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- Perfectly Imperfect: 6 Layered Black Women Moving TV Forward
Friday - 02/03/2023 - 04:00 PMRespectability has been a pillar of Black American culture since Emancipation. Since Black people arrived on the shores of America, we have been subjected to hardships and cruelties based solely on our skin color.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Melinda Dillon, ‘Close Encounters’ and ‘A Christmas Story’ Star, Dead at 83
Friday - 02/03/2023 - 06:44 PMMelinda Dillon, the two-time Oscar nominee known for her roles in “Close Encounters of the Third Kind” and “A Christmas Story,” died January 9 in Los Angeles, accord
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - ‘Godland’ Review: This Arrestingly Beautiful Journey Into the Unknown Is Already One of the Year’s Best Films
Friday - 02/03/2023 - 10:30 AMThe life and work of writer-director Hlynur Pálmason seems suspended in a liminal space between his homeland of Iceland and the neighboring Scandinavian nation of Denmark, where he studied filmmaking and has now raised a family.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Amazon Renews ‘The Terminal List,’ Orders Prequel Series Centered on Taylor Kitsch’s Ben Edwards
Friday - 02/03/2023 - 12:00 PMAmazon is going all-in on “The Terminal List.” The action-thriller series has been renewed for a second season at Prime Video.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - ‘Love in the Time of Fentanyl’ Review: Sean Baker Produces a Visceral Look at Vancouver’s Radical Addiction Care
Friday - 02/03/2023 - 02:30 PMThe toll of the opioid crisis is all too easily obscured by its overwhelming numbers: Overdose deaths reached record highs in 2022, killing roughly 115,000 people in the U.S. and Canada.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Dave Bautista Teases Upcoming ‘The Cooler’ as ‘Uncut Gems’ Meets ‘After Hours’
Thursday - 02/02/2023 - 07:00 PMDave Bautista may not be in a rom-com just yet, but the action star is taking on a gritty surreal adventure story with his next film.
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The “Knock at the Cabin” star teased his upcoming project with screenwriter Drew Pearce (“Hobbs & Shaw,” “Hotel Artemis”) as a combination of the Safdie Brothers and Martin Scorsese sensibilities. - Jane Fonda Is Still Holding Out Hope for ‘9 to 5’ Sequel: Just Haven’t Found a Script We’re ‘Satisfied’ with Yet
Thursday - 02/02/2023 - 09:45 AMJane Fonda is hoping a screenwriter is working longer than nine-to-five on a sequel script.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Sony Pictures’ Profit Dropped 86 Percent, but That’s Not as Bad as It Looks
Thursday - 02/02/2023 - 01:07 PMWell, this doesn’t sound good: Sony Pictures profit declined by 86 percent year-over year from its fiscal third quarter of 2022 ending December, versus the same three-month period at the end of calendar 2021.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- ‘Rust’ Prosecutors Make It Easy to Find All of Alec Baldwin’s Court Docs
Thursday - 02/02/2023 - 02:35 PMYou normally wouldn’t expect this level of accessibility from a government bureaucracy, but the demand to see Alec Baldwin’s public court documents in the “Rust” case have been so high that authorities are just putting it all online.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Pamela Anderson Never Wanted the ‘Dirty Money’ from Her Stolen Sex Tape
Thursday - 02/02/2023 - 05:15 PMOne of the biggest bombshells (other than the subject herself) in “Pamela, a Love Story,” a new Netflix documentary about Pamela Anderson, is the shocking revelation that she and ex-husband Tommy Lee never saw a dime from their infamous sex tape.
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- Adam Sandler Teases ‘Insane’ Safdie Brothers’ 340-Page Script for ‘Uncut Gems’ Follow-Up
Friday - 02/03/2023 - 06:00 PMThe Safdie Brothers are already putting Adam Sandler to work on their next film.
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Sandler revealed that the first draft of the filmmakers’ follow-up to “Uncut Gems” was a whopping 340 pages, with the “Hustle” star teasing it was an “insane” script. - The Never-Ending ‘Seinfeld’ AI Shows Signs of Becoming Self Aware: ‘Why Are We Here?’
Friday - 02/03/2023 - 08:12 PMThat unending “Seinfeld” AI show is starting to seem more like “Westworld.”
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Iranian Director Jafar Panahi Released from Prison Following Hunger Strike
Friday - 02/03/2023 - 11:28 AM“No Bears” director Jafar Panahi has successfully been released from prison after being detained since July 2022.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - The Vintage Vibes on ‘Poker Face’ Make Natasha Lyonne the Coolest Person In Any Room
Friday - 02/03/2023 - 01:00 PM“Poker Face” sits at the center of a motley Venn Diagram. It is simultaneously a nostalgia-drenched mystery-of-the-week series in the tradition of detective shows of the ’70s and 80s, a road trip show with a constantly rotating cast of characters, a star vehicle for Natasha Lyonne who plays human lie detector Charlie Cale, and a distinctly modern black comedy that blends murder, class mores, and touches of the absurd.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Brian Cox Defends Bryan Singer Despite Allegations: He’s ‘Really, Really Gifted’
Friday - 02/03/2023 - 03:33 PMBrian Cox is sharing yet another controversial opinion.
