There are dozens upon dozens of memorable eccentrics, delusional antiheroes, blustery authority figures, sad sacks, screw-ups and all-too-lovable schmucks that populate the 12 feature films and handful of shorts directed by Wes Anderson. It is safe to say that there’s nobody else like Anatole “Zsa Zsa” Korda in his back …
Read More »Barbara Walters Grills Taylor Swift, Donald Trump in 'Tell Me Everything' Doc Trailer
Barbara Walters‘ unflinching interview style is being celebrated in a new documentary titled Barbara Walters Tell Me Everything. The film will premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival on June 12th and then drop on Hulu on June 23rd. The trailer showcases footage from her decades of raw interviews with the …
Read More »'The White Lotus' Creator Mike White Sets 'Survivor' Return for Season 50
Mike White is heading back to the jungle. The Season 37 runner-up and The White Lotus creator has joined the cast of the reality competition series’ Season 50 milestone. The new episodes will begin production in Fiji next month and air with the tagline “In the Hands of the Fans.” …
Read More »'Adults' Is a Hangout Cringe Comedy for the Next Generation
Into every generation, a hangout sitcom is born —light on plot, and heavy on the chemistry of a group of young adults spending way too much time together in the big city. Gen X had Friends. The millennials had too many to count, including New Girl, How I Met Your …
Read More »Pierce Brosnan Addresses 'Mobland' Accent Backlash: 'I Just Gave It Full Tilt'
Pierce Brosnan has faced intense criticism for his accent in new Paramount+ series, Mobland. While the actor is Irish, people on social media and TV critics alike have lambasted the actor for an inauthentic accent. The Irish Independent and the Irish Times both made Brosnan’s accent the focal point of …
Read More »Nick Kroll Recalls the 'Scary and Brutal' Process of Organizing John Mulaney's Intervention
Nick Kroll spoke about the stress of “producing” the intervention for his longtime friend and collaborator John Mulaney during the Covid-19 pandemic. “John was running around New York City like a true madman, and I was so deeply scared that he was going to die,” Kroll recalled during a new …
Read More »'The Better Sister' Proves the Milch Apples Didn't Fall Far From the Tree
The Better Sister tells two stories about two different sets of siblings, one fictional, one real. Officially, the Prime Video series (premiering May 29) is an adaptation of the 2019 novel by Alafair Burke, about a pair of estranged siblings,played by Jessica Biel and Elizabeth Banks, reuniting when one’s husband …
Read More »'The Last of Us' Season 2 Ends With Confusion and a Phony Cliffhanger
This post contains spoilers for this week’s episode of The Last of Us, now streaming on Max. In a way, referring to this as the Season Two finale of The Last of Us feels like a misnomer. Yes, it is the final installment that we will be getting this year …
Read More »Mike Birbiglia Took 'The Good Life' From Stage to Screen in 60 Days. Here's How
I n his twenties, the comedian, director, and actor Mike Birbiglia learned to play the guitar because of its theatrical simplicity. “I always admired people who could walk into a bar and just… that’s the show,” he tells me. He liked the idea of not having to tech beforehand. No …
Read More »Mia Threapleton Idolized Wes Anderson. Then She Became the Breakout Star of His New Movie
If Mia Threapleton had to pick an avatar for her creative awakening as a kid, she might choose a fox. She could have gone with a lion, the animal she’d pretended to be during summer camps and after-school “acting clubs” with her friends, and which gave her an early peek …
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