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Pete Davidson to Star as Himself in Lorne Michaels-Produced Series Bupkis
After years of being typecast as different variations of schlubby tattooed men, Pete Davidson has finally landed the ultimate role: himself. Deadline reports that the SNL mainstay will play the lead in a forthcoming series inspired by his own life, tentatively titled Bupkis, with Lorne Michaels producing. Davidson will serve as co-executive producer of Bupkis, which is billed as “a mixture of grounded storytelling with absurd elements” in the vein of Larry David’s Curb Your Enthusiasm. The comedian is also co-writing the script, alongside frequent collaborator Dave Sirus as well as Judah Miller (Crashing). The series is currently being pitched to various streamers; Prime Video and Peacock are reportedly among those interested. Agents are also apparently seekin...
Giancarlo Esposito to Star in AMC Remake of BBC Series The Driver
Giancarlo Esposito is knocking once again on AMCs’s door, starring and executive producing the network’s upcoming BBC remake of The Driver. It will mark their third collaboration following the Emmy-stashing crime drama Breaking Bad and its ongoing prequel Better Call Saul. The show was announced by AMC Networks on March 8th with a six-episode first season that will retool the 2014 BBC miniseries, which starred fellow AMC alum David Morrissey (The Walking Dead). The American version will place Esposito in a new type of face-off as the taxi-driving protagonist Vince, who “agrees to chauffer a New Orleans-based, Zimbabwean gangster notorious for exploiting undocumented immigrants at the U.S. southern ports.” Though the plot seems to be rife with compromising moral quandaries, Esposito’s worki...
George R.R. Martin Gives Update on Five HBO Shows He’s Working on Instead of Winds of Winter
May the old gods and the new bless George R.R. Martin, a man who scratched his A Song of Ice and Fire itch through HBO’s Game of Thrones series and now would rather work on anything else. In a new post on his blog, the author admitted that he hasn’t made much progress on the long-gestating sixth book in the series, The Winds of Winter, but he did gush about all the projects he finds more exciting, especially the more than five new HBO shows in development. “I know, I know, for many of you out there, only one of those projects matters, Martin wrote. “I am sorry for you. They ALL matter to me.” He added, “Yes, of course I am still working on The Winds of Winter,” the follow-up to A Dance with Dragons which has been in progress since at least 2011. “I have stated that...
Ernie Hudson Joins Quantum Leap Reboot
Ernie Hudson has entered the Quantum Leap. Deadline reports that Hudson has joined the cast of NBC’s modern-day reboot of the series, starring alongside Raymond Lee. Set 30 years after Dr. Sam Beckett (Scott Bakula) stepped into the Quantum Leap time traveling machine and vanished, the upcoming Quantum Leap sees a new team of scientists try to uncover the mysteries of the project. While Lee stars as Dr. Ben Seong, a physicist working on the machine who gets transported to the 1980s, Hudson is set to play Herbert “Magic” Williams, a Vietnam veteran who tries to get Dr. Seong back to the present. Nanrisa Lee, Mason Alexander Park, and Caitlin Bassett have also been cast in the reboot. Lee is set to play Jenn, head of security at Quantum Leap headquarters, while Park portrays Ian, t...
Teen Mom 2‘s Jade Reveals That Sean Has Entered Rehab
Jade and Sean’s long-term relationship seemed to be trending in a positive direction at the last Teen Mom 2 reunion: The couple revealed that therapy and space (he moved out of Jade’s home) had helped their communication. And even though they were not officially back together, there were no disagreements between the two about what had previously transpired, and he sweetly brought her a lovely bouquet of flowers on stage. However, during tonight’s premiere, Kloie’s parents struggled yet again, and the young mom was left to “pick up all the pieces.” “Sean broke down and said he had to go to rehab,” Jade confessed during a diary cam about the off-camera incident. “And next thing you know, he’s on a plane to Texas to start a three-mon...
The Emperor Hunts Jedi in First Teaser Trailer for Obi-Wan Kenobi: Watch
The Jedi Order has been destroyed, Darth Sidious reigns as Emperor, and Obi-Wan Kenobi (Ewan McGregor) is forced into hiding in the first teaser trailer for Obi-Wan Kenobi. The hottest new destination in that galaxy far, far away comes to Disney+ May 25th. Obi-Wan Kenobi is set between the events of the Star Wars movies Revenge of the Sith and A New Hope, when Luke Skywalker is just a boy, and his father Anakin Darth Vader (Hayden Christensen) is filling the galaxy with terror. “The fight is done,” Kenobi sighs in the teaser. “We lost.” But just because he’s been beaten, that doesn’t mean he’s safe. As seen in the Star Wars: Rebels animated series, the Emperor has founded the Inquisitorius, an organization of force-sensitive hunters who track do...
