Movies

How Do You Say 'Carrie' In Norwegian?: Eili Harboe's Thelma gets hooked up in Thelma.

Arts

A Young Woman Gains Independence — And More — In 'Thelma'

5:00pm November 09, 2017

by Mark Jenkins

Norwegian director Joachim Trier's mercurial tale of a college student who develops frightening abilities once she leaves her strict family descends into standard scary-movie tropes.

Christopher Plummer To Replace Kevin Spacey In 'All The Money In The World'

4:50pm November 09, 2017

NPR's Kelly McEvers talks with Mia Galuppo of The Hollywood Reporter about director Ridley Scott's plan to replace Kevin Spacey with Christopher Plummer in the upcoming film All the Money in the World — scheduled to be released on Dec. 22. The role replacement comes as Spacey is facing allegations of sexual harassment and assault.

Arts

'Three Billboards' Is a Vigilante-Revenge Thriller That Goes Off The Rails

2:22pm November 09, 2017

by David Edelstein

Frances McDormand is a woman seeking justice for her murdered daughter in Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri. David Edelstein calls the film "fascinating, then perplexing, then annoying."

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Kevin Spacey at the Tony Awards in New York in June (left) and Christopher Plummer during a portrait session in Beverly Hills, Calif., in July 2013.

Spacey Cut From Film; Scenes To Be Re-Shot With Actor Christopher Plummer

9:35am November 09, 2017

by Scott Neuman

In the wake of allegations of sexual abuse against Spacey, director Ridley Scott has decided to sub in Plummer in All the Money in the World, due for release next month.

National

Report: Weinstein Hired Agents To Investigate And Suppress Accusations Against Him

6:08pm November 07, 2017

by Laurel Wamsley

It reads like an espionage thriller: Weinstein hired multiple intelligence firms, one which used agents to extract information and try to stop The New York Times from publishing an article about him.

Arts

Actor Greta Gerwig Stays Behind The Camera In Her Solo-Directing Debut 'Lady Bird'

5:14pm November 06, 2017

by Bob Mondello

Greta Gerwig makes her solo-directing debut with an autobiographical movie called Lady Bird, a comedy that follows a teenager in her senior year of high school. The story is loosely based on Gerwig's life.

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Netflix also says it will not complete post-production work on the film Gore, which Kevin Spacey produced and starred in.

National

Netflix Dumps Kevin Spacey From 'House Of Cards' Amid Harassment Complaints

1:33pm November 04, 2017

by Barbara Campbell

The company had first said it would cancel the series after the 2018 season, then suspended filming of those episodes and now has fired Spacey.

National

A Former Child Actress On Hollywood And Sexual Assault

8:13am November 04, 2017

NPR's Scott Simon talks to Quinn Cummings, a former child actress, about her article on Esquire.com about Hollywood's culture of sexual predation and how it's often swept under the rug.

National

NYPD Is Investigating Sexual Assault Claims Against Harvey Weinstein

8:24pm November 03, 2017

by Richard Gonzales

The rape accusations against the movie producer by an actress represent the second such case examined by the NYPD.

Politics & Government

Friday News Roundup - Domestic

3:11pm November 03, 2017

A terror attack in New York, arrests in the Russia investigation and an uplifting win for Houston.