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To celebrate the arrival of Euro 2024, A J Black kicks off the first of two football-related 90s movies with 1996’s Sean Bean-starring ‘When Saturday Comes’.

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David Leland, a director of stage and screen whose filmmaking CV includes films such as Wish You Were Here, Personal Services and Land Girls, has died. He was 82.

Born in 1941 in Cambridge, Leland initially trained as an actor at the Central Speech of School and Drama and had many stage credits before moving into direction at the Crucible Theatre. That began his collaboration with Alan Clarke in 1981. He wrote Made In Britain, which Clarke directed and featured the first screen role of Tim Roth. In 1986, Leland and director Neil Jordan co-wrote the screenplay for Mona Lisa, which starred Bob Hoskins.

Leland then wrote Personal Services, which was directed by Terry Jones and followed the true-life story of Cynthia Payne, who ran a private brothel.

Payne was also the subject of Leland's next film his directorial debut, Wish You Were Here, which chronicled her teenage years, starring Emily Lloyd.

While his next two films,...

This Evil review is based on the first three episodes of season 3. It contains no spoilers but does allude to upcoming cases and plots.

Evil season 3 exchanges the Pop-Up Book of Terrifying Things Mmxxi for The Pop-Up Book of Contemporary Demons but continues the same old story. Newly ordained Father David Acosta (Mike Colter) and his skeptical colleagues, Dr. Kristen Bouchard (Katja Herbers), and Ben Shakir (Aasif Mandvi), weigh proof against belief to measure miraculous delusions.

Season 3 picks up in the aftermath of the season 2 finale, when Kristen confessed to David that she murdered Orson LeRoux (Darren Pettie), the serial killer who was threatening her family, and got away with it. She and David share a kiss for absolution. What happens next is anyone’s guess, as reality is not always what it seems on Evil. The series has a knack for painting itself into a corner with season closures,...

Back when "Breaking Bad" was drawing to a close, who would've thought that we'd be here less than 10 years later and excitedly waiting for the concluding stretch of episodes that will bring its spin-off/prequel series, "Better Call Saul," to a similarly memorable end? The Bob Odenkirk-starring series, centered on the misadventures of the criminal lawyer formerly known as Jimmy McGill (who now goes by the Saul Goodman moniker), recently aired its most shocking and characteristically brutal episode yet with its mid-season finale fittingly titled "Plan And Execution."

But as bittersweet as it is to be nearing the end of...

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NCIS: Hawai’i closed out Season 1 on Monday night with Part 2 of its freshman finale, in which Captain Milius worked again with Special Agent Tennant’s team to find out who sabotaged a prisoner exchange between the United States and Eastern Europe.

At the close of Part 1, the American journalist that was being returned to the States began violently seizing and foaming at the mouth — and as Part 2 opened, he died not long after, aboard the Coast Guard jet Jane had secured. It was then discovered that the exact same grim fate befell the Russian spy that had been handed over at the swap.

The rumor mill is heating up on Bob Hearts Abishola.

During Monday’s Season 3 finale, Chukwuemeka’s mother Ogechi discovers that the church’s new pastor (played by Last Man Standing‘s Jonathan Adams) has eyes for a married member of his flock — and it’s only a matter of time before she discovers it’s Ebunoluwa.

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In the latest TV show ratings, CBS is reporting that NCIS: Los Angeles — which started nearly an hour late due to golf overrun — ended Season 13 with just shy of 4 million total viewers, which marks a series low; TVLine readers gave the crowd-pleasing closer an average grade of “A.”

S.W.A.T. (3.2 mil) similarly slipped with the first half hour of its own delayed finale, which marked the farewell for an original cast member.

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Original S.W.A.T. cast member Lina Esco is exiting the CBS drama after five seasons, in what she says was “one of the most difficult decisions I’ve had to make.”

Esco’s exit storyline took shape a few weeks ago, when Officer Christine “Chris” Alonso told colleague and best friend Jim Street that she had decided to leave S.W.A.T. to take over for Mama Pina, the woman who runs a local safe house for immigrant women fleeing bad situations and is now hospitalized.

