Three weeks after his daughter revealed that he had experienced an unspecified “medical complication,” Jamie Foxx shared a post from his personal Instagram account. “Appreciate all the love,” he wrote. “Feeling blessed.” It’s the first semblance of an update from Foxx and his family since they initially requested privacy during …
Read More »Billie Lourd Explains Why She Didn't Invite Carrie Fisher's Siblings to Walk of Fame Ceremony
Billie Lourd has issued a public statement saying that the siblings of her mother, Carrie Fisher — Todd, Joely, and Tricia Leigh Fisher — would not be invited to the ceremony commemorating Fisher’s star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Thursday. “Days after my mom died, her brother and …
Read More »Jimmy Fallon, Seth Meyers to Help Pay Crew Salaries During Writers Strike
Jimmy Fallon and Seth Meyers are stepping in to pay the salaries of their crews for at least one week now that the Writers Guild of America strike has brought late-night TV (and a whole lot of other productions in Hollywood) to a halt. A source close to The Tonight …
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 …
Read More »A Menudo Boy Bander's Disturbing Link to the Menendez Brothers
Two sensational stories collide in Menendez + Menudo: Boys Betrayed, a new three-part documentary series airing on Peacock. One helped bring the culture into the era of nonstop TV crime and jurisprudence coverage: the grisly 1989 murder of Jose and Kitty Menendez by their sons, Erik and Lyle. The other …
Read More »'Jury Duty' Is a Very Funny TV Hit. It's Also Terrifying
Jury Duty, the surprise hit on Amazon Freevee, is a very good and funny show. The premise is high-concept, the episodes tightly written and edited. The casting is impeccable, including that of James Marsden as a heightened, more narcissistic version of himself, providing a fitting venue for his staggering comedic …
Read More »Minka Kelly Remembers Her Parents' Struggles With Addiction, the Time Her Babysitter Overdosed
Minka Kelly recalls the first time she met her dad — former Aerosmith guitarist Rick Dufay — and the cycles of addiction that ensnared her parents in a new excerpt from the audiobook of her memoir, Tell Me Everything, out today, May 2. Kelly was three when she first met …
Read More »'32 Sounds' Is the Greatest Documentary You've Ever Heard
Sam Green wants you to stop and listen for a second. Like, really listen. The Bay Area documentarian wants you take in the world around you, one curated noise at a time. It might be church bells, cicadas, wind chimes, or rushing currents. He may throw a few sonic curveballs …
Read More »'Succession' Recap: Logan Roy Makes Shock Return, Shiv and Tom Get Kinky
This post contains spoilers for this week’s episode of Succession, “Living+.” “Living+” opens with a startling image: Logan Roy, seemingly alive and relatively well — albeit in his usual foul mood — recording a pitch for the titular product, Waystar’s attempt to re-create a cruise-ship experience on dry land.It’s enough …
Read More »'Barry' Recap: A Tragic Death Shakes Up Bill Hader's Dark Satire
This post contains spoilers for this week’s episode of Barry, “It Takes a Psycho.” Where’s Barry Berkman? This was the question asked by the warden at the end of last week’s episode, and it’s the one everyone wants an answer to throughout “It Takes a Psycho.” This may extend to …
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