TV amp; Movies

Alanis Morissette appeared on Everybody’s Live With John Mulaney to showcase her 1995 hit single “Ironic.” Performing with a live band, Morissette revived the iconic song, offering a notably impassioned rendition to the studio audience. After his introduction, host John Mulaney brought Morissette out early on the live Netflix talk …

Joe Don Baker, the prolific character actor who appeared in Seventies classics like Walking Tall and Junior Bonner and a trio of James Bond movies, has died at the age of 89. The actor’s May 7 death was revealed in a Legacy.com obituary (via the Hollywood Reporter) that was posted …

Chaos ensues in the trailer for Americana when a bunch of poor white people scramble to filch a “Lakota Indian ghost shirt,” as the only rich character describes it, and sell it for half a million dollars. The film stars Sydney Sweeney, Paul Walter Hauser, Halsey, Eric Dane, and Zahn …

You only need to know three things about the Bring Her Back trailer: Somebody says, “There’s something wrong with Laura.” Somebody else says, “We can bring her back.” And Sally Hawkins’ character (Laura!) seems creepy as hell in the horror movie, masterminded by directors Danny and Michael Philippou (Talk to …

At an orientation meeting on his first day of college, Benny is told, “You can be whoever you want to be here!” This is exactly what Benny wants —if only he can figure out who he wants to be. In high school, he was the star of the football team …

As a filmmaker, J.J. Abrams wears his influences on his sleeve. A die-hard Twilight Zone fan, he turned an episode of his first series, Felicity, into a black-and-white riff on that show’s famous “Five Characters in Search of an Exit,” while Lost was full of Rod Serling-esque twists. Abrams’ films …

For Star Wars fans, Mon Mothma was always an interesting character — a grave, regal woman who suddenly pops up in 1983’s Return of the Jedi as the leader of the Rebellion, mourning the death of “many Bothans.” Still, she had one scene, total (as played, at that point, by …

How can Joe and Eva dominate the game like this? It’s a question that’s been on every Survivor fan’s mind. Supposedly, Survivor 48 features 18 players struggling for the million-dollar prize, but sometimes it can feel like there are only two. Joe Hunter has all the allies. Eva Erickson’s got …

David Lynch had a storied history with the Cannes Film Festival. In 1990, the visionary director earned the prestigious honor of winning the Palme d’Or for Wild at Heart. Just over a decade later, he was presented with the award for Best Director for Mulholland Drive in 2001. The following …

Superman single-handedly stops wars, fights villains, and faces Lois Lane’s intense line of questioning in the latest trailer for the DC blockbuster soaring into multiplexes this July. The preview opens with David Corenswet’s Clark Kent answering inquiries from Rachel Brosnahan’s Lane, who — as opposed to previous Superman movies — …