TV amp; Movies

There have been a lot of days lately where it’s felt like the traditional broadcast TV networks haven’t been trying very hard. Their primary goal, it so often seems, is to keep generating spin-offs of pre-existing franchises (coming soon, probably: FBI: IT Enterprise Services Division) and to provide library content …

Ever since she burst onto the scene more than a decade ago, audiences have struggled to separate Lena Dunham the writer-director-actress from the female leads she creates. First, there was Aura, the floundering film-school student at the center of her semi-autobiographical indie Tiny Furniture, which lit up the festival circuit …

Saturday Night Live provided a meme-filled look at Russia’s disinformation campaign and its escalating situation with Ukraine during the show’s latest cold open. In the sketch, a trio of White House employees give President Biden (James Austin Johnson) a rundown at Russia’s efforts to seed unrest in the neighboring Ukraine, …

The usual prep for Sundance involves a good deal of packing (warm coats, snow-ready boots, a dozen thermals and a lot of Theraflu) and several weeks of intense physical training (wind sprints to better catch fast-moving shuttles, long stairmaster sessions for those screenings at the fourth floor Library theater, extreme-cold …

UPDATE:Disney has responded to Peter Dinklage’s criticism of its live-action remake of Snow White and the Seven Dwarves, The Wrap reports. “To avoid reinforcing stereotypes from the original animated film, we are taking a different approach with these seven characters and have been consulting with members of the dwarfism community,” …

Evan Rachel Wood claims that she was “essentially raped on-camera” by Marilyn Manson in the first part of Phoenix Rising, Wood’s new documentary that premiered Sunday night at the Sundance Film Festival. The film details her on-again, off-again relationship with the rocker, who Wood claimed “horrifically abused” her for years …

With former cast member Will Forte back as host, his beloved MacGruber character returned to Saturday Night Live… as an anti-vax, Fauci-hating conspiracy theorist. Joined by Kristen Wiig and Ryan Phillippe — Forte’s co-stars on the new MacGruber Peacock series — the bumbling special agent and his cohorts are locked …

Autism experts like to say that if you’ve met one person with autism, you’ve met one person with autism. The autism spectrum is so wide and broad that each case presents itself with snowflake-like uniqueness. You can find two people who are at roughly the same level of functioning with …

Saturday Night Live’s Weekend Update returned from its winter break — and Colin Jost returned from his reported bout with Covid-19 — with a look at President Joe Biden’s rough start to 2022. “Just like everybody else, President Biden’s New Year’s resolution fell apart in the third week of January. …

Maggie Gyllenhaal showed off her musical talent in a segment on The Tonight Show.The clip, dubbed “Random Instrument Challenge,” saw the actress and director attempting to perform “Sweet Home Alabama” on a lap steel guitar. The recurring segment featured Gyllenhaal and host Jimmy Fallon playing randomly generated songs on random …