Gabrielle Union is hosting an all-black cast reading of Friends. The virtual event will take place on Tuesday, September 22nd from 6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. ET at Zoom Where It Happens. Salli Richardson-Whitfield will direct the table read, and although Union has yet to announce which actors will play …
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HBO renewed Last Week Tonight With John Oliver for three more seasons, securing the satirical news show through 2023. Casey Bloys, chief content officer for both the network and its on-demand streaming service HBO Max, detailed the new deal on Monday, Variety reports. Oliver, who launched the show in April …
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Black Panther director Ryan Coogler has penned a tribute to Chadwick Boseman following the death of the actor at the age of 43. “He was an epic firework display,” Coogler wrote in a statement released Sunday. “I will tell stories about being there for some of the brilliant sparks till …
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This column contains full spoilers for HBO’s I May Destroy You, which aired its finale on Monday night. The very first shot of I May Destroy You occurs, like much of Michaela Coel’s incredible HBO limited series, outside the boundaries of time, and possibly reality. We are in a small, …
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Jake Johnson and Rob Riggle discuss their upcoming Netflix animated show Hoops, the first albums they ever bought, improv jitters and more in the latest installment of The First Time. Hoops, created by Ben Hoffman, is centered around a delusional, foul-mouthed high school basketball coach, voiced by Johnson. Johnson says …
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Kajillionaire “Most people want to be kajillionaires. That’s the dream,” Robert (portrayed by Richard Jenkins) says to his daughter, Old Dolio (portrayed by Evan Rachel Wood). “That’s how they get you hooked.” In this family of con artists, not being “hooked” is a point of pride. For Old Dolio, the …
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Netflix has released the trailer for Fear City, a three-part series about the Mafia takedown in New York City during the 1970s. The series premieres July 22nd on the streaming platform. Created by the same production company as the docuseries Don’t F*ck With Cats, Fear City explores a derelict time in New …
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“We don’t have such people here,” declares Ramzan Kadyrov, chuckling to himself. “We don’t have any gays.” The head of the Chechen Republic is talking to David Scott of the HBO show Real Sports, and his assertions were more or less echoed by Russian officials when they addressed the U.N. …
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Apple TV+ offered a dramatic first glimpse at Foundation, the company’s original sci-fi drama series based on the influential Isaac Asimov novels of the same name. In a new teaser trailer, which premiered Monday at Apple’s 2020 Worldwide Developers Conference, show runner and executive producer David S. Goyer traces the …
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FXX’s Dave, a semi-autobiographical comedy co-created by and starring Dave Burd, a.k.a. rapper Lil Dicky, has been one of this year’s best shows. Much of the series leans into Burd’s rap persona as the guy with the malfunctioning genitals — the result of a condition called hypospadias, which the fictionalized …
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