Gwen Stefani is reclaiming the swiveling red chair for The VoiceSeason 17, marking her fourth coaching stint on the singing competition. But it won’t be an easy road to victory for the No Doubt frontwoman, who’s squaring off against a trio of rivals with plenty of accolades to recruit prospective …
Read More »New 'SNL' Cast Member Addresses Use of Slurs After Comedy Videos Resurface
NewSaturday Night Live cast member Shane Gillis has issued a statement defending his use of slurs in comedy, following a set of his old stand-up routines and podcast appearances resurfacing on social media. “I’m a comedian who pushes boundaries. I sometimes miss,” Gillis wrote in a classic Notes app apology …
Read More »'Marriage Story' Is the Ultimate Divorce-Drama Disaster Movie
He is a theater director, determined, dedicated to a cause, a good dresser, a great dad, rarely gets defeated. She is an actor, creative, a first-rate dancer, gives great birthday gifts and haircuts, the kind of mom who gets down in the dirt to play with her kid, knows when …
Read More »Stephen King on His New Horror Novel, the 'Nightmare' of Trump, and 'Stranger Things'
Donald Trump was still months away from being elected president when Stephen King began writing his new novel. But The Institute — out September 10th and centered on a 12-year-old boy stolen from his parents in the night and locked up in a mysterious facility — is likely to remind …
Read More »See Joaquin Phoenix Devolve Into 'Joker' in Unnerving Final Trailer
Joaquin Phoenix revels in chaos with maniacal laughter in the final trailer for Joker, director Todd Phillips’ upcoming film based on the iconic DC Comics villain. Like the previous clip, this preview opens with Arthur Fleck answering his therapist’s questions with disturbing rants. “Arthur, I have some bad news for …
Read More »James Bond 25 Confirms Title: 'No Time to Die'
The 25th James Bond film has confirmed its title, No Time to Die. The announcement came from the official 007 Twitter account, which also confirmed Daniel Craig’s return to the franchise as its protagonist. The film will premiere April 3rd, 2020, in the U.K. and April 8th in the U.S. …
Read More »Hear Reese Witherspoon, Jennifer Aniston, Steve Carell Conjure Newsroom Drama in 'The Morning Show' Teaser
Reese Witherspoon, Jennifer Aniston and Steve Carell tease tense backstage drama in the first teaser for their new series, The Morning Show. The show will debut on Apple’s new streaming service Apple TV+ this fall. The Morning Show will be “a high stakes drama that pulls back the curtain on early morning …
Read More »Why Jordan Peele Won't Direct Marvel's 'Blade' Reboot
Amid the dizzying multiversal multitude of announcements from Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige at San Diego’s Comic-Con this weekend, perhaps the most surprising (other than Natalie Portman as a female Thor in Taika Waititi’s Thor: Love and Thunder) was a reboot of the long-dormant vampire-hunting franchise Blade, with two-time Oscar …
Read More »'Yesterday' Review: In a Beatles-Less World, Love Really Is All You Need
Imagine that the world has blacked out for a snap. When everything comes back, you find yourself in a timeline where John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr hadn’t come together to form the Beatles? You could try to find this quartet of Liverpudlians and hope that lightning …
Read More »The Rise of 'Pose' Star Billy Porter
Billy Porter understands timing is essential. After a failed music career in the Nineties, Porter, 49, was bankrupt and couch-surfing, surviving on acting scraps for decades, before he transformed himself for a career-catapulting, Tony-winning turn as Lola in Kinky Boots in 2012. Now, he’s not shy about owning his moment …
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