Actress/singer Zooey Deschanel and musician Ben Gibbard arrive at Walt Disney Pictures presents the premiere of “Winnie The Pooh” at Walt Disney Studios on July 10, 2011 in Burbank, California. The indie-twee romance sector dies a second death this December as Ben Gibbard and Zooey Deschanel have officially gotten divorced. The couple announced their separation in November 2011, so it’s been a long, fruitless year of hoping for the best.
Pete Holmes brings the same high-energy approach that defines his standup act to his podcasts, almost daring his interview subjects to match his candor in the conversation. And it works; most guests get caught in Holmes’s wake and find themselves admitting as much or more about themselves than he does.
Holmes often jokes about “stealing” Marc Maron’s podcast format, which is true to the extent that they both do in-depth interviews with comedians.
1923 God’s Empty Throne Season 1 Episode 2 Editor’s Rating 4 stars **** «Previous Next» « PreviousEpisode NextEpisode » 1923 God’s Empty Throne Season 1 Episode 2 Editor’s Rating 4 stars **** «Previous Next» « PreviousEpisode NextEpisode » This week’s very special Christmas hour of 1923 felt less like the series’ second episode and more like a continuation of the premiere.
Water, earth, fire, air. Twenty-odd years ago, Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko created Avatar: The Last Airbender, the beloved animated children’s series that became renowned for its refined action sequences, and the precision and emotional maturity of its storytelling. Now, years after a disastrous live-action film adaptation, it’s getting a new Netflix live-action series, which begets a look back at the episodes that made the original, and its sequel series The Legend of Korra, carry in the memory of many 20-somethings who grew up on the richly told adventure.
When Twin Peaks aired on ABC from 1990 to 1991, there was nothing like it on TV. There still isn’t, though David Lynch and Mark Frost’s surreal crime drama left hordes of imitators in its wake. Stylistically, the show, as Vulture’s Matt Zoller Seitz put it, is canon: “Everyone knows what it was, and is, and meant, even if they haven’t watched a frame. Everything from The Sopranos to American Horror Story owes it a debt.
Lupita Nyong’o and the late Chadwick Boseman. Wakanda might be forever, but production for the Black Panther sequel is taking longer than expected. Black Panther’s star-studded cast, including Lupita Nyong’o, Angela Bassett, and Chadwick Boseman, started filming the sequel Wakanda Forever in June 2020, a year racked with COVID-19-induced tragedy. When Boseman passed away on August 28 from stage-four colon cancer, Marvel fans mourned the death of the actor, and the crew readjusted the script to account for the loss.
How the hell did it come to … this? Let us explain. How’s this for a slap in the face? Jada Pinkett Smith and her husband, Will Smith, have been secretly separated since 2016. The news of their now-seven-year-long separation comes as a shock to the public, which has witnessed the pair booed up on red carpets, oversharing intimate details about their relationship, and standing up for each other when a petty comedian made a stupid joke and got slapped for it.
When Grammy–nominated rapper21 Savage (real name She’yaa Bin Abraham-Joseph) wasarrested on Sunday morning in Atlanta, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) alleged that the 26-year-old had been living in the country illegally for most of his teenage and adult life. The arrest, which quickly drew ire from many within the music industry, will likely preclude Savage from attending the Grammys this Sunday night. He collaborated onPost Malone’s hit “Rockstar,” which is nominated for record of the year, while his own successful second solo album,I Am > I Was, debuted at No.
Paul Rudd may not have the bionic biceps of his superhero brethren, but he more than held his own this weekend: Ant-Man, the last installment of the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s Phase Two, crushed the box office. The movie about the tiny hero put up some big numbers, earning $58 million, which is impressive for a film about a comic character that has yet to enter the mainstream. The film, formerly the passion project of Edgar Wright before his unceremonious exit, didn’t draw the same legion as Avengers 2 or Iron Man 3, but it had a per-screen average of $15,051, right behind 2008’s forgotten The Incredible Hulk ($15,810).
Atlanta Snipe Hunt Season 4 Episode 7 Editor’s Rating 3 stars *** «Previous Next» « PreviousEpisode NextEpisode » Atlanta Snipe Hunt Season 4 Episode 7 Editor’s Rating 3 stars *** «Previous Next» « PreviousEpisode NextEpisode » To celebrate Lottie’s sixth birthday, Earn, Van, and Lottie embark on a camping trip in the woods. With a show like Atlanta, watching a Black family enter the woods to go camping immediately put me on edge, especially after season three.