David Kaff, the British musician and actor best known for playing keyboardist Viv Savage in This Is Spinal Tap, has died. He was 79. Kaff’s death was confirmed by his bandmates in the group Mutal of Alameda’s Wild Kingdom. In a note on Facebook, they wrote that Kaff (born Kaffinetti) …
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Rosie O’Donnell responded to Donald Trump’s threats to revoke her citizenship in a pointed message to the president that the actress shared on social media. Trump previously warned that O’Donnell — who was born in America but currently resides in Ireland — “is not in the best interests of our …
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This post contains spoilers for the Season Two finale of Poker Face, now streaming on Peacock. The second season of Poker Face nearly ends on a cliffhanger. Towards the end of the finale —appropriately titled “The End of the Road” — the show’s human lie detector heroine, Charlie Cale(Natasha Lyonne), …
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George Lucas is set to visit San Diego Comic-Con for the first time this year to tease his new museum, slated to open in Los Angeles in 2026. As Variety reports, the Star Wars creator will offer attendees a first look at the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art. He’ll be …
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Disrupt the blood. Hack the hate. In Mountainhead, written, directed, and produced by Succession creator Jesse Armstrong, these are just a few of the technocratisms bandied about by the four tech bros (played by Steve Carell, Jason Schwartzman, Ramy Youssef, and Cory Michael Smith) who have gathered at a mountaintop …
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On paper, Lena Dunham and Megan Stalter seem like an ideal creative match for their new Netflix comedy Too Much. Dunham is the co-creator and star of Girls, the acclaimed (if polarizing) HBO comedy about Hannah, a young woman with a knack for making situations uncomfortable in a hurry. Stalter, …
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Love Island USA contestant Cierra Ortega has addressed her removal from the hit dating reality show. A week before the finale, Ortega was dropped from Season Seven after the surfacing of social media posts from 2015 and 2020 in which she used a racial slur toward the Asian community. In …
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NBC will air a live Wicked special on Nov. 6. The two-hour special will be taped at Los Angeles’ Dolby Theater and will feature the film’s stars, Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo, as well as special guests, performing songs from the first movie. As the special is set to arrive …
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Taylor Swift, the great uniter. Lena Dunham has credited the singer for connecting her with actress Meg Ryan, who Dunham cast in her upcoming Netflix film Good Sex opposite Natalie Portman. Speaking to Variety, Dunham confirmed that she convinced Ryan to join the film after running into her at an …
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Dean Cain is not a fan of the direction Hollywood is taking Superman. The actor, who played the superhero on Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Supermanfrom 1993 to 1997, said he is concerned about James Gunn‘s vision for the character. “How woke is Hollywood going to make this …
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