The ongoing Hollywood strike that has largely shut down the entertainment industry will continue for the foreseeable future as SAG-AFTRA announced late Wednesday that the studios have suspended negotiations with the actors union. “It is with profound disappointment that we report the industry CEOs have walked away from the bargaining …
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It’s not difficult to scorn John Chau. A 26-year-old evangelical Christian with a taste for outdoor adventure, he undertook a one-man mission in 2018 to North Sentinel Island, an extremely remote and unreached part of India, to bring the gospel of Jesus to the Sentinelese. Even if you don’t know …
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Anatomy of a Fall starts out with an extraordinary act of passive-aggressiveness: A German writer, Sandra Voyter (Sandra Hüller) is sitting in her home in Grenoble, a part-cabin, part-winter-getaway mini-mansion tucked away at the snowy foot of the French Alps. She’s being interviewed by a female student (Camille Rutherford) about …
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In many ways, Mike Flanagan is the perfect creator for the current era of Netflix. The streaming giant has moved in recent years to making fewer seasons per series, and frequently canceling shows before they’ve finished telling their respective stories. Flanagan technically doesn’t make an ongoing series, but rather writes …
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Priscilla Presley talks about trusting director Sofia Coppola with her life story in a first look video for the upcoming biopic Priscilla. “I’ve seen all of her movies, and her sensitivity, her understanding of women, she puts her heart and soul into it,” Presley said of the filmmaker who also …
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Chip and Joanna Gaines have nothing on these houseflippers. On Thursday, Showtime released the official trailer for The Curse, a dark comedy series that follows an HGTV-esque couple played by Emma Stone and Nathan Fielder. The 10-episode series is set to hit Showtime on Nov. 10. “This isn’t your typical …
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In March of 2014, I met Dan Harmon at Burbank’s venerable Smoke House for a long interview. We were there to talk about his unexpected return to Community, the NBC comedy he created and ran for three seasons, before being forced out for a year. But this was only a …
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If you’re wondering how Pete Davidson spent his summer, the comedian has apparently been chilling and living at his old office. In a new promo for the return of Saturday Night Live, cast members Bowen Yang and Chloe Fineman wistfully return to Studio 8H in Rockefeller Center and reminisce about …
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Messi Meets America, a splashy new docuseries for Apple TV+ about Argentinian soccer god Lionel Messi’s move to MLS club Inter Miami after leading his home country to a dramatic World Cup win, opens with Messi ruminating on his shock decision to leave Paris Saint-Germain and, to quote another all-time …
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The new documentary Joan Baez I Am a Noise, arriving in theaters nationwide on Oct. 13, examines the life and work of Joan Baez, a folk legend and renowned activist who emerged as a powerful voice for change during the 1960s counterculture movement. Born in Staten Island, New York, to …
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