HBO to develop “Parasite” limited series with director Bong Joon Ho

HBO to develop “Parasite” limited series with director Bong Joon Ho

HBO has won the rights to adapt the award-winning movie “Parasite” into a limited series. Director Bong Joon Ho will team up with HBO’s “Succession” executive producer and director Adam McKay to develop the acclaimed South Korean film for television.

“Parasite” earned a best picture Oscar nomination on Monday — making it only the sixth film in Oscar history to earn nominations for best international feature film as well as best picture. The movie is also only the 11th foreign language film to ever be nominated for best picture in the Oscars’

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Oscar Nominations 2020: ‘Joker’ Leads With 11 Nods; Three Others Get 10

Oscar Nominations 2020: ‘Joker’ Leads With 11 Nods; Three Others Get 10

“The Irishman,” “Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood” and “1917” each received 10 nominations. Black actors and actresses were largely overlooked.

LOS ANGELES — The 92nd Academy Awards will be a showdown between old and new Hollywood: Netflix amassed a leading 24 nominations on Monday, including best picture honors for “The Irishman” and “Marriage Story,” but traditional studios were only a heartbeat behind.

Despite a plethora of diverse films competing for Oscar attention this year,

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Rush Drummer And Lyricist Neil Peart Has Died

Rush Drummer And Lyricist Neil Peart Has Died

Updated at 5:30 p.m. ET

Neil Peart, the drummer and lyricist for the iconic Canadian prog rock band Rush, has died. He was 67 years old.

His death was announced Friday by spokesperson Elliot Mintz, who said that Peart died on Jan. 7 in Santa Monica, Calif. Peart had been diagnosed with brain cancer three and a half years ago.

On Friday, Rush released a statement: “It is with broken hearts and the deepest sadness that we must share the terrible news that on Tuesday our friend,

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Single-shot look of ‘1917’ is a cinematic marvel

Single-shot look of ‘1917’ is a cinematic marvel

The World War I film is a technical astonishment but keeps the audience at an emotional distance. | ★★★ out of 4 stars

Relentless and surreal, “1917” tries to capture the chaos of being at war.

The Golden Globe winner’s story is quite simple: Two boyish Brits, Schofield (George MacKay) and Blake (Dean-Charles Chapman), are ordered to leave their World War I trench, run through enemy territory and deliver a message to another battalion that is about to launch an offensive against the Germans,

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Justin Bieber reveals Lyme disease diagnosis

Justin Bieber reveals Lyme disease diagnosis

The singer said he plans to explain the depth of his struggle in a coming YouTube series.

The singer Justin Bieber revealed Wednesday that he has been diagnosed with Lyme disease in an Instagram post that called out people who have made comments about his appearance in recent months.

After TMZ reported the news, Bieber, 25, posted a screenshot of the article with caption saying people who had said he looked like he was on drugs “failed to realize I’ve been recently diagnosed with Lyme disease.”

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SCREENSHOTS: The Trailer for ‘The Grudge’ Reboot Will Haunt Your Nightmares

SCREENSHOTS: The Trailer for ‘The Grudge’ Reboot Will Haunt Your Nightmares

A sequel to the “The Grudge” hits theaters tomorrow, January 3, and it’s creepier than ever.

It’s been 15 years since Sarah Michelle Gellar was haunted by the demonic spirit in 2004’s” The Grudge” and now a trailer for the similarly-titled reboot of the franchise has arrived to make sure your showers are even more frightening.

Transporting the storyline from Japan to the United States, the clip starts out as a realtor (John Cho) arrives to see a new listing and quickly finds the dimly lit estate is populated by a frightening entity in the bathtub.

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‘Top Gun: Maverick’ Trailer Takes A Ride Into The Comfort Zone

‘Top Gun: Maverick’ Trailer Takes A Ride Into The Comfort Zone

This second Top Gun: Maverick trailer offers almost nothing of value that we didn’t get from the first teaser back in July. There’s no real plot, no rundown of new characters and little in the way of thematic content beyond rehashing the greatest hits moments (Cruise on a motorcycle, a volley game game, hot men sans shirts, aerial tricks, familiar music, etc.) from the first Top Gun. Is this cause for concern, or are they just holding their cards until the third and presumably final trailer later next year?

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Lil Uzi Vert Is Back With A New Song — And Dance

Lil Uzi Vert Is Back With A New Song — And Dance

After weeks of teasing snippets, Lil Uzi Vert has released “Futsal Shuffle 2020,” the single that he’s “going with” from his long-awaited album Eternal Atake.

Like the best Uzi songs, it’s high-energy and disruptive. The synths sound plucked straight from an old Soulja Boy song, there are samples from Tyler, the Creator’s 2019 Camp Flog Gnaw set and Uzi’s notorious interview with Nardwuar and the dance — well, just try the dance. Consisting of a volley of kicks and hops that look like a cross between a soccer workout routine and Dance Dance Revolution footwork,

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‘Black Widow’ Trailer: Scarlett Johansson Battles Florence Pugh

‘Black Widow’ Trailer: Scarlett Johansson Battles Florence Pugh

In her own Marvel stand-alone picture, the title hero, an ex-KGB assassin, springs into action after the events of “Captain America: Civil War.”

“I used to have nothing,” the title character, played by Scarlett Johansson, says in the first trailer for “Black Widow.” And “then I got this job, this family, but nothing lasts forever.”

Nothing except, it seems, the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The first entry in the series since the apparent finale,

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‘Good Liar’ reviews: Critics call Helen Mirren and Ian McKellen’s thirller ‘underwhelming’

‘Good Liar’ reviews: Critics call Helen Mirren and Ian McKellen’s thirller ‘underwhelming’

Critics are telling the hard truth about the film “Good Liar.”

Ian McKellen stars as Roy Courtnay, a charming career con artist who has his eyes set on his next target: Gullible, wealthy widow Betty McLeish, played by Helen Mirren.

Most critics, however, say the crime thriller’s plot was “clunky” and “underwhelming,” despite the best efforts from the British acting legends. (“Good Liar” has a Metacritic rating of 54 out of 100 and is listed as 63% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes as of Friday evening.)

New York Times’

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