Posts by Zach Dionne
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Bill Hader Will Beat You in Any ‘Star Wars’ Impressions Contest
Also in today’s Afternoon Links: Big Boi threw some Sade into a remix, Lorde’s birth certificate hit the streets, and a genius mashed up Pulp Fiction with Guess Who.
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PSA: Nicolas Cage Has a Serious Movie Coming Out. It’s Called ‘Joe.’
Cage needs what my colleagues call, in regards to Matthew McConaughey’s suddenly ridiculously vital career, a McConaissance. Is David Gordon Green’s ‘Joe,’ based on a 1992 novel by Southern writer Larry Brown, the right vehicle?
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Jonathan Banks Is Doing the ‘Breaking Bad’ Spinoff
If Vince Gilligan and Peter Gould of ‘Breaking Bad’ bring even half as much verve to AMC’s ‘Better Call Saul’ as they did to the flawless series they just wrapped — and signs show they will — it’s gonna be gooood. Still, it’d be a lie to say we could go into this thing completely excited if Mike Ehrmantraut wasn’t part of the picture. But he’s doing it! Jonathan Banks is doing the show! As a series regular!
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Elizabeth Banks Will Make Her Directorial Debut with ‘Pitch Perfect 2’
Exciting! Elizabeth Banks is about to boss it up and direct her first film with ‘Pitch Perfect 2.’
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Quentin Tarantino Found Someone to Sue Over ‘The Hateful Eight’ Script
Last Thursday, Gawker’s Defamer blog published a post titled “Here Is the Leaked Quentin Tarantino Hateful Eight Script.” Now QT is suing for more than $1 million, claiming “blatant copyright infringement by their promotion and dissemination of unauthorized downloadable copies of the leaked unreleased complete screenplay.”
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Box Office Top Five: ‘Ride Along’ Still Riding, Along With Everything Else
There are next to no changes in this week’s biggest movies, meaning moviegoers treated Aaron Eckhart’s ‘I, Frankenstein’ with the exact lack of seriousness it was begging for. (And yes, ‘Frozen’ is still kicking.)
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The First Lady Won’t Waste Time Visiting Jimmy Fallon’s ‘Tonight Show’
I’m still a little uncertain Will Smith will give The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon the explosive opening night it deserves, but here’s something: Michelle Obama now has a visit scheduled for February 20, which is also during the show’s first week.
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Beyoncé and Jay Z, America’s Royal Couple, Are Also the Leaders of the ‘Billboard’ Power 100 List
Billboard‘s new cover story is either a celebration of Jay Z and Beyoncé’s supreme music industry influence or just another opportunity to consider Mr. Carter’s immortal “I’m not a businessman / I’m a business, man” line.
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Rob Lowe Is Getting His Own NBC Comedy Pilot
The Pro, set at a golf and tennis club, would star Lowe “as a former doubles champion who is reunited with his ex-partner after a public feud that left them both floundering in life.”
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Colin Jost Is the New ‘Weekend Update’ Cohost at ‘SNL’
After only two more episodes, Seth Meyers will leave the Saturday Night Live corridors for Late Night. Assuming Meyers’s duties at the “Weekend Update” desk alongside Cecily Strong will be SNL’s head writer, Colin Jost.
