John Oliver slammed Donald Trump‘s “moron” attorney Michael Cohen on Last Week Tonightover accusations that he sold access to the president for millions of dollars. Cohen – whom the comedian described as “a lawyer so shitty, he made Trump say, ‘I need someone good – get me Rudy Giuliani on …
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Remember the legend of the minotaur, the mythological half-man half-bull beast at the center of a labyrinth, ready to kill all comers? Even fiction’s most famous maze had a monster in the middle. So maybe everyone making their way through the mysteries of Westworld – human, “host” and audience alike …
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R. Lee Ermey, the gunnery sergeant turned actor who portrayed the scene-stealing drill instructor in Stanley Kubrick‘s Full Metal Jacket, died Sunday at the age of 74. Ermey’s longtime manager Bill Rogin confirmed Ermey’s death on the actor’s Facebook account. “It is with deep sadness that I regret to inform …
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John Oliver explored thedisturbing trend of biased local news on Sunday’sLast Week Tonight. The host showed how Sinclair Broadcast Group – the largest owner of local TV stations in the country – forces stations to air “must-run” segments, which tend to promote conservative viewpoints. One of these segments included a …
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Seth Rogen‘s newNetflix comedy special, Seth Rogen‘s Hilarity for Charity, will feature an all-star lineup that includes James Corden, Sarah Silverman, Jeff Goldblum and Tiffany Haddish. The special will premiere in April, though an exact release date has not been announced. Thevariety show will include stand-up, sketch comedy and music …
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Following its failed sale to an investor group, the Weinstein Company announced Monday night that it has officially filed for bankruptcy. Despite the filing to seek bankruptcy protection in the aftermath of alleged sexual assault accusations against co-founder Harvey Weinstein and the New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman’s subsequent civil …
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Samantha Bee welcomed the narrow victory of “illegitimate Kennedy child” Conor Lamb in a special congressional election in Pennsylvania on the latest episode of Full Frontal. Bee noted that the Democrats failed to even field a candidate in the previous two congressional elections held in Lamb’s district, which President Trump …
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In the first full trailer for Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald, Jude Law makes his debut as a young Albus Dumbledore. The sequel to the Harry Potter franchise spinoff also features returning actors Eddie Redmayne as the “magizoologist” Newt Scamander and Johnny Depp as villain Gellert Grindelwald. This film, …
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Norm Macdonald’s popular podcast will head to Netflix as the former SNL comedian agreed to a 10-episode deal with the streaming service for a series simply titled,Norm Macdonald Has a Show. “It’s a talk show with Norm Macdonald as host, along with his trusty sidekick, Adam Eget, and one celebrity …
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It’s such an ingenious idea for a zombie movie that you’re surprised no one’s thought about it before. A global epidemic turns massive amounts of the world’s population into flesh-craving ghouls. An antidote is found, which allows most of these everyday-people monstrosities to come back from the equivalent of the …
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