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What’s Streaming on Disney+ in December 2020
Disney+ is bringing some much-needed Soul to Christmas. Yes, on December 25th, the Mouse House is rolling out its would-be Pixar blockbuster on their streaming service. Unlike this past September’s release of Mulan, however, Soul will be completely free to subscribers. Consider it a gift from Mickey. Of course, that’s not the only present to unwrap this month. There’s also Jillian Bell’s new comedy Godmothered, the exhaustively titled High School Musical: The Musical: The Holiday Special, and the remaining episodes of The Mandalorian Season 2. Editors’ Picks Elsewhere, nostalgics can enjoy watching Tom Hanks play Josh Baskin in Big, head to the clouds with Kurt Russell in Sky High, and pretend like they’re watching Max Keeble’s Big Move for the first time. Into the Woods is somewhere...
What’s Streaming on HBO Max in December 2020
HBO Max is bringing home a blockbuster for the holidays. Unless you’ve been floating among the wreckage of Krypton, you probably already know that the streaming service is premiering the highly anticipated Wonder Woman 1984 on Christmas. So, be sure to clear your schedule during the holiday. Right behind the great goddess is a real-life one in Meryl Streep, whose latest feature Let Them All Talk arrives on December 10th. Veteran filmmaker Steven Soderbergh helms the picture that also stars Candice Bergen, Dianne Wiest, and Lucas Hedges. Other exclusive originals this month include Christmas specials involving Euphoria and Carrie Underwood. The latter sees the country star performing traditional favorites and new original material from her first Christmas album. Editors’ Picks In...
Why Teen Mom 2‘s Kailyn Made A Complete 180 About Isaac’s Custody Agreement
At the beginning of this Teen Mom 2 season, Kailyn believed that Isaac was old enough to decide if he wanted to stay at his mom’s or dad’s (after the 10-year-old stated he didn’t want to go to Jo’s home). But during this week’s episode, Kail made a 180 about her previous stance on her oldest son being old enough to make his own choices when it came to the previously agreed upon 50/50 custody agreement. “Isaac had called me the other day to ask me if he could stay at his dad’s longer because Vee’s family was coming to visit and his grandma [Jo’s mom] was there,” Kail explained in a diary cam. “I had to say no, because if I let him stay an extra week there, that means he wouldn’t see his brothers here for three full week...
Marilyn Manson’s Role Cut from Stephen King’s The Stand Miniseries
More than a year ago, Marilyn Manson announced that he would be acting in CBS All Access’ miniseries adaptation of Stephen King’s The Stand. With just a few weeks to go before its December 17th premiere, the show’s director, Josh Boone, has revealed that the shock rocker’s role has been cut from the limited TV series. While Manson’s particular role was never formally unveiled by the series’ creators, it was assumed by many that he would play the pyromaniac Trashcan Man from the 1978 novel. However, it was recently revealed that actor Ezra Miller would play that role, leading to speculation that Manson had been cut from the series. As it turns out, Manson was set to play The Kid, a character who appeared in an extended version of King’s novel, but not in the original story. As dir...
Who’s Ahsoka Tano? What’s Baby Yoda’s Real Name? The Mandalorian, Explained
The gift of the Thanksgiving gods smiles upon us this day, as we awaken from our turkey-and-stuffing-induced comas, slide over to Disney+, and find another episode of The Mandalorian awaiting us, “The Jedi”. Finally, after half a season of standalone adventures, we finally make some progress in Din Djarin’s (Pedro Pascal) mission to bring Baby Yoda back to his people, the Jedi. Along the way, we meet yet another old friend from the animated shows, an even older friend from ’80s genre classics, and learn perhaps a bit too much about Mando’s adorable young charge. Let’s go over everything we learned, and a few things non-animated show watchers might not know about this week’s special guest. Of course, it goes without saying that there are some major, major spoilers ahead. You must be ca...
Ricky Schroder Defends Posting Bail for Kenosha Shooter Kyle Rittenhouse
D-list Silver Spoon actor Ricky Schroder is defending his decision to help bail out accused murderer Kyle Rittenhouse. Speaking with The New York Post, Schroder confirmed he contributed “hundreds of thousands” of dollars towards Rittenhouse’s bond and legal defense. Rittenhouse is accused of shooting and killing two people during this summer’s protests in Kenosha, Wisconsin — with an illegally obtained semi-automatic rifle he bought with a his coronavirus stimulus check, no less. Along with the likes of MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell, Schroder helped the 17-year-old post his $2 million bond. “It made me mad,” Schroder told the Post. “This boy is innocent and he will be proven innocent. I did what any father should’ve done, and that’s get a kid out of jail that doesn’t deserve to be there.” “Thi...
