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Banksy Draws Portrait Of Steve Jobs As A Syrian Immigrant

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This is Banksy's new work in Calais “jungle”, featuring Steve Jobs https://t.co/0Gnm4fHuXZ pic.twitter.com/wbeGpzmPP3 — BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) December 11, 2015 When the jingoist question of…

Banksy Draws Portrait Of Steve Jobs As A Syrian Immigrant

Trevor Noah’s ‘Daily Show’ Takeover Is An Unofficial Holiday In South Africa

South Africa has dubbed September 29 “Trevor Noah Day” in honor of the new “Daily Show” host.

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Banksy’s Dismaland Is Getting Packed Up And Sent To France

Anonymous street artist Banksy’s faux theme park, Dismaland, will be dismantled and sent to France to serve as housing for refugees.

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The Reason This Banksy Mural Was Destroyed Will Break Your Heart

A Banksy mural in England was destroyed for the worst reason.

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The Reason This Banksy Mural Was Destroyed Will Break Your Heart

You’re Next Graffiti Art: Is Banksy at Fantastic Fest?

A cool bit of graffiti art popped up overnight at Fantastic Fest for Adam Wingard’s buzz film You’re Next , which screens later tonight. Passes to the hotly anticipated horror pic, which was picked up by Lionsgate after a Toronto Film Festival bidding war, sold out quickly online and with fest faves A.J. Bowen and director Ti West (who both star in the film) in town it’s one of the hot tickets for tonight. Is Banksy in our midst as well, spraying movie promos all over Austin? Or Mr. Brainwash? (Or both, if they’re the same person??)

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You’re Next Graffiti Art: Is Banksy at Fantastic Fest?

Spider-Man Villain Rhys Ifans Off the Hook for Comic-Con Brouhaha

Less than a month after a bizarre incident in which The Amazing Spider-Man actor Rhys Ifans was cited for a backstage altercation at Comic-Con , the city of San Diego has declined to press charges: “After reviewing differing witness accounts, our prosecutors concluded there was not sufficient evidence to prove the case beyond a reasonable doubt,” a rep for the Attorney’s Office told E! News, leaving Ifans free to pester his true nemesis: Spidey! [ E! Online ]

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VIDEO: Exit Through the Giftshop Hero Mr. Brainwash Still Talks to Banksy

Will Marvel’s Big Picture Wind Up Killing Iron Man?

Pop quiz, hot shot: Say you’re Marvel Entertainment, and you’ve got the sequel to $585 million worldwide-grossing Iron Man lined up with the original star and director, plus a recent Oscar nominee and Scarlett Johansson. Do you do everything you can to make sure that movie is the The Dark Knight to the original’s Batman Begins , or do you concentrate your efforts on connecting it to other properties that no one but Comic Book Guy even knows exist, like Thor ? If you guessed option two, then send your resume to Marvel, because it seems that’s exactly what’s happening.

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Late Night Highlights: The Truth About Hover Boards and the Tale of Tracy Morgan and MJ’s ‘Thriller’ Glove

Poor Luke Wilson. He films one movie with Tracy Morgan and now he is harassed by every single interviewer for crazy stories about working with the 30 Rock actor. Last night, George Lopez continued the tradition by coaxing anecdotes out of him about Tracy leaving voice messages as Darth Vader to his son and Tracy’s Michael Jackson memorabilia. Click through for the latest chapter of Tracy Morgan Set Stories , as well as the other highlights you missed last night while finishing your taxes.

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Late Night Highlights: The Truth About Hover Boards and the Tale of Tracy Morgan and MJ’s ‘Thriller’ Glove

Moment of Truth: Banksy is Selling, But Are You Buying?

Welcome back to Moment of Truth, Movieline’s weekly spotlight on the best in nonfiction cinema. This week, we hear from John Sloss, the veteran sales agent-turned-rookie distributor of Banksy’s directing debut Exit Through the Gift Shop. It opens Friday in New York, Los Angeles and San Francisco. Leave it to mischievous street-art godhead Banksy to completely overturn cinema with his first foray into feature filmmaking, Exit Through the Gift Shop . More specifically, leave it to Banksy to permute the documentary genre with expert zeal, turning a film ostensibly about him into a film about its original director. It sounds both more and less complicated than it really is when you think about it — a testament to the shadowy artist’s dexterity with narrative and character. But what about his dexterity with facts?

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Moment of Truth: Banksy is Selling, But Are You Buying?