What does it take to become a Latino-icon in Hollywood? We all know that Hollywood is a city/industry that favors Caucasian leads with the occasional Latino thrown in for good measure. For every Evans/Pratt/Hemsworth/Reynolds, you’ll occasionally get a Banderas/Hayek/Del Toro that crosses over into the mainstream American Hollywood spotlight. Thankfully, as of 2013, we can […]

Comedian and Girls Trip breakout star Tiffany Haddish introduces the world to six of her favorite comedians in Tiffany Haddish Presents: They Ready — a bold new collection of hilarious half-hour stand-up comedy specials.

Hosted and executive produced by Haddish and She Ready Productions, the special features a diverse group of comedians with whom she shares a personal history, including Chaunté Wayans (Wild n’ Out), April Macie (Last Comic Standing), Tracey Ashley (The Last O.G.), Aida Rodriguez (Comedy Central’s This Week at the Comedy Cellar), Flame Monroe (Def Comedy Jam), and Marlo Williams (BET’s Comicview). Legendary comic Wanda Sykes and veteran producer Page Hurwitz also serve as executive producers via their Emmy-nominated production company Push It Productions.

The special launches globally on Netflix on August 13, 2019.

André Øvredal and Guillermo del Toro’s Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark is finally here! Below is your guide to the original scary stories, the crew’s inspiration, and the terrifying visuals that will keep you up at night. 

Feel free to discuss anything—predictions, hopes, thoughts—on the upcoming film in the comments below. Anything is fair game! If you have any questions we can answer, let us know, too. If you don’t want to be spoiled going into the fright fest, BEWARE THE COMMENTS. Now come along, and let’s have some frightful fun!

First up, we have behind-the-scenes and history pieces on the original Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark. Feel free to read them before or after your viewing to enrich your overall experience.

So…where did Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark come from? Learn about the urban legends that inspired Schwartz and Gammell’s books in this history lesson.

Guillermo del Toro is a horror fanatic and a fan of the original Scary Stories. We learned what specific tale frightened him the most and how it came to life in this special preview event. 

Way back in April, Øvredal and del Toro opened up about their approach to the book. Here’s 5 things we learned about the making of the film at the event. 

We broke down the 7 scariest Scary Stories To Tell in the Dark. At least two of our picks make it into the film. 

Itching to read some more scary stories? We also made a list of 8 YA horror books to check out after watching Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark.

Here is what we thought of the movie in our spoiler-free review!

And how it’s the perfect gateway to horror for younger or new fans.

If you dare, head below for all the spoiler discussions you could ever want!

Images: CBS Films

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In the latest “Ask Polly” advice column on The Cut, a woman wrote in with a story that just about broke me. She describes herself as having “a very severe allergy to mushrooms”—one that requires her to carry an EpiPen and has led to hospitalization in the past. Her in-laws have responded to her allergy by apparently developing a newfound love of mushrooms. Not just a love, actually—a need. A compulsion. They put mushrooms in everything, it’s the only thing they eat; they even found a recipe requiring mushroom powder in mashed potatoes in order to ruin a holiday dinner.

In short, her husband’s family is a bunch of actual monsters.

Here are a few especially enraging bits:

When I was pregnant, my husband told them we would not take part in any family meals if they didn’t promise to keep the meals allergy-free. His dad said, “We can’t promise that. Everyone except your wife likes mushrooms, and we’re not changing what we eat for one person.”

Also:

My husband’s sister even called me up, angry about the fact we would not be attending a party at her parents’ house. Yelling that I was overreacting and that mushrooms are “not a poison.”

She says she and her husband rarely see or even talk to his family, all because of her refusal to let them poison her. It is an absolutely bonkers story and luckily, the response from Polly reflects that. In response to the writer saying she “feel[s] terrible that I am the cause of this rift,” Polly writes:

You’re not the cause of this rift. The cause of this rift is TRULY TERRIBLE HUMAN BEINGS. Your letter is a pitch for a dark comedy on premium cable. I wish I could follow these people around with cameras all day long. I want to know everything about them. I want to know what they do every day, how they talk to each other, how they spend their free time, where they vacation. I want to know what kinds of human beings are comfortable behaving this monstrously. Do they look like monsters? It’s hard not to picture them as monsters.

Your in-laws are next-level, off-the-charts batshit.

My favorite line: “Believing that you caused this rift is like believing that you formed the Grand Canyon using only your mind.”

Go read the whole thing. She does some speculating as to how and why a group of people could act this way, but ultimately, she writes, “who even cares? The important thing to know about your in-laws is that they’re literally trying to kill you.” (via The Cut)

I haven’t been able to stop thinking about this since I read it, and also I’m weirdly craving mushrooms, and ALSO I really, really hope the letter writer provides us with a follow-up https://t.co/64rhVoaD77

— eve peyser (@evepeyser) August 8, 2019

•  Looking to stir up a little more anger? Here’s a roundup of the creepiest and most sexist film reviews ever written. (via Pajiba)
• Blizzard has created a tool so you can find your old WoW friends. (via Kotaku)
• This thread is fascinating and taught me the very important phrase “ham vapeurs.” It’s a regional dialect.
  

  1. So, each episode of the Simpsons is dubbed into two different versions for French markets. There’s a Quebec French version, and a France French version.

  Fans of the Quebec dub hate the European dub, and vice versa. pic.twitter.com/W4ditVV2My

  — ℳatt (@matttomic) August 7, 2019

• In yesterday’s TWST, we mentioned that Star Wars Galaxy’s Edge has a cookbook coming out. Check out this exclusive sneak peek at the recipe for Rey’s rising bread! (via i09)
• I still don’t know how I feel about the upcoming live-action Lady and the Tramp, but I do know how I feel about all of these dogs they’ve cast and it’s very positive. (via People)

What did you all see out there today on this International Cat Day?

Celebrating #InternationalCatDay the only way we know how. pic.twitter.com/XCtjID84xC

— 30 Rock (@nbc30rock) August 8, 2019

(image: Nicole De Khors from Burst)

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