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Award-winning director Yorgos Lanthimos unveils a new facet of his artistic vision with ‘Yorgos Lanthimos: Photographs,’ his debut exhibition of still photography, in collaboration with MacK. Celebrated for his ambitious world-building and absurdist explorations in cinema, Lanthimos now offers a fresh perspective on his creative practice.

Scheduled to open on Saturday, March 29 at the Webber Gallery in Los Angeles, the exhibition presents photographs from Lanthimos’ two recent books: i shall sing these songs beautifully, made during the filming of his latest feature Kinds of Kindness (2024), featuring cast members Emma Stone, Jesse Plemons, Hunter Schafer, Mamoudou Athie and more together with works from Dear God, the Parthenon is Still Broken, shot during the making of Poor Things (2023).

Lanthimos’s stills, imbued with unsettling atmospheres and eerie tensions, are set against a diverse backdrop of authentic locations in New Orleans and Budapest alongside meticulously recreated cities and interior sets representing London,...

Tate McRae stopped by The Tonight Show to perform her song “Revolving Door.” The moody track appears on her new LP, So Close to What, which hit No. 1 on the Billboard Album chart this week.

McRae showcased the song inside a white box fitted with a revolving floor and spotlight. She was accompanied by two dancers, giving the song a stylish visual that subtly evoked the song’s music video.

The late-night show performance follows on the heels of McRae’s Saturday Night Live appearance, which saw the singer taking...

Tate McRae topped the Billboard 200 on Sunday, earning the pop star her first No. 1 album in the U.S.

The 21-year-old Canadian singer released her third studio album, So Close to What, on Feb. 21, featuring singles “Revolving Door,” “It’s Ok I’m Ok” and “Sports Car.” McRae performed the latter and another song from the album, “Dear God,” last week on Saturday Night Live.

So Close to What earned 177,000 equivalent album units and the biggest debut week for studio album by a female artist since Sabrina Carpenter’s Short N’ Sweet, according to Billboard.

McRae brought legions of fans to the Kia Forum last month for an album release event. The singer took over the parking lot of the Inglewood arena for a jam-packed event featuring photo ops, outfit displays, food trucks and freebie booths from American Express, Adidas and Neutrogena, the latter as sponsors of the event.

Fans,...

Tate McRae returned to Saturday Night Live and delivered two superstar-worthy performances!

Fresh off the release of her new album So Close to What, the 21-year-old “Revolving door” hitmaker appeared on the March 1 episode of the beloved late-night show.

She showcased her strength, flexibility and dance skills with a heavily choreographed routine for “Sports car” and switched it up with a more reflective rendition of her song “Dear god.”

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Tate kicked off the night with “Sports car,” opening while standing at the top of a pile of silver chairs. She was joined by a crew of dancers and easily kept up with them during the edgy number.

For “Dear god,” Tate performed with a live band, singing the song while standing in front of a microphone.

If you missed it, Tate lined up a cameo from Sydney Sweeney on her album. She recently revealed...

Tate McRae’s second Saturday Night Live musical guest spot saw her perform two tracks from her new album, So Close to What, which came out last month.

The first was “Sports Car,” which McRae has said was “such a fun song to write.”

“I wrote it with Julia Michaels, Ryan Tedder, and Grant [Boutin] and we wanted to kind of capture the adrenaline of love, sex, and the excitement of it all,” she told Vogue. “I felt like a sports car reminded me of that feeling of love, and like...

Pop star Tate McRae brought legions of fans to the Kia Forum Thursday night for an activation-filled release event for her latest album, So Close to What.

Taking over the parking lot of the Inglewood arena, the event was a McRae superfan’s dream — featuring photo ops, outfit displays, food trucks and freebie booths from American Express, Adidas and Neutrogena, the latter as sponsors of the event.

Fans, many dressed in McRae-inspired ensembles of hotpants and a jersey, had to request a chance to purchase tickets for $8 through Ticketmaster. All ticket revenue is donated to FireAid to support L.A. wildfire relief efforts. The event was also streamed on TikTok for those who couldn’t be in person.

McRae took the stage around 9 p.m., right as her new album was released, performing her recent single “Sports car” and “It’s Ok I’m Ok,” lights from cranes surrounding the stage and setting the scene.

