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Killer Heat is a mystery crime thriller drama film directed by Philippe Lacôte from a screenplay co-written by Roberto Bentivegna and Matt Charman. Based on the 2021 short story titled The Jealousy Man by author Jo Nesbø, the Prime Video film is set on a Greek island and it follows the story of a troubled detective known as The Jealousy Man who is brought in to investigate the murder of one of twin brothers who were entangled in a love triangle. Killer Heat stars Shailene Woodley, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, and Richard Madden in the lead roles with Billy Clements, Manos Gavras, Abby Lee, Clare Holman, and Babou Ceesay. So, if you loved the intense story, thrilling mystery, and compelling characters in Killer Heat here are some similar movies you should check out next.

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Near the end of fashion week, and a day before the VMAs, New York is even more bustling than usual. At Manhattan’s Sei Less, Detroit rapper Babyface Ray and I got a glimpse of just how popular he — and upscale Asian food — are in the industry. A slew of celebs and industry heads walked down into a private room on the restaurant’s lower level: Sacramento Kings forward Demar Derozan, rapper Jason Martin (fka Problem), Def Jam CEO Tunji Balogun, CAA’s Shawn “Pecas” Costner, and a couple of...

Hollywood is a twisted web. Behind the scenes -- in mysterious Burbank boardrooms and over croissant-festooned coffee tables in outsize Malibu homes -- byzantine deals are being struck between actors, directors, and executive producers. The tit-for-tat agreements that result from these meetings connect various films in unexpected ways. A successful actor may meet with an exec, for example, asking to produce an unusual and ambitious drama, hoping they had built up enough good will to be trusted with a financially risky art project. The exec may then stroke their chin and agree to produce the art project, but only if the actor appears in multiple commercially proven mainstream hits in exchange.

The actor may then reluctantly shake hands with the exec, knowing that it was the only way to get their vanity project made. If you have ever seen a massive movie star appearing in a freaked-out, low-budget indie film,...

From premieres to existing classics, there’s something for everyone to enjoy on Paramount+ this month.

The legendary RuPaul Charles is upping the stakes with all-new franchise of the Emmy-winning “RuPaul’s Drag Race” with the premiere of “RuPaul’s Drag Race Global All Stars.” In this new show, 12 queens from all around the globe will compete for a grand prize and a place in the international pavilion at the Drag Race Hall of Fame.

And that’s not the only beloved property giving something new. The final season of the Paramount+ original series “Seal Team” is also set to hit the streamer this month.

Along with the new content, there are loads of existing films and shows coming to the platform, including family favorites like “We Bought a Zoo” and “Hotel for Dogs.” Staple movies like “Pulp Fiction” and “The Big Short” will also be available to watch.

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Did you know there are only two perfect horror movies? Or that there are only two perfect sci-fi films? At least, that's what Rotten Tomatoes would have you believe. The great arbiter of our collective cinematic taste has bestowed the hallowed 100% Tomatometer rating on just a handful of films across cinema history, and the result of this incessant ranking of art has apparently left us with two perfect "Toy Story" movies and just a single perfect "Godzilla" film. What a world.

Anyway, for whatever reason, Rotten Tomatoes scores remain consistently alluring to us all, even showing up on our streaming interfaces and instantly deciding for us whether a movie is worth a watch. Now, it's time to put cinematic legend and Hollywood hero Charlie Chaplin under the microscope and see how this giant of the industry can stand up to the mighty Tomatometer.

Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin is, of course,...

Santa Fe Klan is bringing cross-cultural collaborators into his barrio. On Thursday, the Mexican rap star — who made his Coachella debut earlier this month — released the video for his new song “Plomo,” featuring a freestyle rap verse from Rich the Kid. The video premieres exclusively on Rolling Stone.

“It was really dope to collaborate with Rich,” Santa Fe says. “We got a chance to fuse both of our cultures and languages to create something really special that I know both of our fans are going to love. I appreciate him...

As The Voice brought to a close its Season 25 Knockouts Monday night, the narrative that was being built around one contestant in particular became crystal clear: “Look here, folks! We’ve got the next Taylor Swift on our hands!” But did the show really? I… was not buying the hype. Were you? Let’s go over the evening’s performances, then we’ll have ourselves a little chitchat in the comments.

