Larger than life Blaxploitation icon Rudy Ray Moore could easily have been a character in one of his own films, and now, the pioneering comedian-musician-actor-producer is getting the star treatment as the subject of a new Netflix biopic, “Dolemite Is My Name.”
“Dolemite Is My Name” stars the perfectly cast Eddie Murphy as Moore, who toils for years as an obscure stand-up comic, releasing ridiculously obscene albums (sample title: “Eat Out More”) that gain a small but devoted cult following. Moore’s real goal is to become a film star, but his over-the-top ideas don’t exactly have studios lining up to finance his projects; instead, he decides to make a movie himself, based around his popular stand-up character Dolemite.
He enlists a rag-tag group of collaborators for the film “Dolemite,” which features the titular kung fu-fighting pimp getting framed for a crime, busting out of jail, and seeking revenge, with a group of butt-kicking prostitutes by his side. Wesley Snipes costars as D’Urville Martin, who Moore convinces to play the villain in the flick by also giving him the director job. Martin is more than a little skeptical, especially when he gets on set and sees firsthand how bonkers the project really is.
“Dolemite Is My Name” looks every bit as fun, graphic, and off-the-wall as “Dolemite,” and features an absolutely stacked supporting cast, including Keegan-Michael Key, Craig Robinson, Mike Epps, Tituss Burgess, Da’Vine Joy Randolph, and Snoop Dogg. It’s set to debut at the Toronto International Film Festival in September, and hit theaters later this fall.
Welp, the truth is out there: “Ghosted” is now deceased.
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A lot of “Mr. Robot” viewers got a real sense of what reality-challenged lead character Elliot was feeling as the series’ phenomenal first season came to an end: did that really happen, or what? It did, and it’s about to happen again.
If you had discovered that the mysterious techno-revolutionary you’d been talking to and taking direction from the entirety of a TV season was, in fact, actually a hallucinatory manifestation of your long-deceased father, you might have some pretty serious questions you’d like to ask yourself about the state of your mental and emotional health, right? So expect Elliot to delve deeper into himself — and Mr. Robot — in search of answers.
Throughout the first season, “Mr. Robot” never ceased to fire off gigantic, game-changing, didn’t-see-THAT-coming reveals that reshaped the show and left viewers’ jaws on the floor. So yes, there’ll likely be plenty more of those ahead, but Esmail promises that no matter how shocking, those revelatory moments aren’t just planted to make heads spin — they’re logical landmarks along Elliot’s path.
Star Malek revealed that while “enough was shared with me” about Elliot’s overall storyline, he has to keep himself limber, acting-wise, to process and deliver anything that Esmail might throw at him in the story.
Along with the question of why Elliot’s psyche and memories so splintered, another enigma lingers: how long has this been going on? After all, it’s been clearly suggested this isn’t the first time he’s forgotten he has a sister. “In Season 2, there will be a lot more backstory that will be shown,” Esmail assured. “And to address that: yes, the time line is going to get a little clearer — not a hundred percent clearer, because what’s the fun in that? — but a little clearer, yeah.”
For the more obsessive fans among you, take note that you’re not imagining things yourself: those curious little discrepancies you’ve spotted here and there are in fact there for a reason! Like, did you wonder why, when you watched that Times Square sequence in which Elliot envisions his family and realized there’s no visible presence by his now-revealed sister Darlene’s younger self? “I had that same question!” admitted 
Will Angela become seduced and/or anesthetized by working within powerful Evil Corp, the very company she blames for the death of her mother? “That’s going to be a big question in the second season,” Esmail promised, who sees the dynamic Darlene and Angela’s Occupy Wall Street and Wall Street perspectives, respectively, as interesting and unique, especially as filtered through the eyes of two young women. ‘In terms of specifically Angela, that struggle is going to be what kind of overrides her character arc in the second season.”
One of the most enigmatic and anticipated characters in Season 1 was the Dark Army hacker Whiterose, played by 
Along with creating the series and writing several episodes, Esmail also got behind the camera to direct three first-season episodes, and he’s upping the ante considerably for Season 2: he’s directing all 12 episodes.
Whether or not Mr. Robot recedes back into Elliot’s consciousness, there’ll be plenty of fresh new faces for the hacker-savant to contend with in Season 2, including American Horror Story: Freak Show”) as Dom DiPiero, an FBI agent probing Evil Corp; House of Cards”) as Susan Jacobs, Evil Corp’s counsel general who may hold the key to society’s success; hip hop artist Joey Bada$$ as Leon, a close friend of Elliot’s; and The Office”) as Ray, a man from Elliot’s neighborhood who reaches out to him in his time of crisis.
Not so much a tease, but a fun fact — and proof that the show always plays fair: something about Mr. Robot’s nature pinged 
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If you’re like us and value your sleep, you probably nodded off into your Ambien dreamland before the party started on post-prime time TV. Don’t worry; we’ve got you covered. Here’s the best of what happened last night on late night.
