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Lily Gladstone on her new ‘Under the Bridge’ series, stratospheric year

Lily Gladstone on her new ‘Under the Bridge’ series, stratospheric year

SEATTLE – A year ago, at the Cannes Film Festival, Lily Gladstone’s career shot into the stratosphere. “Killers of the Flower Moon,” Martin Scorsese’s based-on-fact drama about a mysterious series of murders in the Osage Nation in 1920s Oklahoma, made its world premiere at Cannes on May 20, to a 9-minute standing ovation. “The loudest screams,” wrote a Variety reporter at the time, “were directed at the film’s discovery”: Gladstone, who lived as a child on Montana’s Blackfeet Reservation and graduated in 2004 from Mountlake Terrace (Washington) High School. She had spent many years as a working actor in independent film, television and theater – but the Cannes screening marked the beginning of a new phase of her career, with bright lights shining.

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Lily Gladstone on her new ‘Under the Bridge’ series, stratospheric year

SEATTLE – A year ago, at the Cannes Film Festival, Lily Gladstone’s career shot into the stratosphere. “Killers of the Flower Moon,” Martin Scorsese’s based-on-fact drama about a mysterious series of murders in the Osage Nation in 1920s Oklahoma, made its world premiere at Cannes on May 20, to a 9-minute standing ovation. “The loudest screams,” wrote a Variety reporter at the time, “were directed at the film’s discovery”: Gladstone, who lived as a child on Montana’s Blackfeet Reservation and graduated in 2004 from Mountlake Terrace (Washington) High School. She had spent many years as a working actor in independent film, television and theater – but the Cannes screening marked the beginning of a new phase of her career, with bright lights shining.
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What to stream: Celebrate films and lasting influence of Roger Corman

The legendary film producer, director and distributor Roger Corman died over the weekend at the age of 98, and it’s safe to say that Hollywood and the film industry as we know it would not be what it is today without his renegade presence and independent spirit.

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What to stream: A guide to the ‘Planet of the Apes’ film franchise

It’s been over five decades since the first “Planet of the Apes” movie premiered in 1968, and this week, the 10th “Planet of the Apes” film bows in theaters, “The Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes,” seven years since the last “Apes” film. A franchise filled with sequels, remakes and reboots, here’s your guide to all things “Planet of the Apes” to get you ready for the new movie.
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What to stream: Dive into Guadagnino’s world of international cinematic intrigue

Italian director Luca Guadagnino has become an art house darling over the past 15 years, making films about desire, longing, relationships and identity that have resonated with audiences and catapulted his actors to superstardom. His latest film, “Challengers” is his biggest yet, starring Zendaya, Mike Faist and Josh O’Connor in a steamy tennis love triangle that plays out over the course of 13 years.
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What to stream: Follow ‘Ripley’ with these other Highsmith adaptations

Perhaps you’ve already torn through the eight-episode limited series “Ripley,” now streaming on Netflix. Created by Steve Zaillian, who also wrote and directed every episode, this gorgeous and gritty black-and-white noir is a far cry from the lush 1999 film “The Talented Mr. Ripley,” adapted from the same 1955 book by Patricia Highsmith.
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CBS turns the lights off early on Billy Joel concert

Don't blame the local TV station for cutting off Billy Joel. It was the CBS network that started the firestorm Sunday night when it decided to break away early from the taped broadcast of "Billy Joel: The 100th — Live at Madison Square Garden," forcing local affiliates to start their late-night newscasts.
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TV review: Robert Downey Jr. spoils ‘The Sympathizer’

"The Sympathizer," an intriguing adaptation of the 2015 novel by Viet Thanh Nguyen, is a portrait of the Captain, a North Vietnamese mole who is torn between his love for American pop culture and his loyalty to the Communist party. But his struggle keeps getting interrupted by a familiar face. Robert Downey Jr., fresh off his Oscar win for "Oppenheimer," takes on four different versions of the ...
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Pat Sajak’s final ‘Wheel of Fortune’ episode date set

The official date has been set for Pat Sajak‘s final turn on “Wheel of Fortune.” The longtime host will bid farewell with his last appearance on June 7, according to Deadline. The episode, which has already been filmed, will also serve as the season 41 finale of the game show.  
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Kristen Wiig hosts ‘SNL’ with Help From a few famous friends

Despite her claim that her fifth time hosting “Saturday Night Live” would not be celebrated with a parade of celebrity guests and other “SNL” alums wishing her well, Kristen Wiig turned her opening monologue into just that as she marked this milestone with help from Paul Rudd, Matt Damon, Ryan Gosling and other famous pals.
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The bizarre Chinese murder plot behind Netflix’s ‘3 Body Problem’

Lin Qi was a billionaire with a dream. The video game tycoon had wanted to turn one of China’s most famous science-fiction novels, “The Three-Body Problem,” into a global hit. He had started working with Netflix and the creators of the HBO series “Game of Thrones” to bring the alien invasion saga to international audiences.
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What to stream: ‘Girls State’ the latest fascinating project from documentary filmmakers

On Friday, April 5, the documentary “Girls State” premieres on Apple TV+, the much-anticipated sequel to the lauded 2020 documentary “Boys State,” also on Apple TV+. Directed by accomplished documentarians Jesse Moss and Amanda McBaine, the film takes an anthropological approach to studying the inner workings of the weeklong political camps for American high schoolers sponsored by the American ...
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Joe Flaherty will always remain dear to comedy fans, thanks to ‘SCTV’ and ‘Freaks and Geeks’

Though he worked steadily into the second decade of this century, Joe Flaherty, who died Monday at 82, will be remembered for two series: the Canadian sketch comedy "SCTV," which sneaked onto American television by way of late-night syndication in the late 1970s, and "Freaks and Geeks," the 1999 CBS comedy that would prove to be ground zero for American comedy in the 2000s.