In the final part of the Vanderpump Rules Season 10 reunion, Lisa Vanderpump — the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star who first masterminded a show about the staff working at her west Hollywood restaurant/bar SUR — spoke for Bravo fans across the world when she gave Raquel Leviss some …
Read More »Anthony Mackie Thinks 'Twisted Metal' Will Blow You Away
It used to be said that “Sega did what Nintendon’t,” but in reality it was Sony’s PlayStation that garnered a reputation for bigger, more mature games that Nineties kids yearned for. One such game was Twisted Metal. Co-created by David Jaffe and published by Sony Computer Entertainment, Twisted Metal centered …
Read More »Danny Masterson Was Convicted of Rape. What Happens to Scientology?
On the morning of April 25, testimony began in the second rape trial of That ’70s Show actor Danny Masterson after an initial trial ended last November in a hung jury and mistrial. The first witness on the stand was one of Masterson’s alleged victims, Jane Doe 3, who had …
Read More »Secrets of 'Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse' Revealed
The first time a superhero truly soared onscreen was in animated form, via the art-deco gorgeousness and hand-painted, cel-by-cel detail of Fleischer Studios’ Superman cartoon shorts, way back in 1941. It’s an all-too-natural medium for the genre, given its ink-on-paper origins, but artful animated superhero adaptations were strikingly scarce in …
Read More »Bowen Yang Went Through Hell to Get to 'SNL'
I n only a few years, Bowen Yang has emerged as the breakout star of Saturday Night Live. I defy you to watch his Gay Jafar rant against Ron DeSantis and not completely lose it. But that’s not all. He also stars in the Comedy Central sitcom Awkwafina Is Nora …
Read More »Bert Kreischer Barely Survived to Tell This Story
Bert Kreischer has told the story so many times that he almost seems surprised that you want to hear it again. Almost. It’s not like it’s the Greatest Story Ever Told — it’s just a strong contender for the greatest story Kreischer has ever told, which is saying something. As …
Read More »'Finding Nemo' Set the Standard for How We See the Ocean on Film
Science and animation are tied together like a moon to a planet. While they exist on distant planes and their connection is invisible, to animate is to have a fundamental understanding of science and movement. The job of both an animator and a scientist is to understand the building blocks …
Read More »'Vanderpump Rules' Villain Jax Taylor Is Ready for His Big Comeback
“I’ve done some fucked-up things,” says Jax Taylor. “But when I did what I did, I went down in a hole and fought to get my wife back.” The man formerly known as Jason Cauchi (though not to his reiki master) is discussing the differences between his past misdeeds and …
Read More »'Barry' Finale: Henry Winkler on That Shocking Revenge Moment
This post contains spoilers for the series finale of Barry, which we recapped here. Henry Winkler had already had the acting career of a lifetime decades before he got cast to play hacky, narcissistic acting teacher Gene Cousineau on HBO’s Barry. As Arthur “The Fonz” Fonzarelli on Seventies and Eighties …
Read More »Sarah Goldberg's 'Barry' Exit Interview: Sally's Finale Secrets and More
Week after week, in frantic monologue after frantic monologue, Sarah Goldberg delivered one of the greatest performances on TV in recent memory as Barry‘s self-obsessed actress Sally Reed, whose intensity occasionally unnerved even Bill Hader‘s titular hitman character. She scored an Emmy nomination for her performance in Season One —for …
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