The Golden Bachelor finds a new leading man in Frank Reynolds in the It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia Season 17 trailer. “Philadelphia, the birthplace of our nation,” host Jesse Palmer says in the clip. “Could it be the birthplace of a new love?” Frank likes the idea of this, but …
Read More »'28 Years Later…' Revives a Franchise — and Gives Us a New Dawn of the Raging Dead
A lot can happen in 20-plus years: careers can rise and fall, empires can crumble under their own weight, cult fan favorites can give birth to money-minting franchises, a minor horror subgenre can suddenly become ubiquitous. When director Danny Boyle and screenwriter (and future director) Alex Garland dreamed up 28 …
Read More »At Least Trump's Boring Military Birthday Parade Made for Good Late-Night TV Jokes
Amid seemingly politically-motivated assassinations at home and a fast-spiraling war in the Middle East, there was at least one extremely funny — but also, in its way, extremely grim — display of government ridiculousness for late-night television to sink its teeth into: Donald Trump’s goofy-as-hell military parade/birthday party. The astoundingly …
Read More »Jon Stewart Calls Out Hypocrisy in Framing Democratic Lawmaker Shootings as a Sides Issue
The Daily Show host Jon Stewart called out a number of glaring inconsistencies in the political response to the death of Democratic Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark. The pair were shot and killed in their home in what Minnesota Gov.Tim Walzsaid “appears to be a politically motivated assassination.” …
Read More »'Smoke' Starts Off a Hacky Cop Show — Until It Drops a Three-Alarm Twist
The first episode of Smoke, a new Apple TV+ miniseries about an arson investigator (Taron Egerton) and a cop (Jurnee Smollett) teaming up to catch two unrelated serial arsonists, opens with the dictionary definition of “creativity.” This is the sort of device that suggests anything but creativity is to be …
Read More »'The Gilded Age' Star Morgan Spector Explains Why It Takes a Socialist to Play a Robber Baron
I n Season Three of The Gilded Age, George Russell prepares to risk it all. The fictional late-19th-century tycoon, played by Morgan Spector, has his sights set on conquering westward trade and travel with a transcontinental railroad project. It’s a monumental endeavor that requires all manner of smoky backroom dealmaking, …
Read More »'F1': Brad Pitt's Formula One Movie Is What an Old-School Blockbuster Looks Like
The average Formula One vehicle averages about 130 mph, though with the right person behind the wheel, you can push it up to 250 mph. (Don’t try this at home, kids.) You also need a great piece of machinery, of course, and a professional crew making sure that everything runs …
Read More »Jennifer Love Hewitt Delivers That One 'I Know What You Did Last Summer' Line in Sequel Trailer
Freddie Prinze Jr. and Jennifer Love Hewitt are back in their summer slasher era. On Tuesday, Sony Pictures shared the trailer for I Know What You Did Last Summer, a direct sequel to 1998’s I Still Know What You Did Last Summer, co-starring Chase Sui Wonders and Madelyn Cline. The …
Read More »Tyler Perry Sued for Alleged Sexual Assault, Battery by 'The Oval' Actor
Tyler Perry has been sued for sexual harassment and assault by Derek Dixon, an actor on the Perry-directed series The Oval and Ruthless, on which Dixon played a character named Dale. According to the lawsuit filed on Friday in Los Angeles, which was obtained by Rolling Stone, Dixon accused Perry …
Read More »'F1': Brad Pitt's Formula One Movie Is What an Old-School Blockbuster Looks Like
The average Formula One vehicle averages about 130 mph, though with the right person behind the wheel, you can push it up to 250 mph. (Don’t try this at home, kids.) You also need a great piece of machinery, of course, and a professional crew making sure that everything runs …
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