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The NFL schedule has been released. Now it's time for the social media snark
The NFL schedule has been released. That means the snark can begin.: The league’s 32 teams all have social media teams working toward this day, trying to one-up each other on creative ways to announce their opponents. In many ways, the event is their Super Bowl, with teams planning...
Movie Review: ‘IF,’ imperfect but charming, may have us all checking under beds for our old friends
How do you make a kid’s movie that appeals not only to the kids, but the adults sitting next to them? Most movies try to achieve this by throwing in a layer of wink-wink pop culture references that’ll earn a few knowing laughs from parents but fly nicely over the heads of the young ones. ...
Doug Liman, Matt Damon and the Afflecks made a heist comedy for Apple. 'The Instigators'
Filmmaker Doug Liman realized quickly he wasn't on his home turf anymore. Matt Damon, who he’d directed in “The Bourne Identity” over 20 years ago, had recruited Liman for his new movie “The Instigators,” an action-comedy about a heist gone wrong. Though two decades of...
Summer Movie Guide: Virtually all the movies coming to theaters and streaming from May to Labor Day
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Are you ready for some movies this summer? There's action-adventure, romance, horror, franchises and anniversary re-releases of some of your favorites populating theaters and streaming services from May through Labor Day. You just have to know where to look. ...
This summer, John Krasinski makes one for the kids with the imaginary friend fantasy ‘IF’
John Krasinski doesn’t usually fret about reviews. But for his new film “IF,” he is terrified of the response from two people: His 7 and 10-year-old daughters. “I’ve never been worried about two reviews more in my life,” Krasinski told The Associated Press in a recent...
'Oppenheimer' crew keeps it low key, other winners revel at Vanity Fair's Oscar after-party
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — Christopher Nolan stood as staid and nonchalant as ever as crowds surrounded him and music pulsed. His celebration was limited to casually holding a best directing Oscar, his first, and one of seven on the night for his film. The...
Q&A: Jimmy Kimmel is hosting the Oscars again. This time, it's an election year
NEW YORK (AP) — Through one of the most tumultuous periods in Oscar history, through flub and slap, Jimmy Kimmel has emerged as the steadying hand and abiding face of the Academy Awards. When Kimmel hosts the 96th Oscars on Sunday, he’ll be emceeing the telecast for the fourth...
Movie Review: It’s lonely out in space for Adam Sandler in pensive sci-fi psychodrama ‘Spaceman’
David Bowie’s Major Tom, sitting in his tin can. Elton John’s Rocket Man, missing Earth and his wife. Matt Damon in “The Martian,” left behind to starve. Matthew McConaughey in “Interstellar,” weeping as he watches his kids age without him. Much art has been made of the...