It was more than 18 months ago that we learned John Hillcoat will adapt Blood Meridian, perhaps our era’s quintessential piece of cinema-defying material. What’s eluded a list of auteurs from notable (Todd Field) to intriguing (Tommy Lee Jones) to Ymmv (Ridley Scott) to Dear God (James Franco) had now fallen to a director most, regardless their opinion on his films, would call a journeyman––a journeyman who also earned Cormac McCarthy’s blessing as executive producer and one-time screenwriting volunteer. The time since has seen its author’s passing and (notwithstanding John Logan joining as scribe) little else on Hillcoat’s project.

Credit goes to Alexander Sorondo, who’s penned a five-part investigation into McCarthy’s later years on his Substack big reader bad grades. Reading requires a $5 subscription that’s more than worth the price of admission––safe to say the reclusive novelist has rarely seemed so available.

She & Him’s M. Ward, My Morning Jacket’s Jim James, and Bright Eyes’ Conor Oberst and Mike Mogis are celebrating the 15th anniversary of their supergroup, Monsters of Folk, and the release of their self-titled album with a new expanded edition featuring five previously-unreleased songs.

Monsters of Folk originally arrived in September 2009, featuring 14 collaborative songs from the group, who began performing together a few years prior. Now, the new expanded edition will include a batch of songs originally recorded during the album’s 2012 sessions, including two — “Disappeared” and “Museum Guard” — which were intended for a since-scrapped sci-fi film based on a screenplay by Oberst. As a preview, “Disappeared” is streaming in full below.

The 15th anniversary edition is due on June 14th via Ato Records, and will be on digital and vinyl formats (pre-orders are ongoing). Also featured on the album are contributions from Centro-matic’s Will Johnson. Check...

Where do you stand on the 1985 film version of “The Color Purple,” which was nominated for 11 Academy Awards, but won none? Some feel it wasn’t Steven Spielberg’s story to tell. Others marvel at how a director of the upbringing depicted in “The Fabelmans” managed to recognize and reflect so many aspects of Black culture: the music, the spirituality, the multiple catharses to which it builds. Looking back, Spielberg did justice to Alice Walker’s Pulitzer-winning novel, but he also left room to expand and improve.

Now, nearly four decades later, a rousing new version arrives from director Blitz Bazawule, who collaborated with Beyoncé on her 2020 visual album “Black Is King.” Instead of rejecting what came before, the Ghanian filmmaker embraces and builds upon it, collaborating with Spielberg, Quincy Jones and Oprah Winfrey to update the material for the next generation (all three serve as producers). The main change,...

Shannon Wilcox, a prolific actress who appeared in Dallas, several Garry Marshall films and dozens of other movies and TV shows, has died. She was 80.

A post today on Legacy.com said she died September 2 in Los Angeles.

Wilcox racked up more than 75 credits during her 45-year screen career. Her TV guest roles range from Hawaii Five-o, Cagney & Lacey, Magnum, P.I. and L.A. Law to NCIS, The Neighborhood and Grey’s Anatomy. Her many films include Marshall’s Frankie and Johnny, Exit to Eden, Dear God, The Other Sister, Raising Helen and The Princess Diaries and its sequel. Other films include Runaway Bride, Seven, For the Boys, Legal Eagles and playing the mother of Elisabeth Shue’s character in The Karate Kid.

Related: Garry Marshall Dies: ‘Happy Days’ Creator & ‘Pretty Woman’ Helmer Was 81

She also co-starred opposite Willie Nelson and Kris Kristofferson in the 1984 musical pic Songwriter.

Wilcox’s...

Shannon Wilcox, a character actor who appeared in 1984’s “Songwriter” alongside Willie Nelson and in five episodes of “Dallas,” died Sept. 2 in Los Angeles. She was 80.

Wilcox’s death was confirmed by her talent agent Peter Young.

Wilcox worked on such films as 1982’s “Six Weeks” with Dudley Moore and 1991’s “Frankie and Johnny” opposite Al Pacino. She also played the mother of Elisabeth Shue’s Ali Mills in John G. Avildsen’s “The Karate Kid” and appeared in other notable films throughout her career, including “Se7en,” “Runaway Bride,” “Raising Helen,” “The Princess Diaries” and its 2004 sequel, “The Border,” “Legal Eagles,” “For the Boys,””Exit to Eden,” “Dear God” and “The Other Sister.”

Wilcox made her onscreen debut on the action series “Starsky and Hutch” in 1976. She later guested on several series from the late ’70s to ’80s, including the short-lived sitcom “Sirota’s Court,” “Dog and Cat,” “Hawaii Five-o,” “Hart to Hart,...