David Lynch to Begin Production on New Project for Netflix
David Lynch is set to begin production on a new project for Netflix. As the fan site Welcome to Twin Peaks points out, the industry trade Production Weekly revealed news of the project in its latest issue. Lynch will write the direct the project, which carries the working title of Wisteria. Filming is scheduled to begin in May 2021 at Los Angeles’ Calvert Studios. Citing its own sources, Welcome to Twin Peaks reports that the project will take the form of a limited episodic series. Lynch kickstarted his partnership with Netflix earlier this year when he brought his short film What Did Jack Do? to the streaming platform. Over quarantine, he’s kept busy by resurrecting his weather reports and uploading original videos to YouTube. While we wait for more details on Wisteria, revisit the ...
Thomas Tuchel defends outburst following Champions League win
Thomas Tuchel says he “understands” criticism of Paris Saint-Germain but dismissed its credibility when coming from fans and journalists watching from a “sofa”. PSG were out of sorts in the Champions League on Tuesday, as last season’s beaten finalists scraped a narrow 1-0 win at RB Leipzig. The decisive goal, an 11th-minute Neymar penalty, was one of just three shots on target mustered by PSG over the course of the match. Tuchel said after the game that he would not apologise for winning in a somewhat ugly fashion, with Leipzig enjoying 63 per cent of possession and managing 15 shots in total. He put the underwhelming performance down to fatigue caused by the team’s packed schedule, though it was not their only unimpressive display in recent months. Before Tuesday, PSG had lost three of t...
‘The Oldest Trick In The Book’: Will RSVP’s Plan To Reunite The Jersey Shore Girls Work?
It’s true what they say: Desperate times call for desperate measures. There doesn’t seem to be an end in sight to the Jersey Shore speechgate drama, so Mike “The Mediation” Sorrentino called in his RSVP reinforcements for one “last shot” at reconciliation between Angelina and the girls. Enter… the double booking. “What did they expect us to do? The only option is to double book them,” Mike explained. “This is the oldest trick in the book.” The plan? Enjoy a boys’ weekend for a couple of days at a nearly deserted Las Vegas resort (cue Jersey Shore: COVID Edition) and then invite Angelina and the girls for a good ol’-fashioned family vaca — unbeknownst to each other. It wasn’t long before Mission: R...
Julia Louis-Dreyfus Spoofs Rudy Giuliani to Announce Veep Table Read Fundraiser: Watch
When life imitates Veep, Veep imitates life. To announce another political fundraising event from the cast of the hit HBO comedy, Julia Louis-Dreyfus pulled off her best Rudy Giuliani impression — melting face and all. With makeup cascading down her head like so much running hair dye, Louis-Dreyfus took to Instagram to announce a Veep virtual table read. Mocking Giuliani’s wide-eyed lying about thousands of cases of alleged voter fraud and his rambling asides, the actress pointed out that “many brave and patriotic Americans have come forward having witnessed similarities between our ongoing election and the TV show Veep.” As such, the original Veep cast has decided to come together once again to highlight those too-real-to-be-funny parallels with a table read of the Emmy-winning episode “M...
A Holiday Gift Guide for Horror Hounds
As the song goes, it’s the most wonderful time of the year — well, second to Halloween. Although spooky season is sadly behind us, that doesn’t mean horror hounds have to put away the creepy for Christmas. No, no, they just have to add more. For most fans of the macabre, the holidays present an exciting opportunity to grab even more gore from the store — and most companies are hip to this by now. Whether it’s masks or figurines, shirts or blankets, there’s something for every horror hound. What used to be a super niche market is now a metropolis of merchandise, and it can admittedly be overwhelming picking and choosing what goods to get without breaking the bank. That’s why we put together this here ghoulish guide. Because, if you couldn’t tell, Consequence of Sound has a predilection for ...
Teen Mom 2‘s Chelsea Is Documenting Her Journey To Baby Number Four
Chelsea and Cole happily shared in August that another bundle of joy was on the way. And during this week’s Teen Mom 2 episode, the DeBoers — who are filming themselves because of the global pandemic — disclosed they were “trying for a baby now.” “We really had all of these plans this year. And if we’re going to be stuck [at] home, I would love to have our fourth, and probably our last, baby,” Chelsea stated. “We talked with my doctor and got her recommendation…about trying to conceive right now with a pandemic going on. She said, ‘Listen, you have no idea how long this is going on, and if you guys want another baby…do not put it off.'” Chelsea shot her “journey” by showing ovulation tests, and the co...
