A 17-year-old has been arrested in connection to the killing of Koko Da Doll (also known as Rasheeda Williams), a trans woman who was the subject of the hit Sundance documentary Kokomo City. According to a statement from the Atlanta Police Department, the suspect turned himself in at a precinct …
Read More »'Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3' Is Yet Another Big Marvel Movie Misstep
The whole thing felt like a glorious fluke from the get-go. Never mind all those top-tier, name-recognized Marvel superheroes that were being trotted out in the name of establishing a multimedia, cross-branded empire. Let’s spend a lot of money on an obscure late ’60s comic-book title, using characters from its …
Read More »'Red Table Talk': In Loving Memory of the Wildest Moments
R.I.P. to one of the best talk shows in the game. Red Table Talk will no longer air on Facebook Watch after parent company Meta shuttered all of its Facebook Watch shows for a pivot to VR programming. Hosted by Jada Pinkett Smith, Willow Smith, and Adrienne Banfield-Norris, the three …
Read More »Patrick Stewart Narrates His Journey From 'Star Trek' to 'X-Men' in New Memoir
Sir Patrick Stewart will recount his life story, including plenty of Star Trek and X-Men anecdotes, in the memoir, Making It So, out Oct. 3. Stewart, who has a dulcet, Shakespearean speaking voice, also narrated the audiobook edition of the memoir himself. “Revisiting my life from my earliest memories and …
Read More »Jonathan Majors Ordered to Stay Away From Alleged Victim Ahead of Court Date
A judge granted a full temporary order of protection for the alleged victim in the case against Jonathan Majors. On Thursday, press secretary for the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office, Doug Cohen, confirmed that a “judge granted a full temporary order of protection for the victim, per the People’s request and …
Read More »'Sweet Tooth' Season 2: Netflix's Gentler 'The Last of Us' Is Back
The Last of Us struck a nerve with its story of a grizzled cynic shepherding a youngster across a treacherous post-apocalyptic America. But Sweet Tooth got there first, even if it didn’t create as much of a fuss. The dark Netflix YA drama premiered in June 2021, when the Covid …
Read More »'Citadel' Is a $300 Million Disaster for Amazon
Imagine for a moment that in the late 2000s, Marvel did not simply announce a movie about Iron Man, but that they would simultaneously go into production on Captain America, Thor, and Avengers films, with even more in immediate development, and that these would be among the most expensive movies …
Read More »Jerry Springer, Ringmaster of Pugilistic Talk-Show Circus, Dead at 79
Jerry Springer, the controversial and influential talk-show host who fused chaos and entertainment while showcasing the underbelly of America on daytime television, died Thursday at the age of 79. Springer’s family confirmed his death in a statement to Rolling Stone, noting that he died peacefully at his home in the …
Read More »'Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret' Is a Coming-of-Age-Movie Masterpiece
When was the first time you realized you were a woman? Was it when you got your first period? Was it when you had your first heartbreak? Was it when you were in ninth grade and the unibrowed kid on your school bus wouldn’t stop calling you a slut, despite …
Read More »Barack Obama Asks Americans If They're Happy With Their Jobs in 'Working' Trailer
“What does it take to feel satisfied?” Barack Obama asks in the trailer for the new docuseries, Working: What We Do All Day, which premieres on Netflix on May 17. He also asks, “What makes a good job … good?” And then Americans who work in technology, hospitality, and home …
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