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Teen Mom OG Sisters: How Novalee And Vaeda Met Their New Sibling Rya
Catelynn and Tyler welcomed their “last” Teen Mom OG baby during tonight’s season finale. And even though Novalee and Vaeda were unable to accompany their mom and dad to the hospital due to COVID-19 protocols, the Baltierra girls were able to meet their brand-new sibling Rya right after the quick delivery. “Hi Rya!” an ecstatic Nova stated via FaceTime (with Tyler’s mom Kim by her side). “Are you coming home right now? I really want to see her!” “The baby has to stay at the hospital for 24 hours because they have to make sure she’s healthy and they test her blood,” Cate told Nova. And Nova soon learned that she and Rya already have something in common. “She’s six pounds, and I’m six!” Nova exclaimed. ...
Hawkeye Head Writer on What Superheroes and Mad Men Have in Common and How Hamilton Inspired That Captain America Musical
Hawkeye head writer Jonathan Igla, it turns out, is uniquely suited to the role of telling the story of the least powerful, but perhaps most relatable Avenger. For one thing, the experienced writer/producer’s credits include the well-regarded series Mad Men, Bridgerton, Pitch, and Sorry for Your Loss. For another, he knows his way around a bow and arrow. And also, as he tells Consequence, “I read everything in the comic book world, I really grew up with Marvel Comics and I love all of the biggest and smallest stuff as a writer.” One of those comics, the 2012 Hawkeye series written by Matt Fraction with art by David Aja, was a very clear inspiration point for the six-episode series which just debuted on Disney+. The latest TV adventure spotlighting a specific MCU player, Hawkeye features Je...
Peacock’s Dramatic Reimagining of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air Gets First Teaser Trailer: Watch
We all know the story about how Will Smith’s life got flipped-turned upside down… or, do we? Today, Peacock has shared the first trailer for Bel-Air, a forthcoming dramatic reimagining of the beloved ’90s sitcom, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. While the original series — loosely based on Smith’s own upbringing in West Philadelphia — poked fun at the fish-out-of-water adventures of a working-class teen assimilating to a wealthy suburb of Los Angeles, Bel-Air aims to dive deeper into the inherent conflicts and biases of such an upheaval. It’s slated to arrive sometime in 2022. With Smith himself executive producing, Bel-Air stars rookie Jabari Banks as Bel-Air’s new Fresh Prince. While there are plenty of nods to the original show, which aired from 1990 to 1996, this reimag...
HBO Unveils Thrilling First Trailer for Euphoria Season 2: Watch
We hope you still have some glitter eyeshadow laying around, because Euphoria is back. After what feels like eons in the making, HBO has finally unveiled the first trailer for Season 2 of its wildly popular teen drama, which is set to premiere on January 9th. The trailer begins with Rue (Zendaya) doing a flawless lip-sync performance of “Call Me Irresponsible,” the 1962 jazz standard written by Jimmy Van Heusen and Sammy Cahn. But this is Euphoria, after all, so it’s not long before the classic song crashes into a modern beat drop and we find ourselves in the middle of smoke-filled house parties and wild nights on the run from imminent danger. Directed by creator Sam Levinson, cast members returning for Euphoria Season 2 will include Hunter Schafer, Alexa Demie, Jacob Elordi, Bar...
R.I.P. Lou Cutell, Seinfeld’s “Assman” Dead at 91
Lou Cutell, the veteran character actor known for playing “Assman” on Seinfeld and “Amazing Larry” in the 1985 film Pee-wee’s Big Adventure, has died at the age of 91. After getting his start on Broadway, Cutell segued to television with guest roles in The Dick Van Dyke Show, The Wild Wild West, The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Starsky & Hutch, The Love Boat, The Bob Newhart Show, and Kojak. But Cutell will most be remembered for his 1995 appearance on Seinfeld, where he played a proctologist whose custom vanity “ASSMAN” license plate is wrongly given to Kramer. Cutell also made a brief but memorable appearance in Pee-wee’s Big Adventure, playing “Amazing Larry.” Advertisement Related Video More recently, Cutell played Leo Funkhouser, the uncle of Marty Funkhouser, on Curb Your Enthusiasm, a...
Challenge Redemption: Will Jonna And Jasmine Avenge Derek’s Elimination?
In 2009, Real World housemates Jonna and Jasmine stormed Cancun like Girls Gone Wild hopefuls, but — 12 years later — the BFFs’ return to the Mexican paradise has begun to feel, instead, like Girls Gone to War. And now that the ladies are fired up over the first Arena voting ceremony on The Challenge: All Stars, we have to ask: Will they be able to exact revenge on those who wronged their third musketeer, Derek? On the latest episode of the spinoff’s second season, Jodi and Derrick — the game’s first winning pair — quickly traded the thrill of victory for the burden of nominating four players into the game’s first elimination round. They consulted Nehemiah and Ayanna — who’d already been sentenced to The Arena for placing last in the first mission — but ultimately went rogue and chos...
