Commonand Andra Day united for a moving, socially conscious performance of “Stand Up for Something” at the 90th Academy Awards Sunday. The rapper and singer partnered with acclaimed songwriter Dianne Warren to write the Oscar-nominated track for Reginald Hudlin’s Thurgood Marshall biopic, Marshall. Dave Chappelle introduced the duo with a …
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Judd Apatow defines comedy as “speaking your truth and revealing your darkest, deepest stuff that for most people they would keep hidden.” Three decades and change into his career, the writer, producer and director will be sharing his insights in online courses for MasterClass. A trailer for his course focuses …
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Jennifer Lawrence spoke during an inaugural summit at Tulane University in New Orleans over the weekend, calling out politicians for their corruption and championing bipartisanship as a way for the American people to move forward. On Friday, the Oscar-winning actress sat down with former U.S. Federal Election Commission chairman Trevor …
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For more than 20 years, Chilean filmmaker Sebastián Lelio has been trying to figure out a way to use the Alan Parsons Project’s “Time” in one of his movies. “When I made my first short film in 1996, I tried to buy that song and I couldn’t afford it,” the …
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Will Ferrell‘sSaturday Night Live impersonations live on with Leslie Jones, who hilariously mimics the actor’s mimicry in a newSNL promo. Ferrell will host the January 27th episode,which features Chris Stapleton as musical guest. In the brief clip, Jones runs through most of the Ferrell classics: George W. Bush (in his …
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Supreme Court justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg got candid about everything from her opinion about Kate McKinnon’s Saturday Night Live impression of her to her own #MeToo experience during a chat with NPR’s Nina Totenberg at the Sundance Film Festival Sunday. Ginsburg, who was in town to discuss and promote RBG, …
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Major changes are brewing for the folks at Pied Piper, but some things do remain the same in the new trailer for Silicon Valley‘s fifth season, which returns in March. The endearingly awkward Richard Hendricks (portrayed by Thomas Middleditch) is back at the helm of the company he started, which …
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Back in the fall of 2015, The Walking Dead showrunner Scott M. Gimple attempted a noble, not-all-that-successful experiment with narrative structure. To wit: The show would be spending an entire half-season – eight full episodes – tracking just a couple of days in the life of Rick Grimes, as he …
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What do you do when the series that you’ve worked on for more than a decade – one that’s attained cult status, spawned BuzzFeed listicles and earned you famous fans on both sides of the Atlantic – has finally come to an end? For David Mitchell and Robert Webb, the …
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We’re a little more than halfway through the The Walking Dead‘s fall season, and so far no line line of dialogue has been more memorable than Negan‘s warning in the premiere: “I hope you got your shittin’ pants on … because you are about to shit your pants.” Still, the …
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