Shannon Wilcox, a character actress who appeared alongside Willie Nelson in Songwriter, with Dudley Moore in Six Weeks and opposite Al Pacino in Frankie and Johnny, has died. She was 80.

Wilcox died Sept. 2 in Los Angeles, her daughter, actress-director Kelli Williams — she played attorney Lindsay Dole on The Practice — told The Hollywood Reporter.

A life member of The Actors Studio, Wilcox also portrayed the mother of Elisabeth Shue’s Ali Mills in John G. Avildsen’s The Karate Kid (1994) and worked in many other notable films, among them Tony Richardson’s The Border (1982), Ivan Reitman’s Legal Eagles (1986), Mark Rydell’s For the Boys (1991) and David Fincher’s Seven (1995).

Wilcox was the resigned ex-wife of Nelson’s Doc Jenkins in Alan Rudolph’s Songwriter (1984) and the wife of a California politician (Moore) caught up with a woman (Mary Tyler Moore) and her sickly child (Katherine Healy) in Tony Bill’s...

Rapper Coolio died of a fentanyl overdose and also had traces of heroin and methamphetamines in his system, his manager and family spokesperson, Jarel Posey, told The Hollywood Reporter.

According to Posey, the family recently got the news from the coroner and was told that Coolio’s struggles with asthma and his history as a cigarette smoker were additional factors in his death. Posey shared that the star’s loved ones continue to remember him as a great man, both onstage and off.

On Sept. 28, Coolio was found dead at a friend’s home in Los Angeles at age 59. The rapper was known for the global success of “Gangsta’s Paradise,” the Grammy Award-winning hit that was featured in the film Dangerous Minds. Other singles included “Fantastic Voyage,” “1, 2, 3, 4 (Sumpin’ New)” and “C U When U Get There.”

Among his Hollywood work was his credit for composing the theme...

2012's The Perks of Being a Wallflower soundtrack highlights the journey of the young protagonist during the uncertain, exciting, and heartbreaking times in high school. The 2012 coming-of-age drama was a critical and commercial success upon its release, and the collective music continues to introduce viewers to playlist-worthy artists. In fact, even a key sequence in The Perks of Being a Wallflower involves the protagonists discovering a '70s classic by David Bowie. Based on Stephen Chbosky's eponymous 1999 novel, The Perks of Being a Wallflower is further elevated by its impactful soundtrack.

The Perks of Being a Wallflower stars Logan Lerman as Charlie Kelmeckis, a shy 9th grader who struggles to make new friends while dealing with clinical depression. At school, two "wallflowers" named Sam (Harry Potter star Emma Watson) and Patrick (The Flash's Ezra Miller) befriend Charlie, resulting in numerous shared experiences throughout the year. Full of uplifting...

Nessa Barrett is guilty as charged! On Friday, the pop-rock musician released her catchy single “Bang Bang!,” which follows the singer as she confesses to getting “intrusive thoughts” about wanting to kill an ex. And she’s willing to admit: “If you think this song is about you, it is.”

The black-and-white video sees Barrett posing for a mugshot as she sings about using a crowbar to shut her ex-man up, and channeling her rage as visuals of crashed cars flash onscreen.

“And I’ll blow a little kiss to...

Last week on “American Idol’s” Top 7 episode, viewers were outraged when child phenom Christian Guardino was eliminated from the competition. In our poll results, a whopping 59 of fans said he was most robbed of making it into the Top 5, compared to platinum ticket holder Jay Copeland at 29 and “Neither of them” at 12. The remaining five singers are Fritz Hager, Noah Thompson, Leah Marlene, HunterGirl and Nicolina.

SEEKaty Perry’s Disney costumes on ‘American Idol’ including Snow White, Ursula, Tinker Bell …

On the live stage, Christian took on “Lonely” by Justin Bieber & benny blanco for his TikTok song and “Dear God” by Smokie Norful for his Mother’s Day tune. While “American Idol” judges Katy Perry, Lionel Richie and Luke Bryan gave him standing ovations, his performances unfortunately didn’t wow voters at home and he was sent packing.

The 21-year-old New Yorker originally broke onto the reality TV scene...

This week on “American Idol’s” combined TikTok/Mother’s Day show, the final seven singers performed, but only five received enough votes from America to advance to the next round. The two contestants who were eliminated on live television were child phenom Christian Guardino and platinum ticket holder Jay Copeland. Of this talented duo, who do You think was most robbed of a spot in the Top 5? Vote in our eliminated “American Idol” Top 7 singers poll below and then defend your choice down in the comments section.