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Team Chance: Maddi Jane performing “New Rules” (Grade: B) defeated Kamalei Kawa’a performing “All of Me...

"You really don't think I know you??" Another impressive short film that runs under 5 minutes. The Kid is the creation of a filmmaker named Vogue Giambri, and it was shot on location on St Marks Place in New York City. The short depicts a heated argument between a father and son and that's pretty much it - no other introduction is needed for this. Just watch below and enjoy The Kid. "We made this film with absolutely no money just pure passion and friendship. I wrote this because I didn't understand why I could feel so small and hysterical when visiting home even though I’m not a kid anymore and I grew up & moved on so much." Well that cuts deep. The film stars her actual 80 year old cousin Phillip Giambri, and Dion Costelloe as "the kid." There are so many emotions, and so much being said without being said,...

Mama June Shannon confessed to taking money out of Alana “Honey Boo Boo” Thompson’s Coogan account, which is supposed to be reserved for the child actor. When it came time for Alana to collect some of the money that should have been in the account, June shared that there wasn’t as much money in the Coogan as she thought. As more people learn the details of what Mama June did, they have found themselves asking what a Coogan account is. Here is everything you need to know.

Who Was Jackie Coogan?

A Coogan account is named after child actor Jackie Coogan. He is known as Hollywood’s first child actor. Jackie gained stardom through working in movies during the Silent Era and continued acting through the 1960s.

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However, Jackie Coogan actually got his start in acting before he was even able to talk.

Taylor Swift would have been the big winner of the night, had the 2023 MTV EMAs gone forward as planned on Nov. 5. Just two weeks before the show was to take place in Paris, MTV canceled the awards, citing, “volatility of world events.” Instead, the network released the full list of winners on Sunday night, saying, “as fans worldwide voted for their favorite categories including best artist, best song and more, MTV is recognizing the following artists with 2023 MTV EMAs.”

Swift won three awards – best artist, best live and best video for “Anti-Hero.

Kix played their final concert ever on Sunday night (September 17th) at Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia, Maryland — just down the road from the band’s home city of Baltimore.

The hard rock vets were joined by former guitarists Ronnie Younkins and Brad Divens for what proved to be a celebratory, career-spanning set.

All of Kix’s biggest hits from their MTV glam-metal glory days were included in the set, most notably cuts from 1985’s Midnite Dynamite (“Midnite Dynamite”; “Scarlet Fever”; “Cold Shower”) and 1988’s Blow My Fuse.

Early in the set, Younkins joined the band onstage for the first two songs (“Atomic Bombs” and “The Kid”) before Divens took part in renditions of early Kix material (“For Shame” and “Mighty Mouth”) hailing from his stint in the band (1982-1983). Younkins and Divens then formed a triple-guitar attack with longtime Kix axeman Brian Forsythe for the four-song finale.

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This post contains spoilers for the latest episode of "Yellowjackets."

Shauna Sadecki (Melanie Lynskey) never wanted kids. She confesses as much in the centerpiece scene of this week's episode of "Yellowjackets," a powerful monologue from Lynskey in a season that's been in part built around powerful monologues from Lynskey. Shauna never wanted a family, she says, but she loves them despite herself. In the context of this, the most heartbreaking episode of the show to date, it's impossible not to think of her first child here, who we now know was stillborn in the wilderness.

Yet when Shauna speaks to the police with obvious warmth in her voice, making it clear that she's happy as a mom despite her instincts screaming otherwise, it's not the baby who comes to mind, but Callie (Sarah Desjardins). Callie, who just lied to a cop in one of the show's most hilarious and darkly satisfying scenes yet.

It’s Friday, Friday, gotta get down on Friday — especially when it’s New Music Friday! We’re breaking down this week’s best new tracks to keep on your radar.

New Music Friday – April 21st, 2023

Kim Petras and Nicki Minaj – “Alone”

The Weeknd and Future – “Double Fantasy”

Ed Sheeran – “Boat”

Bebe Rexha and Snoop Dogg – “Satellite”

Latto – “Put It On Da Floor”

Florence + The Machine – “Mermaids”

Jordy – “Good Not Great”, plus Boy (Album)

The Chainsmokers and 347aidan – “Up & Down”

The Kid Laroi – “Where Does Your Spirit Go?”

