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So, so many things could have gone wrong during a live comedy roast of a notoriously volatile and competitive NFL superstar like Tom Brady that it’s almost a letdown that only one moment in particular seemed to set him off. What’s even more surprising is that it wasn’t one of the vicious barbs made about […]

The first of its kind live Netflix comedy roast of Tom Brady was largely a win for most of the performers involved — with the notable exception of Kim Kardashian. The reality TV star was surprisingly and savagely booed when she arrived on stage, much to her chagrin. Roastmaster Kevin Hart even had to ask […]

As much as Kawhi Leonard seems to be hurting right now, Clippers fans are undoubtedly feeling even worse after hearing the news that Leonard is officially ruled out for Friday night’s crucial Game 6 playoff matchup against the Dallas Mavericks. It’s upsetting, but really nothing new at this point for Leonard in the postseason, and […]

The events depicted on the latest Netflix juggernaut, Baby Reindeer, profess to be based on real life, which make them all the more shocking and binge-able — but the latest bit of real life drama from behind the camera isn’t the sort of attention that creator Richard Gadd is looking for. Gadd has been facing […]

Paul Rudd is used to forming a super team when he links up with his fellow Avengers, and now he’s making one in the musical space — Deadline reports that he and pop star Nick Jonas are starring in a musical comedy, Power Ballad, from the director of another beloved musical, the 2007 film Once. […]

If you were to hear about this news story partway through a game of telephone, you might think that there was an origin film coming out about the teenage mutant ninja turtle Leonardo from the creative team behind The Last of Us and Stranger Things — but alas, none of those things are true (at […]

Prolific Nickelodeon producer Dan Schneider, whose bad behavior and poor leadership is at the center of the recent Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV, is clapping back at the documentary’s producers with a lawsuit for defamation. He admits some of the claims about his on-set behavior made in the doc may be […]

For those infatuated with the Travis Kelce, Taylor Swift relationship for the strong “they’re just like us” vibe they give off, here’s one quirk Kelce might not be able to spin as all that relatable — he doesn’t get mail delivered. Kelce made the surprising reveal during the latest episode of the New Heights podcast […]

Jerry Seinfeld’s recent interview with the New Yorker is prompting a serious reckoning amongst comedians about the state of modern television sitcoms and comedy more generally. Among those weighing in is It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia co-creator Rob McElhenney. Seinfeld told the New Yorker in a profile published recently entitled The Scholar of Comedy that […]

Anyone who’s ever been bothered, tickled or just plain curious about Justin Timberlake’s pronunciation choice for the word “me” in NSYNC’s hit pop song It’s Gonna Be Me should enjoy Lance Bass’ recent social media post. Apparently to NSYNC fans — and the band itself — Timberlake’s infamous pronunciation of the pronoun during the chorus […]

If it feels like Joe and Anthony Russo — better known as a pair, the Russo brothers — have created a universe unto themselves at this point, you’re not wrong. In fact, they even compared their post-Marvel ambitions to forming a Star Wars type franchise of their own. The quote came up in an exclusive […]

Netflix programming has always attracted some big-name talent and never more so than in May 2024. Long regarded as the GOAT of streaming services, it should come as no surprise that Netflix will also be home to the GOAT of professional football, Tom Brady, when he is roasted live on the streamer in a first-of-its […]

Move over Scandoval, there’s a new steamy relationship afoot amongst the Vanderpump cast. Granted, this one is from the spinoff Vanderpump Villa between series stars Gabriella Sanon and Andre Mitchell — but they may soon become household names on par with Tom Sandoval, Rachel Leviss and Ariana Madix if the eye-popping reactions to their onscreen […]

Just as you should never get too close to peacocks in nature (because sometimes they bite), occasionally the streaming service Peacock from NBCUniversal can hurt you as well — like when they decide to raise prices for the second time in the past two years. It was announced on Monday that beginning on July 18 […]

As nature’s peacocks start strutting around showing off their plume of tail feathers this late spring season, so too is Peacock’s streaming service unveiling it’s full, glamorous array of offerings in all its glory. This month Peacock has originals like the limited series adaptation of best-selling novel The Tattooist of Auschwitz, in addition to the […]

For Disney alone, Lin-Manuel Miranda has brought his unique musical talents to the Polynesian islands, the mountains of Colombia, the chimney rooftops of Depression-era London, and now to the grand continent of Africa for the highly anticipated Lion King prequel, Mufasa. Now that Disney has released the trailer for the film, it’s been revealed that […]

Now that we’ve all had a week of midnights to listen to and analyze Taylor Swift’s new album The Tortured Poets Department, some consensus seems to be building. While the fan response has been record-shattering and overwhelmingly positive, the music critic community seems to have another opinion — that Taylor Swift has entered her oversharing […]

We could all use a little more friendly in our lives, couldn’t we? That’s the idea behind streaming service Frndly TV, which packages an array of feel good programming at a family friendly price. And with a network package that includes live TV channels like A+E®, Hallmark Channel, The History Channel™, INSP, Lifetime®, Hallmark Movie […]

It’s hard to be mad at Max in May 2024. Why you ask? Well, for starters, they’re adding the whole library of Mad Max films for your binging needs, so you can catch up before the theatrical release of the latest installment, Furiosa, due later this month. And if it’s originals you’re craving, Max has […]

As April showers give way to May flowers, Hulu is making it rain with more winning originals this month — such as a teen comedy feature Prom Dates and the fifth season of The Kardashians, along with Shardlake, The Contestant and Black Twitter: A People’s History. With plenty of other new entries to the streamer […]

