In terms of opening scenes, Thelma – Norwegian director’s Joachim Trier’s toe-dip into horror, albeit one burdened with footnotes – kicks things off with a doozy. A girl and her dad (Henrik Rafaelsen) are walking across a frozen lake. She keeps peering under the ice at the fishes swimming below, …
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The latest Stephen King classic to get an on-screen revival will be Pet Sematary, it was announced Tuesday. Starry Eyes directors Kevin Kolsch and Dennis Widmyer will helm a remake of the 1989 flick, with Jeff Buhler and David Kajganich penning the script. Based on a 1983 King novel of …
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James Corden embarked on a one-man mission to humiliate the Beats 1 staff – including Vampire Weekend frontman Ezra Koenig– in a hilarious “Take a Break” remote segment for Tuesday’s Late Late Show. The host fumbled his way into a live recording of the indie-rock songwriter’s Time Crisis show, where …
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After a summer in which many people wished Saturday Night Live could be on every weekend in order to comment on the craziness that is 2017, the show finally returned this weekend for its 43rd season. But rather than overload on topical sketches during its premiere, SNL opted to keep …
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Jackie Hoffman had quite the visceral reaction to losing out to Big Little Lies’Laura Dern at the 2017 Emmys Sunday evening. Instead of the standard polite smile and applause, Hoffman was spotted yelling “Damn it, damn it” and hitting the chair in front of her after Riz Ahmed announced Dern …
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With TV at its absolute peak-iest, the 69th annual Primetime Emmy Awardsget underway Sunday night, with strong contenders spanning network, cable and online content up for nominations. Westworld and Saturday Night Live lead the pack with 22 nominations each, with The Handmaid’s Tale, Atlanta,This Is Us, Big Little Lies and …
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Comedian Gilbert Gottfried unveils his understated off-stage persona, and his real voice, in the revealing new trailer for Neil Berkeley’s upcoming documentary Gilbert. The clip showcases Gottfried’s well-known, outrageous comedy, and fittingly opens with a shot of two attendees walking out of one of his sets. “Usually I lose the …
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Yvonne Orji didn’t mince words when sharing her thoughts on a broad range of topics in a new Rolling Stonevideo segment, “What Would Yvonne Orji Do?” The Insecure actress, who plays Issa’s neurotic, love-challenged BFF Molly on the hit HBO show, tackled questions about workplace power dynamics, dealing with lovers …
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Late-night hosts took aim atPresident Trump on Tuesday after his administration announced plans to rescind the Obama-era program DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals), which protects nearly 800,000 young, undocumented immigrants who were brought into the United States illegally. There was plenty of comedic fodder for the late-night stable – …
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Ah, the dog-days month of summer moviegoing! This August is pretty light on potential blockbusters (save a certain long-awaited fantasy-Western by one Stephen King), leaving room for a number of counter-programming indie curios worth investigating. Robert Pattinson, Channing Tatum and Aubrey Plaza all do some major-league acting in three respective, …
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