The trailer for Abbott Elementary Season Five, premiering exclusively on Rolling Stone, opens with Chingy’s “Right Thurr” — the perfect, high energy soundtrack for the beloved sitcom’s return slated for Oct. 1 via ABC. The clip begins with Quinta Brunson‘s character Ms. Teagues, declaring, “Welcome back!” and soon devolves into …
Read More »What the Hell Is Going On Now With the Blake Lively-Justin Baldoni Saga?
For almost a year now, I’ve had to dedicate an unusually large amount of brain space to two figures who, to be frank, had previously occupied next to none: Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni. As someone who both uses the internet and reads the news (I’m a rare unicorn, I …
Read More »'Overcompensating' Renewed for Second Season: 'Officially Going Back 2 School'
Benito Skinner‘s Overcompensating is coming back for another round on Amazon Prime Video. The comedian and show creator, who stars as Benny in the show, announced the news on social media Wednesday. “WE’RE OFFICIALLY GOING BACK 2 SCHOOL,” Skinner wrote in an Instagram post alongside a series of photos and …
Read More »Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Kimmel Condemn 'Monstrous' Charlie Kirk Shooting Death
Stephen Colbert spoke out about the death of Charlie Kirk on the most recent episode of The Late Show, reminding viewers that “political violence does not solve any of our political differences.” “Good evening, everybody,” Colbert said as he opened the late-night show. “After our scripts for tonight’s show were …
Read More »Bowen Yang Pays Tribute to Heidi Gardner After Her Exit From 'Saturday Night Live'
Bowen Yang praised his ‘Saturday Night Live‘ co-star and collaborator Heidi Gardner after her exit from the late-night sketch show. Speaking on his Las Culturistas podcast, Yang said of Gardner, “You are one of the greats. You will go down in history.” Gardner is one of several cast members not …
Read More »Goodbye, 'Downton Abbey' (Finally!)
Partings, as we all know, are such sweet sorrow, even the ones that seem to go on forever. Over a dozen years, six series, 52 episodes, five specials, and two feature films that played at a theater near you, Downton Abbey looked backwards at a bygone England beating back early-20th-century …
Read More »Sydney Sweeney Fights Like Hell in 'Christy' Trailer
In an early scene in the official trailer for boxer Christy Martin’s biopic Christy, the boxing promoter Don King (Chad L. Coleman) is fascinated by Martin, portrayed with a particular awards season buzz by Sydney Sweeney. When they meet, she’s on track to become a world champion, one of the …
Read More »Cillian Murphy Doesn't 'Know Anything' About Who Will Play Voldemort in 'Harry Potter' Series
Cillian Murphy isn’t taking up the mantle as Voldemort in the Harry Potter series currently in development at HBO. During a recent appearance on Josh Horowitz’s Happy Sad Confused podcast, the actor denied that rumors of him taking the role of the villain have any credibility. “I don’t know anything …
Read More »'The Bachelorette' Taps 'Mormon Wives' Star Taylor Frankie Paul for Season 22
The Bachelorette is upending its tried-and-true formula by enlisting Secret Lives of Mormon Wives star and #MomToker Taylor Frankie Paul for its 22nd season. Paul revealed the news on Wednesday during an appearance on Call Her Daddy — itself a major shift from the usual way Bachelor and Bachelorette contestants …
Read More »'Alien: Earth' Episode 6: Move Fast, Break Things, and Never Grow Up
This post contains spoilers for this week’s episode of Alien: Earth, now streaming on Hulu. After last week’s flashback to all the poor decisions that killed the crew of the Maginot, “The Fly” brings us back to the present-day action at Neverland, where various adults, synthetics, and eyeball monsters conspire …
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