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The notion of being an entertainer in the public eye comes with heavy baggage for 28-year-old Mercedes Kilmer. The actress, who appears with her father, Val Kilmer, in the new movie “Paydirt,” saw her childhood scarred by her dad’s rabid fans and paparazzi. “I was traumatized by people trying to climb our gates and take …
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‘My colleagues propose this rules change because they believe they can get away with it rather than because they know it’s good for our democracy,’ Obama said when ending the filibuster would have set Democrats back. So much for consistency. Last week, while delivering a eulogy for Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.), former President Obama called …
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The offseason began Wednesday, when the Rangers left the bubble in Toronto for disparate precincts across the globe. It is on to 2020-21 for the players who amassed just a little more than three weeks ago for camp and the trek into the bubble. It is on to the offseason for management that not only …
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Daisy Coleman, one of the subjects of the 2016 Netflix documentary “Audrie & Daisy,” died by suicide on Tuesday, according to her mother, Melinda. Coleman was 23. Coleman’s body was found after her mother asked police to conduct a welfare check. “Audrie & Daisy” detailed Coleman and Audrie Pott’s experiences with sexual assault, and how …
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In the ultimate meeting of highbrow and lowbrow, the esteemed Tribeca Film Festival’s parent company has paired with Walmart to offer pandemic-weary Americans a series of free drive-in movies in the corporation’s parking lots nationwide. Drew Barrymore will host virtually. Between Aug. 14 and Oct. 21, the Walmart Drive-in experience will bring movie nights to …
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It’s one of the realest moments in animated movie history. One decade after the dramatic climax of “Toy Story 3” — wherein the gang find themselves trapped in a garbage incinerator and facing certain annihilation — the film’s director Lee Unkrich has come to confirm just how dark that scene really was. The toys of …
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Steve McQueen, the Oscar-winning director of “12 Years a Slave” and “Shame,” is best known for his searing big-screen work. So it is fitting that the New York Film Festival would turn to the British auteur to kick off its 58th edition with his new work “Lovers Rock.” McQueen joins a long list of cinema …
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Director Oliver Stone has blasted “cancel f–king culture” saying he would be “vilified” if his films came out today. The filmmaker behind “Platoon,” “Natural Born Killers” and “Wall Street,” said he’d be cast out of Hollywood if he released those films in today’s climate. Stone said: “I can tell you that if I made any …
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EXCLUSIVE: What did Universal Pictures execs require to commit to liftoff of the first-ever narrative feature film to shoot in outer space? According to sources, all it took was an exuberant Zoom call with Tom Cruise, director Doug Liman and Christopher McQuarrie. They pitched the picture with no script (Liman is writing it) and came …
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In the wake of Regina King’s feature directorial debut “One Night in Miami” making this year’s Toronto International Film Festival premiere list, Amazon Studios has scooped up the movie’s global rights for a release later this year in time for awards season. The “If Beale Street Could Talk” Oscar-winning actress’ movie based on Olivier-nominated Kemp …
The notion of being an entertainer in the public eye comes with heavy baggage for 28-year-old Mercedes Kilmer. The actress, who appears with her father, Val Kilmer, in the new movie “Paydirt,” saw her childhood scarred by her dad’s rabid fans and paparazzi. “I was traumatized by people trying to climb our gates and take …
