Considering the rank grotesqueness of recent child pageant shows like Dance Mom and Toddlers & Tiaras, it’s both fitting that the It’s Always Sunny gang should find themselves in charge of one, and hard to imagine of how they could possibly make them more off-putting. The answer is, of course, to declare child pageants the greatest tribute to patriotism this side of the Pledge of Allegiance. “We can do whatever we want with our kids and that’s our right as Americas,” Dennis declares when Frank reveals that he kind of, sort of, maybe got himself embroiled in the child pageant circuit with a known “kid diddler” for a partner.
In news that would make Neil deGrasse Tyson straight-up puke, Kaley Cuoco acknowledged to Stephen Colbert that, yeah, the cast of The Big Bang Theory is basically just repeating their science-y dialogue like a bunch of well-paid parrots with amazing skin. They don’t actually know what any of it means or if it makes any sense. It’s almost as if reading science quips from a script does not actually teach you any actual science knowledge.
During the red-carpet premiere for Marcello Mio, a video surfaced of an usher yelling at Kelly Rowland to seemingly get off the carpet, despite photographers clearly taking her photo. What’s the big deal? And why did the same thing happen to two more stars?
Kelly Rowland stands by her boundaries May 24, 2024: Excuse me? Aren’t red carpets for taking pics of celebs in fancy dresses and suits?
Kevin Hart. Kevin Hart’s infamous 2017 sex-tape extortion case is once again causing him trouble, this time for reasons unrelated to infidelity. The comedian has been sued by his former friend, actor Jonathan “J.T.” Jackson, for allegedly breaching a settlement agreement and fabricating evidence in the case, “Page Six” reports. The lawsuit, filed on Wednesday, July 10, in Los Angeles, accuses Hart of neglecting to “uphold contractual obligations,” which have “negatively affected [Jackson’s] professional life and financial security,” including issuing an apology using an agreed-upon language that intended to mend Jackson’s reputation post-scandal.
In August, Saturday Night Live hired actors Kyle Mooney and Beck Bennett and director Dave McCary from the sketch group Good Neighbor, and in this weekend’s Jonah Hill-hosted episode of SNL, they brought some characters from their web videos to the show. The last sketch of the night — a slot that’s been reserved for Good Neighbor videos for most of the season — was called “Inside SoCal,” and Mooney and Bennett have been doing their characters, Todd and Casey, for three years now.
“I see myself being a lifer as long as I’m inspired by the stories and as long as they’ll have me. I have ideas for 50 more.” The Hallmark Channel unapologetically occupies its own astral plane of television. We don’t go there for complexity or nuance or a poetic skewering of the elite. The secret formula isn’t even a secret: Just give us a rom-com with warm characters, and bonus points if there’s a small town, a failing family business, or a bunch of gazebos thrown in.
Yesterday at the TCAs, Stephen Colbert talked about changing up the traditional standing, one-liner-heavy monologue. “We’re gonna try to put them together in a new way,” he told the crowd. He later said they might try it in different formats and different places, saying, “We’re going to find what’s right for me.” A few hours later, Seth Meyers beat him to the punch, premiering a new seated “Weekend Update”–like monologue, which he’s going to try out for the next two weeks.
Laura Dern. Laura Dern has impeccable acting pedigree: Her mother is actress Diane Ladd, who has memorably played her daughter’s mother twice, in the film Rambling Rose and on Dern’s regrettably canceled HBO series Enlightened. Dad is Bruce Dern, who, thanks to his poignantly funny and spare performance as Woody Grant in Alexander Payne’s Nebraska (opening October 8 at the New York Film Festival), is earning the kind of praise that remakes careers.
Ernst Lubitsch’s Design for Living. If you’re a lover of rom-coms, you’ll want to know the work of early Hollywood director Ernst Lubitsch. Though Lubitsch is no longer a widely recognized name the way, say, Charlie Chaplin may be, his influence on film extends into the present. He’s revered by film buffs and comedy nerds alike for a certain je ne sais quoi that’s referred to as the “Lubitsch Touch.
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