Elizabeth Holmes's sordid saga goes from trial to TV series
Thursday, 16 June 2022, 08:09
Last update: about 3 years ago
Associated Press
I didn't realize how prophetic my words would be when ABC News correspondent Rebecca Jarvis asked in early September what I was expecting on the opening day of a high-profile trial dissecting an...
Dylan McDermott reinvents modern gangster on 'Law & Order'
Wednesday, 8 June 2022, 10:55
Last update: about 3 years ago
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The DNA for Dylan McDermott to reinvent the modern-day gangster began at childhood and carried through to his struggling young actor days, when the "Law and Order: Organized Crime" star says he was...
TCM's Jacqueline Stewart puts Black film history in focus
Saturday, 4 June 2022, 09:44
Last update: about 3 years ago
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Film scholar Jacqueline Stewart makes a rich contribution to TCM for Black History Month, leading discussions about "Selma" with its star, David Oyelowo, and highlighting the work of Oscar Micheaux...
'The View' presses on with a simple 'OK' on Whoopi Goldberg
Friday, 3 June 2022, 09:35
Last update: about 3 years ago
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With Tara Setmayer, a former GOP communications director on Capitol Hill, sitting in Wednesday as guest co-host for a second day this week, Whoopi Goldberg's colleagues on "The View" had virtually...
Julia Garner plays fake German heiress in 'Inventing Anna'
Sunday, 22 May 2022, 09:54
Last update: about 3 years ago
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Julia Garner admits to feeling "intimidated" when she met Anna Sorokin — who posed as a German heiress in New York society named Anna Delvey — and was later convicted of fraud. Garner...
Tim Roth drops out, in paradise, in 'Sundown'
Thursday, 12 May 2022, 10:17
Last update: about 3 years ago
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A man sits on the edge of an infinity pool contemplating his existence in Michel Franco's " Sundown." It's one of many such ennui-laden images, though the settings get less luxurious as we go along on...
Amazon's 'Reacher' brings character closer to author's book
Friday, 29 April 2022, 10:30
Last update: about 3 years ago
Associated Press
Adaptations of books to film and television often take liberties or stray from the original text. Tom Cruise played Jack Reacher twice on film but didn't match the physical description of the...
'Peacemaker' puts John Cena film character in topical light
Friday, 22 April 2022, 10:03
Last update: about 3 years ago
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In last year's "The Suicide Squad," John Cena's Peacemaker is a jingoistic, bigoted superhero. Transferring the DC Comics character to a TV series spinoff gave writer-director James Gunn a forum to...
Netflix documentary 'Procession's' life beyond the film
Wednesday, 6 April 2022, 11:37
Last update: about 3 years ago
Filmmaker Robert Greene knows well the burden of responsibility in making a documentary. It's not just to the film itself, the audience or the storytelling. It's the responsibility to the subjects in...
'Pam & Tommy' recaps sex tape drama through a #MeToo lens
Tuesday, 15 March 2022, 10:59
Last update: about 3 years ago
Associated Press
An impactful, if not cringe-worthy moment in the new Hulu series, " Pam & Tommy, " is when Lily James as Pamela Anderson is interviewed by Jay Leno on "The Tonight Show" and he asks her about her...