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• Hari Nef and Suki Waterhouse Were Rejected from a Gay Leather Bar in New Orleans

  21-01-2018 23:53 via feedproxy.google.com
  Hari Nef, Suki Waterhouse, Odessa Young, and Abra spoke with Vulture at the Sundance Film Festival about their new movie Assassination Nation. To prepare for the wild film, the ladies went out on the town in New Orleans, but ran into a little trouble at one of the city’s gay...More »
  
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• Sundance, Steeped in Weinstein Mystique, Enters a New Era

  21-01-2018 23:51 via nytimes.com
  Harvey Weinstein helped put the Sundance Film Festival on the map. But organizers say this year’s slate, which puts women front and center, shows the festival has moved on.
  
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• Hilary Swank and Michael Shannon Reveal Their Strangest Interactions with Fans

  21-01-2018 23:38 via feedproxy.google.com
  Actors Hilary Swank and Michael Shannon spoke with Vulture at the Sundance Film Festival about their film What We Had, and revealed their strangest brushes with fans....More »
  
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• McMafia recap – series one, episode five

  21-01-2018 23:00 via theguardian.com
  What makes Alex tick? As McMafia’s end game comes into view, Kleiman is in a spot of bother, but the motivations of the younger Godman are still unclearWhat is Alex’s motivation? Is he really being swallowed in the quicksand of organised crime or voluntarily diving in? He claims only to be departing from his previous code of ethics because he was so upset about the murder of his uncle. But was Boris really so emotionally special to him that he would jeopardise everything, his firm, h
  
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• Rose Byrne and Ethan Hawke’s Juliet, Naked Revitalizes the Romantic Comedy

  21-01-2018 22:34 via feedproxy.google.com
  The Sundance audience was buzzing after the premiere of Juliet, Naked, not because it moves the boundary posts but because it’s everything a mainstream rom-com should be but no longer is—literate, unpredictable, full of bustling tangents. Think of it. People have to come to Sundance to see what audiences used...More »
  
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• Armando Iannucci Thinks Jason Isaacs Would Make an Excellent Anthony Scaramucci

  21-01-2018 22:31 via feedproxy.google.com
  The Death of Stalin actors Andrea Reisborough and Jason Issacs revealed at the Sundance Film Festival who they’d play if their writer-director Armando Iannucci made a movie about Trump....More »
  
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• Scarlett Johansson Wants Her Time’s Up Pin Back, James Franco

  21-01-2018 22:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  On Saturday, actress Scarlett Johansson called out actor James Franco, according to the Los Angeles Times, in a speech that pointed the finger at those who publicly claim to be allies of the Time’s Up movement but privately are alleged predators themselves. “My mind baffles,” she began, “How could a...More »
  
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• Call the Midwife review – heartstrings are tugged as the nursing drama gets serious

  21-01-2018 22:00 via theguardian.com
  The tears were already pricking in your eyes at the 20-minute mark – but that was nothing compared with what was to come. Plus, a documentary that makes the Obama era feel like a wonderful dreamMy God, but that Call the Midwife is one ruthlessly efficient emotion-harvesting machine, is it not?It reminds me of the pretend televisions we used to make in our youth. You cut a screen-shaped hole out of a cardboard box, attach an empty inner tube of kitchen roll to each side and draw pictures on
  
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• Natalie Portman Shares Her Experience of ‘Sexual Terrorism’ at 13, After Her First Film Released

  21-01-2018 21:36 via feedproxy.google.com
  While speaking at the Women’s March in downtown Los Angeles on Saturday, actress Natalie Portman described her experience of “sexual terrorism” after the release of her first film, Léon: The Professional. Portman was 13 when the film came out and remembered being excited to open her first fan mail, only to...More »
  
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• Tessa Thompson on Power in Hollywood: ‘Its Very Much Still in a White Male Stronghold’

  21-01-2018 20:46 via feedproxy.google.com
  While promoting their new film Sorry to Bother You at the Sundance Film Festival, co-stars Tessa Thompson and Terry Crews addressed the current discourse around power and abuse in Hollywood. Tessa stated that the industry is “very much still in a white male stronghold,” explaining, “whether or not we face...More »
  
