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'Novitiate': Melissa Leo's nun suffers a crisis of faith in exclusive clip
Margaret Betts's new drama depicts the sweeping effects of the Catholic Church's attempts to modernize in the 1960s.
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‘I’m Dying Up Here’: Standup Comedy as Serious Business
The new '70s-set Showtime series about the onstage and offstage lives of a group of standup comics, premieres June 4. It does not kill.
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Watch Brad Pitt, Ryan Gosling, Christian Bale Team Up in 'The Big Short' (Trailer and Interview)
Written and directed by Adam McKay, who is best known for such Will Ferrell comedies as Anchorman and Step Brothers, The Big Short is based on a nonfiction book by Michael Lewis (The Blind Side, Moneyball). McKay spoke to Yahoo Movies about his career-first drama (what he calls a “natural” progression from his typically slapstick comedic fare), how he landed his A-list cast (which also features Oscar winners Melissa Leo and Marisa Tomei, and a key cameo from Selena Gomez!), and how he managed t