A review of “Jeremy Bearimy,” this week’s The Good Place, coming up just as soon as I flout the one lollipop per customer rule… “How do we get out of this?” Michael asks Janet in this episode’s opening scene. In that moment, he is a stand-in for every TV character …
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Every Friday, we’re recommending an older movie that’s available to stream or download and worth seeing again through the lens of our current moment. We’re calling the series “Revisiting Hours” — consider this Rolling Stone’s unofficial film club. This week: Matt Zoller Seitz on Albert Brooks‘ 1985 livin’-in-the-USA comedy of …
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On Wednesday’s Full Frontal, Samantha Bee accused the Republican Party of widespread voter suppression, highlighting states like North Dakota and Georgia, where controversial laws could stifle key demographics and ultimately swing elections for the GOP. “The vote hasn’t been this suppressed since Blake Shelton won [People‘s] ‘Sexiest Man Alive,’” the …
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Saturday Night Live mocked Kanye West and his epic White House rant for its latest episode’s cold open, which featured Alec Baldwin reprising the role of Donald Trump and SNL cast member Chris Redd as the rapper. “Kanye, I want to thank you for giving me a pair of your …
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Do “based on a true story” addiction dramas bum you out? My guess is you’ll still be moved by Beautiful Boy — an emotional workout that’s too powerful to resist. Steve Carell, proving again he’s as skilled at drama as he is in comedy, brings a fiercely moving core to …
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Dua Lipa surprised Jimmy Kimmel with a late-night, in-bed performance of “Electricity,” her collaborative single with Silk City, on Tuesday’s Jimmy Kimmel Live. The comedian’s wife, Molly McNearney, orchestrated the celebrity prank, which follows similar surprise visits from Rihanna, Britney Spears and Miley Cyrus. The clip opens with Lipa arriving …
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Doctor Who fans can preview the adventures of Jodie Whittaker, the 13th overall and first female incarnation of the time-traveling extra-terrestrial “Time Lord,” in the first full trailer for the upcoming 11th season. While the clip is light on actual plot, it shows Whittaker running from explosions and staring down …
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Stephen Colbert tackled the opioid crisis and took aim at Big Pharma in a sobering Late Show segment Friday. “There are certain subjects that are genuinely hard to talk about like, the opioid crisis. It’s an epidemic that affects both political parties, Republican, Democrat, rich people, poor people, it does …
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S ave for the main characters’ Crayola-classic hair color — and Jughead’s signature jaunty hat — people with even a passing knowledge of the 1940s-era comic Archie might not recognize its latest incarnation, Riverdale, the TV revival entering Season Three on the CW on October 10th. While the kids of …
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Jimmy Fallon parodied Donald Trump on Wednesday’sTonight Show, satirizing the president’s pushback againstBob Woodward’s new book Fear. The work, which looks inside the Trump administration, has generated some very clear criticism from the White House, who have been working to discredit the journalist’s efforts. “Tonight I’d like to talk about …
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