Melissa McCarthy bumbles through a cooking competition in the wild new trailer for the long-gestating mockumentary, Cook Off! The film premiered at the Comedy Arts Festival in 2007 – long before McCarthy’s breakout turn in Bridesmaids – and will finally receive an on-demand and limited theatrical release November 17th. Cathryn …
Read More »Bob Dylan Documentarian Murray Lerner Dead at 90
Famed music documentarian Murray Lerner, who captured Bob Dylan going electric and Jimi Hendrix‘s legendary Isle of Wight performance, died Saturday from kidney failure, Variety reports. He was 90. Lerner’s son, Noah, said the filmmaker died at his home in Long Island City, New York after falling ill about three …
Read More »'Stranger Things': Watch the Video Game-Themed Season One Recap
In case you missed it, a recap of the first season of Stranger Things is now available as a sizzle reel styled like an old school Eighties Nintendo-style video game – and it suits the show’s nostalgic themes perfectly. The two-and-a-half minute clip kicks off with synthesized beats familiar to …
Read More »John Oliver: Trump's Border Patrol Surge Could Be 'Devastating'
In anexecutive ordermade last January,President Trumpcalled for the Customs and Border Protection team to add an additional 5,000 agents. The move, he promised, would help deter terrorism and crime.John Oliver argued on Sunday’s Last Week Tonightthat increasing border forces might have the reverse effect and lead to “devastating consequences.” The …
Read More »Carol Burnett to Star in Unscripted Netflix Comedy Series
Netflix has ordered 12 episodes of A Little Help With Carol Burnett, a new unscripted comedy starring the veteran comedian alongside a group of children aged four to eight, according to Deadline. Burnett and her youthful co-stars will offer advice to celebrities and average men and women facing complicated real-world …
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