Entertainment
10 Underrated Spy Movies That Can Be Called Masterpieces
Spy cinema gets reduced to tuxedos, gadgets, rooftop chases, and clean victories way too often. And Men in Black’s popularity is probably to be blamed for it. The deeper corner of the genre, however, is much colder than that. It is people lying for countries that will deny them, loving people they might have to use, and carrying secrets that slowly turn their own faces unreadable.
These films deserve louder respect because they understand espionage as pressure on the soul. Some are dry and bitter. Some are romantic in a way that feels dangerous. Some are almost cruel in how calmly they watch people disappear into missions, causes, rooms, and files. If you’re about uncovering that deeper end of espionage, scroll down slowly.
10
‘The Tailor of Panama’ (2001)
The Tailor of Panama follows Harry Pendel (Geoffrey Rush), who is a charming British tailor in Panama, dressing politicians, bankers, diplomats, and crooks while quietly drowning in debt. Then Andrew Osnard (Pierce Brosnan), a disgraced MI6 operative with sweat, ego, and appetite written all over him, realizes Harry’s access can be turned into intelligence. Harry panics, invents sources, invents plots, and suddenly his little survival stories start moving governments.
That is the nasty brilliance of the film. It treats espionage as a marketplace where bad information becomes valuable once the right men want it. Rush makes Harry lovable and pathetic in the same breath, a man lying partly from fear and partly from the strange thrill of being listened to. Brosnan is even sharper as Osnard, and uses a Bond-like charm. Panama, in this film, therefore, becomes a place where colonial arrogance, money, sex, and fantasy all start feeding the same machine. The masterpiece angle sits in that ugly joke: a fake spy story can still create real damage.
9
‘Confessions of a Dangerous Mind’ (2002)
A game-show host claiming he lived a secret life as a CIA assassin sounds like a drunk Hollywood dare, which is exactly why Confessions of a Dangerous Mind has such a strange pull. Chuck Barris (Sam Rockwell) creates trashy television, chases fame, cheats on the woman who loves him, and keeps insisting that behind the silliness of The Dating Game and The Gong Show sat a second life of covert killings. The film never asks the viewer to relax into one clean truth.
That uncertainty gives the whole thing its sting. Rockwell makes Chuck restless and needy, someone who wants attention so badly that even guilt starts looking like another spotlight. George Clooney’s CIA recruiter slips into his life with deadpan menace, while Penny (Drew Barrymore) keeps representing the ordinary love Chuck is too damaged and self-mythologizing to receive properly. The spy material has guns, hotel rooms, dead drops, and paranoia, yet the deeper mystery is Chuck himself. Maybe he killed people. Maybe he turned fame, shame, and self-loathing into the most dramatic story he could tell about his own emptiness.
8
‘The Ipcress File’ (1965)
The Ipcress File follows Harry Palmer (Michael Caine) who feels like the spy who got stuck doing paperwork after everyone else took the glamorous assignments. He is working-class, sarcastic, near-sighted, and surrounded by British intelligence offices that look more like miserable civil-service rooms than fantasy headquarters. When kidnapped scientists begin returning with their minds damaged, Palmer gets pulled into a case involving brainwashing, interdepartmental politics, surveillance, and a word that sounds harmless until it starts breaking people: IPCRESS.
The pleasure here comes from how stubbornly unromantic the film is. Palmer cooks, shops, complains, watches, listens, and survives through attention. And yes, that was a thing before Kingsmen: The Secret Service. The canted angles, cramped rooms, tape recorders, files, handlers, and office rivalries make espionage feel like a job where boredom and danger share the same desk. The brainwashing material gives the story its sci-fi edge, but the lasting flavor is pure Cold War fatigue. Every superior seems to know half the truth, and Palmer has to keep his own mind intact while men above him trade human beings like departmental assets. This film is definitely underrated.
7
‘The Spy Who Came in from the Cold’ (1965)
The Spy Who Came in from the Cold circles the story of Alec Leamas (Richard Burton). He is a British agent burned out by years on the Berlin front, then Control sends him into one last operation designed to make East German intelligence believe he is ready to defect. Liz Gold (Claire Bloom), a young communist librarian who cares about him, gets pulled into the machinery of the plan, and that is where the film starts becoming genuinely painful.
Alec looks exhausted before the mission even properly begins, which tells you almost everything about this world. Alec drinks, snaps, waits, and lets himself look broken because the performance needs to convince enemies and allies alike. The genius is how little romance the movie gives to sacrifice. Spycraft here is meetings, traps, staged disgrace, ideological theater, and people used as pressure points. It’s an excellent watch.
6
‘Decision Before Dawn’ (1951)
Decision Before Dawn is the kind of war-spy film that sneaks up on you because its heroism feels so frightened and human. Near the end of World War II, American intelligence recruits German prisoners to go back behind enemy lines and gather information. One of them, nicknamed Happy (Oskar Werner), is a young German soldier who has lost faith in the Nazi cause and chooses to risk his life against the country that raised him.
