Cinema, Theater & TV news

• A Prayer Before Dawn Is a Harrowing, Oddly Educational Prison Drama

  10-08-2018 23:09 via feedproxy.google.com
  Watching (and wincing at) the ferocious Thai-prison drama A Prayer Before Dawn, it occurred to me it might not be such a bad choice for a jailhouse movie night. Hear me out on this because there are many positive lessons for prisoners. Among them:There are much worse prisons than yours....More »
  
  Read more

• How Sharp Objects’ Music Supervisor Created Its Soundtrack

  10-08-2018 22:58 via feedproxy.google.com
  Before the twisted world of Wind Gap, Missouri, materializes in Sharp Objects, the very first image we see — before the Victorian mansion, the hog farm, or even a vodka-filled Evian bottle — is the drop of a needle on a record player. So begin the opening credits of the...More »
  
  Read more

• News Corp shares tumble as investors digest losses

  10-08-2018 22:44 via ft.com
  Market value falls 13 per cent in biggest slide in five years
  
  Read more

• Brantley Brice Wishes All His Tweets Were Fictional

  10-08-2018 22:17 via feedproxy.google.com
  Brantley Brice (@brantleybrice) is a comedian, content creator, and writer. If you’re in New York, come see him co-host the show Cereal Milk on September 21 at Friends and Lovers. If you’re not, check out his parody Instagram account @works_at_actor or visit his website.This week, Brantley talked to me about...More »
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• Skate Kitchen Is a Featherlight Slice of the Lives of Girl Skaters

  10-08-2018 21:42 via feedproxy.google.com
  Being the old and dusty thirtysomething pile of bones that I am, I did not know what getting “credit carded” was until this week, and now, no thanks to the opening of Crystal Moselle’s Skate Kitchen, I am knee-squeezingly enlightened. The worst and most shocking incident in the coming-of-age story...More »
  
  Read more

• Stay Dangerous

  10-08-2018 21:21 via feedproxy.google.com
  Every great hip-hop saga is, at its core, a story about friendship. Before “Push It,” “Whatta Man,” and “Shoop,” Salt-N-Pepa was just Cheryl and Sandra, community college classmates and co-workers. OutKast’s vibrant music and motion picture career grew out of the bond between high school besties André Benjamin and Antwan...More »
  
  Read more

• Nicki Minaj’s ‘Barbie Dreams’ Is Beyond Petty

  10-08-2018 20:17 via feedproxy.google.com
  If you’re a rapper who woke up this morning assuming you and Nicki Minaj were on good terms, check again. This afternoon Minaj released her long-delayed, mired in utter confusion, fourth album Queen. It’s a mostly innocuous effort, save for the stray potshot here and there, with the extreme exception...More »
  
  Read more

• Chloë Grace Moretz on Scrapped Louis C.K. Film: ‘It Should Just Kind of Go Away, Honestly’

  10-08-2018 19:57 via feedproxy.google.com
  It hasn’t even been a year since the long-rumored allegations of sexual misconduct against Louis C.K. surfaced in the New York Times, and Hollywood is already entertaining the possibility of C.K. returning to movies and television. In an interview published last week, Variety asked FX CEO John Landgraf if C.K....More »
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• Review: A Housekeeper Claims Center Stage in ‘Member of the Wedding’

  10-08-2018 19:46 via nytimes.com
  Roslyn Ruff gives a wondrous performance in the Williamstown Theater Festival revival of the Carson McCullers play.
  
  Read more

• Wynonna Earp Star Melanie Scrofano Doesn’t Want You Calling Her Show ‘Cheesy’

  10-08-2018 19:39 via feedproxy.google.com
  If a sci-fi Western is even remotely your thing, the charms of Wynonna Earp are impossible to resist. That’s why it was no surprise, during the show’s San Diego Comic-Con panel last month, that the cast was met with a rock star’s reception. Fans of the Syfy series — they...More »
  
  Read more

• Eighth Graders Watch ‘Eighth Grade’ and Relate (and Also Cringe)

  10-08-2018 19:26 via nytimes.com
  Teenagers turned out in droves for free all-ages screenings of Bo Burnham’s drama about being 13. The movie reminded them of their own middle-school hell.
  
