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Review: Jessie Buckley Makes an Exquisite Corpse Out of 'The Bride!' Something old, something new, something borrowed, something black and bruised blue--Maggie Gyllenhaal's exclamatory The Bride! is doing the herky-jerky Thriller dance into theaters this weekend with an entire wedding party's worth of party gifts tucked into its silken, tattered stockings.... Read more...

Review: Jessie Buckley Makes an Exquisite Corpse Out of 'The Bride!'

Did ‘Norbit’ Really Stop Eddie Murphy From Winning an Oscar? This week sees the release of The Bride!, Maggie Gyllenhaal's reimagining of The Bride of Frankenstein that blends together classic Hollywood, musicals, heist flicks, and Hot Topic hauls. Reviews have been decidedly mixed, with some loving Gyllenhaal's messy ambition while... Read more...

Did ‘Norbit’ Really Stop Eddie Murphy From Winning an Oscar?

How Worried Should We Be for Dr. Robby on 'The Pitt'? We're now nine episodes into the second season of The Pitt and, so far, it has remained fairly routine -- save for the system going down -- at least relative to the chaos that built toward the end of last... Read more...

How Worried Should We Be for Dr. Robby on 'The Pitt'?

Terrible 'The Amazing Race' Couple Sues 'The Amazing Race' for Portraying Them as Terrible One of the most trafficked posts we've ever had on this site was about a married Amazing Race couple named Jonathan and Ava, and the emotional terror that Jonathan subjected Ava to on the show. Most of that traffic almost... Read more...

Terrible 'The Amazing Race' Couple Sues 'The Amazing Race' for Portraying Them as Terrible

It Sounds Like Tracy Morgan Was a Blast on the ‘Reggie Dinkins’ Set I always liked Bobby Moynihan when he was on Saturday Night Live. He fit that show pretty perfectly. I've also enjoyed seeing him at any other time since then. He appeared on one of my favorite episodes of How Did... Read more...

It Sounds Like Tracy Morgan Was a Blast on the ‘Reggie Dinkins’ Set

Christina Applegate Was Offered an ‘Offensive’ Salary for ‘Anchorman' My small town was not ready for Anchorman. The Will Ferrell vehicle may have hit the country (or at least teenagers) by storm, but I distinctly remember a local morning radio DJ playing a clip from the movie and lamenting... Read more...

Christina Applegate Was Offered an ‘Offensive’ Salary for ‘Anchorman'

Timothee Chalamet Got Cringe About Opera and Ballet Marty Supreme star Timothée Chalamet is still, on paper, the frontrunner for Best Actor at this year's Oscars. But his path to gold, which many predicted would be a sure-fire guarantee several weeks ago, now has another major contender in... Read more...

Timothee Chalamet Got Cringe About Opera and Ballet

Ben Affleck's What Company Just Got Bought by Netflix? Now that it has some spare change lying around, Netflix has decided to scoop up Ben Affleck's -- *puts on readers, squints, moves paper back and forth* -- AI company. Oh? Not only that, but Benny Boy is now a... Read more...

Ben Affleck's What Company Just Got Bought by Netflix?

Everything You Need to Know About Jason Bateman’s Character In ‘DTF: St. Louis’ You Learn in the First 30 Seconds of the Show Clark Forrest (Jason Bateman) says goodbye to his kids, high-fives his wife, then pedals away on his recumbent bike, past a billboard of himself as the weatherman for the local news station. That's the very first thing you see in... Read more...

Everything You Need to Know About Jason Bateman’s Character In ‘DTF: St. Louis’ You Learn in the First 30 Seconds of the Show

'Lanterns' Teaser Has Nerds Being Nerd-Mad About Nerd Things After getting some disappointing news about its release date back in November, Lanterns finally stepped up to the plate with an official teaser. Fans were so eager to devour the first footage that it leaked on Reddit a day early,... Read more...

'Lanterns' Teaser Has Nerds Being Nerd-Mad About Nerd Things

Why Are The Worst People Alive Obsessed With Living Forever? 'Genius can hit a target no one else can see,' said Bryan Johnson, the one-time CEO of Braintree who has reinvented himself in recent years as a guinea pig for hyper-wellness and the search for immortality. In the Netflix documentary... Read more...

Why Are The Worst People Alive Obsessed With Living Forever?

The Case of the Disappearing Actress: Briga Heelan The Case of the Disappearing Actor or Actress is a popular semi-regular feature around these parts, although I always feel a little guilty writing them (except the Adrian Grenier one), because I don't love spotlighting a lull in an actor's... Read more...

The Case of the Disappearing Actress: Briga Heelan

The Main Cast of 'Evil' Are Gainfully Employed Again in Terrific Upcoming Projects I still maintain that the cancellation of Evil may go down as one of the most boneheaded decisions in recent television history (the show was cancelled while it was crushing it on Netflix). But that's how Paramount+ rolls: plenty of... Read more...

The Main Cast of 'Evil' Are Gainfully Employed Again in Terrific Upcoming Projects

New Trailer for Lorne Michaels ‘SNL’ Documentary Teases His Retirement Lorne Michaels isn't going to be around one day. That's what struck me the most in a new trailer for Lorne, a documentary about the famed producer and creator of Saturday Night Live. He's always felt like such a gargantuan... Read more...

New Trailer for Lorne Michaels ‘SNL’ Documentary Teases His Retirement

Conan O’Brien’s Doctor Accused Him of Lying About Not Doing Drugs My mother once looked me dead in the eyes and told me not to try cocaine because I would like it too much. And I haven't! It worked (it and the fact that I always assumed since my nose was... Read more...