Ridley Scott Reveals Pilot for Blade Runner TV Show Has Been Written
Ridley Scott had a surprise for fans during an interview with the BBC on Monday (November 22nd), revealing his beloved sci-fi classic Blade Runner is currently being adapted as a TV show. While he was on the topic, the director also gave an update on a previously announced Alien series. “We’re already into having written the pilot for Blade Runner and the bible. So, we’re already presenting Blade Runner as a TV show, which will probably be the first 10 hours,” Scott said on BBC’s Today radio program. Watch clips from the interview below the jump. In screenwriting terms, a bible is a document containing the details of the history of a series. Scott hasn’t discussed a live-action show based on the movie before, although an anime titled Blade Runner: Black Lotus debuted on Adult Swi...
Kevin Spacey Must Pay $31 Million to House of Cards Producer
Kevin Spacey has been ordered to pay $31 million to MRC, the producer of Netflix’s House of Cards, to cover the loss in revenue caused by the actor’s termination from the show. Spacey was fired from House of Cards prior to its sixth and final season after eight employees of the show came forward with allegations of sexual misconduct. According to The Hollywood Reporter, an arbitrator has concluded that Spacey breached contractual obligations to provide services “in a professional manner” and “consistent with [MRC’s] reasonable directions, practices and policies.” Advertisement Related Video Because of Spacey’s termination, MCR had to completely rewrite the sixth season of House of Cards and cut the episode total from 13 to eight. Now, the actor is on the hook for a bill totaling $31 millio...
Bobby Flay Lands New Three-Year Contract With Food Network
It turns out the Food Network can’t beat Bobby Flay. After stalled negotiations last month prompted reports that the longtime host would leave the channel after nearly three decades, Flay and Food Network have reached an agreement on a new three-year contract, according to Variety. This pact will keep the Beat Bobby Flay namesake on Food Network until the middle of the decade, and right up to his 30th anniversary on the channel. The new contract also expands the scope of content opportunities available to Flay’s production company, Rock Shrimp, which handles most of his Food Network shows. This news arrives right as Discovery is expected to make some exponential growth thanks to its pending merger with WarnerMedia. “I have an amazing family at Food Network and a great foundation,...
Ayanna And Leah Provided A Challenge Moment That ‘People Will Remember Forever’
Leah and Ayanna had not appeared on The Challenge together until All Stars>, but the two women displayed an unforgettable show of camaraderie that will unite them in the series’ history forever. And it unfolded as they were competing in an elimination, where one woman would stay and the other would be the first female to be ousted from Season 2. During the inaugural elimination “Dead Weight,” the women — Ayanna came in last place during the first Challenge Boarding Party while Leah was voted in — were tasked with dragging three coffins each across the arena, with each coffin containing chains. The goal: secure their chains to a post, and the competitor to place their chains on the pole the fastest wins. But there was a catch: Two coffins had longer chains i...
HBO Orders The Weeknd’s The Idol to Series
The Weeknd’s acting career is really taking off. Today HBO officially ordered The Idol, the drama he co-created with Sam Levinson (Euphoria, Malcolm & Marie) and Reza Fahim, to series. The Idol is set in a world The Weeknd knows well: the music industry. The singer otherwise known as Abel Tesfaye will star in the six-episode series alongside Lily-Rose Depp as a self-help guru and a cult leader who enters a romantic relationship with an up-and-coming pop singer. Rounding out the series’ cast are Suzanna Son, Melanie Liburd, Tunde Adebimpe, Steve Zissis,, Elizabeth Berkley Lauren, Nico Hiraga, Anne Heche, and pop singer Troye Sivan. Advertisement Related Video Joe Epstein joins The Weeknd, Levinson, and Fahim as executive producer and writer, and Amy Seimetz is set to executive produce a...
Why Disney+’s Hawkeye Takes Place at Christmas
The upcoming Disney+ series Hawkeye is set apart from other MCU adventures by a number of factors, but here’s a big one: It’s officially a holiday story. The series begins in the days before Christmas, with O.G. Avenger Clint Barton (Jeremy Renner) trying to spend some time with his family — until, of course, things go sideways. This marks the first major MCU project to be set at Christmas since Iron Man 3, and as part of an extended interview with Consequence, head writer Jonathan Igla (Mad Men) explained that the series being set at Christmas was something that came out of early conversations in the writers’ room, as they established a structure for the season where each episode represents one day in the week leading up to Christmas. As Igla says, “I love the compressed time frame and th...