SEEKaty Perry’s Disney costumes on ‘American Idol’ including Snow White, Ursula, Tinker Bell …

Due to contracting Covid, both Fritz Hager and Noah Thompson had to be quarantined away from the rest of the cast and crew this week. Fritz’s pre-taped rehearsal footage was shown to audiences while Noah performed live from his hotel room. At the end of the show,...

Hunter Hayes builds his new song “Wild Blue” around a percussive groove, singing over subtle piano about how the 27-year-old songwriter is undergoing a personal sea change. “Funny how you don’t know you can fly until you finally catch the wind,” he sings. “You think you know the part you play until somebody goes and rewrites the script.”

And then it all explodes, with Hayes delivering a soaring, cathartic guitar solo before the song returns to its subdued piano origin. The title track off Hayes’ just announced new album,...

Actress Stephanie Niznik, best known for her roles as Nina Feeney on Everwood and as Kell Perim in Star Trek: Insurrection, died June 23 in Encino, California. She was 52.

The Bangor, Maine native played neighbor Nina Feeney on the WB medical drama series Everwood throughout its four-season run from 2002-2006. She also was a series regular in the mid-1990s action drama Vanishing Son and the 2007 drama Life Is Wild.

Her additional credits include guest roles on Nash Bridges, NCIS and CSI: Miami and recurring roles on Grey’s Anatomy and Diagnosis Murder.

On the film side, she played Trill Starfleet Ensign Kell Perim in the feature Star Trek: Insurrection, then went on to play the Wraith in the “Rogue Planet” episode of the series Star Trek: Enterprise.

Her other film credits include Anywhere But Here, The Twilight of the Golds, Dear God and Exit to Eden. Her most recent film...

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Tim Conway's approach to comedy was so off-kilter his Carol Burnett Show acting partners couldn't keep straight faces.

It always appeared there were two jokes going on when Tim Conway took a turn on stage on The Carol Burnett Show. He was acting for the audience, but he was also trying to break up his co-performers. This gave the audience a view into an inside joke being tossed around by the troupe, and sometimes it looked like he was pulling a gag on his fellow performers. Tim Conway had a genius for making almost every line appear to be off-script and improvised. The quintessential in-the-moment comic performer died at 8:45 a.m. on May 14, in the Los Angeles area, according to Variety.

Conway was first noticed as Ernest Borgnine's sidekick on the 1960s sitcom McHale's Navy, an honor he continued when the pair reunited for SpongeBob SquarePants,...

Hunter Hayes has released the optimistic “Heartbreak” as his first official single since 2016, offering a first look at an upcoming album release.

Built on an energetic acoustic-guitar riff and driven by a propulsive country-pop rhythm, the danceable tune finds Hayes looking for a future soulmate and staying positive, despite the terrible experiences of his past. It also finds Hayes moving away from the boy-next-door aesthetic of his previous work, dropping a little profanity into his quick-moving vocal flow.

“I’ve been in some shit relationships/But I remain an optimist,...

Starz has released a second season trailer for “American Gods,” which returns to the cabler Mar. 10, depicting the brewing war between Gods old and new in the series based on Neil Gaiman’s novel of the same name.

“When people first came to America they brought us with them,” the trailer begins, flashing images of Old Gods including Mr. Wednesday (Ian McShane) and Mr. Nancy (Orlando Jones).

Quickly, the images become more modern and Sarah McLachlan’s “Dear God” plays. “Gradually they abandoned us,” the voiceover continues. “Now there are new Gods growing in America, and they want to destroy us.”

As Mr. Wednesday tosses Shadow (Ricky Whittle) a spear he tells him “war’s a-coming” and that he has a “big role” for him. The trailer also offers first looks at new characters for the season played by Sakina Jaffrey and Dean Winters.

In the second season of the drama series,...

A searching bit of electro-tinged pop from Hunter Hayes, a psychedelic duet from Lera Lynn and a grand tribute to a family hero by Tucker Beathard make up the 10 must-hear country and Americana songs this week.

Cordovas, “I’m the One Who Needs You Tonight”

With plenty of parlor piano, pedal steel and stacked harmonies, “I’m the One Who Needs You Tonight” mixes the unpolished country-rock of Workingman’s Dead with the woodsy warmth of Music From Big Pink. The result is a song that wears its countercultural influences proudly,...

