Why Isn’t Rosie Perez’s Character in Charge on Rise?

From the perspective of its creators, NBC’s new drama Rise is the inspiring story of an English teacher who ends up in charge of a high-school musical and decides to stage Spring Awakening, leading his students to all sorts of emotional realizations along the way. From the perspective of a

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Snoop Dogg’s New Gospel Album, Bible of Love, Is Surprisingly Great

Snoop Dogg is having the most absurd rap career of all time. For proof, pick a year and simply read off his endeavors. In 1993, he released the G-funk classic Doggystyle, got accused of the murder of a rival gang member, and cut a short film with Eddie Murphy where

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I Kill Giants’ Rocky, Emotional Road to the Screen

I’d been on the phone with I Kill Giants director Anders Walter for less than a minute before I felt compelled to tell him something embarrassing. I’d watched a streaming screener of the film at work a few days prior and it had punched me squarely in the gut. “You

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Tessa Thompson Is the Personal Trainer of Your Dreams in Portlandia’s Series Finale

If you’d like to start training to run a marathon, Tessa Thompson is here for you, specifically if you are Carrie Brownstein — actually, only if you are Carrie Brownstein. In a new clip from the Portlandia series finale airing Thursday, March 22, Fred and Carrie decide to escape the

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Please Send Your Heartfelt Condolences to Henry Cavill, Who Shaved His Mission: Impossible Mustache

Because all good and pure things must come to an end, Henry Cavill has shaved the mustache he grew for Mission: Impossible – Fallout. In a video captioned with “#ShavedButNotForgotten,” Cavill announced the departure of his mouth brow: “This is not CGI. He’s really gone,” Cavill said, referencing the fact that this wee

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Ethan Hawke and Paul Dano Will Star in Sam Shepard’s True West on Broadway

More than a year after his death, Sam Shepard’s work is getting a new life on Broadway. The Roundabout Theatre Company announced today that Ethan Hawke and Paul Dano will star as the brothers Lee and Austin, respectively, in a new production of Shepard’s True West directed by James Macdonald.

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Love, Simon Is a Sweet, Toothless, and Utterly Unstoppable Love Story

One credit in the opening roll of Love, Simon serves more as an indicator of what’s to come than any other, and that is the name Jack Antonoff. The pop producer, who has risen to fame through his work with the likes of Taylor Swift and Lorde, served as the

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Cynthia Nixon Gets Delayed by Subway on Her Way to Try to Fix the Subway

Ladies, gentlemen, and gubernatorial candidate Cynthia Nixon: The train you’re on is being taken out of service. On her way to her first event as a political candidate Tuesday, and ostensibly on her way to fix the subway system and restore order back to our lives, Cynthia Nixon’s No. 3

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