It’s being billed as “the biggest crossover event of all time” – and even if that phrase ends up being little more than the inspiration behind some genius memes, it’s safe to assume that Avengers: Infinity War is going to be big. Like, massive. Having embedded clues and dropped narrative …
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Evan Rachel Wood recalled the horror of forgetting David Bowie lyrics – during a Bowie tribute concert – on Thursday’s Tonight Show. Her “freak out” flub occurred during a guest spot on the Celebrating David Bowie tour, which featured several crucial members of the late art-rock singer’s many bands, including …
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Filmmaker Sara Driver explores the groundbreaking teenage work of visual artist Jean-Michel Basquiat in the new documentary,Boom for Real, which hits theaters on May 11th. The preview opens with a homeless Basquiat navigating the colorful, yet perilous streets of New York City’s Lower East Side in 1978. “The streets were …
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Mike Myers revived Dr. Evil on The Tonight Show Wednesday for a sketch in which Jimmy Fallon chatted with the Austin Powers villain about his recent firing from President Donald Trump’s administration. In the bit, Dr. Evil said he was originally brought to the White House to serve as Secretary …
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“OK, listen, I gotta play you something.” Tracy Morgan gestures to a young man, one of a gaggle of publicists and assistants and network reps hovering around the periphery of an Austin conference room. Some of them are checking their phones, or pretending to. Others are simply staring nervously at …
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When you see Wes Anderson‘s Isle of Dogs,which opened in a limited run and will go wide this weekend, you will undoubtedly be bowled over by the sheer imagination and technical chops on display. You will thrill to the extraordinary stop-motion animation – the director’s first return to the form …
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Garry Shandling had just paid for a tuna-melt sandwich when a dark one-liner about the human condition – about his human condition, anyway – popped into his head: “I was born in hospice.” He liked it, maybe enough to use on stage, but with no notepaper available, he jotted down …
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In the newNetflix movie 6 Balloons,Abbi Jacobson plays a woman trying to help her brother (played by Dave Franco) combat heroin addiction. The trailer shows a drugged-out Franco assuring his sister (Jacobson) that he won’t use anymore. In a grim overhead shot moments later, Jacobson is caring for his child …
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Helen Mirren and Donald Sutherland can do anything – except, perhaps, save this sentimental drool bucket of senior cinema. It’s not their fault: The Leisure Seeker is a road movie that lets its formidable stars down by shamelessly pandering and following a predictable path to been-there-seen-that. In his first English-language …
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March is looking like a good month for FX: The Americans will starttying a bloody ribbon on its six-year run and Atlanta obliterates any doubts regarding a sophomore slump in its second season. Meanwhile, HBO’s got a cult favorite in the making with Bill Hader playing gun-for-fire, Roseanne reboots for …
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