That premise gives the film a moral tension most wartime thrillers would simplify. Happy is useful to the Allies, distrusted by almost everyone, and walking through Germany with the face and language of the enemy while carrying a choice that could get him killed from either side. The ruined streets, checkpoints, uniforms, false papers, train movements, and whispered contacts make the danger feel practical and the film never lets bravery feel easy so that whole thing is a nice hook.
5
‘The Deadly Affair’ (1967)
The Deadly Affair makes betrayal look middle-aged, tired, and humiliating. That sounds familiar until you zero-in and realise that most spy films make betrayal look exciting. It foll;ows Charles Dobbs (James Mason) as a British intelligence officer investigating the supposed suicide of a Foreign Office official, and the case drags him through old acquaintances, Cold War suspicion, and a private life that is already hurting him. His wife Ann (Harriet Andersson) is emotionally elsewhere, and Dobbs keeps chasing professional truth while his own home life keeps telling him things he does not want to hear.
That bruised domestic pain gives the mystery its real texture. Mason carries Dobbs with a quiet sadness that feels heavier than anger. He is intelligent enough to read lies in a case file and wounded enough to miss or tolerate lies in his marriage. The investigation moves through interviews, theater-world connections, old ideological loyalties, and people whose manners keep covering rot. The color-grading too, has this gray, drained feeling, as if the spy game has sucked glamour out of every room. Its greatness sits in how personal the coldness becomes. Dobbs solves pieces of the case while losing the comfort of thinking truth will make him whole.
4
‘The Kremlin Letter’ (1970)
The Kremlin Letter feels like espionage with the lights turned off and the rulebook burned. That’s epic. The premise basically is that a secret letter threatens to expose a dangerous arrangement involving American and Soviet intelligence, so a group of operatives is assembled to retrieve it from Moscow. They are less a noble spy team than a collection of specialists, predators, survivors, and compromised people who know exactly how filthy this work can get.
The film’s power comes from how little moral oxygen it gives anyone. The film is helmed by John Huston and he builds this world of blackmail, seduction, coded loyalty, torture, double-crossing, and professional cruelty where every conversation sounds like someone testing the floor for traps. The characters use charm, sex, language, family ties, and fear as tools, then look almost bored by what those tools do to other people. That emotional dryness is the point. The spy genre often sells control as elegance. This film sees control as contamination. Once people enter the operation, they start becoming part of a system that can digest almost any conscience and still ask for another favor.
3
‘Army of Shadows’ (1969)
Resistance stories often get polished into clean courage, and Army of Shadows refuses that comfort at every turn. That identity is what gives it a hook. That identity is why it sits at #3 on this list. In this film, Philippe Gerbier (Lino Ventura) is part of the French Resistance during Nazi occupation, moving through arrests, escapes, safe houses, coded messages, and missions where a single mistake can destroy an entire network. His comrades are brave, but their bravery lives inside dread, secrecy, exhaustion, and decisions that would ruin a person in any normal life.
The film hurts because every act of loyalty seems to demand another sacrifice. Gerbier’s escape is tense, yet the quieter scenes stay even longer: men waiting in rooms, a traitor being executed by people who hate that the task has fallen to them, Mathilde (Simone Signoret) carrying impossible responsibility while knowing the Germans can reach her through her daughter. These people fight fascism without the luxury of feeling heroic all the time. They simply keep moving, and the cost gathers in their faces.
2
‘Lust, Caution’ (2007)
Image via Focus Features
Lust, Caution is exactly what the title is. The first time Wong Chia Chi (Tang Wei) understands how deeply she has entered the role, the film becomes almost unbearable. She begins as a student in Japanese-occupied China, drawn into a resistance plot to assassinate Mr. Yee (Tony Leung Chiu-wai), a powerful collaborator. Her assignment is to pose as a married woman, get close to him, and help lure him into a position where the group can kill him. The mission depends on performance, and the performance begins eating her life.
Wong is asked to use desire as a weapon, yet Mr. Yee is also a man trained by danger to distrust every tenderness offered to him. Their encounters are disturbing because power, fear, attraction, and suspicion keep changing places. The mahjong rooms, jewelry shop, resistance meetings, brutal intimacy, and occupied-city atmosphere all press on Wong until the mission stops feeling separable from her body. This is spy cinema at its most devastating because the secret operation does not merely risk death. It asks a young woman to become someone else so completely that returning to herself may no longer be possible.
1
‘Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy’ (2011)
You can feel the silence of this movie watching people back. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy follows George Smiley (Gary Oldman) as a retired British intelligence officer brought back after Control’s failed operation suggests a Soviet mole has been living near the top of the Circus, the British Secret Service. The suspects are senior men with old loyalties, old resentments, and enough history with Smiley to make every glance feel loaded. Nobody runs through the street shouting secrets. They sit in rooms and let decades of betrayal rot the air between them.
