The first episode of Smoke, a new Apple TV+ miniseries about an arson investigator (Taron Egerton) and a cop (Jurnee Smollett) teaming up to catch two unrelated serial arsonists, opens with the dictionary definition of “creativity.” This is the sort of device that suggests anything but creativity is to be …
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Taron Egerton plays a blackmailed TSA agent who receives special instructions from an unknown passenger in the new Carry-On trailer; the film premieres Dec. 13 via Netflix. “You got 10 minutes before everyone in this airport dies,” the unknown passenger, played by Jason Bateman, says. “All you have to do …
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Believe it or not, game development is not what most people would consider to be sexy. But anyone familiar with the story of Tetris knows there can be exceptions to the rule. Originally depicted in the 2004 BBC documentary Tetris: From Russia with Love, and now dramatized in the Apple …
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Ray Liotta will be posthumously honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at a special ceremony taking place next Friday, Feb. 24 at 12:30 p.m. PT. Liotta’s daughter, Karen, will accept the star on her father’s behalf, while Elizabeth Banks and Taron Egerton will pay tribute to …
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Another rock biography with an Oscar-caliber performance so soon after Bohemian Rhapsody? Critics have been more welcoming to Rocketman, starring an electrifying Taron Egerton as the young, addicted, conflicted, gay and gifted Elton John, than they were to the story of Queen frontman Freddie Mercury, which had to settle for …
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