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Community’s Jim Rash Says the Show Will Deal With Dean’s Sexuality More This Season
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Over the weekend at SXSW, Yahoo threw a party for their newly acquired and revamped Community. We caught up with Jim Rash — who plays Dean Pelton on the show — on the red carpet, to discuss what we can expect from Dean this season. A quick Google search reveals how confused viewers have been about his character’s sexuality over the years. “For me in particular it was a good season because we deal with Dean’s sexuality, which will be fun. [His orientation] has not technically been revealed. People assume, but he feels he’s much more complicated than one label, so it makes it more interesting.” As Lena Dunham recently reminded us, the spectrum of human sexuality is complicated. “That’s the way it should be,” he smiles. »
- Valentina I. Valentini
Jane the Virgin Stars Promise ‘Unexpected,’ ‘Funny,’ ‘Emotional’ Baby Birth
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If there's one thing we know for sure about the Jane the Virgin season finale, it's that Jane (Gina Rodriguez) will be giving birth. What we do not know about this highly anticipated birth is exactly how Rafael and Jane's bundle of joy will make its TV arrival. According to the cast members we polled on the subject at the show's PaleyFest panel in Los Angeles on Sunday, the TV birth will be: "well-done," "emotional," "funny," possibly inexplicable, and "hopefully nice and clean."Jaime Camil (Rogelio) revealed that the season's climactic scene still only exists on the page. "We haven't shot it yet," he said. "We're shooting seven more days, we have this week to go. I hope they don't show the birth. When my wife gave birth I was respecting the window of exit, I was not going down there, no, no. I kept up sideways, nice and clean. »
- Kara Warner
What It Was Like to Be a Reenactor on The Jinx
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For all the praise going around for The Jinx’s ending to end all endings, one bone of contention has lingered throughout the documentary’s six-episode run: its reenactments of the murders of Kathie Durst, Susan Berman, and Morris Black. The deceased exist in parallel universes onscreen: in real-life photos and videos, and in highly aestheticized rehashings that imagine their final moments. According to Chelsea Gonzalez, who acts as Kathie Durst’s stand-in, the scenes were huge productions, meticulously shot on-and-off over two years. Most often, they would film at director Andrew Jarecki's home in upstate New York, where Kathie's family and friends would drop by now and then to observe the process. Vulture spoke to Gonzalez about the ins and outs of being a reenactor, working with Jarecki, and what it was like meeting Kathie’s family.How did you get involved with The Jinx? What was the casting process like? »
- Gazelle Emami
Lapd Denies Robert Durst’s Arrest Had Anything to Do With The Jinx
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Robert Durst was arrested for the murder of Susan Berman on Saturday, hours before the finale of The Jinxand months after the series' producersturned over evidence connecting Durst to the crime, includingan audio recording in which he seemed to confess — but that's just a coincidence, says the Lapd. According to Deputy Chief Kirk Albanese, the arrest was purely the result of years of hard work and good policing. "We based our actions ... on the investigation and the evidence," Albanesetold theLos Angeles Times."We didn't base anything we did on the HBO series. The arrest was made as a result of the investigative efforts and at a time that we believe it was needed."In a post-finale interview with the New York Times, Jinxco-writer Marc Smerling suggested the documentary series was "hugely important" to the case against Durst. Meanwhile, Durst's lawyer saw a connection of his own, »
- Nate Jones
Here Are the Other Nasty Jokes From Justin Bieber’s Comedy Central Roast (Not Aimed at Bieber)
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Yesterday we showed you the nastiest Justin Bieber–aimed burns from the pop star's savage Comedy Central roast. If you enjoyed those jabs, you'll probably love these, which are all the other nasty jokes directed at the celebs present who were not Justin Bieber. Again, it's a lot of blue humor that involves the takedowns of Kevin Hart, Pete Davidson, Ludacris, Natasha Leggero, Shaquille O'Neal, Chris D'Elia, Martha Stewart, Jeff Ross, Snoop Dogg, and Hannibal Buress. Bieber even got a chance to rebut at the end.It was pure, unrelenting carnage (all of which you can catch March 30 on Comedy Central). Read 'em and weep for a preview of what to expect: Kevin Hart "Look at Shaq. Shaq hasn't taken his shirt off since high school. That's a true story right there. Jeff Ross hasn't taken his shirt off since preschool. True story. Martha Stewart had her shirt off in »
- Sean Fitz-Gerald
Sherlock’s Christmas Special Will Be Set in the Victorian Era
