Long before she transitioned, Harper Steele was a writer at Saturday Night Live. She was hired in 1995, the same week that a performer named Will Ferrell joined the cast. Unlike his fellow Groundlings Chris Kattan and Cheri Oteri, who’d also been recruited from the L.A.-based improv group to join …
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In a post-Barbie universe, it’s a strange feeling to have pity for extremely wealthy, famous, and attractive heterosexual men. Yet this has been the predominant sentiment following actor Charles Melton’s Oscar snub for his turn as a traumatized sexual assault survivor in May December. Directed by Todd Haynes, May December …
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The second season of Squid Game will premiere this year. In a letter to shareholders, Netflix revealed the slate of shows set to hit the streaming service in 2024, including the second season of the Hwang Dong-hyuk-directed series. “Looking ahead, despite last year’s strikes pushing back the launch of some …
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Ryan Gosling shared his disappointment with the Academy on Tuesday after Barbie star Margot Robbie and director Greta Gerwig failed to earn nominations for Best Actress and Best Director at this year’s Oscars. “There is no Ken without Barbie, and there is no Barbie movie without Greta Gerwig and Margot …
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In Billy Crystal’s musical medley that opened the 1992 Oscars, he sang a tribute to Barbra Streisand’s romantic drama The Prince of Tides to the tune of “Don’t Rain on My Parade,” the song made famous, of course, by Barbra Streisand. He crooned: “Seven nominations on the shelf, did this …
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Back in November 2022, Kim Kardashian was caught in the crossfire of criticism aimed at the luxury fashion house Balenciaga. After a holiday collection photoshoot featuring children led to a deep-seated pedophilia conspiracy, the mogul — who has worn Balenciaga to the Met Gala in addition to walking in one …
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MTV, this is your sign to bring back your old programming! On Monday, Saturday Night Live released a hilarious “cut for time” sketch playing off the MTV classic reality show, Pimp My Ride. Host Jacob Elordi appeared in the sketch as a Russian janitor whose car broke down, prompting Please …
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Norman Jewison, the versatile, acclaimed filmmaker behind movies like Fiddler on the Roof and In the Heat of the Night, died Saturday at home, his publicist announced Monday. He was 97. Jewison was a seven-time Oscar nominee and earned the Thalberg Memorial Award from the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts …
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This post contains spoilers for this week’s episode of True Detective: Night Country, now available on HBO and Max. When the first True Detective season concluded 11 years ago, a lot of the finale discourse revolved around the lack of any supernatural elements after the previous episodes had been laced …
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Lana Wilson was in her mid-twenties and working for a non-profit in New York City when she learned that George Tiller, the medical director of one of the only clinics in the U.S. that provided third trimester abortions, had been assassinated by an anti-abortion terrorist. “I was so horrified and …
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