Brit Marling spent the summer of her junior year at Georgetown University interning at Goldman Sachs, an investment firm that this very publication once called “a great vampire squid wrapped around the face of humanity.” She ended that summer with a cushy job offer — only to reject it and, …
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For filmmaker Denny Tedesco, making the 2015 film The Wrecking Crew, about a renowned group of L.A. session musicians that backed everyone from The Mamas & the Papas to The Beach Boys, was personal. He’s the son of Tommy Tedesco, after all — a Wrecking Crew guitarist and one of …
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Is love truly blind? Netflix has renewed the dating series Love Is Blind for Season Six and Season Seven, with Season Six slated for Feb. 14 as Charlotte, North Carolina singles give masked love a shot. During Love Is Blind Season Five, one unlikely couple, Lydia and Milton, said “I …
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Dearest gentle reader, the wait is nearly over: Shondaland’s Bridgerton will (finally) return in 2024. Netflix announced Tuesday the third season of the sultry period drama will divide its eight episodes into two parts, with the first arriving on May 16, and the second June 13. Helmed by showrunner Jess …
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Sure, Dune: Part Two could’ve already been in theaters by now in an alternate universe where striking actors got a fair contract right off the bat — but, hey, at least there’s now a third trailer to tide us over until the second half of the sci-fi epic arrives next …
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Details from the third season ofThe White Lotusmay still be scarce, but returning star Natasha Rothwell says it will all be worth the wait. Rothwell, who appeared in season one as spa manager Belinda Lindsey, is the only publicly revealed cast member to return to the HBO series for its …
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Barbie, Oppenheimer, Succession, and The Bear all picked up a slew of nominations as the contenders for the 2024 Golden Globes were announced on Monday, Dec. 11. Barbie led all film nominees with nine, including nods for Best Director (Greta Gerwig), Actress (Margot Robbie), and Supporting Actor (Ryan Gosling). Oppenheimer …
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When I was a kid growing up in the Berkeley flatlands, I used to play with a couple of neighbor kids, Tony and his little brother, Mikey. One day in 1979, two men got out of a car, approached Tony and Mikey’s house, and beat another man with a club. …
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Following a year-long US tour, Trevor Noah is releasing his long-awaited Netflix comedy special this month — and the first trailer arrived on Monday, just hours after the special was nominated for a Golden Globe Award. Trevor Noah: Where Was I premieres Dec. 19 and marks Noah’s fourth comedy special …
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Jennifer Aniston is remembering her Friends co-star and good friend Matthew Perry. During a recent Actors on Actors conversation with Reese Witherspoon for Variety, Aniston shared that she had been talking with Perry over text the day he died. “As he said he’d love to be remembered. He was happy. …
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