Colin Farrell’s The Penguin Spin-Off Gets Greenlight from HBO Max
Matt Reeves’ iteration of Batman might’ve just flown into theaters, but the director already has another DC project up his sleeve: HBO Max has officially ordered a spin-off series centered on The Penguin, which will see Colin Farrell reprise his role as the criminal mastermind. Just as The Batman offers a thrilling origin story for Bruce Wayne, this forthcoming limited drama series — currently under the working title The Penguin — will provide detailed context about how Oswald Cobblepot rose to power in Gotham City. Lauren LeFranc (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.) will write the script, with Reeves and The Batman producer Dylan Clark serving as executive producers alongside Farrell. “The world that Matt Reeves created for The Batman is one that warrants a deeper gaze through the eyes of O...
‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Season 14 Sparks Streaming Gains For Kylie Minogue, Jennifer Lopez & More
RuPaul’s Drag Race fans love a good lip sync for your life moment, filled with stunts, reveals, kicks and all of the high-stakes reality show drama we’ve come to expect over 14 seasons. But there’s another group that should really love these moments — the artists whose songs get featured. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news Over the course of season 14 of Drag Race, every song that has been featured as a lip sync at the end of each episode has seen streaming gains in the week following the episode’s airing, according to MRC Data. The biggest winner amongst the 9 songs featured thus far on season 14 is Kylie Minogue‘s “I Love It.” Released as the third single off of Minogue’s album DISCO on October 23, 2020, “I Love It” was featured as the...
5 Burning Questions the Final Episodes of Ozark Need to Answer
[Editor’s note: The following contains spoilers for Ozark, Season 4, Episode 7, “Sanctified.”] The first half of Ozark’s final season ended with a bang — two in fact: a shot to the chest and another to the head. There is no lack of shocking deaths in the show’s previous years, but the demise of Darlene Snell (Lisa Emery) and Wyatt Langmore (Charlie Tahan) are being set up to be some of the most consequential. If nothing else, they represent just how quickly and violently the Byrdes schemes have gotten out of control. With Navarro in jail, Marty (Jason Bateman) and Wendy (Laura Linney) must learn how to navigate a new ruthless cartel leader, while Ruth (Julia Garner) is embarking on a grief-stricken revenge rampage that doesn’t bode well. The family money-laundering business is now involved...
Sneak Peek: Teen Mom 2‘s Ashley And Bar Got Married (Without A Single MTV Camera In Sight)
Bar may have proposed to Ashley twice on camera — the first moment unfolded during their early Young and Pregnant days and the second in their inaugural Teen Mom 2 episode. But the wedding of Holly’s parents was not filmed and won’t be featured on MTV. “While the cameras weren’t around, Bar and I went and got married,” Ashley explains in the Teen Mom 2 sneak peek above. She continues: “It wasn’t even a courthouse ceremony. I just had my mom sign the documents. We didn’t take a single photo; we didn’t have a nice dinner. I literally think we went to Jack in the Box.” And while the couple is now husband and wife, the new Mrs. explains the relationship has been “super-rocky lately.” So how does Bar describe their cu...
Disney+ Announces New Series The Muppets Mayhem
The Electric Mayhem have long been The Muppets’ backing band, but Dr. Teeth and company are finally getting their own show. Disney+ has announced The Muppets Mayhem, a new series in which the veteran rock group set out to record their debut album. Lilly Singh stars alongside the musical Muppets as Nora, the junior A&R executive “tasked with managing and wrangling the mayhem that is The Electric Mayhem Band,” as a press release puts it. The plot centers around group — comprised of singer-keyboardist Dr. Teeth, drummer Animal, singer-bassist Floyd Pepper, singer-guitarist Janice, saxophonist Zoot, and trumpeter Lips — finally recording their first LP more than 45 years after debuting on Jim Henson’s 1975 Sesame Street spinoff The Muppet Show. With fresh-faced executive Nora in tow, fans ...
DeVaughn Nixon on Portraying His Dad in HBO’s Winning Time and Working with Adam McKay
Listen via Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Google Podcasts | Stitcher | Pocket Casts | Radio Public | RSS DeVaughn Nixon joins Kyle Meredith to talk about HBO’s Winning Time: The Rise of The Lakers Dynasty, in which he plays the role of his real life father, Norm Nixon. Related Video The actor tells how he still had to audition for the part, his dad feeling threatened by Magic Johnson’s arrival, and this series being released on the heels of the Michael Jordan doc The Last Dance. Nixon also discusses what it was like to work with Adam McKay on the dark comedy and where the story could go with future seasons. Advertisement We also travel back to 1992 to celebrate the 30th anniversary of The Bodyguard, which found Nixon staring at W...
