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See Will Ferrell, Amy Poehler Run Illegal Casino in 'The House' Trailer
1 hour ago
While many people turn to student loans to afford college tuition, Will Ferrell and Amy Poehler's characters in the comedy The House choose to open an underground casino to pay for their daughter's college tuition.
In the clip, suburban married couple Scott (Farrell) and Kate's (Poehler) daughter Alex (Ryan Simpkins) receives an acceptance letter to college and the couple quickly discovers they don't have money to cover the tuition. Their neighbor Frank (Jason Mantzoukas) proposes they turn the basement into an underground casino to make the cash.
The outlandish scheme includes a nail salon, »
'A Cure for Wellness' Review: Wtf Spooky-By-Numbers Horror Loses Its License to Ill
10 hours ago
A room full of studio executives sit around a table. Each of them has a small pile of paper scraps and a pen. They jot down dozens of things that they believe fit the definition of universally creepy: "Old, European Art Deco health spas"; "lank-haired girls with Vitamin E deficiencies"; "stern-faced people speaking German"; "iron lungs"; "eels." They then proceed to take round-robin turns pulling these concepts out of a hat, depositing a random handful picks into a manila envelope. When the package's recipients – let's call them screenwriter Justin Haythe »
'American Horror Story' May Feature 'Donald Trump Character' in New Season
10 hours ago
American Horror Story creator Ryan Murphy said the seventh season of the FX anthology series will center around the 2016 election.
During an interview on Bravo's Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen, Murphy said, "I don't have a title, but the season that we begin shooting in June is going to be about the election that we just went through. I think that will be interesting for a lot of people." Murphy didn't offer any other details about the new season, though when asked if there would be a Donald Trump character, »
Watch Bob Odenkirk Impersonate Stephen Colbert in Bizarre 'Late Show' Sketch
14 hours ago
Bob Odenkirk and Stephen Colbert took turns portraying each other on The Late Show on Wednesday. Odenkirk was on set to promote his upcoming movie Girlfriend's Day.
Odenkirk's Colbert was an angry, humorless comedian in a made-up film titled Late Show: The Movie. Odenkirk communicated with the audience via dismissive commands along the lines of "Shut up and sit down!" and "Clap, you pigs!" "Did everyone hear about Iran secretly testing nuclear missiles?" Odenkirk's late-night host quipped. "Who cares?"
Colbert returned with his own Odenkirk impression. Then the two men »
'Hurt Locker' Team Adapting 2016 Election Into Mini-Series
15 February 2017 2:12 PM, PST
President Trump and Hillary Clinton's 2016 election was theatrical enough in reality. Now the race is getting a television adaptation by Oscar-winning writer Mark Boal (The Hurt Locker, Zero Dark Thirty) and producer Megan Ellison (Zero Dark Thirty, Her). The duo announced plans for a mini-series based on the election, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
The duo previously collaborated on film thriller Zero Dark Thirty, which chronicled another monumental headline from recent years: the hunt and Navy S.E.A.L. killing of al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden. Page 1 president Hugo Lindgren, »
2017 Oscars Predictions: Who Should Win, Who Will Win
15 February 2017 12:46 PM, PST
The battle lines are drawn: It's La La Land, a musical fantasy about white lovers in Hollywood, versus Moonlight, a searing drama about black youth surviving on the streets of Miami. That contest is symptomatic of how serious Oscar is – or isn't – about diversity. After two years in which not a single black actor showed up among the acting nominees, this year's crop includes seven actors of color: Mahershala Ali, Viola Davis, Naomie Harris, Ruth Negga, Dev Patel, Octavia Spencer and Denzel Washington.
"Wow, what a difference a year makes, »
'Love Actually' Cast to Reunite for Red Nose Day Special
15 February 2017 9:02 AM, PST
The majority of the Love Actually cast will reunite in a short, quasi-sequel set to premiere for Red Nose Day in March.
Liam Neeson, Keira Knightley, Hugh Grant, Colin Firth, Andrew Lincoln and Bill Nighy are among those from the cast of the 2003 rom-com that will appear. The reunion was organized by Love Actually director Richard Curtis, one of the co-creators of Comic Relief and the annual Red Nose Day, which aims to raise funds and awareness to end child poverty.
