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• MacGruber May Return in the Form of a TV Series

  08-02-2019 23:59 via feedproxy.google.com
  Since MacGruber entered our hearts in 2010 and became an instant cult classic, it’s been a long waiting game for updates about a possible sequel. Back in 2016, Jorma Taccone and Will Forte confirmed that they had begun writing the script for the film, but since then things have been...More »
  
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• HBO’s The Case Against Adnan Syed to Premiere in March

  08-02-2019 23:55 via feedproxy.google.com
  Was Adnan Syed wrongfully imprisoned? The question at the heart of the 1999 Baltimore murder case that Serial made famous — both triggering a true-crime podcast boom and helping earn the convicted killer a new trial in the process — is set to be placed under a public microscope yet...More »
  
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• Halsey Is Really Popular, But It’s Surprising That She’s Pulling Double Duty on Saturday Night Live

  08-02-2019 23:10 via feedproxy.google.com
  Over the course of its 40 seasons, Saturday Night Live has seen 37 musicians handle hosting and musical-guest duties, whether it be in separate episodes or both in one night. This Saturday, Halsey becomes the 38th, taking on both duties for the night and joining the widely varied musician-as-host ranks...More »
  
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• One Day at a Time Recap: Heels Over Head

  08-02-2019 23:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  After the one-two punch of “The Funeral” and “Outside,” One Day at a Time’s third episode of the new season settles down to do some housekeeping. Namely, catch viewers up on two of the biggest unresolved threads from the second-season finale, “Not Yet”: The state of Lydia’s health and Penelope’s...More »
  
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• BBC fights to stop David Attenborough being poached

  08-02-2019 23:00
  Three major nature shows revealed as broadcaster aims to stem staff exodus to Netflix
  The BBC has commissioned three major series on the natural world, as it fights to stop staff who make its popular natural history shows – including David Attenborough – being poached by deep-pocketed rival Netflix.Perfect Planet, Frozen Planet II and Planet Earth III will be shown on the BBC over the coming years, building on the success of 2017’s enormously popular Blue Planet II, which helpe
  
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• Meet the Wigs of Big Little Lies Season Two

  08-02-2019 22:47 via feedproxy.google.com
  Good news to everyone who was struggling to get through the winter without the help of the televisual Chardonnay that is Big Little Lies. HBO announced today that season two of the Monterey-set drama will return in June, and thanks to some new photos from the series, we can also...More »
  
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• Albert Finney, 82, ‘Angry Young Man’ Who Became a Hollywood Star, Is Dead

  08-02-2019 22:36 via nytimes.com
  He was known for roles in the movies “Tom Jones,” “Murder on the Orient Express,” “Under the Volcano” and “Erin Brockovich,” as well as on the London stage.
  
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• Lizzo’s Flute, Sasha Flute, Is the Most Legendary Flute of All Time

  08-02-2019 22:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  A flute had never achieved any semblance of celebrity until last Wednesday, when a flute named Sasha Flute launched her very own Instagram page and promptly racked up 40,000 followers. During an AMA, she revealed the secret to her success: “My body is dipped in silver I came out the...More »
  
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• Danai Gurira Is Leaving The Walking Dead and Probably Taking Team Michonne With Her

  08-02-2019 21:46 via feedproxy.google.com
  The writing has been on the wall for a while now, but The Hollywood Reporter is making it official: According to sources, Danai Gurira will depart The Walking Dead in season ten. Neither AMC nor reps for the actress provided comment, but based on THR’s report, “Gurira will return in...More »
  
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• McNally Jackson Is Staying Put — and Massively Expanding

  08-02-2019 21:27 via feedproxy.google.com
  In October, bookshop owner Sarah McNally announced that she was leaving her longtime location on Prince Street. In the last four months, everything has changed. Not only is McNally Jackson’s flagship staying put, but the little company is opening two more stores as soon as this fall — including one...More »
  
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• Ellen Page Calls Out Chris Pratt For Attending Anti-LGBTQ Church

  08-02-2019 21:24 via feedproxy.google.com
  Last night on the Late Show With Stephen Colbert, Chris Pratt opened up about his spiritual side — but Ellen Page wasn’t having it. Last week, Page went on Colbert and vehemently denounced Mike Pence’s conservative stance on gay marriage. This week, Page continued her streak of no-bullshit, this time...More »
  
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• Thank U, Next Is a Phoenix Moment for Ariana Grande

