Today, it was announced that Dan Brown will publish a new book about genius symbologist Robert Langdon. It’s called Origin and it will delve into “the dangerous intersection of humankind’s two most enduring questions, and the earth-shaking discovery that will answer them.” The novel will, of course, incorporate “symbology, science, religion, history, art, and architecture,” which is a nice way of saying that it’ll involve some bonkers plot to save the world that revolves around [insert famous novel/work of art/statue/museum you went to once on a field trip].

Who sips, who imbibes, who tells your story? For Alexander Hamilton, the answer will once again be Lin-Manuel Miranda, who is heading to Drunk History to retell the story of the Hamilton-Burr duel, with alcohol this time. Entertainment Weekly has the first look from Miranda’s episode, which will star Alia Shawkat and Aubrey Plaza as A. Ham and A. Burr, respectively. Since Michael Cera played Hamilton in the very first Drunk History episode, is this casting a hidden Arrested Development joke?

All Creatures Great and Small Right Hand Man Season 4 Episode 3 Editor’s Rating 4 stars **** «Previous Next» « PreviousEpisode NextEpisode » All Creatures Great and Small Right Hand Man Season 4 Episode 3 Editor’s Rating 4 stars **** «Previous Next» « PreviousEpisode NextEpisode » Did anyone else think we were suddenly going to have a return of Helen’s dad for the episode?

A quarter-century after Pam and Tommy’s sex tape, there have been countless copycats — and nothing like it. Photo-Illustration: Vulture In October 1995, a 500-pound safe was stolen from the garage of a Malibu mansion. Inside, the thief (or thieves) found guns, jewelry, and a piece of treasure far more valuable than they could have imagined: a private video made by the newlyweds Pamela Anderson and Tommy Lee. Most of the nearly hour-long Hi8 cassette was mundane.

American Idol 15 Girls Perform Season 13 Episode 11 Editor’s Rating 4 stars **** «Previous Next» « PreviousEpisode NextEpisode » American Idol 15 Girls Perform Season 13 Episode 11 Editor’s Rating 4 stars **** «Previous Next» « PreviousEpisode NextEpisode » Malaya Watson on American Idol I know I’ve spent about 75 percent of these recaps raving about how fast everything is moving, but I seriously can’t believe it.

Where It Started At: The NY Rap Story Presented by Where It Started At: The NY Rap Story Presented by Will Smith (a.k.a. the Fresh Prince), Run-D.M.C., DJ Jazzy Jeff, and Ready Rock C in the first episode of Yo! MTV Raps. “We want to let everybody know where it’s at / It’s right here: Yo! MTV Raps.” Those words, rapped in unison by DJ Jazzy Jeff, the Fresh Prince (a.

Anna Faris. Anna Faris’s famously elastic face is just as animated in person as it is onscreen. Her lips appear to be doing calisthenics as she forms words, and her eyes widen whenever she makes a wry comment — like when she says she expected to be working at Starbucks, instead of starring in films. At the time of the interview, she had yet to announce her pregnancy with her husband, Parks and Rec actor Chris Pratt, and there was certainly no evidence on her diminutive frame.

Ari Shaffir’s new two-part special Double Negativehit Netflix today. Presented in two episodes, Childrenand Adulthood, the special is a sprawling look at where the comedian is at in life right now. He’s getting older, exploring his sexuality, and dealing with pressure from family and friends, all in front of the backdrop of a world that is kind of fucked. He breaks down the overarching message of the special like this: “One side is what I’m against, the other side is what I’m for in this life I’ve chosen.

Abdellatif Kechiche was already having a bad day when he walked into his press conference at Cannes. The French-Tunisian director’s latest film, Mektoub, My Love: Intermezzo — a pestilential three-and-a-half-hour mess that spends the majority of its running time on pervy close-ups of its young female cast’s gyrating derrières before delivering an extended, 13-minute-long scene of explicit, un-simulated cunnilingus — had premiered the previous night to walkouts and derisive howls, as well as a general sense that we’d all just seen one of the worst films to have ever screened at Cannes.

Below Deck Mediterranean Two Many Cooks Season 8 Episode 2 Editor’s Rating 3 stars *** «Previous Next» « PreviousEpisode NextEpisode » Below Deck Mediterranean Two Many Cooks Season 8 Episode 2 Editor’s Rating 3 stars *** «Previous Next» « PreviousEpisode NextEpisode » Before we get into “Two Many Cooks,” I want to circle back to the topic of Ruan, who had an early departure last week after being caught with falsified certifications.