You meets Gone Girl meets The Girl on the Train meets The Woman in the Window meets Rear Window meets…Scary Movie? I’m in. 

Kristen Bell’s new Netflix series The Woman in the House Across the Street From the Girl in the Window, a satire of the popular “troubled woman gets caught up in a suburban murder” genre, just dropped its first trailer, and it looks like a cross between all our favorite beach reads. Bell plays Anna, a wine-guzzling, pill-popping, sweater-wearing suburbanite who witnesses a murder but can’t convince anyone to believe her. 

The dialogue in the trailer is all basically straightforward murder mystery stuff, but there are self-aware comedic touches throughout, from the ridiculous cork collection on Anna’s kitchen island to the goofy tagline: “Every victim has a story…every murder has a witness…every neighbor has a window…but every story has a victim.” And, obviously, the title. Produced by Will Ferrell, this may be the parody that finally puts the, uh, final nail in this genre’s coffin. That is…until a body washes ashore! 

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The eight-episode series premieres on Netflix on January 28, but if you just can’t wait until then, we have two recommendations that will scratch the murder-mystery-but-make-it-funny itch: A Simple Favor starring Blake Lively and Anna Kendrick, and Game Night starring Rachel McAdams and Jason Bateman. Both have actual mysteries that are fun to solve but plenty of comedic moments too. ASF is like a high-fashion twisty whodunnit, but directed by Paul Feig, who also helmed Bridesmaids. And Game Night is a laugh-out-loud adult comedy that’s like Date Night turned up to 11.  They both pair well with red and white wines.

Honestly can’t wait to start streaming TWITHATSFTGITW. Kristen Bell, baby, you can stab me any time. Or have me over for wine. Or both, honestly. Let’s do both.

Kristen Bell and Dax Shepard are the latest parents to be interrupted by their children during a work Zoom.

On August 12, one of Bell and Shepard’s daughters decided to say hello to her parents during their interview on the Today show with Al Roker. “One of them’s knocking, even though they know they can’t come out on camera,” Shepard tells Roker during the call while  Bell adds, “Child at the door. You take it, you take the question. I’ll get the child. Hold on.”

Of course, both parents get out of their chairs, and it was pretty adorable. The reason for the interruption, of course, was a very serious matter: birthday cake.

“I said, ‘We’re on TV right now, we’re on the news,’ and she said, ‘Okay,'” Bell told Roker. “And this, I’m sure, is about the doll’s birthday. It’s her doll’s birthday, and now we have to order a cake. She’s taking it very seriously.”

The couple shares two children: eight-year-old Lincoln and six-year-old Delta, who both  recently came up in a Hollywood-wide discourse about baths…or lack thereof. 

Last week, Kristen Bell and Dax Shephard appeared on The View to talk about how often they wash their children after Mila Kunis and Ashton Kutcher revealed they only bathe their kids once they see visible dirt on them.  

“We bathed our children every single night prior to bed as their routine, then somehow they just started going to sleep on their own without their routine, and we had to start saying [to each other] like, ‘Hey, when was the last time you bathed them?’” said Shepard, per BuzzFeed.

“I’m a big fan of waiting for the stink,” agreed Bell. “Once you catch a whiff, that’s biology’s way of letting you know you need to clean it up. There’s a red flag.” The Frozen star thought it through from a health perspective too. “Honestly, it’s just bacteria; once you get bacteria, you gotta be like, ‘Get in the tub or the shower,’” she said before backing up her fellow Bad Moms costar: “I don’t hate what [Kunis and Kutcher] are doing. I wait for the stink.”

During their Today show interview on the 12th, they doubled down. “It’s a smell test,” Bell said on NBC. “It’s a foot smell test. And then you just pop them in the water or the shower or the bath.”

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The lineup of fall 2021 movies is here, and I’m happy to announce that it’s stacked. Yes, even with everything going on in the world, Hollywood is still determined to keep us entertained. I, for one, am very grateful for it. 

For starters, we’ve got Zendaya and Timothée Chalamet teaming up in Dune and the long, long-awaited James Bond installation No Time to Die—and those are just the films leftover from last year’s schedule. Some you may have heard less about? Last Night In Soho starring Anya Taylor-Joy and the Marvel epic Eternals, directed by Chloé Zhao, are both promising to blow your mind.

