The Fast and Furious family tree is branching out. Oscar-winning actress Rita Moreno has joined the cast of the highly anticipated Fast X, the actress announced Tuesday alongside franchise star Vin Diesel. The actress will star asGrandma Toretto, the maternal figure to Diesel’s Dom Toretto. Diesel and Moreno shared the …
Read More »'There Is No Shame in Running': 'Stranger Things' Drops Final Trailer for Fourth Season
Another trip to the Upside Down — nearly three years later. On Monday, Netflix released the final, horror-filled trailer for volume one ofStranger Things‘fourth season, premiering Friday. “Don’t try to be heroes. There’s no shame in running,” says a voiceover as clips of the show’s main clan — Mike (Finn …
Read More »How Ethan Coen's Documentary on Jerry Lee Lewis Brought Him Back to Filmmaking
Ethan Coen wasn’t exactly a scholar on Jerry Lee Lewis. You wouldn’t even have called him a fan, really. Sure, the Oscar-winning filmmaker — who, along with his brother Joel, has given the world The Big Lebowski and Barton Fink and Fargo and No Country for Old Men and a …
Read More »'Married… With Children' Could Return as Animated Series With Original Cast
The hit sitcom Married… With Children could return as an animated series with its original cast in tow, Deadline reports. The original series, which ran for 11 seasons between 1987 and 1997, centered around the Bundy family. Ed O’Neil played the patriarch Al — a high school football star-turned-shoe salesman …
Read More »'SNL' Host Jerrod Carmichael Takes on Will Smith Slap in Opening Monologue
Jerrod Carmichael quipped that he wasn’t going to talk about “it.” While the “it” seemed like he was referencing coming out as gay in his new HBO comedy special,Rothaniel, “it” was actually Will Smith slapping Chris Rock at the Oscars on March 27. Though he never directly mentioned Smith, Rock …
Read More »'Morbius' May Be The Single Most Anemic Marvel Movie Ever Made
In the future, every Marvel comics character will have their own movie for 15 minutes. Right now, the spinning intellectual property wheel has stopped on Dr. Michael Morbius — prize-winning scientist, terminally ill patient, Type O connoisseur. Initially introduced as a Spider-Man villain in the early Seventies, the man known …
Read More »Late-Night Hosts Lambast Will Smith's Infamous Oscars 'Hitch Slap'
“The Slap” discourse continues, as late-night hosts weighed on the shocking Oscars moment between Will Smith and Chris Rock. The responses to the incident at Sunday night’s Academy Awards varied in tone, with some, like The Late Late Show, offering a lighthearted take on the Best Actor winner’s gaffe. Host …
Read More »Barack Obama Narrates Docuseries on National Parks, 'Hotbed for Scientific Research'
The soothing voice of former President Barack Obama will help tell the story of the world’s most famous national parks. On Tuesday, Netflix released the trailer for Our Great National Parks, an inside look at the beauty, nature and importance of parks in places such as Chile, Indonesia, and Kenya. …
Read More »'SNL': Joe Biden Holds Meeting with TikTok Stars to Fight Russia-Ukraine War in Cold Open
In this week’s Saturday Night Live cold open, President Joe Biden got advice from an unexpected source: TikTok creators. Following an introduction detailing the shutdown of Facebook and Instagram in Ukraine amid the Russian invasion, leaving TikTok as the only remaining social media platform there, James Austin Johnson’s Biden and …
Read More »'Picard' Season 2 Makes a Highly Logical Return to Its Star Trek Roots
“Time offers many opportunities,” Jean-Luc Picard intones in the season premiere of Star Trek: Picard, “but it rarely offers second chances.” This new season presents something of a second chance for both Jean-Luc and the Paramount+ show that bears his name. The first season started off with the exciting notion …
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