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Marvel’s Moon Knight Review: An Odd, Perhaps Inessential, But Often Fun Ride
The Pitch: When Moon Knight viewers first meet Steven Grant (Oscar Isaac), he’s a simple man living a relatively simple life in London, working a menial job as a museum gift shop employee and struggling to connect with the people around him. While a bit of an odd duck, personality-wise, Steven has a good heart but a big secret: He keeps experiencing missing time, waking up in strange locations no matter how hard he tries to stay awake or chain himself up in his sleep. The cause for these lapses, as we soon learn, is that Steven shares his body with an entirely separate personality — that of a man known as Marc Spector, who’s caught up in some complicated business involving a golden scarab, a cult leader named Arthur Harrow (Ethan Hawke), and as we eventually come to discover, the modern-da...
The Many Faces of Moon Knight, Explained
There’s more than meets the eye with Marc Spector, as we’re soon about to learn from the latest Marvel television series, Moon Knight. The highly anticipated series debuts Wednesday (March 30th) on Disney+, and it’s set to be a wild character study unlike anything seen in the MCU. Beyond his nightly habit of donning a silver cape and cowl as the crime-fighting titular Marvel Comics antihero, Marc has the unique distinction of battling for justice while facing his own dissociative identity disorder (DID), which splits his psyche into entirely separate entities. Star Oscar Isaac proudly proclaimed in the first featurette that they are “putting a lens on” the character’s fundamental psychological health aspects. With only a few hints of dueling personalities in the preceding trailers, however...
A Timeline of Will Smith and Chris Rock’s Fair-Weather Friendship
As if the Hollywood gods knew we were overdue for a scandal on live television, all of the regular expected awkwardness at the 2022 Academy Awards was eclipsed by Will Smith slapping Chris Rock across the face for the entire world to see, after the latter made a joke at Jada Pinkett Smith‘s expense. But a little violence didn’t stop the Academy from giving Smith the Best Actor Award for his role in King Richard, where he plays Richard Williams, father and coach of tennis legends Venus and Serena Williams. “Richard Williams was a fierce defender of his family,” Smith said during his speech, holding back tears — almost as if to give Rock an ever-so-subtle fuck you. But being two comedy legends of the ’90s, Rock and Smith’s relationship goes way back, as both friends and on-screen collaborato...
Bridgerton Cast on Why Season 2 Exists In Its Own Universe — One Where the Women Rule
There are many ways to describe the world in which the intensely romantic yet complex Bridgerton exists, but star Nicola Coughlan, after years now of talking about the Netflix series, has a remarkably succinct explanation: “It’s colorful and diverse and you’ve got Ariana Grande.” The Derry Girls alumni plays Penelope Featherington, who tears high society apart with her secret life as gossip maven Lady Whistledown, tells Consequence that Season 2 has been a lot easier to discuss. “People now just accept it for what it is, which is lovely and allows you to have a lot more fun, too. When you’re going out and explaining a show [in Season 1], you have to use reference points that exist. So you go, oh, it’s Downton Abbey meets Gossip Girl, that kinda thing,” she says. “Now you don’t have to do t...
Hulu Reveals Only Murders in the Building Season 2 Premiere Date
If you’re a true crime podcast enthusiast, there’s a good chance you’ve fantasized about finding yourself at the center of an abominable scandal, confidently armed by the knowledge you’ve absorbed through hours and hours of Serial and My Favorite Murder. That’s exactly what happens to the protagonists of Only Murders in the Building Season 2, which Hulu has announced will premiere on June 28th. Season 2 of Only Murders picks up right where we left off: Charles (Steve Martin), Oliver (Martin Short), and Mabel (Selena Gomez) have successfully gotten their own crime podcast off the ground. But now, not only are the trio publicly implicated in the murder of an executive at their luxe Upper West Side apartment complex — they’re also the subjects of a competing podcast. ...
Donald Glover on Writing with Malia Obama: “Her Writing Style Is Great”
Donald Glover is enjoying working with Malia Obama in the writer’s room of his in-the-works Amazon series. “Her writing style is great,” he said in an interview with Vanity Fair. Glover hired Obama last year for his Beyoncé-inspired television series, which used the working title Hive. “She’s just like, an amazingly talented person. She’s really focused, and she’s working really hard.” He added, “I feel like she’s just somebody who’s gonna have really good things coming soon.” His brother and frequent collaborator Stephen Glover is in the same writer’s room, and he also raved about the 23-year-old eldest child of former President Barack Obama. “Donald always says perspective is important, and people with different perspectives are important for a writers room,...
