Here's some life advice: never find yourself in a position where you have to tell Jeff Bridges, "no." Actually, that's not quite what happened, as I didn't exactly tell Jeff Bridges, "no," but it was more I wasn't
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The Devil Wears Prada was released in theaters 20 years ago and has, since, been played on a never ending loop on every cable television channel that exists. There's a good chance I've seen at least parts of The Devil Wears Prada more times than any
I first pondered this question on July 2, 2015 with a post that published at Uproxx right before 4th of July weekend. What that actually means is I was finally allowed to write about a TV show that had been off the air for almost 50 years (at that point)
Last June, my girlfriend Kate and I were at a premiere party for a movie you probably don't know, but it was directed by and starred a famous person who has a lot of famous friends and they were all there. At one point, Kate pointed at a
Last week, there was a New York Times headline that read, How I Found Out I knew a Serial Killer. The author, Gina Bellafante, recounts the moment in which she found out she knew the Gilgo Beach serial killer. She found out when Amy Ryan called her to tell her
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It's somehow been 30 years since Nora Ephron's charming tale of a whimsical angel, played by John Travolta. At long last we have a remake, only now the main character sings "Beat It." This is all a lie, except for the "Beat It&
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Thank you again for reading The Hard Pass. Last week I offered two items to new yearly subscribing members. One was a Criterion Blu-ray of Barry Lyndon. That has been claimed. The other was a Furbacca. [Update: the Furbacca has been claimed.] Now, you may be surprised to learn,
may the bridges I burn light the way
Jonah Hill didn’t do a traditional press tour for his new film, Outcome, because he gave up "media appearances and public facing events" a few years ago because they caused him anxiety. Fair enough. Though he did let Martin Scorsese interview him in support of this film.
Of everything I've ever written, this particular piece holds the record for being the one I hear about the most that I personally don't think of that fondly. And it's actually been brought up quite a few times recently as a piece I should
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A few days ago I was asked if I'd write a post on "how to fix Star Wars," which is, at the same time, both a fair request for a low stakes newsletter and an inherently frustrating topic to even try to broach. It's
True story: A few years ago I saw a screenshot of some viral Chris Evans quotes going around on Twitter (which is what that website was called at that time), which I read, not having any idea where or when they were from. The quote getting the most attention was