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Stephen Colbert made his return to CBS’ “The Late Show” on Monday night after recovering from Covid, and he was concerned to hear that another late night host — Jimmy Kimmel — has now contracted the virus.

But first, he explained that not only is he, “back, baby,” but he is doing well following his own illness.

“Now, you may have read in the New England Journal of Hot Goss that I had the Covid, and I’m very grateful that I am fully vaxxed and boosted. Feeling fine … Thank you science,” Colbert said. “But still, like I say, Covid is no fun. The first three days sucked and by day 6, I was testing negative, and now, on day 12 I’m back with a serious head cold, so go figure.”

He then quickly addressed the news that broke earlier on Monday that Kimmel was stepping back from his late night show, “Jimmy Kimmel Live!...

One of late night’s “Jimmy”s is saying goodbye. James Corden, who has hosted CBS’ The Late Late Show since 2015, will step away from the late-night talk show before next summer, according to our sister site Deadline.

Corden has extended his contract for one more year, per Deadline, setting up his exit for sometime in early 2023. By then, he’ll have hosted The Late Late Show for more than eight years, having taken the reins from previous host Craig Ferguson.

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"Better Call Saul", the "Breaking Bad" spin-off, starring Bob Odenkirk, airs the final 13 episodes from Season Six, starting April 18, 2022 on AMC:

“…’Better Call Saul’ concludes the complicated journey and transformation of its compromised hero, ‘Jimmy McGill’ Odenkirk), into criminal lawyer ‘Saul Goodman’.

“From the cartel to the courthouse, from Albuquerque to Omaha, season six tracks ‘Jimmy’, ‘Saul’ and ‘Gene’ as well as Jimmy’s complex relationship with ‘Kim’ (Rhea Seehorn), who is in the midst of her own existential crisis.

“Meanwhile, ‘Mike’ (Jonathan Banks), ‘Gus’ (Giancarlo Esposito), ‘Nacho’ (Michael Mando) and ‘Lalo’ (Tony Dalton) are locked into a game of cat and mouse with mortal stakes…”

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Bryan Cranston and Aaron Paul will be Breaking Bad one last time: The two franchise leads will be guest-starring in spinoff series Better Call Saul‘s final season, which returns Monday, April 18 at 9/8c on AMC.

The news was confirmed by the network on Twitter with a photo and three simple words: “They’re coming back.”

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"Better Call Saul", the "Breaking Bad" crime series spin-off, starring Bob Odenkirk, airs episodes from final Season Six, beginning April 18, 2022 on AMC and AMC+:

“…’Better Call Saul’ concludes the complicated journey and transformation of its compromised hero, ‘Jimmy McGill’ Odenkirk), into criminal lawyer ‘Saul Goodman’.

“From the cartel to the courthouse, from Albuquerque to Omaha, season six tracks ‘Jimmy’, ‘Saul’ and ‘Gene’ as well as Jimmy’s complex relationship with ‘Kim’ (Rhea Seehorn), who is in the midst of her own existential crisis.

“Meanwhile, ‘Mike’ (Jonathan Banks), ‘Gus’ (Giancarlo Esposito), ‘Nacho’ (Michael Mando) and ‘Lalo’ (Tony Dalton) are locked into a game of cat and mouse with mortal stakes…”

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Exclusive: The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon is making some executive changes.

Deadline understands that showrunner Jamie Granet-Bederman is stepping down and will be replaced by The Drew Barrymore Show exec producer Chris Miller.

Granet-Bederman, who has worked with Fallon for 13 years, is transitioning to develop a number of new projects with the late-night host, who has been ramping up his non-Tonight Show projects such as musical gameshow That’s My Jam via his Electric Hot Dog shingle.

Granet-Bederman has been running the NBC show since November 2020, when she took over from Gavin Purcell.

“These last 13 years working with Jimmy have been such a gift. It’s been an honor to have helped him launch not one but two late-night shows, and I will be forever grateful to my amazing Tonight Show family,” Granet-Bederman told Deadline. “And as lucky as I’ve been to have had this experience, I’m even...

