“If I could live any place, at any time,” the wide-eyed young woman says, dreamily, “I’d live in London in the 1960s. It must have been the center of the universe!” Her name is Eloise — call her Ellie — and she’s just moved from Cornwall to good ol’ Blighty …
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Joe Rogan defended his friend Dave Chappelle amid the controversy surrounding his new comedy special The Closer on the latest episode of the podcaster’s The Joe Rogan Experience. Chappelle has been accused of being transphobic by the LGBTQ community and the streaming service’s transgender employees over the special, which includes …
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Netflix has released the first trailer for upcoming film Bruised, directed by and starring Halle Berry. The film, in select theaters on November 17th and streaming on November 24th, marks the actress’ directorial debut. Berry stars as fierce MMA fighter Jackie Justice, “a fighter who reclaims her power, in and …
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A review of the Season Two finale of Ted Lasso, “Inverting the Pyramid of Success,” coming up just as soon as I give you a cool nod… It is halftime of Richmond’s final game of the season, and the club’s last chance to gain promotion back to the EPL(*). Nate’s …
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Alan Kalter, the announcer who introduced Late Show With David Lettermanfor nearly two decades, has died, as Variety reports. He was 78. He died Monday at Stamford Hospital in Connecticut. Kalter began his stint as Letterman’s announcer in September 1995 replacing Bill Wendell after he retired. Kalter served in the …
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I May Destroy You creator-star Michaela Coel delivered a succinct and poignant acceptance speech at the 2021 Emmys, accepting her award for Outstanding Writing for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie. “I dedicate this story,” she said onstage, “to every single survivor of sexual assault.” Coel — creator, writer, …
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This story originally ran in the July 2020 issue of Rolling Stone. Yahya Abdul-Mateen II walks into a downtown Oakland diner carrying a half-dozen shoeboxes stacked to his chin and makes his way — carefully — to a booth. He’s barely gotten settled when a fortysomething dude at the next …
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Ji-Yoon Kim’s young daughter Ju-Ju has an important question: Why does her mother, who runs the English department at a prestigious New England liberal arts college, use the title of “Doctor.” Ji-Yoon tries explaining how her love of literature led to a Ph.D. and a career in academia, but Ju-Ju …
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Sometimes, a show gets to lead the zeitgeist, and sometimes it’s just part of a trend. The new Hulu miniseries Nine Perfect Strangers falls into the latter category — though, actually, it’s an example of multiple recent prestige-TV trends. The series represents the third collaboration between star Nicole Kidman and …
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After a perpetual delay due to the Covid-19 pandemic, Warner Bros. has finally released a full-length trailer for Denis Villeneuve’s Dune adaptation, along with a new release date: October 22nd, both in theaters and on streaming with HBO Max’s ad-free package for 31 days. The trailer offers an epic three-minute …
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