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Marvel’s ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’: What the Critics Are Saying
Marvel Studios’ Deadpool & Wolverine hits theaters July 26, but the review embargo for the film broke on Tuesday, and the early reaction from critics has been largely positive. The third Deadpool movie, and first to be included in the wider Marvel Cinematic Universe, stars Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman as the titular characters and […]
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Netflix’s Reed Hastings Backs Kamala Harris With $7M Donation
Reed Hastings has come out big for Kamala Harris, cutting the vice president’s 2024 election campaign a check for $7 million. The Netflix co-founder and executive chairman revealed the massive donation to the tech-focused site The Information on Tuesday. “After the depressing debate, we are in the game again,” Hastings told The Information. He added […]
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Kevin Hart on Tom Brady’s Netflix Roast Regrets: “What He Did for Our Climate of Sensitivity Was Necessary”
Kevin Hart addressed Tom Brady’s statement in the aftermath of his Netflix roast, believing the NFL legend wishes he had set some boundaries ahead of the event. In an interview with Bleacher Report’s Taylor Rooks posted to the outlet’s YouTube page on Thursday, Hart, who hosted the May 5 The Roast of Tom Brady Netflix […]
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Esta TerBlanche, ‘All My Children’ Star, Dies at 51
Esta TerBlanche, the soap opera star best known for playing Gillian Andrassy on All My Children, has died. She was 51. TerBlanche died Thursday of natural causes, her friend and agent Lisa Rodrigo wrote on Facebook. An autopsy report is pending. “I am still processing and in shock,” Rodrigo wrote. “Esta was a beautiful soul […]
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Donations Flood in for Kamala Harris as ActBlue Says It Raised Nearly $50M in Record Time
The shock news that Joe Biden would be ending his reelection campaign and backing Vice President Kamala Harris for the 2024 election has proved to be a shot in the arm for the Democrats, with the move spurring a flood of donations Sunday night. ActBlue, the Democrat-linked fundraising platform, revealed that by Sunday night, tens […]
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Historic L.A. Cinemas the Bruin and Westwood Village Theater to Close This Week
The future of the Bruin, a historic Los Angeles movie theater, is uncertain after Regency Theaters revealed that the company’s lease for the venue expires this month. “The last day of operation for the Bruin & Village Theaters under Regency is Thursday, July 25,” Regency president Lyndon Golin confirmed to the Los Angeles Times in […]
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Cheng Pei-pei, ‘Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon’ and ‘Come Drink With Me’ Actress, Dies at 78
Cheng Pei-pei, the pioneering Chinese actress dubbed the “Queen of Swords” and considered among the first female action stars who made her name in the Shaw Brothers classic Come Drink With Me and later had a memorable turn as the villain Jade Fox in Ang Lee’s Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, has died. She was 78. […]
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Tenacious D Australia Concert Postponed After Trump Shooting Joke, As Local Politician Calls for Band to be Deported
Update: Shortly after this story published, Jack Black announced that the Tenacious D world tour has been canceled following comments from Kyle Gass about Donald Trump that sparked global outrage. “I would never condone hate speech or encourage political violence in any form,” Black said. An Australian politician has called for the comedy rock band Tenacious D, […]
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Colman Domingo’s ‘Sing Sing’ to Open Martha’s Vineyard African American Film Festival
Colman Domingo’s prison drama Sing Sing is set to open the 22nd Martha’s Vineyard African American Film Festival (MVAAFF). This year’s lineup also includes Christine Swanson’s road drama Albany Road, starring Renée Elise Goldsberry and Lynn Whitfield; Dawn Porter’s Luther Vandross documentary Luther: Never too Much; the doc short The Rebel Girls; and Harvard historian […]
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‘The Simpsons’ Strikes Again: Cypress Hill Finally Perform With the London Symphony Orchestra
The Simpsons has once again predicted the future, as Cypress Hill finally performed with the London Symphony Orchestra. The long-running Fox cartoon, in the classic season seven episode “Homerpalooza,” in a short scene depicted the California rappers collaborating with the LSO — a happy accident resulting from thinking they may have booked the orchestra while […]
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Marvel Animation Taps Matthew Chauncey to Write Season Three of ‘X-Men ’97’
Marvel Animation has tapped Matthew Chauncey to pen the third season of Disney+’s wildly popular X-Men ’97 series, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed. Chauncey, who was a writer on Marvel’s Disney+ animated series What If…?, will take over writing duties from Beau DeMayo. In March, a THR exclusive revealed that Marvel had suddenly fired DeMayo […]
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U.K. Elections: Labour Claims Historic Landslide Victory
The Labour Party has won a historic landslide victory at the 2024 U.K. general election, defeating the ruling Conservative Party. The transfer of power in the U.K. is brisk, and the Labour leader Keir Starmer is now set to become the 58th prime minister, after he visits King Charles at Buckingham Palace on Friday. After […]
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