Sports are shut down. Live theater is shut down. A visit to a movie theater sounds downright terrifying. Group activities are a nonstarter. But you know what we still have as America begins The Great Shut-In? We’ve got TV. Suddenly, the overwhelming quantity of television has gone from something that …
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A month before the Season 4 premiere, HBO has dropped a new trailer for Issa Rae’s comedy series Insecure. The 10-episode fourth season, premiering April 12th, “follows our favorite characters as they evaluate their relationships, both new and old, in an effort to figure out who and what comes with …
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Dave Chappelle, David Letterman and Sarah Silverman are among a slew of comedians set to appear at the first Netflix Is a Joke Fest, taking place April 27th through May 3rd at a variety of venues across Los Angeles. More than 100 performers will take part in the new comedy …
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On the cusp of the Season 5 premiere of Better Caul Saul, Bob Odenkirk stopped by the Rolling Stone offices to discuss playing Saul Goodman, directing Mr. Show with Bob and David, quitting McDonald’s, and share more personal stories in the latest installment of “The First Time.” The clip kicks …
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Trevor Noah examined the budding feud between Democratic primary opponents Pete Buttigieg and Joe Biden on The Daily Show Monday. Buttigieg has become the focus of many attacks since his surprisingly strong showing in the Iowa caucus last week, but no other candidate has gone after him quite like Biden, …
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Eminem unexpectedly took the stage at the 92nd Academy Awards on Sunday for a performance of “Lose Yourself” as part of a tribute to past Best Original Song winners. The song won the rapper the award for Best Original Song in 2003, but he did not attend the ceremony; the …
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In Saturday Night Live’s first episode of the 2020s, the show brought back a beloved cast member from the late-1980s as Jon Lovitz portrayed Trump lawyer Alan Dershowitz in the cold open sketch. In the sketch, Beck Bennett’s Mitch McConnell gives Senator Susan Collins (Cecily Strong) a preview of the …
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Less than a week after the 2020 Golden Globes, the Hollywood Foreign Press has already revealed who will host next year’s ceremony: Tina Fey and Amy Poehler will return to the Golden Globes in 2021. The former Saturday Night Live cast mates hosted for three consecutive years from 2013 to …
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Samantha Bee celebrated Donald Trump’s impeachment with A Christmas Carol spoof on Wednesday’s Full Frontal. In the two-minute sketch, Bee plays a modern-day Scrooge who, after already meeting the three ghosts of Charles Dickens’ classic story, wakes up on the day of Trump’s impeachment. Bee throws open her window and …
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In the old days, i.e. 2017, you had to go to your local multiplex to see a Michael Bay blockbuster. You know the type of movie we’re talking about: explosions, robots, shots which last 0.003 seconds, chiseled dudes, smokin’-hot babes. (Not “men” and “women.” There are no such things as …
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