That restraint is exactly why the film is so gripping. Smiley listens more than he speaks, and Oldman makes that stillness feel active, almost predatory in its patience. Peter Guillam (Benedict Cumberbatch)’s sacrifice, Ricki Tarr (Tom Hardy)’s doomed romance with Irina, Jim Prideaux (Mark Strong) carrying the wound of the botched mission, Control’s paranoia, and Bill Haydon (Colin Firth)’s charm all feed into a mystery about friendship as much as treason. The mole hunt is brilliant, but the ache underneath it is even sharper. These men gave their lives to institutions that trained them to distrust love, then acted shocked when betrayal learned to speak their language.
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
- Release Date
-
September 16, 2011
- Runtime
-
127 minutes
- Writers
-
Bridget O’Connor, Peter Straughan, John le Carré
Continue Reading
Crime thrillers are always in fashion, but when you add some social commentary or mystery, then the show is almost guaranteed to be a hit. HBO‘s hit anthology series The White Lotus has mastered this with its themed seasons, which keep viewers guessing about a crime that rocks a top-tier resort. Streaming services have tried to make their own versions of The White Lotus, but none have quite reached the acclaim of the Mike White show. However, Netflix is releasing a new series this week that aims to compete with The White Lotus in terms of narrative and prestige.
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():format(jpeg)/The-Greatest-Game-Ever-Played-shia-labeouf-tin-cup-kevin-costner-bill-murray-caddyshack-061626-5f0f3e8e4a584b7eaab91e26f4bcad30.jpg)
For when you need a break from the U.S. Open.
Another day in the Love Island USA villa means another night where a couple has sex in front of everyone — and then gets mocked for it.
During the Friday, June 18, episode of the show, Jen Terry and Gabriel Vasconcelos celebrated their recoupling by hooking up — again — in full view of the other Islanders. The next day the others poked fun at Jen and Gabriel covering themselves up with a sheet despite everyone knowing what they were up to.
The episode ultimately ended with Gabe being banished from the villa by the girls. Jen and Gabriel previously solidified their bond when night cameras caught them having sex. The duo weren’t shy when discussing their chemistry with their fellow Islanders.
Gabriel, specifically, had previously turned heads when the Islanders had to read out sex facts and figure out which of them it was about during a challenge. One of the revelations was that an Islander slept with someone in their 50s.
“I was out and I was having a good time with my friends. She started talking to me and she was hot as f*** for her age,” Gabriel, who is 26 years old, said about his encounter with the 52-year-old. “We had a good night together. She had a lot of experience.”
Gabriel’s sexual history was then joked about when narrator Iain Stirling compared him to a “reverse Leonardo DiCaprio” due to the actor’s dating history. In addition to Gabriel, season 8 of Love Island USA features Aniya Harvey, Bryce Alakai Dettloff, KC Chandler, Mackenzie “Kenzie” Annis, Melanie Moreno, Sincere Rhea, Sean Reifel, Trinity Tatum, Corbin Mims, Kayda Bosse and Zach Georgiou.
Sol Dean, Jen and Caleb McDaniel are the newest group of bombshells who entered the villa in hopes of breaking up some couples.
Love Island USA follows a group of singles who must pair off in order to stay in the show’s luxury villa. The contestants — referred to as Islanders — live in isolation in a villa under constant video surveillance. They must be coupled up to remain on the show and earn a shot at the $100,000 prize.
While the islanders are filming nonstop for weeks, viewers are watching daily episodes and casting votes that affect the couples and the fate of the contestants.
Love Island USA is all about coupling up — so which Islanders are currently together and which have already called it quits in the villa? Peacock’s popular dating show returned in June 2026 with contestants Aniya Harvey, Beatriz Hatz, Bryce Alakai Dettloff, KC Chandler, Mackenzie “Kenzie” Annis, Melanie Moreno, Sincere Rhea, Sean Reifel, Trinity Tatum […]
Before viewers tuned in, Peacock issued a message to remind the audience to be kind.
“The Villa runs on good vibes, and so does this community. We love seeing your reactions, opinions, and debates, but everyone deserves to feel safe and respected,” read their statement. “This is a space for fun, not negativity – so keep it kind, keep it positive, and remember: this is LOVE Island!”
New episodes of Love Island USA are released six days a week — except for Wednesdays — on Peacock.
Join Us Weekly and Bracketology.tv in our first-ever Love Island USA fantasy league! This is your chance to predict who you think will win Season 8 and rank the Islanders weekly based on how confident you are that they will survive the next elimination. You will be playing against our editors, get access to exclusive content and have the chance to win fun prizes. Sign up for free today!
Bunnie Xo is setting the record straight after rumors spread like wildfire that she had started dating Chad Kroeger.