Conan O’Brien’s Doctor Accused Him of Lying About Not Doing Drugs

What's Next for Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie After Their Parents' Public Disgrace? As the former Prince Andrew continues to lay low following his arrest and his ex-wife, Sarah Ferguson, has gone into hiding after the Epstein files revealed her toadying worship of a sex criminal, the British monarchy is in, to put... Read more...

What's Next for Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie After Their Parents' Public Disgrace?

Ryan Gosling Turns in the 'SNL' Promo of the Year You got that sense that Glen Powell would be a great host of SNL based on his SNL promo alone: Anyone that puts that much effort into promoting their episode is probably game for anything. And Powell did deliver one... Read more...

Ryan Gosling Turns in the 'SNL' Promo of the Year

Billy Corgan Thinks the CIA Killed Rock and Roll (Yeah, OK, Bill) Seen here looking like a dime store Grant Morrison next to some sort of skeleton man, Billy Corgan is reportedly pushing a theory that the CIA colluded with MTV to kill rock music in the '90s. What music did they... Read more...

Billy Corgan Thinks the CIA Killed Rock and Roll (Yeah, OK, Bill)

‘R.J. Decker’ Premiere on ABC: Tom Petty Is a Dog Now If you've seen any of the promos or watched last night's premiere of R.J. Decker and said to yourself, "This looks familiar." You're not crazy, and you're not wrong. ABC is treading a path so well worn that the carpet... Read more...

‘R.J. Decker’ Premiere on ABC: Tom Petty Is a Dog Now

Christina Applegate Has a Great Story if You Don't Like Brad Pitt It's not often I get to write about a story that I was too young to know about, so excuse me while I relish in this brief moment of not feeling perpetually ancient. I'm just a regular spring chicken over... Read more...

Christina Applegate Has a Great Story if You Don't Like Brad Pitt

What’s The Worst Best Picture Oscar Winner of All Time? The current Oscar season is a good one. We've been spoiled by an array of great movies, even with some painful cuts to the shortlists, and with it has come one of the strongest awards races in a long time.... Read more...

What’s The Worst Best Picture Oscar Winner of All Time?

'Paradise' Season 2 Upends the Dystopian Drama Formula I've watched 11 seasons of The Walking Dead plus maybe half a dozen seasons of its spin-offs, and if there's one thing that long-running AMC franchise drilled into my head about dystopias, it's to never trust anyone. That lesson emerged... Read more...

'Paradise' Season 2 Upends the Dystopian Drama Formula

Did AMC+ Finally Produce Something Worth Watching Not Related to Anne Rice? For a brief period in the aughts, AMC was the Mad Men network. And then the Breaking Bad network. And then The Walking Dead came along and obliterated the network's identity. It still had Breaking Bad and then Better Call... Read more...

Did AMC+ Finally Produce Something Worth Watching Not Related to Anne Rice?

Renewals and Cancellations: 'Good Cop/Bad Cop,' 'Palm Royale,' 'Best Medicine,' 'Industry' It's been a while since we collected the latest in renewals and cancellations, so let's hit it. This actually happened a few weeks ago, but I'm really bummed to see that the CW has decided not to pick up Good... Read more...

Renewals and Cancellations: 'Good Cop/Bad Cop,' 'Palm Royale,' 'Best Medicine,' 'Industry'

Christian Bale Thinks Making a New ‘American Psycho’ Movie Is ‘Brave' I saw American Psycho when I was about 15 years old, which feels insane. It's not that I hadn't seen things equally as violent, but I certainly wasn't equipped enough yet to understand the satire of the film. Despite watching... Read more...

Christian Bale Thinks Making a New ‘American Psycho’ Movie Is ‘Brave'

‘Scream 7’ Almost Had a Different Yet Equally Nonsensical Ending **Spoilers ahead for several Scream movies, including the newest one** Scream is probably my favorite horror franchise when it comes down to how much I like the individual films. There are certainly others that come close. But, for a long... Read more...

‘Scream 7’ Almost Had a Different Yet Equally Nonsensical Ending

Why People Got Weird and Conspiratorial About Jim Carrey’s Face Jim Carrey appeared at the Cesar Awards in France, where he received an honourary award in recognition of his long and storied career. That, in and of itself, would have made for some good headlines, given Carrey's enduring image as... Read more...

Why People Got Weird and Conspiratorial About Jim Carrey’s Face

'Scrubs,' 'DTF St. Louis,' 'Survivor,' And More: Podjiba Is Back! We're back! Did you miss us? (Maybe don't answer that.) Sorry for the delay, but between winter maladies, schedule changes, and holidays, what was originally a week off became a "let's wait for Survivor" level break. But just as Survivor... Read more...

'Scrubs,' 'DTF St. Louis,' 'Survivor,' And More: Podjiba Is Back!

Alan Cumming Unloads on the BAFTAs for Managing To Offend Everyone I'm not sure if you've heard, but things went real south at the BAFTAs, and Alan Cumming has now offered his frank assessment of the "trauma triggering s---show." (NBC News) Sarah Pidgeon and Paul Anthony Kelly are crushing it on... Read more...

Alan Cumming Unloads on the BAFTAs for Managing To Offend Everyone

‘Industry’ Season 4 Finale Explained: There Is No Rock Bottom HBO's Industry spent its fourth season digging ever-deepening holes for its characters. Past seasons didn't skimp on the salacious or shocking, but this season put them all to shame. The finale, "Both/And," is maybe the series's most shocking yet. Tender... Read more...

‘Industry’ Season 4 Finale Explained: There Is No Rock Bottom