The first social media reviews are here for Star Wars: The Last Jedi are here and they're unbelievably positive, with some calling it the best Star Wars movie since The Empire Strikes Back. There are no spoilers below, just reactions, so for those of you who are afraid of something getting ruined, you're okay to read forward. Official reviews for the movie won't be live until December 12th, but if there anything like the reviews seen on social media, we're all in for a treat. Not one review has had something negative to say at this point, which is rare.

Many Star Wars fans have been skeptical with the footage that has been shown so far via the trailers and TV spots. Several fans already hate the Porgs even though they've never seen them on the big screen and have no idea how the cute little bastards fit into the plot at all.

The world premiere of Star Wars: The Last Jedi took place on Saturday night and the early buzz is starting to flood Twitter from those lucky people who were in attendance! So far that buzz is extremely positive. The film left fans shaking with excitement and a lot of them are saying it's a surprising, funny, and jaw-dropping film!

I've also included a couple new posters for the film. One of them features Kylo Ren, the other features Ray. I really dig these poster designs! They were created by artist Matt Ferguson.

You can read the reviews below. Don't worry, there are no spoilers. Just lots of reactions that will make you wish you were there watching the movie with them at the premiere. I'll be seeing the film for myself early next week! I can't wait!

#TheLastJedi is absolutely fantastic - gripping, touching, funny and powerful w/ gorgeous shots and the most badass battles.

One college student is fed up with people rushing to celebrate Christmas before Thanksgiving—but her pet peeve inadvertently gave her roommate an idea for the perfect prank!

Paige Benoit isn’t fond of people putting up Christmas decorations and playing holiday music the second Halloween is over, and she hasn’t shied away from voicing her displeasure to her friends.

“Our family never played Christmas music before Thanksgiving, so I grew up excited for Thanksgiving in November and Christmas in December,” Benoit, 21, a junior at Assumption College in Worcester, Massachusetts, tells People. “I think I really started to get...

It's been a big year for Laurie Metcalf! The 62-year-old actress is back as Jackie Harris on the set to air next year, and is earning Oscar buzz for her role in Lady Bird. 

Et's Lauren Zima caught up with Metcalf at the Garry Marshall Theatre's First Annual Founders Gala in Burbank, California, on Monday, where she dished all about her exciting times ahead. 

"We had a [for Roseanne] today! This morning of episode number five [and] six, and they added one so we'll do nine instead of eight [episodes] which is fun to hear!" she revealed. "Everyone is really surprised at how it feels like no time has passed at all even though decades -- I hate to say -- have gone by." 

"I guess it's like riding a bike, you know? We spent so much time together, nine years together. and the writers are writing very true to the characters, so it's like we picked up right where we left off...

Over the last several years, filmmaker Mike Flanagan has quickly established himself as one of the best and most assured genre storytellers of the last decade. From Absentia to Oculus to Hush, as well as Ouija: Origin of Evil and Before I Wake (which this writer is still patiently waiting for a Stateside release), Flanagan has a proven track record as a confident director, and his latest project, Gerald’s Game, is another example of his ability to tell uniquely compelling stories in a way that only he can.

Daily Dead recently had the opportunity to speak with Flanagan about his experiences adapting the acclaimed Stephen King novel for Netflix, the challenges he faced with both the material as well as keeping his mostly single location story intriguing on a visual level. Flanagan also chatted about collaborating with “force of nature” Carla Gugino for Gerald’s Game and how she...

It’s been a very strong year for Stephen King adaptations (well, adaptations not named The Dark Tower), with the release of Andy Muschietti’s It and several new TV series, too. Now we’ve got two other stellar projects making their way to Netflix, Gerald’s Game from Mike Flanagan (Ouija: Origin of Evil, Oculus, Hush) and 1922 from genre newcomer Zak Hilditch. This dynamic duo of Netflix films recently screened at the 2017 Fantastic Fest in Austin, and I'd like to share my thoughts on these two wildly different films that were both equally compelling and entertaining viewing experiences all the same.

Gerald's Game: With Gerald’s Game, Flanagan has nearly done the unimaginable by somehow finding a way to translate a story that is mostly internally driven by its protagonist, and bring it to life visually in a way that’s still in line with King’s material,...

Christie Brinkley’s Turks & Caicos home lived up to its name in Hurricane Irma.

“Our house ‘Lucky House’ was for the most part spared!” the supermodel and mom of three wrote in an emotional Instagram post. “I named it Lucky House because we all feel so lucky to call it home.”

