Netflix released three teaser-trailers for the sci-fi anthology series Black Mirror Season Five, to premiere exclusively on the streaming platform on June 5th. Netflix also revealed the titles for the three-episode season. The first episode, Smithereens, centers around a cab driver with a hidden agenda. It will star Andrew Scott …
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Arnold Schwarzenegger assured fans “there is nothing to worry about” following startling video of the actor being assaulted Saturday during an event in Johannesburg, South Africa. In video from the Arnold Classic Africa, the Terminator star is seen filming activities from the sporting event on social media when – at …
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Three Puerto Rican families displaced by Hurricane Maria struggle to rebuild their lives and return home in the trailer for the new documentary, After Maria. The 37-minute film premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival and will arrive on Netflix May 24th. After Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico in 2017, countless …
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Margo Martindale has been a working actor all her adult life, but it wasn’t until she was in her late fifties that she became — as she’s described whenever she plays herself on BoJack Horseman —Esteemed Character Actress Margo Martindale. Her current hot streak began in 2011 when she played …
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John Oliver broke down the horrific reality of lethal injections on Sunday’s Last Week Tonight, delving into the numerous practical and ethical concerns involved in the procedure. Before the deep-dive, the host outlined some basic reasons to oppose lethal injection: A 2015 Brennan Center for Justice report noted that the …
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Elisabeth Moss‘s June recruits some “allies with power” in the dramatic new trailer for The Handmaid’s Tale Season Three. “Heresy: That’s what you get punished for — not for being part of the resistance,” the protagonist intones to open the clip. “Because, officially, there is no resistance. Not for helping …
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What do we say to the god of death? Eat this. It wasn’t the once and future king Jon Snow who took down the Night King and ended the years-in-the-making assault of the dead against the living. It wasn’t the Queen of Dragons Daenerys Targaryen or the Three-Eyed Raven Bran …
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Fame knocks the hell out of Becky Something (Elisabeth Moss in a five-alarm fire blaze), a ’90’s indie punk rocker who leads a riot grrrl band that she bombards with near-constant verbal abuse. Those backstage tantrums can do damage to anyone who gets too close. Narcotics or narcissism? Pick your …
Read More »The Two Sides of 'Us' Star Winston Duke
Some folks mention The Chant, that rising sound that builds as the large man in the tribal mask walks out into sunlight: Mayafa! Ya hoo hoo! Mayafa! Ya hoo hoo! Others talk about The Laugh, the one that follows a threat that he will feed the talkative man before him …
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Brett Ridgeman (Mel Gibson) is a cop. He’s been on the force for a while, long enough to see an old partner (Don Johnson) get a fancy desk job and help get a new partner, Anthony (Vince Vaughn), busted for excessive force. The two of them were filmed interrogating a …
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