If you’ve ever been a fan of a boyband (hello, Backstreet Boys) then you’ll enjoy Grace and the Fever by Zan Romanoff, a sweet coming-of-age young adult novel. Grace Thomas has just graduated from high school and is spending her summer days working at a coffee shop and keeping an eye on her favorite group since middle school, Fever Dream. Rather than go out with her two best friends, Lianne and Cara, to parties before they all head off to college in the fall, Grace stays home and spends time online
Audrey Smallman is one of the breakout stars of the hilarious new comedy, Date My Dad. Her character, Gigi, along with her sisters are working together to get their father, Ricky (Barry Watson), back on the dating scene. If you’ve watched the show (and you should!), you know we’re watching the emergence of a major talent. Pop Culturalist was lucky enough to chat with Audrey about the show, her role, and what it’s like working with Barry Watson. PC: Tell us about Date My Dad and your character. Audrey: Date
While there are plenty of reasons to tune into Shadowhunters every week, one of the main reasons is a feisty, badass werewolf named Maia Roberts. Thanks to Alisha Wainwright’s wonderful portrayal, Maia is quickly becoming one of our favorite characters. When we first met Maia, she was a generous bartender who offered a soaking wet Jace a free drink and use of her bar’s phone. We soon learned she was a werewolf with a tumultuous past, who is fiercely loyal to her pack, not to mention can throw a mean
Nicholas Belton is on double-duty in this season’s smash Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812. Belton plays two characters: Prince Bolkonsky, an antique noble who casually hurls emotional abuse at his daughter (Gelsey Bell); and Bolkonsky’s son Andrey, a dashing, critical character who is noted for his absence, since he is off fighting in a war that is “going on out there, somewhere.” Bolkonsky is as laughable as he is malicious; Andrey’s absence is ever present, and in only a handful of scenes, he is brought to life with dashing resolve, wry