Sue Lyon, the actress who played the title role in Stanley Kubrick’s controversial 1962 film Lolita, has died at the age of 73. Lyon’s friend Phil Syracopoulos confirmed the actress’ death to the New York Times, noting that she died in Los Angeles Thursday following a period of declining health. …
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Whether you were around in 1977 when creator George Lucas first unleashed his cultural behemoth in theaters, or you just started binge-watching the whole thing yesterday on your phone, Star Wars is undeniable — just as skipping the ninth (and, so they claim, the last) is unthinkable. All that’s left …
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The origins of Adam Driver‘s acting career stretch all the way back to a church sketch he appeared in alongside his family. In the latest installment“The First Time,” the actor andRolling Stonecover star recalls how the bit revolved around an argument between his mom and dad over someone they didn’t …
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It seems odd at first that Todd Haynes, the artful creator of such classic queer cinema as Far From Heaven, Velvet Goldmine and Carol, would be drawn to such a just-the-facts legal barnburner like Dark Waters. But the filmmaker approaches the whistleblower genre, solidly repped by such films as Erin …
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A review of this week’s The Good Place, “The Funeral to End All Funerals,” coming up just as soon as I reboot Ally McBeal… “The Funeral to End All Funerals” is a promising episode in terms of the remainder of the season, but also a bit of a frustrating one …
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Late-night hosts from Stephen Colbert and Seth Meyers to Trevor Noah and Samantha Bee gleefully dissected the first day of public hearings in the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump on their respective shows Wednesday night. On The Late Show, Colbert called the hearings “the biggest ratings hit for C-SPAN …
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A review of this week’s Watchmen, “If You Don’t Like My Story, Write Your Own,” coming up just as soon as I give you some passive-aggressive exposition… “If You Don’t Like My Story, Write Your Own” is arguably the most straightforward of Watchmen‘s four installments so far. Considering that the …
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HBO has pulled the plug on a Game of Thrones prequel project starring Naomi Watts. The planned series was to take place thousands of years before the original show and would’ve been helmed by Jane Goldman (Kingsman: The Secret Service, X-Men: First Class, Kickass). Although the network filmed an entire pilot episode in …
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A review of this week’s The Good Place, “A Girl From Arizona, Part Two,” coming up just as soon as I leave H&M wearing more underpants than I had on when I came in… In my review of last week’s episode, I noted that it must have begun life as …
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In Dolemite Is My Name, Eddie Murphy lets fly with all the comic and dramatic ammo in his acting arsenal. No more lobbing softballs in such family-friendly blockbusters as Dr. Dolittle and Daddy Day Care. Murphy, 58, is raw again, reason enough to be delirious. Dolemite gives Murphy his best …
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