"Better Call Saul", the "Breaking Bad" spin-off, starring Bob Odenkirk, airs the final 13 episodes from Season Six, starting April 18, 2022 on AMC:

“…’Better Call Saul’ concludes the complicated journey and transformation of its compromised hero, ‘Jimmy McGill’ Odenkirk), into criminal lawyer ‘Saul Goodman’.

“From the cartel to the courthouse, from Albuquerque to Omaha, season six tracks ‘Jimmy’, ‘Saul’ and ‘Gene’ as well as Jimmy’s complex relationship with ‘Kim’ (Rhea Seehorn), who is in the midst of her own existential crisis.

“Meanwhile, ‘Mike’ (Jonathan Banks), ‘Gus’ (Giancarlo Esposito), ‘Nacho’ (Michael Mando) and ‘Lalo’ (Tony Dalton) are locked into a game of cat and mouse with mortal stakes…”

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David Dobrik, the 25-year-old YouTube superstar, has a grin that speaks a thousand words. Dobrik is the quintessence of cute — eager and baby-faced, with big dark puppy eyes and floppy brown hair combed so that it never seems combed. Clad in sweatshirts that he wears like pajamas, he looks like the comic-strip character Dondi crossed with Mark Wahlberg in 1995 crossed with the world’s smarmiest frat-house douche. When Dobrik grins, his face lights up, but he’s a self-contained firecracker. That grin is a smirk, a freeze-frame guffaw, and a snicker of contempt all at the same time. It’s the look of a class clown, of a kid who can’t believe what he’s getting away with, or of the nicest, most polite office colleague who is also, in case you weren’t looking, the worst corporate backstabber.

David Dobrik, in short, is a dude who looks a lot like America.

"Better Call Saul", the "Breaking Bad" spin-off, starring Bob Odenkirk, airs the final 13 episodes from Season Six, starting April 18, 2022 on AMC:

“…’Better Call Saul’ concludes the complicated journey and transformation of its compromised hero, ‘Jimmy McGill’ Odenkirk), into criminal lawyer ‘Saul Goodman’.

“From the cartel to the courthouse, from Albuquerque to Omaha, season six tracks ‘Jimmy’, ‘Saul’ and ‘Gene’ as well as Jimmy’s complex relationship with ‘Kim’ (Rhea Seehorn), who is in the midst of her own existential crisis.

“Meanwhile, ‘Mike’ (Jonathan Banks), ‘Gus’ (Giancarlo Esposito), ‘Nacho’ (Michael Mando) and ‘Lalo’ (Tony Dalton) are locked into a game of cat and mouse with mortal stakes…”

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BFI’s springtime celebration of queer cinema is back! Whether you choose to join Flare in person or online (or both), you are about to discover the best in contemporary Lgbtqia+ cinema from around the world.

Films screen at BFI Southbank, with a selection screening virtually on BFI Player available across the UK 16 to 27 March. You can find the Full Programme and Info about tickets on the Official Website Here

Let’s have a look at the Asian titles and also at the films with some Asia in them:

“Hearts” Strand

A Distant Place

A young Korean sheepherder raising his niece is visited by two people from his past in this intimate and sumptuously shot family drama.

By Park Kun-young / South Korea 2020 / 119min

Fragrance of the First Flower

A chance meeting between former high-school friends stirs up forgotten feelings in this beautifully charming Taiwanese digital series screening in its entirety.

DeathThe singer-composer, a familiar figure for many with his trademark gold chains that he wore for luck and his sunglasses, was known for his songs in several films of the late 70s-80s.Tnm StaffImage: Facebook/Bappi LahiriSinger-composer Bappi Lahiri, who popularised disco music in India in the 80s and 90s, has died following multiple health issues, a doctor treating him said on Wednesday, February 16. He was 69 years old. Doctors said that Lahiri died late on Tuesday, February 15, at the CritiCare Hospital in Juhu. "Lahiri had been admitted to the hospital for a month and was discharged on Monday. But his health deteriorated on Tuesday and his family called for a doctor to visit their home. He was brought to the hospital. He had multiple health issues. He died due to Osa (obstructive sleep apnea) shortly before midnight," Dr Deepak Namjoshi, director of the hospital, told Pti. The singer-composer, a...