Speaking on the Thursday, June 18, episode of her “Dumb Blonde” podcast, Bunnie, 46, shot down the romance speculation that emerged after news broke that she and Jelly Roll, 41, had split.
Bunnie explained that she had not been posting new content on her social media for a period of time while she was in her healing era but had shared a throwback clip that featured the Nickelback singer.
“The news drops, I have f**king Nickelback on my page,” Bunnie said. She noted that she was unaware of when the break up news would be made public and insisted it was just a case of poor timing.
Bunnie Xo made some cryptic Instagram posts hours before news broke that her husband Jelly Roll filed for divorce. On Monday, June 15, Bunnie (real name: Alisa DeFord) posed in lingerie for her Instagram Story and included the intriguing caption, “She’s getting her sparkle back.” In a separate Story, she shared the quote, “Come here, […]
Bunnie said that the footage was recorded at one of Jelly Roll’s shows in Las Vegas in 2025 and explained that she nicknamed Kroeger “Daddy Chaddy” as “a joke.”
“I am not with Daddy Chaddy. There’s no f**king way in hell that that would even be a thing. And no, I did not cheat on my husband and leave him for Chad, and like, none of that. Like, please,” she said.
Bunnie Xo and Jelly Roll. (Photo by Leon Bennett/Getty Images for The Recording Academy)
Bunnie added that despite the rumors about her and Kroeger’s relationship status taking on a life of their own, the narrative is inaccurate.
“This is so wrong. I am not dating Chad Kroger. I am so sorry to Chad and Nickelback for this happening. It’s embarrassing,” she said.
Bunnie added, “God, it’s just so f***ed up that the internet can just run with a narrative and people just f***ing run with it.”
She concluded, “So there is no Chad and Bunnie Xo.”
After the episode dropped, Jelly Roll took to stage on the Saratoga Springs, New York leg on his tour to confirm there was no infidelity on Bunnie’s part.
“Nobody cheated on nobody. She just did a whole podcast about it. You can go watch it. Every word of it is the truth,” he told the crowd, describing the internet as “liars.”
Jelly Roll and Bunnie Xo’s recent social media activity has taken on a whole new meaning after their breakup was confirmed. News broke on Monday, June 15, that the Grammy winner (real name Jason Bradley DeFord) filed for divorce from his wife (real name Alisa Andrea Carter) after nearly 10 years of marriage. According to […]
Earlier this week, Us Weekly confirmed that Jelly Roll quietly filed for divorce from Bunnie back in May.
According to court documents obtained by Us, the country singer cited “irreconcilable differences” as the reason for the split, adding that the “parties are unable to live together successfully as Husband and Wife” any longer.
Jelly Roll and Bunnie tied the knot in August 2016. While Bunnie revealed in 2024 that she went through fertility treatments, the pair welcomed no children together. Jelly Roll, for his part, is a father of two. The Grammy nominee shares daughter Bailee with ex-girlfriend Felicia Beckwith and son Noah Buddy, 9, with ex Melisa Ann Cowell. (During their marriage, Jelly Roll and Bunnie had primary custody of Bailee when she was a minor.)
Summary
- Collider’s Steve Weintraub talks with Colin Farrell for Apple TV’s Sugar Season 2.
- Farrell discusses working with Sam Catlin to expand the show’s mythology, filming in LA, and how many seasons he hopes to do.
- He also discusses Matt Reeves’ The Batman Part II and his favorite movies from Steven Spielberg and Christopher Nolan.
After delivering an Emmy Award-nominated performance for HBO’s The Penguin, Colin Farrell continues to dominate television with his Apple TV series Sugar. Now, the genre-blending crime thriller returns to the streamer for Season 2, and while talking with Collider’s Steve Weintraub, Farrell explains that this time around, their team wasn’t “building a plane mid-flight” like their first go-round, but that their new showrunner and writer, Sam Catlin, “explored new avenues” and made it a joyful collaboration for the star and executive producer.
In Sugar Season 2, the charming investigator, John Sugar (Farrell), refuses to give up the search for his missing sister, but in the meantime, has also taken on a new case to search for the older brother of an up-and-coming boxer. Now, as his investigation expands to a city-wide conspiracy, Sugar has to decide what he’s truly willing to do for what’s right.
In this interview, Farrell talks about his contributions to Season 2, working alongside Catlin and the crew, and keeping production in Los Angeles. He tells Collider that fans can expect even more of the mythology to be explored in Season 2, plus shares his hopes for doing “four or five seasons.” Don’t miss all of this, and Farrell’s favorite Steven Spielberg and Christopher Nolan films, and an exciting tease for Matt Reeves’ The Batman Part II.
Colin Farrell Reveals His Favorite Steven Spielberg and Christopher Nolan Films
“Everything just came together so perfectly.”
COLLIDER: Disclosure [Day] is great, and Emily Blunt is amazing.
COLIN FARRELL: I heard she’s extraordinary in it, man. That’s so great. I can’t wait to see it. I watched Close Encounters last week again. It gets better every time.