  Read more

• What Gillian Flynn Can’t Live Without

  10-08-2018 19:13 via feedproxy.google.com
  If you’re like us, you’ve probably wondered what famous people add to their carts. Not the JAR brooch and Louis XV chair, but the hand sanitizer and the electric toothbrush. We asked Gillian Flynn, author of Gone Girl and Sharp Objects (which is also now a show on HBO), about the barbecue sauce,...More »
  
  Read more

• This Week in Comedy Podcasts: Jay Leno on WTF

  10-08-2018 19:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  The comedy podcast universe is ever expanding, not unlike the universe universe. We’re here to make it a bit smaller, a bit more manageable. There are a lot of great shows and each has a lot of great episodes, so we want to highlight the exceptional, the noteworthy. Each week...More »
  
  Read more

• In 2018, Pop Searches for Its Next True North

  10-08-2018 19:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  Quick: Name a defining musical trend that has dominated pop music this year — a sound, whether it be a genre-flipping style or a musical wrinkle as small as someone coughing distinctively on a beat — that listeners can easily identify as taking over the charts, airwaves, and general pop...More »
  
  Read more

• I’ll Take ‘Oh My God, Jeopardy! Is Available on Hulu’ for $300, Alex

  10-08-2018 18:59 via feedproxy.google.com
  Category: Game shows hosted by septuagenarian Canadians. Clue: Ah, screw it, we just wanna grab some buzzers and celebrate. Jeopardy! has finally decided to join the modern age by becoming available on a streaming service, compliments of Hulu. And the better news? It’s available as of today. While every episode...More »
  
  Read more

• Director of Jessica Chastain thriller steps down after backlash

  10-08-2018 18:47
  Matthew Newton exited Eve after outrage aimed at Chastain for signing on to work with a man accused of physical violenceMatthew Newton has stepped down as the director of upcoming action film Eve, starring Jessica Chastain, after backlash related to his history of violence. Related: Jessica Chastain accused of hypocrisy for working with Matthew Newton In January, I asked Jessica Chastain about making choices when there's been allegations of abuse. She said this. https://t.co/cJatBvDVOx I have tr
  
  Read more

• Insecure Has Nothing to Be Insecure About in Season Three

  10-08-2018 18:41 via feedproxy.google.com
  As the third season of HBO’s Insecure begins, Issa — the L.A. nonprofit worker played by series creator Issa Rae — desperately needs a room of her own. That’s true in both a literal and metaphorical sense.After splitting with Lawrence and finding herself in a financial hole, she’s crashing in...More »
  
  Read more

• Stream Nicki Minaj’s New Album Queen Right Now

  10-08-2018 18:14 via feedproxy.google.com
  After many delays and even more confusion over how it would premiere, Nicki Minaj has released her fourth album, Queen, and first since 2014’s The Pinkprint. It’s currently debuting on Apple Music’s Beats 1 radio, where Nicki will be breaking down each song track-by-track. But if you prefer to listen...More »
  
  Read more

• Abbey Lee: ‘I’m Very Passionate, and I Can Become Very Enraged’

  10-08-2018 18:11 via feedproxy.google.com
  Watching Australian actress Abbey Lee makes you wonder if the Men in Black isn’t a real agency welcoming visitors from other worlds to work and live on Earth. Her almost-supernatural beauty means filmmakers have sought her out for years to play otherworldly and alluring characters. George Miller gave Lee her...More »
  
  Read more

• Isabela Moner Appears as Dora the Explorer in Live-Action Movie's First Photo

  10-08-2018 17:56 via feeds.eonline.com
  Here's a first look at your live-action Dora the Explorer!Earlier this year, Isabela Moner, 17, was cast in the title role of Paramount Players' anticipated Dora the Explorer...
  
