Posts by Zach Dionne
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Kanye Added a Verse to “Drunk in Love,” Is Cool with Drake
Kanye releases a very special Valentine’s Day remix of Beyoncé’s hit, and quashes the Drake–‘Rolling Stone’ beef.
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Box Office Top Five: Everything’s Still Awesome for ‘The Lego Movie’
Three 1980s remakes hit theaters this weekend, and they all made it into the top five. Also, after 11 weeks, ‘Frozen’ is out.
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Ron Howard Is in Talks to Direct a New ‘Jungle Book’
Also in the Afternoon Links: A teaser for the return of ‘Scandal,’ a very special upcoming ‘Simpsons’ episode, and an amazing ocean odyssey with Paula Deen and her hungry fans.
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Michael Keaton Just Gave ‘Beetlejuice 2’ a Huge, Tim Burton–y Cred Boost
“I always said that’s the one thing I’d like to do again, if I ever did anything again,” Keaton says. “Without giving too much away, [Tim Burton and I have] talked to each other and emailed each other, and if he’s in, it’s gonna be hard not to be in.”
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HBO Puts in a Series Order for The Rock’s Football Comedy, ‘Ballers’
Dwayne Johnson, the 17-time pretend-wrestling champion and top-grossing actor of 2013, is now going to star in ‘Ballers,’ a half-hour HBO show about football players in Miami.
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Legos Have Bloopers, Too
Also in the Afternoon Links: Nicki Minaj is back, Emile Hirsch is skewering Shia LaBeouf’s latest antics, and somebody made the Iron Throne from snow and icicles.
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‘Sharknado 2’ Has Cast Some Great, Awful Costars for Tara Reid and Ian Ziering (Hint: Mark McGrath)
Syfy’s hashtag-dependent sequel has reeled in a half-dozen B-, C-, and D-listers that might actually turn this thing into a franchise. Oof.
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The Tupac Biopic Is Back on With John Singleton
“Tupac was the guy who I planned to do a lifetime of films with,” says Singleton, who directed Shakur in ‘Poetic Justice,’ three years before the rapper’s death. “His passing deeply affected my life as well as countless people in this world.”
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R.I.P. Sid Caesar, TV Comedy Trailblazer
Also in the Afternoon Links: David Fincher’s bringing a British series to HBO with Gillian Flynn, ‘Now 49’ is the hottest album of the week, and there’s a teaser for the sequel to ‘The Purge.’
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‘Dads’ Disses ‘Brooklyn Nine-Nine’ in What Might Be Its Final Episode
Fun fact: Rotten Tomatoes does TV shows, too! Funner fact: Fox and Seth MacFarlane’s ‘Dads’stands at a solid 0 percent, where it’s been since it arrived. But that didn’t stop the Season 1 finale from taking a direct shot at the Golden Globe–winning, ever-improving, generally inclusive and non-horrible ‘Brooklyn Nine-Nine.’
