Angela Bassett Says ‘I Was Deserving’ of the Oscar for ‘Black Panther 2’ After ‘I Put in the Time’ and Good Work: ‘I Thought It Was a Given’

Angela Bassett recently told Town & Country magazine that she was “deserving” of the best supporting actress Oscar for “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.” Bassett was nominated in 2023 but lost to Jamie Lee Curtis for “Everything Everywhere All at Once.” Her stoic reaction as Curtis’ name was called went viral on social media. “I found […]

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‘The Safe House’ Review: A Malformed Family Portrait Connecting May 1968 to World War II

Set during the May 1968 revolution in Paris, Lionel Baier’s “The Safe House” is a comic family portrait filled with ideas that never fully cohere. The film is based on Christophe Boltanski’s Prix Femina-winning biographical novel of the same name, a fact of which we’re reminded numerous times via authorial voiceover. Its snappy, postmodern unfurling, […]

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Owen Wilson Hits the Links in First Look at Apple TV+ Golf Comedy ‘Stick’

Owen Wilson hits the links in the first look images from Apple TV+’s upcoming golf comedy, “Stick,” premiering on June 4. Created by Jason Keller (co-writer of “Ford v Ferrari”), the series stars Wilson as Pryce Cahill, a washed-up former pro golfer whose career was derailed prematurely 20 years ago. After his marriage falls apart […]

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RHEI Unveils Made AI Platform Offering Support Tools for Creators

Vancouver-based RHEI has unveiled an AI platform dubbed Made featuring tools designed to help creators hone the focus of their content strategies and help them connect with fans in meaningful ways. Made is described as offering support staff functions imbued with “emotional intelligence” for creators and artists. The AI agent “Milo” is billed as helping […]

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Robert De Niro Netflix Thriller ‘Zero Day’ Utterly Fails an Overqualified Cast: TV Review

One of the most popular series in the history of Netflix is “The Night Agent,” a sporadically sensical conspiracy thriller set at the highest levels of federal government. It’s thus logical, in the streaming service’s algorithmic way, to mine that vein even further with “Zero Day,” a limited series that shares wooden dialogue, incoherent politics […]

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