Patton Oswalt has had an insane two days, but really, the insanity began years ago. Michelle McNamara, his investigative-journalist wife, died unexpectedly in 2016, leaving the actor/comedian a single father and leaving her life’s work unfinished. Then Oswalt, along with a couple of McNamara’s colleagues, Billy Jensen and Paul Haynes, …
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“Let’s go to the steps.” Filmmaker William Friedkin is leading a group of journalists around Georgetown, the Washington, D.C. neighborhood that served as the setting for his 1973 blockbuster The Exorcist on a fittingly overcast April day. After a quasi-lecture about his history with the film in Georgetown University’s Healy …
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Hank Azaria addressed the controversy surrounding The Simpsons‘ character Apu when the actor, who voices the Kwik-E-Mart owner, visited the Late Show. “It’s come to my attention more and more, especially over the last couple of years, that people in the south Asian community in this country have been fairly …
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Janelle Monáe released a new video for her single “I Like That.” In the eye-popping clip, the singer dons futuristic costumes and congregates among other digitally imposed Monáes. She reclines in a bathtub during her rapped verse, in which she blasts a former classmate who called her “weird” and “rated …
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This is part of our user’s guide to legal marijuana across America. For only being the third year of legal cannabis sales in Oregon, the industry in the state has certainly established a singular style. When walking into the average dispensary, customers are accustomed to a fully-realized experience, where decor …
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Black Panther star Letitia Wright faced off with one of the world’s undisputed freestyle masters, the Roots‘ Tariq “Black Thought” Trotter, in a goofy rap battle on Wednesday’s Tonight Show. But a late contender, host Jimmy Fallon, may have emerged victorious. The “Freestyle Generator” selected three words for the rappers …
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Jim Henson’s cult classic Labyrinth, which famously starred David Bowie as the Goblin King, will return to movie theaters April 29th, May 1st and May 2nd. The screenings are part of a collaboration between the Jim Henson Company, Sony Pictures and Fathom Events. Tickets are on sale now via the …
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Some comedians break through with a particular shtick. Michelle Wolf has made her name by throwing tornadoes of precise punch-lines at everything from Wonder Woman’s lame lasso of truth to dating, rape, zits, periods, farts, Bill Cosby’s lazy eye, and her own resemblance to both of Hollywood’s Annies – the …
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The Killers‘ frontman, Brandon Flowers, has never hidden his enthusiasm for the Cars, and he was able to put it on full display Saturday night when he inducted the band into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame at a ceremony in Cleveland. It was a heartfelt speech that reflected …
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Broad City will end after its fifth season, expected to air in early 2019, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The show’s creators and stars, Ilana Glazer and Abbi Jacobson, have also signed a first-look deal with Comedy Central’s parent company, Viacom, and are already working onfuture projects for the companies. …
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