Andrew Rannells took over Netflix this week as the Tony-nominated Broadway star both appears in the musical comedy The Prom and returns to voice the “gay bully” for the fourth season of the animated series Big Mouth. In the latest installment of The First Time, Rannells reminisces about the first …
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Nicolas Cage enthusiastically dwells on the word “pussy” in the first trailer for Netflix’s History of Swear Words, an upcoming series that examines the origins of the English language’s most beloved cusses. “It is a thing of great wonder and mystery, quivering with complexity, strength, and resilience. However also, buried …
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Months after the conclusion of the court case, the judge overseeing Johnny Depp’s lawsuit against a British newspaper that claimed the actor was abusive toward ex-wife Amber Heard decided in favor of the publisher of The Sun,putting an end to a headline-dominating legal battle that cast a public light on …
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When they were coming up with the first Celebrity Jeopardy! skit back in December of 1996, Saturday Night Live’s cast and writers weren’t so sure they had a hit on their hands —least of all Darrell Hammond, who tossed out the eleventh-hour idea of Sean Connery as a guest, with …
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Margaret Thatcher and Diana Spencer make their grand entrances into the life of Queen Elizabeth in the trailer for Season Four of The Crown, premiering November 15th on Netflix. The trailer is neatly split to tease these two storylines, starting with an early meeting between Thatcher (Gillian Anderson) and the …
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Sacha Baron Cohen appeared as Borat on Jimmy Kimmel Live Monday, October 19th, and tried to force host Jimmy Kimmel to undergo a hilariously invasive and scientifically dubious Covid-19 test. The bit started with Borat walking on stage with a magnifying glass and frying pan, searching for and smashing any …
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Saturday Night Live’s Weekend Update skewered Donald Trump’s rallies this past week — or the “coronavirus giveaways” at “his huge Herd Immunity Tour” — as well as the president’s “pointless and shameful” town hall. Anchor Colin Jost first showed clips from Trump’s rally speeches this week, including the president’s claim …
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A review of this week’s Fargo, “The Pretend War,” coming up just as soon as I’m your Monopoly card… “And I realized: To be an American is to pretend. Capiche? You pretend to be one thing, when really you are something else.” —Ebal Violante Midway through “The Pretend War,” Oraetta …
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At one point in Away, Netflix’s new drama about the first manned mission to Mars, NASA commander Emma (Hilary Swank) asks her ship’s chief scientist Yu (Vivian Wu) how Yu copes with being millions of miles away from her loved ones. Yu, aware of how much Emma has struggled with …
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Chadwick Boseman, the charismatic star whose depiction of Black Panther vaulted him to superstar status, alongside portrayals of real-life heroes James Brown, Thurgood Marshall, and Jackie Robinson, died Friday of cancer. His representative confirmed the actor’s death to Rolling Stone. He was 43. “It is with immeasurable grief that we …
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