One Night in Miami Based on true events, Regina King‘s directorial debut tells the story of Cassius Clay (soon to take the name Muhammad Ali), Malcolm X, Jim Brown, and Sam Cooke’s legendary meet up in Miami following Clay’s heavyweight championship victory. Clay isn’t the only man at a pivotal …
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Quentin Tarantino has signed a two-book deal with Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers. The film director will write a novelization of his own movie, 2019’s Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood, which is scheduled for release in summer 2021, followed by a nonfiction book about the art of cinema. …
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Netflix has officially announced that Bad Bunny will have a guest role on the upcoming third season of Narcos: Mexico. Per a release, Bad Bunny will play Arturo “Kitty” Paez, a member of the so-called Narco Juniors gang run by Ramon Arellano Felix (Manuel Masalva). The gang is filled with …
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When Andy Garcia first got the script for The Untouchables, Brian de Palma’s 1987 thriller about Eliot Ness’ takedown of mob boss Al Capone, he was approached to play Capone hitman Frank Nitti. But he lobbied instead for the role of George Stone, the rookie Chicago cop who joins Ness’ …
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If you come to Sarah Cooper’s new Netflix special looking for an extended version of her viral Trump-impersonation TikToks, you’re in for a surprise. Oh, you’ll get some Trump, for sure. But you’ll also get cupcake-making Karens, flaming snowmen, a QAnon shopping network, a sneak peek inside the notorious Access …
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John Mulaney will host and the Strokes will serve as musical guests on Saturday Night Live’s Halloween episode next week. Both Mulaney and the Strokes will be making their fourth appearance on the long-running series; Mulaney, a former SNL writer, last hosted on February 29th, 2020 — the second-to-last pre-Covid …
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Showtime has released the first teaser for its upcoming docuseries on Tekashi 6ix9ine, Supervillain: The Making of Tekashi 6ix9ine, set to premiere in early 2021. Rolling Stone produced the film alongside Imagine Documentaries and Lightbox. The short clip is packed with archival footage of 6ix9ine that’s paired with big text …
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Trevor Noah used the recently thwarted plot to kidnap Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer as a jumping-off point for a deep dive into the history of militias on The Daily Show Wednesday, October 14th. Noah shared a handful of clips that helped trace the evolution of militias in the United States: …
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CBS All Access has unveiled the latest trailer for its limited series remake of Stephen King’s The Stand, premiering on the streaming service on December 17th. The new preview for the post-apocalyptic (and uncomfortably timely) novel’s adaptation makes creepy use of Bob Marley’s “Three Little Birds” to introduce the characters …
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Bob Dylan, Bono, Gregg Allman and Willie Nelson appear in the new trailer for Jimmy Carter: Rock & Roll President, out September 9th. Directed by Mary Wharton, the trailer opens with Carter listening to Dylan’s Bringing It All Back Home on vinyl. “All right!” he says giddily as “Mr. Tambourine …
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