If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. The majority of the new FX miniseries Clipped takes place in 2013 and 2014, during a tumultuous basketball season where Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling was forced …
Read More »Netflix Spotlights Queer Stand-Up in 'Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution' Trailer
The history of queer stand-up comedy is at the center of the first trailer for Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution, the first feature-length documentary on the subject. The documentary, out via Netflix on June 18, was written and directed by Page Hurwitz. The clip showcases the vibe of the film, which …
Read More »Rebel Wilson Says the Idea That Only Gay Actors Can Play Gay Roles Is 'Total Nonsense'
Rebel Wilson said the idea that only straight actors can play straight roles and gay actors can play gay roles is “total nonsense.” In an appearance on BBC Radio 4’s “Desert Island Discs,” the Australian actor responded to host Lauren Laverne when she asked if Wilson felt there was a …
Read More »The Glasgow Willy Wonka Disaster Event Is Now the Subject of a Parody Song Performed by John Stamos
Something shifted when Timothée Chalamet put on the coat and top hat that transformed him into a budding chocolatier in Paul King’s Wonka. That simple act has moved us collectively into a chaos-ridden timeline in which families can get ripped off at a knockoff Willy Wonka-themed family event in Glasgow …
Read More »Feuding Co-Workers Get Medieval on Each Other in 'Ren Faire'
If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. About halfway through the first episode of the new HBO docuseries Ren Faire, Jeff Baldwin likens his workplace to Shakespeare’s King Lear. Baldwin sees himself as Cordelia, the …
Read More »'Rust' Doc Footage Will Not Be Evidence in Alec Baldwin Trial: L.A. Judge
A judge decided on Monday that footage from a documentary about the making of the movie Rust, the beleaguered production where cinematographer Halyna Hutchins was shot dead in 2021, will not be allowed as evidence in the prosecution of Alec Baldwin, according to Variety. Baldwin, whom prosecutors claim fired the …
Read More »Everything We Know About 'Knives Out 3'
Rian Johnson, the writer and director behind Knives Out and Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, loves whodunits, particularly due to “how malleable the genre is,” he shared on X last month. Johnson, who considers Agatha Christie’s Death on the Nile(1978) andEvil Under the Sun(1982) touchstone films, announced the latest …
Read More »'In a Violent Nature' Is Sick, Unsettling, and Once-in-a-Generation Slasher Flick
Imagine the Dardenne brothers got very high one night on some primo hash, then directed a slasher flick. That may be the best way to describe In a Violent Nature, and yes, we admit that this review has already drawn battle lines: You can sense jump-scare purists scoffing, arthouse habitues …
Read More »The 'Summer House' Season 8 Finale Is All About Girl Power
On Thursday night’s finale of Summer House, viewers finally saw Lindsay Hubbard and Carl Radke’s highly anticipated breakup talk. While it was obvious all season long that the former friends turned lovers were not in a good place — and news of their split originally broke nearly a year ago …
Read More »Jimmy Kimmel Reacts to Trump Verdict: The Jury Spanked Him 'Even Harder Than Stormy Did'
Christmas came early for Jimmy Kimmel, who gleefully responded to Donald Trump‘s guilty verdict last night on Jimmy Kimmel Live. The late-night host opened the show by announcing, “We have a verdict in the case of the people vs. OJ… I mean DJ… Donald John Trump is guilty of 34 …
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