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Succession Renewed for Fourth Season
As if there was any doubt, HBO has officially renewed Succession for a fourth season. The news comes on the heels of Succession’s Season 3 premiere, which drew over 1.4 million viewers across all of HBO’s platforms — a record high for any HBO Original since the launch of HBO Max, the channel says. “With each season of Succession, [creator] Jesse Armstrong has continued to surpass our wildest expectations, pulling us deeper into the Roy family’s inner sanctum with indelible wit, humanity, and precision,” said Francesca Orsi, Executive Vice President, HBO Programming, in a statement. “This season is undoubtedly no exception, and we couldn’t be more excited for all that’s in store in this next season ahead.” Advertisement Related Video In a recent interview with British GQ, Brian Cox (who pla...
Curb Your Enthusiasm Returns for a Wine-Spilling, Gut-Busting Season 11 Premiere: Review
The Pitch: Twenty-one years in, and LA’s (least) favorite curmudgeon Larry David is still up to his usual self-serving tricks, even as HBO’s long-running sitcom Curb Your Enthusiasm moves from its MAGA-hat commentary in Season 10 to COVID-era shenanigans in Season 11. The season premiere — dubbed “The Five-Foot Fence,” Jehovah bless — brings the show back without skipping a beat, rolling into these so-called “unprecedented times” with all the unpredictable hilarity we’ve come to expect from L.D. and the crew. Leave it to Larry to start off the season with an image right out of Sunset Boulevard: a dead body in Larry’s pool and the police determine that it’s clearly a burglar who fell in and drowned. No harm, no foul, thinks Larry; by the time he’s successfully pitched a show ...
Dave Chappelle Calls Controversy Over Transgender Comments “Nonsense”
Dave Chappelle has addressed the ongoing controversy surrounding his latest Netflix special, The Closer. In the special, the veteran comedian makes several jokes about transgendered people, defends J.K. Rowlings’ anti-trans comments, and goes as far to declare himself “Team TERF” (TERF is the acronym for a trans-exclusionary radical feminist). Chappelle’s comments were met with immense criticism and last week, members of Netflix’s LGBTQ+ community staged a walkout in protest of the streamer’s decision to stand behind the comedian. Over the weekend, Chappelle spoke about at the controversy at the end of his standup show in Nashville, and he has now uploaded video of his remarks to Instagram. Advertisement Related Video Chappelle began by disputing the claim that he declined an invitation to...
Jamie Chung And Bryan Greenberg Welcome Twins
Jamie Chung and Bryan Greenberg’s real world now has “double the trouble”: The longtime couple just welcomed twins! “We got double the trouble now @jamiejchung,” the brand-new doting dad captioned the heartwarming Instagram video above cradling the newborns. The Challenge and Real World: San Diego alum sweetly commented on her husband’s clip with two red hearts. No other details were provided about the munchkins, but they certainly look like “Good Guys” (a reference to their mama’s Inferno 2 days). Jamie and Bryan’s relationship began in 2012, but they kept quiet during their early days as a couple. Fast-forward to their Christmas 2013 celebration: Bryan proposed while commemorating the holidays in her hometown of San Francisco. T...
James Michael Tyler, Gunther from Friends, Dead at 59
James Michael Tyler, who played Gunther on Friends, has died at the age fo 59 following a battle with prostate cancer. According to TMZ, Tyler passed away Sunday (October 24th) at his home in Los Angeles. “The world knew him as Gunther (the seventh “Friend”), from the hit series Friends, but Michael’s loved ones knew him as an actor, musician, cancer-awareness advocate, and loving husband,” his family said in a statement. Advertisement Related Video Tyler appeared on over one hundred episodes of Friends as well as on the recent reunion special. On the show he played Gunther, the manager of the coffee shop Central Perk. His character famously has a crush on Jennifer Aniston’s Rachel, who works as a waitress at Central Perk, but his feelings are not reciprocated. As such, Gunther freque...
Jason Sudeikis Returns to SNL: The Six Best Sketches
Jason Sudeikis returned to Saturday Night Live this week, his first time hosting after spending ten years (or an “actor’s dozen,” as he called it in the monologue) as a writer, then a cast member. Sudeikis arguably has one of the most successful post-SNL careers of the past decade, appearing in multiple hit movies and winning a bunch of awards for his current sitcom Ted Lasso. Having a beloved alumnus return to host can be a deceptively dicey prospect, for a number of reasons. Not needing to work around a particular host’s skill set can create high expectations of an all-killer episode—which can then be dashed against the rocks of callbacks, revivals of old characters, and cameos from the host’s time on the show. The Sudeikis episode had a little bit of all of that, but not enough to tank ...
