Warner Bros. has announced that it will be making its 2019 civil rights legal drama,Just Mercy, free to stream on digital platforms throughout June in light of the ongoing George Floyd protests. “We believe in the power of story,” representatives from Warner Bros. said in a statement. “Our film Just …
Read More »'The First Time' With Actress Tawny Newsome
Tawny Newsome is already known for her improv skills and for her work on the Yo! Is This Racist? podcast. With Space Force debuting this week on Netflix, the series’ hilarious young star sat down with Rolling Stone for its “The First Time” video series to talk recording music at …
Read More »'The First Time' With Simon Pegg
“The first album I bought was probablyLove,by the Cult,” Simon Pegg says in our latest installment of The First Time video interview series. The screenwriter, actor, and self-professed music nerd dove into some of his post-punk favorites while promoting his new film, the thriller Inheritance, in which he stars with …
Read More »Madeleine Albright Discusses the COVID-19 Crisis of Leadership With Trevor Noah
Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright discussed the qualities of leadership needed during a time of crisis in an interview with Trevor Noah on The Daily Show Monday. The interview began with Albright recalling her childhood in England during World War II and discussing the trust the people had in …
Read More »'There's Power in Laughing at the Pain': 'Brockmire' Creator on Series' American Nightmare
The fantastic final season of IFC’s baseball comedyBrockmiretakes place in the early 2030s, in a world ravaged by climate change, income inequality, and an inescapable sense that the apocalypse is already happening. Yet there is still baseball, and the series ends on a hopeful note for its announcer hero Jim …
Read More »Trevor Noah Slams Elon Musk for His Quarantine Tantrum
Elon Musk made headlines this week when he launched into a rant directed at California’s shelter-in-place mandate during a Tesla Q1 earnings call — and Trevor Noah was quick to poke fun at the tech entrepreneur on The Daily Show. On the earnings call, Musk criticized the state’s requirement that …
Read More »'Ramy' Embarks on Spiritual Journey With Mahershala Ali in Season 2 Trailer
Ramy Youssef‘s comedy-drama series Ramy, for which he won an acting Golden Globe, is back with Season Two, premiering May 29th on Hulu. In the first teaser for the new batch of episodes, Youssef portrays first-generation Egyptian-American Ramy Hassan as he embarks on a spiritual journey in his politically divided …
Read More »'The Half of It' Review: Closeted Student Plays Cyrano in Delightful YA Romcom
Picture a modernized, queer-teen version of Cyrano de Bergerac, in which the title character is a closeted Chinese-American girl who’s hired by a tongue-tied jock to write love letters to win the heart and mind the high-school queen they both secretly love. That’s the starting point for Alice Wu’s sweetly …
Read More »Michael Moore Talks 'Trump Virus' and 'Pre-Trump Virus' on 'Colbert'
Michael Moore spoke with Stephen Colbert about combating the coronavirus, the “Trump virus” and what he called “the pre-Trump virus” on The Late Show Tuesday. While ousting Trump from office in November was first on Moore’s mind, he acknowledged that the president “didn’t fall out of the sky” and that …
Read More »Trevor Noah Praises Angry Italian Mayors, Roasts Republicans Over Aid Package Slush Fund
Monday, Trevor Noah delved into the latest coronavirus updates from around the world — touching on the decision to reschedule the Olympics, angry Italian mayors and the $500 billion slush fund at the heart of the Republicans’ stimulus package on The Daily Social Distancing. Noah started with how the crisis …
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