And while most studios are moving back to releasing films exclusively in theaters, you can still see some of these new autumn movies from the comfort of your own home. We’ve specified which will be released via a streaming platform, theatrically, or on-demand, and we’ll update this post if that changes.

Mark your calendars—and happy moviegoing. Below, the best fall movies coming to some sort of screen near you this year. 

Cinderella (September 3)

In the latest adaption of Cinderella, Camila Cabello stars as a dressmaker who wants to go to the royal ball…to network! Meeting a handsome prince just happens to be a bonus. And this time, Billy Porter is working his magic as her fairy godparent. Coming to Amazon Prime Video.

Shang-Chi & The Legend of the Ten Rings (September 3)

Marvel’s first movie with a primarily Asian cast already has fans buzzing after an exciting trailer caught the Internet’s attention. Kim’s Convenience star Simu Liu plays a Kung Fu master protecting the streets of San Francisco alongside Awkwafina and Michelle Yeoh in undisclosed roles. Expect the fight choreo to be epic. In theaters for 45 days before dropping on Disney+.

We Need to Do Something (September 3)

Filmed amid the pandemic, We Need to Do Something is a horror film that follows a family that’s stuck in a bathroom during a hurricane. In theaters.

The Card Counter (September 10)

Hollywood legend Paul Schrader wrote and directed this intense drama about a former inmate who taught himself to cheat at poker while in jail. Oscar Isaac leads the cast as the player with a troubled past, and it looks like Willem Dafoe is his lawman enemy. With Tye Sheridan as his protégé and Tiffany Haddish as his lover/partner-in-crime, expect intensity galore. In theaters.

Kate (September 10)

You’ll have a lot of options when it comes to Fall movies on Netflix this year, but action fans should especially make time for this one. Starring Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Woody Harrelson, and relative newcomer Miku Patricia Martineau, Kate tells the story of an assassin who has 24 hours to live after being poisoned. Coming to Netflix.

Malignant (September 10)

From the director of Insidious, Malignant follows a woman named Madison (Annabelle Wallis) who has visions of murders that are happening IRL. In theaters and HBO Max.

Queenpins (September 10)

This comedy starring Kristen Bell and Kirby Howell-Baptiste follows the true story of two women who started the largest coupon counterfeit scam in U.S. history. In theaters, then Paramount+ later in the year.

Everybody’s Talking About Jamie (September 17) 

A hit on London’s West End, Everybody’s Talking About Jamie never made it to Broadway, but it will hit the big screen! Jamie is a high schooler who dreams of a drag career; when his act becomes an unexpected hit among his peers, it causes a stir in this feel-good musical. If you love cozy movies that warm your heart, this is the one for you. Coming to Amazon Prime Video.

The Eyes of Tammy Faye (September 17)

The true story of Christian TV personalities Tammy Fake Bakker and her husband Jim gets the dramedy treatment courtesy of Wet Hot American Summer‘s Michael Showalter. Come for the prosthetics on Jessica Chastain, stay to find out how Andrew Garfield’s accent holds up. In theaters.

Dear Evan Hansen explores a high schooler facing a moral quandary in the wake of a classmate’s suicide and amidst his own depression, asking both how we can best remember those we’ve lost and best love those who are still with us. In theaters.

Venom: Let There Be Carnage (September 24)

The follow-up to the strange and strangely beloved sorta Spider-man spin-off casts Woody Harrelson as a villain who needs to be seen to be believed and ups the blood factor by…a thousand percent? Well, they did promise carnage. In theaters. 

Sounds Like Love (September 29)

Sounds like Devil Wears Prada to us! This romantic comedy follows the clumsy assistant to a high-powered fashion influencer who, along with her friends, tries to figure out how to get what she wants out of work, life, and most importantly, love. Coming to Netflix.

After We Fell (September 30)

The third installment in the sexy After series continues the story of good girl Tessa and bad boy Hardin, young lovers who can’t stay together but can’t seem to stay apart. In theaters before coming to Netflix. 

