Pete Davidson is ready to start 2024 with laughs. On Friday, Netflix announced that the Saturday Night Live alum will premiere his stand-up special Turbo Fonzarelli on the platform on Jan. 9. The Jason Orley-directed special “delivers on what it means to grow up and turn 30, discussing love, life, …
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Trauma is inescapable in the first trailer for Origin, Ava DuVernay‘s forthcoming film chronicling Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Isabel Wilkerson as she sits in generation-spanning grief to write the haunting book Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents. The film hits theaters Jan. 19. “If you look closely, you can see something …
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The lawsuit that accused Warren Beatty of sexual misconduct in 1973 was permanently dismissed on Friday. Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Edward B. Moreton, Jr. terminated the case after Hirsch submitted a declaration filing with largely illegible handwriting and failed to meet a court deadline for a case management …
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Matthew Perry died from the “acute effects of ketamine,” the Los Angeles medical examiner announced Friday. According to the autopsy report obtained by Rolling Stone, the “high levels of ketamine” found in Perry’s blood at the time of his death likely resulted in the Friends actor lapsing “into unconsciousness,” which …
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A new season of RuPaul’s Drag Race is just weeks away — and the guest judges are gaggy. On Thursday, MTV released the first trailer of the new season, revealing a star-studded list of guest judges and new twists to the fan-favorite drag competition. Among the guest judges are Mexican-American …
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Stephen Colbert‘s usual monologue had a surprise guest on Thursday’s episode, with Oprah Winfrey dropping by for a visit. Despite her radiant, all-purple suit, Winfrey insisted she was not there to promote her upcoming film, The Color Purple. As Colbert wrapped his monologue, he said this time of the year …
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Thelonious “Monk” Ellison has hit his breaking point. The students in his Southern-lit class at the prestigious university he teaches at are oversensitive snowflakes. His superiors think he needs a break from academia. Monk’s novels may still be in print, but you wouldn’t know it; they’ve all been relegated to …
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THIS POST CONTAINS spoilers for this week’s episode of Fox’s The Masked Singer. On The Masked Singer Season 10’s “Soundtrack to My Life” episode, Anteater, who added a raspy twang throughout the show, was revealed as Hall & Oates’ John Oates. “In keeping with this episode, you were the soundtrack …
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While Trevor Noah has departed the Daily Show, he’ll be returning to host the 2024 Grammys for a fourth year in a row. The comedian made the announcement during his Spotify podcastWhat Now? With Trevor Noahearly Thursday. “I’m hosting the Grammys. I’m excited about that, yeah,” he said on the …
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An unexpected thing happens in the series finale of The Crown, which Netflix released today: Queen Elizabeth is the main character. This would seem to be the most predictable thing in the world, right? The Crown began with Elizabeth’s unexpected ascension to the British throne at the age of 25, …
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