TV amp; Movies

Mindy Kaling plays a young writer tasked with resuscitating the career of a floundering TV host, played by Emma Thompson, in the new trailer for Late Night, out June 7th via Amazon. Late Night is centered around Thompson’s character, Katherine Newbury, a late-night talk show pioneer who’s nevertheless battling both …

Lady Gaga gushed on Wednesday’s Jimmy Kimmel Live that her “whole artistic journey flashed before [her] eyes” after she and Bradley Cooper won the Academy Award for Best Original Song (“Shallow”) at the 2019 ceremony. “I instantly saw myself sitting on my stoop of my studio apartment in New York …

Stanley Donen, director of acclaimed movie musicals like Singin’ In The Rain and On the Town, has died at the age of 94. One of Donen’s sons confirmed the director’s death to Chicago Tribune film critic Michael Phillips. “Confirmed by one of his sons this morning: Director Stanley Donen has …

Two-time Academy Awards host Jimmy Kimmel and his Lie Witness News team asked people what they thought about this year’s Oscars, even though the ceremony itself won’t happen until February 24th. “Between all the changes in the telecast and the lack of a host this year, there’s been a lot …

Call it Taken on Ice, call it Mr. Plow: The Movie, call it “Neeson and Chill.” But whatever you dub Cold Pursuit, starring Liam Neeson as a father out for revenge — don’t confuse it with grim business as usual. After starring in three films in which his character’s “very …

Alec Baldwin’s Donald Trump attempted to end the ongoing government shutdown with a game of Deal or No Deal in the cold open of Saturday Night Live‘s 2019 premiere. “Earlier today you went on TV and you told the America people that you want to make a deal,” Kenan Thompson’s …

Natahsa Lyonne keeps dying then subsequently reliving her birthday in the trailer for Netflix‘sRussian Doll. Lyonne co-created the show with Amy Poehler and Leslye Headland (Bachelorette,Sleeping With Other People). The trailer opens with Lyonne’s Nadia celebrating her birthday with a raucous party in New York City. It all comes to …

A new documentary with the working title of House of Saud, helmed by filmmaker Alex Gibney and author Lawrence Wright will examine the United States’ tenuous relationship with Saudi Arabia. Showtime announced Monday that the film was in development but did not announce a projected premiere date. The film will …

Netflix has shared the first look at Fyre, the streaming service’s upcoming documentary on the disastrous Fyre Festival. Using on-the-scene footage and social media posts, the teaser clip contrasts what festivalgoers to the Bahamas event expected to see – Instagram models, luxurious lodging and non-stop partying – and what they …