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is the new streaming home of the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor as part of a multiyear deal. This year's prize is going to Kevin Hart, who is being honored for his "extraordinary contributions to the genre and his impressive achievements across comedy, film and television." The likes of Dave Chappelle, Jimmy Fallon, Tiffany Haddish, Regina Hall, Chelsea Handler, Nelly, Chris Rock and Jerry Seinfeld are set to pay tribute to Hart (and perhaps roast him a bit) at the ceremony. For what it's worth, Hart with Netflix…

Cate Blanchett is one of our greatest living acting treasures. Truly, what can’t she do? Well, in the new trailer for Borderlands she’s battling space aliens, searching for buried treasure and a missing girl, and getting drenched in the questionable waters of “Piss-Wash Gully.”  Blanchett leads an all-star ensemble cast in the movie adaptation of the video game series, playing Lilith, an outlaw who reluctantly returns to her home planet to find the missing daughter of a powerful weapons manufacturer. Though that…

Kevin Hart can’t force celebrity gossip blogger Latasha “TashaK” Kebe to remove her allegedly “defamatory” interview with Hart’s ex-assistant from her website – at least not yet – a judge ruled Thursday. During a hearing on the dispute in Los Angeles County Superior Court, Judge Mitchell L. Beckloff said Hart’s emergency request for a temporary restraining order failed to include a transcript of Kebe’s interview with Miesha Shakes and left him wondering if he was expected to pay the $12 necessary to view the…

Kevin Hart continues to go on a "forward trajectory" at Netflix with his comedy-heist film Lift. Made through his production company Hartbeat Productions as part of his major deal with the streaming service, Lift is about when a master thief is convinced by his ex-girlfriend and the FBI to pull off an impossible heist with his international crew. With the Netflix new release being filmed in Italy, the actor/producer couldn’t help chowing down a lot of delicious Italian cuisine that ultimately led to him gaining weight. …

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeHold on,” says Kevin Hart, dialling a number on his mobile phone. If, for some reason, I’d needed convincing of the comedian’s full-on lifestyle, I am about to get it. We’re sitting in an otherwise vacant hotel room in central London, but Hart’s head is already back stateside; I listen as he asks some unseen aide to send over various details about an imminent trip to Boston,…

Kevin Hart is one of Hollywood’s biggest actors right now, as he consistently headlines notable films and establishes major business partnerships. So it shouldn’t be too surprising that he’s amassed some popular friends during his time in the limelight. While promoting his film, Lift, which is streamable with a Netflix subscription, he revealed that he's in a group chat with action movie stars. What was seemingly most shocking to some, though, is that legendary actor Harrison Ford is also apparently a part of it. Since…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeKevin Hart has opened up about a frightening experience on a flight that made him fear for his life.The comedian and actor stars in the recently released Netflix action-comedy film, Lift, which includes several high-pressure scenes on an aeroplane.Speaking on Friday night’s edition (12 January) of The Graham Norton Show, Hart reflected on his own tense experience while on a flight,…

You know the Netflix formula: take a reliable box office trope – the big-budget action movie, the international spy thriller, the hitman and car chase bonanza – repackage it for the laptop screen with evermore disposable wrapping, attach a big name star with a hefty paycheck, release, move on. Such results – Sweet Girl, the Adam Project, the Gray Man, just to name a few – are often widely viewed yet under-discussed, throwaway blockbusters in the house style (overlit, frenetic) without much staying power or distinguishable…

Seth MacFarlane's filthy teddy bear character Ted and Martin Scorsese's true-crime epic “The Killers of the Flower Moon” are some of the new television, music and movies headed to a device near you.Also among the streaming offerings worth your time as selected by The Associated Press' entertainment journalists are Kevin Hart starring in “Lift” as the leader of a band of criminals enlisted to steal $500 million from a plane in mid-flight and Peacock's competition series “The Traitors” returning with host Alan Cumming. NEW…

Kevin Hart is playing the bigger man after fellow comedian Katt Williams dissed him in the instant-classic “Club Shay Shay” interview earlier this week. In response to Williams questioning the credibility of Hart’s rise to stardom over the past several decades, Hart dismissed the “Friday After Next” actor’s comments in a tweet, writing, “Gotta get that anger up outcha champ.”“It’s honestly sad,” the “Ride Along” and “Jumanji” star added. Hart went on to promote his upcoming Netflix comedy, “Lift,” taking another shot at…