Empire in the making: September 2016

Friday 30 September 2016

Movies: Colin Trevorrow: Jurassic World 2 will be 'more suspenseful and scary'

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Colin Trevorrow: Jurassic World 2 will be 'more suspenseful and scary'

“Bigger is better” seems to be the guiding principle behind many big-budget Hollywood sequels, but that won’t be the case for the next installment...

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Movies: Ava DuVernay on prison doc ‘13th': People are ‘being murdered’ in fight for progress

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Ava DuVernay on prison doc ‘13th': People are ‘being murdered’ in fight for progress

Ava DuVernay, director of 13th, a necessary and overwhelming documentary about the impact of the United States’ prison-industrial complex on...

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mosquito bite: Word of the day for October 1, 2016

mosquito bite , n :
(chiefly in the plural, slang, potentially offensive) A small breast of a woman. […] October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month in the United States.

Picture of the day for October 1, 2016

Wikipedia picture of the day on October 1, 2016: Hverfjall, located in northern Iceland's Mývatn region, is a rare example of a tuff ring volcano. The diameter of its crater spans approx. 1 km. A glimpse of Lake Mývatn can be spotted in the background. http://ift.tt/2dgCeOq

Movies: Zac Efron bringing Wall Street story Straight to Hell to big screen

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Zac Efron bringing Wall Street story Straight to Hell to big screen

Zac Efron is going from the beach straight to hell. The Baywatch star is producing a film with Paramount Pictures based on John LeFevre’s Wall...

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Movies: Can Allied survive the Brad Pitt-Angelina Jolie breakup?

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Can Allied survive the Brad Pitt-Angelina Jolie breakup?

Back in 2005, two months after Jennifer Aniston and Brad Pitt announced their separation, Pitt and his new costar Angelina Jolie appeared on stage...

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Movies: Angelina Jolie in talks to star in Afghanistan war drama Shoot Like a Girl

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Angelina Jolie in talks to star in Afghanistan war drama Shoot Like a Girl

Angelina Jolie has a new movie role in her sights. The actress and filmmaker is in talks to star in Shoot Like a Girl, an adaptation of Air Force...

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Movies: Inside the American Honey soundtrack: 5 key tracks (and a pair of misses)

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Inside the American Honey soundtrack: 5 key tracks (and a pair of misses)

It takes a village, especially when trying to procure the soundtrack for an indie road trip movie costarring Shia LaBeouf. For American Honey,...

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Movies: Intense trailer for Evolution features a disturbing discovery

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Intense trailer for Evolution features a disturbing discovery

In the new film Evolution, Max Brebant plays a 10-year-old named Nicolas, who lives in a remote seaside village populated only by boys his age and...

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Movies: Masterminds: EW review

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Masterminds: EW review

At first, Masterminds’ title feels accurate. It is, after all, a fictionalization of the largest cash heist in American history (the 1997 Loomis...

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Movies: New York Film Festival 2016: 10 essential movies and events to catch

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New York Film Festival 2016: 10 essential movies and events to catch

With temperatures going down and sweaters and hoodies coming out, the end of September in New York City marks the beginning of the fall season. All...

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Movies: Kristen Stewart's Personal Shopper teases hauntings with a dash of Hitchcock

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Kristen Stewart's Personal Shopper teases hauntings with a dash of Hitchcock

In the vein of classic horror, the new teaser for Olivier Assayas’ Personal Shopper focuses the terror on a build of suspense, otherworldly...

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Movies: A United Kingdom sets February 2017 release date

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A United Kingdom sets February 2017 release date

Some love stories are worth the wait — and that’s exactly the case with A United Kingdom, which Fox Searchlight announced Friday that it had...

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Movies: Adam Driver is a poetry-loving bus driver in the Paterson trailer

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Adam Driver is a poetry-loving bus driver in the Paterson trailer

Adam Driver is going from TIE fighters and star destroyers to New Jersey buses. The Star Wars actor stars in the new trailer for Jim Jarmusch’s...