"I would never have dreamt of writing a sequel to Love Actually, »
Lena Dunham on Ending 'Girls,' Taylor Swift and Being Blamed for Hillary's Loss
15 February 2017 7:46 AM, PST
"I've always annoyed people," says Lena Dunham. "I was the girl in third grade where everybody was like, 'This girl is so annoying – like, leave.'" But Dunham has done a whole lot more than freak out critics on the left and right for the past five years: In addition to her bestselling memoir and her smart feminist newsletter, Lenny Letter, HBO's Girls, which begins its sixth and final season in February, has been consistently hilarious and innovative, even as a fair number of people could never stop confusing Dunham's sometimes clueless character, »
Watch John Oliver Explain Why He's Sick of Obama's Fun Vacation Photos
14 February 2017 7:20 AM, PST
Current Rolling Stone cover star John Oliver appeared on Late Night with Seth Meyers on Monday to discuss the ideal Valentine's Day gift – a "thoughtful card" – and the reasons why President Obama needs to stop sharing photos documenting his kitesurfing adventures with billionaire Richard Branson.
The Valentine's Day-related banter was quick and harmless. "I might not have a wife tomorrow," Oliver quipped, trading stories with Meyers about keeping their partners' expectations low around February 14th. "Thoughtful card: That's tangible affection in written form," Oliver said. "What gift could compete with that? »
YouTube Star PewDiePie Dropped by Disney Following Anti-Semitic Posts
14 February 2017 6:38 AM, PST
Update: YouTube has canceled PewDiePie's reality show and "pulled his channel from its premium advertising program," per Variety.
Felix Kjellberg has amassed a massive following on YouTube as PewDiePie, accumulating 53 million subscribers and more than 14 billion total views to date. But Maker Studios, a subsidiary of Disney, cut ties with the Internet star on Monday after learning that he had posted videos containing anti-Semitic content, The New York Times reports.
"Although Felix has created a following by being provocative and irreverent, he clearly went too far in this case »
See Will Smith, Metallica, Ariana Grande in All-Star 'Carpool Karaoke' Trailer
14 February 2017 6:25 AM, PST
John Legend and Alicia Keys, Ariana Grande and Seth MacFarlane and Shaquille O'Neal and John Cena buckle up and belt in the new trailer for Apple Music's upcoming Carpool Karaoke series.
The new show is based on The Late Late Show's hit segment, in which host James Corden rides around Los Angeles singing with various musicians and other special guests. While Corden will appear in at least one episode alongside Will Smith – the pair fittingly howl "I Believe I Can Fly" in a helicopter – the show primarily pairs two celebrities together. »
Watch James Corden Recap Beyonce, Adele, Grammys on 'Late Late Show'
14 February 2017 6:02 AM, PST
James Corden recapped Adele's big wins and Beyoncé's stunning performance at the Grammys on The Late Late Show Monday, one day after hosting the awards show.
"The Grammys were last night," Corden said at the top of his monologue, cracking, "Don't tell me what happened, I DVR'd it."
The host went on to congratulate Adele on her five Grammy wins and mentioned her moving tribute to George Michael, which she restarted after messing up the first time. "When she did that, America was like, 'Wait we can just redo things »
10 Things You Didn't Know About 'Wayne's World'
14 February 2017 5:09 AM, PST
If you happen to be in Aurora, Illinois any time over the next six months, be sure to stop by the pop-up replica of Stan Mikita's Donuts. Feel free to take a selfie in a Wayne or Garth wig at the public library, or check out a replica of the Campbell family basement at the community college. Or maybe just enjoy any of the dozens of contests, events and celebrations the town is hosting in honor of the 25th anniversary of the movie Wayne's World.
