Cynthia Erivo captures the spirit of Underground Railroad freedom fighter Harriet Tubman with enough ferocity and feeling to set this biopic soaring. The passionate acting of this British dynamo — a Tony winner for The Color Purple on Broadway — comes in handy when the film itself threatens to trip …
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A review of this week’s The Deuce, “That’s a Wrap,” coming up just as soon as I take a women’s study class… I didn’t see it coming. I absolutely should have. It’s not just that “That’s a Wrap” is the penultimate episode of both Season Three and The Deuce as …
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Margot Robbie‘s Harley Quinn recruits a delightfully ruthless girl gang to take down a criminal mastermind in the new trailer for Birds of Prey (And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn), out February 7th, 2020. The new Suicide Squad spin-off finds Quinn separated from her frequent partner-in-crime and -love, …
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Alex Trebek is undergoing another round of chemotherapy to treat his pancreatic cancer, the Jeopardy! host said during an interview with ABC News’ T.J. Holmeson Good Morning America Tuesday. Trebek revealed his stage 4 pancreatic cancer diagnosis in March, and in May he reported that he was “near remission.” At …
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President Donald Trump tries to evade “the Squad” — the informal nickname for new U.S. representatives Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Rashida Tlaib, Ilhan Omar and Ayanna Pressley — in a new West Side Story spoof from The Simpsons. The 90-second clip is fittingly titled “West Wing Story” and boasts a parody of …
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The media industry, you may have heard, is a precarious place to make one’s career. The digital advertising landscape has been fully devoured by the twin powers of Google and Facebook, private equity firms have made a cottage industry of stripping publications for spare parts, and venture capital has (mostly) …
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The title of the wonderful new OWN drama David Makes Man is slightly misleading. Yes, it’s about a 14-year-old boy named David (Akili McDowell) struggling to become a man faster than he should have to, due to the complicated circumstances of his life. But David is just one of several …
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Disney plans to reimagine the 1990 family classic Home Alone for its forthcoming streaming service, Disney+. Home Alone is one of several well-known franchises that Disney now owns after it acquired 21st Century Fox for $71.3 billion in March. During an earnings call Tuesday, Disney CEO Bob Iger said the …
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John Waters loves being called things like the “Pope of Trash,” the “People’s Pervert” and the “Prince of Puke,” but when you visit him at his home in Greenwich Village, he’s the consummate host. When you step off the elevator and you’re not sure which door belongs to him, you …
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Jessie Buckley is laughing. In fact, she’s laughing so hard during the onstage Q&A that follows the Tribeca Film Festival premiere of Wild Rose that she practically lists to one side. The 29-year-old Irish actress is trying to seriously answer the questions that are being thrown at her, of course, …
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