Rita Ora and Fatboy Slim – “Prasing You”

Other noteworthy artists with releases this week include Sid Sriram – “Do The Dance”, P1Harmony and New Hope Club – “Super Chic”, Nicki Nicole and Rels B – “qué le pasa conmigo?”, Jayli Wolf – “Holding On”, Rosie Darling ft. Boy In Space – “Nail In The Coffin”, Donia Missal – “Out Of Me”, Daaz X Inner Circle – “La Pipa...

Hailey Bieber kept things simple in the desert.

The 26-year-old model attended the Coachella music festival with husband Justin Bieber over the weekend, and on Instagram she shared her minimal makeup for the occasion.

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In the video promoting her Rhode skincare brand, Hailey starts by applying “hydrating essence, which has been saving me in the desert all weekend.”

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Getting to the makeup, she says, “So we’re basically doing nothing on the skin. A little on the cheek, shaping the brows and that’s basically it. Maybe a little something on the lids.”

In the end, she shows off the results.

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Charley Crockett made an appearance on The Daily Show on Tuesday night, sitting with this week’s host Jordan Klepper to talk about his early days of busking in New York, hitchhiking through the Pacific Northwest, and the Bob Dylan song he reworked.

“I learned how to stand behind my guitar, playing on street corners, working farm parties,” Crockett told Klepper. “And I learned to hitchhike in the Pacific Northwest… People are more likely to make bad decisions and pick up hitchhikers out there.”

Crockett also talked at length about...

The jokes will extend well past April 1st on HBO and HBO Max.

“Barry” returns for its fourth and final season. After the shocking Season 3 finale which saw Barry (Billy Hader) getting arrested and Cousineau (Henry Winkler) being hailed as a hero, there will be plenty of consequences for both. The dark comedy premieres on April 16 with two episodes.

“A Black Lady Sketch Show” will also bring plenty of laughs when it returns for its fourth season. The sketch comedy series premieres April 14.

On the drama side, the limited series “Love and Death” premieres on April 27. It’s based on the true story of Candy (Elizabeth Olsen) and Pat Montgomery (Patrick Fugit) and Betty (Lily Rabe) and Allan Gore (Jesse Plemons) – two churchgoing couples enjoying their small-town Texas life… until an extramarital affair leads somebody to pick up an axe.

For comic fans, the midseason premiere of the final season...

With its list of new releases for April 2023, HBO Max is premiering the final episodes of two major shows.

First up is the continuation of Titans season 4 on April 13. Returning after a four month hiatus, these next six episodes will be the last go around for HBO Max’s gritty live-action DC series. Arriving three days later on HBO proper is the fourth and final season of Barry. Bill Hader and the rest of the Barry team wrote themselves into a fascinating corner with the conclusion of season 3. And judging by the first teasers for season 4, this final batch of episodes will indeed catch up with our favorite actor/hitman in prison.

Other TV shows of note this month include the Pete Davidson-starring animated series Fired on Mars on April 20 (light ’em up) the the Elizabeth Olsen-starring true crime story Love & Death on April 27.

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Bill Hader stars in ‘Barry’ season 4 (Photograph by Merrick Morton/HBO)

Bill Hader returns for one final season of Barry and the popular sketch comedy A Black Lady Sketch Show kicks off its fourth season on HBO Max in April 2023. Additional highlights of the streaming service’s April lineup include the debut of Love & Death, a limited series starring Elizabeth Olsen and Patrick Fugit; season two of Somebody Somewhere with Bridget Everett; and the return of 100 Foot Wave for a second season.

In addition, the Titans mid-season premiere arrives on April 13. HBO Max offers this description of the fourth and final season’s remaining episodes: “The Titans – with the exception of Gar – are returned to the Temple of Trigon and rush to find Sebastian and Mother Mayhem before Sebastian summons Trigon. Along the way, they come across a prophecy that may require Kory to make a huge sacrifice to save the world.

In the final season of HBO Max’s “Barry,” premiering on April 16, Barry’s arrest for the murder of Cousineau’s girlfriend leads to a shocking conclusion. Barry (Bill Hader), a hitman who stumbles into acting, explores the dark, often comedic underbelly of both LA gangsters and Hollywood. Henry Winkler stars as Cousineau, Barry’s acting teacher and the man forced to confront the reality of his former student.

