The title of fourth of Steve McQueen’s Small Axe films, Alex Wheatle, practically begs of an addendum: It could just as well start with The Miseducation Of. Or, rather, reeducation. The Alex Wheatle that we meet up top, played by Sheyi Cole, is a man who at one point knew …
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Hailee Steinfeld returns as the legendary poet in Dickinson Season Two, out January 8th on Apple TV+. The streaming service timed the trailer release with Emily Dickinson’s birthday (December 10th) and Steinfeld’s (December 11th). The clip features Dickinson meeting Samuel Bowles (Finn Jones), who helps bring her to fame. “I’m always …
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David Lander, the comic actor best known for playing “Squiggy” on Laverne & Shirley, has died at the age of 73 following a decades-long battle with multiple sclerosis. The actor’s family confirmed to Variety that Lander died Friday evening at Los Angeles’ Cedars-Sinai Medical Center with his wife Kathy by …
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Bridgerton Shonda Rhimes has arrived on Netflix. Leaving behind the ER and Amerian politics, her new show takes us to Regency-era England during the “social season” for those of high society. Young ladies are coming of age and entering the marriage market while suitors vie for their attention, promising plenty …
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Late last month, Bernie Sanders was one of many people urging caution about election night 2020, and on The Tonight Show, he gamed out nearly the exact scenario that’s playing out now, as mail-in ballots continue to be counted in several key swing states. On October 23rd, Sanders noted that …
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Sacha Baron Cohen released a new video as Borat “defending” Rudy Giuliani after news emerged about a scene in Borat Subsequent Moviefilmin which President Trump’s personal attorney appears to start touching himself. The scene occurs toward the end of Baron Cohen’s Borat sequel (out Friday, October 23rd, via Amazon Studios), …
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Actor Wendell Pierce — best known for his work on The Wire and Treme — announced that a long-dormant biopic on blues legend B.B. King,The Thrill Is On, is back on in a series of tweets posted Monday night. “We are official,” Pierce wrote. “Preparation has begun on a film …
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Thursday was supposed to be the night when President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden held their second debate for the presidential race in a town hall-style event on ABC. But after Trump refused to follow the virtual town hall format that was put in place after he …
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Netflix has released the first teaser for Mank, David Fincher‘s upcoming film about the screenwriter ofCitizenKane, which arrives December 4th. “1930s Hollywood is reevaluated through the eyes of scathing social critic and alcoholic screenwriter Herman J. Mankiewicz (Gary Oldman) as he races to finish the screenplay of Citizen Kane,” Netflix …
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The Trial of the Chicago 7 has followed up its teaser trailer with a three-minute preview for Aaron Sorkin’s all-star retelling of the event, arriving on Netflix in October. “What was intended to be a peaceful protest at the 1968 Democratic National Convention turned into a violent clash with police …
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