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Ben Affleck Entering Flow State Won Late Night This Week
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A Duet of Heated Rivalry Bits Won Late Night This Week
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Movie Marketing Used to Be Fun. Now It’s Just Inescapable.
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All the Cool Girls Are Taking Themselves Out to Sea
“In water, like in books, you can leave your life.” Imogen Poots’s Lidia Yuknavitch, a writer and swimmer…
Sabrina Carpenter and Seth Meyers Won Late Night This Week
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Michelle Williams Hits Every High Note in Anna Christie
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‘Ella McCay’ Is Pure Gas-Leak Cinema
Photo: Claire Folger/20th Century Studios/Everett Collection I can’t help but make Ella McCay sound incredible to everyone I…
Paul Anka’s Well-Worn Material Won Late Night This Week
Photo: Randy Holmes/Disney Everyone but Seth Meyers was off last week in late night. Every year, Late Night…
Kara Young Is Bloody Great in ‘Gruesome Playground Injuries’
Nicholas Braun and Kara Young in Gruesome Playground Injuries. Photo: Emilio Madrid Nicholas Braun is six feet seven…
The First 2025-2026 Oscars Villain Has Arrived in ‘Hamnet’
Oscar Futures Keeping pace with Hollywood’s perpetual awards horserace. Sign up for the newsletter here. It’s Hamnet. Photo: Agata…
‘Amadeus’ Was an Early Education for Cynthia Nixon
Long before Cynthia Nixon wore a pantsuit on Sex and the City and shyly asserted her authority as…