Multiple episodes of the NBC comedy series 30 Rock featuring a character in blackface are being removed from subscription services (Hulu and Amazon Prime), digital purchase platforms (including iTunes and Google Play) and traditional TV syndication. Some of the episodes have already been scrubbed, with all expected to be gone …
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Chris Chalk and Matthew Rhys, co-stars of the new HBO series Perry Mason, appear on Rolling Stone‘s “The First Time” to discuss their first CD purchases, the first time meeting each other, and their first job experiences. “I worked at Pier 1 for 58 minutes,” Chalk says. “And they said, ‘Why …
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Watchmen saw this coming. Some fiction offers an escape from difficult realities. Other art holds up a lens to the world we know, magnifying things we haven’t looked at closely enough. Watchmen, HBO’s adaptation of the iconic Eighties comic book series by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons, fell into the …
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If you’re familiar with the animated sitcom Bob’s Burgers, you know that the weekly song parodies, like the recipes for the restaurant’s Burger of the Day, are both expected and surprising. We always know something strange is coming, but never exactly what form it will take. The songs can be …
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Robert De Niro called in from quarantine onThe Late Show with Stephen Colbert Wednesday night, catching up with the late-night host on how his quarantine is going. For the distinguished actor and producer, it’s a lot of reading scripts, a bit of working out and “trying to stay alive.” When …
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Tom Cruise and NASA are teaming up for a movie project which will be filmed aboard the International Space Station, as Variety reports. NASA confirmed the news on Tuesday. “NASA is excited to work with @TomCruise on a film aboard the @Space_Station,” NASA administrator Jim Bridenstine wrote on Twitter. “We …
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In the wake of COVID-19, young people of all ages are missing out on a major rite of passage: graduation. In order to fill the void, John Krasinski held a ceremony on Some Good News Sunday featuring some pretty heavy-hitting speakers: Oprah Winfrey, Steven Spielberg, Malala Yousafzai and Jon Stewart. …
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Hulu has released the first look at its upcoming 10-episode series Love, Victor, a queer dramedy set in the world of the successful 2018 coming-out film Love, Simon. The show premieres June 19th on the streaming platform. The series’ eponymous Victor is a new student at Creekwood High School who is slowly …
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Former California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger called intoJimmy Kimmel Live! on Thursday night, bringing along his cherished pets: a miniature horse named Whiskey and a miniature donkey named Lulu. Schwarzenegger was feeding the animals when he first appeared on video chat with Kimmel, who naturally had to ask a few questions …
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It is April, in the year of our Lord 2000. I am sighing with relief that the whole Y2K thing had turned out to be just a lot of techno-paranoia. I am discussing the recent political primaries, as both Albert Arnold Gore Jr. and George Walker Bush had secured their …
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