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• Don’t Worry, He Won’t Get Far on Foot Is a Perfect Showcase for Joaquin Phoenix

  21-01-2018 20:45 via feedproxy.google.com
  The title of the wrenching addiction drama Don’t Worry, He Won’t Get Far on Foot is a mouthful, but it certainly does evoke the life of the sardonic cartoonist and quadriplegic John Callahan. It’s the caption of a panel, spoken by a cowboy leading a posse who comes upon an...More »
  
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• ‘Don’t Worry He Won’t Get Far on Foot’ Is A+ Joaquin Phoenix

  21-01-2018 20:45 via feedproxy.google.com
  The title of the wrenching addiction drama Don’t Worry, He Won’t Get Far on Foot is a mouthful, but it certainly does evoke the life of the sardonic cartoonist and quadriplegic John Callahan. It’s the caption of a panel, spoken by a cowboy leading a posse who comes upon an...More »
  
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• Craig Robinson and Jemaine Clement Sing About a Traumatic Experience

  21-01-2018 20:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  Craig Robinson, Jemaine Clement, Aubrey Plaza, Matt Berry, and writer-director Jim Hosking stopped by the Vulture Studio to talk about their new movie, An Evening With Beverly Luff Lin, which premiered this weekend at Sundance. At one point, we asked Robinson and Jemaine to improvise a song — and they...More »
  
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• What Gloria Allred Would Say to Trump If They Could Speak Face-to-Face

  21-01-2018 20:11 via feedproxy.google.com
  So, what would legendary women’s rights attorney Gloria Allred want to talk about if she had face-time with Donald Trump? The feminist icon discussed her hopes for 2018 on this front and the forthcoming Netflix documentary about her life and career, Seeing Allred —alongside executive producer Marta Kauffman and directors Sophie...More »
  
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• Armie Hammer Was the Weed Hookup for the Sorry To Bother You Cast

  21-01-2018 19:59 via feedproxy.google.com
  The cast of Boots Riley’s Sorry To Bother You, which premiered at Sundance this weekend, is stacked: Tessa Thompson, Armie Hammer, Lakeith Stanfield, Omari Hardwick, Terry Crews, and Steven Yeun — all of whom stopped by the Vulture Studio. Turns out that while filming, they were seriously zenned out, thanks...More »
  
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• Prince William and Prince Harry Stop By Weekend Update to Address Trump vs. Obama Rumors

  21-01-2018 19:46 via feedproxy.google.com
  When President Trump canceled an upcoming trip to London, some speculated that the royal family’s relationship with their BFFL Barack Obama played a factor. Royal brothers Prince William and Prince Harry dropped by Weekend Update to comment on the rumors. After taking plenty of brotherly jabs at each other for...More »
  
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• The Actors Company Theater Set to Close This Year

  21-01-2018 19:31 via nytimes.com
  “Three Wise Guys” will be the final production for the Actors Company Theater.
  
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• ‘Greatest Showman’ Becomes a Sleeper Hit as Disrespected Films Flourish

  21-01-2018 19:21 via nytimes.com
  Movies dismissed by most of Hollywood are dominating the box office, including “Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle,” which was No. 1 for a third week.
  
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• Kate McKinnon’s Bashful Robert Mueller Tries Not to Reveal Too Much on the Russia Investigation

  21-01-2018 18:52 via feedproxy.google.com
  Kate McKinnon debuted as special counsel Robert Mueller in an interview with Colin Jost on SNL’s Weekend Update. As the special counsel overseeing the federal investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election, McKinnon’s Mueller was relaxed with the grin of a man who had already won and struggled to...More »
  
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• The Kindergarten Teacher Is an Electrifying, Empathetic Cringefest

  21-01-2018 18:17 via feedproxy.google.com
  At first glance, Lisa and her husband aren’t quite as irretrievably screwed as so many other stagnating Sundance couples before them — they still make eye contact on occasion, nobody’s cheating or drinking too much. But there’s a moment early in the film, after Lisa presents him with the first...More »
  
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• On SNL, Jessica Chastain Asks ‘What Even Matters Anymore?’ The Answer Is… Apparently Nothing.