After hearing news of the impending storm earlier this month, Brinkley, 63, tried to remain positive that her family’s abode was safe and sound. “I tried to be philosophical as I was sure our home was underwater,” she writes on the side-by-side photo of the estate before and after it weathered Irma.

Social media to the rescue!  Saturday Night Live writer Nick Kocher turned to Twitter for help over the weekend after he grabbed the wrong garment bag while exiting a Delta flight from New York City to Los Angeles. Inside the garment bag was Kocher's tuxedo for the 2017 Emmys, so he needed that back Asap before the show on Sunday. "If You Flew From New York To Los Angeles For The Emmys Please Dear God Read This," Kocher tweeted Saturday alongside a longer message explaining the situation. "Ok internet. I need your help," the message began. "Yesterday I flew from JFK to Lax and grabbed the wrong garment bag off the plane. So now I have somebody else's tuxedo...

MaryAnn’s quick take… Lurid, pointless thriller teases us with a teenaged girl’s sexual and mortal peril, creating awful suspense around her abuse. Her terror is your titillation. I’m “biast” (pro): nothing

I’m “biast” (con): nothing

(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)

The bare arms and legs of teen girl athletes, all smooth and tanned, as they run around on a ball court. So enticing! So alluring! Who is watching them? Serial-killer couple Evelyn and John White, their lazy covetous murderous gaze brought to us in slow-motion by screenwriter and director Ben Young. But it’s not the Whites who have slowed down time or chopped off the girls’ faces and heads — we may presume the couple see the girls’ full bodies at regular speed as they sit watching from their parked car nearby; they’re not even close enough to have...

Dear Maya

Starring Manisha Koirala, Madiha Imam,Shreya Chaudhary, Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra

Written & Directed by Sunaina Bhatnagar

First things first. Dear Maya is a dear little gem of a film that you would want to hold close to your heart. As debutant director Sunaina Bhantangar charts a course through the heart of her beautiful protagonist Maya, the narrative tugs at your heartstrings without being manipulative or excessively maudlin.

Among the many aspects of the film that left me deeply moved is its controlled emotion projection. This could have been an overwhelming story of a beautiful lonely woman and her faithful washed-out woman-Friday fading away in her self-created isolation in the anonymity of a hill station (something like our Bollywood diva Rekha, if she were not a celebrity) until, one fine day, when she is suddenly jostled into a delayed blossoming.

Manisha Koirala plays the wilting flower with heartbreaking integrity. She...

Today, President Donald Trump announced that the United States will be pulling out of the historic Paris Accord, an agreement on climate change and environmental policy, signed just over a year ago by then-Secretary of State John Kerry. Every country in the world but Syria and Nicaragua signed the agreement.

It didn’t take long following Trump’s announcement (which he gave jointly with Epa chief Scott Pruitt) for the reactions from famous names to start rolling in.

Politicians, of course, spoke out. Former President Barack Obama said that the U.S. was no longer a global leader when it comes to climate change.

Summer allegedly belongs to the blockbusters, but this June's offering up some spotty pickings in the franchise world, beyond the rise of a long-deserving female superhero and the remounting of a Universal horror landmark. So feel free to ditch Cars 3, Despicable Me 3, and Transformers: Dear God How Many Has It Been Now and give something a little off the beaten path a look. Like, maybe, a boundary-busting romcom, or a musical thrill ride forged from vinyl, or an enigmatic slow-burn horror oddity. Here's what you need to check...

MaryAnn’s quick take… The franchise finally overstays its welcome with this cacophony of CGI spectacle, a contrived and confusing plot, and a newly cruel and stupid Jack Sparrow. I’m “biast” (pro): loved the original trilogy…

I’m “biast” (con): …but started to lose a little patience with the fourth film

(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)

Okay, make it stop. This amusement-park ride has gone on long enough. It is no longer any fun. I’m feeling a bit nauseated, in fact.

I adored the original Pirates of the Caribbean trilogy: they were smart, fun popcorn flicks that worked as clever updates on the classic Hollywood swashbuckler, all adventure and movie-movie romance and total, wonderful nonsense. With the third installment, 2007’s At World’s End, the series even managed to whip up some satirical zing, in its plot about gig-economy independent-contractor pirates versus...

The film world was deeply saddened when news broke today that Oscar-winning “The Silence of the Lambs” director Jonathan Demme had died in New York at the age of 73. Demme was a brilliant and versatile auteur, traversing genres with rarely a misfire. He is remembered by those who worked with him, and those whom his work inspired.

