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Whatever this is, it’s not a movie — it’s a product more deserving of a road test than a review. Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw is the ninth chapter in the Fast & Furious series (the gross is over $5 billion across the previous eight films) and its first spinoff. Meaning if you’ve never seen a F&F movie, the street-racing franchise with Vin Diesel that dates back to 2001, you won’t be confused — it won’t matter a damn. Meaning Hobbs & Shaw is a well-oiled machine that puts two supporting charmers from the series — Dwayne Johnson’s Luke Hobbs, a DSS agent and single father, and Jason Statham’s Deckard Shaw, a rogue military operative — in the center ring and lets those fan-favorites rip. Meaning, how can you resist? You won’t. Never mind that Hobbs & Shaw drags on for 134 minutes and has more family subplots than Downton Abbey. Director David Leitch (John Wick, Atomic Blonde, Deadpool … [Read more...] about ‘Hobbs & Shaw’: ‘Fast & Furious’ Spinoff Brings Surreal Silliness

The February 9 episode of Bigg Boss 14 begins with the contestants along with their connections waking up to the song Kukkad Kamal Da. Aly Goni, Jasmin Bhasin and others discuss Sonali Phogat's flirtatious banter with Aly. Aly tells Jasmin to try to leave behind all her bad memories from the show. Rubina Dilaik tells Jasmin Bhasin that she did not get good vibes from the latter to which Jasmin tells her that she holds no grudges against Rubina. Rakhi Sawant engages in some fun banter with Jyotika Dilaik and others over her eyebrows. Aly Goni explains to Jasmin and Rubina about his current status in the game. Rubina Dilaik and Rahul Vaidya talk about being cordial with each other till the end of the show. Bigg Boss then tells that the connections of the contestants have to vote out that one housemate from the game whose contribution has been the least on the show, thus announcing the mid-week evictions. Majority of the connections like Jasmin Bhasin, Jaan Kumar Sanu and Vindu Dara … [Read more...] about Bigg Boss 14 Feb 9 Highlights: Abhinav Shukla’s Eviction Leaves The Housemates Shocked

Hollywood has officially arrived in the small market town of Wales – population 65,000 – with Deadpool star Ryan Reynolds and It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia actor Rob McElhenney completing their takeover of local soccer club Wrexham. The deal was officially approved by the UK Financial Conduct Authority last week, concluding one of the more bizarre stories to emerge from last year. Inward investment in the UK’s film and TV industries from America is one thing – this sounds like something straight out of an episode of It’s Always Sunny (“the gang buy a Welsh soccer team”). That does beg the question of why the pair set their sights on a provincial sports team competing in the fifth tier of English soccer? Throughout the process, the duo have insisted that this is an investment in a business in which they see the potential for growth and success. Previous comments from Wrexham director Spencer Harris have reiterated that: “They’re really interested in taking something … [Read more...] about Ryan Reynolds & Rob McElhenney Complete Takeover Of Welsh Soccer Club Wrexham

Turns out going with two hosts instead of one did not double the fun at the 70th Primetime Emmy Awards tonight. Fronted by Saturday Night Live ’ s Michael Che and Colin Jost and executive produced by Lorne Michaels , this year’s celebration of television’s best and brightest quickly became mired in some of the worst tendencies of the long-running weekly variety show. With Michaels back running the small-screen ceremony for the first time in 30 years, there was nothing as ill-considered as pink-slipped White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer’s toxic cameo on the 69th Primetime Emmys, yet the best moment of the NBC -broadcasted shindig Monday at the Microsoft Theater in downtown Los Angeles was entirely unscripted. When Best Directing for a Variety Special winner Glenn Weiss proposed to his longtime girlfriend Jan Svendsen live onstage, there was not an unmoved heart in the house. Sadly, that genuine expression of emotion was fleeting and not to be repeated in any … [Read more...] about Emmys TV Review: ‘SNL’-Dominated 70th Annual Ceremony Really Shows Its Age

There’s no way to precisely quantify the colossal amount of drugs Black Sabbath inhaled in 1972 while making their fourth album, which they’d hoped to title Snowblind in tribute to their favorite powdered narcotic. All they have to go on is the bill their manager presented to them when they were done with it. “Whether you can believe him or not, the record cost, I think, $65,000,” bassist Geezer Butler says drolly, “and the cocaine bill was $75,000.” “At that time, [the cocaine] was good stuff, and we used to have it flown in on a private plane,” guitarist Tony Iommi recalls, sounding lighthearted. “That’s why we used to have all the musicians turning up at our house at the time, pretending they’re coming to visit us. We were all bloody smugglers if you think about it.” “We had a lot of late nights,” says frontman Ozzy Osbourne, who now regrets his coke indulgences. “We’d stay up all night.” “There are some things around then that I can’t talk about, so I can’t go down … [Read more...] about Black Sabbath on the Making of ‘Vol. 4’: ‘It Was Absolute Pandemonium’