The Addams Family 2 (October 1)

What does vacation look like for the creepiest family in town? Kids of all ages will enjoy the cartoon antics, and after being stuck at home last year, will probably relate to the feeling of need a little (or a lot of) space from their parents. In theaters.

Hotel Transylvania: Transformania (October 1)

Questions of identity and culture come to the fore in this exploration of what it means to be yourself in a world that makes you Other. Because the monsters get turned into humans and the humans get turned into monsters. Eek! In theaters. 

The Many Saints of Newark (October 1)

The late James Gandolfini’s son steps into the role of Tony Soprano in this prequel to the iconic drama, The Sopranos, showing the rise of a New Jersey mob boss before all the therapy. In theaters and HBO Max.

No Time to Die (October 8)

Originally slated for an April 2020 release, No Time to Die has been moved to October 2021. But stay tuned to see if that date sticks. (If it doesn’t, at least we have the Billie Eilish jam on our playlists.) In theaters.

Halloween Kills (October 15)

Michael Myers certainly looked dead at the end of 2018’s Halloween, Danny McBride and David Gordon Green’s reboot of the franchise first directed by John Carpenter. But when Michael Myers looks dead is exactly when he isn’t, and this year, he’s back for more. Not that Laurie (Jamie Lee Curtis) and her family will ever let him get them. In theaters.

Hard Luck Love Song (October 15)

A crime thriller with a honky tonk twist, this indie features original music and stars Sophia Bush, plus RZA of The Wu-Tang Clan. In theaters.

The Last Duel (October 15)

This medieval epic reunites Ben Affleck and Matt Damon, but it’s Adam Driver in armor that’s already got the Internet talking. Jodie Comer also stars as a rape survivor looking for justice the only way her country will allow: a fight to the death. In theaters.

Dune (October 22)

One of the spiciest films delayed by the pandemic, this adaptation of the beloved sci-fi epic stars Timothee Chalamet, Zendaya and Oscar Isaac. Books nerds will compare dit to the book, film nerds will compare it to the Kyle MacLachlan version, and worm nerds will be like, “Look, the big worm! What a big worm!” In theaters and HBO Max.

The French Dispatch (October 22)

Wes Anderson brings his typical exacting style to this story about love, war, and newspapers, printed, of course, in black and white, just like the news itself. A whole host of Hollywood favorites and Anderson mainstays fill out the cast, so toss on a beret and pack your suitcase full of vintage items, we’re off to the indie cinema! In theaters.

Antlers (October 29)

A Woodsy creature horror flick produced by Guillermo Del Toro, just in time for Halloween. We’re crafting our costumes already. In theaters.

Last Night In Soho (October 29)

Plot details are strictly under wraps, but Edgar Wright’s latest, starring Anya Taylor-Joy, seems to feature a fashion student who gets involved with time-travel, body-swapping, and maybe murder? The soundtrack is sure to delight and the fashions will definitely dazzle, so who even cares about the plot? This looks great! In theaters.

Newly minted Oscar darling Chloé Zhao takes on the Marvel epic in this tale of immortal beings who…sat around for decades and watched the Avengers do their job for them. Angelina Jolie, you have some explaining to do! Of all the Fall movies to watch on this list, this is by far the buzziest. In theaters.

Ghostbusters: Afterlife (November 11)

After the 2016 all-women reboot of the Ghostbusters franchise failed to launch anything but controversy, Hollywood is trying a new tack: dial back the comedy, up the nostalgia. Directed by original Ghostbusters director Ivan Reitman’s son Jason (he also did Up In The Air, that chuckle-fest), Afterlife seems to follow descendants of an original GB crew member as they start over in a new town and, well, discover the car. You can imagine how things go from there: ghooOOoosts! In theaters. 

Red Notice (November 12)

Gal Gadot plays the world’s greatest art thief. Ryan Reynolds plays the world’s greatest con man. The Rock plays a guy named Rusty. It’s an international caper, need we say more? In theaters. 

King Richard (November 19)

Venus and Serena’s father gets the biopic treatment in this upcoming drama starring Will Smith, who knows a thing or two about raising future superstars (Jaden and Willow, hello!). In theaters and HBO Max. 

