Sonia Rao

Washington, D.C., United States

Features Reporter at The Washington Post

pop culture kid @washingtonpost • equity and diversity co-chair @postguild • she/her • [email protected] ✨

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They built a secret apartment in the mall. Now it’s a movie.

5 days ago | washingtonpost.com | Sonia Rao

They built a secret apartment in the mall. Now it’s a movie. (washingtonpost.com) They built a secret apartment in the mall. Now it’s a movie. By Sonia Rao 2025050909004100 Jeremy Workman thought he was being pranked. How else would you react to someone telling you they once secretly lived inside a shopping mall for four years?
They built a secret apartment in the mall. Now it’s a movie.

5 days ago | flipboard.com | Sonia Rao

4 hours agoJimmy Kimmel Reveals the Real Reason Why MAGA Hates the New PopeKimmel ripped Laura Loomer and Sean Davis for their reactions to Pope Leo XIV. Jimmy Kimmel seemed thrilled to hear that Chicago native Robert Francis …NowLainey Wilson rules the 2025 Academy of Country Music Awards once again, Alan Jackson is honoredWilson took home trophies for both female artist and album of the year. NEW YORK — It was her night once again.
Jon Voight had concepts of a plan to fix Hollywood. Trump pounced.

1 week ago | washingtonpost.com | Sonia Rao |Herb Scribner

Jon Voight had concepts of a plan to fix Hollywood. Trump pounced. (washingtonpost.com) Jon Voight had concepts of a plan to fix Hollywood. Trump pounced.
Jon Voight had concepts of a plan to fix Hollywood. Trump pounced.

1 week ago | flipboard.com | Sonia Rao |Herb Scribner

2 hours agoTrump and his team were touting all the countries eager to make deals with the U.S. on trade. They changed their tune when it became clear such deals wouldn't materialize quickly. WASHINGTON — Just a few weeks ago, President Donald Trump and White House aides were boasting that his tariffs would …
Why the ‘Rust’ director finished the movie — and left out its tragic scene

1 week ago | washingtonpost.com | Sonia Rao

Why the ‘Rust’ director finished the movie — and left out its tragic scene (washingtonpost.com) Why the ‘Rust’ director finished the movie — and left out its tragic scene By Sonia Rao 2025050115243700 Joel Souza says he and Halyna Hutchins weren't the most obvious collaborators.
Why the ‘Rust’ director finished the movie — and left out its tragic scene | Flipboard

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5 hours agoWatching “Rust,” it’s easy to be rattled by the gunshots. Being a Western drama, naturally there's plenty of gunfights, showdowns and old-school cowboy justice. But this is also a movie haunted by one shot in particular, the bullet that killed Ukrainian cinematographer Halyna Hutchins …
How the new ‘Wedding Banquet’ reimagines Ang Lee’s queer classic

3 weeks ago | washingtonpost.com | Sonia Rao

How the new ‘Wedding Banquet’ reimagines Ang Lee’s queer classic (washingtonpost.com) How the new ‘Wedding Banquet’ reimagines Ang Lee’s queer classic By Sonia Rao 2025042210005000 To Kelly Marie Tran, acting in "The Wedding Banquet" felt like "free therapy." In the new film, a remake of Ang Lee's 1993 romantic comedy, Tran plays Angela, an American lesbian whose wealthy Korean friend Min (Han Gi-chan) offers to pay for her and her girlfriend, Lee (Lily Gladstone), to undergo a round of in...
How the new ‘Wedding Banquet’ reimagines Ang Lee’s queer classic

3 weeks ago | flipboard.com | Sonia Rao

1 day agoNEW YORK (AP) — Brand names, not filmmakers or stars, are said to rule the box office these days. But Ryan Coogler’s “Sinners,” led by twin Michael B. Jordans, proved a bloody exception to modern movie rules, launching with $45.6 million in ticket sales in U.S. and Canadian theaters, according to …
Ramy Youssef’s latest show finds absurdity in post-9/11 Islamophobia

3 weeks ago | washingtonpost.com | Sonia Rao

Ramy Youssef’s latest show finds absurdity in post-9/11 Islamophobia (washingtonpost.com) Ramy Youssef’s latest show finds absurdity in post-9/11 Islamophobia By Sonia Rao 2025041718244900 The Husseins are in trouble. The Egyptian American household, central to the new animated series "#1 Happy Family USA," faces rampant Islamophobia in the immediate aftermath of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
Why a new documentary revisits Aaron Carter’s tragic undoing

4 weeks ago | washingtonpost.com | Sonia Rao

Why a new documentary revisits Aaron Carter’s tragic undoing (washingtonpost.com) Why a new documentary revisits Aaron Carter’s tragic undoing By Sonia Rao 2025041510005500 What Soleil Moon Frye remembers most about young Aaron Carter is his "bright, bubbly, beautiful personality." The pop sensation was only 13 years old when he guest-starred on a 2001 episode of "Sabrina the Teenage Witch," and Frye, who played Sabrina's college roommate, recalled in a recent interview that she was struck by...