AMC has set the premiere date for the sixth and final season of Emmy-nominated drama series Better Call Saul. The final chapter, from Sony Pictures Television, will premiere with two back-to-back-episodes starting at 9 p.m. Monday, April 18, on AMC and AMC+.

The 13-episode final season will roll out in two parts, with the first seven episodes launching April 18 and culminating with the series’ final six episodes starting July 11.

Three new original shortform series connected to the world of Better Call Saul also will debut this spring: the animated Slippin’ Jimmy; Cooper’s Bar, starring Saul’s Rhea Seehorn; and new episodes of the Emmy-winning Better Call Saul Employee Training Video series.

Better Call Saul’s final season concludes the complicated journey and transformation of its compromised hero, Jimmy McGill (Bob Odenkirk), into criminal lawyer Saul Goodman. From the cartel to the courthouse, from Albuquerque to Omaha, Season 6 tracks Jimmy and...

Jay Johnston, who voiced Bob Belcher’s (H. Jon Benjamin) business rival Jimmy Pesto in 43 episodes of Bob’s Burgers, has been sidelined from the Fox animated series due to his alleged involvement in the January 6 Capitol Riot.

The Daily Beast reported Friday about Johnston’s indefinite hiatus from the series. While any possible involvement of Johnston in the events of the 6th is unclear, he’s allegedly seen in multiple photos captured at the scene last year by the FBI. Thus far, the actor has been neither arrested nor charged in connection to the riot.

Sources confirm to Deadline that Johnston, who had been recurring on Bob’s Burgers, has not been brought back to do an episode since Jan. 6, 2021, and there are no plans for his character to be featured in the foreseeable future. Reps for Fox and 20th Television Animation, which produces the series, had no comment.

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Netflix will close out the year by debuting its biggest awards contenders and popular series like Season 2 of “The Witcher” and Season 2 of “Emily in Paris.”

But the headline releases are on the film side. December 1 brings the streaming premiere of “The Power of the Dog,” Jane Campion’s Best Picture favorite starring Benedict Cumberbatch, Kirsten Dunst, Jesse Plemons, and Kodi Smit-McPhee. On December 10, Netflix drops “The Unforgivable,” a new drama with former Best Actress winner Sandra Bullock. On December 24, it’s Adam McKay’s star-studded Best Picture hopeful “Don’t Look Up,” with Leonardo DiCaprio, Jennifer Lawrence, Meryl Streep, Jonah Hill, Cate Blanchett, Rob Morgan, Timothee Chalamet, Tyler Perry, Ariana Grande, and Mark Rylance. The streamer closes out 2021 with “The Lost Daughter,” Maggie Gyllenhaal’s directorial debut with Olivia Colman and Dakota Johnson.

Ahead, everything coming to Netflix in December 2021.

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The beautiful game has not been embraced by the seventh art in quite the same way as its American equivalent. Yet Soccer, or Football as we have it here, has a simplicity which makes for a thrilling and uncomplicated conflict, and yet few filmmakers centre their stories around it. Baseball is well served with A League of Their Own, Field of Dreams, The Natural, and many more, capturing the passion and drama of the game. The American variant of football has too, with Friday Night Lights, The Waterboy and Any Given Sunday showing off the variety of stories that can be told around the game. But Football (‘Soccer’) trails behind in the cinematic stakes.

That’s not to say that there aren’t some cracking films that have used football to build their dramatic stories. There is an inbuilt connection to the game, an understanding by osmosis of the importance...

You have to feel for Léa Seydoux, the star who was slated to be the all-but-official face of this year’s Cannes Film Festival, with four vehicles in the official selection. Covid intervened, preventing her representing any of them in person. But the one she’s best in was also the lowest-profile.

Placed out of competition in the new Premieres sidebar, Arnaud Desplechin’s “Deception” is a strange, stifling but frequently intriguing attempt to find a cinematic match for the literary voice of Philip Roth, from his autofictional 1990 novel of the same name. It often succeeds, which is to say the filmmaking often appropriates the self-aggrandizing indulgences and knowingly oppressive masculinity of a work that isn’t among the author’s finest. But it’s Seydoux’s sly, bright presence, as an obscure object of desire who gradually places the protagonist’s failings in relief, that keeps us involved.

