A review of this week’s The Romanoffs, “End of the Line,” coming up just as soon as I leave the tags on… “There’s something wrong with that baby.” -Anka After a disastrous pair of episodes — one a clunky defense of Matthew Weiner himself, the other a dramatically inert travelogue …
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Megyn Kelly is out at NBC after making controversial comments about blackface and Halloween costumes during an episode of her morning show Tuesday. “‘Megyn Kelly Today’ is not returning,” according to an NBC statement. “Next week, the 9 a.m. hour will be hosted by other TODAY co-anchors.” During her 9 …
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Stephen Colbertcriticized President Trump’s Twitter response to the disturbing news that pipe bombs were sent to numerous prominent Democrats and Trump critics – including Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama,former Attorney General Eric Holder, California Democratic Rep. Maxine Waters, Democratic donor George Soros and CNN‘s New York bureau. On Wednesday’s Late Show, …
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Sundance has shared their new trailer for Jonestown: Terror in the Jungle, a two-night, four-part docuseries about Jim Jones, the cult leader who orchestrated the deaths of over 900 people in 1978. The docuseries, co-produced by Leonardo DiCaprio, mixes archival footage with stirring recreations of life atthe Guyana-based Peoples Temple, …
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Want to scream bloody murder? Then the new Halloween is the trick-or-treat frightfest for you. But, first, a leap of faith is required. You have to forget that there are already nine sequels and remakes of John Carpenter’s 1978 original — thankfully, director David Gordon Green and coscreenwriters Danny McBride …
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Saturday Night Live host and former cast member Seth Meyers returned to “Weekend Update” to revive his old segment “Really!?!” alongside current anchors Michael Che and Colin Jost. Meyers used to perform the bit alongside his former co-anchor Amy Poehler. The Late Night With Seth Meyers host was visibly thrilled …
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It’s the morning of the New York Film Festival premiere of Private Life, and Tamara Jenkins is positively buoyant. Dressed in a goldenrod floral-print dress and loafers, the 56-year-old writer-director arrives at a Lincoln Center café smiling broadly. She is warm, chatty, effervescent — which is somewhat surprising since her …
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Lady Gaga defended Dr. Christine Blasey Ford during an impassioned interview on Thursday’s Late Show, calling the nationwide debate over her credibility “one of the most upsetting things I have ever witnessed.”The singer-actress called it “heartbreaking” that people have dismissed and ridiculed Dr. Ford, who alleges that Supreme Court nominee …
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Stephen Colbert is turning President Donald Trump’s less-than-reassuring trip to assess the damage of Hurricane Florence into a children’s book titled, Whose Boat Is This Boat?: Comments That Don’t Help In the Aftermath of a Hurricane. The book arrives November 2nd and proceeds will benefit organizations helping victims in North …
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Nicolas Cage, who currently stars in the action-horror filmMandy, sat down withRolling Stonefor the latest installment of “The First Time.” The Oscar-winning actor kicked off the rapid-fire chat answering the seemingly innocuous first question (“The first time You ate your favorite dish?) with, of all things, champagne and Kentucky Fried …
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