Mahershala Ali plays a detective haunted by a decades-old mystery in the latest trailer for HBO‘s long-awaited third season of True Detective. Season 3 of Nic Pizzolatto’s grim crime anthology stars Oscar winner Ali as Wayne Hays, a state police detective from Northwest Arkansas tasked with investigating the disappearance of …
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On Sunday’s Last Week Tonight, John Oliver examined Facebook‘s failed efforts to control hate speech in Myanmar – from inept banning practices to subpar hiring. “Facebook has been expanding aggressively abroad,” Oliver said of the social media site, which he described as “the worst place to wish someone ‘happy birthday’ …
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W. Kamau Bell reflects on his travels through Kenya with Anthony Bourdain in the latest trailer for the final season of Parts Unknown. Ahead of the episode’s September 23rd premiere, Bell also discussed the show’s importance in providing a window to other cultures. “Tony has made some of the best …
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Norm Macdonald told Howard Stern he was “confused” when he made controversial comments about the #MeToo movement in an interview published in The Hollywood Reporter on Tuesday. Speaking with The Hollywood Reporter, Macdonald said he was “happy the #MeToo movement has slowed down a bit.” He also expressed concern that …
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Robert Redford plays a veteran criminal on the run from the long arm of the law in the latest trailer for The Old Man & the Gun,the legendary actor’s final film. The film builds on the true story of Forrest Tucker, a lifelong criminal who managed to escape prison in …
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Viola Davis, Michelle Rodriguez, Cynthia Erivo and Elizabeth Debicki unite to tackle their late criminal husbands’ unfinished job in the new trailer for director Steve McQueen‘s upcoming thriller Widows. The unsettling clip opens with Brian Tyree Henry (Atlanta)’s antagonist threatening Davis’ character, Veronica. “You have no idea, do you? Or …
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Stephen Colbert opened The Late Show Monday with a hilarious fake trailer teasing the diplomatic jiu-jitsu Steven Seagal is sure to perform now that Russia has named him a special envoy to the United States. The trailer’s narrator cracked that Seagal would “seduce America with his knowledge of ripe melons …
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UPDATE: James Gunn issued a statement following his firing from Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 Friday where the director accepted responsibility for his actions. “My words of nearly a decade ago were, at the time, totally failed and unfortunate efforts to be provocative,” Gunn said. “I have regretted them …
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Summer’s here, and the time is right for … top-flight popcorn entertainment along with some of the year’s most unexpected indie counter-programming. Check out the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s itty-bittiest defender! Or bask in the glory that is Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, doing his best John McClane (sans one leg to …
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In an updated edition of his memoir Kitchen Confidential, Anthony Bourdain reflected on his intentions for writing the blunt and raucous restaurant industry memoir that turned him into a household name. His goal, he explained, was “to write in Kitchenese, the secret language of cooks, instantly recognizable to anyone who …
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