Posts by Zach Dionne
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Terry Crews Shares His Art With Jimmy Kimmel
Also in the Afternoon Links: a wonderful Wu-Tang supercut, a potential Supergirl show, and Shia “I AM NOT FAMOUS ANYMORE” LaBeouf continues to take roles.
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George Clooney Will Direct ‘Hack Attack,’ About the British Phone-Tapping Fiasco
It’s probably way too soon to dramatize the ugly Hollywood-wide nude photo heist that just went down, but a different ripped-from-the-headlines hacking story will be coming to the big screen, courtesy of George Clooney.
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Enjoy Two New Songs Featuring Kendrick Lamar
Also in the Afternoon Links: a double dose of Kendrick Lamar, the first image of Allison Williams as Peter Pan, and an anti-‘Sopranos’ ending for ‘Boardwalk Empire.’
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Ariana Grande’s Second Album (in Less Than a Year) Is Also Her Second No. 1. How Big a Deal Is That?
‘My Everything’ is now on top of the Billboard 200 with 169,000 copies sold. That’s not a jaw-dropping number, but wait for this fact: Grande is the first female artist to have her first two albums debut at no. 1 since 2010, when Susan Boyle accomplished the same. That stat puts Ariana Grande in league with …
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‘Keeping Up With the Kardashians’ Featured the Rare Kanye West Gem Known As ‘Awesome’
Also in the Afternoon Links: Another ‘Thrones’ performer joins ‘Episode VII,’ a new chapter of ‘Charlie and the Chocolate Factory’ emerges, and John Oliver answers some fan mail.
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The Michael Keaton Comeback and Four Other Key Stories Out of the (Increasingly Important) Venice Film Festival
Lisa Cholodenko and HBO’s ‘Olive Kitteridge’ is great, Alejandro González Iñárritu’s ‘Birdman’ is fantastic, and Al Pacino has two new films.
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Amazon’s Got Five New Pilots, Here’s How Much You Should Care About Them
Three comedies and two dramas, a variety of talents, and a wide range of qualities. Let’s do this.
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Ready for a Show Inspired by the Life of Weezer’s Rivers Cuomo?
Also in the Afternoon Links: the first trailer for Jon Stewart’s movie, a ‘Friends’ reunion on Kimmel, and ‘The Blacklist’ is Netflix’s priciest streaming deal yet.
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FX Orders 10 Episodes of Zach Galifianakis–Louis C.K. Clown Series ‘Baskets’
Jonathan Krisel, who’s directed and cowritten all 37 episodes of ‘Portlandia,’ is the showrunner and cocreator.
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Drake and Nicki Buy Snacks the Same Way You Buy Snacks
Also in the Afternoon Links: André 3000 goes deep with the ‘Times,’ Steve Carell’s doing a Looney Tunes movie, and the Robin Williams biography has an author.
