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‘Selma’ star was asked to reprise his role for Steven Spielberg

When Steven Spielberg asks you to reprise a role, do you say no? That is the question being posed to David Oyelowo, who recently revealed that the famous director is interested in having him play Martin Luther King Jr. again. The actor portrayed him in last year’s Selma. In an interview with Esquire, Oyelowo revealed …

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Mad Men, Ep. 6.05, “The Flood”: “Everybody Likes to Go to the Movies When They’re Sad”

Leave it to Mad Men to recapture the power Planet of the Apes’ ending must have held for audiences that hadn’t been inured by decades of spoilers. Juxtaposing the scene on the beach and all that it implies with the violence that swept the nation in the wake of Dr. King’s assassination only serves to deepen its significance. “Everybody likes to go to the movies when they’re sad,” and Mad Men is a show that’s always understood this.

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