What is your favorite Spielberg? I’ve been asking everyone this. We ran a supercut this morning with Jack Black, Matt Damon, everybody talking about their favorite Spielberg.
FARRELL: My son’s is Jurassic Park, which I love. I’ll never forget going to the UCI Cinema in the square in Tallaght in Dublin and walking up to the cinema, and they had stickers of T-Rex talons all the way leading from the cinema, all the way up to the concession stand. I’ll never forget the lights going down and that thing coming on.
But for me, in my later years, Close Encounters, like in the last 20 years, and in the first 25 years of my life or whatever age I was, five when I saw it, or six when I saw it, E.T. So this trilogy, or the idea of Disclosure Day being an organic, natural conclusion to a trilogy of questions about what is out there I’m so excited about it.
Because Chris Nolan has The Odyssey coming out, what is your favorite Chris Nolan?
FARRELL: I just thought Oppenheimer was perfect. I thought everything that Chris Nolan and his folks have… every creative waters and intellectual waters that they’ve swum in before, and sound design and the visual accouterment of film, and the performance and the writing, it all just came together. Like when you see Star Wars, and then it goes like this? That was Oppenheimer. Everything just came together so perfectly.
But I really enjoy The Prestige. That’s the one I go back to, man.
I love The Prestige.
FARRELL: Or The Dark Knight.
[Laughs] Basically, you have three answers.
FARRELL: Gold, silver, and bronze.
Colin Farrell Returns to Gotham City Next Week for ‘The Batman: Part II’
“Matt [Reeves] is just so brilliant, and he just cares so deeply about the stories he tells.”
Before I jump into Sugar, which you’re fantastic in, I definitely have to ask you, coming from Collider, when are you putting on the makeup again and filming a certain sequel?
FARRELL: They start, think, in a week. Is there a plan for you to go over and see?
I would pay someone to let me go do that.
FARRELL: I don’t have the power to charge such an invitation, but it’ll be an amazing set to be on. The script, I’ve said before, and you know, I said it to you, it’s extraordinary. It really is. Matt [Reeves] is just so brilliant, and he just cares so deeply about the stories he tells. I will go fly to London in four or five weeks. I haven’t got much to do on it, but I’ll go for four or five weeks. I’ll be there for a few weeks. I’m so excited to see it as a fan.
I’m over the moon.
FARRELL: I can’t wait.
Colin Farrell Thinks ‘Sugar’s Main Character Would Hate AI
But what would he think of pickleball?
Jumping into Sugar. John Sugar is obsessed with human culture, and I’m curious, of these 2026 Earth things, tell me if Sugar would love them or be completely baffled by them.
FARRELL: Tell me. Lay it on me.
AI-generated movie trailers.
FARRELL: [Laughs] Hate, hate, hate. He loves human beings. He loves the tactility of human beings. He loves how flawed human beings are. That’s kind of one of the things that fascinates him, how broken we are and how, through those fractures and those breaks, we are still capable of decency. So, anything that’s as synthetic as that, no.
Pickleball.
FARRELL: Yeah! Cool. Yeah. Bizarre. His alien antennae are like, “What the fuck?” But yeah, cool.
Trend cycling.
FARRELL: What is it, even?
I looked that up. It’s E-bikes, custom designer bikes…
FARRELL: Oh, yeah. Yeah, I think he’d be cool with that. Anything that he can move through the world with — he loves that car. That car is not something that keeps him away from the world, it’s something that allows him to move through the world with grace.
Driverless robo-taxis.
FARRELL: Hate. Hate.
We’re on the same page.
FARRELL: I mean, I want to throw a Molotov cocktail at every Waymo I see. Well done. Someone’s getting rich, and drivers are going to be out to work. Well done.
What’s funny is people don’t realize what’s going to happen in five years with all the people driving, but we’re off on a tangent. People wearing spatial computing or VR headsets at coffee shops.
FARRELL: [Laughs] I’ve yet to see it myself. Is it happening? Have you seen it? I’m sure it’s happening. Of course.
I’ve seen it a little bit.
FARRELL: Someone in the enthrall of an orgasmic moment at the coffee shop with their latte. Oh my God, I haven’t seen it. He would hate it. He would hate.
Smartwatches that track your exact stress levels and yell at you to breathe.
FARRELL: Uh, like this Oura Ring I have? No interest. Neutral on that one.
Colin Farrell like you’ve never seen him before. Trust us.
How Long Could ‘Sugar’ Go on For?
“Shooting in LA is extraordinary and uncommon.”
Jumping into specifics, for people who were intrigued and loved the sci-fi aspect of Season 1, what do you want to tease them about Season 2 with the mythology?
FARRELL: It’s explored a little bit more. It’s deepened a little bit more through a certain very important personal relationship that Sugar has. But I would love to get four or five seasons out of this.
I was going to actually ask you that.
