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Eli Roth Says Peacock Passed On ‘Hostel’ Series With Paul Giamatti: “They’re Not Going To Do It”

Peacock and Eli Roth were once coming together for a series set in the world of his “ Hostel ” franchise, a group of films where naive American backpackers are lured to Bratislava, Slovakia, a small Eastern European town that is the grim setting of the collective of international folks that have paid big bucks to murder strangers. Well, there has been an update as the project is no longer happening despite once having two-time Oscar nominee Paul Giamatti (“The Holdovers”) attached to star. Continue reading Eli Roth Says Peacock Passed On ‘Hostel’ Series With Paul Giamatti: “They’re Not Going T

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November TV Preview: ‘Blade Runner 2099,’ ‘The Rings Of Power,’ ‘Black Doves,’ ‘Yellowjackets’ & More Must-Watch Shows

November is here, and the fall TV season still has plenty left in the tank. As we noted in our 62 TV Shows To Watch This Fall, the month was already looking busy, and a handful of late dates and additions have only made it more crowded. HBO kicked things off with “ The Gilded Age ” Season 4, while Keira Knightley and Ben Whishaw return to espionage in “ Black Doves .” Prime Video has an especially stacked month with the Muhammad Ali drama “ The Greatest ,” “ The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power ,” and the long-awaited “ Blade Runner 2099 .” Elsewhere, “ The Institute ” pushes its Stephen

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‘Percy Jackson & The Olympians’ Season 3 Trailer: Greek Mythology Series Returns To Disney+/Hulu With Two-Episode Premiere On November 20

Later this month, Disney+ and Hulu are gearing up for the return of the third season of “ Percy Jackson & the Olympians ” as a new trailer has arrived, giving subscribers a good look at what to expect for the next batch of episodes. Actor Walker Scobell , who many will remember co-starring in “ The Adam Project ,” is back as the titular demigod hero, with Leah Sava Jeffries, Aryan Simhadri, Charlie Bushnell, Tamara Smart , Dafne Keen , Jason Mantzoukas, Holt McCallany, Ming-Na Wen, Kate McKinnon , and Levi Chrisopulos also on the Season 3 call sheet. Continue reading ‘Percy Jackson & The Olymp

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‘Good American Family’: Isabel Merced & Patrick Schwarzenegger Set For Hulu Anthology Series Focused On The Bobbitt Scandal

Hulu and 20th Television ‘s “ Good American Family ” is returning for a second season, with Katie Robbins (creator and writer) alongside fellow executive producer Ellen Pompeo (who starred in Season 1, focused on the adoption case of Natalia Grace ). This time around, they’ll be focused on the massive media circus surrounding The Bobbitts . READ MORE: November TV Preview: ‘Blade Runner 2099,’ ‘The Rings Of Power,’ ‘Black Doves,’ ‘Yellowjackets’ & More Must-Watch Shows Deadline revealed that they’ve cast Isabel Merced (“Alien: Romulus,” “The Last of Us”) and Patrick Schwarzenegger (“The White L

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From the archive: The disabled villain: why sensitivity reading can’t kill off this ugly trope – podcast

We are raiding the Guardian long read archives to bring you some classic pieces from years past, with new introductions from the authors This week, from 2023: For centuries, fictional narratives have used outer difference to telegraph inner monstrosity. As someone who uses a wheelchair, I’ve learned you can’t just edit out a few slurs or bad words to fix this – it’s often baked deep into the story Written and read by Jan Grue Read the text version here Support the Guardian today: theguardian.com/longreadpod Continue reading...

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Watch David Bowie Take MTV to Task for Failing to Play Music Videos by Black Artists (1983)

The old vaudeville phrase “Will it play in Peoria?” has its roots in the late 19th century, specifically in Horatio Alger’s novel Five Hundred Dollars; Or Jacob Marlowe’s Secret. Like all of the books Alger wrote extolling the virtues of thrift, study, grooming, industry, etc., this one articulates a middle American bootstraps philosophy and rags-to-riches mythology, while […]

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Doctor Who’s Tom Baker Plays Douglas Adams’ Digital “Agent” in the AI-Predicting Hyperland (1990)

Cast your mind, if you will, back to the year 2020. It now feels like a different time, what with the spreading COVID-19 pandemic and the heated sociopolitical battles being waged online, and indeed in the (socially distanced) streets. That spring, we featured here on Open Culture an amusing retro-technological diversion called Hyperland. First broadcast on BBC2, […]

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