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Hunter Harris is a freelance writer who covers film, music, and TV, and writes the newsletter Hung Up. She has reported on the set of Succession and profiled Julia Fox for New York.

  1. promotional stunts
    All the Times Harvey Weinstein Has Drummed Up a Ratings Controversy for PressWith 3 Generations, he’s at it again.
  2. r.i.p.
    Don Rickles Dead at 90He was known as “Mr. Warmth” for his curmudgeonly style.
  3. Terrence Malick Might Start Using Scripts in His Movies From Now On“As a movie director, you always feel with a script that you’re trying to fit a square peg into a round hole.”
  4. See a Trailer for Netflix’s Special One-Man Show About Rodney KingRoger Guenveur Smith calls Rodney King the first reality-TV star.
  5. pitches
    Donald Trump Once Pitched a TV Show That Would Be Like Dynasty, But About ModelsThe Tower would be about models living in a skyscraper.
  6. last night on late night
    Sam Bee Says Only Wishful Thinkers See Ivanka As ‘Your Secret Progressive Buddy’Ivanka has a history of loyally pushing her father’s agenda.
  7. art imitating life imitating art
    Bittersweet Chris Evans-Jenny Slate Moments in Gifted, RankedArt imitating life imitating art.
  8. nashies
    Meanwhile, Leslie Feist Has Been Watching a Lot of NashvilleFeist shared what she’s been up to since Metals.
  9. tweetstorms
    Producer Squabbles With Alec Baldwin Over Underage Co-star ClaimProducer Dana Brunetti says that Alec Baldwin is fudging the real story of when he learned a co-star was underage.
  10. literally strong female characters
    Colossal Gives Us the Selfish and Sloppy Female Hero We’ve Been Waiting ForColossal isn’t consumed with introducing a typical “strong female character.” It’s more interested in the ranging toxicity of the male ones.
  11. the potterverse
    The Real Reason Ian McKellen Turned Down Playing Dumbledore in Harry PotterThe OG Dumbledore called McKellen “technically brilliant, but passionless.”
  12. the industry
    Horror Studio Blumhouse Launches TV Arm, Announces Roger Ailes Showtime SeriesThe studio’s first major project for the small screen is a Showtime series about former Fox News chairman Roger Ailes.
  13. hmm
    Sharon Stone Recorded a Spoken-Word Poem for Maxine WatersSharon Stone went for it.
  14. controversies
    Open Casket Artist Defends Her Emmett Till Painting, Says It Needs Context“I knew the risks going into this. What I didn’t realize was how bad it would look when seen out of context.”
  15. roll clip!
    John Oliver Uses Lady Gaga to Debunk Jeff Sessions’s Anti-Pot Argument“So please, Jeff, if you’re going to live your life according to Gaga quotes, accept the entire canon.”
  16. Skipped CinemaCon This Year? Here’s What We LearnedA new Spider-Man trailer, more Blade Runner 2049 details, and a release date for the Paul Thomas Anderson-Daniel Day-Lewis movie.
  17. music videos
    A GIF Breakdown of Kendrick Lamar’s Lush ‘Humble’ Music VideoThis is 2017’s best music video.
  18. It Seems Like Humans Might Lose the War for the Planet of the ApesWar for the Planet of the Apes opens July 14.
  19. the industry
    Where Everyone in Hollywood Stands on Offering Faster VOD Movie RentalsChristopher Nolan said he’s only concerned about theatrical exhibition, but studios are leaning toward making new releases stream earlier.
  20. Game of Thrones Season 7 Teaser: It Looks Like Dany Made It to DragonstoneThe new season premieres July 16.
  21. Nancy Meyers Almost Got Into a Car Accident Because She Saw a Great KitchenSome sleek stainless-steel appliances are hard to find!
  22. makeups
    Academy Agrees to Keep Using Accounting Firm PwC Despite Best Picture Mix-upInstead, there are new rules: Accountants must hand over their phones before they’re allowed backstage.
  23. Infamous Trump Adviser Roger Stone Gets a Netflix Doc, and It Looks Fascinating“America may be collapsing, but Roger Stone is determined to enjoy it.”
  24. a franchise of one’s own
    Mark Wahlberg Wants His Own Movie Franchise, So He’s Making OneHe’s expanding the upcoming Mile 22 into a larger undertaking.
  25. Aaron Sorkin Says That He Is, in Fact, Aware of Hollywood’s Diversity ProblemHe would like you to know that he’s known about Hollywood’s lack of parity before last weekend.