  Read more

• Gal Gadot Joins Ralph Breaks the Internet Voice Cast as Shank

  10-08-2018 17:35 via feeds.eonline.com
  Once again, Gal Gadot is too fast, too furious.The 33-year-old actress announced today she has joined the cast of Walt Disney Animation Studios' Ralph Breaks the Internet, in...
  
  Read more

• Paul Rudd and Paul Rudd to Star in Netflix Comedy Series Living with Yourself

  10-08-2018 17:26 via feedproxy.google.com
  Paul Rudd is heading to Netflix to star in a new comedy series. The streaming network announced today that Rudd will star in Living With Yourself, which has been given an eight-episode series order. Former longtime Daily Show co-executive producer Tim Greenberg created the show, which centers on Rudd’s character,...More »
  
  Read more

• The 5 Best Jokes From Demetri Martin’s New Special The Overthinker

  10-08-2018 17:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  About ten minutes into his new Netflix special, Demetri Martin tells the audience, “The other day I was thinking, ‘I tend to overthink things.’ Then I thought, ‘Do I though?’” At this point we see Martin continue to perform for the crowd, but instead of jokes we hear an inner...More »
  
  Read more

• Orange Is the New Black Recap: She’s a Maniac

  10-08-2018 16:45 via feedproxy.google.com
  A month has passed since the last episode, and Aleida and Daya have apparently worked out a very efficient drug-smuggling workflow. From a contact known to her (also incarcerated) ex Cesar, Aleida gets drugs. She hacks a Nutri-Health smoothie powder canister to add a false bottom and puts the drugs...More »
  
  Read more

• 8 People on Surviving Gay Conversion Therapy

  10-08-2018 16:41 via feedproxy.google.com
  This year, two high-profile films will attempt to tackle the subject of conversion therapy, the dangerous and discredited practice of attempting to “cure” LGBTQ people of their identities. Also known as “reparative” or “ex-gay” therapy, these programs use various forms of psychological manipulation, and sometimes physical abuse, to confront “same-sex...More »
  
  Read more

• Tom Tom Is a Place on Earth

  10-08-2018 16:35 via feedproxy.google.com
  It appeared in reality as if summoned from dreams. Moving gears, matching white suits, fresh flowers whose fragrances meshed discordantly with elevated bar food, and share plates. Could it be? Tom Tom, the new Lisa Vanderpump bar and restaurant proposed at the end of Vanderpump Rules’ fifth season and built...More »
  
  Read more

• Social media should sit out the panic over the alt-right

  10-08-2018 16:09 via ft.com
  Alex Jones inhabits an internet cesspool but attempts to silence him will fail
  
  Read more

• Social media should not panic about the alt-right

  10-08-2018 16:09 via ft.com
  Alex Jones inhabits an internet cesspool but attempts to silence him will fail
  
  Read more

• Making Potato Peel Pie With Lily James and Michiel Huisman in 1940s England

  10-08-2018 16:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  Spoilers below for The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society.The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, based on the novel of the same name, tells the story of writer Juliet Ashton (Lily James), who receives a letter from a pig farmer (Michiel Huisman) on the English island of...More »
  
  Read more

• Critic’s Notebook: So, You’re Going to Call Your Play _____?

  10-08-2018 16:00 via nytimes.com
  Naming a show can be tricky. Some recent titles are obscure, others extremely long. And then there’s the weird punctuation. What’s going on?
  
  Read more

• After a Quick Breather, Chloë Grace Moretz Comes Out Fighting

  10-08-2018 16:00 via nytimes.com
  Ms. Moretz talks about “The Miseducation of Cameron Post,” her new film about gay conversion therapy, and why her Louis C.K. movie should never be released.
  
