The members of the cult classic MTV sketch show The State will host a reunion on Zoom to raise money for the California Immigrant Resilience Fund and the NAACP. The event — dubbed “Zoom With The State” — will take place Wednesday, June 10th, at 9 p.m. ET. Per a …
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There should be special place in movie hell for lazy filmmakers who get off showing adults terrorizing children and animals. Is there an easier or cheaper way to jolt an audience? That’s a rhetorical question. Becky, available on demand and at a drive-in near you starting June 5th, is too …
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“Why are you so extreme with everything, man?” Ramy’s friend Ahmed asks him. “Everything with you, dude. You’re, like, the most emotional, extreme Muslim I’ve ever met.” This is the important thing to understand about Ramy, the superb Hulu dramedy returning this week for its second season. It’s not just …
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Billy Porter chatted with Trevor Noah onThe Daily Show this week about staying creative and politically engaged during the uncertainty of the coronavirus pandemic. “I am taking a break, I am learning what self-care is, I am learning what boundaries are, I am learning what balance is,” thePose actor said. …
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Trevor Noah highlighted the COVID-19 hotspot emerging in the White House on The Daily Show Monday. Plus, he delved into President Donald Trump‘s response to being in such close proximity to the virus. So far, two members of the White House staff have tested positive, Trump’s personal valet and Vice …
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Jerry Stiller — perhaps best known for playing George’s father Frank Costanza on Seinfeld — has died at the age of 92. His son, actor Ben Stiller, confirmed the news on Monday morning via Twitter. “I’m sad to say that my father, Jerry Stiller, passed away from natural causes,” the …
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Larry David advises everyone to “Go home. Watch TV” in his new PSA that asks California residents to stay at home during the coronavirus pandemic. The Curb Your Enthusiasm creator and star’s clip was shared by the Office of the Governor of California’s Twitter account. “I basically want to address …
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At the beginning of the new Netflix documentary Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness, a strip club proprietor tells the camera, “The big cat people are backstabbing pieces of shit.” The statement sounds both like nonsense and hyperbole. By the end of the seven-part series, it turns out to have …
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“I feel like I haven’t used the bathroom at Veselka since the Nineties, but I’m going to go for it,” Natasha Lyonne announces from within an aura of red curls and cigarette smoke when she arrives at the Ukrainian eatery in New York’s East Village one night in December. She …
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Fascism and Nazism take root in the United States in the new trailer for HBO‘s upcoming adaptation of Philip Roth‘s novel The Plot Against America. Roth’s 2004 alternate-history story is based around a reimagining of the 1940 election, in which the famous pilot Charles Lindbergh defeats Franklin D. Roosevelt and …
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