When the Elton John biopic Rocketman opened at the Cannes Film Festival in May 2019, expectations were sky-high. Just months earlier, Bohemian Rhapsody, another rock-music biopic, this one centered on Queen’s Freddie Mercury, had pulled off a surprise box-office coup, raking in $911 million worldwide. Paramount Pictures had taken a …
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Playing a bachelorette named Rachel, Kim Kardashian faced an all-star lineup of suitors in anSNL parody of the famed dating show, giving each guy a token that signified he’d survived another week in the competition. The first suitor to receive the prized token was Chace Crawford, a star of the …
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Dave Chappelle was greeted with a standing ovation from his fellow celebrities during the screening of his Untitled: Dave Chappelle Documentary,despite the recent controversy over hisNetflix stand-up comedy special, The Closer. The comedian has received criticism about the special, which some critics say contains transphobic material. “If this is what …
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The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts will award comedian Dave Chappelle the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor, the New York Times reports. The annual award from the Kennedy Center will join Chappelle’s list of accolades including two Emmys and two Grammys. The Chappelle Show will be the 22nd …
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