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British Comedian Behind BBC Shows Criticized Over Alleged “Antisemitic” Death Threat To Female Comic
British comedian Dane Baptiste, a regular on TV and creator of two BBC shows, has been criticized for allegedly posting an “antisemitic” death threat about a female comic. Prominent members of the British comedy community rounded on Baptiste after he was accused of publishing a now-deleted Instagram post in which he told an unidentified female …
3-min read - EntertainmentThe Guardian
Love Lies Bleeding review – Kristen Stewart lifts brilliant bodybuilding noir
Violent story of extreme sport, forbidden love and a lot of murder could be a new grindhouse classic, but Stewart’s fierce subtlety pushes it up a level
3-min read - EntertainmentDeadline
Universal Music Group Catalog To Return To TikTok As Companies Strike New Licensing Agreement
Universal Music Group and TikTok have announced a new “multi-dimensional” licensing agreement that will return music from UMG’s family of artists, songwriters and labels to the short video platform. Earlier this year, Universal Music pulled its songs from TikTok, citing financial terms and concerns about inadequate restrictions on artificial intelligence tools. The catalog of four …
3-min read - EntertainmentThe Guardian
‘Intense and insane’: was this the most unsettling reality TV show ever?
In the new documentary The Contestant, a Japanese man is put through an astonishing TV experience for more than a year
6-min read - EntertainmentThe Hollywood Reporter
Richard Tandy, Keyboardist for Electric Light Orchestra, Dies at 76
Richard Tandy, the keyboardist for the British rock band Electric Light Orchestra, had died. He was 76. Jeff Lynne, the band’s frontman and leader, announced his death on social media Wednesday, writing, “It is with great sadness that I share the news of the passing of my long-time collaborator and dear friend Richard Tandy. He …
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‘A Man In Full’ TV Review: Jeff Daniels & Diane Lane Are Full-On In Netflix’s Tom Wolfe Adaptation, But That’s Not The Only Reason To Watch
Jeff Daniels and Diane Lane rarely put in anything less than stellar performances, but the Emmy winner and Oscar nominee are rarely as good as they are in Netflix’s adaptation of Tom Wolfe’s A Man in Full. In a fortnight that has seen the premieres of Hulu’s Lily Gladstone and Riley Keough starring Under the …
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Goodfellas Boards Sales On Gaël Morel’s Cannes-Bound AIDS Drama ‘To Live, To Die, To Live Again’
EXCLUSIVE: Goodfellas has acquired international rights for French director Gaël Morel’s drama To Live, To Die, To Live Again (Vivre, Mourir, Renaître) set against the AIDS epidemic in the early 1990s, ahead of its world premiere in Cannes. Rising French actors Victor Belmondo, Lou Lampros and Théo Christine co-star as a romantically entwined trio whose …
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