FARRELL: I would love to get four or five seasons. I can’t get a straight answer out of Apple because they pretty much go season to season, which I get, it’s a business, based on the viewership and all that kind of jazz. So, I don’t know if it’s a month or two months after this would screen on June 19th. It’s probably that. Two months later, we’ll know whether we get a third season or not. But I would love to. And part of the reason why I would love to, I think, is because there’s a really interesting way to further explore the mythology that was introduced in the first season.
You have a new showrunner with Sam [Catlin] coming in for Season 2. Can you talk about what it was like meeting with him at the beginning and the conversations you had in terms of, “This is what I loved about Season 1. This is what I think we could do differently in Season 2?” What were those conversations like, and how much input did you have or want to have in the storyline and the mystery that would happen this season?
FARRELL: Sam wasn’t the showrunner on Season 1, but he became our primary writer on Season 1, as well, and he did an extraordinary job. And yeah, we were kind of, as we said, building a plane mid-flight on that season very much and managed to pull it off, and at least get a second season. So, for him to have time and have a writers’ room, which he did, and bring in writers that he trusted, I trusted him. He broke a story, the story was really exciting, explored some new avenues, and honored what we established in the first season at the same time.
I came in about maybe two months before we started shooting and started having more conversations, and it was a constant work in progress. We weren’t as up against it; we had the scripts. We didn’t really have all the scripts in place when we started the first season, but the second season we did, so it just became an opportunity to modify what we had in a really fun way, and it was great.
I love being part of the creative process. It’s fun for me, man. It’s not to do with ownership. I don’t feel a preconditioned desire to put my stamp on it. I don’t need to touch anything. My ego has no need to change a word, but sometimes things ask to be kept alive in a way that means they’re constantly changing and evolving and growing as you’re shooting them, and that’s okay, too. That’s an interesting sandbox to play in, as well. So yeah, I was up for it.
I just want to commend you guys on filming in LA. It’s so important to the community.
FARRELL: I love it! California, sort it out.
It also adds so much to the show. Can you talk about filming in LA, what it means, and also, how do you decide where the car is going to go because you film in some great places?
FARRELL: It’s magic. The car is a tricky one because evermore they’re trying to stop you from doing things like drive, and they want to put you on a stage with LCD screens, which are really impressive, annoyingly, because they’re always fighting, “Can we just go ahead and drive, and put someone in the passenger seat?” I’m old school, like, “Just put someone with a camera in there.”
But shooting in LA is extraordinary and uncommon. That’s one of the most attractive things about doing the show. I get to be home, get to be with my kids, and it’s a much more interesting city than maybe it gets credit for, Los Angeles. It’s a much more culturally deep and rich city, as well. There’s extraordinary music, extraordinary theater, albeit smaller than in New York or even Chicago, perhaps, but it’s so culturally eclectic. I’ve grown to love LA, and to have it as kind of the foundation upon, the canvas upon which all these stories can happen and these lives from various divergent cultural origins can converge, it’s awesome. I love it.
Sugar Season 2 premieres on June 19 on Apple TV.
- Release Date
-
April 4, 2024
- Network
-
Apple TV
- Showrunner
-
Mark Protosevich, Sam Catlin
-
-
-
Miguel Sandoval
Thomas Kinzie
-
Scott Lawrence
Dr. Vickers
Taylor Swift may have sparked fresh album rumors with her latest late-night recording session, but insiders claim the superstar is working on something far more personal.
As speculation swirls around her upcoming wedding to Travis Kelce, sources say Swift has been quietly crafting a heartfelt love song dedicated to her fiancé.
With wedding plans reportedly entering the final stretch, the singer’s latest studio visit has fans wondering whether her next release could double as the ultimate wedding gift.
Taylor Swift sent fans into a frenzy this week when she was spotted arriving at New York City’s famed Electric Lady Studios.
Swift reportedly spent nearly ten hours inside Electric Lady Studios, arriving shortly after 8 p.m. Monday and leaving around 6 a.m. Tuesday.
The sighting immediately fueled rumors that the Grammy Award winner was secretly working on her next album. However, according to a source, Swift’s latest project may have nothing to do with a new record cycle.
Instead, the insider claims the pop star has been focused on creating something specifically for Kelce. “Taylor is creating a beautiful love song for her future husband. She has been writing it for the past few weeks, she’s very excited about it,” the source told the Daily Mail.
According to the insider, the track is shaping up to be “a sweet ballad” featuring “a hypnotic chorus.” The song is also expected to offer a glimpse into the private side of the couple’s relationship.
“The lyrics will be about what makes their relationship click and will hint at the special, private moments they have had together,” they added.
Swift Could Debut The Song On Her Wedding Day
The reported plan doesn’t stop with writing and recording the track. Sources claim Taylor Swift may be preparing to unveil the song in a way only she could.
According to the insider, the 36-year-old is considering performing the ballad during her wedding reception before releasing it publicly on the same day.
