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Editor’s Note: The following contains spoilers for the Season 21 finale of ‘Top Chef. Top Chef, like any other reality show cooking contest, thrives on tension and competition. After all, the whole point is to prove who thebest cook is out of 15 competitors— why else call itTop Chef? The Season 21 finale aired last week, with the last three chefs crafting a four-course feast aboard a cruise ship.Danny Garciaeventually won out over his fellow contestantsSavannah MillerandDan Jacobs....

Hans Zimmerhas composed some of the most iconic film scores of all time, but few resonate as deeply asThe Lion King,considered by many to be the greatest animated film every made. Speaking withCollider’s Steve Weintraubabout hisHans Zimmer & Friends: Diamond in the Desertshow in Dubai, the legendary composer opened up about the profound emotional weight behind his work on the 1994 Disney classic — confirming that it was, in many ways, a requiem for his father....

The upcomingFire CountrySeason 2 finale will find Bode a free man. This marks a new chapter of his life as he tries to fit into society while dealing with the problems unique to himself and Edgewater. Freedom is a cause for celebration when he’s spent the last several years behind bars. However, being free won’t fix everything, because freedom brings new challenges.Fire Country’s showrunnerTia Napolitanotalked toTV Lineabout what’s on the horizon for Bode as he leaves the inmates' fire camp and rejoins society....

On The CW’sSuperman & Lois, Clark Kent (Tyler Hoechlin) andLois Lane(Elizabeth Tulloch) — well into their romantic relationship — pack up their lives in Metropolis for a fresh start in little ole Smallville alongside their twin teenage sons, Jon (Michael Bishop) andJordan (Alexander Garfin). But, small-town life turns out to be anything but peaceful, as Smallville becomes the hub for super-villainous activity, from businessman-turned-Superman’s half-brother Tal-Rho (Adam Raynor) to eccentric cult leader Ally Allston (Rya Kihlstedt)....

The Godfatheristhe greatest gangster movie ever made, and it’s probably going to stay that way. Film fans love it for too many reasons to count, even over 50 years after its initial release, but its quotability is certainly a highlight. Famous lines range pretty widely in tone, from Clemenza (Richard Castellano) explaining how to cook a tomato sauce to Don Corleone (Marlon Brando) saying he’ll make someone an offer he can’t refuse....

The GodfatherandThe Godfather Part IIare amongthe greatest gangster movies of all time, and the characters are a huge reason why—from their personalities to their levels of intelligence. There are many chess pieces moving throughout the trilogy, and part of the allure is its ability to show just how much strategy goes into, say, the assassination attempt on Vito Corleone (Marlon Brando), the successful assassination of Sonny (James Caan), planting the gun in the restaurant bathroom for Michael (Al Pacino), or any other plot point throughout the franchise....

A new clip from Disney’s upcomingAladdinlive-action remake has landed online, this time giving us a look at a new iteration of one of the animated film’s classic songs. “Prince Ali” is the showstopping number that introduces Aladdin’s new, fancy look thanks to the Genie, and in the animated film is full of color and vibrancy and, well,Robin Williams. Obviously that can’t translate directly into a live-action film, but directorGuy Ritchieand starWill Smithmake the attempt....

Episode 5 ofThe Falcon and the Winter Soldierdelivered what might be the most important MCU cameo of 2021, revealing a new potential villainwhose impact on this franchisemay extend well beyond this one show. But in front of our eyes this whole time, there’s been a massive clue that things might not end there — and like most Marvel Easter eggs, it shows up during the credits. Literally, in this case. Hollywood in general but for the world of Marvel in particular, discussions about which actor gets mentioned in what order and in what context can be incredibly complicated —it’s rarely talked about in detail, but even just a glance at the poster forAvengers: Infinity Wargives you a dizzying sense of the dozens of agents and managers who fought to ensure that their client wasn’t just one of a long list of other stars....

It’s safe to say thatAvengers: Infinity Waris an unprecedented work of balancing character load in a single film. Combining casts of characters from the far reaches of the galaxy and Marvel Studio’s decade-long shared universe, not to mention essentially introducing Thanos as a main character,Infinity Warhas to balance an ungodly amount of character work in its near three-hour runtime as it is. But you better believe there were lots of Marvel fans who were hoping to see their favorite Netflix Marvel heroes pop up in the film....

We’re coming up on the two-decade mark sinceBarbra Streisand, the grand multi-hyphenate, helmed a feature film, having last trained her cinema eye on 1996’sThe Mirror Has Two Faces, which co-starredJeff Bridgesas her love interest. Truth be told, Streisand has never been a particularly interesting filmmaker, despite showing some ability as a director of actors, which is evident in her work withPierce Brosnan,George Segal,Lauren Bacall, andMimi Rogersin that film. There’s similar traces of competency in her first two films,YentlandThe Prince of Tides, the latter of which features excellent work byNick NolteandGeorge Carlin, but she’s never been the kind of filmmaker you race out to see what she does with the big screen....

Elizabeth Olsenhad nightmares while filming the 2011 independent horror filmSilent House. “We incorporate one [of my dreams] into the film,“she toldIndieWire. “It was really, really disturbing.” For multiple reasons, it’s easy to see why.Silent House, based on the 2010 Uruguayan filmLa Casa Mudaby directorGustavo Hernández, executes its stylistic premise too well to be dubbed “just a gimmick movie.” FilmmakersChris KentisandLaura Lau, the married couple behind 2003’s terrifyingsurvival horrorOpen Water, filmed their low-budget sophomore movie in the vein ofAlfred Hitchcock’sRope: a narrative stylized as one continuous shot....

As production onWonder Woman 1984winds down and cameras roll onJoker, Warner Bros. is gearing up to square away its next DC Comics adaptation to go before cameras. Next in line isBirds of Prey, a female-centric team-up movie anchored byMargot Robbie’s Harley Quinn, withCathy Yanset to direct. Filming is aiming to begin at the beginning of 2019, and to that end Warner Bros. has begun testing actresses for key roles in the movie....

From showrunners/writersJosh SchwartzandStephanie Savage, and based on the Marvel comics created byBrian K. VaughanandAdrian Alphona, the Hulu original seriesMarvel’s Runawaysis back for its third and final season, and the Runaways must deal with corrupt parents, powerful aliens and the world’s most nefarious sorceress, all while trying to save each other. The series starsRhenzy Feliz,Lyrica Okano,Virginia Gardner,Ariela Barer,Gregg Sulkin,Allegra Acosta,Annie Wersching,Ryan Sands,Angel Parker,Ever Carradine,James Marsters,Kevin Wesiman,Brigid Brannagh,James Yaegashi,Brittany IshibashiandElizabeth Hurley. In both an interview on set during the shooting of Season 3 and a 1-on-1 phone interview,Cloak & Daggerco-starsOlivia HoltandAubrey Josephtalked about their big crossover episode, how much they were told about what they’d get to do onRunaways, what it was like to join this cast, how things are for Tyrone and Tandy when they meet the Runaways, which characters they felt most connected to, and what they think fans will get most excited about....