That...

Social Media influencer Addison Rae has claimed that she was 'fired' from her role as a UFC (Ultimate Fighting Championship) Correspondent, following a backlash from journalists experienced within the field. The TikTok star initially recieved criticism over a post on social media concerning her new role, in which she displayed her qualifications for the job. The jovial remark noted that Rae only required three months studying journalism at Louisiana State University in order for her to land the job, she had left the institution early to focus on her career as an influencer.

I studied broadcast journalism in college for 3 whole months to prepare for this moment pic.twitter.com/5Z95OTSVTA

— Addison Rae (@whoisaddison) July 10, 2021

Addison Rae later tweeted "nvm (never mind) y'all got me fired" in response to the fan backlash to her post. One user initially commented "Stealing jobs from those more deserving, very classy", while another...

On Tuesday’s episode of “Jimmy Kimmel Live,” Kimmel was pretty unnerved by the report that back in 2019, President Donald Trump wanted to sic government agencies on him and other late-night Trump critics. But the ABC host still offered to send the disgraced former president a complimentary sweater.

Kimmel was referencing a report from The Daily Beast on Tuesday, which said in part: “According to two people familiar with the matter, Trump asked advisers and lawyers in early 2019 about what the Federal Communications Commission, the court system, and—most confusingly to some Trump lieutenants—the Department of Justice could do to probe or mitigate ‘SNL,’ Jimmy Kimmel, and other late-night comedy mischief-makers.”

“I’m glad you’re excited about it. I don’t know – I don’t want him probing me,” Kimmel joked. “Can you imagine that? President Snowflake asked to send the authorities in — to stop us from making fun of him.

Trojan Records is set to reissue its legendary 1971 collection The Trojan Story — a three-lp set that helped introduce the world to artists like Jimmy Cliff, the Maytals, Desmond Dekker, and Lee “Scratch” Perry — for its 50th anniversary this June.

Long out-of-print, the 50-song anthology — due out June 18th — will be reissued physically and digitally with its original tracklist intact, along with a 50-page illustrated booklet featuring liner notes for every song by Trojan’s label manager Rob Bell — who helped curate the original release — and musician Rusty Zinn.

In addition...

"Welcome to the serial killer podcast. Today we have something very exclusive." Holy hell this is insanely scary. Meet Jimmy is an excellent 7-minute horror short from Dutch filmmaker David-Jan Bronsgeest. It originally premiered in 2018 at the Nederlands Film Festival and it's finally available to watch online via Short of the Week. Jennifer is obsessed with a podcast about serial killer Jimmy Twofingers. As she's tuning in to listen to his confessions while she waits for her laundry, she realizes that the killer can hear her, too. Jimmy starts talking to her and warns her: if she stops listening, she will meet him in person. Now this is a much better modern reinvention of Ringu than any remake or sequel, playing with evil podcasts instead of VHS tapes. Starring Sem de Vlieger as Jennifer, and Jord Knotter as the voice of Jimmy. Luckily this already caught the eye of Hollywood,...

The Blacklist‘s latest target: Laverne Cox.

The Orange Is the New Black vet will guest-star in the March 12 episode as Dr. Laken Perillos, a sadistic interrogator who tortures her victims via unorthodox methods, TVInsider reports. Per the character description, “an act of injustice in her past fuels her fascination with pain, and how racial bias can affect the ability to recognize the suffering of others.”

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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences on Thursday revealed the 366 feature films that are eligible for consideration at the 93rd Oscars, which are set to air April 25 live on ABC.

The total number of films is up from last year’s 344 films in contention.

This year’s list was compiled based on tweaked eligibility rules implemented because of the coronavirus pandemic, which has pushed the ceremony to its latest date ever. For this year, feature films had to open by February 28 in a commercial motion picture theater for a seven-day qualifying run in at least one of six metro areas: Los Angeles County, New York City, the Bay Area, Chicago, Miami and Atlanta. Drive-in theaters open nightly were included as qualifying venues, as were films intended for theatrical release but because of the lockdown made available first via streaming, VOD service or other broadcast.

