Trailers are designed to stir up excitement, the amuse-bouche that whets your appetite for the three-course meal. Occasionally, the oldest marketing trick in the book backfires. When Sony dropped a sneak peek at Madame Web, the newest addition to the company’s roster of Spider-Man–related films and another of their corporate …
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Cast members from Parks and Recreation, including the beloved mini-horse L’il Sebastian, reunited on the picket lines for the SAG-AFTRA strike outside of Amazon’s offices in Culver City, California on Friday. Aubrey Plaza, Nick Offerman, Retta, Adam Scott, Jim O’Heir, Sam Elliott, Ben Schwartz, Alison Becker, among others, banded together …
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This post contains spoilers for the season finale of Party Down, “Sepulveda Basin High School Spring Play Opening Night.” Throughout the publicity campaign for Starz’s unexpected revival of Party Down, the stars and producers of the comedy cult classic all lamented the fact that Lizzy Caplan was not able to …
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When the time came for the cast and crew of Party Down to reassemble for an improbable sequel season, the first order of business was to find out when Adam Scott would be available to do it. “The truth is,” explains Party Down co-creator Rob Thomas, “that we found a …
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In the new Ant-Man film, Paul Rudd’s character learns all about the concept of alternate timelines. In an alternate version of our own timeline, he would have starred in Party Down. Rudd co-created the great Starz comedy, which is improbably rising from the dead later this month, with TV producer …
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One sunny winter morning on a Malibu cliff overlooking the Pacific, a luau for radio-contest winners is in full swing. Dozens of middle-aged men in loud Hawaiian shirts are pregaming for a Sting concert, and mostly being ignored by a staff of cater-waiters tripping balls on mushrooms. Bartender Henry Pollard, …
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Television’s least productive but most lovable catering team is back, with Starz confirming that the third season of Party Down will arrive in February. The cult comedy will hit Starz’s streaming app and on-demand platforms at midnight Feb. 24, with the episode getting a proper broadcast premiere at 9 p.m. …
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For the first time in three years, Comic-Con is finally back in San Diego in full force, bringing hundreds of thousands of comic book and pop culture fans to the San Diego Convention Center — many of whom, predictably, arrived decked out in elaborate fantasy garb and cosplay, even on …
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