Election 2020
The latest about the election and its impact on Hollywood
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What’s at Stake for Hollywood?
Depending on the election's outcome, Hollywood could see a bigger stimulus, more aggressive COVID response and higher taxes.
Music
Taylor Swift Approved Her Song for Unofficial Biden-Harris Ad
Taylor Swift approved her song “Only the Young” for a pro-Joe Biden advertisement, a source close to the situation confirms to Variety. The song, from the Netflix documentary “Taylor Swift: Miss…
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Nick Frost on How ‘Truth Seekers’ Pays Tribute to ‘The X-Files’
Nick Frost and Simon Pegg have been messing around with the occult ever since they first became friends. In fact, the two used to drive around in Pegg’s square-shaped Renault 5, looking for spooky…
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Ariana Grande’s ‘Positions’ Is Solidly in the Sexy Quiet-Storm Tradition: Album Review
Ariana Grande's "Positions," while less a dramatic tour de force than its predecessors, wins by focusing on upbeat, down-tempo romanticism.
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‘Roadkill’
Writer-producer David Hare places Hugh Laurie's Peter Laurence in a post-Brexit, pre-coronavirus pandemic world.
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‘Everything’s Fine’
Sarah Cooper stars as the host of a surreal morning news show who's slowly losing her mind as the world falls apart.
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‘Truth Seekers’
The Amazon series "Truth Seekers," starring Nick Frost, takes on the paranormal with jokes and plenty of scares.
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‘The Queen’s Gambit’
Netflix's new limited series, starring Anya Taylor-Joy, Marielle Heller and Bill Camp, is a welcome change of pace.
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‘The Craft: Legacy’
Indie actor-turned-helmer Zoe Lister-Jones delivers a too-safe PG-13 sequel to a late-'90s punk favorite about a coven of teenage witches.
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‘Spell’
A family of jaded African American urbanites land in deep Appalachian hoodoo in this diverting-enough genre piece.
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‘Come Play’
A young autistic boy is menaced by a 10-foot-tall monster in this horror flick where the supernatural frights are less than super.
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‘Holidate’
Emma Roberts and Luke Bracey charm as a not-couple tempting fate in the Netflix rom-com "Holidate."
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Ariana Grande’s ‘Positions’
Ariana Grande's "Positions," while less a tour de force than its predecessors, wins by focusing on upbeat, down-tempo romanticism.
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Puscifer's 'Existential Reckoning'
Puscifer, the side project of Tool's Maynard James Keenan, has come back with the Halloween-ready "Existential Reckoning" album.
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Gorillaz's 'Song Machine: Season One – Strange Timez'
Gorillaz returns to party mode with "Song Machine," where Damon Albarn is joined by Beck, St. Vincent, Schoolboy Q, 6lack & others.
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Bruce Springsteen's 'Letter to You'
Bruce Springsteen grapples with mortality, a lot, in "Letter to You," but any big chill is outweighed by the big warmth of the E Street Band.
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‘The Last Five Years’
This smart revival of Jason Robert Brown's musical plays in a London theater cleverly redesigned for COVID-era safety.
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'The Outside Dog' & 'The Hand of God'
Kristin Scott Thomas and Rochenda Sandall headline two Alan Bennett monologues, which even under social distance pack a punch.
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‘Beat the Devil’
David Hare's monologue at the Bridge Theatre in London recounts the playwright's battle with COVID-19.
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‘Richard II’
Andre Holland leads the cast of a surprisingly intimate audio version of Shakespeare, from the Public Theater's Free Shakespeare in the Park.
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Val Kilmer’s ‘Entourage’ House Hits the Market
$3.495 million
Altadena, Los Angeles, Calif.
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Jason Blum Gets $11.4 Million for Historic Mansion in Off-Market Deal
$11.4 million Fremont Place, Los Angeles, Calif.
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Justin Bieber, Hailey Baldwin List Beverly Hills Starter Mansion
$8.995 million Beverly Hills, Calif.