Stephen Colbert salvaged the 2025 Emmy Awards, on a night when nobody else could. He was the show’s big winner, in terms of actual memorable moments. Colbert’s always had a knack for rising to the big occasion, but he turned this Emmys evening into a total humiliation for CBS, the …
Read More »Emmy Nominations 2025: Snubs and Surprises
When we talk about snubs and surprises with this year’s Emmy nominations, we’re at times stretching each term. Some of the “snubs” mentioned below involve shows or performances that weren’t necessarily the best, but fit the pattern of the kinds of things that usually get nominated, while others were great …
Read More »Ben Stiller Teases 'Severance' Season 3, Ariana Grande's Role in 'Meet the Parents 4'
Ben Stiller sat down with Zane Lowe for an in-depth chat about his upcoming projects, which include Season Three of his hit Apple TV show Severance and the fourth installment of the Meet the Parents franchise, which has added Ariana Grande to the cast. While Severance‘s second season just wrapped, …
Read More »See Tramell Tillman (Milchick) Lead Marching Band at 'Severance' Finale Panel
The innie world collided with the outies Friday at a Severance season finale panel as Tramell Tillman — who plays Mr. Milchick on the acclaimed series — made a grand entrance leading a marching band into Los Angeles’ Dolby Theater. At the PaleyFest Friday, Severance’s main cast and creative team …
Read More »'Severance' Creator on the Season 2 Finale and the Show's Future
This post contains spoilers for this week’s episode of Severance, which is now streaming on Apple TV+. A whole lot happens in the Severance Season Two finale, which we recapped here. Most notably, Innie and Outie Mark did a team-up of sorts to liberate Outie Mark’s wife Gemma from her …
Read More »Innies and Outies Rejoice: 'Severance' Renewed for Season Three
Following last night’s Season Two finale, Apple TV+ has confirmed — unsurprisingly — that Severance will return for a third season. The news was announced Friday morning, March 21, after Ben Stiller, the show’s director and executive producer, tweeted at Apple CEO Tim Cook: “So some fansare asking for Season …
Read More »'Severance' Episode 9: Goodbye for Now
This post contains spoilers for this week’s episode of Severance, “The After Hours,” which is now streaming on Apple TV+. For the last two weeks, Severance has set aside events on the severed floor to provide backstory on Gemma, and then on Harmony, with mixed results. The Gemma episode was …
Read More »'Severance'<em> </em>Director Ben Stiller Says He Offered Barack Obama a Voiceover Role
In the second season of Severance, Keanu Reeves provides narration for an animated short film in the workplace thriller, but show director Ben Stiller says the John Wick star wasn’t his first choice. During a Monday episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live, Stiller admits he had a short casting list and …
Read More »'Severance' Episode 7: Take My Wife, Please
This post contains spoilers for this week’s episode of Severance, “Chikhai Bardo,” which is now streaming on Apple TV+. Lumon management has spent much of Severance Season Two letting the innies get away with everything short of murder. They are largely unsupervised. They barely do any work. They were granted …
Read More »'Severance' Episode 6: My Chemical Romance(s)
This post contains spoilers for this week’s Severance episode, “Attila,” which is now streaming on Apple TV+. Midway through “Attila,” Gretchen impulsively kisses Dylan during her latest trip to the severed floor. Dylan, awestruck by this wonderful woman and this romantic gesture, laments that he can’t be with her all …
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