‘Borat’: Sacha Baron Cohen Explains How An Encounter With TSA Security Almost Cost The Film Its Scene With Mike Pence

died in August from colon cancer at age 43.In the very good “Ma Rainey,” the actor plays Levee, a hotshot 32-year-old trumpet player for the title character, the legendary Mother of the Blues, in the 1920s.

Common is no stranger to fighting for change. The Chicago native has been using his music to shine a light on social injustice for years, while also regularly getting out on the frontlines and protesting with the people.

Vanessa Hudgens had to take on triple duty for the sequel to Netflix’s 2018 holiday rom-com,The Princess Switch. The original film, based on Mark Twain's 1881 novel The Prince and the Pauper,features Hudgens in a dual role.

Clayton Davis Variety's Awards Circuit is home to the official predictions for the upcoming Oscars from Film Awards Editor Clayton Davis. Following Academy Awards history, buzz, news, reviews and sources, the Oscar predictions are updated regularly with the current year's contenders in all categories.

Greg Evans Associate Editor/Broadway CriticTina Fey will host NBC’s One Night Only: The Best of Broadway, a two-hour special on Dec.

G Herbo was the musical guest on Monday night's episode of The Tonight Show. The Chicago rapper was joined by Chance The Rapper for their run through "PTSD." Check out their performance above.

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorNetflix is rounding out the cast for the fourth and final season of its critically acclaimed series Ozark. Alfonso Herrera (The Exorcist, El baile de los 41) and Adam Rothenberg (The Serpent, Ripper Street), are set as new series regulars and Felix Solis (Ten Days in the Valley, Charmed) and Damian Young (The Trial of Chicago 7, Homeland) who both recurred in Season 3, have been promoted to series regulars for the new season.

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 face an insurmountable challenge when season 6 kicks off on Wednesday. With the coronavirus at the forefront of everyone's minds, the staff at Gaffney Chicago Medical Center adjust to the new normal of the pandemic — and for many, the uncertainty and severity of COVID takes a mental, physical and emotional toll. «With, we pick up pretty much in the middle of where we're all living in today.

Peter White Television EditorRebecca Drysdale has exited as head writer of The Tonight Show.This comes just over six months after she was named head writer on the NBC late-night show and follows a busy week for the Jimmy Fallon-hosted show, which saw showrunner Gavin Purcell leave, replaced by Jamie Granet-Bederman and Fallon himself extend his contract with the network.Drysdale, in a private Facebook post first picked up by The Chicago Sun-Times, said that the decision to leave was mutual.

Chicago Fire in more ways than one. When the NBC drama returns with its ninth season on Wednesday, November 11, the writers aren’t wasting any time before diving into Matt Casey (Jesse Spencer) and Sylvie Brett’s (Kara Killmer) relationship.“I think we’ve extended the ‘will they or won’t they?’ as far as it possibly could go,” cocreator Derek Haas said during the Tuesday, November 2, episode of the “Watch With Us” podcast.

Writing an appreciation of Sean Connery feels inevitably inadequate compared to experiencing the real thing. To glimpse his magnetism, you might turn to a photograph of him in a tailored suit, leaning against an Aston Martin.

Kanye West surprised his wife, Kim Kardashian, with a hologram of her late father, Robert Kardashian Sr., for her 40th birthday.The KKW Beauty founder shared the “lifelike” recording via Instagram on Thursday, October 29. In the clip, Robert praises Kim for her accomplishments, including studying to become a lawyer and being a mother.

This month, stay-at-home moviegoers can watch Sacha Baron Cohen be a political prankster who delights in provoking opponents into exposing their worst sides. They can enjoy his career-best performance and marvel at the subtleties he finds in a character whose reputation has suffered from years of caricature.

Kanye West gushed over wife Kim Kardashian as she celebrated her 40th birthday on Wednesday, October 21.“Been doing empty stadiums,” the rapper, 43, tweeted alongside a throwback photo from the pair’s October 2013 engagement. “Happy 40th birthday!!! I love you so much.”The Chicago native got down on one knee in front of Kardashian’s friends and family after renting out San Francisco’s AT&T Park on the reality star’s 33rd birthday.

Dave McNary Film ReporterSan Francisco Film has selected filmmakers Aaron Sorkin and Chloe Zhao for honors at its annual San Francisco Film Awards ceremonies, due to be livestreamed on Dec. 9.Sorkin, whose “Trial of the Chicago 7” is streaming on Netflix, will receive the Kanbar award for storytelling.

Netflix has unveiled the trailer for Chadwick Boseman's final film role.The Black Panther actor tragically passed away from colon cancer in August this year at the age of 43.He will appear posthumously in Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, alongside Oscar winner Viola Davis and Fear the Walking Dead star Colman Domingo, and you can now watch the first promo above.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, some films take on more relevance than anyone could have planned. (Contagion is just the start.) The Road Up, a worthwhile new documentary about a Chicago jobs-training program, has the bad luck to be the opposite kind.