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When Benedict Cumberbatch was photographed dressed up as original-recipe Sherlock for Sherlock's upcoming special episode, we wondered: Was it time travel? A dream sequence? A masterful bit of trolling? Now, thanks to Steven Moffat, we have our answer: None of the above! As it turns out, the entire special will be set in the 1800s, and none of it is canon. "The special is its own thing," Moffat told EW. "Wewanted to do [a Victorian version of Sherlock], but it had to be a special, it had to be a separate entity on its own. It’s kind of in its own little bubble." We look forward to seeing how the Sherlock team will un-update the classic Doyle stories for the old millennium. »
- Nate Jones
I’ve Never Seen Anything Like the End of The Jinx
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I’ve never seen anything quite like the ending of the HBO seriesThe Jinx. That’s not the same thing as saying I unreservedly love and admire Andrew Jarecki’s documentary series. But really, now: That closing scene — a static image of an empty interview room, accompanied by audio of the show’s subject, accused murderer Robert Durst, mumbling what sounded like a confession — was uniquely chilling. It might be one of the great moments in nonfiction cinema, up there with the final sequence of Joshua Oppenheimer’sThe Act of Killing(which I’ll discuss in a moment because it’s weirdly similar), and the sequences inThe Jinx’s primary inspiration, Errol Morris’sThe Thin Blue Line, which used logic and evidence to exonerate a wrongly imprisoned man. And it wasWatercooler-in-the-Cloudviewingpar excellence, dominating TV-centric Twitter as relentlessly asMad Men,Scandal,orEmpire »
- Matt Zoller Seitz
David Lynch Says Twin Peaks Season 3 Might Not Happen After All
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Bad news for Twin Peaks fans: After the shocking announcement that the show would return in 2016 on Showtime for a third season after 25 years off the air, it seems production on the new season has hit a significant snag. Speaking at an exhibition in Australia, David Lynch expressed some concerns that we might not get the nine new episodes he promised, citing "complications" as the reason for the delay. He told an Australian ABC News outlet that he's "still working on a contract" with Showtime that hasn't been ironed out yet. "But I love the world of Twin Peaks, and I love those characters. I think it will be very special to go back into that world," he added. So does this news spell a death sentence for the reboot? Probably not — though it might mean we have to wait a bit longer — but until we »
- Dee Lockett
Robert Durst Will Be Extradited to California for Berman Murder
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As expected, complicated guy and suspected murderer Robert Durst will be extradited to California to face charges in the death of former New York writer Susan Berman. Durst waived his right to contest the extradition during a court appearance in Louisiana Monday, following hisarrest in New Orleans this weekend. According to the police report, Durst was armed with a revolver during his arrest. On Sunday, the finale of HBO's The Jinx appeared to show Durstaccidentally confessing to Berman's murder, as well as two others. Berman was killed in her Los Angeles home in 2000. She had been a close friend and public supporter of Durst after his wife's disappearance in 1982, and somesuspectBerman had been about to assist police in that investigation before she was killed. »
- Nate Jones
Paul Feig, Bobby Cannavale, and Rose Byrne on Spy and Trying to Make a Female-Led Comedy That Succeeds Internationally
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Right from Spy's opening credits, the SXSW audience smelled franchise, and indeed, at the post-premiere Q&A for the film, writer-director Paul Feig gave a little nod to the possibility. Vulture spoke with Feig, along with co-stars Rose Byrne and Bobby Cannavale, before Spy'spremiere — about the film, Melissa McCarthy making Byrne break character, Cannavale jumping out of a helicopter because his stunt guy looked nothing like him, and Feig's plan to get a female-led comedy to sell overseas.The first time you worked with Melissa was on Bridesmaids. That’s proven to be quite a fruitful relationship, hasn’t it? Feig: It has. I think of that moment when she first came in for the audition. I had worked with her husband a bunch and weirdly had never run into her. She read for that role and I thought, What the hell is happening? Who is this woman? »
- Valentina I. Valentini
Jane the Virgin’s Gina Rodriguez: The Latino Community Needs to Unite
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Jane the Virgin’s PaleyFest panel in Los Angeles on Sunday turned into an inspiring and rallying call to action from star Gina Rodriguez, who asked the Latino community to come together as a united front in order to move forward in the ongoing quest for more diversity on television and in film."As an actress and as a woman of color I've been talking about this subject so much because it seems like an algorithm, 'How do we get in the Latina mind?' It does seem like this big subject to conquer. One, we need to write for human beings. That goes for any underrepresented ethnicity. We're human, we all want the same things we all want love and success, we're afraid of failure. Also, cast the best actor. Secondly, the Latino community here in this country is comprised of multiple cultures. …So the industry says ‘let’s hire a Latino, »
- Kara Warner
Furious 7 Had to Cut Around Paul Walker’s Death. Did It Work?
