InSwedish director Bjorn Runge’s film version of the 2003 Meg Wolitzer novel, the brilliant Glenn Close plays Joan Castleman, the wife of celebrated author Joe Castleman (Jonathan Pryce), who’s just won the Nobel Prize for literature. For him, the win is better than sex, which the lusty lion enjoys quite …
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One of the U.K.’s most addictive and brutal reality shows, Just Tattoo of Us, will be coming to the U.S. Jersey Shore‘s Snooki and Younger‘s Nico Tortorella will host the American version of the series. Now in its third season, Just Tattoo of Us is one of MTV International’s most successful series. On it, …
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Johnny Depp‘s movie about the murder of Notorious B.I.G., City of Lies, has been pulled a month before its scheduled release, Variety reports. The film was supposed to open September 7th, but is now undated, according to a spokesman for the distribution company, Global Road Entertainment. A new release date …
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CBS president Kelly Kahl addressed the sexual misconduct allegations against the network’s CEO and chairman Leslie Moonves at the Television Critics Association press tour Sunday. “Obviously, this has been a tough week at CBS,” Kahl said (via Deadline). “I’ve had many female colleagues come to me this week who’ve been …
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We’re getting a lot of returning favorites this August, with new seasons of Better Call Saul, Insecure, The Sinner and Mr. Mercedes all hitting the airwaves — and all coming back strong. Meanwhile, cable lights up with an offbeat, Afrocentric late-night show, an unusual drama about a surfer joining a …
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A cadre of teens invoke the wrath of Slender Man in the chilling new trailer. The horror filmis based on the infamous creepypasta meme, which inspired an actual attempted murder. Slender Man hits theaters August 10th. The clip centers around a group of girls in a small Massachusetts town, who …
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They aren’t sprinting through a narrow street, laughing and tumbling over one another as they’re trailed by what appear to be hundreds of rabid teenyboppers. Nor are they charming Ed Sullivan and the American press corps, or comically falling down together in the snow while locked arm in arm, or …
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Netflix has got Jerry Seinfeld, chatting up caffeinated comedians; Hulu has an anthology set in the Stephen Kingiverse; and Amazon has a “performance cooking” show revolving around the Tour de France. (That is not a typo.) The Big Three streaming services are trotting out some big names this July, in …
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Audiences who love Hollywood romantic comedies have been in an abusive relationship for a decade. For a long while, it was magical. Katherine Hepburn tackled Cary Grant (like, actually tackled him) and tamed a cantankerous Spencer Tracy. Doris Day dazzled Rock Hudson. Fonda had her Redford, Streisand had her Ryan …
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Samantha Bee praised Georgia’s Stacey Abrams, the first female African American nominee for governor by a major party in American history. On Wednesday’s Full Frontal,Bee proclaimed her as “Our Only Hope for Survival 2018.” The comedian cut to a highlight reel from Abrams’ rousing victory speech, in which the Democrat …
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