Jimmy Fallon probably wakes up every day grateful that the SAG strike is over. How else could he fill The Tonight Show‘s air time with skits about insanely tight pants and convince Matthew McConaughey to be part of it? In a remarkably silly sketch, McConaughey joined Fallon for a number …
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Two scripts from the fourth season of Friends will be auctioned off in England after an unnamed studio employee found them in the trash at London’s now-defunct Fountain Studios. The hit NBC series filmed its two-part finale, “The One With Ross’s Wedding,” partly in London in 1998 and the scripts …
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Tina Fey stopped by The Tonight Show to promote the Mean Girls musical movie and host Jimmy Fallon challenged her to a new game called “Friendzee.” The game basically involves trying to guess the name of a mutual pal by asking random and “not helpful” questions from a pile of …
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Studio Canal has dropped the first international teaser trailer for its forthcoming Amy Winehouse biopic Back to Black. The clip showcases Industry actress Marisa Abela as Winehouse, who intones,“I want to be remembered for just being me.” The trailer also offers glimpses of Jack O’Connell as Winehouse’s husband, Blake Fielder-Civil, …
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A group of South Korean filmmakers, artists, and entertainment companies have banded in the aftermath of actor Lee Sun-Kyun’s death, calling for an investigation into the circumstances that drove the Parasite star to suicide in late December. The Association of Solidarity Among Cultural Artists — which includes Parasitedirector Bong Joon-ho, …
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You do not hire Jason Statham to read love poems onscreen, or to weep gently at the sight of nuzzling puppies, or to gaze thoughtfully at a particularly breathtaking sunset. You hire the Derbyshire native to kick ass and take names, with the “names” part being optional. The cinematic missing …
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W hen Emily* showed up to her callback audition for a new film titled The Policeman starring Vincent Gallo, she knew it would be intense. In The Policeman, Gallo, who has a reputation for acting in controversial and edgy projects, plays serial killer and rapist Joseph James DeAngelo, also known …
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Kyle Hanagami, who has choreographed Blackpink performances for more than four years, drew inspiration from the group when working on the new musical adaptation of Mean Girls. In a red-carpet interview, he explained that he was thinking about what younger viewers might expect when he was working on the film. …
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Kids have always talked to their stuffed animals. In Ted, the bawdy teddy bear fantasy that has yielded two R-rated movies and now a new prequel series on Peacock, the furry beast talks back, often in a four-letter flourish, always with the delivery of some out-of-time Boston vaudevillian. He also …
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A ballerina vampire? On Thursday, Universal Pictures released the trailer for the horror film Abigail, starring Melissa Barrera and Angus Cloud, in one of the last films the actor shot before his death last year. The trailer sees a group of “would-be criminals” as they wait inside a mansion with …
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