“If you don’t recognize the accent, I’m Irish,” said actor Brendan Gleeson as he began his first-ever Saturday Night Live appearance as host. “And if you don’t recognize the face, I’m that fellow that you’ve seen in that thing that you’ve seen that you can’t remember but you think you …
Read More »'SNL' Takes on The Ridiculous Try Guys Cheating Scandal
When SNL spoofed the Try Guys cheating scandal, the real punchline was the media for covering such a dumb story at all in light of everything else in the world (see: the SNL Cold Open.) The segment opened with Ego Nwodim as a CNN anchor speaking to White House correspondent …
Read More »'SNL': Weekend Update on Herschel Walker Fundraising Off Abortion Scandal: Raising Money, But Not Kids
Saturday Night Live tackled Herschel Walker’s abortion scandal, President Joe Biden’s marijuana pardons and Kanye West’s White Lives Matter controversy in a packed Weekend Update segment. “The midterms are only a month away, and is it just me or are some candidates trying to lose?” co-anchor Colin Jost asked. Jost …
Read More »Don't Count Donald Glover Out of the 'Community' Reunion Movie Just Yet
When Peacock announced plans to fulfill Community’s “Six seasons and a movie” promise last month, a few key cast members were absent from the reunion plans, notably Donald Glover and Yvette Nicole Brown. While fans of the cult series assumed that artist also known as Childish Gambino was likely too …
Read More »Kevin Spacey's Lawyers Call Anthony Rapp's Claims an Attempt to 'Raise His Own Profile' in Trial Opening Statements
Over two years after actor Anthony Rapp first filed a civil lawsuit against Kevin Spacey over an alleged sexual assault that occurred in 1986, opening statements in the trial took place Thursday in a Manhattan courtroom. “What happened to Anthony is something that never should have happened,” Rapp’s lawyer Peter …
Read More »'I Knew Something Was Wrong': Anthony Rapp Testifies at Kevin Spacey Civil Trial
Actor Anthony Rapp testified about the 1986 incident at the center of his lawsuit against Kevin Spacey on Friday in a Manhattan courtroom on the second day of the civil trial. Rapp, who was 14 at the time of the alleged encounter with a 26-year-old Spacey, first alleged in 2017 …
Read More »Jared Leto to Method Act His Way Into Biopic of Late Fashion Designer Karl Lagerfeld
Fresh off his stint as a vampiric villain in Morbius, Jared Leto has set his sights on his next acting role. Leto will star in film about fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld, and will co-produce the project alongside the House of Karl Lagerfeld. “Karl has always been an inspiration to me,” …
Read More »New 'White Lotus' Trailer Teases a 'Series of Very Bad Decisions' in Italy
The family drama continues — but this time, the chaos is happening abroad. On Thursday, HBO dropped the trailer for the second season of The White Lotus, and the three-minute teaser leaves fans with more questions than answers about what’s to come. The trailer opens with Jennifer Coolidge arriving at …
Read More »Jennifer Lawrence's Soldier Struggles to Readjust to Civilian Life in 'Causeway' Trailer
Following its premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival, Apple TV+ has shared the official trailer for Causeway, the upcoming A24 drama that stars Jennifer Lawrence as a soldier struggling to readjust to civilian life in New Orleans after sustaining a traumatic brain injury during combat. Lawrence and Brian Tyree …
Read More »The Strokes, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, and LCD Soundsystem Blow Up in 'Meet Me in the Bathroom' Doc Trailer
“Sounding good and having a good time.” On Thursday, Utopia released the trailer for Meet Me in the Bathroom, an upcoming Showtime documentary inspired by Lizzy Goodman’s book of the same name, about the wild alt-rock music scene that blew up in New York City in the early 2000s. “People …
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