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Laurence Fishburne is a talented actor who has played a range of characters from Morpheus to Mr. Clean. The new FX series Clipped offers him yet another unexpected role as an NBA coach who employs force and gravitas in guiding players in combat with the…

As far as the three young women sitting in row E at London's Bush Theatre were concerned, the name of the character Tosin Cole was playing in Benedict Lombe's "spicy" love story Shifters, wasn't Dre — short for Dream — but "Dreamboat." It's a double whammy of love, well, sort of, for Cole (Till, Bob M…

Editor’s Note: Journalist David Blum might have forever coined The Brat Pack era, but it was Carl Kurlander who provided the reason the infamous New York magazine article got written. St. Elmo’s Fire was a script Kurlander wrote with director Joel Schumacher, inspired by events in his life. Now an academic…

The White House in the past week has railed against so-called “cheap fakes,” videos edited to look as if President Joe Biden has “frozen” or was wandering away at major public events, while media outlets amplifying the moments have done little to add context. The videos include one at a D-Day…

Pondering Will Smith's recent triumph at a local Cinemark and Donald Trump's post-conviction surge, I got to thinking about “movie-think.” You know, the way we've become accustomed, after watching hundreds and hundreds of mainstream films, to thinking…

For celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay, it’ll be a really grateful Father’s Day. The father of six kids posted to Instagram today and said he’s “lucky to be here” after crashing his bicycle earlier this week in Connecticut. “I had a really bad accident, and it really shook me. Honestly, I’m lucky to…

Radio host Charlamagne Tha God told Bill Maher on Friday’s Real Time that his appeal is that his audience thinks he’s sincere in his beliefs. Among his beliefs: that Caitlin Clark’s immediate impact on the WNBA is because – in a league where the majority of women are Black and there’s a large number…

The six-minute-long sex scene depicted in a recent Bridgerton episode has everyone talking, including the panelists of The View. Joy Behar sparked a discussion of the sexy scene during Friday's episode. Sunny Hostin called the moment "beautiful," and gave kudos that Colin (Luke Newton) asked…

Director David Lynch learned a vital lesson when his version of Dune was done. Speaking to NPR’s Wild Card with Rachel Martin, Lynch responded to a question about the greatest failure that he learned from. He nominated his 1984 film, Dune. “I knew already one should have final cut before…

Caitlin Clark has had it with being the poster girl for everyone’s agenda. Speaking before Thursday’s game, Clark was candid about some who have used perceived slights against the WNBA superstar to push racist and misogynistic tropes, "I think it's disappointing," Clark said. "Everybody in…

There’s no artificial anything going on with those shots of Nicola Coughlan. The Bridgerton star, who plays Penelope Featherington on the Netflix series, is battling rumors that her waist has been “photoshopped" in stills from the show. Coughlan spoke to People and said the period costumes on…

Sumner Redstone earned renown as both dealmaker and deal breaker (he once said he'd fired Tom Cruise). His daughter, Shari, seems to have inherited only part of his skill set. Flash back 50 years: The Beverly Hills dinner party was lavish. The mood among the Hollywood power players was upbeat. Gossip…