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‘Basic’ SXSW Review: Ashley Park and Leighton Meester Bond Over Toxic Relationship Anxieties in a Charming Rom-Com

“Basic” is a zany, heartrending short-turned-feature centered on two women carrying deep seated relationship insecurities that’s far more complex than...

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‘Kill Me’ Review: Charlie Day Cracks a Case That Could Break Him in Disarming Black Comedy

There’s a shamelessly bad crime procedural that Jimmy (Charlie Day) has on in the background as he awakens in a...

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‘Family Movie’ Review: Kevin Bacon and Kyra Sedgwick Get Their Kids Into a Bloody Good Time

One suspects the dinner table conversation about making “Family Movie” had to go a bit better for Kevin Bacon than for Jack...

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‘Baywatch’ Reboot Casts Newcomer Thaddeus LaGrone as a Former Marine Turned ‘One-Man Rescue Machine’

Newcomer Thaddeus LaGrone has been tapped to join the cast of Fox‘s upcoming “Baywatch” reboot. The actor joins a growing cast that includes Stephen...

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‘Baywatch’ Reboot Casts Athlete and Social Media Star Livvy Dunne in a Recurring Role

This lifeguard tower is getting crowded. Social media star, gymnast and now actress Livvy Dunne has joined the ever-growing cast of Fox’s...

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Adam Scott’s ‘Hokum’ Among Overlook Film Festival’s 2026 First Wave Lineup

The Overlook Film Festival has announced the initial lineup for its 10th annual edition in New Orleans. The first wave lineup of...

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MEP Capital Takes Majority Stake in BondIt Media (EXCLUSIVE)

MEP Capital Management, a New York-based private investment firm focused exclusively on the media and entertainment industry, has closed a...

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‘This Whole Thing Is Not Normal’: Inside the ‘Baywatch’ Reboot Casting Call With 2,000 Wannabe Lifeguards

You simply cannot wear a red Speedo in the rain. That much is obvious. Everyone knows that. That’s why, after...

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‘Paralyzed by Hope: The Maria Bamford Story’ Shares the Tears, Fears, Insights of a Unique Clown

Stand-up comedy is best live — and often lived. Judd Apatow and comedy appreciator Neil Berkeley know this. In their admiring, at...

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‘Give Me the Ball!’ Review: Ferociously Entertaining Portrait of Billie Jean King as Athletic Superstar and Culture Hero

“Give Me the Ball!,” the title of Liz Garbus and Elizabeth Wolff’s ferociously inspirational and entertaining documentary about Billie Jean King,...

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