Stephen Colbert needled President Donald Trump after he refused to say whether or not he would stop the crowd at his next rally from chanting “Send her back” on The Late Show Thursday. Thursday night, Trump gave a speech in Cincinnati, Ohio — “For once chili on spaghetti was not …
Read More »See Samantha Bee Riff on Mueller Hearings in 'Full Frontal' Segment
Samantha Bee tore into the Mueller hearings onFull Frontal Wednesday night, telling the audience that she watched the event with “mixed emotions”: Anticipation that it would push the Democrats to finally pursue impeachment of President Donald Trump, caution not to get her hopes up and, primarily, boredom. “Mueller’s testimony was …
Read More »'Big Little Lies' Recap: Trial And Error
A review of “The Bad Mother,” this week’s Big Little Lies, coming up just as soon as I don’t fit in my wedding dress anymore… When people talk about the talent involved in making Big Little Lies, the stars’ names understandably come up first. It’s such an impressive collection of …
Read More »Donald Glover Was Too Intimidated to Sing Next to Beyonce for 'The Lion King'
Donald Glover admitted on Tuesday’s Jimmy Kimmel Live that he was too nervous to sing in the same room as Beyoncé for the upcoming Lion King remake. “I requested not to be,” he said with a laugh. “I did not want to be looking into Beyoncé’s eyes while doing this.” …
Read More »Watch 'Stranger Things' Cast Pose as Wax Figures, Freak Out Fans
The Stranger Things cast freaked out visitors of Madame Tussauds Wax Museum in a segment on Wednesday’s Tonight Show. Dressed in character, the show’s core teenage crew — Finn Wolfhard (Mike), Millie Bobby Brown (Eleven), Gaten Matarazzo (Dustin), Caleb McLaughlin (Lucas), Noah Schnapp (Will) and Sadie Sink (Max) — stood …
Read More »Inside Arturo Castro's Cliché-Busting, Next-Generation Latino Comedy
Note to servers, baristas, production assistants, flight attendants, party hosts, and really anyone, anywhere: Do not — we repeat, do not — under any circumstances give Arturo Castro coffee. Within minutes of sitting down to talk in the sun-drenched atrium of New York’s Bowery Hotel lobby, the actor is engaged …
Read More »'Los Espookys' Review: Horror-Comedy Mashup Keeps It Weird
Renaldo (Bernardo Velasco), the hero of HBO’s new comedy Los Espookys, is a study in contradictions. He dresses in Goth fashions and is obsessed with horror movies, but his most natural expression is a broad and welcoming smile. He starts up a business with best friends Úrsula (Cassandra Ciangherotti) and …
Read More »'Framing John DeLorean' Review: Muscle Cars, Meta-Docs and Alec Baldwin
General Motors division head, muscle-car godhead, the auto industry’s No. 1 noncomformist, glamorous jet-setter, busted (but not convicted) cocaine trafficker: American rise-and-fall stories don’t get any juicier than John DeLorean. He was the golden boy of Fifties gray-flannel-suit idealism, before morphing into a Sixties speed-demon enabler and symbol of Seventies’ …
Read More »Beyonce's Voice Finally Makes Debut in New 'Lion King' Trailer
If you’re planning on seeing Disney‘s “live-action” remake of The Lion King, it’s probably for one of three reasons: 1) you have small children, 2) you’d like to see a nearly shot-for-shot “live-action” (read: CGI) remake of the beloved 1994 animated film, or 3) Beyoncé. 2019’sThe Lion King stars Donald …
Read More »Best TV to Watch in June: 'Big Little Lies 2,' 'Euphoria,' Chelsea Manning Doc
This month: Showtime trolls for a new hit by playing the odds with a hot-button documentary, a bio-series featuring an Oscar winner in the lead and a tough-as-nails crime story with Bawston accents. As for HBO, they’re putting big money on Zendaya, a Spanish-language DIY horror curio and the return …
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