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When it comes to world-building, it’s one of the few advantages the medium of television has over movies, as TV shows have dozens of hours to build on exciting characters’ backstories and to go into more depth about the world’s social economy. Few shows go into as much detail as Breaking Bad, as it seems like even people and places that are just mentioned in passing have more of a backstory than some other shows’ main characters.

Related: Better Call Saul: 5 Reasons Kim Is The Best Character (& 5 Why It's Still Jimmy)

The criminal underworld of Albuquerque has been delicately put together and has now been explored at length in a spin-off prequel and a movie. However, there are other series that have an evil criminal underbelly that are just as screwed up as Breaking Bad’s, and they all bring something original to the table.

Death Cab for Cutie hit Jimmy Kimmel Live Tuesday night to perform a cover of TLC’s “Waterfalls,” a cut from their Georgia EP. The record is a collection of covers by artists from the titular state in celebration and support of the Democrats’ victory in the Georgia runoffs.

The band performed the 1994 song from their respective homes, turning the R&b jam into a more indie-fied track. Before you ask, Ben Gibbard does not attempt Left Eye’s legendary rap.

The band initially dropped the new EP in December...

As if Jesse driving off into the sunset in the finale of Breaking Bad just wasn’t enough for fans, it was only a matter of time until Vince Gilligan dreamed up an ingenious way to suitably tie up the show’s one loose end. With there being so many fascinating and beloved characters in the series—albeit many of them having been killed off—the announcement of the movie had people guessing about who was going to show up and how they were going to show up.

Related: Better Call Saul: 5 Reasons Kim Is The Best Character (& 5 Why It's Still Jimmy)

The movie is made up of equal parts fan service and introducing fascinating new characters that build on the ever-expanding world of Breaking Bad. Now being more than a year removed since the movie first hit Netlfix, El Camino still holds up as an exciting and emotional epilogue to Jesse’s story,...

With there being so many absurd characters crawling around Albuquerque, the population of Breaking Bad is part of what made the show quickly become the gold standard of television. Thankfully, with the spin-off, Better Call Saul, many of the recurring characters can live on, as not all of them were given the screen time they deserved the first time around.

Related: Better Call Saul: 5 Reasons Kim Is The Best Character (& 5 Why It's Still Jimmy)

Between drug addicts doing anything they possibly can to score, old friends of Walt’s who are way too condescending, and well-meaning friends of Jesse’s who went down the wrong path, there’s so much depth to even the smallest of recurring characters. But not all of them are as lovable as Skinny Pete.

Taylor Swift has got a blank space, baby, and she'll write your name—even if it's not your actual name. The music superstar guested on Jimmy Kimmel Live on Monday, Dec. 14, where host Jimmy Kimmel wanted to know the backstory behind her boyfriend, Joe Alwyn, getting credited as "William Bowery" for the songwriting work he did on Taylor's two surprise 2020 albums, folklore and evermore. "Your boyfriend wrote some of the lyrics to some of the songs under a pseudonym, William Bowery," Kimmel said during the interview clip, seen below in the video. "Who chose that name? Did you choose that, or did he?" Taylor took a beat before answering, as it...

Legendary theatrical director George C. Wolfe launched his screen career with adaptations of plays for PBS series like “Great Performances” and “American Playhouse,” and he brings that same politely reverential energy to August Wilson’s “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom.” But even if this version never shakes off its stage roots, it does act as a stately jewel box that houses an extraordinary ensemble of performances.

Viola Davis and the late Chadwick Boseman get the meatiest roles here — and make the most of absolutely every second they’re on camera — but this Netflix feature is just as much a showcase for the talents of the always-brilliant Colman Domingo and the legendary Glynn Turman. Wolfe not only guides his top-flight cast to greatness, but he also keeps the plays themes of art vs. commerce and representation vs. exploitation front and center.

It’s 1927 Chicago, and legendary blues singer Ma Rainey (Davis) and...

