Julia Louis-Dreyfus recalls a humiliating moment she experienced during her childhood Saturday night live days. THE Vep the actress and comedian looked back at her early career in Hollywood on a recent episode of Lemonada Media Wiser than me podcast, including one of his first memories with the sketch comedy show that didn't necessarily go … Read more
Queer filmmakers, mediamakers and activists, along with political commentators, influencers and public officials, addressed how current challenges in politics and the film industry have converged, and how independent storytelling and social media can help respond to the anti-backlash. -LGBTQ+ as part of an hour-long panel at NewFest36's second annual Industry + Filmmaker Day. Nick McCarthy, … Read more
Kamala Harris (Maya Rudolph) was looking for a viral moment during her infuriating interview with Fox News' Bret Baier (Alec Baldwin) during the Saturday night live opened cold. The sketch was filled with moments of Baier interrupting Harris, similar to his real interview with the vice president earlier this week. But the host of Special … Read more
Don’t call it a reboot, because, as many viewers have discovered, the new CBS drama Matlock starring Oscar winner Kathy Bates is everything but. By now, it’s an open secret that Jane the Virgin creator Jennie Snyder Urman has done it again. With Matlock, Urman hasn’t simply taken an established IP and swapped in Bates for Andy Griffith’s original Ben … Read more
Dana Carvey will never miss an opportunity to have a chaotic situation Saturday night live moment. The comedian revealed in a recent episode of Superfly podcast, which he co-hosts with David Spade, smashing an ice cream cone in Maya Rudolph's face during last week's cold open was completely unexpected. “The ice cream cone wasn’t planned,” … Read more
Anna Kendrick shares how she pitched herself as director on the new Netflix film The woman of the hour. The thriller, directed by Kendrick and written by Ian McDonald, is based on the true story of serial killer Rodney Alcala, played by Daniel Zocatto, who appeared in and won an episode of The dating game. … Read more
Joshua Jackson returned to network television for the first time in a decade with ABC's latest medical drama, Doctor Odyssey. The show set on a cruise ship – created by Ryan Murphy, Jon Robin Baitz and Joe Baken – stars Jackson as Max, the Odyssey's new and seemingly overqualified doctor who teams up with the … Read more
[This story contains spoilers for Joker: Folie a Deux.] Is anyone out there laughing? It seems very few are, given the dismal reception to Todd Phillips’ Joker: Folie a Deux, the follow-up to his $1 billion-it, Joker (2019), which was nominated for 11 Oscars and won best actor and best original Score. A sequel with … Read more
Henry Winkler thinks back to one of the first moments he met Robin Williams, and it's certainly memorable. The actor recently appeared on Fake doctors, real friends with Zach and Donald podcast and recalled Williams' one Happy days auditioned for the role of Mork, an alien from the planet Ork who visits Earth, after the … Read more
“There’s a good chance that the African film industry is about to have its global moment.” That’s the optimistic view shared on Monday about the state of African film and TV programming by Nomsa Philiso, CEO of general entertainment at African pay-TV giant MultiChoice Group, owner of African streamer Showmax, in her keynote speech at … Read more