  08-02-2019 21:17 via feedproxy.google.com
  There is a magic number of times people can see your name before they start to resent it a little. It’s nobody’s fault. Round-the-clock access to everyone’s thoughts and feelings means there’s always someone somewhere growing sick of your shit. It can be healthy — sometimes we need a kick...More »
  
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• Aziz Ansari’s Comeback Show Was a Lot to Process

  08-02-2019 21:13 via feedproxy.google.com
  “I think the country is divided into three groups,” declared Aziz Ansari on Thursday night. It was one of the first tour stops on his “Road to Nowhere” stand-up tour — his official return to the public eye after the contentious sexual-misconduct allegation and ensuing media backlash that put his...More »
  
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• One Day at a Time Is Still Old School in Its Third Season

  08-02-2019 21:03 via feedproxy.google.com
  In its first two seasons, Netflix’s One Day at a Time announced itself as a traditional, multi-camera sitcom. It was filmed in front of a live audience, whose laughter put punctuation marks at the end of every quip. Each time the legendary Rita Moreno (who plays Lydia, the abuela of...More »
  
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• The Saturday Profile: ‘Shoplifters’ Director Pierces Japan’s Darker Side

  08-02-2019 21:00 via nytimes.com
  “I don’t portray people or make movies where viewers can easily find hope,” says Hirokazu Kore-eda, director of the Oscar-nominated film “Shoplifters.”
  
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• Where to Stream 7 of Albert Finney’s Best Films

  08-02-2019 20:53 via nytimes.com
  The acclaimed British actor died Thursday, leaving behind a body of work that spanned nearly six decades.
  
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• Katherine Heigl’s Idea for a 27 Dresses Sequel Involves an Equivalent Number of Babies

  08-02-2019 20:44 via feedproxy.google.com
  Let the Heigl Cinematic Universe expand: At Entertainment Weekly’s 27 Dresses cast reunion, Katherine Heigl revealed that she’d swap her Suits suits for — you guessed it — even more dresses. And not only would she be interested in a sequel, but she has an idea that she’s been pitching...More »
  
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• The Book Publishing Scandals of Early February: Holy Hell

  08-02-2019 20:31 via feedproxy.google.com
  If you woke up Monday morning and daintily keyed-in your favorite book sites in search of some smart and quippy reviews or essays, holy hell, were you in for a ride. Sure, last week there was a hullabaloo over a delayed or canceled YA novel, and Jay Asher, the Thirteen...More »
  
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• Rita Moreno Will Be Watching the West Side Story Movie Rehearsals, So Don’t Mess Up

  08-02-2019 20:27 via feedproxy.google.com
  Rita Moreno won the O in her EGOT from playing Anita in the film version of West Side Story, and she’s not about to let anybody mess up the movie’s legacy with the remake. Moreno has a small part and is an executive producer in Spielberg’s new version of the...More »
  
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• A Super Bowl Mermaid Ad and a Sexist Audition

  08-02-2019 20:24 via nytimes.com
  A December essay for Vice was titled “My Bikini Audition From Hell Shows How Little Hollywood Has Changed.” It turns out it was about a Super Bowl ad.
  
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• Tabloid attack sees Jeff Bezos take on Trump

  08-02-2019 20:22 via ft.com
  Washington Post owner accuses National Enquirer of blackmail after finding himself in the political crosshairs
  
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• In Cold Pursuit, Liam Neeson Seems Done With the Dadsploitation Genre

  08-02-2019 20:20 via feedproxy.google.com
  So, is Liam Neeson done with the dadsploitation genre, with the Takens and Commuters of the world? All signs point to yes. He had already seemed tired of these types of movies, and now, thanks to some troubling comments about an earlier incident in his life — in which he...More »
  
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• Jamie Dornan, Jemima and Lola Kirke Can’t Save Untogether

  08-02-2019 20:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  Any movie that starts off with Jamie Dornan shirtless in bed asking Jemima Kirke if he can finish on her face is, it’s safe to say, seeking to provoke. But that’s about as racy or intimate as Untogether gets, opting instead to deliver a hodgepodge of relationship movie clichés occasionally...More »
  
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• What Men Want Is a Tonally and Logically Confused Gender Swap

  08-02-2019 19:44 via feedproxy.google.com
  What Men Want should be a horror movie. The premise of a woman — particularly a woman working in the macho world of a sports agency, as What Men Want’s heroine does — given the gift to see inside the minds of men should, on paper at least, be a...More »
  
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• Here Are the High-Stakes Battles of the 2019 Grammys

  08-02-2019 19:33 via feedproxy.google.com
  There are 84 Grammy categories. Eighty-four! That’s a lotta golden gramophones — and even though the majority of the awards are handed out before the official telecast of Music’s Biggest Night, they still mean something to the people who win them. Most categories are, as ever, dotted with industry curiosities...More »
  
