0 comments by Ian Casselberry on 11/3/2014
John Oliver and his Last Week Tonight team continue to produce one of the best shows on television each week for HBO. The show typically depends on meticulous research and real-life clips from cable news networks to provide the fodder for its comedy, but Sunday’s program (Nov. 2) took a spectacular step into creating its […]
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Producing a live show in six days is tough, and doing it on a high level consistently for 40 years is unheard of in television. This is something that makes Saturday Night Live unique and a landmark of American television. This consistency also makes SNL the target for harsh criticism when the show is not […]
0 comments by Ian Casselberry on 10/31/2014
Maps of social media and search trends are a big thing online these days. What better way to get a feel for what people around the country are thinking about — especially when a cool graphic can be made of those results? Halloween costumes are no exception. SumoCoupon put together this United States map based […]
0 comments by Jeremy Klumpp on 10/30/2014
Ryan Murphy, creator of American Horror Story and Glee, recently unveiled some of the details for his latest creation, Scream Queens. This female-led, anthology series for Fox is set to premiere next fall, and according to Murphy will launch a whole new genre, “comedy-horror.” Wait. What? Anyone who likes horror, or comedy, knows that the […]
0 comments by Ian Casselberry on 10/28/2014
Marvel Studios continues its quest to take over the geek and superhero movie world. Perhaps in response to Warner Bros. announcing nine DC Comics projects through 2020 — including its Justice League franchise and a Wonder Woman film — a couple of weeks ago, Marvel held an event on Tuesday in California, inviting fans and movie […]
0 comments by Ian Casselberry on 10/27/2014
According to rumors, Marvel has been looking for someone to play Doctor Strange for approximately two years. Our own Jeremy Klumpp detailed the various reports that have circulated in the movie trades and fan press during that span in a recent post. It now appears that the studio has finally found the man to play […]
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The world has missed Reading Rainbow since its run on PBS in 2006. Recently, host LeVar Burton has revived the show through a Kickstarter campaign, making the content available online, through mobile and in classrooms. But if you’re not quite in the Reading Rainbow target audience, you can still enjoy Burton reading a book to […]
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It’s been 10 years since Danger Mouse (Brian Burton) released The Grey Album, a mash-up of Jay-Z’s The Black Album and The Beatles White Album. That album led to Danger Mouse becoming a sought-after producer who has since produced albums for Gorillaz, Beck, and The Black Keys while also forming the groups Gnarls Barkley and Broken Bells. […]
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It may not be that much of a surprise that Jim Carrey, hosting for the third time, helped Saturday Night Live to easily its best episode of this young season. It’s been 20 years since Carrey starred in Ace Ventura, The Mask, and Dumb and Dumber, but he’s still one of the funniest actors in […]
0 comments by Ian Casselberry on 10/24/2014
Zach Galifianakis has already shown he can be a tough, fair interviewer, interrogating President Barack Obama on his Between Two Ferns talk show. So a sitdown with Brad Pitt likely wouldn’t be a problem for him. As you might expect, Galifianakis wasn’t dazzled by Pitt’s stardom or incredible good looks. Nor did he feel an […]
0 comments by Ian Casselberry on 10/23/2014
“You probably heard we ain’t in the prisoner-takin’ business; we in the killin’ Nazi business,” Brad Pitt said as Lt. Aldo Raine in 2009’s Inglourious Basterds. “And cousin, business is a-boomin’.” This also apparently applies to Pitt’s acting career, as he’s back in the killin’ Nazi business, this time as Sgt. Don Collier in David Ayer’s […]
0 comments by Ian Casselberry on 10/22/2014
Sometimes, leaks aren’t a bad thing — especially for movie fans eager to get a peek at the latest Marvel Studios blockbuster. Geeks have been anticipating a trailer for the Avengers sequel, Avengers: Age of Ultron, even more so after the studio announced it would debut a preview after next week’s (Oct. 28) episode of Marvel: […]
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Nostalgia, reboots and updates continue to dominate TV and movie culture. The latest example of this is NBC ordering a pilot for a Bewitched follow-up. The series will focus on Daphne, the granddaughter of Samantha (the main character of the original show, played by Elizabeth Montgomery) and daughter of Tabitha. She’s in her twenties and […]
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You can’t go wrong making cracks about how MTV doesn’t play music videos anymore. (And that’s been material you could use for nearly the past 15 years.) But the network may be on its way to re-establishing that part of its history with a feature-length documentary on R.E.M. R.E.M. by MTV essentially tells the band’s story […]
0 comments by Ian Casselberry on 10/21/2014
With a cover photo and guest-editing gig in Entertainment Weekly, features on CBS Sunday Morning and an appearance on The Charlie Rose Show recently, the comedy team of Key and Peele is poised to break out from the cult popularity of a basic cable sketch comedy show into mainstream popularity. Another step towards that will be […]
