A good mom text can be a hilarious thing, as evidenced as Katy Perry, Billie Eilish, Josh Groban and several Kardashian sisters reading texts from their mothers on Jimmy Kimmel Live. The late night host brought back the segment in honor of Mother’s Day and tapped several of his guests …
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Game of Thrones composer Ramin Djawadi released a stand-alone nine-minute version of “The Night King,” which appears in the third episode of the series’ eighth and final season. The arrangement opens with a tranquil piano theme that gradually swells to incorporate sawing strings, including a haunting counterpoint melody around the …
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Two-and-a-half days from now, an 11-year, 22-movie journey will end with Avengers: Endgame. It all started in 2008. I was a 16-year-old in awe at Robert Downey Jr. turning Iron Man from a C-List character to the cornerstone of a movie multiverse. In 2019, I’m a jaded 26-year-old chasing recognition …
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A new trailer for Barak Goodman’s upcoming documentary Woodstock: Three Days That Defined a Generation captures the chaos and utopia that defined the legendary festival. The clip opens with the logistical nightmares the festival caused, starting with the massive traffic jams that piled up as 400,000 people descended upon Max …
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It’s been plagued by endless delays, natural disasters, dying actors, greedy financiers and good old-fashioned Icarus-level hubris. It’s been called one of the most cursed film productions ever. Most folks assumed that Terry Gilliam‘s “Don Quixote” project would never, ever be made, much less see the light of day. (This …
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A review of “Casecation,” this week’s Brooklyn Nine-Nine, coming up just as soon as I tell you my debate moderator license number… “Casecation” is a high-concept episode with a low-fi premise. It takes place entirely at a hospital, with no subplots but appearances by the whole ensemble, as Jake tries …
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Conleth Hill, the actor who plays Varys onGame of Thrones, appeared on Late Night with Seth Meyers on Thursday to discuss the show. On the recentGame of Thrones season 8 premiere at Radio City Music Hall, Hill said he received extra tickets to HBO and invited Debbie Harry along. “Debbie …
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John Oliver is a professional wrestling fan, a fact he gleefully cited on Last Week Tonight. But he’s disgusted by how promoter World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) has treated its wrestlers over the years — from intense work schedules to limited health benefits. With WrestleMania, the company’s flagship event, set for …
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Imagine, if you will, a month of streaming programming covering a lot of ground by tone and genre. There’s the big re-launch of The Twilight Zone under the stewardship of one Jordan Peele, and another season of Chilling Adventures of Sabrina has been conjured. Netflix has a Swedish court procedural …
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Last week, I spoke with Sharon Horgan and Rob Delaney, the co-creators and stars of the wonderful romantic comedy Catastrophe, whose fourth and final season was released by Amazon on Friday. We covered a lot of ground in that interview, but they asked that our discussion of the ending be …
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