Watch the “Barry” season 4 trailer:

Another crime story will come to HBO Max in April, although this one is based on a true story. “Love & Death” revolves around the murder of Betty Gore (played by Lily Rabe) in a small Texas town in 1980. Her husband Alan (Jesse Plemons) has an affair with Candy (Elizabeth Olsen), who attends their church. Suddenly, the thrills turn deadly. Candy picks up an ax, whacks her rival over 40 times, and then claims self-defense. The new...

Saban Films has acquired the U.S., U.K. and other international rights to Jean-Claude Van Damme action-spy thriller “Darkness of Man.”

Directed by James Cullen Bressack, the film sees Van Damme playing Interpol operative Russell Hatch, who witnesses the death of his last informant in a routine raid gone wrong. Years later, he takes on a father figure role to the son of the informant, and finds himself protecting the boy from a group of merciless gangs in an all-out turf war.

Alongside the U.S. and U.K., Saban Films has picked up Australian/New Zealand, African, Spanish and Scandinavian territory rights to the film, which also stars Kristanna Loken (“Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines”), Peter Jae (“Blackhat”), Spencer Breslin (“The Kid”), Emerson Min (“Black-ish”) and rapper Sticky Fingaz.

The film is written by Alethea Cho and Cullen Bressack and based on an original story by Cullen Bressack and Van Damme.

Riding high on acclaim for his recent work (including an Oscar nomination for The Banshees Of Inisherin), Barry Keoghan is looking to strike while the iron is hot and set up some projects on his own. He's now pushing forward a Billy the Kid biopic that has long been a film the actor has wanted to make.

"We’ve seen many versions of Billy the Kid on screen before," Keoghan tells Deadline. "My interest was in trying to tell a version that breaks from the facade of that cool, calm, and collected gunslinger Billy the Kid that we’re all used to seeing. I wanted to humanize him in a way."

The film, which will reunite Keoghan with his American Animals director Bart Layton, aims to lean into the Kid’s Irish ancestry and complicated childhood. Born in New York as Henry McCarty, he was orphaned at the age of...

Fresh from his Oscar nomination for The Banshees of Inisherin, Irish actor Barry Keoghan is turning his attention back towards a dream assignment: a new feature retelling of the story of Billy the Kid. Keoghan’s American Animals director Bart Layton is aboard to direct the feature, produced by Element Pictures with Film4.

“We’ve seen many versions of Billy the Kid on screen before,” Keoghan tells Deadline. “My interest was in trying to tell a version that breaks from the facade of that cool, calm, and collected gunslinger Billy the Kid that we’re all used to seeing. I wanted to humanize him in a way.”

“This isn’t just a passion project for Barry,” notes Element Pictures producer Ed Guiney, who came aboard having worked with Keoghan on The Killing of a Sacred Deer and Calm with Horses. “This approach is something new, and it’s a version...

The pop field at the Grammys is usually one of the most star-studded every year. This year some of the categories seem especially crowded, so let’s take a quick look at who the main contenders are.

For Best Pop Solo Performance, a lot of big names are in contention. The biggest commercially are two Brits who are also past category winners: Harry Styles’s “As It Was,” which has topped the Hot 100 for 13 weeks as of this writing, and Adele’s “Easy On Me,” which topped the chart for 10 weeks. They will likely be joined by another category winner with a number-one hit: Lizzo, whose “About Damn Time” is easily one of the most memorable moments in pop music this season. Finally, there’s Beyoncé, who will likely be nominated for her two-week number-one hit “Break My Soul.” If there was anything like a lock at the Grammys, it would probably be these four.

It’s showtime! On Sunday, the biggest names in music gathered for the 2022 MTV Video Music Awards.

Jack Harlow, Kendrick Lamar, and Lil Nas X top this year’s list of nominees with seven nominations each. They are followed closely behind by Doja Cat and Harry Styles, who both received six nominations. Taylor Swift, Olivia Rodrigo, Billie Eilish, Rosalía, and Ed Sheeran also received nods for their work this year.

Harlow and Lil Nas X are recognized for the jail-themed video for their chart-topping collaboration “Industry Baby,” while Lamar’s...

