0 comments by Ian Casselberry on 11/20/2014
Anyone who knows me personally, follows me on social media or is familiar with my writing here at The AP Party probably won’t be surprised that my favorite new TV show of the fall is CW’s The Flash. Given my love of comic books, superheroes and geek culture, you might think I enjoy this show […]
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Saturday Night Live released two sketches that were cut for time from the Nov. 15 episode, hosted by Woody Harrelson. “Tweet” features Aidy Bryant as a Twitter user named Rebecca with 44 followers who reaches the milestone of 10,000 tweets. To celebrate the occasion, Rebecca is visited by the mayor, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, […]
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After getting back on the pop culture radar with 2005’s Sin City and reminding people what a great actor he could be in 2008’s The Wrestler (a performance which earned him a Best Actor Academy Award nomination), Mickey Rourke didn’t quite have the comeback or renaissance that many expected for him. Maybe that had something to […]
0 comments by Ian Casselberry on 11/19/2014
Six women have now publicly accused Bill Cosby of raping them. This is a story that was rumbling around the underbelly of news and pop culture, perhaps because it was so difficult and uncomfortable to discuss. But the situation ignited last weekend on NPR’s Weekend Edition when host Scott Simon directly asked Cosby about the allegations during […]
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When Saturday Night Live decided to move Cecily Strong from the “Weekend Update” desk back to the featured cast, it was a bit of a surprise. But joking about politics and current events got her one of the prized gigs for comedians these days. Strong will be the host and featured entertainer for the White […]
0 comments by Ian Casselberry on 11/18/2014
Did the world really want a CGI-animated Peanuts movie? For that matter, was there an appetite for a Peanuts feature-length film? Our culture seemed pretty happy with old reruns of Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas Charlie Brown specials every year on TV. But we’re getting The Peanuts Movie in 2015, animated through computer graphics instead of traditional […]
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Let’s get the big question out of the way first: Rosewater demonstrates that Jon Stewart can direct a film. Skepticism or doubt for the comedian and host of The Daily Show making a serious film about a journalist’s four-month imprisonment in Iran is understandable. As awards season ramps up, perhaps we’ll read some backbiting snark […]
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One of the more intriguing and mysterious characters in the Star Wars mythology of films is Boba Fett, the intergalactic bounty hunter who turned Han Solo over to Jabba the Hutt at the end of The Empire Strikes Back. The appeal of Boba Fett has been somewhat mystifying, as there was nothing in the films […]
0 comments by Ian Casselberry on 11/17/2014
In 1984, musician Bob Geldof gathered a supergroup of British musicians and rock stars to record a single that would raise money for famine relief in Ethiopia. “Band Aid” was an incredible success and has inspired similar charitable efforts over the past 30 years. New recordings of the song were released for the same cause in […]
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Woody Harrelson likes weed. If you didn’t know that fact, you do now because of Harrelson’s monologue which had the actor singing about the first time he hosted in 1989. This time around, he was joined by his Hunger Games co-stars Liam Hemsworth, Josh Hutcherson, and Jennifer Lawrence, who Harrelson thought was Taylor Swift. Because weed. Saturday’s […]
0 comments by Ian Casselberry on 11/14/2014
Do you remember Underoos? It’s all right if you don’t because it probably means you’re not that old. I actually wonder if anyone under the age 35 (OK, probably 40) remembers Underoos. For those unaware, Underoos were a line of kids underwear made by Fruit of the Loom in the late-1970s meant to resemble superhero costumes or […]
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Whiplash could be the best sports movie of the year. OK, Whiplash isn’t a sports movie. It’s about music, art, teaching and ambition. The main characters are a 19-year-old jazz drummer and the wrathful instructor who pushes his students mercilessly to achieve greatness. Though this story takes place at the fictional Shaffer Conservatory of Music […]
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Anyone who saw Christoph Waltz’s portrayal of Nazi Hans Landa in Quentin Tarantino’s Inglourious Basterds knows he can play a memorable on-screen villain. Hell, he won a Best Supporting Actor Academy Award for the performance. Waltz also showed that he could play a flawed hero as Dr. King Schultz in Tarantino’s Django Unchained, a performance for […]
0 comments by Ian Casselberry on 11/12/2014
Just how many people out there were yearning to see a big-screen, major motion picture remake of The Six Million Dollar Man TV show? Last week, Deadline reported that Mark Wahlberg would star in The Six Billion Dollar Man, with Peter Berg directing. The two previously worked together on last year’s Lone Survivor, about a […]
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We already know that the next Sharknado — titled Sharknado 3 — will wreak havoc upon Washington D.C. and Orlando. But will the third chapter of this epic man vs. nature trilogy aim even higher, like into outer space? That may sound ludicrous, even for a concept that is entirely based on absurdity and trying […]