“It seems like Taylor has been recording the song in New York City as a single to be released on her wedding day, that sounds like a move she’d make, but who knows,” the source explained.
The insider pointed to a similar move made by another music star. According to them, “Blake Shelton released his wedding song for Gwen [Stefani], We Can Reach the Stars, and put it on one of his albums – so it’s been done before.”
Taylor Swift May Have Bigger Plans Than Just One Song
While the wedding track alone would be enough to excite fans, insiders suggest there could be even more music on the horizon.
“There has been talk that she will record an entire wedding album, but that is a lot, who knows,” the source said.
Still, those familiar with Swift’s creative process believe such an ambitious project would not be impossible.
The insider pointed out the star’s fast writing skills as well as her multiple ideas, noting that it would be a piece of cake.
Even so, another source cautioned that details surrounding any music tied to Kelce remain tightly guarded.
They explained, “She’s always writing and recording, but if she were writing a song for Travis, that’s not something she’d share with a lot of people. That’s just not her style.”
Swift And Kelce Continue To Guard Wedding Details
As excitement builds around the pair’s rumored wedding, very little has been officially confirmed.
Reports have suggested that a large celebration could take place at Madison Square Garden on July 3, while other insiders believe a smaller ceremony may happen first at Taylor Swift’s Rhode Island estate.
Some sources have even speculated that the Madison Square Garden rumors could be intentional misdirection designed to keep the real plans hidden.
Despite conflicting reports, insiders insist there is significant anticipation surrounding whatever the couple has planned.
The pair have reportedly gone to extraordinary lengths to keep details under wraps, with sources previously claiming guests were required to sign nondisclosure agreements before receiving information about the event.
As a result, every public appearance and social media sighting has become a source of intense scrutiny.
Taylor Swift Appears Relaxed As Wedding Rumors Intensify
While fans continue searching for clues, sources say Swift herself remains remarkably calm. This week, attention shifted to reports of bachelor and bachelorette celebrations happening on opposite sides of the country.
Travis Kelce was spotted enjoying a night out with friends, including brother Jason, at Bird Streets Club in Los Angeles.
Meanwhile, activity reportedly increased at Swift’s Rhode Island mansion, where heightened security and several guests were observed on the property.
According to reports, Swift’s childhood best friend Abigail Anderson Berard was seen holding a child on one balcony, while four women gathered on a rooftop terrace nearby.
Despite the mounting speculation, insiders insist neither Swift nor Kelce appears overwhelmed by the approaching wedding.
“She doesn’t seem stressed about the wedding or details at all. She’s been relaxed leading up to it and it’s all been business as usual,” a source said.
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():format(jpeg)/anna-faris-1-c113edd6e9eb4442a1f04bc80ac07a6b.jpg)
The actress departed the popular CBS sitcom in 2020, after seven seasons.
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():format(jpeg)/Alicia-Keys-Knicks-Parade-061826-2-1f92d23c675f4328969fcf27690ad9cc.jpg)
Once tech issues cleared up, Keys performed “Empire State of Mind” for the crowd.
Entertainment
Planned “Police Academy” reboot starring Key and Peele was canceled after Michael Brown killing in Ferguson
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():format(jpeg)/police-academy-1-e7c6e4c9de58468e9e7e871f0ee758d5.jpg)
Ike Barinholtz says he was writing a “dirty, rated-R, modern” version.
Jelly Roll and Bunnie Xo are speaking about the breakdown of their marriage a few days after reports of their divorce spread. On June 15, several publications reported that the singer filed for divorce from his wife of 10 years in May, the same month they separated. Soon after, speculations about their split quickly made the rounds online.
The former couple has now spoken out separately, addressing the speculations head-on and debunking claims. Their comments offer a clearer picture of where they stand amid the ongoing chatter.
Jelly Roll is in the middle of a tour, and during a performance in Saratoga Springs on June 18, the singer talked about his divorce from Bunnie Xo in front of his fans, a clip of which was uploaded to his social media.
“While we’re talking about liars, the internet is a liar too,” Jelly Roll prefaced, adding it was the only time he was going to talk about his relationship and urging the audience to take out their phones and record.
“Me and my wife are best friends, we will always be best friends. I will love her. She will probably be the only woman I’ll ever love the way I loved her,” Jelly Roll shared. He said they just spoke on the phone earlier that day and addressed one of the rumors, saying, “Nobody cheated on nobody.”
The Singer Declared His Love For Bunnie Xo
Jelly Roll also urged the crowd to watch Bunnie Xo’s podcast, where she spoke about their separation and divorce. “She just did a whole podcast about it. You can go watch it. Every word of it is the truth,” the singer continued.
On June 18, Bunnie Xo released an episode of the “Dumb Blonde Podcast” titled “The Divorce” and shared what transpired before their separation and their plans moving forward.
