Saturday Night Live tackled the “second and, praise Jesus, final debate” in its latest cold open, with Alec Baldwin’s Donald Trump and Jim Carrey’s Joe Biden facing off for the last time before Election Day. “How does this mute button work? Do I just haul off and slap him in …
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Camp Firewood’s former counselor and instructor band of misfits are reuniting once again for a live read of the original Wet Hot American Summer script in support of the Biden Victory Fund, as AV Club reports. Original cast members Bradley Cooper, Elizabeth Banks, Molly Shannon, David Hyde Pierce, Janeane Garofalo, …
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Cuties director Maïmouna Doucouré defended her film, and reaffirmed her intent and the film’s meaning, in an op-ed for The Washington Post. As Doucouré explains Cuties — originally released in France as Mignonnes —tells the story of an 11-year-old girl, Amy, who (like Doucouré), emigrated to France from Senegal. In …
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A mystical dagger makes life amusing, difficult and frightening for Vince Vaughn in the trailer for Freaky, out November 13th. Vaughn stars as the Blissfield Butcher, an infamous serial killer. Millie (Kathryn Newton) is a 17-year-old who’s just trying to survive high school. “Honestly, if this was a horror movie,” …
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Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg have been collaborating since they met in a bar mitzvah class at age 12. Beginning with 2007’s Superbad, they’ve written films that include Pineapple Express, This Is the End, Sausage Party, and, most recently, An American Pickle. Now, the duo break down writing films in …
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HBO Documentary Films, Rise Films and Apatow Productions have announced that a two-part documentary on legendary comedian George Carlin is in the works. Dubbed “the dean of counterculture comedians,” Carlin (1937-2008) headlined 14 HBO comedy specials and appeared on The Tonight Show more than 130 times during his career. The …
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Two young Americans tread through the familiar trials and tribulations of their teenage years in the unique locale of a U.S. military base in Italy in the new teaser for director Luca Guadagnino’s upcoming series, We Are Who We Are, premiering September 14th on HBO. The show is centered around …
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Actress Joey King sat down in this episode of The First Time to discuss her latest filmThe Kissing Booth 2, a sequel to the hit Netflix teen rom-comThe Kissing Booth. King has been a fan of the project since the very beginning, recalling her first time reading the script for …
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Kiki Layne had a screen debut that may sound familiar to any working Chicago performer. “Must have been my episode ofChicago Med,” the actress and star of Netflix‘sThe Old Guard says, punctuating it with a laugh. “All Chicago actors know: It was either on Chicago Med,Chicago Fire,Chicago P.D. Somewhere in …
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Anna Konkle and Maya Erskine continue their quest to survive middle school in the Season Two trailer for Pen15, out September 18th via Hulu. The clip features Konkle and Erskine playing themselves as 13-year-olds in 2000, as a classmate in P.E. tells the duo “You’ve changed…like, a lot.” Erskine chugs …
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