Stephen Colbert summed it up nicely when he said he had “sad news for fans of competence” as he and other late-night hosts reacted to Elizabeth Warren‘s decision to suspend her presidential campaign Thursday. In his monologue on The Late Show, Colbert said that Warren dropping out was “further proof …
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Bob Iger is stepping down from his post as Disney‘s chief executive officer effectively immediately, Disney announced on Tuesday. Iger will be replaced by Bob Chapek, who previously served as chairman of Disney’s Parks, Experiences and Products division.Iger will become executive chairman of the company, a role he will hold …
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Hollywood knockoffs of foreign-language films almost never work. Remember the recent Miss Bala (based on Mexico’s 2012 Oscars submission of the same name) and The Upside (the Kevin Hart/Bryan Cranston version of the 2011 French hit The Intouchables)? Downhill, an Americanized remake of 2014’s brilliant Force Majeure, turns Swedish director …
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Kirk Douglas always comes out fighting. I use the present tense, because it’s damn near impossible to think of this paragon of golden-age Hollywood stardom any other way. Yes, his son Michael Douglas formally announced yesterday that his father had died at the Methuselah-level age of 103, but it’s still …
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The Richardson family’s life goes up in flames in the new trailer for Little Fires Everywhere, an upcoming miniseries based on Celeste Ng’s 2017 novel by the same name. The series premieres March 18th on Hulu. Reese Witherspoon portrays Elena Richardson, the matriarch of a wealthy family who rents out a …
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Issa Rae and Kumail Nanjiani star as a couple on the run in the new action rom-com The Lovebirds, which released its first trailer on Thursday. The film opens in theaters April 3rd. In the trailer, Rae and Nanjiani are embroiled in a bizarre crime when they accidentally run over …
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Nicholas is not someone who should be charged with caring for the well-being of children. Possibly not even a small, nigh-indestructible pet. Even the people who like Nicholas can tell within seconds of meeting him that this twentysomething is an inveterate narcissist with little to no awareness of the needs, …
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Mel Brooks’ classic comedy-turned-Broadway show Young Frankenstein is about to become a live television musical, ABC announced Wednesday. Casting and an air date for Young Frankenstein Live will be announced later this year, with Hollywood Reporter adding that it will premiere in the fall. Young Frankenstein is ABC’s second foray …
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A review of The Mandalorian season finale, “Redemption,” coming up just as soon as we make the baby do the magic hands… What a reassuring feeling it is, isn’t it, to be thrilled by the conclusion of a Star Wars story? A week after the release of Rise of the …
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Damon Lindelof is done with Watchmen after tonight’s finale. Unless he isn’t. Lindelof has long been not only one of television’s most audacious writers, but perhaps its most anxious. When Lost became an instant hit right after his co-creator J.J. Abrams left to make movies, Lindelof desperately wanted to quit …
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