Adele paid tribute to Matthew Perry during her Las Vegas show Saturday, hours after the death of the Friends star was revealed. While the singer never met the actor, Adele — like millions of Friends fans — felt a connection to the hit sitcom, and especially Perry’s character Chandler Bing, …
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The co-creators and longtime executive producers of Friends paid tribute to Matthew Perry following news of the actor’s death at the age of 54. “We are shocked and deeply, deeply saddened by our beloved friend Matthew’s passing,” Marta Kauffman, David Crane, and Kevin Bright said in a joint statement to …
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It’s tricky to put a fresh coat of paint on the old killer-robot movie, but that doesn’t mean it can’t be done. Successful spins on the genre have included time-traveling assassination attempts (The Terminator), a satire of tourism and America’s romanticized frontier (Westworld) and noirish ruminations on exactly how humans …
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It was a moment film nerds could only dream of: Actor/director Joe Lynch was seated next to Quentin Tarantino at an event, and they were going deep on lenses. Specifically, how Tarantino had gotten his mitts on Ultra Panavision 70, a 70mm format from Ben Hur, for his 2015 Western …
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David Hyde Pierce has heard the rallying cries of striking actors from outside the building he’s been rehearsing in. The Frasier star has been performing in the off-Broadway musical Here We Are for the last month, and finally found time to join union members Friday on the picket lines outside …
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A large group of SAG-AFTRA members have signed an open letter saying they “would rather go on strike than take a bad deal.” The letter was released by “Members in Solidarity,” a collection of more than 3,600 performers including notable names like Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Jon Hamm, Mark Ruffalo,and Bryan Cranston. …
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Apple TV+ has announced a new three-part docuseries, John Lennon: Murder Without a Trial, about the murder of John Lennon. The series will be narrated by Kiefer Sutherland and directed by Nick Holt and Rob Coldstream. The docuseries will look at Lennon’s cultural influence and his music, before offering a …
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God bless you, Paul Giamatti. There are actors who are unafraid to look foolish or petty in roles, who lean in to being unlikable onscreen when the mood (and the awards season) strikes, who might slum it by occasionally sporting an unflattering haircut or [shudder] reading glasses. And then there …
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Suzanne Somers’ died of breast cancer with metastasis to the brain, according to her death certificate obtained by the Blast. A biopsy was conducted to confirm the revelation, but no autopsy was carried out, the Blast reported on Thursday; other underlying conditions found includedhypertensionandhydrocephalus. The Threes Company star died Oct. …
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Patrick J. Pespas has been found over three weeks after the unlikely star of HBO’s recent hit docuseriesTelemarketers had gone missing. Adam Bhala Lough, the series’ co-director, announced the good news Thursday night, writing, “Patrick J. Pespas has been found and returned safely to his wife Sue. Thank you to …
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