UPDATE: Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson have been released from an Australian hospital after testing positive for the coronavirus last week, The New York Times reports. The couple — who were arguably the first major American pop culture figures to contract the virus — will remain in self-isolation for the …
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Trevor Noah examined the continued spread of coronavirus and offered an ingenious, although medically dubious, way to protect oneself from the disease on The Daily Show Thursday. Coronavirus has spread to 52 countries, prompting governments to take drastic action, whether it’s Japan closing schools for a month or Saudi Arabia …
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Stephen Colbert and Trevor Noah offered their live reactions to the contentious, and very loud, Democratic debate Tuesday, the last before the South Carolina primary this weekend and then Super Tuesday, March 3rd. Both hosts summed up the chaotic mood of the debate in the opening moments of their shows. …
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Hank Azaria reflected on his decision to stop voicing Apu on The Simpsons in an interview with The New York Times. The actor announced his decision last month amid a growing backlash against the Indian American convenience-store owner and the stereotypes he pushed. “Once I realized that that was the …
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Nick Kroll is currently starring in the rom-com Olympic Dreams, but he got his career off to an even unlikelier start: playing a caveman in the television comedy Cavemen, based on the series of Geico cavemen commercials. “I was in four hours of makeup every morning for 13 episodes,” he …
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Maybe it’s a sign of times that Harrison Ford is sharing a screen with a digital dog. Why use a real canine when a computer can make certain that a pixelated pup performs according to SAG rules and not his actual nature? You can hear the voices of future filmmakers, …
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A review of “Pimemento,” this week’s Brooklyn Nine-Nine, coming up just as soon as I ask if you do the Face/Off surgery here… Jason Mantzoukas is among the funniest human beings alive, thus it’s not surprising that he’s one of the select company of actors to appear on all three …
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Early in the Season Two premiere of Hulu’s Shrill, Aidy Bryant‘s Annie bursts into the living room of boyfriend Ryan (Luka Jones) and screams, “I’m a fuckin’ bitch, and I love it!!!!” That scene takes place minutes after the show’s Season One conclusion, where alt-weekly writer Annie confronted an online …
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Alison Brie stars in the new Netflix psychological thriller/comedy, Horse Girl, which premiered its first full-length trailer on Tuesday. Following its premiere at Sundance, the film will be in select theaters and launch on streaming on February 7th. Brie plays Sarah, an introverted employee at an arts and crafts store with …
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The Good Place is back for its final batch of episodes! A review of this week’s installment, “You’ve Changed, Man,” coming up just as soon as I fall into a swamp trying to spray the Taco Bell logo on a snapping turtle… There is no answer. But Raylan Givens is …
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