Alexander Skarsgård and Michael Shannon, stars of AMC‘s latest John le Carré adaptation The Little Drummer Girl, talked about the six-hour miniseries, director Park Chan-wook and the still-ongoing Middle East crisis in this exclusive video interview with Rolling Stone. The Little Drummer Girl marks the first U.S. television directorial debut …
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Pete Davidson formally apologized to Lt. Com. Dan Crenshaw on the latest episode of Saturday Night Live, one week after Davidson drew criticism for comparing the then-Texas Republican congressional candidate and military veteran to a “hitman from a porno movie.” Following the outcry over Davidson’s comments, Crenshaw said that the …
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A review of “Panorama,” this week’s The Romanoffs, coming up just as soon as we toast to the phone company… Among the perks of being a big-shot showrunner is the ability to turn a production into an all-expenses-paid vacation to some beautiful destination. All you have to do is come …
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So what will you be streaming this month, you ask? Netflix pulls a major coup by landing the final feature from Orson Welles (just literal decades in the making, no big whoop), as well as dropping a sleek cyber-thriller, a somehow-even-gnarlier epic take on Braveheart-era Scotland, a follow-up to one …
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John Oliver discussed Brazil’s imminent presidential election on Sunday’s Last Week Tonight, highlighting the alarming rise of its far-right candidate, Jair Bolsonaro, who is nicknamed “Brazilian Donald Trump” for his militaristic, homophobic and misogynistic views. Bolsonaroended the first round of voting with 46 percent of the tally, which means he …
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Seth Meyers dissected the latest developments surrounding Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh on “A Closer Look” on Late Night Monday. The segment opened with President Donald Trump‘s bizarre press conference Monday, where he was supposed to discuss his new trade deal but was inevitably side-tracked by questions about the FBI’s …
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John Oliver devoted most of Sunday’s Last Week Tonight to “Supreme Court nominee and walking crushed beer can” Brett Kavanaugh, rehashing the judge’s emotional, angry and controversial testimony on Thursday before the Senate Judiciary Committee. The host’s ultimate question was simple: “Why this particular asshole?” he asked. “Why is he …
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Kanye Westdelivered a pro-Trump rant after performing “Ghost Town” with Kid Cudi and 070 Shake during the 44th season premiere of Saturday Night Live. The rapper, who’d announced plans to release his forthcoming album Ye at midnight on Sept. 29th, sported a red MAGA hat while voicing his support for …
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Sophie Turner plays a powerful force of rage and pain in the first trailer for X-Men: Dark Phoenix. The Game of Thrones actress plays the film’s titular character, Jean Grey/Phoenix, a mutant with telepathy and telekinesis who turns to darkness after being struck by a mysterious force during a space …
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Following the fourth season of HBO’s Ballers and an Oscar-buzzed role in Spike Lee’s BlackKklansman, John David Washington — the talented son of Denzel — steps up with another forceful, socially relevant performance in Monsters and Men. In a striking debut feature, writer-director Reinaldo Marcus Green uses three perspectives to …
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