Rising indie rocker Beabadoobee turned in a performance of her song “Care” on Jimmy Kimmel Live Wednesday, November 19th.

Frontwoman Bea Kristi and her band kept things to the point as they ripped through the vintage-sounding track, which is packed with plenty of big guitar crunch that Kristi offset with her sweet vocal croon: “I don’t want your sympathy,” she sings before the final blow-out chorus, “I guess I’ve had it rough/But you don’t really/Care, care, care.”

“Care” appears on Beabadoobee’s debut album, Fake It Flowers,...

"Have you ever met anyone from a dream before?" Newcity Chicago Film Project is releasing an indie film titled Dreaming Grand Avenue, written & directed by filmmaker Hugh Schulze. The film is already out and available to watch through "virtual cinemas" at a few small art houses in the US. It's a mysterious drama about a connection between two strangers. Maggie and Jimmy have never met, but they keep showing up in each other's dreams. As they navigate memories, traumas, hopes and desires in sleep and the waking world, they’ll discover the truth of their linked destiny with the help of a dream detective, a sleep scientist, and the poet Walt Whitman himself. The film stars Jackson Rathbone, Andrea Londo, Wendy Robie, Tony Castillo, and Tony Fitzpatrick. There's just something about this film that intrigues me. It's worth a look. Here's the official trailer (+ poster) for Hugh Schulze's Dreaming Grand Avenue,...

Chicago – Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com appears on “The Morning Mess” with Scott Thompson on Wbgr-fm on September 10th, 2020, reviewing the new films “I Am Woman” (VOD and theaters) and “Jimmy Carter: Rock & Roll President” (virtual and actual theaters).

Rating: 3.5/5.0

I Am Woman As you would guess, this film is about Helen Reddy, and the journey to her signature song. Fellow Australian Tilda Cobham-Hervey distinctly portrays Reddy, who won a contest to record a record in the U.S. in the 1960s … only to travel here with her daughter and find out the prize didn’t exist. She stayed and eventually met agent and future husband Jeff Wald (Evan Peters) who took her on a rocky path to her 1970s hit making period. 3.5/5 stars.

Rating: 4.0/5.0

Jimmy Carter: Rock & Roll President The improbable rise of a peanut farmer from Plains, Georgia, to the White House is told through the filter...

John Legend was the Thursday night guest host for Jimmy Kimmel Live!, where he introduced the episode’s musical guest: John Legend.

“My next guest is my wife’s favorite artist, and if he isn’t…well then, we’re going to talk about that when I get home,” Legend quipped when introducing his own performance.

The show then cut to Legend performing the romantic song “Wild,” from his new album Bigger Love, on top of a roof deck at sunset overlooking the Los Angeles hills. Wearing a striking floral tux,...

In today’s TV news roundup, “The Drew Barrymore Show” has announced the lineup for its first week, and AMC released a new trailer for “Soulmates.”

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Oprah Winfrey and Apple Books announced the “Oprah’s Book Club” podcast. During the eight-episode series, Winfrey and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Isabel Wilkerson will explore the eight pillars of caste outlined in Wilkerson’s best-selling book “Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents.” New episodes will be released twice weekly on Tuesdays and Thursdays, starting today.

“The Drew Barrymore Show“has announced its premiere week lineup. On Sept. 14, Cameron Diaz and Lucy Liu will join Barrymore for a “Charlie’s Angels” reunion, and Adam Sandler will also make an appearance on the show. On Sept. 15, Reese Witherspoon and Billy Eichner will be the guests and play a round of Eichner’s game, “Would Drew Barrymore Like That?” Jane Fonda and Gabrielle Union will stop by on Sept.

“Jimmy Carter Rock & Roll President” returns to the same point over and over again — the 39th President of the United States had great taste in music, and was not afraid to use it. The charming, lightweight celebration of Carter’s affinity for the likes of the Allman Brothers and Bob Dylan is loaded with endearing testimony from many of the musicians who helped Carter secure the youth vote, though the title is something of a misnomer: The Georgia peanut farmer who stormed the White House liked gospel, jazz, and country, too. His eclectic interests spoke to the complexity of a leader who remains under-appreciated in those terms, and as the movie salutes the warmth and creativity of Carter’s mind through the music, it’s .