  26. A Ghost Story Trailer: Casey Affleck Haunts Rooney Mara as a Ghost in a SheetThe second Rooney Mara–Casey Affleck–David Lowery movie will be released July 7.
  27. kill your darlings
    The Mark of True Movie Stardom? Getting Killed Off EarlyIt takes a delicate balance to kill off your biggest star early in a movie.
  28. vulture on vulture
    Michael Keaton’s Vulture Will Run a Salvaging Company in Spider-Man: HomecomingDirector Jon Watts wanted to make Michel Keaton’s Vulture a blue-collar guy.
  29. J. Cole Is Making Another HBO Documentary With Music From 4 Your Eyez OnlyIt will air Saturday April 15.
  30. vulture lists
    Life Has a Lot of Gross Deaths, But Which Is the Grossest?An objective ranking of onscreen death, from “meh” to “close your eyes.”
  31. controversies
    Ghost in the Shell’s Anime Director Mamoru Oshii Dismisses Whitewashing ClaimMamoru Oshii says he has no problem with who plays the anime character because she’s a cyborg with no fixed form.
  32. next generation
    The Most Millennial Things About the New Power Rangers RebootIf only they’d made Pink Ranger rose-quartz.
  33. celebrity politics
    Werner Herzog Sees Donald Trump With a ‘Great, Strange Fascination’The German director is fascinated by Trump’s ability to get away with everything.
  34. memorials
    Debbie Reynolds Asked for ‘Permission’ to Go Be With Carrie Before She DiedA public memorial service for the two is planned for Saturday.
  35. last night on late night
    Sam Bee Thinks Trump’s ‘Hard-Power’ Budget is Overcompensating for Something“This kind of sounds like when an insecure guy tries to make his penis look bigger by shaving down everything else around it.”
  36. brangelina divorce
    Brad Pitt Is Apparently Listening to Bon Iver to Recover From His DivorceBrad Pitt is probably leaning deep into some For Emma, Forever Ago deep cuts.
  37. The Rock and Zac Efron Fight Crime, Prevent Sunburns in The Baywatch TrailerOf course, there’s some running in slow motion.
  38. what could have been
    The Reason Almost–Christian Grey Charlie Hunnam Still Hasn’t Seen Fifty ShadesIt’s too “traumatic,” he says.
  39. cut it out
    Screenwriters: Scrap The Speech Where Your Hero Complains About Social MediaT2 is the latest example of an unfortunate screenwriting trend: A movie stopping dead in its tracks so a character can rant about social media.
  40. courtroom drama
    Diddy’s Revolt TV Is Being Sued for Reverse DiscriminationThe suit alleges an executive VP “treated the African-American staff in a much friendlier and respectful manner.”
  41. marvel’s iron fist
    Original Iron Fist Co-Creator Defends the Show’s Cultural Appropriation“Don’t these people have something better to do than to worry about the fact that Iron Fist isn’t Oriental, or whatever word?”
  42. country music
    Tim McGraw and Faith Hill Are Finally Giving Us a Joint AlbumTheir first album together will be out later this year.
  43. comedy central
    Dave Chappelle Doesn’t Hate Key & Peele, It Just Hurt His Feelings“When I watch Key & Peele and I see they’re doing a format that I created.”
  44. the doctor is in
    Robert Downey Jr. Is Your New Doctor DolittleRobert Downey Jr. has his post–Iron Man gig.
  45. spring preview 2017
    Spring Movie Preview: Colossal, Sleight, Fast 8 and 7 More Intriguing FilmsA break between awards season and summer’s extravaganzas.
  46. the sports section
    Roger Federer Might Have Bad Taste In MoviesHe didn’t like La La Land’s ending.
  47. batfleck
    Hans Zimmer, Unsatisfied with Batfleck, Really Misses Christian Bale’s Batman“The Batman that I know and the one I learned is the one that Christian did, and Ben plays it differently.”
  48. across the streaming-verse
    Netflix Is Using Dating-Site-Like Algorithms to Match You to Your Next MovieNetflix will use thumbs up/thumbs down to rate movies, and match more content based on your personal taste.
  49. caller id
    Which Two Famous People Have Selena Gomez’s New Number?Taylor Swift absolutely demanded to have Selena’s digits, but could Orlando Bloom have made the cut too?
  50. dream collaborations
    Dear Barry Jenkins and Isabelle Huppert: Please Make a Movie Together AlreadyThe Moonlight director and Elle actress are mutual fans.
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