Posts by Zach Dionne
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The New Quvenzhané Wallis–Starring ‘Annie’ Has a Trailer
There’s rarely any real need for a remake, especially when the original is a multigenerational childhood-definer. But when you’re doing it as a showcase for a sensational 10-year-old named Quvenzhané Wallis — our youngest Oscar nominee ever, for 2012’s ‘Beasts of the Southern Wild’ — nobody needs to argue.
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Apparently Steven Spielberg Wants to Remake ‘West Side Story’?
Also in the Afternoon Links: John Travolta’s reaction to the Adele Dazeem moment, an incredible Billy on the Street Season 3 teaser, and Lena Dunham’s SNL promos.
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HBO Is Releasing a Mixtape With Big Boi and Common Rapping About ‘Game of Thrones’
It launches for free on Friday. Wale will rap the words, “I’m tellin’ whoever messin’ with me / I can bring you that Khaleesi heat / Use my King, knack for words, as an actual sword / I can decapitate a rapper.”
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‘Transformers: Age of Extinction’ Trailer: I Don’t Think It’s a Truck at ALL!
You’ll find fan service in the form of a cold-blooded pull quote — “I’m gonna ask you this once: Where is Optimus Prime?” You’ll also lay eyes on a Dinobot and a Kelsey Grammer within a minute of each other.
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The Inevitable James Franco Film Festival Is Upon Us
Also in the Afternoon Links: New Janelle Monáe, the eerie intersection of True Detective and Magic Mike, and Idina Menzel hits The Tonight Show to do “Let It Go” with the Roots and some children’s instruments.
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Timbaland’s Doing the Music for Lee Daniels’s Hip-Hop Drama Pilot
Timbaland will act as songwriter and music producer for ‘Empire,’ Lee Daniels’s drama pilot about a family in the hip-hop industry.
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Ranking the Most Awkward Moments From Toronto Mayor Rob Ford’s Sit-down With Jimmy Kimmel
Rob Ford is Toronto’s troubled ruler, the one who found himself the target of allegations of crack cocaine usage in early 2013, which he denied for months before copping to in November. And Jimmy Kimmel, of course, is the very last man you want to publicly converse with when you find yourself in such a precarious position. There was face-wiping, video-shaming, and confusion as to whether Americans are indeed Canadian taxpayers.
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This ‘True Detective’ Finale Teaser Is a Guaranteed Recipe for a Great Week
Also in the Afternoon Links: New tUnE-yArDs, Bruce Springsteen covering Lorde, and Bill Murray’s Oscars tribute to Harold Ramis.
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A Belated Box Office Top Five: Neeson Is Bigger Than Jesus
Non-Stop made $30 million, while Son of God came in second place with $26.5 million. And Frozen, still very much chugging along, passed the $1 billion mark internationally.
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‘12 Years a Slave’ and ‘Gravity’ Lead Oscar Winners
Ellen DeGeneres prophesied it right up front, and so it was: ‘12 Years a Slave’ won the top honor at the 86th Academy Awards, marking the first Best Picture win for a black director’s work. But it was Alfonso Cuarón who took home Best Director for ‘Gravity,’ and his film dominated much of the night with its seven wins.
