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‘The Phoenician Scheme’ Is A Wes Anderson Movie About A Reckless Rich Guy Making Big Beautiful Deals
Wes Anderson is just about the last prestige filmmaker anyone would expect to rip anything from the headlines, at least not headlines…
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Tencent Music buys SM Entertainment stake in K-pop bet
A Tencent Holdings subsidiary is snapping up a nearly 10 per cent stake in SM Entertainment valued at about US$180 million, marking a rare…
Culture
The Best Second Albums That Beat The Sophomore-Slump Curse
Björk’s solo debut, winkingly entitled Debut, was a dancey, eclectic blend of all sorts of pop genres. Her second album, Post, ratcheted…
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'The Last of Us' Star Kaitlyn Dever Is Only Getting Stronger
This article contains spoilers for the final episode of The Last of Us. Three years ago, Kaitlyn Dever came across a YouTube video that…
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‘The Rehearsal’ Had One More Incredible Twist Up Its Sleeve
Near the end of Mission: Impossible—Final Reckoning, Tom Cruise goes full Tom Cruise mode. Thousands of feet above the hills and canyons…
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‘The Last of Us’ Finale Kills Off Another Fan-Favorite Character—And Reveals a Major Change For Season Three
This story contains major spoilers for the season two finale of HBO’s The Last of Us. Ellie (Bella Ramsey) is learning about the cost of…
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Paul Mescal and Josh O'Connor's ‘The History of Sound’ Is An Oddly Sexless Queer Romance That Still Sings
The following article contains minor spoilers for The History of Sound. Boston, 1917. Lionel (Paul Mescal) sits at a table in a bar, deep…
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Pee-wee Herman and the Cost of Dividing Yourself in Two
One of the pivotal turns in Paul Reubens’s life happened years before Pee-wee Herman, years before the “Playhouse,” years before the…
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The Night Britney Premiered “Toxic” In Vegas
At the stroke of midnight, 2004 is catcalled in by fourteen-foot jets of fire and a cascade of artificial rain. A disco ball shatters. The…
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Waxahatchee Let Me Hitch a Ride on the Wilco Tour
This is an edition of the newsletter Pulling Weeds With Chris Black, in which the columnist weighs in on hot topics in culture. Sign up…
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One-Shot Scenes in Film and TV, Definitively Ranked
The Bear didn't just drop a one-er in their series to create a splash. No, they gave us a full, 18-minute-long complete one-shot episode.…
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HBO's ‘Harry Potter’ Cast Is Coming Together. Here's Everything We Know
The new Harry Potter cast is taking shape, thirteen years after the final installment of the original film series. That's right—it's been…
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The Best Bruce Willis Movies (That Aren't ‘Die Hard’ or ‘The Sixth Sense’)
Related to the Bruce Willis As “Bruce Willis” Cameo, but far more satisfying, is the Bruce Willis Character Actor Side Career. Rather than…
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The Real-Life Diet of Adam Pally, Who Might Scarf a Half-Eaten Sloppy Joe Left Outside a Hotel Room Door
But, look. A lot of it’s well-documented. I went to the University of Arizona. I was insane. That’s okay too. But I feel lucky enough now…
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The ‘Thunderbolts*’ Post-Credits Scene Is Marvel's Most Significant Tag in Years
This story contains spoilers for Thunderbolts*, including the ending and the post-credits scene. The majority of Phase 4 and 5 Marvel…
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‘Revenge of the Sith’ Was Actually Great—And Paved the Way for ‘Andor’
This week, almost everyone likes Star Wars again. With the three-episode debut of Andor Season 2, our galaxy is as close to united as…
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Nicole Scherzinger Brings Shimmering Details and Statement Jewelry to the Red Carpet for the Entertainment Community Fund Gala
Nicole Scherzinger joined several distinguished figures from the theater community for the Entertainment Community Fund Gala on Monday in…
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Charli XCX Shouts Out Some Elite Filmmakers At Coachella, Instantly Makes Movies Cool Again
Movies aren’t cool, but Charli XCX is. At the end of her set at Coachella Saturday night, Charli announced the official end of Brat…
Culture
The Cathartic Ecstasy of ‘Gay Guy Music Video Night’
“Heaven is a place on Earth,” Belinda Carlisle famously sang in 1987. And she’s right: Heaven does exist on this planet—but it’s not a…
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These Seven Albums Created Modern Stand-Up Comedy
Early in his career in New York, playing Village basket houses, he was a crossover act, popular with largely white crowds, performing a…
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I Was Halfway Through ‘The Pitt’ When My Father Died. Here's What It Was Like to Finish It
Early in season one of The Pitt, a middle-aged woman is forced to come to terms with her father’s imminent death from natural causes. When…
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The Best Christopher Nolan Movies, Definitively Ranked
Isn’t it kind of nice to have a designated last-place dweller on this list that likely won’t bother anybody? Surely there are some…
Culture
‘The Pitt’ Season Finale: TV's New Favorite Doctors (Finally) Get a Break
Season one of The Pitt ends unexpectedly, yet inevitably. While a few cases still linger, the quiet, meditative first-season finale…
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Everything We Know About ‘Highest 2 Lowest,’ Spike Lee's Long-Awaited Reunion With Denzel Washington
It’s official: Spike Lee’s new film, Highest 2 Lowest will premiere May 19th at the Cannes Film Festival. The movie—a reinterpretation of…