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Movies: Vampire comedy What We Do In the Shadows to get six-episode spin-off TV show

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Vampire comedy What We Do In the Shadows to get six-episode spin-off TV show

The 2014 New Zealand vampire comedy What We Do in the Shadows is to get a six-episode spin-off TV show. The agency New Zealand On Air announced...

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Movies: Vin Diesel teases Fast 8 trailer release date

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Vin Diesel teases Fast 8 trailer release date

Fast 8 isn’t even out until next year, but it’s already remarkable for a few reasons. It’s the first entry in the Fast & Furious franchise to begin...

Published on September 30, 2016 at 11:48PM

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Movies: Ron Howard dishes about his Beatles documentary

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Ron Howard dishes about his Beatles documentary

Acclaimed filmmaker Ron Howard has taken on some of the most seminal moments from the 20th century in his movies — the Nixon presidency (Frost...

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Movies: A Man Called Ove: EW review

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A Man Called Ove: EW review

Fredrik Backman’s 2012 novel A Man Called Ove became an international bestseller several years ago, chronicling the life of a grumpy old curmudgeon...

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Movies: Critical Mass: What critics are saying about this week's hot new releases

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Critical Mass: What critics are saying about this week's hot new releases

With four movies entering wide release on Friday, selecting the right one to catch over the weekend can be an intimidating task. That’s where EW’s...

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Movies: Riley Keough and Sasha Lane on their 'crazy summer' filming American Honey

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Riley Keough and Sasha Lane on their 'crazy summer' filming American Honey

As with the characters of their new film, nothing could quite prepare Riley Keough and Sasha Lane for the freewheeling road trip at the center of...

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Movies: Rachel Weisz on the accent that helped 'unlock' her Denial character

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Rachel Weisz on the accent that helped 'unlock' her Denial character

Rachel Weisz is put on trial along with history itself in the new courtroom drama Denial. The Mick Jackson-directed film finds her playing American...

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Movies: Mark Wahlberg: Purpose of Deepwater Horizon is to honor those who lost their lives

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Mark Wahlberg: Purpose of Deepwater Horizon is to honor those who lost their lives

For Mark Wahlberg, making his new film Deepwater Horizon was about honoring the lives of those who died when the drilling rig exploded in 2010....

Published on September 30, 2016 at 10:08PM

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Business: Google’s Uber Competitor Is Finally Here

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Google’s Uber Competitor Is Finally Here

It's rolling out to users in San Francisco

Published on September 30, 2016 at 09:48PM

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Thursday 29 September 2016

Movies: Patton Oswalt and Paul Rudd's Nerdland acquired by Samuel Goldwyn Films

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Patton Oswalt and Paul Rudd's Nerdland acquired by Samuel Goldwyn Films

Samuel Goldwyn Films is headed to Nerdland. The company has acquired North American rights to the irreverent animated comedy starring Patton Oswalt...

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Movies: Ava DuVernay documentary 13th: EW review

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Ava DuVernay documentary 13th: EW review

It is Barack Obama that we first hear in Selma director Ava DuVernay’s staggering, scorching Roman candle of a documentary about endemic racism and...

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Movies: The Greasy Strangler producers on their 'shocking' horror-comedy

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The Greasy Strangler producers on their 'shocking' horror-comedy

Indie-horror company SpectreVision has helped usher some pretty strange films to the screen over the past few years, from director Ana Lily...

Published on September 30, 2016 at 07:50AM

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Picture of the day for September 30, 2016

Wikipedia picture of the day on September 30, 2016: Dome and crossing of the Roman Catholic church and Monastery of St. Francis, Quito, Ecuador. The monastery complex, the largest architectural ensemble among the historical structures of colonial Latin America, was completed in the 16th century. Construction took 150 years, and the building exhibits a mixture of architectural styles. http://ift.tt/2dyHRJB