The MTV Video Music Awards are on Sunday night, August 28, broadcasting live from the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey. But who will win when moon person trophies are handed out? Scroll down for our complete racetrack odds in 15 categories, which are based on the combined predictions of hundreds of Gold Derby users who have placed their bets here in our predictions center. Our projected winners are highlighted in gold.

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We’re betting on Taylor Swift to go three-for-three in the categories we’re forecasting: Video of the Year, Best Long Form Video, and Best Direction, all for the short film she directed to accompany her 10-minute extended version of “All Too Well.” If we’re right about the top category, Swift would make history as the first artist ever to win Video of the Year three times. She previously prevailed...

Exclusive: About 70 people, or 14 of the programming operation overseen by HBO and HBO Max Chief Content Officer Casey Bloys, were laid off last week as part of cost-cutting across Warner Bros. Discovery. At the time, only the departures of the heads of departments that were worst hit — all of them on the HBO Max side — were made public, including Jennifer O’Connell EVP, Non-Fiction & Live-Action Family Originals. Now names of other executives who are leaving as part of the restructuring and staff reductions are starting to trickle out.

One of them is respected kids development exec Nikki Reed who was VP Kids and Family Scripted Originals. She was part of O’Connell’s team that has been disbanded as HBO Max pulled back dramatically on kids programming and live-action family originals.

Reed joined HBO Max in 2019, ahead of HBO’s 2020 launch, to lead original scripted programming in the kids and family space.

“When I was a kid myself, growing up in in the north of England, for some reason I was fixated on Billy,” reveals series creator Michael Hirst (“Vikings”) in our recent webchat. He continues, “When I was running to school, as a seven or eight year old boy, I imagined that I was riding a great horse and being pursued by the sheriff’s posse. I was Billy the Kid. The head of Epix, Michael Wright, asked me what I would like to do after ‘Vikings.’ I said, ‘curiously enough I’d like to do a Western. I’d like to do ‘Billy the Kid. I’d like to find out if he was worth hero worshiping.’” Watch the exclusive video interview above.

“Billy the Kid” follows the infamous outlaw (Tom Blyth) from when his Irish family moved to the wild west in search of a better life. It’s...

Three years ago, Giveon landed a 15-minute tour slot opening for Baby Rose and Snoh Aalegra. There was only one problem: At the time, he had released just two original songs. Needing new tunes in a hurry to fill out his set, the R&b singer decided to write something quickly based on each city the tour landed in. One of these, the spare, chilling “Chicago Freestyle,” proved particularly popular when he posted a snippet to Instagram — until Giveon got a message from his manager, Simon Gebrelul, telling him to delete the clip.

Peacock’s Pitch Perfect series is hosting a mini Modern Family reunion: Sarah Hyland has joined the upcoming comedy starring Adam Devine, who played her character’s ex-boyfriend on Modern Family.

Additionally, Jameela Jamil (The Good Place) and Lera Abova have boarded the show as series regulars.

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Confession, the saying goes, is good for the soul. But when faced with the prospect of making one in Thursday’s Grey’s Anatomy, both Owen and Jo pressed “pause” — and understandably so. If he came clean about the steps he’d taken to help dying soldiers end their lives on their own terms, it might keep Cormac in Seattle but land Hunt himself in a whole mess of trouble. And if Jo disclosed that she wasn’t merely in lust with Link, she could jeopardize their longstanding friendship. Did either of them muster up the courage to speak their truth?...

Exclusive: We can be first to tell you that Maze Runner franchise filmmaker Wes Ball is attached to direct Paramount Pictures’ adaptation of Valiant Comic’s Harbinger, which remains in development at the studio.

The comic follows a group of teens with superpowers who go up against the corporation that tried to exploit their talents.

Andrew Lanham, who co-wrote the $432M-grossing Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, is adapting the most recent iteration of the project.

The Melrose Lot took Harbinger in September 2019 as the project’s producer Neal Moritz has a first look deal at Paramount.

Ball’s Oddball Entertainment, as Deadline first reported, has a first look deal at Paramount. Ball and Joe Hartwick Jr. are producing for Oddball, while Moritz and Toby Jaffe are producing for Original Film. Dan Mintz is producing for Valiant Entertainment.