For a comedy that »
'The Young Pope' Season Finale Recap: A Face in the Crowd
13 February 2017 7:00 PM, PST
Let's begin at the end. Literally, at "The End," superimposed in all caps over an image of the entire planet just moments after the series' title occupied the same cosmic space. Paolo Sorrentino's daring, dizzying, dazzling show finished its first season by literally emblazoning its name across the Earth. That's a level of ambition that Pope Pius Xiii himself would love.
But it turns out that the man once known as Lenny Belardo loves more than just outsized dreams of power – and more than just himself, too, as he »
Watch 'Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt' Parody Beyonce's 'Lemonade'
13 February 2017 11:51 AM, PST
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt hyped its upcoming third season with the inimitable Titus Andromedon (played by Titus Burgess) parodying Beyoncé's "Hold Up" video. The Netflix comedy returns with new episodes on May 19th.
Andromedon struts down the street in yellow outfit similar to the singer's Roberto Cavalli dress from her Lemonade HBO special, swinging a baseball bat at a fire hydrant and boyfriend Mikey's (Mike Carlsen) truck. "Kimberly, use your key – I'm Lemonade-ing," he tells his roommate, who interrupts by knocking on the door.
Along with promoting the show, the teaser »
Watch Scarlett Johansson in Mysterious 'Ghost in the Shell' Trailer
13 February 2017 10:02 AM, PST
Scarlett Johansson sprays bullets and uncovers buried secrets in the thrilling second trailer for Ghost in the Shell, the Hollywood remake of Mamoru Oshii's 1995 film and Masamune Shirow's original manga.
The clip opens with Johannson's character, Major, and an armed crew breaking into a shadowy room where the form of a man's body dissolves like quicksand. "I saw someone down there," Major said. "He wasn't human."
Major only remembers "fragments" of her past, including her near-death during an "attack" and subsequent reconstruction by elite task force Section 9 into a half-human/half-cyborg. »
Princess Diana Documentary Planned for 20th Anniversary of Death
13 February 2017 7:02 AM, PST
A two-night, four-hour documentary about Princess Diana will air on ABC this August to mark the 20th anniversary of her death.
The documentary, a collaboration between ABC and People, will feature interviews with close associates and Diana experts as well as archival footage, the Hollywood Reporter writes.
The special will also examine her enduring legacy two decades after she died in a August 31st, 1997 car crash at the age of 36. An air date for the special has not yet been announced.
"Princess Diana has appeared on the cover of People »
Watch John Oliver Criticize Donald Trump's Post-Fact Politics
13 February 2017 6:51 AM, PST
John Oliver chastised Donald Trump during Last Week Tonight's Season Four premiere, criticizing the president for his media bias and casual disregard of fact-checking. "Faith and facts aren't like Bill Pullman and Bill Paxton," the comedian cracked. "When you confuse them, it actually matters."
Oliver, the current Rolling Stone cover subject, opened his main segment with a brief rundown of Trump's most egregious exaggerations, including statements on topics like voter fraud, Syrian Christian refugees and even the weather during his inauguration speech. "That is where we are currently at: We »
'The Walking Dead' Midseason Premiere Recap: Down to the Wire
12 February 2017 7:10 PM, PST
Well, that didn't take long, did it?
Any notion that The Walking Dead was going come back from its midseason break and return to its usual long, slow, winding ways got wiped away quickly this week – as speedily and ruthlessly, you might say, as Rick and Michonne clearing a highway full of zombies with two cars and a cable. Tonight's midseason premiere, entitled "Rock in the Road," doesn't waste a lot of time with wound-nursing or chin-stroking. It begins with our heroes trying to raise an army to beat the Saviors. »
'The Young Pope' Recap: The Miracle Workers
12 February 2017 7:00 PM, PST
Mincing words is the last thing Pope Pius Xiii would want us to do here, so we'll say it plain: Tonight's episode of The Young Pope is absolutely magnificent. It juggles the climaxes of two major storylines, either of which could command an entire hour on their own, as effortlessly as the Holy Father juggles oranges. Whether it's Cardinal Gutierrez trying to bring down the abusive Archbishop Kurtwell or Pius making peace with the dying Cardinal Spencer, every image feels deeply considered. Every character is full and fleshed out. Not a moment is wasted. »
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