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After defending J.K. Rowling amid transphobic tweets, the “Succession” star is now supporting disgraced director Bryan Singer with whom he worked for 2003 film “X2: X-Men United.” - ‘Paddington 3’ Is Still Up in the Air, Says Ben Whishaw: ‘It’s Gone Silent’
Thursday - 02/02/2023 - 08:00 PM“Paddington 3” is being put on paws.
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Actor Ben Whishaw, who voices the whimsically adorable bear, revealed that updates on the third film have “gone silent” in recent months. Production was supposed to begin in the second quarter of 2022, as announced by Studiocanal at the Cannes Film Festival. - Linda Ronstadt Won’t Make Any Money from ‘Last of Us’ Streaming Spike for ‘Long Long Time’
Thursday - 02/02/2023 - 11:58 AMIt has been a long, long time since Linda Ronstadt sold the rights to her streaming catalog.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - BBC Apologizes for Mistakingly Labeling Paul Mescal a ‘British Actor’
Thursday - 02/02/2023 - 01:30 PMIt’s Brexit 2.0 as the BBC received hundreds of complaints from Paul Mescal fans for incorrectly labeling the Oscar nominee as a “British actor.”
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Former ‘Squid Game: The Challenge’ Contestants Claim Reality Show Was ‘Rigged,’ Caused ‘Torment and Trauma’
Thursday - 02/02/2023 - 04:00 PMFormer “Squid Game: The Challenge” contestants are hoping Netflix issues a red light to the upcoming reality competition show.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - ‘Night Court’ Renewed for Season 2 at NBC
Thursday - 02/02/2023 - 06:00 PM“Night Court” is going back into session — again. The NBC sitcom, and sequel to the popular ’80s series of the same name, has been renewed for a second season at the network.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Sarah Michelle Gellar Confirms ‘Steamy’ Daphne and Velma Kiss Was Scrapped for ‘Scooby Doo’
Friday - 02/03/2023 - 05:00 PMSarah Michelle Gellar is kissing and telling.
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The star of 2002’s “Scooby Doo” revealed that a “steamy” smooch between her character Daphne and Velma, played by Linda Cardellini, was cut from the final PG-rated film. - Reese Witherspoon: There Is No ‘Legally Blonde 3’ Without Jennifer Coolidge
Friday - 02/03/2023 - 09:00 PMReese Witherspoon knows there is no Elle Woods without the perfect manicurist-turned-bestie Paulette Bonafonté.
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The “Legally Blonde” icon gushed over two-time co-star Jennifer Coolidge, who played Paulette in both franchise installments thus far. - Matthew McConaughey Was Convinced by a ‘Fortune Teller Guru’ to Star in ‘How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days’
Friday - 02/03/2023 - 11:00 AMBefore Matthew McConaughey said alright, alright, alright to leading “How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days,” he needed a little divine intervention.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Connie Britton Wows in ‘Dear Edward,’ but Jason Katims’ Weepy Apple Series Spreads Itself Thin
Friday - 02/03/2023 - 01:29 PMThanks to nearly 100 episodes of “Nashville” and five seasons of “Friday Night Lights,” Connie Britton is often associated with the South. Few fans of ABC’s country-music drama will forget her crooning duet, “No One Will Ever Love You,” and fewer still will forget the fierce yet loving twang Tami Taylor put on every piece of advice she gave all those Texan school kids (not to mention her stubborn, football-coaching husband).
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Ben Affleck, Matt Damon’s Nike Film Is Getting a Big Theatrical Push from Amazon
Friday - 02/03/2023 - 03:08 PMWe knew that Ben Affleck and Matt Damon’s Nike film “Air” would open in theaters from Amazon this April, but a new report suggests that the streamer is getting serious about its theatrical ambitions.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - ‘Sex/Life’ Season 2 Teaser: Sarah Shahi Comes Alive Again with NSFW Affair
Thursday - 02/02/2023 - 09:00 PMOur “Sex/Life” is now back on track.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - No Filmmaking Challenge Can Scare Roxanne Benjamin
Thursday - 02/02/2023 - 10:00 AMIn the last 10 years, “There’s Something Wrong with the Children” director Roxanne Benjamin has established herself as a vital new voice in independent horror on both the producing
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Lil Rel Howery Questions ‘Deep Water’ Co-Star Ana de Armas’ ‘Blonde’ Oscar Nomination: ‘For Real?!’
Thursday - 02/02/2023 - 02:00 PMLil Rel Howery is sharing some big opinions.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - ‘Ant-Man’ to the Rescue: Marvel Will Mean a Strong February Box Office
Thursday - 02/02/2023 - 03:00 PMFebruary is poised to maintain the healthy box-office pace with the impending release of the first Marvel title in more than three months. “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania” (Disney) begins shows on February 16, and its initial performance could represent nearly half of the month’s gross.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - The Best Autobiographical Movie of the Past Year Is the One the Oscars Forgot
Thursday - 02/02/2023 - 09:00 AMThe past year was a big one for autobiographical filmmaking, with James Gray’s childhood heartbreak in “Armageddon Time,” Sam Mendes’ ode to moviegoing in the UK with “Empire of Light,” Alejandro G.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share