Tom Hanks, who won an Oscar for his portrayal of a lawyer dying of AIDS in Demme’s “Philadelphia,” wrote: “Jonathan taught us how big a heart a person can have, and how it will guide how we live and what we do for a living. He was the grandest of men.” Meryl Streep, who worked with Demme on 2015’s “Ricki and the Flash,” said: “A big hearted, big tent, compassionate man- in full embrace in his life of people in need- and of the potential of art, music, poetry and film to...

Jonathan Demme, the Oscar-winning director behind The Silence of the Lambs and Philadelphia, died Wednesday morning, People confirms. He was 73 years old.

A representative for Demme said he died at his apartment in New York City due to complications from esophageal cancer.

The family plans to hold a private funeral and asked that donations be made to Americans For Immigrant Justice in Miami, Florida, in lieu of flowers.

Demme first made his debut with the 1971 biker film Angels Hard as They Come.

He gained fame in Hollywood in the 1980s with comedy films such as Melvin and Howard (1980), Swing Shift...

Every week, IndieWire asks a select handful of TV critics two questions and publishes the results on Tuesday. (The answer to the second, “What is the best show currently on TV?” can be found at the end of this post.)

This week’s question: What’s a show you’ve been meaning to watch but haven’t gotten around to yet? Why?

April Neale (@aprilmac), Monsters & Critics

I hang my head in shame, I never got to “The Wire.” Whenever people go on about it, I engage, smile and nod my head like, “Yeah, Stringer Bell, man.” It also starred Dominic West who comes from that strain of dark-haired British men like Ian McShane who are catnip to me. I’ve seen extended clips and snips but never had the perfect storm of time to go back and review this landmark series. It’s up there with putting a scrapbook together in my old age,...

2017-04-04T12:50:12-07:00Jordan Klepper to Take Over 'Nightly Show'

Stephen Colbert spun his role as The Daily Show's smarmy white guy into his own Comedy Central show, and now his spiritual successor, Jordan Klepper, is fulfilling that same destiny.

On Tuesday, Comedy Central announced that Klepper, who joined the Daily Show lineup in 2014, will take over the 11:30 p.m. Et/Pt time slot formerly held by The Nightly Show With Larry Wilmore this fall. (Donald Trump impersonator Anthony Atamanuik will keep the spot warm on Thursdays starting April 27 when The President Show premieres.)

"The choice to entrust me with the 11:30 p.m. timeslot is both incredibly humbling and deeply disturbing,” Klepper declared in a statement. “Without a doubt, it has utterly destroyed my confidence in Comedy Central’s decision-making acumen. Dear God, now I have to work with these fools.”

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Yet another Daily Show correspondent is striking out on his own: Comedy Central on Tuesday greenlit a news satire show led by Jordan Klepper.

Klepper’s Monday-Thursday, 11:30/10:30c broadcast is “a companion series” to The Daily Show With Trevor Noah, according to an official release from the network. Klepper will perform in the guise of his Daily Show persona. Episode will begin airing in the fall.

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“The choice to entrust me with the 11:30 p.m. timeslot is both incredibly humbling and deeply disturbing,” Klepper said in a statement.

Comedy Central has finally announced a new companion series for “The Daily Show with Trevor Noah,” and they haven’t gone far to find a host. Jordan Klepper, who’s been with the show since 2014, will move to his own new late night talk show this fall.

“Jordan’s talent has become so increasingly obvious it would take a real fool to not offer him this opportunity,” said Comedy Central president Kent Alterman, who announced the show (which doesn’t yet have a title) on Tuesday morning.

Read More: Trevor Noah Isn’t Angry with Donald Trump, and That’s Why Millennials Are Flocking to ‘The Daily Show”

Klepper’s hiring is reminiscent of how Stephen Colbert’s “The Colbert Report” spun off of “The Daily Show.” Klepper gained notice over the past year for “Daily Show” segments such as “Good Guy with a Gun,” and “Jordan Klepper Fingers the Pulse,...

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In a world where there are a lot of indie filmmakers doing it wrong, it's refreshing when it's done right.

Now, I'm not talking about film quality or tired stories etc. I'm talking about old fashioned "We actually give a shit about our fans and want them to know." It's about the little things.

Running a horror website for over seven years in the red with no steady income stream generated by the site can get quite discouraging. What makes it worse is when filmmakers and producers feel they are gracing you with their film and doing you a favor by "letting you" watch their movie's, forgetting that the professional rout is to offer a screener for review consideration.

