Trevor Noah tried to get to the bottom of President Donald Trump‘s latest obsession, “Obamagate,” on The Daily Show Tuesday. In the days since the Justice Department unexpectedly dropped the charges against former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn, who pled guilty to lying to the FBI during the Mueller investigation, …
Read More »'The Last Dance' Week 4: Tragedy, Baseball, and the Cost of Being Jordan
In Episodes Seven and Eight of The Last Dance, there are tears. Michael Jordan cries over the shocking loss of his father in 1993. His friend Ahmad Rashad wells up at the memory of tying a trembling Jordan’s tie for him on the day of the funeral. Members of the …
Read More »'Saint Frances': Real People, With Real Problems in This Near-Perfect Queer Parenting Comedy
Donald Trump will surely hate this fun time trailblazer, which has already taken conservative flak for being a “woke checklist for millennials,” what with its pro-choice stance, its insistence on women’s rights, and its celebration of liberal causes from mixed-race lesbian marriage and queer parenting to racial, financial and social …
Read More »Watch Will Smith Reunite With 'Fresh Prince' Cast
Will Smith reunited with the cast of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air on the season finale of his Snapchat show, Will From Home. The first installment of the two-part finale premiered Wednesday on Snapchat, while the second will premiere Thursday, April 30th, at 6 a.m. ET. The reunion featured cast …
Read More »Oprah Winfrey to Deliver Commencement Address for Facebook Event
Oprah Winfrey will be delivering the commencement address for#Graduation 2020: Facebook and Instagram Celebrate the Class of 2020, a multi-hour streaming event airing May 15th on both social media platforms. The virtual graduation event will honor this year’s seniors whose formal commencement ceremonies have been canceled due to the ongoing …
Read More »Stephen Colbert Mocks Trump's 'Fire Anthony Fauci' Retweet
On The Late Show on Monday, Stephen Colbert broke down the latest development in the coronavirus pandemic: Dr. Anthony Fauci, the head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, basically confirmed that Trump mishandled the crisis. Several outlets highlighted Trump’s failure and mishandling of the pandemic over the …
Read More »'Killing Eve' Season 3 Review: A Once-Crazy Spy Thriller Finds a New Normal
The Eve is dead; long live the Eve! That might as well be the rallying cry for Killing Eve, the Emmy-winning, genre-defying series that, two seasons in a row now, has ended with a near-murder and woken up with a new showrunner. But maybe that’s fitting for a show that’s …
Read More »Trailers of the Week: 'The Innocence Files,' 'Normal People,' 'Punk'd' and More
Coachella: 20 Years in the Desert The 2020 Coachella may be postponed until October, but fans have the YouTube Original documentary to get through this festival-less spring. Billie Eilish, Moby, Ice Cube and Perry Farrell all speak to Coachella’s legacy. “Everybody knows what Coachella is,” Eilish says as the clip …
Read More »Harmonies, Heroes and Heroin: New Doc Traces the Story of Doo-Wop
“Harmony, harmony, harmony — no band, no nothing,” explains Charlie Thomas of the Drifters in director Brent Wilson’s Streetlight Harmonies, a new doc tracing the history of doo-wop (available on VOD). Doo-wop could be swoony and romantic, playful and mischievous. It was the sweet-voiced sibling to the insouciant rock & …
Read More »Best TV/Streaming to See in Mar.: 'Westworld,' 'Amazing Stories,' 'Plot Against America'
Penske Media may earn a commission from purchases made from our links. This month, viewers will have their choice of fictional dystopias (in addition to the real one happening outside our doors, naturally). You can visit an alternate reality America in which fascism has taken hold, clock in at a …
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