I n June 2020, Casey Bloys, HBO’s then-president of original programming, needed someone to “go on a mission.” Bloys—who was named HBO’s CEO and chairman in October 2022 — was irked by a tweet from Vulture TV critic Kathryn VanArendonk, who had some thoughts about Perry Mason, HBO’s series starring …
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The enduring friendship between Daniel Radcliffe and his Harry Potter stunt double, who was paralyzed during a stunt while filming, is the focus of the upcoming documentary David Holmes: The Boy Who Lived, which premieres on HBO later this month. Holmes, a gymnast as a child, was selected to serve …
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Brooke Shields revealed in a new interview that she recently suffered a grand mal seizure and that Bradley Cooper played the unlikely role of hero by accompanying her to the hospital. Speaking to Glamour about her recent documentary Pretty Baby, a one-woman show and her new podcast, Shields announced at …
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Nothing pairs better with mass conspicuous consumption quite like pop culture nostalgia bait. And in that spirit, with the holiday season officially around the corner now that Halloween has come and gone, much of the original cast of Mean Girls has reunited for a Walmart Black Friday ad. The spot …
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The cause of Matthew Perry’s death will require additional investigation by the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner’s Office, which listed his cause of death as “deferred” in an update of its record for the actor on Sunday. Experts told the New York Times that it could take weeks or months …
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In 2009, Taylor Swift delivered her “Monologue Song” (Taylor’s Version) to the Saturday Night Live stage — unleashing a cascade of cheeky jabs at her exes wrapped in an indelible satire of herself. She was just 19 and hosting the show for the first time, yet former SNL cast member …
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Her breakthrough as Marina Thompson inBridgertonwas supposed to be the happiest time of her life, but as Ruby Barker’s acting career was taking off, she found her mental health starting to decline. “During filming, I was deteriorating,” said the 26-year-old during an interview on Oxford University’s the LOAF Podcast. “It …
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Across its 10 seasons, Friends had no shortage of moments where Matthew Perry stole the scene, if not the whole episode, as the endlessly quotable Chandler Bing. In honor of the late actor‘s life and legacy, TBS will be airing a five-day marathon of the character’s best moments, beginning Nov. …
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Matthew Perry entered his first rehab in 1997, back when the internet was a novelty and phones plugged into a wall. Friends was the king of prime time and Perry its court jester, a floppy-haired virtuoso of sarcasm and comic timing, but his 28-day stint in Hazelden for Vicodin, splashed …
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H ow did I find monsters? My father. It was around Halloween 1956, the same week of Elvis Presley’s second appearance on Ed Sullivan. My parents often let me stay up and watch late movies. Adventure stuff mainly: Tarzan, tiger hunters, Roy Rogers, Gene Autry. Earlier that year, the first …
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