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At his best, Smith uses that stoner sensibility for texture, creating an absurdist backdrop for his relatively normal protagonists as they confront challenging problems with no easy answers. At his worst, he gets stoned behind the wheel and churns out inane drivel that appears to be aimed exclusively at 37-year-olds who sleep on a futon in their wife’s boyfriend’s basement. Both versions of Smith show up in “Clerks III,” though fortunately there’s enough of the former to make up for a rough first act dominated by the latter....

The second Comic-Con at Home event is scheduled to run from Wednesday, July 21 to Saturday, July 24. As with last year’s virtual event, “Comic-Con@Home” will consist of a variety of panels, trailers, and project announcements that fans will be able to watch for free. All of the panels from the virtual 2020 event were uploaded to YouTube, which is expected to be the case for the it’s 2021 installment. Though Marvel and DC Comics won’t be promoting their upcoming films at Comic-Con at Home 2021, a slew of other high profile properties are scheduled to be featured during the virtual event, including “Star Trek,” “Tuca & Bertie,” “Rick and Morty,” and “Dragon Ball Z,” among others....

Trump’s re-election campaign boasted a prolific digital media operation and the president has nearly 89 million Twitter followers, but it’s unclear if either will be a benefit to him after his presidential term ends. The former was centered on promoting Trump’s presidential administration and re-election efforts, both of which have ended. As for the latter, though social media platforms rarely moderated the president over the last four years, Twitter and Facebook have actively limited engagement on and added warnings to Trump’s various posts that contain election misinformation over the last two weeks and the former company has stated that Trump’s account will lose its “public interest” protections after he becomes a private citizen....

But you might not have seen it during Sunday’s ceremony. The only discernible access point for anyone with a wheelchair or a mobility impairment was a wide swath of flat ground on the left side of everyone’s television that was flush with the floor. All presenters and winners climbed a series of stairs, either to access the main, pyramid-esque stage or another separate stage. Even Paralympian Jennifer Long, who uses leg prostheses, had to be aided up these stairs....

Academy President David Rubin announced that the category presentations to be cut out of the live broadcast are Documentary (Short Subject), Film Editing, Makeup and Hairstyling, Music (Original Score), Production Design, Short Film (Animated), Short Film (Live Action), and Sound. IndieWire’s own David Ehrlich wrote, “This is like cutting out all the special teams footage during the Super Bowl and insisting that people will be happy since they’re “seamlessly re-editing it into the live broadcast” later....

Goodman, a professional ballroom dancer, has served as the head judge of “Dancing With the Stars” since it first debuted on ABC in 2005. In addition, from 2004 to 2016, he was the head judge of “Strictly Come Dancing,” the British competition series “DWTS” was first adapted from. As host Tyra Banks mentioned during Goodman’s penultimate episode on Monday, Goodman has judged more than 3,000 routines during his tenure on the program....

Craig said he’d had a few drinks at Jackman’s party when he approached Mendes and boldly offered him the directing job for “Skyfall” after Marc Forster’s “Quantum of Solace” (which was a critical disappointment). “I was definitely a little drunk, Sam turned up late and I hadn’t seen him for years, I hadn’t seen him since ‘Road To Perdition,’” Craig said. “Sam sat down and we were having a drink together and it just dawned on me, it was just like one of those [moments]....