Cracked UpDives Deep Into the Mind and Work of Darrell Hammond

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. Cracked Upis a new documentary from filmmaker Michelle Esrick. Its star and focus: longtimeSaturday Night Livestar,master impressionist, and currentSNLannouncer Darrell Hammond. Here are some of the most interesting insights from the film. He was a late bloomer. He was then institutionalized, during which time he honed his burgeoning skill of impressions and vocal characterizations. How he disappeared into an impression....

November 13, 2018 · 2 min · 238 words · Michael Moody

Ezra Miller Is the Most Fantastic Beast of Them All at London’sCrimes of GrindelwaldPremiere

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. Slay, Ezra, youll scream, as youre instantly and painlessly killed by a magic curse. Hear it and die! And then finish your outfit with a perfectly hemmed white trouser and a flat iron. Its a look so fun, youll barely notice Ezra is alsoreinventing the thumb ringin the second photo below. Related Tags:

November 13, 2018 · 1 min · 68 words · Randy Lawson

Francesco Clemente Worries New York Is Too Safe a Place to Produce Great Art

The Haute Bohemian Painter On the Beats, Peter Brant and The Pleasures of Burnt Out Buildings. Spend 47 days in the art world withSeen. Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. Francesco Clementemoved to New York City in 1980 from Italy and established a studio in the then-desolate Noho. Affable and soft-spoken, Clemente was as impeccably dressed as ever. Tell me about the exhibition....

November 13, 2018 · 5 min · 1054 words · Matthew Lynch

George R.R. Martin Will Reportedly Build You Another Universe With Hulu’sWild CardsSeries

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. In an interesting turn of events, George R.R. Martins latest project isnt fantasy. Dont worry, though. Only a few people, the Aces, survive with superhero-like powers. People can also end up Deuces, humans with relatively unimpressive superpowers, which somehow seems worse. If things go as planned, both HBO and Hulu will end up witha nearly inexhaustible George R....

November 13, 2018 · 1 min · 84 words · Michaela Woods

Give Jill Scott an Award for Her Performance of Fellatio on a Microphone

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. Well ok Jill Scott .pic.twitter.com/zisbcerhIO Presenting your new favorite one-woman show: Jilly from Philly with a phantom willy. Or maybe it was a ghost hovering right where the microphone met her mouth? Who can be sure. Where were you when you saw Jill Scott moisten her hand and cup testicles that did not exist? Has there been a more transformative, committed, method theatrical work to ever hit a stage?...

November 13, 2018 · 1 min · 118 words · Amanda Sampson

Gloria BellTrailer: Julianne Moore Will Dance Her Way Into Your Heart

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. When the world blows up, Gloria declares. I hope I go down dancing! See it in theaters March 8, 2019. Related Tags:

November 13, 2018 · 1 min · 37 words · Christina Wu

HBO RevealsGame of ThronesWill Return Sometime in April

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. Remember when HBO decided to reveal theGame of Thronespremiere date by melting agiant block of ice? On what specific day in April 2019? Shudder at the thought of whatever stunts HBO will pull to promote that show. Related Tags:

November 13, 2018 · 1 min · 54 words · Dr. Christina Smith DVM

How to Make a Movie on Your Smartphone

Take your smartphone to art school. Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. I was always interested in smartphone filmmaking, and I was also interested in that mumblecore genre. RF:We decided pretty early on to shoot on the iPhone. At the time, I actually owned one of the early RED One camera packages. There are other issues, of course, like the ease of use....

November 13, 2018 · 1 min · 206 words · Mark Paul

HowBlack-ish’s Prince Tribute Episode Came Together

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. He was like, Who is this? What do you mean, who is this? I would have just thrown down my napkin and walked out of the restaurant. [Laughs] Kenya actually gave him a list of songs he had to listen to. So Kenya said he wanted to do an episode where one of the kids didnt know who Prince was....

November 13, 2018 · 3 min · 566 words · Scott Hoover

Lil Peep’sCome Over When You’re Sober Pt. 2Encases His Triumph and Tragedy in Amber

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. Lil Peepwas onto something. Peeps lyricism was matter-of-fact and diaristic in its discomfort, and his handle on melody was bright and fey. Sometimes, to listen is to watch someone hurtling toward oblivion. Posthumous albums are a gift and a curse. Like a horror-movie chase sequence, you see strength, vitality, and valiance in vain. You see time running out, darkness closing in....

November 13, 2018 · 3 min · 427 words · Miranda Robinson

Loudon Wainwright III on His New One-man Show and That Time He Was Sort of inSpinal Tap

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. None of these things really happened. But when I got this idea to connect my dads songs … Im sorry, thats a Freudian slip! My fatherswritingwith my songs! But that struck me as a way to do this. So it took a while. Ive constantly worked on the thing for the last six years! But the first director of the show was a guy called Joseph Haj....

November 13, 2018 · 4 min · 665 words · Scott Taylor

Love & Hip Hop: HollywoodReunion Recap: Screen Time

Love & Hip Hop: Hollywood Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. Well, well, well. This reunion has such a weird vibe. Maybe because theres an old-timey car parked in the middle of the set. Or perhaps because this show, in all its love and its hip-hop, is just very strange. Kudos to the former journalist/costume designer/actress for seeking the truth. Unfortunately for Nina Parker, the cast is colluding against her and the audience....

November 13, 2018 · 2 min · 387 words · Nathan Clark

Marianne Jean-Baptiste on Bringing Heart toHomecoming’s Cerebral Head Trip

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. Amazons new seriesHomecomingis a chilly, intricately plotted conspiracy thriller for the modern age. Over the course of the ten-episode season, Gloria becomes integral to illuminating the human weight of this conspiracy. Vulture spoke with Jean-Baptiste about mastering the accent for her Haitian-American character and whyHomecomingsSam Esmail is an actors director. Gloria in many ways feels like the beating heart of a series that veers more toward the cerebral....

November 13, 2018 · 3 min · 468 words · Edward Shaw