How much time do you have to spend around blood-thirsty and flesh-eating creatures on set before they start to rub off on you? Asking for Pedro Pascal, who developed gnarly supernatural desires while progressing through hotter and hotter chicken wings on Hot Ones. The Last of Us star was unfazed …
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THIS POST CONTAINS spoilers for this week’s episode of The Mandalorian, “The Mines of Mandalore.” After last week’s premiere suggested that a good chunk of this season would involve Mando going on various side quests in order to eventually win his way back into the Watch’s good graces, “The Mines …
Read More »'The Last of Us' Introduces the Cannibal Cult Leader From Hell
THIS POST CONTAINS spoilers for this week’s episode of The Last of Us, “When We Are in Need.” “When We Are in Need” is, for its first half, among the more low-key installments of Last of Us Season One. We are still in Colorado, still with Ellie helping Joel heal …
Read More »'The Mandalorian' Season Three Gets Off to a Disappointing Start
THIS POST CONTAINS spoilers for this week’s episode of The Mandalorian, “The Apostate.” A strange thing happens at the start of The Mandalorian Season Three. We open, of course, with a montage of events from previous seasons that will be relevant to what’s about to happen. So we are reminded …
Read More »'The Last of Us' Gives Ellie a Tragically Beautiful Gay Love Story of Her Own
THIS POST CONTAINS spoilers for this week’s episode of The Last of Us, “Left Behind.” The world of The Last of Us is both vast and tiny. Over the course of seven episodes, we’ve traveled from Texas to Boston to Colorado, with a stop in Jakarta. We’ve seen planes crash, …
Read More »'The Last of Us' Episode 6: Pedro Pascal's Powerhouse Performance
THIS POST CONTAINS spoilers for this week’s episode of The Last of Us, “Kin.” Late in “Kin,” Joel passes the time on a long ride by explaining the rules of football to Ellie. “So, basically, just moving in one direction?” she asks. “Basically,” he acknowledges. “But violent.” This could perhaps …
Read More »'The Last of Us' Episode 5: These Deaths Will Tear Your Heart Out
THIS POST CONTAINS spoilers for this week’s episode of The Last of Us, “Endure and Survive.” “Endure and Survive” takes its title from the catchphrase of a comic book that Ellie (Bella Ramsey) and her new friend Sam (Keivonn Woodard) find while traveling out of Kansas City with Joel (Pedro …
Read More »Creator of the Viral Pedro Pascal Fancam Explains Why the Actor Is TikTok's Favorite Daddy
Every Sunday night, fans of Pedro Pascal can tune in to HBO to watch the Chilean actor star as the stoic, sexy, reluctant father figure Joel in The Last Of Us. But on TikTok, weekly episodes aren’t enough — stanning Pascal is a full-time gig. Fans on the app have …
Read More »'The Last of Us' Welcomes a 'Yellowjackets' Star, Who's Out for Blood
THIS POST CONTAINS spoilers for this week’s episode of The Last of Us, “Please Hold to My Hand.” After last week’s romantic magnum opus that was Bill and Frank’s beautiful, heartbreaking post-apocalyptic love story, “Please Hold to My Hand” can’t help but feel like a bit of a comedown — …
Read More »SNL and Pedro Pascal Transform 'Mario Kart' Into 'The Last of Us'
Following a fun cold open boasting Bowen Yang as the shot-down Chinese spy balloon, SNL aired a fake trailer for a dystopian The Last of Us-style HBO version of Mario Kart, starring host Pedro Pascal as Mario and Chloe Fineman as Princess Peach, as well as Kenan Thompson as Bowser. …
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