Новости за 28.06.2020

Last week, Justin Bieber went on Twitter to try and refute a sexual assault allegation from a woman who identified herself as “Danielle” and claimed that Bieber assaulted her after a surprise performance at SXSW in 2014. Bieber not only denied assaulting the woman but presented documents and news stories that served…

According to Vanity Fair, Sacha Baron Cohen crashed a pro-gun rally in Washington on Saturday, taking the stage in disguise and performing what seems to be an extremely racist and just generally offensive song that advocated for attacking people in masks, killing people in Asia, and injecting Barack Obama and Dr.…

Generally, when famous people start working with Disney a lot, it feels like they’re being absorbed into the Disney Content Machine so they can make things specifically for Disney and not necessarily for themselves (which is probably why a lot of big-name filmmakers have bounced off of Marvel and Star Wars movies).…

This week’s entry: Elagabalus

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The one thing that’s been most frustrating about the latest Twilight Zone revamp is that so few of its episodes—last year or this year—have fused pertinent social commentary and genuine creep-outs as deftly as in co-executive producer Jordan Peele’s own movies Get Out and Us. The episode “Downtime” though is the first…

Our weekly thought-starter asks you (and us) a simple question each week: What pop culture did you consume this weekend, and what did you think of it? If you have suggestions for AVQ&A questions, big or small, you can email them to us here.

Here’s what’s happening in the world of television for Sunday, June 28. All times are Eastern. 

“I wish her the worst and I hope it comes true.”

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Kelly Asbury, a prolific animator and director whose credits included Shrek 2, Spirit: Stallion Of The Cimmaron, and more than a dozen other high-profile animated films, has died. Variety reports that the cause of death was abdominal cancer. Asbury was 60.

[Note: This article contains descriptions of sexual assault.]

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