Julianne Moore has weighed in on the reported ban of her semi-autobiographical children’s book, Freckleface Strawberry. The book — about a young girl who dislikes but comes to accept her freckles, acknowledging that they reflect the differences among people — is reportedly one of the titles that the Department of Defense Education Activity has identified for “further review,” causing it …
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[This essay contains spoilers for Captain America: Brave New World.] Captain America: Brave New World has drawn a divided response from critics and general audiences. And given how divided America is right now, and the questions concerning what the American Dream even means today, it’s both fitting and frustrating. While the film certainly has its share of structural and technical …
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The establishing scenes of Islands feel like something out of a James M. Cain novel — a wily noir, in this case drenched in subtropical heat and blinding sunshine. A tennis coach hiding out from life while working at a Canary Islands luxury hotel falls under the spell of a beautiful married guest who seems oddly familiar, with a douchey …
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The BAFTA Film Awards shared the love on Sunday evening, with Vatican drama Conclave picking up four wins, including for best film and outstanding British film, the same number of honors as Brady Corbet’s The Brutalist, which earned the best director and best actor awards for Corbet and Adrien Brody, respectively. Meanwhile, Mikey Madison received the best leading actress BAFTA for …
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Jeff Goldblum brought his special touch to the BAFTA Film Awards ceremony’s In Memoriam segment in London on Sunday, performing “As Time Goes By” on the piano while the names and faces of beloved industry figures who died over the past year were shown on a screen. The actor, who played The Wizard of Oz in the BAFTA-nominated Jon M. …
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The fires that ravaged Los Angeles County earlier this year have supercharged calls to bring more production back to Southern California after a period of notable decline. Much of this advocacy has played out on social media and in the press. On Instagram industry figures like cinematographer and director Rachel Morrison (Mudbound) and star Vin Diesel (Fast & Furious) have …
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U.S. President Donald Trump got a bit of a roasting during the BAFTA Film Awards ceremony in London on Sunday, courtesy of host David Tennant. The Scottish star (Doctor Who, Inside Man) during his opening monologue mentioned The Brutalist, lauding it as “as film of incredible architecture, the boldest architecture in film this year” with the exception of the hairdo of …
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Captain America: Brave New World is looking presidential after all as Marvel Studios attempts to reboot the franchise with an entirely new cast The year’s first tentpole is reporting a four-day domestic opening of $100 million over the long Valentine’s Day/Presidents Day weekend, including $88.4 million for the three days. That’s ahead of expectations. Globally, it’s starting off with $192.4 …
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Titlul serialului: Viața care ne unește Episodul 114 subtitrat în românăGenul: Dramă Rezumat:Münevver Hanım, descendentă dintr-o familie nobilă, trăiește împreună cu slujnica ei devotată, Suzan, într-un conac impunător, deși timpul și-a lăsat amprenta asupra lui. Într-o zi, la poarta conacului apare o fetiță, abandonată de sora mai mare a Münevverei. Această micuță nu va schimba doar viața Münevverei, ci și …
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British musician and DJ Matthew Herbert has pretty much done it all. After making a name for himself in electronic music (his 2003 manifesto “Personal Contract for the Composition of Music” famously emphasizes “no drum machines”) and launching his label Accidental Records, he ended up remixing such iconic artists as Quincy Jones, Ennio Morricone, Serge Gainsbourg, and classical composer Gustav …
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