  Read more

• We Truly Needed This Puppy-Filled Week in Late Night

  10-08-2018 15:42 via feedproxy.google.com
  Have you ever seen Glenn Close covered in puppies? It’s joyous yet jarring — maybe because she had to pretend to hate dogs as Cruella de Vil in the live-action 101 Dalmations. She alternates between cooing sweet nothings to the animals and cackling like an evil witch. She even murmured...More »
  
  Read more

• How to Hear Nicki Minaj’s New Album, Which, Surprise, Is Now Coming Out Today

  10-08-2018 15:07 via feedproxy.google.com
  To hell with release dates! After moving her album’s arrival all over the summer calendar, it appears Nicki Minaj has finally settled on a time and place … today. Minaj launched her Beats 1 radio show on Apple Music last night and announced she had finished her fourth album Queen...More »
  
  Read more

• How to Write a Great Rock Lyric

  10-08-2018 14:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  For the past dozen years, Arctic Monkeys songwriter Alex Turner has reigned as one of pop’s best lyricists, from his band’s early records, on which he sardonically documented after-hours pub life in Sheffield, England, to its new one, Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino, a concept album about a resort on...More »
  
  Read more

• Behind Hollywood’s A-List Bidding War for a McDonald’s Monopoly Article

  10-08-2018 14:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  On a Saturday in late July, the Daily Beast posted a story titled “McScam: How an Ex-Cop Rigged McDonald’s Monopoly Game and Stole Millions” — a picaresque, stranger-than-fiction conspiracy tale involving drug traffickers, mobsters, psychics, strip-club operators, and even a Mormon family who falsely claimed more than $24 million in...More »
  
  Read more

• This week’s best home entertainment: from The Big British Asian Summer to Insecure

  10-08-2018 13:00
  British-Asian culture is celebrated in a month-long run of programmes, and Issa Rae’s pristine comedy returns At a time when hostility towards Britain’s Asian communities is reaching intense levels, this season of programming provides a welcome corrective. It seeks to explore British-Asian culture in all its diversity, so as well as documentaries on Bollywood and at-risk men, there are standup showcases, profiles of artists and a special episode of Gardeners’ World.
  All month,
  
  Read more

• Greg James webchat – post your questions now

  10-08-2018 12:46
  The Radio 1 DJ is about to take over the breakfast show – and will answer your questions in a live webchat from 12.30pm on Monday 13 August 11.46am BST The breakfast show host on BBC Radio 1 is one of the most talked-about jobs in the country, requiring sparkling banter unfeasibly early in the day. Next in the seat is Greg James, taking over from Nick Grimshaw on 20 August.The 4am alarm clock shouldn’t be too tough given he started at the station doing an even earlier slot, fresh out
  
  Read more

• Casey Affleck: 'I contributed to an unprofessional environment' – video

  10-08-2018 12:04
  The actor and director addresses allegations of harassment for the first time, as he admits contributing to an unprofessional environment on the set of his film I'm Still Here.The allegations led to civil lawsuits from two women who worked on the 2010 production.Casey Affleck admits 'unprofessional' behaviour on set of I'm Still HereContinue reading...
  
  Read more

• Why 2018 Is the Year That Changed Hollywood

  10-08-2018 12:00 via feeds.eonline.com
  "This is more than a movie, it's a movement."That's how director Jon M. Chu has taken to describing his upcoming film Crazy Rich Asians. And while it's a lot to ask...
  
  Read more

• Lily Cole has a ball with Heathcliff and a Brit reinvents America – the week in art

  10-08-2018 11:27
  The former supermodel fills in the foundling’s story, artists have fun with animals and a Lancashire boy blazes a trail across America – all in our weekly dispatchLily Cole: Balls
  A film about Wuthering Heights’ Heathcliff, one of the most famous foundlings in literature, and how his fictional story resonates with the real lives of children who were left at London’s Foundling hospital in the 18th and 19th centuries.
  • Foundling Museum, London, until 2 December. Conti
  
  Read more

• Insatiable: there’s self-loathing for all in Netflix’s ‘fat-shaming’ teen comedy

  10-08-2018 11:00
  Stand down, outrage police; being overweight isn’t the punchline in this acerbic series about millennials’ self-image“I’ve heard stories of girls who grew up happy and well adjusted, with a healthy relationship to food and their bodies,” drawls Patty (Debby Ryan), the conniving antihero of Insatiable (Netflix). “Screw those bitches. I went on my first diet when I was eight years old. For as long as I can remember, I’ve been hungry.”For anyone
  
  Read more

• Brokers With a Song and Dance

  10-08-2018 11:00 via nytimes.com
  Bohemia Realty caters to (and draws talent from) New York City’s theater community.
  
