Numerous leaders in entertainment, celebrities, and former collaborators have mourned the death of David Lynch, the multi-disciplinary artist and filmmaker whose spectacularly unnerving work fused dreams and nightmares and forever changed the landscape of movie-making. Steven Spielberg, who featured Lynch in his semi-autobiographical filmThe Fabelmans, remembered him as “a singular, …
Read More »Adam McKay Says 'Don't Look Up' Was 'Hated' by 'Critics ' but Watched by '400 Million' People
Climate activist and filmmaker Adam McKay was discussing the Los Angeles Fires and climate change during an interview with NME when he reflected on his satirical comedy Don’t Look Up. When asked about the film’s impact as one of the most watched movies on Netflix more than three years after …
Read More »Lorne Michaels Gives Personal Archives to University of Texas
Lorne Michaels has given his personal archives — which provide a behind-the-scenes history of Saturday Night Live, as well as the producer’s other shows — to the University of Texas. The Harry Ransom Center announced the acquisition of “The Lorne Michaels Collection” Wednesday, noting that it spans from Michaels’ early …
Read More »Wendy Williams Slams Guardianship, Denies She's Cognitively Impaired: 'Do I Seem That Way?'
Wendy Williams, in one of her first interviews in years, spoke out against her court-ordered conservatorship and the claims from her own team that she’d been diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia and aphasia. Calling intoThe Breakfast ClubThursday, Jan. 16, Williams was adamant that her mental condition had not deteriorated at all …
Read More »Conan O'Brien Will Receive the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor
Back in 1993, Conan O’Brien’s career seemed like it might end before it really even began when NBC nearly canceled his fledging 12:30 am talk show, convinced they’d made a mistake by handing over David Letterman’s desk to an unknown comedy writer barely out of his twenties. But they kept …
Read More »Timothée Chalamet Fined $73 for Not Properly Parking Bike at 'A Complete Unknown' Premiere
On Tuesday evening, Aidan Zamiri, who has been photographing Timothée Chalamet during the press run for A Complete Unknown, shared an Instagram Story showing three notifications from Lime, the bike-sharing company. Two flagged an idle bike. The last was a parking penalty: “Your last ride did not end in a …
Read More »Bob Uecker, Baseball Broadcaster and 'Major League' Star, Dead at 90
Bob Uecker, the longtime Milwaukee Brewers announcer whose humorous banter in the broadcast booth made him a late-night TV favorite and an occasional actor, has died at the age of 90. The Brewers announced Uecker’s death Thursday on social media, with his family revealing in a statement that Uecker had …
Read More »Penn Badgley's Joe Returns to Where 'You' Began as Netflix Sets Final Season Release
It’s time for one last unsettling season of Joe Goldberg. On Thursday, Netflix released a new teaser for the “killer” final season of You, along with revealing its April 25 release date. “Hello, you. Do you remember me?” asks Joe ominously. “Because I remember you.” The minute-long trailer for the …
Read More »Justin Baldoni Says Blake Lively Tried to 'Destroy' Him With False Allegations in $400 Million Lawsuit
Justin Baldoni has filed a $400 million lawsuit against Blake Lively, accusing his It Ends With Us co-star of trying to “destroy” him with false allegations of sexual misconduct. The suit, filed in New York’s Southern District, accuses Lively, her husband, Ryan Reynolds, publicist Leslie Sloane, and her company, Vision …
Read More »State Farm Pulls Super Bowl Ad: 'Our Focus Is Providing Support to the People of Los Angeles'
With the wildfires still raging all across Los Angeles, State Farm – the largest property insurer in California – has decided to pull a commercial they were planning to broadcast during the Super Bowl on February 9. “State Farm, its agents, and employees are all focused on helping customers impacted …
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