When George Lucas debuted his science fiction epic about a galaxy far far away in 1977, Star Wars went from a long-shot space opera into the highest grossing science fiction franchise of all time. Almost 50 years and one sale to entertainment conglomerate Disney later, Star Wars isn’t just a …
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Eddie Egan, a very real marketing consultant, lost his gig with Lionsgate this week after the studio discovered that quotes he used in a trailer for Francis Ford Coppola‘s Megalopolis were fabricated, according to Variety. The conceit behind the teaser, which Lionsgate recalled on Wednesday, was that critics had trashed …
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Kamala Harris accepted the Democrats’ nomination for president last night at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, but not without some commentary from Republican nominee Donald Trump. Jon Stewart had some thoughts about all of it as he broadcast The Daily Show live from the DNC, ultimately concluding that Trump …
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J Balvin will make his big screen debut as an Interpol investigator digging into a drug smuggling operation in the upcoming film, Little Lorraine, according to Variety. The film appears to be loosely based on real events in the Eighties, and will chronicle how a far-flung fishing and mining village …
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Bob Mould and Fred Armisen helped the 8G Band close out their tenure as the Late Night With Seth Meyers house band last night. Mould fronted the group as they tore through a cover of Hüsker Dü’s classic, “Makes No Sense At All,” from the pioneering punk group’s 1985 album …
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Stephen Nedoroscik will go from the pommel horse to the dance floor as the Olympics medal-winning U.S. gymnast will be a contestant on the upcoming season of Dancing With the Stars. The rest of the Season 33 celebrities-turned-dancers will be announced at a later date, Variety reports, adding that Fresh …
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There are a few cardinal rules that every screen character should live by: Don’t go in the basement. Never get off the boat. Never go against the family. And for fuck’s sake, never, ever go to a private island where a tech bro and his toxic buddies like to chill …
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A background actor who alleges that actress Mia Goth deliberately kicked him in the head and called him a “big baby” during the filming of MaXXXine has been accused of being a “vexatious litigant” by an ex-girlfriend and her stepfather in separate ongoing civil lawsuits, according to court records obtained …
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What do you remember most about the 1994 movie The Crow? Is it the soundtrack, a semiperfect hodgepodge of industrial-music MVPs (My Life With the Thrill Kill Kult, Machines of Loving Grace, Nine Inch Nails), next-gen alt-rock (Helmet, Rage Against the Machine, Stone Temple Pilots), and goth royalty (the Cure)? …
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Travis Kelce continues to make moves from the gridiron to Hollywood as Adam Sandler has revealed that the Kansas City Chiefs tight end (and Taylor Swift’s boyfriend) has a small role in the upcoming Happy Gilmore sequel. Back in May, on Travis and brother Jason Kelce’s New Heights podcast following …
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