The King is dead. Long live…who, exactly? With the passing of Viserys Targaryen — valar morghulis, buddy — the big question posed by this entire first season of House of the Dragon has now become inescapable. Who will sit on the Iron Throne now that House Targaryen’s patriarch has finally …
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“If it bleeds, it leads” goes the old saying about the way TV newsrooms choose their stories. Grisly murders, gruesome accidents, and graphic violence often lead news broadcasts because producers know just as well as politicians that scaring people is a great way to make sure they keep paying attention …
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The casts of Veep and The West Wing, two of Rolling Stone’s 100 Best TV Shows of All Time, reunited virtually for a livestream crossover event Sunday to raise funds for the Democratic Party of Wisconsin. “The ultimate team-up!” Veep showrunner David Mandel tweeted Sunday to announce the event. “It’s …
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Netflix has released its new trailer for upcoming comedy horror series Wednesday, and it has revealed that Fred Armisen will portray Uncle Fester, and also gave a first peek at Christina Ricci‘s new role. Ricci previously portrayed a wicked Wednesday in the two Barry Sonnenfeld-directed Addams Family films, 1991’s The …
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“If you don’t recognize the accent, I’m Irish,” said actor Brendan Gleeson as he began his first-ever Saturday Night Live appearance as host. “And if you don’t recognize the face, I’m that fellow that you’ve seen in that thing that you’ve seen that you can’t remember but you think you …
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When SNL spoofed the Try Guys cheating scandal, the real punchline was the media for covering such a dumb story at all in light of everything else in the world (see: the SNL Cold Open.) The segment opened with Ego Nwodim as a CNN anchor speaking to White House correspondent …
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Saturday Night Live tackled Herschel Walker’s abortion scandal, President Joe Biden’s marijuana pardons and Kanye West’s White Lives Matter controversy in a packed Weekend Update segment. “The midterms are only a month away, and is it just me or are some candidates trying to lose?” co-anchor Colin Jost asked. Jost …
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Over two years after it was first reported that Tom Cruise might shoot a film aboard the International Space Station, it appears that the actor is inching closer to becoming “the first civilian to do a spacewalk.” Back in May 2020, NASA confirmed that they were in talks with Cruise …
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Michael J. Fox and Christopher Lloyd reunited during a Back to the Future panel at Comic Con in New York on Saturday. The pair — who starred in the three-film franchise — discussed their longtime friendship and working together, as AV Club reports. The pair also recently reunited in 2020 …
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Early in Todd Fields’ Tár, Lydia Tár (played by Cate Blanchett) — a world renowned conductor; the rare maestro to cross over into something approaching mainstream recognition, with the money, orchestral appointments, sycophants, and New Yorker coverage to prove it — makes a decision. She is at the height of …
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