  Read more

• Kanye Comes to Jimmy Kimmel and It’s Very Kanye

  10-08-2018 08:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  Kanye West stopped by Jimmy Kimmel Live! tonight and, as with every Kanye appearance, there’s plenty to unpack. Kanye came out with his happy face on which was nice, and he sportingly agreeed to design the uniforms for Space Force. But Kimmel then eased into the more direct Trump stuff,...More »
  
  Read more

• Jimmy Kimmel Got Like All the Rappers to Read Mean Tweets

  10-08-2018 07:43 via feedproxy.google.com
  There are few things on the internet as delightfully amusing as when Jimmy Kimmel convinces celebrities to read mean tweets about themselves, and tonight we were blessed with a truly epic hip hop edition where pretty much everyone showed up. Well, not everyone obviously, but it was a pretty star...More »
  
  Read more

• Migos’s Quavo Just Dropped Three New Songs

  10-08-2018 07:17 via feedproxy.google.com
  Rap trio Migos are about to kick off a North American tour with Drake called the “Aubrey and the Three Amigos Tour.” But on Thursday evening, the night before the group takes the stage in Kansas City, Migos member Quavo released three new songs, ‘Lamb Talk,’ ‘Bubblegum,’ and ‘Workin Me.’The...More »
  
  Read more

• The New Wife review – a hellish reunion for one man and his exes

  10-08-2018 07:00
  Shouting, mistrust and jealousy are what happens when you move in with your current and former partners, children and cats. Also, another reality TV hellhole that is Darkness“Could you ever live with your partner and your ex?” asks Kieran Bew, narrating. Er, almost certainly not.“Would moving in together help resolve your acrimonious relationships, even if your ex and your partner don’t get on?” Let me think about that one. OK, thought about it. Again, no. And why w
  
  Read more

• Slow Burn's deep dive into the Lewinsky scandal – podcasts of the week

  10-08-2018 07:00
  The series that unpicked the Watergate affair is putting Bill Clinton’s darkest hour under the microscope and zooming out to see what it says about the US todayHear Here podcast tips: sign up now for more audio delights
  Audible is shaking up its podcasting offering in a move that could threaten the future of shows including The Butterfly Effect with Jon Ronson and Where Should We Begin? with Esther Perel. That is according to podcast newshound Nick Quah (whose podcast newsletter, Hot Pod,
  
  Read more

• Friday’s best TV: Peng Life; BBC Proms 2018

  10-08-2018 06:59
  After YouTube sensastion The Pengest Munch, Elijah Quashie takes his unique brand of comedy to Channel 411.05pm, Channel 4
  With his YouTube hit The Pengest Munch, Elijah Quashie carved out a niche as a dapper reviewer of London’s fried chicken joints. Peng Life is his transition to terrestrial TV, now with twin sidekicks Nelson and Wilson in tow. The new gimmick is comparing deluxe and street-level versions of products and services to see how they measure up. That means a Lambo/Mazda MX-5
  
  Read more

• 6ix9ine Might Go to Jail and Become a Registered Sex Offender

  10-08-2018 06:06 via feedproxy.google.com
  Brooklyn rapper 6ix9ine (or Tekashi69) who most recently featured Nicki Minaj on his single ‘FEFE’, might soon be a jailed sex offender. The controversial rapper, whose real name is Daniel Hernandez, pleaded guilty to “the use of a child in a sexual performance” back in 2015 over videos he posted...More »
  
  Read more

• American Woman Recap: Fun with Fungus

  10-08-2018 04:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  This is exactly what we have been waiting for: a magic mushrooms episode. Well, I don’t know if we’ve necessarily been waiting for it, but now that it’s here I am as happy as a hippie spotting a double rainbow. Bonnie starts off the episode at work when her stupid...More »
  
  Read more

Follow @newslock_cinema on Twitter!