Samuel L. Jackson and John David Washington reprise their stage roles for the film adaptation of August Wilson’s The Piano Lesson. In the trailer, released Wednesday, Boy Willie (Washington) and his niece (played by Skylar Smith) rest their hands on the sculpted figures of an age-old piano, reflecting on the …
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Disney, CAA, and Miramax lost a bid to toss out a lawsuit by Julia Ormond, who alleged the companies failed to protect her from now-incarcerated Harvey Weinstein. “The complaint sufficiently alleges that CAA failed to protect plaintiff from Weinstein, failing to warn her of his alleged reputation while at the …
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Not all machines come in peace. In the trailer for Y2K, man-made devices turn into homicidal machines as the clock strikes midnight on New Year’s Eve 1999. “Y2K is real,” a partygoer yells in the trailer as hair spray turns into a flamethrower, VCR tapes eject like missiles, and a …
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Exactly 35 years after the Menéndez Brothers shot their parents inside their Beverly Hills mansion, Netflix has released a teaser for Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennen’s upcoming series chronicling the murders. The quick clip for Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story, out Sept. 19, features the brothers arriving in …
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Brandon Sklenar came to the defense of It Ends With Us and his co-stars in the film amidst a flurry of rumors about behind-the-scenes conflict and criticism over how a movie about domestic abuse was marketed. Sklenar stated that author Colleen Hoover, who wrote the novel the film is based …
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In Joker: Folie à Deux, Lady Gaga and Joaquin Phoenix took a different approach to creating the musical’s tracks while filming. In a new interview with Variety, the pair and filmmaker Todd Phillips discussed the complicated approach they took to shooting the musical scenes in the film, revealing that both …
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Phil Donahue, the pioneering daytime TV talk show host who welcomed audience participation and was willing to engage in any topic — from economic theory to adult diaper babies — died on Sunday at his New York City home, The New York Times reports. He was 88. A representative for …
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Boy Meets World star Danielle Fishel revealed she has been diagnosed with breast cancer. The actress, who rose to fame as Topanga on the Nineties sitcom, shared the news during Monday’s episode of “Pod Meets World.” During the hour-long podcast episode, Fishel said the cancer was discovered after a routine …
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Toward the end of one of the most explosive episodes of Donahue — in which host Phil Donahue, who died Monday, tackled the hot topic of obscenity in music in 1990 — a caller said she believed Madonna should be arrested. Phil just chuckled. “Have you seen some of these …
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Alain Delon, the influential French actor who starred in European cinematic classics like Le Samourai and The Leopard, has died at the age of 88. The actor’s children confirmed his death Sunday in a statement to AFP (via BBC), “Alain Fabien, Anouchka, Anthony, as well as (his dog) Loubo, are …
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