In the spring of 2020, a handful of shows developed to air on the basic cable channel FX instead debuted exclusively on Hulu. It was an attempt to better integrate different parts of the Disney corporate family in the aftermath of Disney acquiring most of Fox’s film and television assets, …
Read More »Writers Strike: Joe Biden Says Hollywood Writers Deserve 'Fair Deal'
President Joe Biden showed his support for the the Writers Guild of America (WGA) writers whowent on strikeearlier this month. “Nights like these are a reminder of the power of stories, and the importance of treating storytellers with dignity, respect and the value they deserve,” said Biden before a screening …
Read More »Julia Louis-Dreyfus on Smoking Weed, Staying Married, and Bitching With Larry David
T he idiom “national treasure” tends to get thrown around quite a bit in the entertainment-journalism sphere, but no one is more worthy of it than Julia Louis-Dreyfus. After all, she’s appeared in two of the greatest television comedies ever in Seinfeld and Veep, cut her teeth on Saturday Night …
Read More »HBO's 'Being Mary Tyler Moore' Documentary Trailer Reframes American Womanhood
Crucial moments from Mary Tyler Moore‘s career archive paint an honest portrait of American womanhood in the official trailer for the forthcoming HBO documentary Being Mary Tyler Moore, set for release on May 26 on HBO and HBO Max. “Women are — or should be — human beings first, women …
Read More »'Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves' Arrives On On-Demand Streaming
It seems Dungeons & Dragons is practically everywhere these days, with the popular tabletop role-playing game garnering a buzzy film adaptation in Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves, which is now available to stream on VOD as of May 2. Helmed by John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein (who had …
Read More »Tom Hanks, Famous Nice Guy, Isn't Always So Nice
Tom Hanks — America’s perennial Hollywood sweetheart, the ultimate nice guy, dad vibes incarnate, father of Chet Hanks — admitted to occasionally being prone to bad behavior while working on film sets in a new interview with the BBC. Hanks was discussing his debut novel, The Making of Another Motion …
Read More »The New 'Book Club' Anthem by Steenburgen, Fonda, Keaton, and Bergen
For Mary Steenburgen, dreams don’t have an age limit. So, the longtime actress and songwriter is fulfilling one of her lifelong dreams with the release of “Anywhere With You,” a collaborative song co-written with Troy Verges and Caitlyn Smith and recorded with the help of a few recognizable friends: co-stars …
Read More »Cillian Murphy Becomes Death, Destroyer of Worlds in New 'Oppenheimer' Trailer
J. Robert Oppenheimer does his darnedest to bring about a little peace by creating the biggest damn bomb the world has ever seen in the new trailer for Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer. The upcoming film stars Cillian Murphy as the titular theoretical physicist who spearheaded the creation of the atomic bomb …
Read More »Drag Queens Cook Up Some 'Culinary Costumed Chaos' in 'Drag Me to Dinner' First Trailer
Some of the most iconic drag queens aren’t just about serving looks — they’re also serving… dinner on a new reality competition show! The results? They might have you gagging. On Monday, Rolling Stone premiered the trailer for Hulu‘s Drag Me to Dinner, a new cooking competition show starring some …
Read More »WGA Strike Halts Latest 'Game of Thrones' Spin-Off — But Not 'House of the Dragon'
George R.R. Martin knows that fans of his ever-expanding Game of Thrones universe have grown nervous at the news of projects across Hollywood being derailed by the ongoing Writers Guild of America strikes. In a new blog post, the author confirmed that the upcoming spin-off series A Knight of the …
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