The Truth Came Out On Jersey Shore — Thanks To An Actual Lie Detector
Just when you think nothing can top murder mysteries and tantric sex therapy sessions, DJ Pauly D pulled off the biggest surprise of them all on the last night of the latest family vacation. Tonight’s Jersey Shore: Family Vacation season finale kicked off with “the dumbest race” in the history of guido sports — guidos running in swim fins, you can imagine the rest — and culminated with the arrival of one rather shocking note on Mike’s doorstep. No, not that note… more on that one later. Turns out that Pauly (who conveniently peaced out early) took it upon himself to book fun activity lie detector tests for the gang’s last night in the Banana Republic Florida Keys. Naturally, Mike (and his positive ...
Siesta Key Sneak Peek: Madisson And Ish Make A Big Decision About Their Wedding
Madisson and Ish are preparing for two milestones: a wedding and a child. And in a sneak peek from tonight’s episode, the couple is making a major decision about the former event. “I’m on such a high seeing our little tiny,” Madisson tells her soon-to-be husband in the clip above after a trip to the doctor’s office in their home base (aka Los Angeles). “It’s crazy how fast this all happened.” Since the baby is due on New Year’s Day, Madisson tells Ish she wants to say “I do” before the end of 2021. The reason: Her parents (especially her “old-fashioned” father) want her to get married before she becomes a mother. And Madisson already has an idea of where she wants the nuptials to be. “I think I want to have...
Craig Robinson Is a Security Guard Turned Snake Hunter in Trailer for Peacock’s Killing It: Watch
In the teaser for his upcoming Peacock series Killing It, Craig Robinson is living in the lap of luxury, but the newly-released trailer shows the long road it took him to get there. Taking a look back at his days as a security guard with big dreams, the clip offers a peek into his journey to becoming an all-American success story. The trailer opens with Robinson’s character getting turned down for a loan in thinly veiled racist language before giving a look at his crumbling home life. Learning his daughter could be moving to Ohio due to his ex’s beau getting a new job seems to be the last straw, so when there’s an opportunity to win $20,000 in a snake hunting contest, it’s a no-brainer. Watch the trailer below. Killing It comes from Brooklyn Nine-Nine co-creator Dan Goor and writer/pr...
Olive Gray Is Halo‘s Nonbinary, Cartoon-Watching Breakout Star
By Alex Gonzalez Who’s Watching? introduces a rising screen star, who details their latest role, and how they got there, in their own words. In Halo, a new show adapted from the hit video game series, nonbinary actor Olive Gray plays Miranda Keyes, a powerful scientist with a strong sense of right and wrong. In addition to acting, Gray sings and writes poetry, making them a force to be reckoned with, not unlike their kickass sci-fi counterpart. Name: Olive Gray Age: 27 Astrological sign: Sagittarius sun, Sagittarius moon, Leo rising Born in: Cambridge Where they live now: North London Their first gig: My first gig was a TV show called [The Story of ] Tracy Beaker. At the time, it was the biggest kids’ TV show. I went to a charity event and was spotted in the crowd and was asked to au...
Miles Teller Clashes with Mobsters About The Godfather in Trailer for The Offer: Watch
The upcoming Paramount+ limited series The Offer will take viewers behind the scenes of the turbulent road to the making of The Godfather. Thanks to the new official trailer, we now have a longer look at legendary producer Albert S. Ruddy (Miles Teller) and his struggle to make the classic gangster film. The clip opens with Ruddy’s meeting with studio execs Robert Evans (Matthew Goode) and Barry Lapidus (Colin Hanks), after which he is tasked with producing the film “no one wants to make.” Though Ruddy finds “someone who understands Italians” in Francis Ford Coppola (Dan Fogler), casting Al Pacino and Marlon Brando proves to be a hard sell to his bosses. As if Ruddy wasn’t facing enough obstacles, Five Families boss Joe Colombo (Giovanni Ribisi) vociferously expresses his opposition t...
And Just Like That… Renewed for Season 2 by HBO Max
Prepare for another entry in The Carrie Diaries because And Just Like That… has been renewed for Season 2 by HBO Max. The Sex and the City sequel series centers on original leads Carrie Bradshaw (Sarah Jessica Parker), Miranda Hobbes (Cynthia Nixon), and Charlotte York Goldenblatt (Kristin Davis) as they face their 50s and all of the unforeseen trials and tribulations that accompany it. The series premiere boasted the most-watched debut episode for the streamer — in no small part due to the shocking twist that tanked Peloton’s stock. In an official statement, series creator and showrunner Michael Patrick King said, “I am delighted and excited to tell more stories about these vibrant, bold characters — played by these powerful, amazing actors. The fact is, we’re all thrilled. And Just ...