“That will be my best friend forever. This is the only time I will ever speak about it. Bunnie, I love you, baby. Thank you for those 10 years. They were incredible. Thank you for the next 10 years of friendship, and 20 beyond that,” Jelly Roll said in front of the audience, who were cheering for him.
Bunnie Xo Had A Fight That Led To Divorce
On her podcast, Bunnie Xo shed some light on what led to her separation and divorce from Jelly Roll. The podcaster admitted that she and the singer “never argued” in their relationship and were bad at handling disagreements. “So, he would be holding things in. I would be holding things in, and that’s a recipe for disaster,” she explained.
She and Jelly Roll argued on Mother’s Day, but didn’t disclose what it was about. Bunnie Xo was “fed up and so tired” that she told her husband, “Well, then file the f-cking divorce papers.”
“In our relationship, that is the one cardinal thing that you don’t say, even though my husband has said it numerous times. But, when I say it, it really holds weight because I’m not the type of person who says what I don’t mean,” Bunnie Xo added.
Bunnie Xo packed a bag and left Jelly Roll, and they didn’t communicate for weeks afterward.
The Podcaster Said The Divorce Wasn’t Mutual
Bunnie Xo said her husband was “so mad,” and he did exactly what she told him to do. As The Blast previously reported, the singer filed for divorce, citing irreconcilable differences, on May 18 after 10 years of marriage.
The podcaster shared that the decision wasn’t mutual, and she wanted to give the marriage a chance by going to therapy to “figure sh-t out.” However, Jelly Roll thought differently. “It was not mutual. Even though I told him to file the divorce papers, I was speaking out of anger and frustration,” Bunnie Xo said.
Regardless, Bunnie Xo has come to terms with the fate of their marriage, adding that what happened was a necessary “wake-up call” that led them to have difficult conversations.
Bunnie Xo And Jelly Roll Are Still Having A Baby Together
Before the divorce filing, both Bunnie Xo and Jelly Roll openly talked about wanting to have a baby together. In her memoir, which was released in February, the podcaster revealed that they had found a surrogate.
It seems the divorce isn’t putting a damper on those plans, as Bunnie Xo shared that they will still be having a baby together. “We’re going to co-parent together. J is my best friend. Like, this isn’t what you guys think this is. Nobody cheated on the other person. It’s literally just we served our purpose for each other,” she explained.
She continued to say that while the public seems to dwell on their past, they are looking forward to the future, saying,”Being happy and healthy and best friends through this is probably the biggest gift that we could have given each other.”
Entertainment18 seconds ago
Netflix’s 8-Part ‘White Lotus’ Replacement Is Officially Available Now
NewsBeat3 minutes ago
Phil Spencer backs new rules to reduce number of house sale collapses
Business4 minutes ago
Yen teeters on cusp of 40-year low as BOJ hike fails to stem rout
-
Business5 days agoNo Jackpot Winner as $257 Million Prize Rolls Over to $269 Million Monday Draw
-
Fashion7 days agoWeekend Open Thread: Tuckernuck – Corporette.com
-
Crypto World4 days agoZimbabwe Requires Crypto Businesses to Register Annually Under New FIU Regulations
-
Crypto World6 days agoBitget enters Argentina’s regulated crypto market through PSAV registration
-
Tech6 days agoNanoClaw integrates JFrog registries to secure AI agent downloads
-
Tech7 days agoThis Week In Security: Microsoft On Microsoft, Register Your Domains, Linux On ARM, And FreeBSD Joins The File Cache Club
-
NewsBeat7 days agoFBI searches office of Ohio voter registration group
-
Entertainment5 days agoMatt Damon’s Viral Sci-Fi Thriller Has Taken Over HBO Max
-
Business5 days agoAnthropic staff to meet White House officials next week, Axios reports
-
Tech5 days agoAs AI companies race to go public, who else is along for the ride?
-
Crypto World5 days agoBitcoin could crash to $48,000, if this historical pattern is triggered
-
Politics5 days ago“Israel’s” ban on ICRC visits ruled illegal, but Knesset moves to stop them permanently
-
NewsBeat5 days agoWarning of disruption as Cardiff Crossrail works to start
-
News Videos5 days agoFinancial Accounting | Last Day Revision Strategy and Booster | CMA Inter – June 2026
-
NewsBeat5 days agoTributes to former deputy head teacher at Cambridge school among death and funeral notices
-
Entertainment5 days agoDeion Sanders Shares Powerful Post After Viral Advice To Deiondra
-
Crypto World5 days agoMarket Preview: SpaceX (SPCX) IPO Record, Federal Reserve Meeting, and Iran Nuclear Agreement
-
NewsBeat5 days agowhat doctors are seeing in ebike crashes
-
Entertainment5 days agoKate Middleton Glare Goes Viral After Kids Booed At Royal Event
-
Business5 days agoInvesco Quality Income Fund Q1 2026 Commentary
You must be logged in to post a comment Login