The week in entertainment news: Matthew Perry tributes, and Young Sheldon grows up


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Lisa Kudrow rounds out the Friends cast with her own Matthew Perry tribute

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Over the past few days, the main cast of Friends have all posted individual tributes to late actor Matthew Perry, which have ranged from hilarious to heartbreaking and everything in between. These heartfelt messages come after a short silence while the cast “[took] a moment to grieve and process this unfathomable loss,” as they wrote in a statement immediately following the announcement. Read More

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That’ll be enough aging from Young Sheldon

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One doesn’t have to look far to find ageism on television, and every day, those barriers get taller and taller until Young Sheldon doesn’t have a place on television anymore. To that end, Chuck Lorre’s Young Sheldon is coming to an end at the ripe old age of seven. Yes, after seven seasons of correcting people’s Lord Of The Rings knowledge, Young Sheldon will conclude his quest of becoming “old Sheldon” with an hour-long series finale on May 16. Read More

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Warner Bros.’s Coyote Vs. Acme fiasco attracts congressional attention

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It’s not an uncommon sight in any Road Runner cartoon for Wile E. Coyote to become the victim of his own schemes. His flagrant self-owning behavior often sees the relentlessly beleaguered desert predator a casualty of a bomb he set, a tunnel he painted, or a cliff he sawed. Ironically, that’s the kind of situation Mr. Coyote’s parent company, Warner Bros. Discovery, finds itself in. Read More


Netflix cancels Shadow And Bone, four other shows

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From left to right: Glamorous (Photo: Netflix), Farzar (Image: Netflix), Shadow And Bone (Photo: Dávid Lukács/Netflix), Captain Fall (Image: Netflix), Agent Elvis (Image: Netflix)
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This summer’s SAG-AFTRA and WGA strikes might be officially over, but that doesn’t mean the spree of studios killing off series in connection to them has fully abated. Hence news from Deadline tonight, which reports that Netflix has axed five different shows in one fell swoop. Read More


David Zaslav says okay, fine, the writers are “right about almost everything”

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If you were a wealthy Hollywood executive who had inadvertently become the face of studio greed, you might want to resist commenting on the relative salaries of the laborers with whom you were recently locked in a long-term battle. Yet Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav can’t help himself. “They are right about almost everything,” he says of the writers strike in a recent The New York Times profile. He’s doing well so far, but then: “So what if we overpay? I’ve never regretted overpaying for great talent or a great asset.” Read More


Leaked video shows Alec Baldwin on the Rust set with prop guns

Alec Baldwin wields prop guns in leaked Rust set footage
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New footage of Alec Baldwin on the set of Rust with a prop gun has been leaked to the public amid ongoing legal issues pertaining to the film. NBC News obtained five videos from the set, which were taken days before Baldwin fired a prop gun that injured director Joel Souza and killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins. Baldwin, who served as both actor and producer on Rust, has denied responsibility for the fatal incident. Read More


Martin Scorsese explains [REDACTED]’s Killers Of The Flower Moon cameo

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This article discusses the plot and ending of Killers Of The Flower Moon

Martin Scrosese’s new film, The Killers Of The Flower Moon, is appropriately generating conversation and criticism. The treatment of the Osage people, both in the plot and on the set, has become a lightning rod for critique that the film welcomes. Scorsese himself admits his “culpability” in the film’s epilogue. As a cast member of the radio drama version of Killers Of The Flower Moon, the director reads the real Mollie Burkhart’s obituary. “There was no mention of the killings,” Scorsese says. The film’s epilogue remains one of its most powerful moments, with the realization that this type of violence is part of a continuum, a tragedy to true-crime pipeline that continues to this day. Read More

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Dana Carvey remembers son who died from accidental overdose: “Dex packed a lot into those 32 years”

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Comedian Dana Carvey—best known for his seven-season stint on Saturday Night Live from 1986 to 1983—just shared some sad news. Earlier this week, his son, Dex, died from an accidental overdose. He was 32 years old. Read More


Robert Pattinson used to sleep on an inflatable boat because that’s show business, baby

Robert Pattinson used to sleep on an inflatable boat because that’s show business, baby
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Pattinson recalled his early years as a struggling actor when he resorted to sleeping on an inflatable boat

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Snoop Dogg says he’s done with weed

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Snoop Dogg says he quit smoking weed, but it’s anybody’s guess if that’s really true

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