At one point in time when the project was at Sony,...

Stars: Naomi McDougall Jones, Christian Coulson, Naomi Grossman, Annie Golden | Written by Naomi McDougall Jones | Directed by Naomi McDougall Jones, Meredith Edwards

After seeing the poster and reading up a little on Bite Me I was expecting a romantic comedy in the vein of Life After Beth or Warm Bodies – obviously replacing the zombies with vampires. But that’s not what Bite Me tries to be.

It’s a much more serious movie than I expected it to be. There is some comedy but things are kept straight for the most part and the romance between a vampire and a human is the main focus of the movie. It’s still not quite the movie that it mentions occasionally (Twilight) but it’s perhaps closer to this type of film.

Real-life vampire Sarah is due an audit, which turns out not so good for her and her vampire pals. At...

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It’s a story line that’s been used in dozens of Western films. Two long-time friends who grew up together, later split up and take different paths—one follows the straight and narrow and becomes a lawman and the other turns into an outlaw. Fate decrees that one day they will have to meet in a showdown. It usually ends with the outlaw lying face down in the dirt and the sheriff sad and bitter about it all, wondering if it was all really worth it.

In 1973 two films with that plot were released within a month of each other. In May, Universal released “Showdownâ€. starring Rock Hudson and Dean Martin, the last film directed by veteran helmsman George Seaton (“Miracle on 34th St.,â€. “Airportâ€.) and the last western that Martin (“Sons of Katie Elder,...

One of the key jobs of a director is tone management. You could argue it is the most important. Making sure nothing that occurs in a film feels outside the bounds of what the vibe of the picture is meant to be can be enormously difficult. One false move could really sink the entire thing, and this is especially true of an ending. Plenty of movie endings out there are made by people who have misjudged what their film's tone has been up to that point. They feature an ending so discordant from the proceeding 90-or-so minutes that you regret the time...

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Epix has unveiled the full trailer for Billy the Kid. The upcoming eight-episode series is described as an epic romantic adventure based on the life of the infamous American outlaw, Billy the Kid (played by Tom Blyth). In history, Billy was also known by some as William H. Bonney, going by different aliases through his adventures in the wild west. (Credit: Epix) As teased in the full trailer, below, Billy the Kid tracks his story beginning with humble Irish roots and ranging to his early days as a cowboy and gunslinger in the American frontier, and his pivotal role in the Lincoln County War among other moments. Forced to cope with an unforgiving environment, Billy makes life-changing decisions at the first sign of trouble. In the trailer, he’s told in his youth and young adulthood to stay out of situations that don’t “matter,” but this guy has ideas...

The Chad-born, France-based Mahamat-Saleh Haroun debuted his latest drama, Lingui, The Sacred Bonds, in competition at the Cannes Film Festival last summer. A formally classical vision, his morality tale follows a mother and her pregnant daughter as they navigate their next steps in Chad, a country where abortion is both illegal and condemned by religion. With Lingui now opening in theaters this Friday, courtesy of Mubi, I spoke with Haroun about seven influential films, from silent classics to international landmarks.

As David Katz said in his Cannes review of Lingui, “In Chad, whose two main languages are Arabic and French, “lingui” is a distinct term meaning a ‘bond or connection’; the film’s alternate title gives it a more pious hue—the ‘sacred bonds.’ But what’s fascinating and most novel about African cinema great Mahamat-Saleh Haroun’s new drama is the lack of an overtly religiose aura: the bonds...

We’re praying to Kaelego that Netflix’s dark horse hit “Archive 81” gets a second season, but until then, if you’re craving more strange cults, peel-back-the-wallpaper moments, and mind-bending, non-linear mysteries, these 11 series might fill the void. We’ve rounded up a list of shows like “Archive 81” that will give you your fix, ranging from series that are spooky, mysterious and mythological to horrifically devastating.

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Biracial first-year medical student Rosa Steenwijk (Jade Olieberg) joins the mysterious secret society Ares in this Netflix Dutch series set in Amsterdam. What exactly are the membership fees to this elite, and largely white, group? In the first episode, a student stabs herself with a pair of scissors and Rosa’s friend Jacob (Tobias Kersloot) has disturbing visions of a terrifying black figure when he gets cold feet during their initiation ceremony.

