We’re now five episodes deep in season two of Big Little Lies, and the lies are finally clawing their way to the surface. But you know what didn’t claw its way to the surface? The infamous ice cream cone scene, which was cut from last night’s episode. Remember last year when photos of Reese Witherspoon…
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“In that moment you see her partner with their kid and it’s like, ‘Jesus, don’t do it,’” Montgomery says. “And she doesn’t, which I think is really redemptive. Because for Billy, he’s not really going out on that much of a limb. He’s a single guy, a young dude. He’s flirting with her—but for her,…
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This post contains spoilers for the final season of Game of Thrones. Consider yourself warned. Game of Thrones has been over for a month—we’re doing Big Little Lies on Sundays now—but will it ever truly be over? That’s probably a no, and not just because a prequel is in the works. A show like Thrones…
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There’s a moment from the new Elton John biopic, Rocketman, that I can’t get out of my head. It’s when Elton (Taron Egerton) comes out to his mother, Sheila (Bryce Dallas Howard), via a phone-booth call just minutes before performing at Royal Albert Hall. Sheila’s response is less than enthusiastic: She tells her son—now a…
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One of Fleabag‘s many charms is how deftly it nails the mortifying, yet strangely beautiful experience that is being a woman in the world. The credit goes to creator, writer, and star Phoebe Waller-Bridge: the Amazon Prime series is based on her one-woman play about a twentysomething (also named Fleabag) who deals with past trauma…
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The latest episode of Game of Thrones ended (spoilers ahead) with Daenerys Targaryen dracarys-ing nearly everything and everyone in King’s Landing while the other characters watched in horror. Jon Snow, her lover/nephew, had one of the most pained reactions of all, leading many fans to think a grim confrontation between the two of them is…
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