Christina Applegate and Linda Cardellini explore the sinister and sometimes hilarious corners of grief in the trailer for their new Netflix series, Dead to Me, premiering May 3rd. In the show, Applegate and Cardellini play Jen and Judy, two women who meet at a support group and form an unlikely …
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In February of 1964, you could see it everywhere you looked — in high school hallways, diners and malt shops, your local record store (definitely in your local record store). It started with a cold sweats and clammy palms; later symptoms also included screaming, swooning, heart palpitations, a burning desire …
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T here have been all manner of supernatural manifestations, many of them quite unpleasant, on HBO’s Game of Thrones, which begins its eighth and final season in April: resurrections, premonitions, psychic time travel, a killer shadow baby, a vast army of dead dudes, a fireproof queen, a zombie dragon, regular …
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Samantha Bee examined Americans’ lethargic response to President Trump’s most recent iteration of the travel ban (or “Muslim ban”) on Wednesday’s Full Frontal, firing up viewers to “dust off your pussy hat” and get back in the protest game. In January 2017, days after entering office, President Trump signed the …
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James Corden is fed up with today’s dark headlines and realizes things were better in 2013 – except for the Jonas Brothers‘ breaking up the band. During The Late Late Show, the host comes to the conclusion that “ever since the Jonas Brothers split up, everything’s gone wrong. We’ve got …
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It is easy to think that there’s nothing left to be said, and even less to be seen, about the flight that took place on July 16th, 1969 — one that took three men hundreds of thousands of miles away from earth and let two of them step foot on …
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Robert Mapplethorpe shot flowers, children, celebs (Warhol, Capote, the young Arnold Schwarzenegger) and himself in high-contrast black-and-white that commanded attention. But what made him infamous and iconic were his portraits of nudes, often reduced to body parts (a hand, a torso, a black penis enveloped in white hands) and often …
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The 91st Academy Awards are finally upon us, and if you’re looking to stream the Oscars online, we’ve found a couple easy ways for you to watch the show for free. Netflix’s Roma leads the pack with 10 nominations, including a Best Picture nod, while Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper’s …
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Bruno Ganz, the renowned Swiss actor who portrayed Adolf Hitler in 2004’s Downfall and an angel in 1987’s Wings of Desire, died Friday at the age of 77. The actor died at his home in Zurich, his management confirmed to the BBC, who added that Ganz reportedly suffered from colon …
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Intense, frightening, revelatory: Without losing the melancholy tone and pointedly un-stylized writing that has characterized this season from the jump, True Detective hit a new high with this week’s episode, aptly titled “Hunters in the Dark.” It follows our suite of protagonists — retired cop Warren Hays, his old partner …
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