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Game of Thrones’ Impending Tonal Shift
I’ve really been enjoying Game of Thrones season 6 so far, but damn, this promo for the next episode delivers a twist that I never would have seen coming…and I’m not sure I like it. This could be the shark-jumping … Continue reading
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Preacher Review (Season 1, Episode 1)
Seth Rogen and his esteemed writing partner Evan Goldberg hardly stray from controversy and their adaptation of Garth Ennis’ graphic novel Preacher is lockstep with their meta directorial debut This Is The End and their truthfully underwhelming North Korean satire … Continue reading
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Before They Were Stars: David Letterman Auditions for “Airplane!”
David Letterman auditioned for the role of Ted Striker in Airplane!? Surely, you can’t be serious! I am serious and don’t call me Shirley! While it’s common for talk show hosts to surprise their guests by showing clips of their … Continue reading
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No fighting!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zqmu0KBYK0 I’m a big fan of the series Peaky Blinders, which deals with the Shelby crime family trying to make a name for themselves. The third season is dropping soon, and from the trailer above, does it ever look like … Continue reading
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Before They Were Stars: 15-Year Old Rose Byrne in “Echo Point”
Just in time for the release of Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising, here’s some footage of one of Rose Byrne’s earliest roles in Echo Point, an obscure 1995 soap opera from her native Australia that she acted in when she was … Continue reading
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Before They Were Stars: Courteney Cox on “The Love Boat”
Yesterday, I posted a clip of Courteney Cox’s early role on an episode of As the World Turns and a commenter asked if I had footage of her appearance on a 1986 episode of The Love Boat. Alas, the only … Continue reading
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Before They Were Stars (2-for-1 Special): Courteney Cox and Marisa Tomei on “As the World Turns”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3eywFMJDKI This past weekend, Gill and I had the privilege of watching Masters of the Universe on the big screen at the Carlton Cinema in Toronto, which, as you probably know, featured an early role for a pre-Friends Courteney Cox. … Continue reading
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Before They Were Stars: Jimmy Fallon in a News Segment About Aspiring Comedians
May 14, 1998 was the night the series finale of Seinfeld hit the airwaves, so NBC4 News in Los Angeles decided to commemorate the occasion by doing a segment about up-and-coming stand-up comedians from the area who could potentially become … Continue reading
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Before They Were Stars: 13-Year Old Jason Bateman in “The Fantastic World of D.C. Collins”
Can you envision a time when Gary Coleman was a bigger star than Jason Bateman? Well, in 1984, Coleman starred in a made-for-TV movie called The Fantastic World of D.C. Collins, and Bateman sported a terrible British accent as a … Continue reading
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Before They Were Stars (2-for-1 Special): Tom Holland and Dean Charles Chapman in “Billy Elliott the Musical”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6mY-0tg8oo8 “Peter Parker and Tommen Baratheon are dancing with some boy.” That is the top rated comment on this Youtube video, where three of the young cast members of Billy Elliot the Musical – Tom Holland, Dean Charles Chapman and Fox … Continue reading
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