Top Gun: Maverick (November 19)

Originally set to premiere last year, this long-awaited sequel to the movie that launched a thousand Air Force careers (and made everyone high five extra dramatically) will finally hit the big screens this Fall, putting Tom Cruise back in the cockpit and introducing a new class of Hollywood studs including Glen Powell and Manny Jacinto. And yes, there will be volleyball! In theaters.

Encanto (November 24)

Mirabel is the only member of her family without a magical power in this colorful, animated Disney musical, featuring songs from (who else?) Lin-Manuel Miranda. In theaters. 

Audiences have been clamoring for this fashion drama ever since the first pictures of Lady Gaga and Adam Driver in costume hit the Internet. Playing the famed Italian family behind the iconic label, Gaga, Driver and an unrecognizable Jared Leto are absolutely dripping with jewels, scandal, and iffy accents. ITALIA, BABY! In theaters. 

Three is a trend! Jake Gyllenhaal is officially the latest celebrity to come out against…*checks notes*…washing his body.

Bathing and showering first entered the Hollywood discourse in late July, when Mila Kunis and Ashton Kutcher revealed they only wash their kids if they “see dirt on them.”

“When I had [newborn] children, I also didn’t wash them every day,” Kunis told Dax Shepard on his Armchair Expert, according to BuzzFeed. “I wasn’t the parent that bathed my newborns—ever.” Kutcher added, “Now, here’s the thing: If you can see the dirt on them, clean them. Otherwise, there’s no point.”

Just a week later, Shepard and his own wife, Kristen Bell, appeared on The View and shared their own feelings on the subject. “We bathed our children every single night prior to bed as their routine, then somehow they just started going to sleep on their own without their routine and we had to start saying [to each other] like, ‘Hey, when was the last time you bathed them?’” said Shepard, per BuzzFeed.

“I’m a big fan of waiting for the stink. Once you catch a whiff, that’s biology’s way of letting you know you need to clean it up. There’s a red flag,” Bell said, adding, “Honestly, it’s just bacteria; once you get bacteria, you gotta be like, ‘Get in the tub or the shower.’”

Now, when it comes to infants, this may not be a bad call. “Over-bathing an infant may dry out the skin, making it itchy and rashy,” Kelly M. Cordoro, M.D., a professor of dermatology and pediatrics, once told The New York Times. “It can be very irritating and unnecessary, as it can wash away the top layer of protective skin cells, natural oils, and normal healthy bacteria, leaving the skin dry, itchy, and vulnerable to irritation and possibly skin infections.”

Kutcher, Kunis, Shepard, and Bell’s children all range between four and eight years old, but what about grown adults? Well, according to Jake Gyllenhaal, it’s not always “necessary.” 

“More and more I find bathing to be less necessary, at times,” he told Vanity Fair in an interview about Prada’s Luna Rossa Ocean fragrance(!!!). “I do believe, because Elvis Costello is wonderful, that good manners and bad breath get you nowhere. So I do that. But I do also think that there’s a whole world of not bathing that is also really helpful for skin maintenance, and we naturally clean ourselves.” I guess that’s what the $94 cologne he’s shelling is for? 

Obviously, people on Twitter had thoughts. The actor is currently trending with over 13 thousand tweets, most of which look something like this:

If this was meant to be a distraction from Taylor Swift’s announcement that she is releasing a 10-minute version of “All Too Well” on the Red (Taylor’s Version) album, then I guess it worked… Oh wait:

Maybe not. 

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A week after Mila Kunis and Ashton Kutcher revealed they only bathe their kids once they see visible dirt on them, Kristen Bell is opening up about how she knows it’s time for a bath: when her kids start to smell a bit. And she’s got both a scheduling reason and a scientific reason to back her up on that.

She and her husband, Dax Shepard, recently appeared on The View to talk about how they handle kid dirt. “We bathed our children every single night prior to bed as their routine, then somehow they just started going to sleep on their own without their routine and we had to start saying [to each other] like, ‘Hey, when was the last time you bathed them?’” said Shepard, per BuzzFeed.

“I’m a big fan of waiting for the stink,” agreed Bell, explaining that she and Shepard don’t let their kids go around stinking up the place. “Once you catch a whiff, that’s biology’s way of letting you know you need to clean it up. There’s a red flag.” The Frozen star has thought it through from a health perspective too. “Honestly, it’s just bacteria; once you get bacteria, you gotta be like, ‘Get in the tub or the shower,’” she said before backing up her Bad Moms costar: “I don’t hate what [Kunis and Kutcher] are doing. I wait for the stink.”

