Comedian Hannah Gadsby got famous for quitting comedy. But in their newest comedy special, titled Something Special, they do something they consider much more difficult: fall in love The Australian comedian, who uses they/them pronouns, became a household name in 2019 after releasing their explosive and eye-opening special Nanette. A …
Read More »Alicia Keys Performs Gorgeous 'If I Ain't Got You' With All-Women Orchestra
Alicia Keys is taking “If I Ain’t Got You” to the 1700s. On Monday, the singer celebrated the 20th anniversary of the classic — and the premiere of Queen Charlotte on Netflix — by performing the track alongside an orchestra made up of 74 women of color. Donning a Victorian …
Read More »Dianna Agron Has Come a Long Way From 'Glee'
Dianna Agron comes off as remarkably calm, cool, and collected. Now 37, she seems sure of herself in ways she perhaps wasn’t when she exploded onto the scene in 2009 as Quinn Fabray, the head cheerleader on Ryan Murphy’s culture-shifting musical-dramedy Glee. She isn’t interested in examining her past relationships …
Read More »'Stranger Things' Halts Final Season Production: 'It Is Not Possible During This Strike'
Stranger Things fans will have to wait a little longer than expected for the series’ fifth and final season as production was postponed due to the ongoing Writers Guild of America strike. Series creators the Duffer Brothers informed fans of the news on the Stranger Writers Twitter — an account …
Read More »'Jewish Matchmaking' Could've Been a Shanda. But It's Smart and Sweet
There’s a saying in the Jewish community that certain things are bad for the Jews. The list largely includes people with a great deal of power and money who use it for nefarious ends: Bernie Madoff, Jeffrey Epstein, Woody Allen. (Other things that are arguably not-so-great for the Jews: Einstein’s …
Read More »'Bridgerton' Prequel 'Queen Charlotte' Is a Royal Bust
How do you fit arranged marriage, forced childbearing, mentall illness, tabloid gossip, string covers of pop songs, high-society scheming, racial revolution, and a shit-ton of dresses into a six-episode Netflix series? Well, if you’re Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story, you do so with a bang. You know which kind I’m …
Read More »How the 2007-08 Writers' Strike Changed 'The Office' and 'Breaking Bad'
The last time the Writers Guild of America went on strike against the Hollywood studios was in November 2007, which feels like a million generations ago. George W. Bush was still president; the broadcast networks still had an enormous footprint on the pop-culture landscape; and House of Cards, the first …
Read More »Who Needs Couples Therapy When You've Got a New Season of Netflix's 'The Ultimatum'
Questioning a future with your partner? Anxious about commitment? Who needs couples therapy with a trained professional when The Ultimatum is here to put your relationship through a scorching hot, televised crucible?! The streaming service — which has really started to corner the market on outrageous dating shows/social experiments — …
Read More »Why Striking Hollywood Writers Fear an AI Future
For the first time since 2007, before streaming giants like Netflix, Hulu, Disney+, and HBO Max existed, members of the Writers Guild of America went on strike May 1 after failing to negotiate a deal with Hollywood studios. The Writers Guild of America (WGA) entered into contract discussions with the …
Read More »'SNL,' Late-Night, Scripted Shows Go Dark After Hollywood Writers Strike
It’s never been funny to tell the same joke twice. If the material on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon and Jimmy Kimmel Live! wasn’t already stale by the time it left the host’s mouths, it certainly will be when those same episodes are looped back into rotation as production …
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