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Parish review: Giancarlo Esposito breaks bad in New Orleans

One last job. Then he’s out, to focus on the family. One can tell, because Parish, not more than a few scenes into his eponymous show (which premieres March 31 on AMC), states, “After this job I am out, focus on my family.” But of course he can’t quite help himself. Truly, he misses the times, the putting on of shades…Read more...

Thu Mar 28, 2024 14:06
Yes, Kenan has seen Quiet On Set: "Investigate more!"

To the best of our knowledge, no living human being has spent a greater percentage of their life on the cast of a TV sketch comedy show than Kenan Thompson. (Who, at 45 years old, has spent 26 of those years on the roster of one such series or another.) Most of that is Thompson’s legendary tenure on Saturday Night LiveRead more...

Thu Mar 28, 2024 04:39
Top Chef recap: Don’t worry, be hoppy

Cheers, Top Chef-ers! For our second episode of season 21, the chef-testants tackled one of Wisconsin’s most beloved exports—no, not cheese. (Per previews, all those curds and whey will be happening next week.) We’re talking about beer, with Milwaukee-bred breweries like Pabst, Joseph Schlitz, and Miller (more on them…Read more...

Thu Mar 28, 2024 04:39
Anna Kendrick and Blake Lively to reunite for A Simple Favor 2—despite events of A Simple Favor 1

Looking back 6 years later, there’s something almost bizarre about the existence, and success, of Paul Feig’s dark comedy thriller A Simple Favor. A $20 million movie making a nice $100 million return, based pretty much entirely on the concept “People might like to watch Anna Kendrick and Blake Lively tear each other…Read more...

Thu Mar 28, 2024 04:20
Paramount heightens hilarious “Star Trek 4 is happening” joke by hiring another new screenwriter

Among Hollywood’s funniest running gags (just behind “director hired for Star Wars film” and Sony’s ongoing Spider-Man minus Spider-Man universe), Paramount is doubling down on its long-running Star Trek 4 bit. In the latest news from a movie we sincerely doubt will ever be made, Paramount has hired a screenwriter to…Read more...

Wed Mar 27, 2024 23:28
Double Jinx: The story of Robert Durst continues in Part Two teaser

“Killed them all, of course.” That’s Robert Durst’s eerie confession in the jaw-dropping finale of the 2015 HBO docuseries The Jinx: The Life And Deaths Of Robert Durst. It’s also the refrain repeated again and again at the beginning of the trailer for the surprise second season of the show, which premieres April 21.…Read more...

Wed Mar 27, 2024 22:21

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