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• Vinyl revival marks the tone of our times

  08-02-2019 19:17 via ft.com
  Rumours of death exaggerated as old form returns from the dark side
  
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• Albert Finney, legendary star of Tom Jones and Miller's Crossing, dies aged 82

  08-02-2019 19:01
  Celebrated actor who rose to fame in the ‘kitchen sink’ era before evolving into one of the screen greats of the postwar period, has diedAlbert Finney: a life in pictures
  Albert Finney, who forged his reputation as one of the leading actors of Britain’s early 60s new wave cinema, has died aged 82 after a short illness, his family have announced. In 2011, he disclosed he had kidney cancer. Related: Albert Finney: the most almighty physical screen presence | Peter Bradshaw Albert
  
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• Albert Finney, legendary star of Skyfall and Tom Jones, dies aged 82

  08-02-2019 19:01
  Celebrated actor who rose to fame in the ‘kitchen sink’ era before evolving into one of the screen greats of the postwar period, has diedAlbert Finney: a life in pictures
  Albert Finney, who forged his reputation as one of the leading actors of Britain’s early 60s new wave cinema, has died aged 82 after a short illness, his family have announced. In 2011, he disclosed he had kidney cancer. Related: Albert Finney: the most almighty physical screen presence | Peter Bradshaw Albert
  
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• The Real Story Behind One of Leonardo DiCaprio's Most Famous Titanic Scenes

  08-02-2019 18:53 via feeds.eonline.com
  It was the line that launched a thousand parodies.Oscar-winning director James Cameron recently reminisced about making his 1997 Oscar-winning movie Titanic and recalled star Leonardo...
  
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• 19 Things The Matrix Predicted About Life in 2019

  08-02-2019 18:35 via feedproxy.google.com
  In an era when the president’s lawyer can go on TV and splutter, “Truth isn’t truth!” as if it’s something everyone should know, The Matrix is omnipresent. It’s not that the film was prescient. It didn’t anticipate our world. But it anticipated — and probably created — a new way...More »
  
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• Erykah Badu Loves Everyone. No Judging, Please.

  08-02-2019 18:23 via nytimes.com
  The R&B-turned-movie star built her legend on the pursuit of enlightenment. It’s taken her to hostile territory.
  
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• Trailers of the Week: ‘Shaft’ and ‘Dumbo’ Lead the Way

  08-02-2019 18:09 via nytimes.com
  "Pet Sematary” gets a second, more frightening clip, and “Missing Link” and “Ugly Dolls” also get promos.
  
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• Kevin Spacey Demands Sex-Abuse Case Dismissal Due to Accuser’s Anonymity

  08-02-2019 18:06 via feedproxy.google.com
  Kevin Spacey was recently charged in a Massachusetts court for indecent assault and battery, to which he pleaded not guilty, but he’s also trying to fight a separate case from an incident in California. According to the Hollywood Reporter, Spacey’s lawyers filed a court brief Thursday attempting to dismiss a...More »
  
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• PEN15 Recap: Smoking in the Girls’ Room

  08-02-2019 18:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  One of the biggest flaws in media about teenage girls (and let’s be real, about women in general) is that it assumes they’re all one of two ways: young-acting or old-acting, prudish or slutty, mild or wild. What makes PEN15 so refreshing is that Maya and Anna are both, and...More »
  
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• 27 Dresses Cast Reunites: 5 Facts You May Not Know About the Film

  08-02-2019 17:59 via feeds.eonline.com
  Happy anniversary, 27 Dresses!The popular 2008 rom-com last month marked 11 years since its release. To celebrate, Entertainment Weekly recently reunited main actress Katherine Heigl and...
  
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• A look back at Albert Finney's most memorable performances – video

  08-02-2019 17:36
  Albert Finney, who forged his reputation as one of the leading actors of Britain’s early 60s new wave cinema, has died aged 82 after a short illness, his family have announced. We remember some of his most enduring rolesAlbert Finney, cinema's original 'angry young man', dies aged 82Continue reading...
  
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• The Carpetbagger: Oscar Rewind: The Acceptance Speech That Spawned Another Movie

  08-02-2019 17:13 via nytimes.com
  When he won for the AIDS drama “Philadelphia,” Tom Hanks thanked his gay teacher and inadvertently inspired “In & Out,” about an actor who outs his instructor.
  
