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This past fall, director Denis Villeneuve captivated us all with the futuristic, sand-ridden sci-fi film Dune, starring Timothée Chalamet, Rebecca Ferguson, Zendaya, and many more. Set 20,000 years in the future, the movie introduces us to a brand new-world of technology, power, and warfare. Based on the 1965 novel by Frank Herbert, the story follows
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A Quebec summer music festival with an all-male lineup has lost at least one big-name act and is being criticized for ignoring female artists. The backlash started online and intensified after popular singer-songwriter Emile Bilodeau announced he had dropped out of the 16th edition of Festi-Plage de Cap-d’Espoir, on Quebec’s Gaspé peninsula. Bilodeau said Wednesday
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Ryan Coogler, critically acclaimed director of blockbusters including Black Panther and Creed, was falsely accused of robbing a Bank of America and briefly handcuffed before local police officers realized their error, later admitting that Coogler was “never in the wrong.”   “This situation should never have happened,” Coogler said in a statement obtained by The
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More than three months after Travis Barker proposed to Kourtney Kardashian, Scott Disick, Kardashian’s ex and father of her three children, is still not fully on board with her marrying him. A source spoke to Entertainment Tonight about Disick’s relationship with Kardashian now as they co-parent Mason, 12, Penelope, 9, and Reign, 7. “Scott and
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Benedict Cumberbatch has some thoughts about the recent controversy surrounding the Oscar-nominated film The Power of the Dog. Per The Hollywood Reporter, the best-actor Oscar nominee alluded to disparaging comments made by Sam Elliott about the homosexual undertones in the Western during a BAFTA Film Sessions panel, stating that “there’s also a massive intolerance within
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There are plenty of reasons to be upset with director Sam Levinson’s latest season of Euphoria, but actress Barbie Ferreira is easing some pressure with her latest confession: Much of the alleged behind-the-scenes drama is apparently “untrue.” In an interview with Insider, the actress responded—albeit indirectly—to rumors that not all was well between her and
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Having soul in a song isn’t just about putting forth a powerful vocal alone. It’s about having an intimate relationship with the lyrics, an appreciation for the depth of a harmony moving from one verse to the next, and accentuating the rhythm of the music as to draw as much emotion from the backdrop as
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Last week, the Walt Disney Company issued a statement addressing the backlash regarding political donations made to supporters and sponsors of Florida’s horrific “Don’t Say Gay” bill. The statement, made via Good Morning America, was terrible. There was no commitment to stop funding bigotry and instead insisted that it could best support LGBTQIA communities with
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American director David Dodson talks about directing Zelensky in three films and watching him secretly campaign for president.  By Michael Idov March 4, 2022 Courtesy of Maya Maksimova A rare bright spot amid the nightmare Putin’s Russia unleashed on the world last week has been the steady, fearless, and subtly wry leadership of Ukraine’s president,
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This week, Hulu’s The Dropout premiered. This adaptation of Elizabeth Homes’s story features Amanda Seyfried as Holmes and actor Naveen Andrews playing Ramesh “Sunny” Balwani, the Theranos founder’s much older ex-boyfriend. Holmes hired Balwani as the president of her company and then the COO before its very public crash. The big promise of Theranos was
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Kirby and the Forgotten Land is perhaps the most anticipated title on the Nintendo Switch this spring. And that’s really saying something, because the Switch’s release docket is loaded. For example, there are certain corners of the internet losing their minds over Square Enix’s new tactical RPG Triangle Strategy (out today!). But when does our
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Former King Juan Carlos I could be headed home to Spain after prosecutors dropped three investigations into his finances. The royal initially fled the country in August 2020 amid allegations of money laundering and tax fraud, living in self-imposed exile ever since in a six-bedroom mansion on Zaya Nurai Island, an enclave off Abu Dhabi in
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