that when collectively seen together by an audience it becomes the source of laughter and mockery. I'm being too generous, because The Room is actually a masterpiece compared to this documentary. If I were to highlight one review of the many, it would be the short review by Kevin Maher for The Times . In fact, it is so short, tha...