Month: April 2021

The series ended its 11-season run on April 11, 2021. Frank Gallagher (William H. Macy) is diagnosed with the coronavirus in a hospital and soon dies while on a ventilator—a most harrowing cautionary scene amid the current pandemic. The character, who rarely wore a mask, was initially hospitalized after displaying more severe symptoms of his alcohol-related dementia and after
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Welcome to another edition of On the Radar, our weekly column featuring new releases. It’s often a very mixed bag, and that’s because the crime genre is so broad and varied. This week we kick things off with a standalone from Bath-based thriller author Tim Weaver, which works a clever concept to good effect. There’s
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Henry Cavill is making things Instagram official with his girlfriend, Natalie Viscuso. On April 10, the Witcher actor shared a photo of himself and Natalie playing chess and gave the ‘gram a swoon-worthy caption: “This is me looking quietly confident shortly before my beautiful and brilliant love Natalie, destroys me at chess.” This public relationship
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The former president’s toxic mix of conspiracy theories and grievances continue to define the GOP, as evidenced by his Saturday night speech full of baseless election claims and petty attacks on anyone deemed disloyal. By Charlotte Klein April 11, 2021 Addressing Republican National Committee donors and GOP officials at Mar-a-Lago on Saturday, former President Donald
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Tonight on SNL, Weekend Update anchors Colin Jost and Michael Che weighed in on new allegations made against their “favorite Florida congressman.” “Matt Gaetz is back in the news. But this time, it’s good,” said Jost. “I’m kidding, it’s still the sex stuff.” Reportedly, Jost noted, Gaetz—”who looks like all the dudes from American Pie combined”—sent $900 via
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Based on Jiu Yuexi’s book In His Youth, In Her Beauty, the Oscar-nominated Better Days follows Nian (Zhou Dongyu), who is faced with constant bullying from her peers at school. She eventually crosses paths with small-time criminal Bei (Jackson Yee), but before they can retreat into a world of their own they are thrown into
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Author Grady Hendrix released his second novel My Best Friend’s Exorcism back in 2016, which he describes as “Beaches meets The Exorcist.” Set in the late ’80s during the so-called Satanic Panic, it’s a touching story of high school friendship and, well, demonic possession. THR reports today that a movie adaptation is now in the works
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Corus Entertainment Inc. announced a distribution deal with U.S. streaming service Hulu Friday as it reported better-than-expected second-quarter financial results. The Toronto-based company — which owns one of Canada’s largest radio groups, the Global television network and dozens of specialty cable channels — said its Corus Studios division has signed a deal to sell more
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Tonight, Saturday Night Live paid photographic tribute to Anne Beatts and DMX, both of whom died this week. Beatts, one of the late-night sketch show’s original writers, died on Wednesday at the age of 74. Her cause of death was not disclosed. Beginning her career in comedy writing at National Lampoon magazine, Beatts wrote for SNL for five seasons, between 1975
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