In the spring of 2022, Ibram X. Kendi was recognized as one of the most banned authors in America. The National Book Award winner’s passionate reporting on the permeation of racist ideas throughout American history riled up conservative proponents, leading to three of Kendi’s tomes being banned in six school …
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Martin Scorsese‘s sudden social media fame was not by his own doing. A day before he turns 81, Scorsese has revealed that he felt bamboozled — in the most loving way — by his 24-year-old daughter, Francesca, into becoming a TikTok star. In recent weeks, the filmmaker has appeared in …
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Elvis and Priscilla Presley‘s relationship has been captured and recaptured in media for decades. Across its depictions, the story remains standard: he was the king, and she was his wife. In the first full-length trailer for Sofia Coppola‘s Priscilla, based on Priscilla Presley’s memoir “Elvis and Me,” Graceland is more …
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Minutes after the NFC divisional matchup between the New York Giants and Philadelphia Eagles concluded, Saturday Night Live kicked off with a Fox postgame show with appearances by sideline reporter “George Santos” and Kitara Ravache, the freshman congressman’s alleged drag alter ego. “George Santos here reportinglive from the Super Bowl,” …
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Money Heist: Korea – Joint Economic Area is a mostly faithful adaptation of Álex Pina’s crime drama La Casa de Papel — you may know it as Money Heist, which aired from 2017 to 2021 and went from semi-successful Spanish TV series to global Netflix phenomenon. Once again, a bespectacled …
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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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Netflix has released the first teaser for Blonde, the already-controversial Marilyn Monroe film starring Ana de Armas in the role of the film icon. The movie — directed by Andrew Dominik and based on Joyce Carol Oates’ book of the same name — has already gained notoriety for its rare …
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Jennifer Hudson is officially an EGOT winner. The “Respect” star joined the elite EGOT club on Sunday night after she was awarded for her work as a producer on Michael R. Jackson’s Best Musical-winning A Strange Loop at the 2022 Tony Awards. An EGOT is an artist who has won …
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Former TLC star Josh Duggar was sentenced to 151 months — or about 12 1/2 years — in prison on Wednesday after he was convicted of receiving and possessing child sexual abuse material, the Associated Press reports. Duggar was facing up to 20 years in prison and up to $250,000 …
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The downfall of actor Armie Hammer — as well as that of the Hammer family — will be the focus of an upcoming special coming to Discovery+. The tentatively titledHouse of Hammerwill examine the “deeply troubling accusationsleveled against Oscar-nominated actor and the Hammer family’s dark, twisted legacy,” a five-generation dynasty …
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