The Stanford prison experiment, a prison simulation that took place over two weeks in 1971, forever shifted the field of psychology and its interpretation of human nature. Now, a new docuseries by National Geographic delves into the study and features firsthand accounts from the original “guards” and “prisoners,” many speaking …
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Over the weekend, Donald Trump offered America’s late-night TV hosts two irresistible jumping off points for bits: A hokey McDonald’s photo op and a shaggy dog story about the size of Arnold Palmer’s schlong. Luckily, this was no red pill/blue pill situation, and jokes abounded for both, but easily the …
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The Steven Spielberg-produced series Smash is finally making its way to Broadway next year. The 2012 musical series, which ran for two seasons, will be adapted for the stage with preview performances beginning March 11, and official performances beginning on April 10 announced on Tuesday, as Deadline reports. Spielberg and …
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Saturday Night Live referenced the current cultural fascination with the Menendez brothers in a cut-for-time skit intended to air during Weekend Update. In the sketch, Marcello Hernandez and Michael Longfellow play two guys dress for Halloween as doctors in scrubs who keep being mistaken for Erik and Lyle Menendez. “We …
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60 Minutes has responded to Donald Trump‘s repeated assertions that the CBS news show edited Kamala Harris‘ recent interview. In a statement on Sunday night, the show said, “Former president Donald Trump is accusing 60 Minutes of deceitful editing of our Oct. 7 interview with Vice President Kamala Harris. That …
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A gruesome space mission puts the stranded inhabitants of an obscure planet to the ultimate trust test in the first trailer for Ash. The film, set for release in 2025, is the latest feature-length directorial effort from musician Flying Lotus, who stars in the film alongside Aaron Paul and Eiza …
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In the new Goosebumps: The Vanishing trailer, dad and divorcee Anthony (played by David Schwimmer) has one rule for his twins spending a summer in his Gravesend, Brooklyn, home: Stay out of the basement. The command naturally leads one curious twin Devin, played by Sam McCarthy, to ask the following: …
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Jenna Fischer spoke about her decision to keep doing the Office Ladies podcast while keeping her breast cancer diagnosis private, as well as the advice she got from fellow survivor Christina Applegate, in a new interview on Today. The conversation with Hoda Kotb (also a breast cancer survivor) marks Fischer’s …
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A second lawsuit filed by the stars of Franco Zeffirelli’s 1968 adaptation of Romeo and Juliet was dismissed in a California courtroom Monday after a judge said she found no difference between a Criterion re-release of the film issued on Blu-ray in 2023 and older versions of the movie that …
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Saturday Night Live covered a lot of the past week’s attention-grabbing political moments in its cold open: Kamala Harris’ interview with an interrupting Fox News host Bret Baier, Donald Trump’s hard time persuading Latino voters to support him, and the former president’s abandonment of a brief question-and-answer session during a …
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