Brett Favre’s gridiron glory overshadows his unchecked behavior in the new trailer for the documentary on the controversial NFL legend, Untold: The Fall of Favre. Directed by Rebecca Gitlitz, the latest episode of the Untold series primarily digs into Favre’s deification as a quarterback and the various scandals he’s found …
Read More »'The Last of Us' Episode 3: The Quiet After the Storm
This post contains spoilers for this week’s episode of The Last of Us, which is now streaming on Max. Between its massive action set piece and the brutal murder of one of the show’s two lead characters, the previous installment of The Last of Us, “Through the Valley,” was about …
Read More »John Oliver Slams RFK Jr.: 'Clearly in Way Over His Worm-Riddled Head'
John Oliver took aim at RFK Jr. on the most recent episode of Last Week Tonight. The late-night host discussed the Secretary of Health and Human Services’s cuts to his department, his anti-vaccine stance, and his “dehumanizing” recent comments about autistic people. “RFK needs to go,” Oliver said on the …
Read More »John Lithgow Responds to 'Odd' Backlash Over 'Harry Potter' Casting
John Lithgow has responded to the backlash over his participation in the forthcoming HBO Harry Potter series. The Conclave actor joined the cast as Albus Dumbledore despite anti-trans rhetoric from author J.K. Rowling, who is an executive producer on the show. Lithgow told The Times in the U.K. over the …
Read More »Pay Attention You Must: George Lucas Explains Why Yoda Talks Like That
George Lucas broke down the origins of Yoda’s “very distinctive way of talking” at a 45th anniversary screening of The Empire Strikes Back at the 2025 TCM Classic Film Festival last week. Lucas was asked about Yoda’s particular patter, which often found the character doing away with typical sentence structure …
Read More »'Top Gun: Maverick' Writer's Cousin Says He Wrote 'Key Scenes' in New Lawsuit
Another lawsuit centered on the Oscar-nominated script for Top Gun: Maverick has been filed, with the cousin of co-writer Eric Singer claiming that he made significant contributions to the film without credit or compensation. In the suit, obtained by Rolling Stone, Shaun Gray said that Singer enlisted his help after …
Read More »Jiggly Caliente, 'RuPaul's Drag Race' Star, Dead at 44
Jiggly Caliente, the RuPaul’s Drag Race star who also appeared on the TV show Pose, has died at the age of 44. The performer’s family announced Caliente’s death Sunday on social media; while no cause of death was provided, her family revealed just days before her death that Caliente had …
Read More »Move Over, Grogu — There's a New Fuzzy Whatsit in Town
When director Isaiah Saxon began his search for the voice of Ochi, the titular creature in his new film, The Legend of Ochi, he didn’t look to established actors, but YouTube. “I typed in ‘throat whistling,’ and I found this guy with one video on his account where he’s in …
Read More »'The Shrouds' Director David Cronenberg Wants to Retire the Term 'Body Horror'
David Cronenberg, aficionado of the unnerving, won’t let his feelings about a creator get in the way of a creation. “I still love my Tesla,” says the filmmaker, seated in a dimly lit conference room at the Criterion Collection’s Manhattan office. “My relationship with my Tesla has nothing to do …
Read More »Bill Maher Slams Larry David's Satirical Hitler Essay: Insults 'Six Million Dead Jews'
Bill Maher was not a fan of Larry David’s recent satirical “My Dinner With Adolf” essay in the New York Times. In a new interview with Piers Morgan, Maher slammed the comedian’s essay, which he said compared his recent meeting with Trump to a meeting with Hitler, calling the scorching …
Read More »