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Furious 7 provides a fitting big-screen farewell for actor Paul Walker, but until the film stormed South by Southwest last night with a surprise midnight screening, questions still persisted about just how much of the latest Fast & Furious sequel he'd appear in. The Furious 7 shoot was just over halfway done when Walker perished in a crash crash in November 2013, necessitating a production shutdown and release-date delay as studio executives, producers, and director James Wan figured out how to reconfigure the film around the footage of Walker they'd managed to get. Would crucial scenes have to go missing in the final cut? Would Walker's character, Brian O'Conner, disappear from the narrative for large, noticeable chunks of time? Of all the impossible stunts this franchise has had to pull off over its seven-film duration, stitching together Furious 7 without the full participation of its co-lead surely entailed the highest »
- Kyle Buchanan
The Nightly Show Head Writer Robin Thede on Her Path From a Trailer Park in Iowa to Comedy Central
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Comedy writer Robin Thede has spent the past few years putting jokes in the mouths of high-profile entertainers, including Chris Rock, Kevin Hart, Samuel Jackson, and Queen Latifah. Now she’s the first black woman to head up a late-night comedy writer’s room, for what’s likely the most diverse staff in late night: The Nightly Show With Larry Wilmore. To get the gig, she didn’t wait by the phone, but flew herself to New York to get in front of Comedy Central execs. Vulture spoke with Thede on a non-show Friday to hear about her prodigious rise from poverty in an Iowa trailer park to top joke writer.Congratulations on your new gig. How does it feel to be a trailblazer?Oh, God, I can’t think of myself that way. I would never get my job done; I’d just be staring at myself in the mirror all day! »
- Lisa Liebman
Bob’s Burgers Recap: Gene Jacket
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The Story A special thing is happening for Bob and Linda: date night. It only happens thrice, sometimes twice, a year, so it's a big deal. It has to be perfect, but don't worry — Bob has planned everything out ahead of time. It's also a special night for Louise: She's bringing Princess Littlepiddles, the fourth-grade pet chinchilla, home for the weekend. Bob decides to take Linda to a place called Stoolz for bar trivia; Linda is not thrilled. Louise brings home Pl, and a boy named Wayne (Andy Richter) is not thrilled. So much so that he barges into the Belcher residence and inadvertently lets the Princess free. Because Pl is prone to seizures and allergic to everything, it's a race to find him before he — yes, it's a boy chinchilla — meets his fluffy maker. The Highlight ReelDate night is a surprise, orchestrated by Bob! [+100 to »
- Sean Fitz-Gerald
Kendrick Lamar’s To Pimp a Butterfly Released a Week Early [Updated]
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Kendrick Lamar's To Pimp a Butterfly has found its way onto iTunes and Spotify, one full week ahead of its original release date (March 23). The rapper tweeted the name of his album Sunday, plus a link, to give fans a heads-up; the explicit and clean versions are both available for purchase. If you liked what you've heard so far, this surprise release is probably making you yell dramatic all-caps outbursts like Taylor Swift— even if this whole thing was a mistake. Update: As of Monday afternoon, To Pimp a Butterfly has been removed from iTunes and remade available for preorder, with a March 23 release date. (Though Tde's CEO has tweeted that he's "working on" it.) For unexplained reasons, the album is still available to stream in full on Spotify ... for now. »
- Sean Fitz-Gerald
Brooklyn Nine-Nine Recap: Jerk Rolodex
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Call me crazy, but weren’t we just exonerating someone from false drug charges brought against him by a revenge-seeking ex last week? Sure, the person in jeopardy is Peralta, not his dad, and the ex is actually his ex-perp Geoffrey Hoytsman, but the plot similarities in “Sabotage” to last week’s “Captain Peralta” are awfully strong, and not in a hilarious or thematically relevant way. If anything, the surprising emotional maturity Jake showed in confronting his father last week has gone in the complete opposite direction, with him constantly harassing Amy and Rosa while they go about the business of exonerating him. This is chalked up late in the game to some father-related trust issues, but it’s a pretty throwaway one-line attempt at salvaging a wildly veering A-plot in an episode that feels weirdly overstuffed and strangely paced.It’s especially a shame because at face value, Peralta »
