FXX’s Dave, a semi-autobiographical comedy co-created by and starring Dave Burd, a.k.a. rapper Lil Dicky, has been one of this year’s best shows. Much of the series leans into Burd’s rap persona as the guy with the malfunctioning genitals — the result of a condition called hypospadias, which the fictionalized …
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Becoming Set to Alicia Keys’ “Girl on Fire,” the new Netflix documentary’s trailer highlights footage from former First Lady Michelle Obama‘s life – before and after her husband’s presidency took their family to the oval office. Going back to her working-class upbringing, she says, “I am from the South Side …
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Ellie Kemper’s Kimmy Schmidt foils the nefarious plot of the crazy reverend who kidnapped her — or maybe doesn’t — in the new trailer for the interactive Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt special, Kimmy vs. the Reverend, premiering May 12th on Netflix. The film finds former “mole woman” Kimmy Schmidt preparing to …
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Bill Gates visited The Late Show With Stephen Colbert Thursday night to discuss a possible timeline for a COVID-19 vaccine. Colbert starts off the interview by asking a question that’s on all of our minds: How long will we have to live the way we are now? Ever the pragmatist, …
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Hannah Gadsby: Douglas, the second Netflix comedy special by the Tasmanian comedian, will premiere on the streaming platform this spring, on May 26th. Gadsby named the new special after her eldest dog Douglas, and in a press release, the show is described as “a tour from the dog park to …
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Netflix‘s wildly popular Tiger King: Murder, Madness and Mayhem docuseries is getting a follow-up episode, which will air this weekend. The after show, entitled Tiger King and I, premieres on Sunday. Hosted by Joel McHale, the episode will feature new interviews with several of the people who appeared in the …
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Leonardo DiCaprio has co-founded a fund that aims to bring food to those most affected by the coronavirus pandemic: Low-income families, unemployed people, the elderly and children who rely on school lunch programs. America’s Food Fund, co-founded by DiCaprio and philanthropist Laurene Powell Jobs, has already pledged $12 million to …
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The organizers of SXSW announced on Friday that it will hold its film competition digitally after the main festival was canceled over coronavirus health risks. Jury members will judge competition entrants online this year, via links and uploaded submissions, festival director Janet Pierson told theThe Hollywood Reporter. “This was going …
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Octavia Spencer portrays Madame C.J. Walker, America’s first self-made female millionaire, in the new Netflix series Self Made: Inspired by the Life of Madame C.J. Walker. The four-part limited series hits the platform on March 20th. As seen in the trailer released on Tuesday, Walker notably became an entrepreneur in …
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John Turturro reprises his role as The Big Lebowski‘s bowling alley arch-nemesis, Jesus Quintana, in the new trailer for the spin-off movie, The Jesus Rolls, out February 28th. Along with starring in the film, Turturro wrote and directed it. The trailer opens with Jesus getting out of prison and the …
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