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There is no talk show guest experience like going on Adult Swim's "The Eric Andre Show." Andre, a surrealist prankster comedian whose antics regularly offend, does his best to terrify and torture his guests on the talk show from Hell. There have been some memorable interviewees who managed to get on the same weird, Dadaist level as Andre, like rapper Tyler, the Creator and skateboarder Tony Hawk, but no one expected "The Wire" star Lance Reddick to sit down in the stuffy warehouse and put up with the show's bizarre gauntlet. His appearance on the 2013 episode of the late-night series was pretty unexpected in and of itself, but his actions in the episode are even more surprising. Reddick not only punches Andre's desk and storms off, he then comes back dressed in rags with chains, a visor, and a Starfleet communicator badge on his bare chest. The actor always commits completely to a role,...

Get in touch to send in cinephile news and discoveries. For daily updates follow us @NotebookMUBI.NEWSThe great post-war Italian auteur Ermanno Olmi had died at the age of 86. Winner of the Palme d'Or in 1978 for The Tree of the Wooden Clogs, Olmi was making great cinema up until the end. Sam Roberts of the The New York Times remembers.And another mourning that also hits us personally: Pierre Rissient, the ultimate cinephile (and filmmaker in his own right!), has left us. Scott Foundas has penned a most thorough remembrance for IndieWire.Recommended VIEWINGWe're covering the Cannes Film Festival this week and next, and are ever-more excited for the latest film from South Korean director Lee Chang-dong (Poetry), which so happens to be his first film in 8 (!) years.Two of the minds behind the brilliant television series Atlanta, Donald Glover (in his musical alias Childish Gambino) and director Hiro Murai,...

Now that her former fiancé is out of the picture, WWE fans think Dolph Ziggler is looking for a second chance with Nikki Bella. After the 34-year-old Total Divas reality star announced her split from long-time boyfriend — and short-lived fiancé of just one year — John Cena, many fans have begun speculating that her ex-boyfriend Dolph is trying to win Nikki over. To make matters trickier, John, Dolph, Nikki all perform together as WWE Superstars. Talk about a love triangle! (Photo Credit: Instagram) While not much is known about Dolph — whose real name is Nicholas Theodore Nemeth — and Nikki's dating history, we do know that they were totally a thing before John had ever gotten down on one knee during Wrestlemania 33 to propose to her. Keep reading to find out more about Dolph and Nikki's complicated relationship history. The former couple began dating in 2008. The timeline has never exactly been confirmed...