When you tell folks you’re going to interview legendary magicians Penn & Teller, someone is liable to ask: “How are you going to do that? Does Teller even talk?” If you have more than a passing knowledge of the pair — who have been hosting the magic game show Fool …
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Director Joe Mantello’s The Boys in the Band begins with a spark, specifically the sound of a lighter, as we see Harold (played by Zachary Quinto in full Afro-wigged glory) light up and put a record on his hi-fi. The sound of Erma Franklin’s cover of Sam & Dave’s “Hold …
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Very few TV shows enjoy the level of untouchable nostalgia that surrounds The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. While it only arrived on a streaming platform for the first time this year, nearly everything about the Nineties sitcom — from its theme song to Will Smith‘s Air Jordan rotation — was …
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The 72 annual Emmy awards dropped their nominations in a very 2020 way this morning: four people talking over each other on Zoom and with plenty of surprises. Unlike most years, there were some honestly unexpected choices made by the Academy, including Best Series nods for The Mandalorian and What …
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Ask Michael Douglas — a man who’s played cops, college professors, drug czars, tech entrepreneurs, ex-pat adventurers, superhero scientists, an American President, and Liberace — if he has a favorite role, and you can see the gears whirling behind the 75-year-old’s eyes. “Well, the pricks are the best roles,” he …
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There was a man with a noose around his neck. It wasn’t clear who he was, or who the men were that had been chasing him before they strung him up, or why they were after him. Jonathan Glazer was not privy to the details. In fact, the British filmmaker …
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Listen to the opening track of Bruce Springsteen’s Western Stars, the album he put out this past May, and you’ll hear someone bragging about “hitch-hikin’ all day long.” He accepts a ride from a man and his pregnant wife; then he grabs a lift from someone else, just a guy …
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What to expect when you’re expecting to spend a lot of time indoors in August with the air-conditioning on and your butt on a couch: a long-awaited Dark Crystal prequel; documentaries on a possibly dying magician, a microcosm of global economic change, and social-media superstardom; a fusion of fantasy and …
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On deck: Tom Hanks asks if you would be his neighbor; Cynthia Erivo goes underground; Helen Mirren gets regal, Russian style; Linda Ronstadt gets the documentary she deserves; Zombieland gets a sequel, for better or worse; and we get a second peek at two major upcoming awards-season movies. Behold, your …
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