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“It was scary,” says actor and comedian Michael Rapaport about his stint as Pickle on Fox’s celebrity singing competition “The Masked Singer.” The star reveals, “I’m a big reality TV fan in general and I had a ball doing it. The challenge of it, the adrenaline of it. Performing in costume, singing and dancing in front of the entire world was something I’d never gotten a chance to do before, but I really had the most fun.” Watch his exclusive video interview with Gold Derby senior Denton Davidson above.

Rapaport was eliminated on Wednesday night following his “2000s Night” performance of “Beverly Hills” by Weezer. He stumped panelists Robin Thicke, Jenny McCarthy Wahlberg, Ken Jeong and Nicole Scherzinger who guessed Pickle was Joel McHale, Conan O’Brien, Howard Stern and Charlie Sheen, respectively. Host Nick Cannon claimed he knew who Pickle was “the whole time.” Rapaport says, “I...

Each week we highlight the noteworthy titles that have recently hit streaming platforms in the United States. Check out this week’s selections below and past round-ups here.

A Compassionate Spy (Steve James)

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The latest film from acclaimed documentarian Steve James, A Compassionate Spy, comes with a fascinating subject: the spy who leaked nuclear information from the Manhattan Project to the Soviet Union, therefore ensuring that America could not establish a nuclear monopoly on the world. It’s easy to see why James would be drawn to the spy, Theodore “Ted” Hall, and his wife Joan as he has often been interested in using individuals as the framework to explore larger societal issues. Utilizing a hybrid of recreations, archival footage, and modern-day interviews, James crafts a portrait of a man, a relationship, and the sheer weight of the decision to betray your country to save the world.

It was more than a little heartening to see Roger Corman paid tribute by Quentin Tarantino at Cannes’ closing night. By now the director-producer-mogul’s imprint on cinema is understood to eclipse, rough estimate, 99.5% of anybody who’s touched the medium, but on a night for celebrating what’s new, trend-following, and manicured it could’ve hardly been more necessary. Thus I’m further heartened seeing the Criterion Channel will host a retrospective of Corman’s Edgar Allan Poe adaptations running eight films and aptly titled “Grindhouse Gothic,” though I might save the selections for October.

Centerpiece, though, is a hip hop series including Bill Duke’s superb Deep Cover, Ghost Dog, and numerous documentaries––among them Beats, Rhymes & Life: The Travels of a Tribe Called Quest, making Michael Rapaport a Criterion-approved auteur. Ten films starring Kay Francis and 21 Eurothrillers round out series; streaming premieres include the Dardenne brothers’ Tori and Lokita,...

"The Artist" won the best feature film award at the PGA Awards Saturday night at the Beverly Hilton, cementing its frontrunner status for the Academy Award. "We never knew we'd get a taste of the American Dream," director Michel Hazanavicius, director of the nearly silent black-and-white film, told the crowd. He thanked Harvey Weinstein, whose company is distributing the French valentine to the end of the silent era in Hollywood, as well as Steven Spielberg. Spielberg's "The Adventures of Tintin" won the best animated film and was honored at the ceremony, which also which also honored TV shows including "Modern Family," "Amazing Race" and "The Colbert Report." "Downton Abbey" and "Boardwalk Empire" also continued their award-winning ways, picking up the honors for longform TV and TV drama, respectively, and "Beats, Rhymes and Life: The Travels of a Tribe Called Quest" won the documentary feature award.

A couple of music bits and beats this afternoon. First up, a clip has hit the web from Michael Rapaport's feature-length documentary on hip-hop legends A Tribe Called Quest titled "Beats, Rhymes & Life: The Travels Of A Tribe Called Quest." Premiering back in January to strong reviews in Sundance and set to hit the Tribeca Film Festival later this month, the film covers a lot of ground including the band’s early days, their reunion, internal conflict and Phife’s illness as well as the requisite talking head commentary. In the clip below, we find Q-Tip talking about the expectations on…...

Sony Pictures Classics has picked up North American rights to "Beats, Rhymes & Life," Michael Rapaport's documentary on A Tribe Called Quest, the legendary rap group. The film, Rapaport's directorial debut, screened at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival. "As a first time filmmaker to have the support of Spc is like being signed by the New York Yankees," Rapaport said in a release.  "Telling this story was not only a labor of love, but also the most fulfilling accomplishment of my career." Financial terms were not disclosed. Sony brokered the deal with the...