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• One Day at a Time Recap: Pay Attention, Boys

  08-02-2019 17:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  One of the many reasons I was looking forward to the return of One Day at a Time was to see how it would approach the subject of sexual harassment in 2019. It’s a topical show by nature, featuring multiple outspoken feminist characters, so I (correctly) assumed season three would...More »
  
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• National Enquirer parent to investigate Bezos claims

  08-02-2019 16:58 via ft.com
  Amazon founder claimed the tabloid attempted to blackmail him
  
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• Albert Finney: the most almighty physical screen presence | Peter Bradshaw

  08-02-2019 16:48
  Finney was the face of the vibrant new wave of working-class postwar British cinema, and maintained a fierce vitality in his distinguished later performances Albert Finney dies aged 82From moon-faced youth to weatherbeaten later years, Albert Finney was an almighty force on screen: a clenched fist of physicality, a battering ram of uningratiating power, almost priapic with defiant confidence, with the battle-readiness of a prop forward or sumo wrestler. His presence was very different from the l
  
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• Conan O’Brien’s New Show Gives Him the Freedom to Be Fun Again

  08-02-2019 16:25 via feedproxy.google.com
  “It’s nicer without the desk,” Conan O’Brien told Jeff Goldblum Monday night. “I used to really feel like I was doing people’s taxes for them.” When Goldblum countered that the desk was a late-night tradition, O’Brien interrupted him to say, “But I did that for 25 years.”That’s what’s so great...More »
  
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• British Actor Albert Finney Dead at 82

  08-02-2019 16:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  Iconic British actor Albert Finney has died at 82. He had been suffering from kidney cancer, and died of a chest infection at the Royal Marsden hospital, according to The Guardian. Finney was nominated for five Oscars over the course of his career, for Tom Jones, Murder on the Orient...More »
  
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• How Much Do the BAFTAs Love British Actors? A Vulture Investigation

  08-02-2019 16:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  Around early February, a certain phrase starts popping up in awards discussions: “They’re British, so they’ll win the BAFTA.” After the various critics’ circle, Golden Globe, and guild awards have all handed out their picks, the British Academy Film Awards are the last major stop on the Oscars race, and...More »
  
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• This Week in True-Crime Podcasts: Michael Connelly, the New York Times, and More

  08-02-2019 15:57 via feedproxy.google.com
  The true-crime podcast universe is ever expanding. 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, our crack team of podcast enthusiasts and...More »
  
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• Albert Finney, ‘Angry Young Man’ Who Became a Hollywood Star, Dies at 82

  08-02-2019 15:51 via nytimes.com
  He was known for roles in the movies “Tom Jones,” “Murder on the Orient Express,” “Under the Volcano” and “Erin Brockovich,” as well as on the London stage.
  
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• The Prodigy Is a Cruelly Well-Made Bad-Seed Horror Movie

  08-02-2019 15:36 via feedproxy.google.com
  Nicholas McCarthy, the director of the new bad-seed movie, The Prodigy, works in a low key that still somehow scrapes your nerves, so when the nasty stuff arrives, you realize (too late!) that you’ve been softened up for the kill. The film is cruelly well-made.Not that there’s much heft to...More »
  
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• Recognition at last: how the Baftas are rewarding diversity

  08-02-2019 15:16
  Bafta has introduced new awards eligibility rules and changes to its membership. What impact have they had on this year’s nominations?This year’s Bafta (British Academy of Film and Television Arts) film awards will be the first to take place since the organisation introduced a new set of eligibility rules, designed to increase diversity in the films it honours.In 2016, Bafta announced that, in order to qualify in two of its award categories – outstanding British film, and outst
  
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• The Big Bang Theory Recap: Baby Steps

  08-02-2019 15:07 via feedproxy.google.com
  This is a relief: Leonard has decided not to go through with being the biological daddy of his wife’s ex-husband’s baby. I mean, right … doesn’t that all sound a little too soap opera-y to be a thing you’d want to be true about The Big Bang Theory in its final...More »
  
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• 15 Irrefutable Reasons Why We Might Be Living in a Simulation

  08-02-2019 15:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  Are we, like Neo, living in a Matrix-like computer simulation of reality created by more advanced, possibly post-human beings? Almost certainly, at least according to the following evidence — ranging from the plausible, to the semi-plausible, to the maybe-not-so-plausible — under discussion at the endlessly delightful Are We Living in...More »
  
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• King of kitchen sink - Albert Finney: a life in pictures

  08-02-2019 14:59
  The celebrated actor, who personified the new wave of British cinema in the early 60s, has died. Here we look back at his career highlights Continue reading...
  
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