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Oscar Season Is Slow To Start With Few Contenders In First Half Of 2024
The other night I was having dinner with a couple of industry veterans, both Oscar voters, who told me they had been talking to a top producer-financier who had seen two big studio movies coming out later in the year and both were fantastic.
The…
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Michael Cieply: Thought For A Hot July – Why Not Shake Up The Oscars With a “Midsummer Rule”?
It's July 1, summertime, a hot one. Political storms threaten. In West L.A., one of the awards-friendly billboards on Wilshire is blank; another is selling spring water. Not a moment to be worrying about the Oscars.
Or is it?
Last year on this…
Lupita Nyong’o Was Afraid Of Cats, But ‘A Quiet Place: Day One’ Changed That
Lupita Nyong'o admits she was always afraid of cats, until an alien invasion changed her mind.
Nyong’o credits "A Quiet Place: Day One" for helping her overcome her felinophobia.
She plays Samira, accompanied by her cat, Frodo, as aliens invade Earth and take over New York City.
"I've…
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By Bruce Haring
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Bill Maher Talks Artificial Intelligence, Biden’s Brain, And Guys Who Need Game
There was no debating it – Bill Maher’s Real Time was going to talk about Thursday night’s presidential candidates battle and the consequences of Joe Biden’s performance.
Maher started the show with a couple jabs, noting that Trump would not have gotten away with his tall tales if only Joe Biden had…
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WNBA Coach: “No One Talks More Crap” Than Caitlin Clark
Caitlin Clark is one of the top rookies in the WNBA when it comes to scoring and assists.
She’s also one of the league’s top trash talkers, if one coach is to be believed.
Las Vegas Aces head coach Becky Hammon said that while Chicago Sky rookie Angel Reese gets a lot of attention for…
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By Bruce Haring
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Breaking Baz: ‘Supacell’s Rapman Utilized His Own Superpower To Survive Making Earthshaking Netflix Superhero Drama
EXCLUSIVE: Rapman utilized a superpower of his own — one that didn't require him to don figure-hugging spandex tights and a cape — to survive the setbacks he encountered making the earthshaking new Netflix drama Supacell that began streaming Thursday.
"My superpower is discipline," he…
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Jeopardy! Contestant Gets Second-Lowest Score, But Takes It In Stride
Erin Buker earned the second-lowest score in Jeopardy! history on Monday.
A mother from San Pedro, California, Buker ended her episode with a score of -$7,200, a low that was just in front of contestant Patrick Pearce’s $7,400 in 2021.
But Buker isn’t worried about appearances. On the show’s…
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By Bruce Haring
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Peter Bart: ‘Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F’ Will Be Netflix’s Latest Triumph, And Contradiction
This week used to be nail-biting time in Hollywood as the studios nervously unfurled their summer blockbusters and prayed for lines at the box office. That time is bye-bye.
To be sure, a few movies are still opening. I decided to drop by one pre-opening…
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By Peter Bart
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Emma Roberts On Nepo Babies: Men Have It Easier, Cites George Clooney
Emma Roberts comes from a famous show business family. But on Tuesday’s Table for Two podcast, she said she thinks men from similar backgrounds have it easier. Case in point: George Clooney.
“I always joke, ‘Why is no one calling out George Clooney for being a nepo baby? [His aunt] Rosemary Clooney…
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By Bruce Haring
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Peter Bart: As Hollywood Contracts, The Sports Universe Is Rapidly Expanding In Unexpected Directions
Laurence Fishburne is a talented actor who has played a range of characters from Morpheus to Mr. Clean. The new FX series Clipped offers him yet another unexpected role as an NBA coach who employs force and gravitas in guiding players in combat with the…
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By Peter Bart
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Breaking Baz: Tosin Cole On A Roller Coaster Ride Of Love In London’s West End & Rapman’s Game-Changing ‘Supacell’ Netflix Series
As far as the three young women sitting in row E at London's Bush Theatre were concerned, the name of the character Tosin Cole was playing in Benedict Lombe's "spicy" love story Shifters, wasn't Dre — short for Dream — but "Dreamboat."
It's a double whammy of love, well, sort of, for Cole (Till, Bob M…
Andrew McCarthy’s Hulu Docu ‘Brats’ Has Carl Kurlander Thinking Again About The Lingering Smoke From ‘St. Elmo’s Fire’ – Guest Column
Editor’s Note: Journalist David Blum might have forever coined The Brat Pack era, but it was Carl Kurlander who provided the reason the infamous New York magazine article got written. St. Elmo’s Fire was a script Kurlander wrote with director Joel Schumacher, inspired by events in his life. Now an academic…
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