As with Kunis and Kutcher’s method, the Shepard-Bell way of doing things might actually be better for young skin, especially with newborns and babies. Kelly M. Cordoro, M.D., a professor of dermatology and pediatrics, recently spoke to The New York Times about this subject. “Overbathing an infant may dry out the skin, making it itchy and rashy,” she said, per BuzzFeed. “It can be very irritating and unnecessary, as it can wash away the top layer of protective skin cells, natural oils, and normal healthy bacteria, leaving the skin dry, itchy and vulnerable to irritation and possibly skin infections.”

Sounds like Kristen Bell is keeping an eye (and a nose) on her kids’ health, which is the most important thing a parent can do!

Kristen Bell and Dax Shepard are getting candid about how they make their marriage work. During a recent appearance on The Ellen DeGeneres Show, guest-hosted by Chelsea Handler, Bell opened up about the challenges she and her husband faced while staying home in quarantine.

“At the beginning of the pandemic, we were at each other’s throats, and then all the doors locked in our house, like, we had to stay inside, and we were like, ‘Woof, we need to get a handle on the annoyances,’” the Gossip Girl star said during the interview, according to E!. Thankfully, Shepard had an idea about how to handle the pandemic. 

The Good Place actor continued, “He suggested we go to therapy separately, kinda, so that we could talk shit about each other. And we did, and it’s been great. What we’ve been doing the last couple months is, every two weeks or so, I’ll see Harry via Zoom and complain about Dax, and then he’ll give me all the reasons why I’m wrong, and then Dax will do the same.”

She added, “And then, by the time we meet up in the evening, we love each other again because our toolboxes are bigger.”

Kristen Bell and Dax Shepard tied the knot in 2013 and are parents to daughters Delta and Lincoln. The couple have been open about attending therapy together even before they got married. “Therapy is not something to be embarrassed about,” Bell said in a 2015 interview with Good Housekeeping. “There may be something that really hurt your feelings that you’re scared to bring up. Go talk about it with a therapist who can mediate. You’ll walk out of the room feeling like you’re [on the same] team.”

In the same interview Shepard said, “In my previous relationship, we went to couples therapy at the end, and that’s often too late. You can’t go after nine years and start figuring out what patterns you’re in.”

Dax Shepard continued to be one of the more, let’s say, unfiltered husbands of Hollywood on Sunday (May 9), posting a sweet Mother’s Day tribute to his wife, Kristen Bell…along with a photo of her doing yoga in their backyard completely nude. Actually, no, not completely nude. The Frozen star has socks on.

Covering Bell’s booty with a red square, Shepard wrote, “Mom’ing has changed since I was a kid…and I’m here for it. Look at this specimen: kind, patient, nurturing, hilarious, Uber talented, generous, hard AND soft. My girls and I hit the MegaMom Lottery in spectacular fashion. We are so grateful and so in love with you @kristenanniebell .” So sweet. Though we should point out, there’s been naked moms for decades. Check your mom history facts, Dax!

Bell shared Shepard’s post to her own Instagram Story, so she approves of the shot. And on her own grid, she uploaded a picture of herself enjoying a beverage next to a puppet, which may be a reference we don’t understand? She also wrote, “Happy mothers day to each and every kind of anyone who holds and uses that magnificent mama energy. The world turns because of you all.” Totally true. Still confused about the puppet, though.

Bell also shared a video message from celebrity moms, including Troian Bellisario, Sarah Wright, and Shay Mitchell wishing a Happy Mother’s Day to all kinds of moms, from women who foster kids to dads who take on that role to every other kind of mother figure.

Kristen Bell and Dax Shepard have two daughters, Lincoln and Delta. On Shepard’s birthday in January, Bell wrote, “It’s my favorite day of the year! When I get to celebrate the birth of my very favorite human on earth, and spoil him till he rots! The one who’s commitment to growth is astounding, who’s honesty is admirable, and who makes me laugh more than anyone. I love u so dearly.”