As a kid, Woody Harrelson says that Robert Redford, along with “his buddy Paul Newman,” would make him say, “That’s what I want to do.” Following the death of Redford at his Utah home Tuesday morning, tributes from across Hollywood have poured in, celebrating his work as an Oscar-winning actor, …
Read More »'The Electric State' Is What You Get When You Turn Movies Into Content
There’s art, there’s entertainment — and then there’s “content,” the catch-all term that refers to the endless supply of stuff that is pumped out in the name of numbers and inventory. Art enlightens. Entertainment provides escapism. Content is simply there, clogging up the arteries of streaming services and clickbait sites, …
Read More »'Last Breath' Is a Real-Life Disaster Movie Desperate for More Oxygen
The job description “professional diver” doesn’t do justice to what Chris Lemons did for a living. The 32-year-old native of Edinburgh was part of an elite group of aquanauts known as saturation divers, who were responsible for fixing and maintaining the 20,000 miles of pipeline that rest on the ocean …
Read More »Matthew McConaughey, Woody Harrelson Reprise 'True Detective' Roles, Push for Texas-Based Productions
Texas-born actors Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson reprised their True Detective roles in a video today as they urged the state Legislature to bring more Hollywood productions to the Lone Star State. The four-minute clip, “True to Texas,” follows McConaughey and Harrelson down a desolate two-way road, and it feels …
Read More »'Fly Me to the Moon' Is One Giant Leap Backward for Rom-Coms
America is in crisis. It’s the late 1960s, and President John F. Kennedy’s promise to put a man on the moon by the end of the decade has yet to be fulfilled. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration — NASA, for short — has experienced a major setback when a …
Read More »'SNL' Host Emma Stone Makes History and Dings Woody Harrelson's Covid Stance
Emma Stone‘s fifth stint as host of Saturday Night Live saw the Oscar-winning actress be presented with a jacket to mark the occasion by two other “five-timers”: former SNL cast member Tina Fey and Candice Bergen of Murphy Brown. Fey noted that the 35-year-old Stone is now the youngest member …
Read More »'White Men Can't Jump': Rapper Jack Harlow Flops Big in Acting Debut
A memorable scene from Ron Shelton’s 1992 hoops comedy White Men Can’t Jump finds a playground baller (played by former NBA great Marques Johnson) fuming after he falls victim to a hustle. First the big guy pulls out a razor. Then he decides he needs something a little stronger, so …
Read More »'White House Plumbers' Gives Watergate the 'Veep' Treatment and Misses Big
In All the President’s Men, the iconic 1976 film about how reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein broke the Watergate scandal and brought down the entire Richard Nixon presidency, Woodward’s inside source, nicknamed Deep Throat, famously says, “Forget the myths the media’s created about the White House. The truth is, …
Read More »Woody Harrelson Spreads Anti-Vax Conspiracies During 'SNL' Monologue
Woody Harrelson has always harbored some, well, strange views. The Oscar-nominated actor, who first won over audiences on Cheers, is a 9/11 truther who’s shared a number of conspiracy theories during the Covid pandemic. In April 2020, Harrelson posted a gonzo article tying the supposed “negative effects of 5G” to …
Read More »Jenna Ortega, Travis Kelce to Debut as SNL Hosts
Following the Kansas City Chiefs win at the Super Bowl, tight end Travis Kelce will head to New York to host “Saturday Night Live” on March 4. The following week, “Wednesday” actress Jenna Ortega will also make her debut appearance on the SNL stage on March 11. Before they take …
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