Ever since Taylor Swift released the track list for The Tortured Poets Department and fans saw Fortnight listed as the first song on the highly-anticipated album, tongue-in-cheek gamers have jested online that perhaps the anthem would be about the mega-popular video game Fortnite (even though the two titles are spelled differently). You might think that […]

Donna Kelce is spilling big time, and for once it’s not a bowl of Campbell’s Chunky Soup — everyone’s favorite mom is dishing on Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift’s exuberant couples’ vacation with fellow celebrities Bradley Cooper and Gigi Hadid. The famous foursome all recently vacationed together along the west coast in central California’s exclusive […]

Rebel Wilson certainly doesn’t seem to be holding back in her tell-all Hollywood memoir. Hot on the heels of revelations about when she lost her virginity, and her fractured relationship with Sacha Baron Cohen due to his alleged on-set inappropriate behavior, the latest juicy reveal from People centers on a raucous party filled with drugs […]

It doesn’t matter how you consume music, Taylor Swift is going to break the record associated with your medium of choice thanks to The Tortured Poets Department. Hot on the heels of setting a new high-mark for streams in a day on Spotify, Taylor Swift has now shattered her own record for vinyl sales with […]

Morgan Wallen is no stranger to controversy, and now he’s trying to weather yet another storm stemming from his arrest in Nashville on April 8th. Wallen has already been given a few second chances after past mea culpas, so the question is now becoming how forgiving is his fanbase? How many more second chances is […]

Tom Brady’s foray into Hollywood continues with his exclusive announcement on Monday to NBC’s The Today Show that he will be the subject of Netflix’s first-ever live roast, and that the event will be hosted by Kevin Hart. Dubbed The Greatest Roast of All Time: Tom Brady, with a banner reading “GROAT” behind Brady in […]

Swifties know all too well that Taylor Swift doesn’t usually reveal much about the story behind her songs beyond the lyrics themselves but in the case of The Tortured Poets Department, they’re in for a treat — Swift is providing commentary on all of the album’s tracks in an exclusive collaboration with Amazon Music. If […]

The internet is abuzz on Monday over the drop of the Deadpool & Wolverine trailer, with its blockbuster MCU pairing of the two beloved Marvel superheroes, though it’s the film’s villain — The Crown star Emma Corrin as Cassandra Nova — who seems to be getting the lion’s share of social media reactions. Corrin, who […]

Well not everyone who’s getting a shout-out in Taylor Swift’s new song lyrics is likely to be flattered (looking at you Kim Kardashian, aka ‘Aimee’), but one fellow singer-songwriter who is undoubtedly pleasantly surprised to be trending today with The Tortured Poets Department drop is YouTube star Charlie Puth. Puth first rose to fame for […]

In one of the most poignant and unsubtle diss tracks of Taylor Swift’s illustrious career, the Kim Kardashian-bashing ‘thanK you aIMee’ is creating a lot of buzz fresh off the surprise release of The Tortured Poets Department: The Anthology, a second additional set of tracks to Swift’s highly-anticipated 11th studio album. Even Swift’s most obvious […]

Swifties may not have predicted Taylor’s secret second album release but they certainly called this one — Taylor Swift’s infamous breakup after six years dating British actor Joe Alwyn was definitely chronicled in The Tortured Poets Department, most heartbreakingly on the fifth track of the first (non-surprise) album in a track called “So Long, London.” […]

With Taylor Swift’s highly-anticipated 11th studio release album, The Tortured Poets Department, now less than 24 hours away, speculation is running rampant about what drama from her personal life of the past two years she might cover in her song list. Probably the juiciest Taylor Swift relationship drama — since the release of her last […]

For those who like their bbq sauce the same color as their Pepto Bismol, Heinz and Barbie have big news for you — last year’s summer movie blockbuster and every summer’s condiment blockbuster are teaming up for a new pink ‘Barbiecue’ sauce collaboration. Corporate giants Heinz and Mattel announced the partnership in a press release […]

The creative representatives for Sydney Sweeney are understandably upset that longtime Hollywood producer Carol Baum took a cheap shot at the actor this week. They’re taking the high road, responding with a bit more nuance and class in their own reaction. TMZ cites a rep for Sweeney as stating “How sad that a woman in […]

It doesn’t get much bigger in Hollywood than rumors you’re playing Jesus Christ. Martin Scorsese is apparently talking to actors Andrew Garfield and Miles Teller about starring in his upcoming Jesus biopic, though it’s not known who is being targeted for the role of Jesus and who for one of the disciples. Variety reports that […]

As the live-action film version of the popular video game Minecraft continues to film in beautiful New Zealand, fans have been clamoring for hints about the plot of the Jack Black-starring adaptation, though details have been sparse. Minecraft gamers are therefore looking for clues wherever they can find them, so when Jack Black decided to […]

Revered British actress Olivia Williams, most well-known for her roles in The Crown, The Sixth Sense, The Father and Rushmore, is opening up about one of her more trying experiences in Hollywood — as a guest star on the NBC hit Friends back in 1998. Williams revealed in an interview with The Independent that it […]

Roku continues to lean in to offering original programming and sports content on its eponymous channel with the news that the streaming device manufacturer/streaming platform is launching the NFL Draft Vault, “a pop-up channel featuring all things NFL Draft.” It’ll be exclusive to The Roku Channel, and available now through May 3rd, 2024. In a […]

For anyone who’s watched Logan Paul’s antics on YouTube and in the wrestling ring and thought “boy, that guy would be a great father,” you’re about to get your wish. For the rest of us, let’s just hope his dad jokes are better than his sense of online propriety — the notorious influencer/WWE wrestler/Prime Energy […]