Days after Dustin Hoffman faced questioning regarding allegations of sexual harassment on the set of the 1985 TV adaptation of Death of a Salesman, an actress from that Broadway revival has penned a guest column describing the “horrific, demoralizing and abusive experience” she experienced while starring alongside Hoffman. Actress Kathryn …
Read More »'Call Me By Your Name' Review: The Sexiest Film of 2017
Here’s the movie of the year for incurable romantics, a rapturous ode to first love that sweeps you up on waves of dizzying eroticism and then sweetly, emphatically leaves you emotionally shattered. For almost a year, Call Me By Your Name – the latest from Luca Guadagnino (I Am Love, …
Read More »See Jon Stewart Drum on 'Late Night,' Swap Pants With Jimmy Fallon
Jon Stewart continued to intrude on late-night television Tuesday as the former Daily Show host crashed both Late Night With Seth Meyers and the Tonight Show to promote his forthcoming HBO event,Night of Too Many Stars. On Late Night, Stewart made an unannounced visit to bang around on the studio …
Read More »Why 'Mudbound' Star Jason Mitchell Is This Generation's Next Leading Man
Jason Mitchell is apologizing for being tired. The 30-year-old actor is pouring a double espresso into what may be the single blackest cup of coffee ever brewed; he just flew straight from Chicago to New York this morning, right after he wrapped his new Showtime series The Chi about life …
Read More »Netflix Announces 'Stranger Things' Season Two Aftershow
Netflix is prepping a Stranger Things aftershow to accompany the sci-fi series’ upcoming second season, according to The Hollywood Reporter. All seven episodes of Beyond Stranger Things will premiere tomorrow, October 27th, along with Stranger Things. Viewers will be advised to not watch the spoiler-heavy talk show until after they …
Read More »'Thor: Ragnarok' Review: Third Time's a Charm for the God of Thunder
Need a quick fix for the bleak dystopian epics flooding the multiplex? Take a hit off the laughing gas rising up out of Thor: Ragnarok, which may be the most fun you’ll ever have at a Marvel movie. The first Thor (2011) ran fast out of the gate, thanks to …
Read More »'The Deuce' Recap: The Mob Rules
Last week, The Deuce staged a war of words that saw its combatants, Candy and Rodney, criss-cross their stretch of 42nd Street. This week’s episode (“Why Me?”) tries a different but equally effective tactic: From the big-picture meta-plot to the individual storylines, everything seems headed the same way all at …
Read More »'Stranger Things 2' Will Feature 'Shadow Monster,' 'Crazier' Action Scenes
The buildup to the October 27th premiere of Stranger Things 2 is fraught with questions and mystery and, according to show director Shawn Levy, very high expectations. “It’s definitely daunting,” he told Entertainment Weekly. “The love for this show is so rabid.” According to show creators Matt and Ross Duffer, …
Read More »'Transparent' Star Alexandra Billings on Progress in Transgender Stories
Transparent star Alexandra Billings recognizes that television has come a long way in telling authentic transgender stories – but, she says, there is still a long way to go. “I think that we have taken a step in the right direction, though we’re at a pause right now with the …
Read More »Watch Larry David's Classic Gripes in New 'Curb Your Enthusiasm' Trailer
In the six years sinceCurb Your Enthusiasm‘s last episode,Larry David‘s distaste for everyday minutiae has only sharpened. The hilarious new Season Nine trailer unfolds like a greatest hits package. The famous crank angrily slaps an almost-empty shampoo bottle, becomes outraged over a broken shoelace, gets into a verbal altercation with …
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