The West Wing is headed to the actual West Wing. To celebrate the show’s 25th anniversary, creator Aaron Sorkin and stars Martin Sheen, Dulé Hill, Janel Moloney, and more will appear at the White House with First Lady Jill Biden today, Sept. 20, Variety reports. The event was announced earlier …
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This post contains spoilers for this week’s episode of Pachinko, which is now streaming on Apple TV+. Among the many highlights of the incredible first season of the Apple historical epic Pachinko was its penultimate chapter. Until that point, the series had largely bounced back and forth between Korea in …
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The movies do not deserve Mary Louise Parker. Her work in the New York theater scene since the 1990s has been rightfully praised from Broadway to the Battery, and the serialized nature of television has allowed her to flex character-developing muscles and play the emotional scales several times over; say …
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Ridley Scott may be two months away from the release of Gladiator II and his 87th birthday, but he’s already cooking up an idea for a third Gladiator flick. In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, the filmmaker was asked about next projects and flat-out said, “I’d rather get on …
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George Clooney has been cited as an influence over President Joe Biden‘s decision to step down from the 2024 presidential campaign following the actor’s much-read op-ed in The New York Times. In the piece, the actor wrote that while he loves President Biden as a person and politician, “the one …
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Everyone makes mistakes. It doesn’t matter whether you’re a tinker, a tailor, a rich man, a poor man, a beggar man, or a streaming service owned by a major tech company that dabbles in film production. Or, for that matter, a female district attorney in New York City whose entire …
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In the first trailer for Blitz, director Steve McQueen’s latest historical drama, Oscar nominee Saoirse Ronan and newcomer Elliott Heffernan play a mother and nine-year-old son racing to find each other as Nazi Germany bombards London. The clip shows Heffernan as a young boy named George, seemingly finding an ally …
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A generation of kids (myself included) grew up with Demi Lovato on their TVs. They watched as an eight-year-old Lovato painted shapes and counted kittens in her first acting gig, on the PBS series Barney & Friends. A few years later, they belted the lyrics to “This is Me” during …
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Back in 2014, Julia Louis-Dreyfus‘s Veep character Selina Meyer became the first female U.S. president by way of the sitting president not seeking reelection. A decade later, we’re living in a similar timeline in the real world as Vice President Kamala Harris continues her campaign for the presidency. Ahead of …
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Lorne Michaels is giving Saturday Night Live an anniversary gift. As the show enters its 50th season, the sketch-comedy show’s creator has presented it with the gift of his continued involvement in it. In 2020, Michaels planted the seeds of the idea that he would exit the show following this …
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