Anyone looking for profound insights into Carter’s post-presidency life won’t find them here, but Jonathan Demme already provided that more sophisticated look at...

More than a month after Glee star Naya Rivera passed away, her Glee co-star and friend Amber Riley is paying tribute to Rivera through song.

Performing on Jimmy Kimmel Live! Thursday night, Riley, who starred on Glee as Mercedes Jones alongside Rivera, sang a song called “A Moment.”

Prior to taking the stage, guest host Lil Rel Howery thanked the show for allowing them to take a moment to honor Rivera. “Not too long ago we both lost a really amazing friend in a tragic accident and we both will miss her forever. I really want to thank the show for really ...

More than a month after Glee star Naya Rivera passed away, her Glee co-star and friend Amber Riley is paying tribute to Rivera through song.

Performing on Jimmy Kimmel Live! Thursday night, Riley, who starred on Glee as Mercedes Jones alongside Rivera, sang a song called “A Moment.”

Prior to taking the stage, guest host Lil Rel Howery thanked the show for allowing them to take a moment to honor Rivera. “Not too long ago we both lost a really amazing friend in a tragic accident and we both will miss her forever. I really want to thank the show for really ...

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Sarah Cooper is heading to Netflix. Cooper, a newly minted internet celebrity and the reason your parents won't stop asking you what TikTok is, has become famous for uploading videos of herself lip syncing to some of the more eyebrow-raising things Donald Trump has said in public. Now she'll be

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The Peak TV era is an embarrassment of riches — and the Emmys are reflecting that.

The Outstanding Drama and Comedy Series categories will now have eight nominees each year, the Television Academy announced on Wednesday. This rule change goes into effect with this year’s 72nd annual Emmys; nominations will be announced on Tuesday, July 28.

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Other categories may have up to eight nominees as well, depending on the number of submissions received by the Academy.

Aaron Wallace’s case isn’t closed just yet: ABC has renewed its legal drama For Life for a second season, TVLine has learned.

Across its 13-episode freshman run, For Life averaged a 0.56 demo rating and 2.5 million total viewers (in Live+Same Day numbers) — up in the demo but down in viewers compared to ill-fated time slot predecessor Emergence. Out of the 10 dramas ABC aired this past TV season, it ranked No. 6 in the demo but next-to-last in audience (only topping The Baker and the Beauty).

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CNN Films has acquired broadcasting rights to “Jimmy Carter Rock & Roll President.” The look at the bond between the 39th president and pop and country musicians is slated to be the closing film for AFI Docs film festival on June 21.

The documentary was originally scheduled to open the 19th annual Tribeca Film Festival, which was postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic. “Jimmy Carter Rock & Roll President” chronicles the Georgian candidate’s relationship with music as a defining part of his campaign for the White House and his presidency. His embrace of music helped the small-town peanut farmer reach out across racial and generational divides.

“Jimmy Carter Rock & Roll President” will feature rare, archival footage and interviews with Willie Nelson, Jimmy Buffett, Paul Simon and Bob Dylan along with segments from Bono, Garth Brooks, Trisha Yearwood, Roseanne Cash, Chuck Leavell, Andrew Young and Madeleine Albright. The film was was produced by Chris Farrell,...

CNN Films has acquired the North American broadcast rights to the documentary “Jimmy Carter Rock & Roll President,” which was supposed to be the opening night film at the Tribeca Film Festival in April.

The documentary will now close out the AFI Docs Festival on June 21.

“Jimmy Carter Rock & Roll President” showcases the role music played in propelling Jimmy Carter from Georgia to the White House, and how his love for music gave him an unexpected edge in the presidential race. Willie Nelson, Bono, Bob Dylan, Garth Brooks, Trisha Yearwood, Jimmy Buffett, Roseanne Cash, Chuck Leavell, Paul Simon, Andrew Young, and Madeleine Albright are just a few of the contributors giving interviews in the documentary. Rare, archival footage from live performances by Buffett, Nelson, etc. are also included in the documentary.

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