Jennifer Lawrence opened up about her hesitancy about speaking to the press during an interview with The New Yorker published Monday. Lawrence, who has been been in the public spotlight since her teens, recalled a conversation with fellow-actor Viola Davis a few years prior. “Every time I do an interview, …
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Fans have been glad to see Jon Stewart back behind the desk at The Daily Show on Mondays, and the comedian is feeling the same way, too, confirming that he’d like to extend his return. Stewart’s contract to host Comedy Central’s The Daily Show ends in December. Today, during a …
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Long before Ben Stiller became a key figure in the screen-comedy boom of the 1990s, a top-notch director, an Emmy-winning TV producer, and the man who convinced Tom Cruise to yell “Take a step back and literally fuck your own face” while wearing a fat-suit, he was Jerry and Anne’s …
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When accepting the Trailblazer Award from the Critics Choice Association’s 5th annual Celebration of Latino Cinema & Television, America Ferrera took the opportunity to call on artists across Hollywood to use the power of storytelling to empower communities in “a day and age where discourse and conversation are failing to …
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June Lockhart, beloved for her roles as a mother in Lassie and in Lost in Space, died on Oct. 23 at her Santa Monica, California home of natural causes. She was 100. Harlon Ball, Lockhart’s spokesman, confirmed her death to The New York Times. Lockhart made an indelible mark playing …
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These days, there are so many reasons to wake up in the middle of the night, bathed in your own cold sweat: the erosion of basic civil liberties, the rising tide of authoritarian rule (and lack of a rapid-response political resistance), the increasing number of goon squads conspicuously showing up …
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Jimmy Kimmel Live! was nearly Jon Stewart Live! During a visit to Ted Danson’sWhere Everybody Knows Your Name podcast, Jimmy Kimmel revealed how he inadvertently swiped the ABC gig from fellow comic Jon Stewart. In the early 2000s, ABC was on the hunt for someone to host a late-night show, …
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Brigitte Bardot has issued a statement on social media to dispel rumors that she died. The 91-year-old took to X on Oct. 22, writing in French, “I don’t know which fool launched this fake news tonight about my passing, but rest assured that I’m doing well.” In the post, Bardot …
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No one goes to a Yorgos Lanthimos movie to see something quote-unquote “normal.” Discerning viewers flock to the Greek filmmaker’s parables about family dynamics and power struggles to marinate in his deadpan humor, his aloof and somewhat anthropological look at human behavior, and the sight of Emma Stone inevitably doing …
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Stranger Things is going all out for its final season. Next month, the series will return one last time to bring its nearly decade-long adventure to an end. The grand finale is scheduled to premiere on Netflix on Dec. 31, but for viewers wanting to really take in the moment, …
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