Owen Kline’s Funny Pages is not a cartoon, but its young hero, Robert, nevertheless comes off like a coyote on the run from the anvils threatening to fall on his head. His own ego is dropping the anvils. Robert, played by Daniel Zolghadri, is an 18-year-old wannabe comic artist, a …
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“Weird Al” Yankovic giddily injects his life story with all the overwrought music biopic cliches you can think of in the new trailer for Weird: The Al Yankovic Story. The movie will arrive on Nov. 4 on the Roku Channel. Starring Daniel Radcliffe, the trailer shows how the sorta-biopic lends …
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Sky Ferreira spoke about the “sexist” way top figures in the music industry have tried to shape her image and career, and commiserated with Nancy Sinatra about being pigeonholed as a “bubble gum” artist in a new conversation in Interview. Sinatra asked Ferreira about some comments she’s made in the …
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In a win for the FBI’s art crime team, a New Jersey man got a three-year prison sentence on Monday for fraudulently obtaining and then selling Tom Brady’s Super Bowl rings. Scott Spina, Jr., 25, was also ordered to pay $63,000 in restitution to the former New England Patriots quarterback, …
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Jessie Reyez will launch an extensive North American tour this fall in support of her upcoming album, Yessie. The 29-date trek will launch Oct. 13 at the Oasis in Miami, Florida and continue through November before wrapping Dec. 4 at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City. Tickets for all …
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For the first time since gaining her freedom, Britney Spears spoke at length about the nearly 14-year conservatorship that left her “completely traumatized,” revealing new details in an audio recording the singer uploaded to YouTube. In the dramatic 22-minute clip, which was posted as an “unlisted” link Sunday night, Spears …
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Comedian Nikki Glaser delivered an exhibition in insult comedy with a segment speed roasting politicians while co-hosting Jimmy Kimmel Live Thursday, Aug. 25. Starting, of course, with Donald Trump, Glaser acknowledged there wasn’t much one could say about Trump that he hadn’t already heard. “Oh, I know,” Glaser suddenly realized, …
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Four decades after she earned her first pop-chart Number One and an Oscar nomination for “9 to 5,” Dolly Parton is set to release a significantly re-imagined version of the song with fellow pop-country superstar Kelly Clarkson. The announcement of the track, to be released Sept. 9, coincides with Friday’s …
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Shia LaBeouf rebuffed Olivia Wilde’s claim that she fired him from Don’t Worry Darling, insisting instead that he quit the film, Variety reports. LaBeouf was originally set to play Jack — the role now being played by Harry Styles — in the psychological drama, but he left just as production …
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Even in death, actress Nichelle Nichols will travel to the “final frontier” — a portion of the Star Trek legend’s ashes will be sent to deep space. Private space flight company Celestis — which has been sending cremated remains into space since 1994 —will place some of Nichols’ ashes on …
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