Where to Stream It: Netflix

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As the sporting world descends on Los Angeles in anticipation of the city’s first Super Bowl hosting gig in nearly 30 years, another storied event will also make its long overdue comeback. Rolling Stone is back to host one of Super Bowl Weekend’s most sought-after events: Rolling Stone Live. This year’s party will be hosted at Academy in Los Angeles, continuing a decade of tradition that has cemented Rolling Stone as a fixture during football’s biggest weekend.

And after a year away, it’s only appropriate that...

Much like with Jason Sudeikis earlier this season — and even a non-former “Saturday Night Live” cast member, like Owen Wilson — it’s surprising to realize that Will Forte had not hosted an episode of “Saturday Night Live” until this season. Not even during his “The Last Man on Earth” days. But this weekend, he returned to 8H to make said hosting debut and promote Peacock’s “MacGruber” series, mixing nostalgia with some standard Forte weirdness in the process.

Host: Will Forte

As Forte noted in his opening monologue, every former “SNL” cast member who was a repertory player at the time of his final season, Season 35 (12 years ago), managed to host before he ever did. Sometimes multiple times — and that even counted for John Mulaney, who was “just” a writer for the show, never a cast member. When you really consider who that entails, you have to think about just...

How I Met Your Father threw viewers for a loop at the tail end of Tuesday’s premiere, when the How I Met Your Mother sequel series revealed that Hilary Duff’s Sophie had already met the father – and he’s likely one of four men: Uber driver Jesse (Chris Lowell), Pemberton’s Pub owner Sid (Suraj Sharma), Tinder date Ian (Daniel Augustin) or British expat Charlie (Tom Ainsley). And that twist came after it was revealed that Sid and Jesse are the current occupants of the apartment that last belonged to Marshall and Lily.

“For me, [the bigger surprise] was this idea...

It’s not wedding bells which break up the old gang in Ben Affleck’s The Town, it’s witness protection. The romance in the middle of the film is only there to delineate the boundaries between heist film and crime procedural. The movie’s center is Charlestown, right across the bridge from the rest of Boston, a legend in illicit locales. The blue-collar neighborhood “produced more bank robbers and armored car thieves than anywhere else in the world,” according to the movie’s prologue. Affleck’s second film as a director charts the fall of a mythic heist gang and the streets which made them.

The Boston area was prime cinematic crime fields during the early 2000s. In Black Mass, Johnny Depp plays South Boston mobster James “Whitey” Bulger, an Irish gangster who informed on the Italian mob to the FBI. Some of the scenes were shot on the real crime locations depicted.

Cobra Kai fans were left in shock when a certain Country Music star appeared on Cobra Kai Season 4.

On Cobra Kai Season 4 Episode 9, Carrie Underwood made a surprise appearance to perform "The Moment of Truth."

“One thing I have learned is that everyone gets their shot, their chance in the spotlight,” Underwood says to the children on the episode.

“Everyone gets their moment. This one’s yours.”

The "moment" Underwood referred to was the battle between the show's dueling dojos.

As for what brought Underwood into the Karate Kid universe, the star released a statement via Netflix.

“I grew up watching ‘Daniel’ and ‘Johnny,’ and I can’t believe I actually get to be a small part of the legacy that is the Karate Kid," Underwood said, according to the streamer.

"Once I discovered ‘Cobra Kai’ a few years ago, it became one of my favorite shows! I had so...

Warning: The following contains spoilers for Episode 9 of Cobra Kai Season 4.

The All Valley Karate Tournament was very much a “Moment of Truth” for the kids of Cobra Kai, so what better time to revisit The Karate Kid‘s classic track with a little help from a country superstar?

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As we continue to explore the best in 2021, today we’re taking a look at the articles that you, our dear readers, enjoyed the most throughout the past twelve months. Spanning reviews, interviews, features, podcasts, news, and trailers, check out the highlights below and return for more year-end coverage as well as a glimpse into 2022 in the coming weeks.

