In the Nineties teen rom-com 10 Things I Hate About You, Kat Stratford (Julia Stiles), the film’s Riot Grrrl rebel who listens to Letters to Cleo and idolizes Sylvia Plath, wants nothing more than to attend Sarah Lawrence College. The choice tracks. A liberal arts college with fewer than 2,000 …
Read More »Who Knew a Kinky Sex Party With Cara Delevingne Could Be So Boring?
If you were an adolescent with occasional bouts of insomnia in the early 2000s, you probably grew up watching Real Sex, the groundbreaking HBO series that aired in the wee hours before softcore time-travel movies and re-airings of Problem Child 3. Real Sex was truly revolutionary: it was frank, straightforward, …
Read More »Pharrell Teaches Tyler, The Creator the Other Meaning of House Music in 'RapCaviar Presents' Clip
Tyler, The Creator recalls the moment Pharrell inspired him to really get serious about music in a new clip from Hulu’s upcoming docuseries, RapCaviar Presents. In the clip, Tyler talks about how Pharrell — a longtime influence and mentor figure — was there for him at a pivotal moment in …
Read More »Fred Armisen, Margaret Cho, Ayo Edebiri Join Mel Brooks' Twisted 'History of the World, Part II' in New Trailer
AP U.S. history students who couldn’t wait to tell everyone they were in AP U.S. History have some new material to study up on with the return of Mel Brooks‘ classic 1981 comedy History of the World. In the first official full-length trailer for the eight-episode Hulu series, out March …
Read More »See Jack Harlow as Hoops Hustler in New Teaser for 'White Men Can't Jump' Remake
The remake of beloved basketball movie White Men Can’t Jump, starring Jack Harlow as a hoops hustler, will arrive on Hulu in May. On Sunday, hours before the Grammys, the streaming service announced the May 19 release date for the new spin on the 1992 classic, as well as a …
Read More »Exclusive: Nile Rodgers and The Temptations' Otis Williams Talk Black Music's Revolution
In Episode Three of Hulu’s The 1619 Project, narrator and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones argues that Black Americans have, and still do, create and transform America’s musical landscape. In between a narrative arc examining the history of Black participation in music, the docuseries also speaks to several musical legends …
Read More »'It Felt Like a Rape': Pamela Anderson on Her Sex Tape Saga
In recent years, the documentary realm has been the place for cultural reappraisals of famous women torn asunder by the invisible hands of misogyny. A series of documentaries and investigative pieces surrounding Britney Spears, coupled with the fan-initiated #FreeBritney movement, led to the end of the pop superstar’s cruel conservatorship. …
Read More »Hulu's 'The 1619 Project' Is the American History the GOP Wants Us to Forget
In the first episode of Hulu’s new docuseries The 1619 Project, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones strolls in her Air Jordans down a picturesque path in Williamsburg, Virginia. With the help of Woody Holton, a Professor of History at the University of South Carolina, Hannah-Jones explores how slaves in Virginia …
Read More »Mel Brooks Reveals All-Star Ensemble That Will Tell More 'History of the World'
Over 40 years after Mel Brooks had the presence of mind to title his epic 1981 comedy History of the World, Part I, the film’s sequel is finally set for release with a similarly all-star ensemble and factually loose portrayal of historic events. As opposed to its predecessor — which …
Read More »Murder and Muscles Form an Empire in Hulu's 'Welcome To Chippendales' Trailer
Welcome to Chippendales, the forthcoming limited series chronicling the true story of Somen “Steve” Banerjee, lands somewhere at the intersection of muscles and murder. In the first teaser trailer for the show arriving on Hulu on Nov. 22, Kumail Nanjiani stars as the socially awkward male-stripping empire founder who would …
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