The West Wing is headed to the actual West Wing. To celebrate the show’s 25th anniversary, creator Aaron Sorkin and stars Martin Sheen, Dulé Hill, Janel Moloney, and more will appear at the White House with First Lady Jill Biden today, Sept. 20, Variety reports. The event was announced earlier …
Read More »'Pachinko' Revisits a Devastating Historical Tragedy
This post contains spoilers for this week’s episode of Pachinko, which is now streaming on Apple TV+. Among the many highlights of the incredible first season of the Apple historical epic Pachinko was its penultimate chapter. Until that point, the series had largely bounced back and forth between Korea in …
Read More »'Omni Loop' Asks: What If You Had One Week to Live Forever?
The movies do not deserve Mary Louise Parker. Her work in the New York theater scene since the 1990s has been rightfully praised from Broadway to the Battery, and the serialized nature of television has allowed her to flex character-developing muscles and play the emotional scales several times over; say …
Read More »Ridley Scott Already Wants to Start Working on 'Gladiator III'
Ridley Scott may be two months away from the release of Gladiator II and his 87th birthday, but he’s already cooking up an idea for a third Gladiator flick. In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, the filmmaker was asked about next projects and flat-out said, “I’d rather get on …
Read More »'Veep' Cast Will Reunite for Fundraising Table Read of Julia Louis-Dreyfus' Viral POTUS Reveal
Back in 2014, Julia Louis-Dreyfus‘s Veep character Selina Meyer became the first female U.S. president by way of the sitting president not seeking reelection. A decade later, we’re living in a similar timeline in the real world as Vice President Kamala Harris continues her campaign for the presidency. Ahead of …
Read More »Lorne Michaels Has 'No Immediate Plan' to Leave 'Saturday Night Live' After Season 50
Lorne Michaels is giving Saturday Night Live an anniversary gift. As the show enters its 50th season, the sketch-comedy show’s creator has presented it with the gift of his continued involvement in it. In 2020, Michaels planted the seeds of the idea that he would exit the show following this …
Read More »Queen Latifah, Will Smith to Produce a Biopic About Her Life
Three film and television studios that center Black stories are coming together to produce a slate of hip-hop biopics — and they’ve announced that Queen Latifah’s will be first. Neither a writer nor director has been announced yet, but Queen Latifah herself will be one of the producers through her …
Read More »'Agatha All Along': The Witch Is Back! And So Is Marvel TV MVP Kathryn Hahn!
When we last left Agatha Harkness — centuries-old alpha witch, Salem trials OG, subject of the catchiest fake-TV theme song since “Too Many Cooks” — she’d been imprisoned by Wanda Maximoff (a.k.a. the Scarlet Witch) in an illusion of small-town Americana, and left to play the part of the nosy …
Read More »The Golden Bachelorette Joan Vassos on Never Being 'Invisible' Again
When Joan Vassos appeared on The Golden Bachelor last year, attempting to win the heart of Gerry Turner before she left the show early because of a family emergency, she said something that resonated deeply with many viewers: “As you get older you become more invisible. People don’t see you …
Read More »George Clooney Confirms He Is Feeling 'Hopeful' About the Presidential Election
George Clooney has been cited as an influence over President Joe Biden‘s decision to step down from the 2024 presidential campaign following the actor’s much-read op-ed in The New York Times. In the piece, the actor wrote that while he loves President Biden as a person and politician, “the one …
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