Most-Read Reviews

10. The Dig

9. WeWork: Or the Making and Breaking of a $47 Billion Unicorn

8. kid 90

7. The Green Knight

6. Dune

5. The Most Beautiful Boy in the World

4. Mortal Kombat

3. The Girl Who Got Away

2. Ghostbusters: Afterlife

1. Saint-Narcisse

Most-Read Interviews

10. Adam Nayman on David Fincher’s Complicated Auteurism

9. Sparks on Annette, Polarizing Reactions, Leos Carax’s Vision, and Their Next Film

8. Sion Sono on Briefly Dying, His Favorite Nicolas Cage Performance, and Prisoners of the Ghostland

7. John Carpenter on Scoring Halloween Kills, Videogames, and Basketball

6. Gaspar Noé on Facing Death, Casting Dario Argento,...

“People think that they know me because I made them laugh or because they’ve been to a show. But they don’t know what I did to get here. Or what it takes to stay here.”

This is Kevin Hart at the start of his new Netflix thriller True Story. Well, technically, it is the character Hart is playing in the limited series, a comedian known only as the Kid. But, like when Prince called himself by the same nickname in the autobiographical Purple Rain, Hart and True Story...

Time Studios, the Emmy-winning TV and film production division of Time, which has generated more than $70M in revenue since its 2020 launch, today announced the expansion of its Documentary division, also introducing a new arm for Kids & Family programming.

Alexandra Johnes and Loren Hammonds have been tapped as Heads of Documentary, with Maria Perez-Brown coming aboard as Head of Kids & Family. Additional new hires and promotions include Rebecca Teitel as VP of Documentary, Rebecca Gitlitz as Director and Showrunner and Jeff Smith as Executive Producer and Showrunner. The Scripted division of Time Studios will be run by Kaveh Veyssi, VP of Film & TV, Time Studios, as part of a strategic alliance with Sugar23, as previously announced.

The new Kids & Family division will build on Time’s success in the space with the Daytime Emmy Award-nominated Kid of the Year television special, recognizing the contributions of extraordinary young leaders in a range of fields,...

Radiohead have detailed their mysterious Kid A Mnesia Exhibition, an “upside-down digital/analog universe” based on frontman Thom Yorke and artist Stanley Donwood’s original artwork from the LPs.

The experience — arriving as a free download for PlayStation 5, Mac, and PC on Nov. 18 — was two years in the making, with the band initially planning a traveling museum exhibition to showcase the massive amount of artwork that Donwood and Yorke created for Kid A and Amnesiac.

However, the pandemic forced the real-life exhibition into the digital realm. As a result, the...

The time has come to vote for your favorite music achievements of the past year at the 2nd Annual Gold Derby Music Awards. Cast your votes now here in our predictions center (illustrated instructions are below). You can keep changing your votes as often as you like. None of your choices are final until voting closes at the end of the day on Friday, December 3.

SEEBest New Artist Grammys showdown: Olivia Rodrigo vs. The Kid Laroi vs. Saweetie?

Our awards follow the same eligibility calendar as the Grammys. And we’ve expanded these awards from last year. The 2021 GDMAs honored musical achievements in 12 categories. This year you can vote in 23 races, including new categories where you can vote for the best albums and songs in pop, R&b, rap/hip-hop, country/Americana, and rock/alternative, not to mention a new award for Best Collaboration.

In the top five categories, you...

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid are coming to TV.

Following a multiple-outlet bidding war, Scott Steindorff and Dylan Russell’s Stone Village Television has landed rights to author Charles Leerhsen’s book Butch Cassidy: The True Story of an American Outlaw. An outlet is not yet attached.

Stone Village plans to self-finance the development through Latin American and European sources and possibly production before shopping the premium limited series to cable networks and streamers. The plan is to produce the series to target an international audience, specifically the Latin American market. The story will span a story that follows Butch ...

Dancing With the Stars is just now reaching its first elimination, and there has already been plenty of tension and drama to go around. On Monday, Sept. 27, the ABC competition series aired its second episode of season 30, which saw Karate Kid and Cobra Kai standout Martin Kove, along with dance partner Britt Stewart, head home as the first pair booted from the ballroom. Martin had joined Christine Chiu as the bottom two performers. Also providing an unexpected twist this week was Cheryl Burke announcing her Covid-19 diagnosis on Sunday, Sept. 26, the day before the episode taped. Luckily, she and partner Cody Rigsby were still able to compete, as the judges evaluated the couple's rehearsal, which had...