“When I started out, I wanted to be really famous,” Janis Ian says in the trailer for her upcoming documentary. “So naive.” In the exclusive trailer above, Varda Bar-Kar’s Janis Ian: Breaking Silence follows the singer-songwriter’s career that kicked off in 1965, when a 14-year-old from New Jersey dropped the …
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The history of queer stand-up comedy is at the center of the first trailer for Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution, the first feature-length documentary on the subject. The documentary, out via Netflix on June 18, was written and directed by Page Hurwitz. The clip showcases the vibe of the film, which …
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Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin joined the Writers Guild of America strike at Netflix’s Los Angeles headquarters on Thursday. The duo expressed their support for the strike and joined in singing Dolly Parton’s “9 to 5.” Fonda and Tomlin first teamed up in the eponymous 1980 comedy film of the …
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This week, Tom Brady, an NFL quarterback of some note, announced for the second time that he would be retiring from professional football. I’ll believe it when I see it, because about a year ago I wrote an aggravated goodbye-to-Brady piece, watched him return to the game, and then learned …
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80 for Brady hasn’t even hit theaters yet but Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin will reunite once again next month in the revenge comedy Moving On. The duo play estranged friends who come together following a pal’s funeral for a common goal: To murder the widower, played by Malcolm McDowell, …
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