In its season finale, this 43rd season of Saturday Night Live went out the same way it came in: Unsure how best to tackle Trump’s America. It’s been a rocky road all season, and I’m not convinced it’s entirely the show’s fault. Pushed to huge ratings highs due to its …
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It’s doubtful that all the comic-book noise at the multiplex is making you long for Chekhov, but hey: Here’s the Russian playwright anyway! And unlike Sidney Lumet’s misbegotten 1968 film version of The Seagull, this new take on the 1896 theatrical milestone gets the casting right; ditto the tone of …
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Rachel Maddow declares her a “liberal hero,” right-wing radio pundits refer to her as “this witch, this evildoer, this monster” and her granddaughters call her “bubbe.” To her childhood friends, she’s still the girl they called “Kicky.” Brooklynites claim her as one of their own; Cornell and Harvard Law list …
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Steven Bochco, the visionary television producer who co-created pioneering series like Hill Street Blues, NYPD Blue and L.A. Law, died Sunday following a long battle with leukemia. Bochco was 74. “Steven fought cancer with strength, courage, grace and his unsurpassed sense of humor,” Bochco’s spokesman said in a statement. “He …
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Stephen Colbert gleefully dissectedStormy Daniels‘ highly anticipated interview withAnderson Cooper on 60 Minutes about her alleged affair with President Trump. After the former porn star said that spanking Trump with a magazine made him “start acting more appropriate,” Colbert addressed the President’s current chief of staff. “John Kelly, you know …
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Black Panther has become the highest-grossing superhero of all time after the Marvel blockbuster surpassed the previous mark set by The Avengers. Six weeks after its release, following Friday’s night total, Black Panther has raked in over $624 million at the domestic box office since its February 16th arrival. The …
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People go to the movies for all sorts of reasons – and nestled somewhere in the Top 10, between “gaining insight on the human condition” and “witnessing our collective hopes, dreams and fears projected in front of our very eyes” is, of course, “see a big-ass robot beat the shit …
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As another debate about gun control unfolds in Washington D.C.,Samantha Bee outlined the similarities between the National Rifle Association and the Church of Scientology during the latest episode of Full Frontal. “Both of these cults are based on fanciful myths that when repeated enough, their otherwise intelligent followers start to …
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A film about a male teacher getting it on with his female student ought to touch a nerve in the era of #MeToo. But Submission – despite valiant performances from Stanley Tucci and Addison Timlin as the parties involved – lacks the spark it needs to spring to life. Tucci …
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Andrew Garfield is trying to live his life as openly as possible, he said in a new interview with Out magazine – including when it comes to his sexuality. The Angels in America actor explained that while he currently identifies as a heterosexual man, he is not shutting out the …
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