- Allie Pape
‘The Vulture TV Podcast’: Empire Edition
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A specialEmpire edition of "The Vulture TV Podcast"is here! TV columnist Margaret Lyons and TV editor Gazelle Emami discuss Fox's hit show in advance of this Wednesday's two-hour season finale. Then, TV reporter Joe Adalian brings on Empire showrunner Ilene Chaiken to discuss the frenzy behind the show and how she balances the soapier elements with the more substantial story lines about family and race. We end with one of our reader questions, on whether The Mindy Project is too focused on Mindy Kaling.Note—this episode contains spoilers in the following discussions: Empire, season one, 2:45–21:00 Tune in to "The Vulture TV Podcast," produced by the Slate Group’s Panoply, every Monday, oniTunesorSoundcloud. And please send us your burning TV questions! Tweet us @Vulture or emailtvquestions@vulture.com. »
- Vulture Editors
Ryan Gosling on Robert Durst: ‘He’s a Very Complicated Guy’
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Before The Jinx, Andrew Jarecki's 2010 thriller All Good Things told a fictional story based on the Robert Durst case — Ryan Gosling played "David Marks," or Jarecki's version of the real-life Robert Durst. In Jarecki's fictional version, Marks isn't the cold-blooded murderer The Jinx makes Durst out to be — and Gosling plays him somewhat sympathetically. "We wanted to try to tell that story but obviously not pretend to know the heart of the man or the mind of the man. I think a little distance there gave us some room to work," he told the L.A. Times at SXSW, where he was promoting his directorial debut, Lost River. "I think seeing the film, seeing the perspective on him, that it wasn’t trying to judge him, it was trying to understand him. Maybe that helped sort of pave the way." But does he think he did it? Gosling hasn't »
- Lindsey Weber
Where Does the Robert Durst Case Go From Here?
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On Sunday, March 15, hours before the series finale of HBO’s The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst, police in New Orleans apprehended Robert Durst and charged him with first-degree murder. When he was found, Durst was staying in a hotel room he’d paid for in cash, under a fake name. Sources toldthe New York Times they considered Durst a flight risk. Durst was represented by legal counsel during the filming of The Jinx; his lawyer Chip Lewis even appears on camera in some of the episodes. After the finale, Lewis spoke to a triumphant Jeanine Pirro on Fox News and claimed to be “underwhelmed” by Durst’s muttered bathroom confession. Durst himself seems to understand the trouble he is in. He has again retained high-priced Texas attorney Dick DeGuerin, the man who managed to get Durst acquitted of murder under sensational circumstances once before. DeGuerin »
- Ester Bloom
Jinx Director Andrew Jarecki: No Deal With Police Over Timing of Durst Arrest [Updated]
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You couldn't ask for better timing: Real-estate heir and suspected murderer Robert Durst was arrested Saturday, the day before the final episode of HBO's The Jinx appeared to show him accidentally confessing on a live microphone to the murders of his wife Kathleen Durst, friend Susan Berman, and neighbor Morris Black. Now Jinx director Andrew Jarecki is making the media rounds to address speculation that the timing was a little too perfect."We don't have that kind of power," Jarecki told Good Morning Americawhen asked if he had made a deal with police over the date of Durst's arrest. "We’re not in charge of the arrest timing, and we had no idea of the arrest timing." Durst was arrested Saturday at a New Orleans hotel, which he had checked into under a false name, and police say they feared he was on his way to Cuba. The arrest »
- Nate Jones
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