Himesh Patel stars in Danny Boyle‘s upcoming film Yesterday, a movie that supposes a world where The Beatles don’t exist. In the film, Patel’s Jack Malik gets famous pretending he’s the mastermind behind hits like “Hard Day’s Night” and “Hey Jude.” The British actor appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live in …
Read More »Howard Stern Defends Jimmy Fallon for Ruffling Trump's Hair
Howard Stern opened up about a cancer scare, vented about an ill-fated interview with Robin Williams and defended Jimmy Fallon for ruffling Donald Trump’s hair during a lengthy Tonight Show interview. The radio host was on-hand Wednesday to promote his newly issued book, Howard Stern Comes Again, which blends career-highlight …
Read More »'Game of Thrones' Close-Up: Lesser of Two Evils
A lot happens in each episode of Game of Thrones. So every week, we’re drilling down on one memorable scene in particular. Full spoilers for this week’s episode, “The Last of the Starks,” coming up. “The Last of the Starks” is a real structural oddity. For nearly an hour, it …
Read More »Peter Mayhew: A Lost Interview With the Original Chewbacca
Related: 50 Best Star Wars Characters of All Time Trapped in a giant, furry suit, Peter Mayhew had only his emotive blue eyes and his seven-foot-three body to help him bring Chewbacca to life — and he did it, making Han Solo’s fuzzball co-pilot as real as any of the …
Read More »Best TV to See in May: 'Deadwood,' 'Archer: 1999,' Wu-Tang Doc
Yes, we’re all going to be busy saying goodbye to Game of Thrones this month. But May will also bring us an older HBO classic that’s back for a long-delayed proper wrap-up. (How we’ve missed you, Al Swearengen.) Meanwhile, the greatest athlete of the 20th century gets an essential two-part …
Read More »'Deadwood' Rides Again
Bullets are about to fly across Deadwood’s muddy thoroughfare. But first, poetry. It’s a crisp November morning at Melody Ranch, the venerable Santa Clarita studio that’s been home to everything from squeaky-clean Gene Autry Westerns to Django Unchained and Westworld. The picaresque main street has been dressed to recapture the …
Read More »'Killing Eve' Recap: Keep 'Em Separated
A review of “Nice and Neat,” this week’s episode of Killing Eve, coming up just as soon as my moisturizer is made of pig’s placenta… “Nice and Neat” is an ironic title for an episode that’s anything but. Even more than the premiere, this installment demonstrates some of the strain …
Read More »'The Lion King': See Simba Face Menacing Uncle Scar in New Trailer
Disney previews Simba’s destiny of becoming king — and the perilous journey that awaits him — in the stunning new trailer for Jon Favreau‘s live action remake of 1994’s The Lion King. “Life’s not fair, is it, my little friend?” Simba’s jealous uncle, Scar (voiced by Chiwetel Ejiofor) tells the …
Read More »'SNL': Jason Sudeikis Returns to Skewer Joe Biden's 'Personal Space' Issues
Obama-era Saturday Night Live cast member Jason Sudeikis returned to reprise his impersonation of Joe Biden in a cold open sketch that skewered the allegations of inappropriate behavior against the former vice president. In the sketch, Biden’s aides inform him that he needs to cut down on the “touchy feely …
Read More »'The Public' Movie Review: Life, Liberty and the Library as a Battlefield
As civil liberties get increasingly squeezed in the Trump era, The Public takes on a compelling sense of urgency. On the surface, the movie is a shallow but vigorously paced entertainment from writer-director-producer-star Emilio Estevez about a group of homeless people who refuse to leave a Cincinnati Public Library after …
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