Monica Lewinsky at the Hollywood Reporter‘s Power 100 Women in Entertainment event in 2018. Jesse Grant / Stringer / Getty Images The internet erupted in cheers yesterday when it was announced that Ryan Murphy’s excellent FX anthology series, American Crime Story, would return in 2020 for its third season—this time focusing on the 1998 Clinton […]
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The Upcoming Love, Antosha Remembers Actor Anton Yelchin—Plus, a Small Yelchin Retrospective
Image via Sunshine Sachs Director Garret Price’s heartfelt documentary explores the extraordinary life and death of Anton Yelchin, the actor who died at age 27 when his Jeep Grand Cherokee—a model that had been recalled—crushed him against his front gate. The son of Soviet figure skaters who defected to the US, Yelchin began as a […]
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Succession Is a Brilliant Comedy About the Second Most Loathsome Family in America
Season one got off to a shaky start, but season two is off to the races.
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The Hilarious South Side Starts Tonight on Comedy Central, and You Shouldn’t Miss It
Comedy Central We need to talk about Detroiters. The Comedy Central series was unceremoniously canceled in 2018 after two brilliant seasons, during which it owned the crown of funniest show on TV. Starring Sam Richardson (whose Richard Splett was the funniest character in Veep) and Tim Robinson (who has since gone on to make the […]
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Two Out-of-Town Breweries, Mikkeller and Vagabond, Have Come to Portland. Which One’s Better?
Mikkeller Portland Kathleen Marie Portland’s beer scene is completely saturated, and that’s putting it mildly. The Rose City’s density of breweries verges on ridiculousness, with multiple neighborhoods boasting three, four, or even five brewpubs within a stone’s throw. So it’s an understandable temptation for out-of-town beer makers to jump into the Rose City’s highly competitive […]
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South Side Review: A Show with So Many Jokes It’ll Make You Feel Drunk
The new Comedy Central show has so many jokes that it’ll make you feel drunk.
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Mikkeller and Vagabond: A Tale of Two Breweries from Other Cities
The Mikkeller and Vagabond breweries have come to Portland from out of town. One’s much better than the other.
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Stuber Is an Ugly, Violent, and Occasionally Funny Buddy Comedy
Karen Ballard I didn’t expect much from Stuber, but it did make me laugh. By that measure, the new Kumail Nanjiani/Dave Bautista buddy comedy is a success, even if by all other measures it’s ugly, sloppy, and dumb. Los Angeles cop Victor (Bautista) has just gotten a tip as to where he might find the […]
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The Return of FX’s Snowfall, and the Legacy of John Singleton
Angela Lewis, Amin Joseph, and Damson Idris in Snowfall. Ray Mickshaw/FX This week marks the return of Snowfall, FX’s epic drama about the rise of crack cocaine in the 1980s, as it launches its third season in the wake of co-creator John Singleton’s untimely death in April. Singleton’s Boyz n the Hood is among the […]
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Wild Rose Review: Jessie Buckley Is Phenomenal as a Scottish Country Singer
NEON It’s time to get on board the Jessie Buckley train. The Irish singer and actress—already famous in the UK for a successful showing on a BBC talent show and appearances in West End musicals—has been in a handful of movies and TV shows, notably the Isle of Jersey-set thriller Beast and supporting roles in […]
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Thunderbird Is Taking Over the Foster Burger Space
Thunderbird Bar will soon be taking over the Foster Burger space. The bar, operated by the Lightning Bar Collective (Bye and Bye, Jackknife), has been located in the same building as the burger restaurant since opening in December 2017, and will be absorbing the adjoining space following Foster Burger’s closure, this Sunday, July 7. As […]
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Concert Review: Jeff Lynne’s ELO at Moda Center on Saturday, June 29
Portland Mercury On Saturday night, the hottest boomer-nostalgia ticket of the year filled Portland’s Moda Center to near capacity. Jeff Lynne’s ELO—the current-day incarnation of ’70s rock band Electric Light Orchestra—took the stage and ran through their impressively large back catalog of hits, with songs ranging from their 1971 debut album to 2015’s Alone in […]