Hayden Christensen Returning as Darth Vader in Ahsoka Series
Don’t underestimate his power. Hayden Christensen is set to make his return as Anakin Skywalker, aka Darth Vader, in the upcoming Ahsoka series on Disney+. We already knew Christensen would be back in the famous black suit alongside his former master Ewan McGregor in the Obi-Wan Kenobi limited series, but his role in Ahsoka was revealed today by The Hollywood Reporter. His appearance in Kenobi is one thing, as that series is set 10 years after Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, which saw Skywalker’s rise — or fall — to becoming Darth Vader. But showing up in Ahsoka poses some interesting questions. Starring Rosario Dawson, the series is spinning off of The Mandalorian Season 2, which is set five years after Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi. Of cour...
R.I.P. Peter Scolari, Emmy-Winning Girls and Bosom Buddies Actor Dead at 66
Peter Scolari, the Emmy-winning actor who starred opposite Tom Hanks in Bosom Buddies and played Lena Dunham’s father on Girls, has died at 66 after a two-year battle with cancer. Via Deadline, the news was confirmed by Ellen Lubin Sanitsky at Wright Entertainment. Born September 12th, 1955 in New Rochelle, New York, Scolari’s six-decade career began in 1979, with a guest spot on the Garry Marshall sitcom Angie. His first recurring role came in 1980, as the juggling downstairs neighbor of the women at the center of Goodtime Girls, and he became a household name after donning a blonde wig and chest-enhancing prosthetics for Bosom Buddies. Scolari and Hanks starred as two men who had to disguise themselves as women in order to satisfy the requirements ...
‘Hey Now, You’re An All Star’: Here Is The Challenge: All Stars Season 2 Trailer
Hey now, you’re an all stars. The Challenge: All Stars is returning to Paramount+ on November 11 — and the action-packed trailer for the highly anticipated second season features a lot of grit, determination, and 24 players trying to capture that “elusive victory.” From Gauntlet 2 and Duel winner Jodi expressing “I want to make my kids proud” to Season 1 second-place finisher/four-time champ Darrell vowing he is “back for redemption,” 24 players are about to get “their game on” and try their hardest to “get paid” (Smash Mouth song references). There’s also the one and only Tina banging some pots. “Season 2 will be the best Challenge they ever had,” Gauntlet 3 gold medalist Nehemiah declares as he lead...
Siesta Key Stars Madisson Hausburg And Ish Soto Are Married
The first Siesta Key wedding: Madisson Hausburg and Ish Soto are married! The MTV stars, who met during Season 1 of the hit series when she was a cast member and he was a producer, are officially husband and wife. People was first to report the happy news. “Never in a million years did I think that the show would bring me the love of my life in the least expected way!” the bride told the magazine. “I’m so excited to spend the rest of my life with Ish.” Madisson and Ish cut to the feeling announced their romance at the onset of Season 3 to much surprise. From there, they chronicled their long-distance romance before her relocation to Los Angeles. And during their first day in their new house together, Ish popped the question (which the lovebirds happily disclos...
Bo Burnham Filmed New Special Inside in A Nightmare on Elm Street House
Constant dread, an inability to tell waking from sleeping, and the fear that you’re going insane: Bo Burnham’s Inside and Wes Craven’s A Nightmare on Elm Street already had a lot in common. Add location to that list, because as it turns out, Burnham filmed his new comedy special at the same house that Craven used for the exterior of 1428 Elm Street. The revelation comes not from Burnham or anyone who worked on Craven’s film, but rather from that most modern of American pastimes: using Redfin to gawk at houses you can’t afford. A Los Angeles listing proudly advertised that, “Cinephiles will immediately recognize Wes Craven’s iconic Elm Street facade.” But to eagle-eyed internet sleuths, the inside (or should that be Inside?) looked familiar, too. Message b...
Issa Rae, BJ The Chicago Kid, Victoria Monét and More on How Insecure “Truly Represents the Creatives” Through Music
Over the past five years, we’ve seen Issa Rae’s iconic Insecure character Issa Dee through it all. Between the break-ups, stalking potential baes on Instagram, and having to furnish a new home with no money to her name, Issa has been a voice of her millennial generation. Amid the ups and downs of adult life, Rae has portrayed a millennial in an all-too-relatable manner, alongside a killer soundtrack. Since the inception of her YouTube series Awkward Black Girl, Rae has aimed to make music “a character” in all of her projects. On HBO’s Insecure, which premieres its fifth and final season this Sunday (October 24th), we see Issa experience wins and losses, with many scenes tied to a specific song. Over the years, Rae, composer Raphael Saadiq and music supervisor Kier Lehman have used the show...
