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Jason Woliner: Obviously it’s a movie that, because the first movie was so successful, that uniquely made it much more difficult to do a second movie because it depended on regular people not knowing who Borat was, not knowing that he was a comedy character, not knowing about Sacha [Baron Cohen] and his work and

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry were able to keep their dating secret for months when they first began seeing each other in the summer of 2016. And while news broke of their being together in October 2016, they were still able to keep details about the luxurious New Year’s vacation they took in January 2017

If anything is certain about the future of movie theatres in 2021, it’s that nobody can be certain about anything. After a year that saw Canada’s film exhibition industry roiled by the COVID-19 pandemic, industry observers say the country’s cinemas are sitting at a critical juncture with no clear path forward. Read more: ‘It’s kind

Actors putting on accents that play into racial and cultural stereotypes has long been the topic of heated debate in Hollywood. Most recently, fans have been calling out the beloved sitcom Schitt’s Creek on social media for its deployment of Ray—an entrepreneurial businessman who speaks with a South Asian accent, and is one of the

[embedded content] “From the world that brought you 1918, 1347, and Woodstock ’99, comes the year we can’t wait to close the book on.” Welcome to the Honest Trailer for our year of maddening chaos, 2020. Do you all remember the relative innocence and fun of the first few months of 2020? I feel like

Tackling a subject head-on can backfire. Directed by Craig Zobel (Compliance) from a script by Damon Lindelof and Nick Cuse, The Hunt pits liberal elites against conservative “deplorables.” Maybe the unluckiest movie of the past few years, it opened just as the pandemic shut down theaters after being pushed from its fall 2019 release date

The special holiday episode of the Archewell podcast, launched on Tuesday by Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, included appearances from a slew of celebrities—and also their 18-month-old son, Archie. Speaking in an American accent the toddler, who has been living in Los Angeles with his parents since April, told his mum and dad speaking into

Donna Summer’s “I Feel Love” is one of the most iconic songs of the disco era—sensuous yet melodic, using synthesizers to create a futuristic mood. Ahead of its time then, highly revered today, it’s now been reimagined by SebastiAn as it sets the scene for the captivating new Saint Laurent film Summer of ‘21, debuting

In the new Netflix show Selena: The Series, star Christian Serratos emulates the titular Tejano artist to star-making effect. Everything, from Selena’s mannerisms and choreography to her famous sequined outfits, are recreated for the show, which is executive produced by Selena’s father Abraham Quintanilla and older sister Suzette. Those unfamiliar with the late musician (who

Sarain Fox, best known as the Anishinaabekwe host of Rise on Viceland and Future History on APTN, released her directorial movie debut, Inendi, in early December. It’s a harrowing, emotional watch. Inendi — the Anishinaabemowin word for “she is gone” — follows Fox as she travels to a remote Indigenous community in northern Ontario to

Missouri Senator Josh Hawley has announced that he plans to object to Joe Biden’s certification when Congress meets next week to officially count Electoral College votes. He says this despite there being absolutely zero proof of voter fraud in the election, let alone fraud on the mass scale that Donald Trump keeps alleging. The courts

By Staff The Associated Press Posted December 30, 2020 3:14 pm     Updated December 30, 2020 3:15 pm Smaller font Descrease article font size –A Larger font Increase article font size A+ Dawn Wells, who played the wholesome Mary Ann among a misfit band of shipwrecked castaways on the 1960s sitcom Gilligan’s Island, died

As of Monday, Lori Loughlin has officially completed her two-month prison stint and is now just 150 hours of community service away from fulfilling the terms of her sentence. But her husband Mossimo Giannulli, who was sentenced to five months in prison for his own role in the college admissions scandal, is set to remain

Nick Robinson is trying to answer a question until he loses his train of thought. “I might need to get some more coffee,” he says, before bursting out into laughter. It’s a busy time for the fast-rising actor, who’s been on a constant upward trajectory since appearing in a long-running sitcom (Melissa & Joey) and

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Central PressGetty Images In its fourth episode, “Favourites,” The Crown season 4 explores Queen Elizabeth’s complex relationships with her own four children in light of a crisis involving Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher’s son, Mark. When Mark goes missing in the Sahara Desert, the queen is preoccupied by Thatcher’s unabashed revelation that her son is her

Amid an ongoing legal battle regarding their one-season reality show and three years after their first agreement, Rob Kardashian and Blac Chyna have come to a new custody arrangement regarding their four-year-old daughter Dream. In 2017, the former couple initially agreed to a joint custody schedule that neither parent formally followed. But earlier this month,

Once you’ve calmed down after the death and destruction of the emotional His Dark Materials season 2 finale, let’s go over all of the unanswered questions the HBO series has left us with to ponder. The series has been renewed for a third season that will adapt The Amber Spyglass, the third book in Phillip

The global coronavirus pandemic made it an especially difficult year for celebrity deaths in 2020, adding to the annual tally of losses caused by time, illness and personal tragedy. From the shocking accidental deaths of Kobe Bryant and Naya Rivera to the secret cancer that claimed Black Panther actor Chadwick Boseman, there were plenty of

After a year of wide-swinging emotions, the arrival of New Year’s Eve means all sorts of good things: closure, celebration, Champagne. Yes, the revelry will be muted; the usual collective goodwill that floats through a crowd of soused strangers will be winnowed down to a party of pod-size proportions. But absent the pressure to have

The interview took place in his living room, where he has a wine cellar, a cigar room, and you’re surrounded by six MVPs. It’s daunting. You realize that this is a very special man. The thing that blew me away was—and I have to go back to see how it came up; maybe I was

“Full House” actor Lori Loughlin was released from prison Monday after spending two months behind bars for paying half a million dollars in bribes to get her two daughters into college. Loughlin was released from the federal lockup in Dublin, California, where she had been serving her sentence for her role in the college admissions

Johnny Depp is looking towards a brighter future after a difficult year filled with a whole lot of litigation. On Sunday, the actor shared to his Instagram account a black-and-white photo of himself with The Pogues frontman Shane MacGowan on the set of the film Crock of Gold, writing in the caption, “This year has

Justin Bieber, the singer who has written multiple songs about his sex life with his wife and even brought it up on Ellen DeGeneres’ talk show, made a jarring joke about oral sex on Instagram last night. Hailey Bieber was not having it—and shut it down expertly with a simple comment. Hailey, being a supportive

Writer Peter Moffat needed someone to play a morally upstanding judge forced to set aside his ethics to protect the life of his son. The obvious answer? Bryan Cranston. “I think it was incredibly important to cast somebody who, as a starting point, feels like a decent human being,” the Your Honor showrunner told V.F.