And just like that… another chaotic, traumatizing, and strangely addictive season of And Just Like That… has come to an end. Season Two introduced penis pumps and a palatial new apartment into Carrie Bradshaw’s world, plus the reappearance of her former flame Aidan Shaw and the blink-and-you’ll-miss-it return of Samantha …
Read More »Sara Ramirez Wants to Remind You They Are Not Actually Che Diaz
Sara Ramirez would like to make one thing clear: they are not actually their And Just Like That character Che Diaz. In a new Instagram post, Ramirez, who uses they/them pronouns, addressed the ongoing criticism of Che, reminding viewers that the onscreen comedian is fictional. “I am not the fictional …
Read More »SAG Actors Want Higher Residuals. Here's How Streaming Residuals Work
SAG-AFTRA members have pressed pause on film and TV production for the past three weeks, aside from some greenlighted indie projects, in an effort to get Hollywood studios and streamers, or the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP), to offer them a fair deal. Last week, the Writers …
Read More »'Winning Time' Season Two Is an Air Ball From the Free-Throw Line
Throughout the Season Two premiere of HBO’s basketball drama Winning Time, various characters, from Lakers assistant coach Pat Riley (Adrien Brody) to Boston Celtics general manager Red Auerbach (Michael Chiklis) talk about how difficult it is to repeat as champions. The real Riley would eventually refer to this as “the …
Read More »Carrie Bradshaw Has Always Been a Terrible Prude
This week’s episode of And Just Like That… picks up where we left off twenty years ago: Carrie Bradshaw and Aidan Shaw are in bed together in a fancy hotel. They can’t seem to get room service delivered, but it seems like they’re having a lot of sex. Later on, …
Read More »With Theaters Sold Out For Days, Here's How to Score Tickets to See The 'Barbie' Movie Online
Are you ready to feel the Kenergy? Greta Gerwig’s plastic, pink-toned Barbie movie made $162 million in its first weekend, marking the biggest debut ever for a film directed by a woman. While the nostalgic enthusiasm and internet memes certainly fueled the hype, a combination of rave reviews, an endless …
Read More »How Did Charlotte Become the Breakout Star of 'And Just Like That…?'
I have never been a huge fan of Charlotte York Goldenblatt, the Upper East Side princess played by Kristin Davis in Sex and the City. As a New York Jew, I didn’t relate to her WASP-y country club optimism, nor was I particularly charmed by her wide-eyed pearl-clutching at her …
Read More »Edi Patterson Explains Why Judy Is the Most Gangster of 'The Righteous Gemstones'
The Righteous Gemstones wouldn’t gel without Judy. The middle sibling and only sister among three adult heirs to a televangelist empire in the brash, ungodly HBO series — played by the comedic wonder Edi Patterson, also a writer on the show — Judy Gemstone is a chaotic hinge for her …
Read More »'Full Circle': Steven Soderbergh's Max Series Is a Confounding Mystery
Midway through Steven Soderbergh’s new thriller miniseries Full Circle, Sam Browne (Claire Danes) asks her brooding husband Derek (Timothy Olyphant), “Is there something else going on?” The query comes as the Brownes are dealing with a kidnap threat against their son, an apparent murder, and someone targeting the corporate empire …
Read More »Reneé Rapp Exits 'Sex Lives of College Girls': The Show 'Changed My Life'
It’s the end of an era for Reneé Rapp. The actress and musician who stars as Leighton in MAX‘s The Sex Lives of College Girls revealed Monday that she’ll exit the show following its upcoming third season. In a Twitter statement, she thanked the show’s creators and celebrated how much …
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