  21-01-2018 17:22 via feedproxy.google.com
  Does it matter that President Trump called African nations shithole countries? Or that he said all Haitians have AIDS? Or even that he had an extramarital affair with a porn star and then paid her to keep quiet? On Saturday Night Live’s aptly named game show, ‘What Even Matters Anymore,’...More »
  
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• Saturday Night Live’s ‘Bachelor’ Parody Deserves a Rose

  21-01-2018 17:16 via feedproxy.google.com
  Alex Moffat parodies Bachelor Arie Luyendyk Jr. in Saturday Night Live’s “Car Hunk,” in which Jessica Chastain, Cecily Strong, and Aidy Bryant vie for his sweet, fake love. All characters in the sketch are based on real contestants, featuring Melissa Villaseñor as short-haired Bekah Martinez and Kate McKinnon as Kendall...More »
  
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• Review: X: or, Betty Shabazz v. The Nation

  21-01-2018 17:00
  Marcus Gardley imagines a trial to set the record straight on the controversial black leader.
  
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• SNL Recap: Jessica Chastain Gets Funny

  21-01-2018 16:53 via feedproxy.google.com
  Jessica Chastain has done space movies, war movies, horror movies, period pieces and family dramas — but no, she has not done a lot of comedies. Her most recent project, Aaron Sorkin’s directorial debut Molly’s Game, gives Chastain room to be a ball-busting poker entrepreneur, but you wouldn’t call it...More »
  
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• SNL Reimagines The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air Theme Song With a Less-Than-Optimistic Ending

  21-01-2018 16:27 via feedproxy.google.com
  Of all the ’90s sitcom theme songs, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air might be the freshest, in style and in memory. Its easy-to-remember lyrics recalled how young Will Smith left West Philadelphia for a new, safe, comfortable life as “prince” of Bel-Air, Los Angeles. But SNL newcomer Chris Redd reimagined...More »
  
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• Saturday Night Live: time for #TimesUp but sketches sell Jessica Chastain short

  21-01-2018 16:07 via theguardian.com
  The show took on the president’s surprisingly clean bill of health as well as the Women’s March, Stormy Daniels and Robert MuellerSarah Sanders (Aidy Bryant) is here, and she’s explaining the border wall: “It will be paid for by Mexico, with US taxpayer money”. Then she introduces Dr Ronny Jackson (Beck Bennett), to explain “just how not fat the president is”. Related: Saturday Night Live: Bill Murray as Steve Bannon … but downhill from thereConti
  
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• A Play About Race and Memory, With Fresh Wounds All Around

  21-01-2018 16:00 via nytimes.com
  The Alliance Theater has brought “Native Guard” to an Atlanta history museum in the thick of debate about Confederate monuments and the South‘s past.
  
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• The week in TV: Britannia; Hard Sun; McMafia; Inside No 9

  21-01-2018 08:00 via theguardian.com
  Jez Butterworth’s imperial epic for Sky Atlantic is a triumph of loopiness, but BBC One can’t quite pull off dystopian crimeBritannia (Sky Atlantic/Now TV)
  Hard Sun (BBC4) | iPlayer
  McMafia (BBC1) | iPlayer
  Inside No 9 (BBC2) | iPlayerBritannia, all of which splurged on to our screens on Thursday courtesy of Sky Atlantic, is a thing of fine madness. Ostensibly, acclaimed playwright Jez Butterworth’s singular take on the second Roman invasion of Britain – this is the Claud
  
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• The week in radio and podcasts: Woman’s Hour; Atlanta Monster; Today

