Saturday Night Live’s Weekend Update mocked Donald Trump’s final, deadly week on the campaign trail and made one last plea to viewers during the pre-Election Day episode. Colin Jost opened the segment by playing Trump’s latest Covid-19 argument — “You know, our doctors get more money if somebody dies from …
Read More »Sean Connery, Oscar-Winning James Bond Actor, Dead at 90
Sean Connery, the Oscar-winning Scottish actor who first brought James Bond to the big screen, died on Saturday at the age of 90. Over a career that spanned six decades, Connery also co-starred in films like Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, The Untouchables, The Hunt for Red October, and …
Read More »Rudy Giuliani Will Definitely Regret Filming 'Borat' Sequel Interview
UPDATE: In a series of tweets, Rudy Giuliani claimed the video was a “complete fabrication.” “I was tucking in my shirt after taking off the recording equipment,” he wrote. “At no time before, during, or after the interview was I ever inappropriate. If Sacha Baron Cohen implies otherwise he is …
Read More »Stephen Colbert Highlights Disconcerting Shifts in CDC Covid-19 Guidelines
Stephen Colbert raised an eyebrow at some shifts in information about Covid-19 coming from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on The Late Show Tuesday, September 22nd. Less concerning outright was the CDC’s advice for Halloween this year: while trick-or-treating during a pandemic was discouraged, the organization recommended alternate …
Read More »Emmys 2020: 'Schitt's Creek,' 'Watchmen,' 'Succession' Win Big
Host Jimmy Kimmel started the 72nd annual Emmys on Sunday night with a question on every viewer’s mind: “Why are we having an awards show in the middle of a pandemic?” Yet for as surreal or, worse, tacky as the event could have been, there were still several surprising moments. …
Read More »'Antebellum' Directors Discuss Film's Inspiration, Casting Janelle Monáe
Gerard Bush and Christopher Renz, directors of the new psychological horror filmAntebellum, weren’t originally planning on casting Janelle Monáe in the starring role. But the lightbulb moment to bring her onto the project came about in a pretty unusual way. “We saw her in an award show audience; I want …
Read More »Lupita Nyong'o on Chadwick Boseman: 'In His Honor, I Promise Not to Waste My Time'
Lupita Nyong’o took to Instagram to honor her Black Panther co-star Chadwick Boseman, who died last month at the age of 43 after a private four-year battle with colon cancer. “I write these words from a place of hopelessness to honor a man who had great hope,” the actress wrote. …
Read More »John Oliver Dissects Disconnect Between Republican Convention Rhetoric and Kenosha Violence
John Oliver explored the disconnect between the Republican National Convention’s messaging on race in America and the events in Kenosha, Wisconsin, on Last Week Tonight Sunday, August 30th. Among false and misleading claims about the state of the Covid-19 pandemic and President Donald Trump’s accomplishments in office, Oliver said “the …
Read More »The Breakdown: Director Catherine Hardwicke on 'Don't Look Deeper'
Ahead of the premiere of Don’t Look Deeper on Monday, Catherine Hardwicke discusses directing the Quibi series in the latest episode of Rolling Stone’s “The Breakdown.” “It is a very provocative tale about technology and self-discovery,” Hardwicke says in the opening of the clip. “What makes you human? How deep …
Read More »Lyra Ventures Into the Multiverse in New Trailer for 'His Dark Material' Season Two
HBO has released the official trailer for Season Two of His Dark Material, their adaptation of Philip Pullman’s beloved series of fantasy novels by the same name. Season Two picks up with Lyra (Dafne Keen) arriving in a mysterious and abandoned city after crossing a bridge to the multiverse, which …
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