The trailer for Abbott Elementary Season Five, premiering exclusively on Rolling Stone, opens with Chingy’s “Right Thurr” — the perfect, high energy soundtrack for the beloved sitcom’s return slated for Oct. 1 via ABC. The clip begins with Quinta Brunson‘s character Ms. Teagues, declaring, “Welcome back!” and soon devolves into …
Read More »What the Hell Is Going On Now With the Blake Lively-Justin Baldoni Saga?
For almost a year now, I’ve had to dedicate an unusually large amount of brain space to two figures who, to be frank, had previously occupied next to none: Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni. As someone who both uses the internet and reads the news (I’m a rare unicorn, I …
Read More »'Overcompensating' Renewed for Second Season: 'Officially Going Back 2 School'
Benito Skinner‘s Overcompensating is coming back for another round on Amazon Prime Video. The comedian and show creator, who stars as Benny in the show, announced the news on social media Wednesday. “WE’RE OFFICIALLY GOING BACK 2 SCHOOL,” Skinner wrote in an Instagram post alongside a series of photos and …
Read More »Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Kimmel Condemn 'Monstrous' Charlie Kirk Shooting Death
Stephen Colbert spoke out about the death of Charlie Kirk on the most recent episode of The Late Show, reminding viewers that “political violence does not solve any of our political differences.” “Good evening, everybody,” Colbert said as he opened the late-night show. “After our scripts for tonight’s show were …
Read More »Bowen Yang Pays Tribute to Heidi Gardner After Her Exit From 'Saturday Night Live'
Bowen Yang praised his ‘Saturday Night Live‘ co-star and collaborator Heidi Gardner after her exit from the late-night sketch show. Speaking on his Las Culturistas podcast, Yang said of Gardner, “You are one of the greats. You will go down in history.” Gardner is one of several cast members not …
Read More »Goodbye, 'Downton Abbey' (Finally!)
Partings, as we all know, are such sweet sorrow, even the ones that seem to go on forever. Over a dozen years, six series, 52 episodes, five specials, and two feature films that played at a theater near you, Downton Abbey looked backwards at a bygone England beating back early-20th-century …
Read More »Sydney Sweeney Fights Like Hell in 'Christy' Trailer
In an early scene in the official trailer for boxer Christy Martin’s biopic Christy, the boxing promoter Don King (Chad L. Coleman) is fascinated by Martin, portrayed with a particular awards season buzz by Sydney Sweeney. When they meet, she’s on track to become a world champion, one of the …
Read More »Cillian Murphy Doesn't 'Know Anything' About Who Will Play Voldemort in 'Harry Potter' Series
Cillian Murphy isn’t taking up the mantle as Voldemort in the Harry Potter series currently in development at HBO. During a recent appearance on Josh Horowitz’s Happy Sad Confused podcast, the actor denied that rumors of him taking the role of the villain have any credibility. “I don’t know anything …
Read More »Fran Drescher on the Legend of Bobbi Flekman
As we learn in 1984’s This Is Spinal Tap, money talks, bullshit walks, and Fran Drescher will always dominate any scene in which she finds herself. Nine years before her ascension to TV superstardom with The Nanny, a 26-year-old Drescher was unforgettable as Polymer Records label publicist Bobbi Flekman, a …
Read More »'The Furnace Just Lit Up': Daniel and Ronan Day-Lewis on 'Anemone'
I nside a modest room on the northern side of the Chelsea Hotel, as the midday sun pours in through a window, with the noises of the bustling street several floors below bleeding through the walls, Daniel Day-Lewis is in deep concentration. Or rather, the 67-year-old actor appears to be …
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