Kevin Hart announced a new Netflix stand-up comedy special, Zero F**cks Given, which premieres November 17th on the streaming service. The comedian previewed the show with a brief teaser, which shows him confidently striding up to a microphone. The special, reportedly filmed in September in Los Angeles, will be his …
Read More »Stephen Colbert Delivers Emotional Speech About Trump's Election Lies
Stephen Colbert postponed his usualLate Show monologue on Thursday night to deliver an emotional speech aimed at President Donald Trump, who tried to claim victory over the 2020 election that evening in a White House press conference. “True story: I’m wearing black tonight because I was getting dressed this afternoon …
Read More »John Oliver Recaps Trump's 'Pathetic' Handling of Covid-19 Pandemic Ahead of Election
With President Donald Trump closing out his 2020 campaign by dismissing the seriousness of Covid-19, John Oliver looked back at his handling of the pandemic on Last Week Tonight, Sunday, November 1st. Trump — and some of his supporters — have claimed he’s done the best he could with the …
Read More »'Come Play' Review: Where the Wild Things Scar
Meet Oliver (Azhy Robertson). He’s eight years old or so, and is somewhere on the Autism spectrum. He loves SpongeBob Squarepants. Oliver doesn’t talk, though his speech therapist thinks he’s making some progress; he uses a sort of modern speak-and-spell app on his phone to communicate. His mom, Sarah (Gillian …
Read More »Sabrina Spellman and Her Coven Return for 'Chilling Adventures' Part Four
Sabrina Spellman will bring witchy justice to Greendale one last time in Part Four of TheChilling Adventures of Sabrina, out December 31st on Netflix. When we last saw the teenage witch (played by Kiernan Shipka), she had split herself into two beings so that she could simultaneously rule hell and …
Read More »'Lovecraft Country' Creator Misha Green on Bold Storytelling and the Season Finale
This post contains full spoilers for the first season finale of Lovecraft Country, which we reviewed here. Lovecraft Country was the year’s most ambitious drama — and, at times, its best and most cathartic. In addition to wild storytelling, it was trying to tackle a lot of ideas about America’s …
Read More »'The First Time' With Haley Lu Richardson
In Unpregnant, Haley Lu Richardson stars as a pregnant teenager from Missouri who embarks on a road trip to the nearest abortion clinic in Albuquerque with the help of a former friend. As the film streams on HBO Max, Richardson chatted with Rolling Stone for The First Time. Richardson kicks …
Read More »'Dazed and Confused' Cast to Reunite for Virtual Table Read to Benefit Texas Voting Initiatives
The cast of Dazed and Confused — including Matthew McConaughey, Ben Affleck, Parker Posey and Jason London — will reunite for a virtual table read of director Richard Linklater’s cult 1993 film to raise money for Texas’ mail-in voting efforts. Both the Voto Latino Foundation and March For Science will …
Read More »'Utopia' Creator Gillian Flynn Talks Feral Girls, Pandemics, and Why Thrillers Deserve Their Due
Gillian Flynn’s new show Utopia has been in the works since roughly the time her 6-year-old daughter was conceived. The girl is affectionately known as “Kick” — after what she used to do in the womb while the author was working away on the TV series. “She could go feral …
Read More »Lily Collins Navigates a New French Life in 'Emily in Paris' Trailer
Lily Collins stars as an ambitious marketing executive in the new Netflix series Emily in Paris, which released its first trailer on Wednesday. The 10-episode romantic comedy premieres October 2nd on the streaming platform. The trailer follows twenty-something Emily as she leaves Chicago to take on her dream job at a …
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