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On Super Bowl broadcast, 'He Gets Us' ads featuring Jesus stand out for change-of-pace message
Read full article: On Super Bowl broadcast, 'He Gets Us' ads featuring Jesus stand out for change-of-pace messageFor the second year in a row, a religious Super Bowl ad campaign promised viewers that Jesus “gets us.”.
New this week: 'Me Time,' DJ Khaled and Sylvester Stallone
Read full article: New this week: 'Me Time,' DJ Khaled and Sylvester StalloneThis week’s new entertainment releases include fresh music from DJ Khaled and his celebrity pals, an HBO documentary about the unending toll Hurricane Katrina had on New Orleans' children and a film starring Sylvester Stallone as an aged superhero.
'Death on the Nile' tops a quiet box office weekend
Read full article: 'Death on the Nile' tops a quiet box office weekendHollywood’s Super Bowl weekend largely fizzled with the muted debut of Kenneth Branagh’s long-delayed Agatha Christie whodunit, “Death on the Nile,” a tepid reception for the Jennifer Lopez romantic-comedy “Marry Me” and modest box-office bumps for Oscar nominees.
'Top Gun: Maverick' flies to 2022 due to coronavirus surge
Read full article: 'Top Gun: Maverick' flies to 2022 due to coronavirus surgeParamount Pictures on Wednesday postponed the release of “Top Gun: Maverick,” sending another of the fall’s top movies out of 2021 due to the rise in coronavirus cases and the delta variant.
New this week: 'In the Heights,' 'Loki' and 'Infinite”
Read full article: New this week: 'In the Heights,' 'Loki' and 'Infinite”This week’s new entertainment releases include the much-anticipated debut of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s “In the Heights,” a sweaty, vibrant musical about a close-knit Washington Heights neighborhood.
Wunderkind ex-mayor to face jurors in fraud, bribery case
Read full article: Wunderkind ex-mayor to face jurors in fraud, bribery caseThe upcoming trial of a former Massachusetts mayor first elected at the age of 23 will showcase the dramatic rise and fall of the wunderkind accused of stealing from his investors and extorting marijuana companies.
In 'Boys State,' American politics in a teenage microcosm
Read full article: In 'Boys State,' American politics in a teenage microcosmBoys State may sound like a mere mock government exercise, but the film finds in Boys State a microcosm of American politics, one that frighteningly reflects much of the tenor of todays Washington and, in other ways, counters our more cynical grown-up government with stirring idealism. Boys State will give you both hope and fear for Americas future. Moss and McBaine were unaware of Boys State before reading a 2017 Washington Post article about a first in the programs history: Texas voted to succeed. Paul Barker, then Chairman of the American Legion Texas Boys State, was impressed by McBaine and Moss previous film ( "The Overnighters ) and figured a documentary could expand the program. The Texas Boys State, like the national political system, is a skewed representation.
'Ballers' canceled, star Dwayne Johnson pays tribute
Read full article: 'Ballers' canceled, star Dwayne Johnson pays tributeHOLLYWOOD, Calif. - Although HBO announced Thursday that it was ending its slick sports comedy "Ballers" with the upcoming fifth season, star Dwayne Johnson has suggested to fans that this is a positive move. Johnson also discussed what it meant to work with people like creator Stephen Levinson and executive producer Mark Wahlberg, whom he knew from their work on the similarly styled HBO series "Entourage." "Ballers" debuts its fifth and final season on Sunday on HBO. (CNN and HBO share parent company WarnerMedia.) The-CNN-Wire & 2019 Cable News Network, Inc., a Time Warner Company.
Mark, Paul Wahlberg visit children at hospital before stopping by new Royal Oak Wahlburgers
Read full article: Mark, Paul Wahlberg visit children at hospital before stopping by new Royal Oak WahlburgersROYAL OAK, Mich. - Mark and Paul Wahlberg stopped by Beaumont Hospital Royal Oak to visit children Monday before going to their new Wahlburgers location. Mark Wahlberg visits with a pediatric patient at Beaumont Hospital Royal Oak on Aug. 19, 2019. (Photo: Beaumont)Mark and Paul Wahlberg visit with children at Beaumont Hospital Royal Oak on Aug. 19, 2019. (Photo: Beaumont)Mark and Paul Wahlberg visit with children at Beaumont Hospital Royal Oak on Aug. 19, 2019. (Photo: Beaumont)Mark and Paul Wahlberg visit with children at Beaumont Hospital Royal Oak on Aug. 19, 2019.