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How the Guardians Holiday Special sets up Vol. 3 (Spoilers)

Posted 4 years ago

This article contains major spoilers for The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special! So if you haven’t watched it yet, get yourself in the holiday spirit and come back to read the article… If you weren’t in the Christmas spirit...

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Weird Al says Warner Bros. denied Harry Potter parody

Posted 4 years ago

You’re a lizard, Harry! Weird Al has revealed that Warner Bros. denied his request to write and record a Harry Potter parody titled “Hedwig’s Theme.” While promoting Weird: The Al Yankovic Story, Weird Al revealed that he went to Warner...

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R.I.P.: Irene Cara, Oscar winner for Flashdance, dies

Posted 4 years ago

Irene Cara, who won an Academy Award, a Golden Globe and a Grammy for the smash hit “Flashdance…What a Feeling” from the film Flashdance, has died. She was 63. A post from Irene Cara’s publicist read, in part, “It is...

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Freddie Prinze Jr. forced to take pay cut for Scooby-Doo 2

Posted 4 years ago

Zoinks! Freddie Prinze Jr., who played Fred (last name Jones, for you pop culture trivia buffs) in the Scooby-Doo movies, has come out with a mystery greater than any the gang has solved before. Why was he paid less than...

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Luther images offer first look at upcoming movie

Posted 4 years ago

Idris Elba may have aged out of playing James Bond, but that doesn’t mean he won’t be delivering another great character to fans, as detective chief inspector John Luther will be returning to the screen next year. With the film–the...

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Hugh Grant wondered if Love Actually was “psychotic”

Posted 4 years ago

“At Christmas, you tell the truth,” one character says in Love, Actually–and the truth may be that Love Actually is actually psychotic. Or at least that’s what Hugh Grant once wondered. In the trailer for the upcoming TV special The...

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Leonardo DiCaprio’s ego almost cost him Titanic

Posted 4 years ago

In 1997, Leonardo DiCaprio became the king of the world, starring in James Cameron’s Titanic–but he almost never wore the crown at all. In a new video interview with GQ, James Cameron broke down some of his most famous movies,...

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Simu Liu slammed after accusing Scorsese & Tarantino of “gatekeeping” Marvel comments

Posted 4 years ago

As it turns out, Thanos isn’t the greatest Marvel villain–it’s perhaps two of the greatest living filmmakers. Simu Liu, who entered the Marvel Cinematic Universe with 2021’s Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, is now calling out both...

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A fake Martin Scorsese movie is going viral

Posted 4 years ago

Everybody has a favorite Martin Scorsese movie. Maybe it’s a classic like Taxi Driver or Goodfellas. Or it could be Best Picture winner The Departed or The Wolf of Wall Street. Or perhaps it’s Goncharov, released in 1973–except it wasn’t...

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James Cameron cursed out a studio exec over Avatar runtime

Posted 4 years ago

James Cameron doesn’t take a lot of guff from many people in Hollywood–especially when they’re attacking his runtimes. As the much-anticipated release of Avatar: The Way of Water nears, Cameron has reflected colorfully on the time a Fox executive told...

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