Johnny Mandel, the prolific composer and arranger who worked with Frank Sinatra, Count Basie, Barbra Streisand and more — and famously composed the theme song for M*A*S*H —has died, Variety reports. He was 94. No specifics about Mandel’s death have been revealed. The news was shared by singer and friend …
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President Trump held his first campaign rally since the coronavirus outbreak in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on Saturday, and the consensus is that it was a bit of a bust. The rally ignited criticism before it even began; in addition to holding a mass gathering during a pandemic, Trump chose to host …
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The hipster satire Search Party is returning on HBO Max for its third season this month, and a sneak peek released on Monday shows the Brooklyn gang revving up for quote-unquote “the trial of the century”: Dory and Drew’s semi-accidental murder of a private investigator in Season 1. As the two grapple …
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Timothy Leary‘s longtime partner Joanna Harcourt-Smith recalls one of her early trips with the acid advocate in the first look at Errol Morris‘ upcoming documentary on Leary, set to premiere on Showtime later this year. The as-yet-titled film was inspired by Harcourt-Smith’s memoir, Tripping the Bardo With Timothy Leary: My …
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Just 10 months after Jeffrey Epstein’s mysterious suicide while awaiting trial, Netflix will release their docuseries about the billionaire financier and sex offender, his web of enablers and how he used his wealth to escape justice. The first trailer for Jeffrey Epstein: Filthy Rich presents an overview of the sexual …
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This film adaptation of Caitlin Moran semi-autobiographical 2014 novel How To Build a Girl, about a teen rock critic who learns to grow past her own cosmetically-applied cynicism, is never as wicked, winning and bruisingly comic as it needs to be. But lead actress Beanie Feldstein is all that and …
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Danny Trejo recounts his incredible life story, from criminal to celebrity, in the new trailer for Inmate #1: The Rise of Danny Trejo. The film is set to arrive on digital platforms July 7th. Inmate #1 was directed by Brett Harvey, and the new trailer offers an overview of its …
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Ahead of Thursday’s Parks and Recreation reunion special, Nick Offerman — who played Pawnee, Indiana’s resident curmudgeon Ron Swanson on the popular sitcom — sat down via video with Rolling Stone senior writer Stephen Rodrick for the latest Rolling Stone Interview: Special Edition. During the in-depth conversation, Offerman discusses the …
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Brad Pitt portrayed and paid tribute to Dr. Anthony Fauci on the latest episode of Saturday Night Live at Home. Earlier in the month, when asked who should inevitably play him on SNL, Dr. Fauci jokingly told CNN, “Oh, Brad Pitt, of course.” That dream casting became a reality Saturday …
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Even if you’re not into food, you probably know who David Chang is. The Korean American chef behind the Momofuku empire of restaurants arrived on the scene in New York in 2004, both middle fingers raised to anything that represented the establishment. He made rakish beauty of the humble pork …
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