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  • NewsDeadline

    Bill Maher Warns About Bad Choices And The People Who Make Them In ‘Real Time’

    When did Columbia become Kanye State? Bill Maher asked that question at the top of Friday’s Real Time on HBO, setting the tone for a show that focused on the national campus unrest and what’s behind it. Maher attempted to answer that himself in his “New Rules” editorial, saying in a message to protesters blocking …

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  • EntertainmentThe Daily Beast

    ‘Coyote vs. Acme’ Foreshadows Hollywood’s Very Depressing Future

    Photo Illustration by Luis G. Rendon/The Daily Beast/Getty Images/Everett CollectionAccording to its own self-mythology, the entertainment industry is something far grander, more poetic and noble, than just a titanic money-maker. Our beloved movies and TV shows—Hollywood’s “products,” if we must call them that—are the sum of our cultural imagination, collective dreams that mesmerize and inspire.Unfortunately, that sentiment rarely seems to last when studios start looking at their balance sheets.

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  • EntertainmentVariety

    At BMAC Event in L.A., Mickey Guyton, INK and Other Panelists Assess What Beyoncé’s ‘Cowboy’ Moment Means for Black Female Country Artists

    The tide of Black women in country is a phenomenon that much of the world has suddenly become aware of, thanks to Beyoncé’s “Cowboy Carter” and the lesser-known artists being championed through guest slots on the album. Does this mark the true signal change that advocates for diversity in country have long dreamed of? Or …

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  • EntertainmentThe Canadian Press

    The summer after Barbenheimer and the strikes, Hollywood charts a new course

    “ Barbenheimer ” is a hard act to follow. But as Hollywood enters another summer movie season, armed with fewer superheroes and a landscape vastly altered by the strikes, it’s worth remembering the classic William Goldman quote about what works: “Nobody knows anything.” Four decades later, that still may be true. Yet one thing Hollywood has learned in releasing films through the pandemic and the strikes is how to pivot quickly. The summer of 2023 brought a new enthusiasm for moviegoing, with the

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  • CelebrityDeadline

    Sonja Christopher Dies: Season 1 Contestant On ‘Survivor’ Was 87

    Sonja Christopher, who was the first person in Survivor Season 1 to be voted off the show, has died at 87, according to a current contestant. No cause was revealed. Liz Wilcox, who stars in the current season 46 of Survivor, posted the news on X. She met Christopher over Christmas and shared a photo …

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  • EntertainmentThe Daily Beast

    Every Single Important Detail of the ‘Challengers’ Three-Way Kiss

    Photo Illustration by Erin O’Flynn/The Daily Beast/MGMApparently, it’s not encouraged to shout, “Alright boys, pucker up!” at a movie theater screen during a packed showing of one of the most anticipated films of the year. God forbid anyone has a little bit of fun. You’re telling me that no one else brought tubes of Blistex to throw at the screen during Challengers? What’s next, I can’t make loud smooching sounds when Zendaya, Josh O’Connor, and Mike Faist all gather in a hotel room, even when I

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    Melanie Lynskey Praises Husband Jason Ritter For His Devotion

    Melanie Lynskey apparently never has to nag Jason Ritter to take out the garbage. Lynskey had recent starring roles in Candy, The Last of Us and Yellowjackets. She credits Ritter with taking care of her and their 5-year-old daughter while she focuses on work. “He’s the most supportive person in the world,” Lynskey tells People …

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