Former Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly has had quite a year: First, she got a cushy new gig at Fox rival NBC. And now she’ll be played by the Oscar-winning actress Charlize Theron as the heroine of a Hollywood movie about the moral depravity of her former employers.
Barack and Michelle Obama are taking their talents to Tinseltown. The former US president and first lady have inked a wide-ranging deal with Netflix to produce original TV shows and movies.
As the United States is in the throes of an opioid epidemic, its drug and alcohol rehab industry remains an unregulated mess.
If you’ve ever wanted to watch Muppets kill indiscriminately, do drugs, and have riotous sex, have we got the film for you.
He has been called many names: Estel, or “hope” in Sindarin Elvish; Thorongil, a pseudonym employed while serving in the armies of Rohan and Gondor; Strider, the nickname used by the men of Bree; Wingfoot, a moniker bestowed by Éomer for the speed with which he pursued orcs across the Eastemnet; and finally Elessar, his name as king of Gondor and the Reunited Kingdom, following the defeat of Sauron.
When first introducing the Serial podcast he helped develop, This American Life host Ira Glass said he hoped to give listeners the same experience they might get watching an HBO series. Four years later, the murder case at the center of Serial is getting just that.
The Marvel super-villain Chameleon, created by Stan Lee, is a master of disguise, capable of taking the identity of anyone he chooses. One storyline even involves Chameleon impersonating Spider-Man himself to frame him robbing a bank. In a bizarre twist to an ongoing legal saga, the 95-year-old Lee is now alleging that the Chameleon is after him.
The trailer for the highly anticipated Queen biopic, Bohemian Rhapsody, met a mixed reaction yesterday (May 15), when 20th Century Fox released it. While some called it “thrilling” and “spectacular,” others say it proves that the movie will “straight-wash” the band’s frontman, Freddie Mercury, by ignoring his bisexuality and the fact that he died of AIDS complications.
Spike Lee hasn’t forgotten.
This article contains spoilers about the May 13 episode of HBO’s Westworld.
Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson is many things: former professional wrestler, current international movie star, devoted family man, and the owner of impossibly huge biceps. But one aspect of his multifaceted Hollywood persona which often goes unnoticed is his unparalleled branding and marketing acumen.
This is a story about Avengers: Infinity War spoilers. It therefore contains spoilers for Avengers: Infinity War.
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The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences has removed comedian Bill Cosby and filmmaker Roman Polanski from its membership after a vote by its board of governors, the group announced yesterday (May 3).
To a small but passionate group of people, the American filmmaker Ron Howard is best-known not as the director of Apollo 13, A Beautiful Mind, and the upcoming Solo: A Star Wars Story—but rather for providing the famously sarcastic narration for the cult comedy series Arrested Development. Now, those two worlds are colliding.
The latest trailer for Hulu’s psychological thriller series Castle Rock is a lesson in drawing an audience in: startling, enigmatic imagery (a woman walking barefoot through the snow, a man sticking a revolver in his ear) and ample Easter eggs referencing the beloved works of horror maestro Stephen King (The Shining, The Shawshank Redemption), all tied together by a disquieting voiceover from Emmy-winning actor Terry O’Quinn.
In NSYNC’s 2001 pop anthem about pop music, “Pop,” Justin Timberlake is fed up with the haters:
The April 29 episode of Westworld revealed that the real value of the HBO show’s titular robot theme park is the guests. It turns out that Westworld is pretty much a futuristic version of what Facebook is today—an elaborate data-collection operation functioning under the guise of social experience.
Now in its second season, Hulu’s The Handmaid’s Tale is faced with a dilemma that nearly all TV series based on books inevitably confront: how to continue the story on screen when you’ve exhausted the source material. Most TV shows in this situation have struggled to continue justifying their own existences, but The Handmaid’s Tale is an exception. Its second season is vicious, essential viewing.
Avengers: Infinity War, the biggest movie in Marvel history, is eyeing an enormous $500 million opening weekend. The culmination of 18 Marvel movies and dozens more characters and plot lines and easter eggs that have spanned a decade, the film is billed as “the most ambitious crossover event in history.” At least until the next one, that is.
Three years after the project fell apart at HBO, Amazon has ordered a remake of the British TV series Utopia, Deadline reported. Gone Girl author Gillian Flynn will write and serve as showrunner, as part of her new overall deal with Amazon Studios.
Why are these dinos creeping around people’s homes? What do they want? How’d they get in there without breaking anything? The trailer for Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom has a lot of explaining to do.
After Fox News personality Sean Hannity was named as a client of Donald Trump’s personal lawyer—whom he had strenuously defended on air without disclosing the relationship—some observers wondered if Fox News might fire Hannity (as if that were an actual possibility).
Last night’s 10th annual Shorty awards at first looked like any other edition of the show, which honors social media influencers and memes. The Unicorn took home the coveted “Emoji of the Year” prize. MTV also-ran Spencer Pratt won “Snapchatter of the Year.” Things were going swimmingly.
