There’s something embarrassing about being hunted down by a gangster who calls himself Leftie and runs around with a henchman called Lonnie. Those names should belong to the sweet old guys at the local nursing home. Instead, in the trailer for the action-comedy Riff Raff, they belong to Bill Murray …
Read More »'Coraline' Musical Scrapped Amid Neil Gaiman Sexual Assault Allegations
The U.K. musical production Coraline that was scheduled to premiere in April has been canceled following allegations of sexual assault against the novel’s author Neil Gaiman. In a joint statement posted on Wednesday, the co-production partners Leeds Playhouse, Royal LyceumTheatreEdinburgh, Birmingham Rep, and Home Manchester read: “We have decided our …
Read More »Former MTV VJ Matt Pinfield Suffers Stroke, Daughter Files for Conservatorship
Matt Pinfield, the beloved former MTV VJ and radio personality, suffered a stroke on January 6 due to previous health issues, and has been hospitalized, his representative confirmed Wednesday. Court documents also reveal that Pinfield, 63, is “incompetent to make decisions,” the San Francisco Chronicle reported, and that his daughter …
Read More »Matthew McConaughey, Woody Harrelson Reprise 'True Detective' Roles, Push for Texas-Based Productions
Texas-born actors Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson reprised their True Detective roles in a video today as they urged the state Legislature to bring more Hollywood productions to the Lone Star State. The four-minute clip, “True to Texas,” follows McConaughey and Harrelson down a desolate two-way road, and it feels …
Read More »'Paradise' Is a Political Thriller With a Very Big, Oddly Bland Twist
This post contains spoilers for the first episode of Paradise, which Hulu released over the weekend. When This Is Us debuted in the fall of 2016, its pilot episode concluded with a twist that recontextualized everything we had been watching to that point: Instead of telling the parallel, contemporaneous stories …
Read More »Tina Fey and Amy Poehler Extend Restless Leg Tour
After successful runs in 2023 and 2024, Tina Fey and Amy Poehler announced their Restless Leg comedy tour is back again in 2025. Extending the duo’s first-ever live tour into this year, new dates for The Restless Leg Tour begin on March 29 starting in Florida. The tour will also …
Read More »'Opus' Gives us John Malkovich, Pop Superstar
Back in the 1990s, there was no bigger musical superstar than Alfred Moretti. “Global” doesn’t begin to describe his level of fame. His particular brand of old-school glam rock, new-school electro-pop and sheer charisma meant he topped every chart imaginable. He reinvented genres, cavorted with presidents and popes, broke Cindy …
Read More »Bowen Yang, Lily Gladstone Help Their Partners Pull Off a Ruse in 'The Wedding Banquet' Trailer
The first trailer for Bowen Yang and Lily Gladstone’s remake of the 1993 queer comedy The Wedding Banquet is here and it doesn’t disappoint. Based on Ang Lee’s 1993 film, The Wedding Banquet stars Yang and Gladstone alongside Kelly Marie Tran and Han Gi-chan. The film shows the dynamics of …
Read More »Jon Stewart Urges Democrats To Stop Getting Mad and Actually do Something
Donald Trump has only been back in office for a week and Jon Stewart is already pretty tired. On a new episode of The Daily Show he professed that the onslaught of current events has been a little bit too much. “I found last week exhausting,” Stewart quipped. “The return …
Read More »Quentin Tarantino Says He's in 'No Hurry' to Direct His Final Film
Fans anticipating Quentin Tarantino‘s final movie may have to wait a bit longer. The filmmaker confirmed that he is not in a rush to shoot a film and has instead been focused on writing and fatherhood for the past few years. “I’m in no hurry to actually jump into production,” …
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