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Senior-level, detail-oriented content creator, writer, editor, podcaster & producer with years of editorial leadership experience covering arts & entertainment.

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The A.V. Club's favorites from the 2023 Sundance Film Festival

The A.V. Club's favorites from the 2023 Sundance Film Festival

A special screening of CODA put a, well, coda to the end of a successful hybrid 2023 Sundance Film Festival t…

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Anna Kendrick embraces her "really complicated" side

Anna Kendrick embraces her "really complicated" side

Anna Kendrick isn't one to shy away from candor or vulnerability. It's part of what makes her one of Hollywoo…

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David Harbour makes Violent Night a nicely naughty (sleigh) ride

David Harbour makes Violent Night a nicely naughty (sleigh) ride

Candy canes may be sweet and cutely reminiscent of Christmas, but it turns out they make a great shiv if you …

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Sebastián Lelio and Florence Pugh contemplate miracles in The Wonder

Sebastián Lelio and Florence Pugh contemplate miracles in The Wonder

If a crisis of faith is a journey from belief to doubt, the opposite could be referred to as a come-to-Jesus …

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What is the state of trans representation in pop culture today?

What is the state of trans representation in pop culture today?

Like many of today's trailblazing transgender activist-artists, Scott Turner Schofield wears many hats in Hol…

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Michael Keaton Wouldn’t Give Up His Approach to Batman—So He Left Instead

Michael Keaton Wouldn’t Give Up His Approach to Batman—So He Left Instead

Michael Keaton sticks to his guns as an actor, whether he’s playing an everyman or a larger-than-life superhe…

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James Franco Confuses Internet with Video He Claims Shows an Alien: ‘I’m Not Acting Crazy’ Original

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By Jack Smart Verified
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James Franco launched a TikTok account in June and has since posted multiple cryptic videos with claims of encounters with aliens After repeatedly promising to show evidence on July 13 of being watched, the actor posted a video of him showing footage of a figure with an alien-like face Commenters expressed confusion over Franco’s posts, with many speculating they are meant to promote an upcoming project James Franco has the internet perplexed with claims that are out of this world.
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Tom Cruise Is Unrecognizable in His Wild New Role in the First Trailer for Director Alejandro Iñárritu’s Digger Original

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By Jack Smart Verified, Rebecca Aizin
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Tom Cruise unveiled details about his new movie Digger at a trailer reveal event on the Warner Bros. lot in Los Angeles on July 9 The trailer debuted on July 13, starring Cruise as a quirky oil magnate The Alejandro G. Iñárritu-directed comedy is in theaters Oct. 2 Tom Cruise looks unlike fans have ever seen him before in his new movie Digger. Warner Bros.
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Timothée Chalamet Calls Dune: Part Three Costar Anya Taylor-Joy ‘Terrifying and Amazing’: ‘Not Media Hyperbole’ Original

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By Jack Smart Verified
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Timothée Chalamet praised Anya Taylor-Joy, his costar in the upcoming Dune: Part Three, at a July 8 trailer reveal event “She’s actually terrifying and amazing,” he said with a smile Taylor-Joy and Chalamet play Alia and Paul Atreides, respectively, in Denis Villeneuve’s third and final Dune film Anya Taylor-Joy wowed Timothée Chalamet on the set of Dune: Part Three. Surprising fans ahead of the upcoming conclusion to the Dune trilogy (in theaters Dec.
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What was your first job as a journalist?

Writing for my own blog, called JackSmartReviews.

Who's your favorite fictional journalist?

Miranda Priestly

Did you work for your high school newspaper? If so, what did you do there?

No, I consider myself a self-taught journalist, after graduating college.