  21-01-2018 08:00 via theguardian.com
  Jane Garvey and co’s series on menopause was insightful and witty, while a new US true-crime podcast wisely takes its time to build a narrativeWoman’s Hour: The Menopause (Radio 4) | iPlayer
  Atlanta Monster | atlantamonster.com
  Today (Radio 4) | iPlayerI do love middle-aged women. For many years, the woman d’un certain age was dismissed as pathetic – mutton dressed as lamb, the butt of mother-in-law jokes – but as I myself morph into one of these derided figures, I
  
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• The Carpetbagger: ‘The Shape of Water’ Wins Producers Guild Award

  21-01-2018 07:58 via nytimes.com
  The winner of this prize has gone on to win best picture at the Oscars eight of the last 10 years. Other PGA winners on Saturday included “Coco” and “Jane.”
  
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• Sunday’s best TV: Call the Midwife; The Story of Us with Morgan Freeman

  21-01-2018 07:00 via theguardian.com
  Another run of populist but pointed Poplar midwifery and Morgan Freeman celebrates love and humanity Continue reading...
  
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• Bo Burnham Can Totally Relate to Tween Girls

  21-01-2018 03:07 via feedproxy.google.com
  For his new film Eighth Grade, which follows a young girl through her last days of middle school, director Bo Burnham watched hours of YouTube videos of tweens to see what they were like. “The 13-year old boys tended to talk about XBOX and the 13-year-old girls tended to talk...More »
  
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• Kiersey Clemmons Taught Nick Offerman How to ‘Keep His Sh*t Tight’

  21-01-2018 01:59 via feedproxy.google.com
  While promoting their new film Heart Beats Loud, Kiersey Clemmons, Nick Offerman, and director Brett Haley, stopped by the Vulture Spot at Sundance to talk father-daughter relationships, toxic masculinity, and representation. Also, how to be woke. Watch the video above to hear how Kiersey offered Nick some guidance....More »
  
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• From Black Panther to Black Lightning: black superheroes are go!

  21-01-2018 01:05 via theguardian.com
  African-American comic book characters are finally stepping up from sidekicksAfter five decades as sidekicks, secondary characters and niche titles, the black superhero’s time has finally come.Next month Marvel releases its eagerly awaited Black Panther movie, centred on a young African king who doubles as a clawed, catsuit-clad crimefighter. Last week CW and Netflix unveiled Black Lightning, an African-American educator with electrical superpowers. Add in Netflix’s Luke Cage and tha
  
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• Forget Scandi: the natural home of dark drama is Wales now

  21-01-2018 01:05 via theguardian.com
  Otherworldly landscapes, experienced TV crews and state support are giving the country a dramatic leg-upA haunting BBC One series is being heralded as the latest evidence of a boom in Welsh drama and television.Requiem, which starts early next month, tells the story of a young cellist (Lydia Wilson) who becomes drawn into a decades-old mystery involving a small Welsh community and a missing child. Its unusual blend of horror, crime drama and supernatural chills could only have been achieved by s
  
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• Geordie Shore TV series is ‘one long advert for drinking’

  21-01-2018 01:04 via theguardian.com
  Nearly 80% of all scenes in the MTV reality show contain alcohol, researchers findAs Nathan explains in the trailer for the 16th series of reality show Geordie Shore, “there’s a lot of drinking”.That assertion is something of an understatement: research has found that nearly 80% of all scenes in the MTV show concerned alcohol. Researchers at the universities of Bath and Nottingham say their findings – published in the journal Alcohol and Alcoholism – highlight the n
  
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• Maggie Gyllenhaal Gets Emotional Discussing How Her Mother Inspires Her

  21-01-2018 00:39 via feedproxy.google.com
  When Maggie Gyllenhaal stopped by the Vulture Spot at Sundance to discuss her festival film The Kindergarten Teacher, the producer/star got emotional when reflecting on what her mother, the Oscar-nominated screenwriter Naomi Foner, taught her about how to navigate life as an artist....More »
  
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• Special Reports: Erin Treadway on How She Defies Gravity in Spaceman

  21-01-2018 00:00
  Leegrid Stevens's out-of-this-world play runs at the Wild Project February 22-March 13.
  
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