Here at MoreHorror we try to get to as many screeners as we can, but sometimes it just doesn't happen. Sometimes, there's no real incentive, just a sense of expectation,...

By strange and fortuitous coincidence, my meeting with Jack Garfein fell upon the nexus of several intersecting moments in history. It was Friday, January 27th — International Holocaust Remembrance Day. One week earlier, Donald J. Trump was sworn to office as forty-fifth President of the United States; and in the ensuing weekend, allegations of Trump’s unpunished sexual misconduct, callous attitudes toward women and courting of radical right-wing supporters helped bring about the Women’s March on Washington, one of the largest mass protests in the nation’s history. All around, people are anxiously reading the past with tenuous hopes and fears for the future. History, so often a thing defined after the fact, is currently in violent and furious motion.

Jack Garfein is living history, and he’s not shy about telling it. Born to Ukrainian Jews in 1930, Mr. Garfein personally witnessed as a child the rise of Nazi Germany...

MaryAnn’s quick take… Wonderful; so funny and strange and human. An amazing portrait of a fascinating character, beautifully told with enormous suspense and tenderness. I’m “biast” (pro): nothing

I’m “biast” (con): nothing

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I could be a famous violin maker… if I had the energy and drive to do it.” So laments amateur violin maker Danny Houck, who lives in rural Ohio, has no training in crafting musical instruments, and isn’t even a woodworker (“but I am a sculptor,” he offers). He doesn’t seem to have much of anything except a passion for classical music and for great violins, such as the very famous ones built by Antonio Stradivari, which are among the most expensive and most storied on the planet. And now Houck has convinced hot up-and-coming European violinist Razvan Stoica — whom Houck met...

2017 may just be the biggest year yet for American Idol alum Danny Gokey!

The American Idol alum exclusively tells People he’s expecting his third child with wife Leyicet Peralta, 30.

“Literally, Dec. 31, she showed me the pregnancy stick and I was like, ‘You’re kidding me, you’re serious?’ ” Gokey, 36, says of how his wife broke the good news. “I was on cloud nine.”

He adds: “There’s a lot of new things and a lot of expectancy for this year.”

The couple’s third baby will join siblings Daniel Emanuel, 4 this month, and Victoria Isabella, 2.

“When we told my...

Charlie Sheen chimed in as Hollywood continues to react to the deaths of both Carrie Fisher and her mother, Debbie Reynolds. Related: Hollywood Pays Tribute To Legendary Debbie Reynolds On Wednesday night, the actor posted a tweet about the deaths and whom he felt should go next: Dear God; Trump next, please!Trump next, please!Trump next, please!Trump […]...

Girl breakups are no joke.

In an upcoming episode of Netflix’s Chelsea, Sarah Jessica Parker, Julianna Margulies and Chelsea Handler discuss the struggles women have to endure when going through a friendship breakup (yes, there’s such a thing).

“Why does it feel like females have breakups of friendships where as guys do not,” The Daily Show host Trevor Noah asks the women at the dinner table.

“I’ve never had that in my entire life,” Parker, 51, reveals. “I don’t understand what that is. I think that’s Bravo, you know, Housewives.”

After Margulies explains that it’s because women run on emotions,...

Nora Davis, 4, fulfilled her mother’s dying wish to have her photographed in her cherished wedding dress.

Before the toddler’s mother, Amber, passed away from a rare type of cervical cancer last year, she requested her daughter be photographed at the same location where she tied the knot with Nora’s father, Derek Davis. And last week, Amber’s final wish came true.

Wearing her mother’s beautiful lace gown, diamond earrings and wedding band, Nora posed for a series of heartwarming pictures taken at The Hitching Post wedding venue in Statesville, North Carolina.

“Nora is the spitting image...

Hrithik Roshan is not the only blind character in Kaabil. The trailer reveals that his co-star Yami Gautam too is blind.And there is no attempt to hide the couple’s world of darkness from us. The first-half of this sharply-divided edgily-cut trailer shows the visually impaired couple meeting falling in love, getting married , singing dancing (even doing the Salsa!!!) and then….

The second-half of the trailer lays out a dark cruel world of tragedy and retribution for the blind hero Rohan Bhatnagar. His wife is brutally violated and the law won’t do a thing about it.

“Your world is even darker than mine,” Hrithik tells the cops with a wry sinister smile that gave me goosebumps.

What will his revenge be,I wondered.Whatever the nature of the retribution against the villains(played by real-life brothers Ronit andRahul Roy) one certainty stares us straight into our stunned faces...