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Matt Damon’s Brett Kavanaugh reveals how Trump will serve a third term in boozy SNL cold open

Matt Damon’s Brett Kavanaugh reveals how Trump will serve a third term in boozy SNL cold open

Get the latest entertainment news, reviews and star-studded interviews with our Independent Culture email Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Matt Damon returned to Saturday Night Live where he reprised the part of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, revealing in the cold open sketch that President Trump will serve a third term. Damon joined Colin Jost’s Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Aziz Ansari’s FBI Director Kash Patel in a Washington, DC bar where the three bonded over drinks. “It’s nice to have my sneaky bar here where I’m not going to run into anyone from work, because none of Trump’s people like drinking as much as I do,” Jost’s Hegseth says just as Damon’s Kavanaugh busted through the bar crowd, still wearing his justice robe. The judge bangs his gavel on the bar and says: “Order! I find in favor of six Bud Lights and three shots of Jamo!” The barman, played by Kenan Thompson replies: “Yep, a 6-3 decision coming …

Netflix hits back at Matt Damon’s claim it simplifies plots for second-screen viewing

Netflix hits back at Matt Damon’s claim it simplifies plots for second-screen viewing

Get the latest entertainment news, reviews and star-studded interviews with our Independent Culture email Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Matt Damon recently accused Netflix of purposefully simplifying plots for viewers who might be watching titles while scrolling on their phones. But the streaming service has denied this is the case. The discussion around “second screen viewing” gained so much heat in Hollywood that it inspired a skit at the Oscars, in which host Conan O’Brien and guest Sterling K Brown performed a script that rewrote classic film Casablanca to reflect this demand. Netflix film chairman Dan Lin said executives in the room laughed the joke off, but insisted: “There’s no such principle.” Ben Affleck and Matt Damon in Netflix thriller ‘The Rip’ (Netflix) Speaking at a press event on Wednesday (18 March), Lin added: “If you watch our movies or shows, we don’t repeat our plot, so I don’t know where that came from. We are focused on making great …

Ben Affleck and Matt Damon’s Artists Equity Signs Netflix Deal

Ben Affleck and Matt Damon’s Artists Equity Signs Netflix Deal

Ben Affleck and Matt Damon’s Artists Equity has found a streaming home with Netflix, signing a multi-year streaming first-look deal, production and distribution agreement with the company. Artists Equity, which was also founded by RedBird Capital’s Gerry Cardinale, recently partnered with Netflix on the crime thriller The Rip, starring both Affleck and Damon, which spent three weeks as the No. 1 movie on Netflix’s Top 10 chart, according to the streamer. Netflix is also set to release Affleck’s next directorial feature, Animals, starring Affleck, Kerry Washington and Gillian Anderson, which is due out later this year. The news of the Netflix partnership comes after Artists Equity entered into a similar pact with Sony but for theatrical releases. Under that three-year deal, Sony will distribute Artists Equity’s theatrical films globally and will additionally finance the films and handle all ancillaries, with Artists Equity having the option to co-finance certain projects. (Sony, notably, does not have a sister streaming service.) In terms of which projects will end up under the Netflix streaming deal or the Sony theatrical pact, …

Amanda Knox slams Matt Damon’s comments comparing cancel culture to jail time

Amanda Knox slams Matt Damon’s comments comparing cancel culture to jail time

Get the latest entertainment news, reviews and star-studded interviews with our Independent Culture email Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Amanda Knox has revived her feud with Matt Damon after the actor suggested that, for some people who’ve been canceled and ostracized from the public, jail time would have been preferable. Damon, 58, made the remarks during a recent episode of Joe Rogan’s podcast, seemingly implying that jail time is a finite punishment while cancel culture “will follow you to the grave.” “I bet some of those people would have preferred to go to jail for 18 months or whatever and then come out and say, ‘No, but I paid my debt. Like, we’re done. Like, can we be done?’” the Good Will Hunting star said. “Like, the thing about getting kind of excoriated publicly like that, it just never ends.” Resharing the actor’s divisive comments on X, Knox, who was jailed for nearly four years in an Italian prison after …

The Rip Reviews: Ben Affleck And Matt Damon’s Netflix Thriller Gets Lukewarm Response

The Rip Reviews: Ben Affleck And Matt Damon’s Netflix Thriller Gets Lukewarm Response

Famed real-life buddies Matt Damon and Ben Affleck have got the band back together for a new heist thriller, The Rip. The Netflix movie finds the Good Will Hunting stars at the centre of a risky situation when they’re tasked with counting millions of dollars worth of cash stashed at a house. Naturally, motivations and loyalties are tested and it’s not a straightforward job – or “rip”. Critics have had their say, and on the whole they’re calling it a perfectly serviceable albeit uninspired flick. Here’s a round-up… “It’s a shame the female characters are sidelined, despite the three possessing enough tenacity to easily play the boys at their own game. The Rip is ultimately a game for the boys, though, and taken as a piece of boisterous macho pulp, it’s a propulsive enough four-beers-in watch. A movie to be enjoyed on Friday night and forgotten all about by Saturday morning.” “What were Ben Affleck and Matt Damon thinking with this charmless Netflix dud? […] It’s a character piece that does very little with its …