Chris Redd talked in depth for the first time about the unprovoked attack outside New York’s Comedy Cellar that left him bloodied and hospitalized on Oct. 26. In a preview of the comedian’s upcoming appearance on The Last Laugh podcast, Redd discussed the assault as well as fact-checked reports about …
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Harry Potter is an ally. Back in 2020, when J.K. Rowling started spewing transphobia on Twitter, Daniel Radcliffe — who portrayed Harry onscreen — spoke up in a powerful letter sharing his support for trans people, calling out the author. Now, Radcliffe is reflecting on that decision in a new …
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Several months after James Cameron shared the first teaser for his long-awaited Avatar sequel, the film is back with its first official trailer, and the results are in: A little more plot, but still mostly just blue alien vibes. Avatar: The Way of Water is set over a decade after …
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Trevor Noah took aim at Elon Musk’s plan to charge $8 a month for Twitter verification during the opening monologue of the latest episode of The Daily Show. “For months, Musk has said he wanted to own Twitter. The reason he wanted to own Twitter is because he wanted to …
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Midway through Weird: The Al Yankovic Story, the parody artist, played by the very un-Yankovic-like Daniel Radcliffe, shows up blackout drunk and belligerent to one of his own concerts. His new girlfriend, Madonna (Evan Rachel Wood), is by his side when they’re confronted backstage by his manager, Dr. Demento (Rainn …
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Christina Applegate and Linda Cardellini try to evade the long arm of the law in the new trailer for the third and final season of Dead to Me, premiering Nov. 17 on Netflix. The new trailer really kicks off with the kind of news all killers fear: the discovery of …
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We are, by now, collectively familiar with “trauma dramas” — those movies powered by folks navigating the thorny-to-rocky road to recovery after something life-changing, damaging, physically and psychically disruptive. The cause can differ from film to film: addiction, chronic abuse, the loss of friends and loved ones, enduring a natural …
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John Oliver was off last week, which meant he didn’t have a chance to do a show at the very height of then–UK Prime Minister Liz Truss’s unprecedented political implosion. (After becoming PM on Sept. 6, she was forced to resign on Oct. 25 due to a Benny Hill-ian litany …
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Steven Spielberg’s E.T. arrived in theaters in 1982, almost immediately becoming the highest-grossing film of all time and maintaining the title for over a decade. But the true lasting impact of the blockbuster is rooted in the close bonds formed within its cast. On the latest episode of the Drew …
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Julia Roberts celebrated her 55th birthday last Friday, Oct. 28, and the occasion was marked by the spread of a little-known story: Martin Luther King, Jr. and Coretta Scott King paid the hospital bill when the future Oscar winner was born in Smyrna, Georgia in 1967. The incredibly true story …
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